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Rev. 20:2 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

-indicating that sin, which was set up and spread out against man, and which rendered him subject to death, should be deprived of its power, along with death, which rules [over men]; and that the lion, that is, antichrist, rampant against mankind in the latter days, should be trampled down by Him; and that He should bind "the dragon, that old serpent"[461]

Rev. 20:2 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

and that the beast Antichrist with his false prophet may wage war on the Church of God; and that, after the casting of the devil into the bottomless pit for a while,[175]

Rev. 20:3 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Hermogenes

-having been first "cast into the bottomless pit; "[110]

Rev. 20:4 - NIV, NAB - in Dialogue of Justin

And further, there was a certain man with us, whose name was John, one of the apostles of Christ, who prophesied, by a revelation that was made to him, that those who believed in our Christ would dwell[325]

Rev. 20:4 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XI Exhortation to Martyrdom Addressed to Fortunatus

" And when he had placed those who were slain in the first place, he added, saying: "And whosoever had not worshipped the image of the beast, neither had received his mark upon their forehead or in their hand; "all these he joins together, as seen by him at one time in the same place, and says, "And they lived and reigned with Christ."[116]

Rev. 20:4 - NIV, NAB - in Martyrdom of Habib the Deacon

Habib said: Those who die for the sake of the name of Christ, and worship not those objects that are made and created, will find their life in the presence of Cod;[22]

Rev. 20:5 - NIV, NAB - in Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus

but is trusted as a virgin; and salvation is manifested, and the Apostles are filled with understanding, and the Passover[71]

Rev. 20:5 - NIV, NAB - in Didache

in heaven; then the sign of the sound of the trumpet; and the third, the resurrection of the dead; 7. yet not of all, but as it is said: The Lord shall come and all His saints with Him.[151]

Rev. 20:5 - NIV, NAB - in The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs XII

Then shall we also arise, each one over our tribe, worshipping the King of heaven, who appeared upon the earth in the form of a man of humility. And as many as believed on Him on the earth shall rejoice with Him;[7]

Rev. 20:6 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

Again John also says the very same in the Apocalypse: "Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection."[307]

Rev. 20:6 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

And John says, "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power."[166]

Rev. 20:6 - NIV, NAB - in Methodius Discourse IX. Tusiane

Such fruit it is necessary that we bring when we come to the judgment-seat of Christ, on the first day of the feast; for if we are without it we shall not be able to feast with God, nor to have part, according to John,[13]

Rev. 20:10 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

If sorrow, and mourning, and sighing, and death itself, assail us from the afflictions both of soul and body, how shall they be removed, except by the cessation of their causes, that is to say, the afflictions of flesh and soul? where will you find adversities in the presence of God? where, incursions of an enemy in the bosom of Christ? where, attacks of the devil in the face of the Holy Spirit?-now that the devil himself and his angels are "cast into the lake of fire."[449]

Rev. 20:11 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

For after the times of the kingdom, he says, "I saw a great white throne, and Him who sat upon it, from whose face the earth fled away, and the heavens; and there was no more place for them."[326]

Rev. 20:11 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Hermogenes

"and there was found no place for them,"[365]

Rev. 20:11 - NIV, NAB - in Dubious Hippolytus Fragments

From Thy presence the whole earth fleeth away,[132]

Rev. 20:11 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the sight of the Lord's throne: and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is (the book) of life: and every one was judged according to those things that were written in the book, according to their own works."[71]

Rev. 20:12 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

Moreover," he says, "the book of life was opened, and the dead were judged out of those things that were written in the books, according to their works; and death and hell were sent into the lake of fire, the second death."[327]

Rev. 20:13 - NIV, NAB - in Methodius From the Discourse on the Resurrection

Consider, he says, whether too the blessed John, when he says, "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it: and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them,"[105]

Rev. 20:15 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

"And if any one," it is said, "was not found written in the book of life, he was sent into the lake of fire."[329]

Rev. 20:15 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Vision First

Cease not therefore to admonish your sons; for I know that, if they will repent with all their heart, they will be enrolled in the Books of Life with the saints."[25]

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