18 The Lord (A)knows the days of the blameless,
    and their (B)heritage will remain forever;

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for the Lord (A)knows (B)the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked will perish.

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23 (A)For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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17 But (A)the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on (B)those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to (C)children's children,

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19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: (A)“The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone (B)who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”

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24 You (A)guide me with your counsel,
    and afterward you will (B)receive me to glory.

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(A)Why should I fear in (B)times of trouble,
    when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,

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I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,
    because you have seen my affliction;
    you have (A)known the distress of my soul,

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And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for (A)1,260 days, (B)clothed in sackcloth.”

These are (C)the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, (D)fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, (E)this is how he is doomed to be killed.

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25 And this is the promise that he made to us[a](A)eternal life.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:25 Some manuscripts you

to (A)an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and (B)unfading, (C)kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded (D)through faith for a salvation (E)ready to be revealed in the last time.

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preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; (A)reprove, rebuke, and (B)exhort, with complete patience and teaching. (C)For the time is coming when people will not endure (D)sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and (E)will turn away from listening to the truth and (F)wander off into myths.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 4:3 Or healthy

Godlessness in the Last Days

But understand this, that (A)in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be (B)lovers of self, (C)lovers of money, (D)proud, (E)arrogant, abusive, (F)disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, (G)heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, (H)not loving good, treacherous, reckless, (I)swollen with conceit, (J)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but (K)denying its power. (L)Avoid such people.

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