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And I heard the angel of the waters say,

“You are just, O Holy One, who are and were,
    for you have judged these things;(A)

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Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say:

“You are just in these judgments,(A) O Holy One,(B)
    you who are and who were;(C)

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17 singing,

“We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty,
    who are and who were,
for you have taken your great power
    and begun to reign.(A)

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17 saying:

“We give thanks(A) to you, Lord God Almighty,(B)
    the One who is and who was,(C)
because you have taken your great power
    and have begun to reign.(D)

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“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.(A)

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“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(A) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(B) the Almighty.”(C)

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John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,(A)

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Greetings and Doxology

John,

To the seven churches(A) in the province of Asia:

Grace and peace to you(B) from him who is, and who was, and who is to come,(C) and from the seven spirits[a](D) before his throne,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:4 That is, the sevenfold Spirit

17 The Lord is just in all his ways
    and kind in all his doings.

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17 The Lord is righteous(A) in all his ways
    and faithful in all he does.(B)

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And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:

“Great and amazing are your deeds,
    Lord God the Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
    King of the nations![a](A)
Lord, who will not fear
    and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
    All nations will come
    and worship before you,
for your judgments have been revealed.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 15.3 Other ancient authorities read the ages

and sang the song of God’s servant(A) Moses(B) and of the Lamb:(C)

“Great and marvelous are your deeds,(D)
    Lord God Almighty.(E)
Just and true are your ways,(F)
    King of the nations.[a]
Who will not fear you, Lord,(G)
    and bring glory to your name?(H)
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
    and worship before you,(I)
for your righteous acts(J) have been revealed.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts ages
  2. Revelation 15:4 Phrases in this song are drawn from Psalm 111:2,3; Deut. 32:4; Jer. 10:7; Psalms 86:9; 98:2.

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and inside. Day and night without ceasing they sing,

“Holy, holy, holy,
the Lord God the Almighty,
    who was and is and is to come.”(A)

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Each of the four living creatures(A) had six wings(B) and was covered with eyes all around,(C) even under its wings. Day and night(D) they never stop saying:

“‘Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God Almighty,’[a](E)

who was, and is, and is to come.”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 4:8 Isaiah 6:3

The Judgment at Christ’s Coming

This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God and is intended to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering.(A) For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you

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All this is evidence(A) that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy(B) of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. God is just:(C) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(D)

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The Lord is righteous;
    he has cut the cords of the wicked.(A)

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But the Lord is righteous;(A)
    he has cut me free(B) from the cords of the wicked.”(C)

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25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”(A)

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And I heard the altar respond,

“Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty,
    your judgments are true and just!”(A)

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And I heard the altar(A) respond:

“Yes, Lord God Almighty,(B)
    true and just are your judgments.”(C)

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But if our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God, what should we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)(A)

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But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,(A) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)(B)

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But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.(A)

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But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(A), when his righteous judgment(B) will be revealed.

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