ous—let him be unrighteous still, and he who is filthy—let him be filthy still, and he who is righteous—let him be declared righteous still, and he who is sanctitied—let him be sanctified still: 12 And lo, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to render to each as his work shall be; 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and End—the First and the Last.
14'Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city; 15and without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.
16'I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star! 17 And the Spirit and the Bride say. Come; and he who is hearing—let him say. Come; and he who is thirsting—let him come; and he who is willing— let him take the water of life freely.
18 'For I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this scroll, if any one may add unto these, God shall add to him the plagues that have been written in this scroll, 19 and if any one may take away from the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the scroll of the life, and out of the holy city, and the things that have been written in this scroll;' 20'he saith—who is testifying these things—'Yes, I come quickly!' Amen! Yes, be coming. Lord Jesus!
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with you all. Amen.
SUPPOSED CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW COVENANTS.
| B.C. | |
| 1491 | Genesis |
| Job | |
| 1491 | Exodus |
| 1490 | Leviticus |
| 1451 | Deuteronomy |
| 1451 | Numbers |
| 1427 | Joshua |
| 1406 | Judges |
| 1312 | Ruth |
| 1055 | First Samuel |
| 1018 | Second Samuel |
| 1015 | First Chronicles |
| Psalms | |
| 1013 | Song of Solomon |
| 1004 | First Kings, I.— XL |
| 1004 | Second Chronicles, I.— IX. |
| 1000 | Proverbs |
| 975 | Ecclesiastes |
| 897 | First Kings, XII &c. |
| 862 | Jonah |
| 800 | Joel |
| 787 | Amos |
| 750 | Micah |
| 740 | Hosea |
| 713 | Nahum |
| 698 | Isaiah |
| 630 | Zephaniah |
| 626 | Habakkuk |
| 623 | Second Chronicles, X. to the end |
| 590 | Second Kings |
| 588 | Jeremiah |
| 588 | Lamentations |
| 587 | Obadiah |
| 574 | Ezekiel |
| 534 | Daniel |
| 520 | Haggai |
| 520 | Zechariah |
| 609 | Esther |
| 457 | Ezra |
| 434 | Nehemiah |
| 397 | Malachi. |
| A.D. | ||
| 38 | Matthew | Judea |
| 52 | Galatians | Corinth, or Macedonia |
| 52 | 1st Thessalonians | Corinth |
| 52 | 2d Thessalonians | Corinth |
| 56 | 1st Corinthians | Ephesus |
| 57 | 2d Corinthians | Macedonia |
| 58 | Romans | Corinth |
| 61 | Ephesians | Rome |
| 61 | James | Jerusalem |
| 62 | Philippians | Rome |
| 62 | Colossians | Rome |
| 62 | Philemon | Rome |
| 63 | Luke | Greece |
| 63 | Hebrews | Rome |
| 64 | Acts | Greece |
| 64 | 1st Timothy | Macedonia |
| 64 | 1st Peter | Rome |
| 64 | Titus | Macedonia or Greece |
| 65 | Mark | Rome |
| 65 | 2d Timothy | Rome |
| 65 | 2d Peter | Rome |
| 69 | 1st John | Judea |
| 69 | 2d John | Ephesus |
| 69 | 3d John | Ephesus |
| 70 | Jude | Unknown |
| 96 | Revelation | Patmos |
| 97 | John | Asia Minor. |
