Revelation 7:14
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14 I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(A)
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1 John 1:7
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7 but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.(A)
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Revelation 22:14
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14 Blessed are those who wash their robes,[a] so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.
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- 22.14 Other ancient authorities read do his commandments
Hebrews 13:12
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12 Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the city gate in order to sanctify the people by his own blood.(A)
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Revelation 12:11
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11 But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.(A)
Hebrews 9:14
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14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!(A)
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Revelation 1:5
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5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and freed[a] us from our sins by his blood
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- 1.5 Other ancient authorities read washed
1 Peter 1:19
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19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.(A)
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Isaiah 1:18
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18 Come now, let us argue it out,
says the Lord:
If your sins are like scarlet,
will they become like snow?
If they are red like crimson,
will they become like wool?(A)
Ephesians 5:26-27
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26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word, 27 so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, so that she may be holy and without blemish.(A)
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Zechariah 3:3-5
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3 Now Joshua was wearing filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel[a] said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.” And to him he said, “See, I have taken your guilt away from you, and I will clothe you with festal apparel.”(A) 5 And he said,[b] “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with apparel, and the angel of the Lord was standing by.(B)
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Revelation 5:9
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9 They sing a new song:
“You are worthy to take the scroll
and to break its seals,
for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God
saints from[a] every tribe and language and people and nation;(A)
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1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ[a] and in the Spirit of our God.(A)
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- 6.11 Other ancient authorities lack Christ
Matthew 24:21
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21 For at that time there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.(A)
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Zechariah 13:1
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13 On that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.(A)
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John 13:8-14
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8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.”(A) 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet,[a] but is entirely clean. And you[b] are clean, though not all of you.” 11 For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.”(B)
12 After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had reclined again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for that is what I am.(C) 14 So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.(D)
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John 16:33
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33 I have said this to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution, but take courage: I have conquered the world!”(A)
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Revelation 6:9-11
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9 When he broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered for the word of God and for the testimony they had given;(A) 10 they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”(B) 11 They were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number would be complete both of their fellow servants and of their brothers and sisters who were soon to be killed as they themselves had been killed.(C)
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Revelation 17:6
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6 And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus.
When I saw her, I was greatly amazed.(A)
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Revelation 15:2
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2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.(A)
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Revelation 2:9
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9 “I know your affliction and your poverty, even though you are rich. I know the slander on the part of those who say that they are Jews and are not but are a synagogue of Satan.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 1:4
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4 Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith during all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring.(A)
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Romans 5:3
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3 And not only that, but we[a] also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance,(A)
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- 5.3 Or let us
Acts 14:22
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22 There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”(A)
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Exodus 37:3
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3 He cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.(A)
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