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¹After these things, Moses and Aaron entered, and they said to Pharaoh: “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Release my people, so that they may sacrifice to me in the desert.” ²But he responded: “Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice and release Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel.”

¹⁰Yet truly, the brothers promptly sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. And when they had arrived, they entered the synagogue of the Jews. ¹¹But these were more noble than those who were at Thessalonica. They received the Word with all enthusiasm, daily examining the Scriptures to see if these things were so.

¹⁸There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, in order to make known to his servants the things that must soon occur, and which he signified by sending his Angel to his servant John;

⁷saying with a loud voice: “Fear the Lord, and give honor to him, for the hour of his judgment has arrived. And worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the sources of water.”

²⁸You shall not disparage the heavens, and you shall not speak evil of the leader of your people.

⁷It is Christ who, in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offered prayers and supplications to the One who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence.

⁷But avoid the silly fables of old women. And exercise yourself so as to advance in piety.

²⁰O Timothy, guard what has been deposited with you, avoiding the voice of profane novelties and of opposing ideas, which are falsely called knowledge.

³Know this first: that in the last days there will arrive deceitful mockers, walking according to their own desires,

²⁸Thus, in receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace. So, through grace, let us be of service, by pleasing God with fear and reverence.

³³O Lord, place the law before me, the way of your justifications, and I will always inquire into it. ³⁴Give me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heart.

²¹For you have been called to this because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in his footsteps.

⁴⁰Whoever receives you, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives him who sent me.

³He afflicted you with need, and he gave you Manna as your food, which neither you nor your fathers knew, so as to reveal to you that it is not by bread alone that man lives, but by every word that goes forth from the mouth of God.

¹⁰The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of holiness is prudence.

⁸Similarly also, these ones certainly defile the flesh, and they despise proper authority, and they blaspheme against majesty. ⁹When Michael the Archangel, disputing with the devil, contended about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring against him a judgment of blasphemy, so instead he said: “The Lord commands you.” ¹⁰But these men certainly blaspheme against whatever they do not understand. And yet, whatever they, like mute animals, know from nature, in these things they are corrupted.

¹⁵For at the proper time, he shall reveal the blessed and only Power, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, ¹⁶who alone holds immortality, and who inhabits the inaccessible light, whom no man has seen, nor even is able to see, to whom is honor and everlasting dominion. Amen.

¹²Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

⁷The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The foolish despise wisdom as well as doctrine.

²⁴Therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and from your whole heart. For you have seen the great works that he has done among you.

⁵And he said: “Lest you should approach here, remove the shoes from your feet. For the place on which you stand is holy ground.”

⁸Similarly also, these ones certainly defile the flesh, and they despise proper authority, and they blaspheme against majesty.