Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed {is} he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let {them} slip. {let...: Gr. run out as leaking vessels}

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane {and} vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: {science: Gr. knowledge}

Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that {were} not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in {both} which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

But that which ye have {already} hold fast till I come.

And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting {you} in remembrance;

And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed {is} he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

But of that day and hour knoweth no {man}, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

But of that day and {that} hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

But that which ye have {already} hold fast till I come.

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and {so} that day come upon you unawares.

Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. {as...: or, in teaching}

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but {he that is} perverse {in his} ways shall fall at once.

Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for {him}, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and {then} to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, {even} where Satan's seat {is}: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas {was} my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: {and} because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane {and} vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: {science: Gr. knowledge}

For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, {which} thou shalt not know. {from...: Heb. the morning thereof} {put: Heb. expiate}

Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.