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But Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God’s entire house. And we are God’s house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.[a]

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  1. 3:6 Some manuscripts add faithful to the end.

16 And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said:

“I will live in them
    and walk among them.
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.[a]

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16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in[a] you?

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  1. 3:16 Or among.

And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests.[a] Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God.

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  1. 2:5 Greek holy priesthood.

11 Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true.

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19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself,

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35 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!

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And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.

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23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

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11 So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.

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14 For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.

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15 so that if I am delayed, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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11 I am coming soon.[a] Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:11 Or suddenly, or quickly.

The Message to the Church in Thyatira

18 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Thyatira. This is the message from the Son of God, whose eyes are like flames of fire, whose feet are like polished bronze:

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The Hope of Eternal Life

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.

So be truly glad.[a] There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:6 Or So you are truly glad.

38 And my righteous ones will live by faith.[a]
    But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”[b]

39 But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.

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  1. 10:38 Or my righteous ones will live by their faithfulness; Greek reads my righteous one will live by faith.
  2. 10:37-38 Hab 2:3-4.

Christ Is Our High Priest

14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.

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16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope,

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23 But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it.

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Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.

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22 And all nations will hate you because you are my followers.[a] But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.

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  1. 10:22 Greek on account of my name.

12 Submit to God’s royal son,[a] or he will become angry,
    and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—
for his anger flares up in an instant.
    But what joy for all who take refuge in him!

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Footnotes

  1. 2:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.

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For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses served faithfully when he was entrusted with God’s entire[a] house.

But Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses, just as a person who builds a house deserves more praise than the house itself.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:2 Some manuscripts do not include entire.

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