1Ti 4:1-3, 2Ti 3:1-5, 2Pe 2, Rev 1:1, 19, Rev 6, Rev 22 | ESV | STEP | Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons ,

1 Now ^athe Spirit expressly says that ^bin later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to ^cdeceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 through the insincerity of ^dliars whose consciences are seared, 3 ^ewho forbid marriage and ^frequire abstinence from foods ^gthat God created ^hto be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

2 Timothy 3:1-5

Godlessness in the Last Days

1 But understand this, that ⁱin the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be ^jlovers of self, ^klovers of money, ^lproud, ^marrogant, abusive, ⁿdisobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 ^oheartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, ^pnot loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, ^qswollen with conceit, ^rlovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but ^sdenying its power. ^tAvoid such people.

2 Peter 2

False Prophets and Teachers

1 But ^ufalse prophets also arose among the people, ^vjust as there will be false teachers among you, who will ^wsecretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master ^xwho bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth ^ywill be blasphemed. 3 And ^zin their greed they will exploit you ^aawith false words. ^abTheir condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

4 For if God did not spare ^acangels when they sinned, but ^adcast them into hell ^{▼▼Greek Tartarus} and committed them to chains ^{▼▼Some manuscripts pits} of gloomy darkness ^agto be kept until the judgment; 5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but ^ahpreserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought ^aia flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 if by ^ajturning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, ^akmaking them an example of ^alwhat is going to happen to the ungodly; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly} 7 and ^anif he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, ^aohe was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); 9 then ^apthe Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, ^{▼▼Or temptations} and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10 and especially ^arthose who indulge ^{▼▼Greek who go after the flesh} in the lust of defiling passion and ^atdespise authority.

Bold and willful, they do not tremble ^auas they blaspheme the glorious ones, 11 ^avwhereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord. 12 ^awBut these, like irrational animals, ^axcreatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction, 13 suffering wrong as ^aythe wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure ^azto revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts love feasts} while ^bbthey feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery, ^bcinsatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts ^bdtrained in greed. ^beAccursed children! 15 Forsaking the right way, ^bfthey have gone astray. They have followed ^bgthe way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^bhgain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; ^bia speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

17 ^bjThese are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. ^bkFor them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. 18 For, ^blspeaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely ^bmescaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them ^bnfreedom, ^bobut they themselves are slaves ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 20 For if, ^bqafter they have escaped the defilements of the world ^brthrough the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, ^bsthe last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For ^btit would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from ^buthe holy commandment delivered to them. 22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The ^bvdog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

Revelation of John 1:1

Prologue

1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God ^bwgave him ^bxto show to his servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} the things that must soon take place. ^bzHe made it known by sending his angel to his servant ^{▼▼Greek bondservant} John,

Revelation of John 1:19

19 ^cbWrite therefore ^ccthe things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.

Revelation of John 6

The Seven Seals

1 Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of ^cdthe seven seals, and I heard ^ceone of the four living creatures say ^cfwith a voice like thunder, ^cg“Come!” 2 And I looked, and behold, ^cha white horse! And ^ciits rider had a bow, and ^cja crown was given to him, and he came out ^ckconquering, and to conquer.

3 When he opened the second seal, I heard ^clthe second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, ^cmbright red. Its rider was permitted ^cnto take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the ^cothird living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, ^cpa black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, ^cq“A quart ^{▼▼Greek choinix, a dry measure equal to about a quart} of wheat for a denarius, ^{▼▼A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer} and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and ^ctdo not harm the oil and wine!”

7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of ^cuthe fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 And I looked, and behold, ^cva pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill ^cwwith sword and with famine and with pestilence and ^cxby wild beasts of the earth.

9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under ^cythe altar ^czthe souls of those who had been slain ^dafor the word of God and for ^dbthe witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, ^dcholy and true, ^ddhow long ^debefore you will judge and ^dfavenge our blood on ^dgthose who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given ^dha white robe and ^ditold to rest a little longer, ^djuntil the number of their fellow servants ^{▼▼Greek fellow bondservants} and their brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} ^dmshould be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, ^dnthere was a great earthquake, and ^dothe sun became black as ^dpsackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and ^dqthe stars of the sky fell to the earth ^dras the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. 14 ^dsThe sky vanished ^dtlike a scroll that is being rolled up, and ^duevery mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave ^{▼▼Or servant; Greek bondservant} and free, ^dwhid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 ^dxcalling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of ^dyhim who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for ^dzthe great day of their wrath has come, and ^eawho can stand?”

Revelation of John 22

The River of Life

1 Then the angel ^{▼▼Greek he} showed me ^ecthe river of ^edthe water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of ^eethe street of the city; ^efalso, on either side of the river, ^egthe tree of life ^{▼▼Or the Lamb. In the midst of the street of the city, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life} with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were ^eifor the healing of the nations. 3 ^ejNo longer will there be anything accursed, but ^ekthe throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and ^elhis servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants; also verse 6} will worship him. 4 ^enThey will see his face, and ^eohis name will be on their foreheads. 5 And ^epnight will be no more. They will need no light of lamp ^eqor sun, for ^erthe Lord God will be their light, and ^esthey will reign forever and ever.

Jesus Is Coming

6 And he said to me, ^et“These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of ^euthe spirits of the prophets, ^evhas sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”

7 “And behold, ^ewI am coming soon. ^exBlessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

8 I, ^eyJohn, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, ^ezI fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, 9 ^fabut he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant ^{▼▼Greek fellow bondservant} with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those ^fcwho keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

10 And he said to me, ^fd“Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. 11 ^feLet the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”

12 “Behold, ^ffI am coming soon, ^fgbringing my recompense with me, ^fhto repay each one for what he has done. 13 ^fiI am the Alpha and the Omega, ^fjthe first and the last, ^fkthe beginning and the end.”

14 Blessed are those who ^flwash their robes, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts do his commandments} so that they may have the right to ^fnthe tree of life and that ^fothey may enter the city by the gates. 15 ^fpOutside are ^fqthe dogs ^frand sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

16 ^fs“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things ^ftfor the churches. I am ^futhe root and ^fvthe descendant of David, ^fwthe bright morning star.”

17 The Spirit and ^fxthe Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And ^fylet the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the ^fzwater of life without price.

18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: ^gaif anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in ^gbthe tree of life and in ^gcthe holy city, which are described in this book.

20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely ^gdI am coming soon.” Amen. ^geCome, Lord Jesus!

21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts all the saints} Amen.