27 And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the (A)great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.”

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27 There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.”

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11 The Lord will be awesome against them;
    (A)for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and (B)to him shall bow down,
    each in its place,
    all (C)the lands of the nations.

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11 The Lord will be awesome(A) to them
    when he destroys all the gods(B) of the earth.(C)
Distant nations will bow down to him,(D)
    all of them in their own lands.

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and constant friction among people (A)who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, (B)imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

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and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth(A) and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

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and all (A)who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in (B)the book of life of (C)the Lamb (D)who was slain.

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All inhabitants of the earth(A) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,(B) the Lamb(C) who was slain from the creation of the world.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain

One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and (A)the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast.

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One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed.(A) The whole world was filled with wonder(B) and followed the beast.

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19 We know that we are from God, and (A)the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

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19 We know that we are children of God,(A) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.(B)

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A Riot at Ephesus

21 Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit (A)to pass through (B)Macedonia and Achaia and (C)go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, (D)I must also see Rome.”

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21 After all this had happened, Paul decided[a] to go to Jerusalem,(A) passing through Macedonia(B) and Achaia.(C) “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:21 Or decided in the Spirit

13 “But woe (A)to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you (B)shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you (C)neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation

Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!(A) You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.(B)

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