1 Et ostendit mihi fluvium aquæ vitæ, splendidum tamquam crystallum, procedentem de sede Dei et Agni. 2 In medio plateæ ejus, et ex utraque parte fluminis, lignum vitæ, afferens fructus duodecim per menses singulos, reddens fructum suum et folia ligni ad sanitatem gentium. 3 Et omne maledictum non erit amplius: sed sedes Dei et Agni in illa erunt, et servi ejus servient illi. 4 Et videbunt faciem ejus: et nomen ejus in frontibus eorum. 5 Et nox ultra non erit: et non egebunt lumine lucernæ, neque lumine solis, quoniam Dominus Deus illuminabit illos, et regnabunt in sæcula sæculorum. 6 Et dixit mihi: Hæc verba fidelissima sunt, et vera. Et Dominus Deus spirituum prophetarum misit angelum suum ostendere servis suis quæ oportet fieri cito. 7 Et ecce venio velociter. Beatus, qui custodit verba prophetiæ libri hujus. 8 Et ego Joannes, qui audivi, et vidi hæc. Et postquam audissem, et vidissem, cecidi ut adorarem ante pedes angeli, qui mihi hæc ostendebat: 9 et dixit mihi: Vide ne feceris: conservus enim tuus sum, et fratrum tuorum prophetarum, et eorum qui servant verba prophetiæ libri hujus: Deum adora. 10 Et dicit mihi: Ne signaveris verba prophetiæ libri hujus: tempus enim prope est. 11 Qui nocet, noceat adhuc: et qui in sordibus est, sordescat adhuc: et qui justus est, justificetur adhuc: et sanctus, sanctificetur adhuc. 12 Ecce venio cito, et merces mea mecum est, reddere unicuique secundum opera sua. 13 Ego sum alpha et omega, primus et novissimus, principium et finis. 14 Beati, qui lavant stolas suas in sanguine Agni: ut sit potestas eorum in ligno vitæ, et per portas intrent in civitatem. 15 Foris canes, et venefici, et impudici, et homicidæ, et idolis servientes, et omnis qui amat et facit mendacium. 16 Ego Jesus misi angelum meum testificari vobis hæc in ecclesiis. Ego sum radix, et genus David, stella splendida et matutina. 17 Et spiritus, et sponsa dicunt: Veni. Et qui audit, dicat: Veni. Et qui sitit, veniat: et qui vult, accipiat aquam vitæ, gratis. 18 Contestor enim omni audienti verba prophetiæ libri hujus: si quis apposuerit ad hæc, apponet Deus super illum plagas scriptas in libro isto. 19 Et si quis diminuerit de verbis libri prophetiæ hujus, auferet Deus partem ejus de libro vitæ, et de civitate sancta, et de his quæ scripta sunt in libro isto: 20 dicit qui testimonium perhibet istorum. Etiam venio cito: amen. Veni, Domine Jesu. 21 Gratia Domini nostri Jesu Christi cum omnibus vobis. Amen.
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- 1 Revelation 7:17; John 4:14; John 7:38–39; Psalm 36:8–9; John 4:10–11
- 2 Revelation 22:1; 1 Peter 2:24; Revelation 2:7; Ezekiel 47:8–12; Genesis 2:9
- 3 Matthew 25:21; Revelation 21:3–4; John 12:26; Revelation 7:15–17; John 14:3
- 4 Matthew 5:8; Revelation 14:1; Revelation 3:12; 1 John 3:2–3; 1 Corinthians 13:12
- 5 Isaiah 60:19–20; Daniel 7:18; Revelation 20:4; Daniel 7:27; 1 Peter 1:3–4
- 6 Revelation 1:1; Revelation 21:5; Revelation 19:9; Romans 1:2; Acts 3:18
- 7 Revelation 1:3; Revelation 3:11; Revelation 22:20; Revelation 22:12; Revelation 22:9–10
- 8 Revelation 19:10; Revelation 1:1
- 9 Revelation 19:10; Colossians 2:18–19; Revelation 14:7; 1 John 5:20; Revelation 4:10
- 10 Daniel 8:26; Revelation 1:3; 1 Peter 4:7; Revelation 10:4; Matthew 10:27
- 11 Daniel 12:10; Proverbs 4:18; Ezekiel 3:27; 2 Timothy 3:13; Matthew 15:14
- 12 Matthew 16:27; Isaiah 62:11; Isaiah 40:10; 1 Corinthians 3:14; Revelation 22:7
- 13 Revelation 1:8; Revelation 21:6; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 48:12; Revelation 1:17
- 14 Revelation 21:27; 1 John 5:3; 1 John 3:23–24; Revelation 22:7; 1 John 3:3
- 15 Revelation 21:8; Galatians 5:19–21; Philippians 3:2; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Revelation 21:27
- 16 Revelation 5:5; 2 Peter 1:19; Isaiah 11:1; Romans 1:3–4; Revelation 1:4
- 17 John 4:14; Revelation 21:6; Isaiah 55:1–3; John 7:37; Isaiah 12:3
- 18 Deuteronomy 12:32; Deuteronomy 4:2; Proverbs 30:6; Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:7
- 19 Deuteronomy 4:2; Luke 11:52; Revelation 22:2; Psalm 69:28; Revelation 1:3
- 20 Revelation 22:7; Hebrews 9:28; Revelation 22:12; 2 Timothy 4:8; 1 Corinthians 16:22
- 21 2 Thessalonians 3:18; Romans 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 6:23–24; Revelation 1:4
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And thus He forewarns us: "Behold, the Lord [cometh], and His reward is before His face, to render to every man according to his work." He exhorts us, therefore, with our whole heart to attend to this, that we be not lazy or slothful in any good work.
… easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich man [depositing his money] in a bank, lodged in her hands most copiously all things pertaining to the truth: so that every man, whosoever will, can draw from her the water of life. For she is the entrance to life; all others are thieves and robbers.
But said the angel, "Rise; see thou do it not: worship God, for I am thy fellow-servant, and the brethren's." An angel, then, forbade a man to fall down at his feet.
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He says, "be consummated," be completed, according to that in the Apocalypse, "Let the righteous become more righteous, and let the filthy be filthy still." For the wickedness of those men appears consummate, who crucified the Son of God; but greater is theirs who will not live uprightly, and hate the precepts of truth, for whom the Son of God …
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