Acts 15:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)18 This is what the Lord said when He predicted these things long ago.’ Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176918 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition18 Says the Lord, Who has been making these things known from the beginning of the world. [Isa. 45:21; Jer. 12:15; Amos 9:11, 12.] Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)18 Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible18 known from earliest times. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version18 To the Lord, his own work has been known from eternity. Ver Capítulo |
But we ought to thank God for you always, brothers [who are] dearly loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning [Note: Some manuscripts use the Greek word for “first fruits” instead of “beginning” here, but it is difficult to know in what sense the Thessalonian Christians were “first”], in order to be saved through being set apart by the Holy Spirit and through belief of the truth [of the Gospel].
The beast you saw once existed, but now does not, and [yet] is about to come up out of the pit and go to [his] destruction. And those people living on the earth, whose names have not been recorded in the book of life from the creation of the world, will be amazed when they see the beast, because he had once existed, but now does not, and yet will come [again].
And everyone who lives on earth will worship the beast, [even those] people whose names had not been recorded in the book of life belonging to the Lamb, who was killed [i.e., in prospect] from the creation of the world. [Note: This sentence could also read “...not been recorded from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed”].