Revelation 1:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Happy is he that readeth, and they that heare the wordes of this prophesie, and kepe those thynges which are written therin, for the tyme is at hande.

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  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 And chiefely consideryng the season, howe that it is tyme that we shoulde nowe awake out of slepe: For nowe is our saluation nearer, then when we beleued.
  • Rev 22:10 : 10 And he sayde vnto me, seale not the sayinges of the prophecie of this booke: For the tyme is at hande.
  • Prov 8:34 : 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching dayly at my gates, and geuing attendaunce at the postes of my doores.
  • Rev 22:12 : 12 And beholde, I come shortly, and my rewarde is with me, to geue euery man accordyng as his deedes shalbe.
  • Jas 5:8-9 : 8 Be ye also patient therfore, and settle your heartes, for the commyng of the Lorde draweth nye. 9 Grudge not one agaynst another brethren, lest ye be dampned: Beholde, the iudge standeth before the doore.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 The ende of all thynges is at hande. Be ye therefore sober, and watche vnto prayer.
  • 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 Dearely beloued, be not ignoraunt of this one thyng, howe that one day is with the Lorde as a thousande yere, & a thousande yere as one day.
  • Rev 22:6-7 : 6 And he sayde vnto me: these sayinges are faythfull and true. And the Lorde God of the holy prophetes, sent his angell to shewe vnto his seruauntes, the thynges which must shortly be fulfilled. 7 Beholde, I come shortly: Happy is he that kepeth ye saying of the prophecie of this booke.
  • Rev 22:20 : 20 He which testifieth these thynges, sayth surely, I come quickly. Amen. Euen so, come Lorde Iesus.
  • Dan 12:12-13 : 12 Blessed is he that wayteth and commeth to the thousande, three hundred, and fiue and thirtie dayes. 13 But go thou thy way tyll the ende be, for thou shalt rest, and stande vp in thy lot at the ende of the dayes.

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  • Rev 22:6-10
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    6And he sayde vnto me: these sayinges are faythfull and true. And the Lorde God of the holy prophetes, sent his angell to shewe vnto his seruauntes, the thynges which must shortly be fulfilled.

    7Beholde, I come shortly: Happy is he that kepeth ye saying of the prophecie of this booke.

    8I Iohn sawe these thynges, & hearde them: And when I had hearde and seene, I fell downe to worship before the feete of the angell, which shewed me these thynges.

    9And he sayde vnto me: see thou do it not, for I am thy felowe seruaunt, and the felowe seruaunt of thy brethren the prophetes, and of them which kepe the sayinges of this booke: But worshippe God.

    10And he sayde vnto me, seale not the sayinges of the prophecie of this booke: For the tyme is at hande.

  • Rev 1:1-2
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    1The reuelation of Iesus Christ, which God gaue vnto hym, for to shewe vnto his seruautes thyngs which must shortlye come to passe: And when he had sent, he shewed by his Angel, vnto his seruaunt Iohn,

    2Which bare recorde of the worde of God, and of the testimonie of Iesus Christe, and of all thinges that he sawe.

  • Rev 1:4-5
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    4Iohn to the seuen Churches in Asia: Grace be vnto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come: and from the seuen spirites which are before his throne,

    5And from Iesus Christe, which is a faythfull witnesse, and first begotten of the dead, and Lorde ouer the kynges of the earth: Unto hym that loued vs, and wasshed vs from our sinnes in his owne blood,

  • Rev 1:16-20
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    16And he had in his ryght hande, seuen starres: And out of his mouth went a sharpe two edged sworde: And his face shone, euen as the sunne in his strength.

    17And when I sawe hym, I fell at his feete euen as dead: And he layde his ryght hande vpon me, saying vnto me, feare not, I am the first and the last,

    18And am alyue, and was dead: And beholde, I am alyue for euermore, Amen, and haue the keyes of hell and of death.

    19Write therfore the thinges which thou hast seene, and the thynges which are, and the thinges which must be fulfilled hereafter.

    20The misterie of the seuen starres which thou sawest in my ryght hande, and the seuen golde candlestickes. The seuen starres, are the Angels of the seue Churches: And the seuen candlestickes whiche thou sawest, are the seuen Churches.

  • Rev 3:13
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    13Let hym that hath an eare, heare what the spirite sayth vnto ye Churches.

  • Rev 3:6-7
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    6Let him that hath an eare, heare what the spirite sayth vnto the Churches.

    7And write vnto ye Angel of the Church of Philadelphia, this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the key of Dauid, which openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth.

  • Rev 3:22
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    22Let hym yt hath an eare, heare what the spirite sayth vnto the Churches.

  • Rev 1:7-11
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    7Beholde, he commeth with cloudes, and all eyes shall see hym, and they also which pearsed hym: And all kinredes of the earth shall wayle before hym. Euen so. Amen.

    8I am Alpha and Omega, the begynnyng and the endyng, sayth the Lorde almyghtie, which is, and which was, and which is to come.

    9I Iohn, your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdome and patience of Iesus Christe, was in the Ile that is called Pathmos, for ye worde of God, and for the witnessyng of Iesus Christe.

    10I was in the spirite on the Lordes day, and hearde behynde me a great voyce, as it had ben of a trumpe.

    11Saying: I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: That thou seest, write in a booke, and sende it vnto the seuen Churches which are in Asia, vnto Ephesus, and vnto Smyrna, and vnto Pergamos, and vnto Thyatira, and vnto Sardis, and vnto Philadelphia, and vnto Laodicea.

  • Rev 22:18-20
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    18I testifie vnto euery man that heareth the wordes of ye prophecie of this booke: If any man shall adde vnto these thynges, God shall adde vnto hym the plagues that are written in this booke.

    19And yf any man shall minishe of the wordes of the booke of this prophecie, God shal take away his part out of the booke of lyfe, and out of the holy citie, and from the thynges which are writte in this booke.

    20He which testifieth these thynges, sayth surely, I come quickly. Amen. Euen so, come Lorde Iesus.

  • Rev 2:29
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    29Let hym that hath an eare, heare what the spirite sayth to the Churches.

  • Rev 19:9
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    9And he sayde vnto me, write: Happy are they which are called vnto the supper of the lambes mariage. And he said vnto me: These are the true sayinges of God.

  • Rev 13:9
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    9If any man haue an eare, let hym heare.

  • Rev 22:14
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    14Blessed are they that do his commaundementes, that their power may be in the tree of lyfe, and may enter in through the gates into the citie.

  • Rev 16:15
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    15Beholde, I come as a theefe. Happie is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes, lest he walke naked, and men see his fylthynesse.

  • Luke 11:28
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    28But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.

  • Rev 5:1-2
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    1And I sawe in the right hande of hym that sate on the throne, a booke written within, and on the backe syde, sealed with seuen seales.

    2And I sawe a strong angell, whiche preached with a loude voyce: Who is worthy to open the booke, and to loose the seales therof?

  • Rev 3:10-11
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    10Because thou hast kept the wordes of my patience, therfore I wyll kepe thee from the houre of temptation, which wyll come vpon all the worlde, to trie them that dwel vpon the earth.

    11Beholde, I come shortly: Holde that which thou haste, that no man take away thy crowne.

  • Rev 14:12-13
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    12Here is the pacience of the saintes: Here are they that kepe the commaundementes of God, and the fayth of Iesus.

    13And I hearde a voyce from heauen, saying vnto me, write: Blessed are the dead, which hereafter dye in the Lorde. Euen so sayth the spirite, that they rest from their laboures, and their workes folowe them.

  • Rev 4:1
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    1After this, I loked, and beholde a doore was open in heaue: and the first voyce which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which saide: Come vp hyther, and I wyll shewe thee thynges which must be fulfylled hereafter.

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    3Blessed be God, the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng, in heauenly thynges by Christe:

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    2And he had in his hande a litle booke open, and he put his ryght foote vpon the sea, and his left foote on the earth:

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    20Beholde, I stande at the doore and knocke: If any man heare my voyce, and open the doore, I wyll come in to hym, and wyll suppe with hym, and he with me.

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    3Remember therfore howe thou hast receaued and heard, and holde fast, and repent. If thou shalt not watche, I wyll come on thee as a thiefe, and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wyll come vpon thee.

  • Rev 19:1
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    1And after that I heard a great voyce of much people in heauen, saying Alleluia: Saluation, and glory, and honour, and power, be ascribed to the Lorde our God:

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    8And the voyce which I hearde from heauen, spake vnto me agayne, & sayde: Go, and take the litle booke which is open in the hande of the Angel, which standeth vpon the sea and vpon ye earth.

  • Rev 14:9
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    9And the thirde angell folowed them, saying with a loude voyce: If any man worshippe the beast and his image, and receaue his marke in his foreheade, or on his hande,