American Standard Version of 1901
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Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,
who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
For unto this end {Or, were the good tidings preached}was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
{Or, Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not}Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving {Some ancient authorities read the opportunity.}the Lord;
to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;
And they come to Jesus, and behold {Or, this demoniac}him that was possessed with demons sitting, clothed and in his right mind, even him that had the legion: and they were afraid.
Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that {Greek: is being brought.}is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
with all prayer and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,