"[It is] likea manaway on a journey,[who] upon leavinghis houseand puttinghis slavesin charge,[assigning] to each onehis task,alsocommandedthe doorkeeperto stay on the alert.
"I will giveyou the keysof the kingdomof heaven;and whateveryou bindon earthshall have been boundin heaven,and whateveryou looseon earthshall have been loosedin heaven."
"To him the doorkeeperopens,and the sheephearhis voice,and he callshis ownsheepby nameand leadsthem out.
For becauseof thisyou alsopaytaxes,for [rulers] are servantsof God,devoting themselvesto thisverything.
Therefore,my belovedbrethren,be steadfast,immovable,alwaysaboundingin the workof the Lord,knowingthat your toilis not [in] vainin the Lord.
knowingthat from the Lordyou will receivethe rewardof the inheritance.It is the LordChristwhom you serve.
Masters,grantto your slavesjusticeand fairness,knowingthat you toohavea Masterin heaven.
"And to the angelof the churchin Philadelphiawrite:He who is holy,who is true,who hasthe keyof David,who opensand noonewill shut,and who shutsand no oneopens,saysthis:
