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11 These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.(A)

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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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For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.(A)

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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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An Urgent Appeal

11 Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is already the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers;(A)

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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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Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.(A)

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

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10 Or does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was indeed written for our sake, for whoever plows should plow in hope and whoever threshes should thresh in hope of a share in the crop.

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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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Warning against Antichrists

18 Children, it is the last hour! As you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. From this we know that it is the last hour.(A)

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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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37 For yet

“in a very little while,
    the one who is coming will come and will not delay,(A)

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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

25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(A)

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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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29 I mean, brothers and sisters, the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none,(A)

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29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.(A) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not;

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23 Now the words, “it was reckoned to him,” were written not for his sake alone(A)

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

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