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By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death, and “he was not found, because God had taken him.” For it was attested before he was taken away that “he had pleased God.”(A)

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21 When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Methuselah.(A) 22 Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years. 24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him.(B)

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14 It was also about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “See, the Lord is coming[a] with ten thousands of his holy ones,(A)

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  1. 14 Gk came

11 As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven.(A)

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And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would approach God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

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For three and a half days members of the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10 and the inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and exchange presents, because these two prophets tormented the inhabitants of the earth.(A)

11 But after the three and a half days, the breath[a] of life from God entered the two witnesses,[b] and they stood on their feet, and those who saw them were terrified.(B) 12 Then they[c] heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies watched them.(C)

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  1. 11.11 Or the spirit
  2. 11.11 Gk them
  3. 11.12 Other ancient authorities read I

48 Who can live and never see death?
    Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah(A)

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16 They said to him, “See now, we have fifty strong men among your servants; please let them go and seek your master; it may be that the spirit of the Lord has caught him up and thrown him down on some mountain or into some valley.” He responded, “No, do not send them.”(A) 17 But when they urged him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” So they sent fifty men who searched for three days but did not find him.(B)

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51 Very truly, I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.”(A) 52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.’(B)

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22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.(A)

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By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.[a](A)

The Examples of Abel, Enoch, and Noah

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable[b] sacrifice than Cain’s. Through this he received approval as righteous, God himself giving approval to his gifts; he died, but through his faith[c] he still speaks.(B)

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  1. 11.3 Or was not made out of visible things
  2. 11.4 Gk greater
  3. 11.4 Gk through it

but, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals but to please God, who tests our hearts.(A)

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and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit,[a] since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.(A)

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  1. 8.9 Or spirit

37 son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan,

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26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the Lord hid them.(A)

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