Nowthese thingshappenedto them as an example,and they were writtenfor our instruction,upon whomthe endsof the ageshave come.
For whateverwas written in earlier timeswas writtenfor our instruction,sothat throughperseveranceand the encouragementof the Scriptureswe might havehope.
[Do] this,knowingthe time,that it is alreadythe hourfor you to awakenfrom sleep;for nowsalvationis nearerto us thanwhenwe believed.
Children,it is the lasthour;and justas you heardthat antichristis coming,evennowmanyantichristshave appeared;from thiswe knowthat it is the lasthour.
Oris He speakingaltogetherfor our sake?Yes,for our sakeit was written,becausethe plowmanoughtto plowin hope,and the thresher[to thresh] in hopeof sharing[the crops].
Let your gentle[spirit] be knownto allmen.The Lordis near.
Nownot for his sakeonlywas it writtenthat it was creditedto him,
not forsakingour ownassembling together,as is the habitof some,but encouraging[one another]; and allthe moreas you seethe daydrawing near.
FOR YETIN A VERYLITTLEWHILE,HE WHO IS COMINGWILL COME,AND WILL NOT DELAY.
But thisI say,brethren,the timehas beenshortened,sothat from nowon thosewho havewivesshould be as thoughthey hadnone;
Thiswill be writtenfor the generationto come,That a peopleyet to be createdmay praisethe LORD.
So it will be a reproach,a reviling,a warningand an objectof horrorto the nationswhosurroundyou when I executejudgmentsagainst you in anger,wrathand ragingrebukes.I, the LORD,have spoken.
and the enemywho sowedthem is the devil,and the harvestis the endof the age;and the reapersare angels.
"Sojustas the taresare gatheredup and burnedwith fire,soshall it be at the endof the age.
The nightis almost gone,and the dayis near.Thereforelet us lay asidethe deedsof darknessand puton the armorof light.
Nowthese thingshappenedas examplesfor us, sothat we would not craveevil thingsas they alsocraved.
Thisis allegorically speaking,for these[women] are twocovenants:one[proceeding] from MountSinaibearing childrenwho are to be slaves;she is Hagar.
So they made their fatherdrinkwinethat nightalso,and the youngeraroseand laywith him; and he did not knowwhen she laydownor when she arose.
