American Standard Version of 1901
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But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no {Or, authority}power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him {Some ancient authorities read the.}a thousand years.
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the {Or, garden: as in Genesis 2:8.}Paradise of God.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the {Or, garden: as in Genesis 2:8.}Paradise of God.
I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.
how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
(Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended {Some ancient authorities insert first.}into the lower parts of the earth?
{Or, And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said}And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the ghost.
{Some ancient authorities read Now to glory is not expedient, but i will come &c.}I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
Because Christ also {Many ancient authorities read died.}suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings {Greek: unto.}of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.
that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, {Or, into which few, that is, eight souls were brought safely through water}wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, {Greek: a herald.}a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;