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Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

We love him, because he first loved us.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.