They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

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And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

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13 their work will be shown for what it is,(A) because the Day(B) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.(C)

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13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

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19 Do not quench the Spirit.(A)

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19 Quench not the Spirit.

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and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven(A) in blazing fire(B) with his powerful angels.(C)

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And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

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In speaking of the angels he says,

“He makes his angels spirits,
    and his servants flames of fire.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:7 Psalm 104:4

And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

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27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire(A) that will consume the enemies of God.

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27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

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29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[a](A)

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  1. Hebrews 12:29 Deut. 4:24

29 For our God is a consuming fire.

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These have come so that the proven genuineness(A) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire(B)—may result in praise, glory and honor(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed.(D)

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That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

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By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(A) being kept for the day of judgment(B) and destruction of the ungodly.

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But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(A) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(B) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(C) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](D)

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  1. 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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12 as you look forward(A) to the day of God and speed its coming.[a](B) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(C)

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  1. 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

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In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah(A) and the surrounding towns(B) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.(C)

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Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

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18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(A) so you can become rich; and white clothes(B) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(C) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

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18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

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