²⁰ The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.^(A)

²² Then he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.^(A)

Vision of the New Jerusalem

⁹ Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”^(A)

²⁷ in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, hungry and thirsty, often without food,^[a] cold and naked.^(A)

² I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.^(A)

⁵ Do not deprive one another except perhaps by agreement for a set time, to devote yourselves to prayer,^[a] and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.^(A)

²³ And after they had appointed elders for them in each church, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe.^(A)

² While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”^{(A) 3} Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.^(B)

²¹ who must remain in heaven until the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets.^(A)