whether the Christ was liable to suffer, whether first by a resurrection from the dead He was going to proclaim a light to the people and to the nations.
who now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf and fill up in my flesh the things lacking of the afflictions of Christ on behalf of His body, which is the Assembly,
and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body being supplied through the joints and bands, and being joined together, will grow with the growth of God.
That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and that which our hands touched, as regards the Word of Life.
even from Jesus Christ the faithful Witness, the First-begotten out of the dead ones, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To the One loving us and having washed us from our sins by His blood,
And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world became our Lord’s, even of His Christ; and He shall reign to the ages of the ages.
And He said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the one thirsting, I will freely give of the fountain of the water of life.