Blessedare thosewho washtheir robes,sothat they may have the rightto the treeof life,and may enterby the gatesinto the city.
Out of the groundthe LORDGodcaused to groweverytreethat is pleasingto the sightand goodfor food;the treeof lifealso in the midstof the garden,and the treeof the knowledgeof goodand evil.
Then the LORDGodsaid,"Behold,the manhas becomelike oneof Us, knowinggoodand evil;and now,he mightstretchout his hand,and takealsofrom the treeof life,and eat,and liveforever"--
Praisethe LORD!How blessedis the manwho fearsthe LORD,Who greatlydelightsin His commandments.
Thisis the gateof the LORD;The righteouswill enterthrough it.
The LORDalso saidto Moses,"Goto the peopleand consecratethem todayand tomorrow,and let them washtheir garments;
"How blessedis he who keeps waitingand attainsto the 1,335days!
SoJesussaidto them again,"Truly,truly,I sayto you, I amthe doorof the sheep.
"I amthe door;ifanyoneentersthroughMe, he will be saved,and will goin and out and findpasture.
"Ifyou loveMe, you will keepMy commandments.
Jesussaidto him, "I amthe way,and the truth,and the life;no onecomesto the Fatherbut throughMe.
"You are not greaterthan our fatherJacob,are You, whogaveus the well,and drankof it himselfand his sonsand his cattle?"
Circumcisionis nothing,and uncircumcisionis nothing,but [what matters is] the keepingof the commandmentsof God.
But take carethat thislibertyof yoursdoes not somehowbecomea stumbling blockto the weak.
Do we not havea rightto take alonga believingwife,evenas the restof the apostlesand the brothersof the Lordand Cephas?
For in ChristJesusneithercircumcisionnoruncircumcisionmeansanything,but faithworkingthroughlove.
And everyonewho hasthishope[fixed] on Him purifieshimself,justas He is pure.
For thisis the loveof God,that we keepHis commandments;and His commandmentsare not burdensome.
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.To him who overcomes,I will grantto eatof the treeof lifewhichis in the Paradiseof God.'
It hada greatand highwall,with twelvegates,and at the gatestwelveangels;and names[were] writtenon them, whichare [the names] of the twelvetribesof the sonsof Israel.
and nothingunclean,and noone who practicesabominationand lying,shall evercomeinto it, but onlythosewhose names are writtenin the Lamb'sbookof life.
in the middleof its street.On either sideof the riverwas the treeof life,bearingtwelve[kinds of] fruit,yieldingits fruiteverymonth;and the leavesof the treewere for the healingof the nations.
"And behold,I am comingquickly.Blessedis he who heedsthe wordsof the prophecyof thisbook."
I saidto him, "My lord,you know."And he saidto me, "Theseare the ones who comeout of the greattribulation,and they have washedtheir robesand made them whitein the bloodof the Lamb.
