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11 These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.

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11 These things happened to them as examples(A) and were written down as warnings for us,(B) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(C)

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11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

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Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.

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For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,(A) so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

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For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

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11 This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

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The Day Is Near

11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come(A) for you to wake up from your slumber,(B) because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

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11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

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Warning about Antichrists

18 Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come.

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Warnings Against Denying the Son

18 Dear children, this is the last hour;(A) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,(B) even now many antichrists have come.(C) This is how we know it is the last hour.

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18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

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Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:5 Greek the Lord is near.

Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.(A)

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Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

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10 Wasn’t he actually speaking to us? Yes, it was written for us, so that the one who plows and the one who threshes the grain might both expect a share of the harvest.

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10 Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,(A) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.(B)

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10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

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23 And when God counted him as righteous, it wasn’t just for Abraham’s benefit. It was recorded

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23 The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone,

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23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;

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37 “For in just a little while,
    the Coming One will come and not delay.

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37 For,

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming(A) will come
    and will not delay.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3

37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

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25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

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25 not giving up meeting together,(A) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another(B)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(C)

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25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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