28 And now, dear children, continue in union with Him; so that, if He re-appears, we may have perfect confidence, and may not shrink away in shame from His presence at His Coming.
23 And may God Himself who gives peace, make you entirely holy; and may your spirits, souls and bodies be preserved complete and be found blameless at the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
23 »If at that time any one should say to you, See, here is the Christ!' or Here!' give no credence to it.«
24 For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, were it possible, even God's own People.
25 Remember, I have forewarned you.
11 For the grace of God has displayed itself with healing power to all mankind,
12 training us to renounce ungodliness and all the pleasures of this world, and to live sober, upright, and pious lives at the present time,
13 in expectation of the fulfilment of our blessed hope–the Appearing in glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 who gave Himself for us to purchase our freedom from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a people who should be specially His own, zealous for doing good works.
44 Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come.
14 And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole world to set the evidence before all the Gentiles; and then the End will come.
7 But the end of all things is now close at hand: therefore be sober-minded and temperate, so that you may give yourselves to prayer.
12 »Brother will betray brother to be killed, and fathers will betray children; and children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
13 You will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name, but those who stand firm to the End will be saved.
27 And then will they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and glory.
21 for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly never will be again.
22 And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.
7 so that there is no gift of God in which you consciously come short while patiently waiting for the reappearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
8 who will also keep you stedfast to the very End, so that you will be free from reproach on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
20 »He who solemnly declares all this says,« Yes, I am coming quickly.' Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
20 »He who solemnly declares all this says,« Yes, I am coming quickly.' Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
25 »There will be signs in sun, moon, and stars; and on earth anguish among the nations in their bewilderment at the roaring of the sea and its billows;«
26 while men's hearts are fainting for fear, and for anxious expectation of what is coming on the world. For the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.
27 And then will they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and glory.
28 But when all this is beginning to take place, grieve no longer. Lift up your heads, because your deliverance is drawing near.«
1 »Let not your hearts be troubled. Trust in God: trust in me also.
2 In my Father's house there are many resting-places. Were it otherwise, I would have told you; for I am going to make ready a place for you.
3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will return and take you to be with me, that where I am you also may be.
12 »I am coming quickly; and My reward is with Me, that I may requite every man in accordance with what his conduct has been.
34 »But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;
35 for it will come on all dwellers on the face of the whole earth.
36 But beware of slumbering; and every moment pray that you may be fully strengthened to escape from all these coming evils, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man.«
32 »Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all know that summer is near.«
33 So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He is near–at your very door.
29 »But immediately after those times of distress the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shed her light, the stars will fall from the firmament, and the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.«
30 Then will appear the Sign of the Son of Man in the sky; and then will all the nations of the earth lament, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with great power and glory.
31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet-blast, and they will bring together His own People to Him from north, south, east and west–from one extremity of the world to the other.
27 For the Son of Man is soon to come in the glory of the Father with His angels, and then will He requite every man according to his actions.
42 Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.
42 Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.
16 For the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven with a loud word of command, and with an archangel's voice and the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Afterwards we who are alive and are still on earth will be caught up in their company amid clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
18 And so we shall be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
3 Afterwards He was on the Mount of Olives and was seated there when the disciples came to Him, apart from the others, and said, »Tell us when this will be; and what will be the sign of your Coming and of the Close of the Age?«
4 »Take care that no one misleads you,« answered Jesus;
5 »for many will come assuming my name and saying I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many.«
6 And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End is not yet.
8 »I am the Alpha and the Omega,« says the Lord God, »He who is and was and evermore will be–the Ruler of all.«
28 so the Christ also, having been once offered in sacrifice in order that He might bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, separated from sin, to those who are eagerly expecting Him, to make their salvation complete.
11 And there will be great earthquakes, and in places famines and pestilence; and there will be terrible sights and wonderful tokens from Heaven.
24 And let us bestow thought on one another with a view to arousing one another to brotherly love and right conduct;
25 not neglecting –as some habitually do– to meet together, but encouraging one another, and doing this all the more since you can see the day of Christ approaching.
30 And beware of grieving the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed in preparation for the day of Redemption.
15 »Beware of the false teachers–men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves.«
12 and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;
13 but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.
23 »If at that time any one should say to you, See, here is the Christ!' or Here!' give no credence to it.«
24 For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, were it possible, even God's own People.
25 Remember, I have forewarned you.
26 If therefore they should say to you, See, He is in the Desert!' do not go out there: or See, He is indoors in the room!' do not believe it.
11 who said, »Galilaeans, why stand looking into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into Heaven will come in just the same way as you have seen Him going into Heaven.«
9 »You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.«
10 But the proclamation of the Good News must be carried to all the Gentiles before the End comes.
11 I am coming quickly: cling to that which you already possess, so that your wreath of victory be not taken away from you.
9 »At that time they will deliver you up to punishment and will put you to death; and you will be objects of hatred to all the nations because you are called by my name.«
10 Then will many stumble and fall, and they will betray one another and hate one another.
11 Many false prophets will rise up and lead multitudes astray;
8 But there is one thing, dear friends, which you must not forget. With the Lord one day resembles a thousand years and a thousand years resemble one day.
6 For of this I am confident, that He who has begun a good work within you will go on to perfect it in preparation for the day of Jesus Christ.
26 And then will they see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
27 Then He will send forth the angels and gather together His chosen People from north, south, east and west, from the remotest parts of the earth and the sky.
8 For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.
10 But, while they stood intently gazing into the sky as He went, suddenly there were two men in white garments standing by them,
11 who said, »Galilaeans, why stand looking into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into Heaven will come in just the same way as you have seen Him going into Heaven.«