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Rev. 22:1 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian An Answer to the Jews

"because these two evils hath My People done; Me," He says, "they have quite forsaken, the fount of water of life,[285]

Rev. 22:2 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Vision Fourth

proceeded. But the size of that beast was about a hundred feet, and it had a head like an urn.[7]

Rev. 22:2 - NIV, NAB - in Acts and Martyrdom of St. Matthew the Apostle

and Andrew founded; and as soon as thou hast planted it, it shall be a tree, great and lofty and with many branches, and its branches shall extend to thirty cubits, and of each single branch the fruit shall be different both to the sight and the eating,[4]

Rev. 22:7 - NIV, NAB - in Dionysius Extant Fragments Part I

saw and heard these things."[14]

Rev. 22:7 - NIV, NAB - in Dionysius Extant Fragments Part I

saw these things and heard them."[20]

Rev. 22:9 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise IX On the Advantage of Patience

and says: "See thou do it not; for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren. Worship Jesus the Lord."[57]

Rev. 22:10 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise IX On the Advantage of Patience

rave patience the day of future vengeance; and He also speaks in the Apocalypse, saying, "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for now the time is at hand for them that persevere in injuring to injure, and for him that is filthy to be filthy still; but for him that is righteous to do things still more righteous, and likewise for him that is holy to do things still more holy. Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to every man according to his deeds."[48]

Rev. 22:10 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

And let those who persist in hurting, hurt: and let him who is filthy, be filthy still: but let the righteous do still more righteousness: and in like manner, let him that is holy do still more holiness. Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to every man according to his deeds."[542]

Rev. 22:10 - NIV, NAB - in Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John

prophets announced all things to come, and by His voice John gave his testimony in the world; but because he says that he was about to write the things which the thunders had uttered, that is, whatever things had been obscure in the announcements of the Old Testament; he is forbidden to write them, but he was charged to leave them sealed, because he is an apostle, nor was it fitting that the grace of the subsequent stage should be given in the first. "The time," says he, "is at hand."[45]

Rev. 22:11 - NIV, NAB - in The Letter of the Churches of Vienna and Lugdunum

For they felt no shame that they had been overcome, for they were not possessed of human reason; but their defeat only the more inflamed their rage, and governor and people, like a wild beast, showed a like unjust hatred of us, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, `He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still.'[33]

Rev. 22:12 - NIV, NAB - in 1 Clement

And thus He forewarns us: "Behold, the Lord [cometh], and His reward is before His face, to render to every man according to his work."[139]

Rev. 22:12 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV

For it is said, "Behold the Lord, and His reward is before His face, to give to every one according to his works; what eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and hath not entered into the heart of man what God hath prepared for them that love Him."[206]

Rev. 22:12 - NIV, NAB - in 1 Clement

And thus He forewarns us: "Behold, the Lord [cometh], and His reward is before His face, to render to every man according to his work."[172]

Rev. 22:13 - NIV, NAB - in Pseudo-Tertullian Against All Heresies

For they affirm that without those letters truth cannot be found; nay more, that in those letters the whole plenitude and perfection of truth is comprised; for this was why Christ said, "I am the Alpha and the Omega."[64]

Rev. 22:13 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Also in the same place: "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have power over the tree of life."[274]

Rev. 22:14 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book II

" Inserting thus the particle of present time, "And now," He shows that He had made for a time, and at present, a prolongation of man's life. Therefore He did not actually[341]

Rev. 22:14 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Modesty

" Thus, too, again "Blessed they who act according to the precepts, that they may have power over the tree of life and over the gates, for entering into the holy city. Dogs, sorcerers, fornicators, murderers, out!"[238]

Rev. 22:15 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book II

Now then, ye dogs, whom the apostle puts outside,[70]

Rev. 22:17 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

Since therefore we have such proofs, it is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich man [depositing his money] in a bank, lodged in her hands most copiously all things pertaining to the truth: so that every man, whosoever will, can draw from her the water of life.[11]

Rev. 22:18 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Hermogenes

.[220]

Rev. 22:18 - NIV, NAB - in The History of Joseph the Carpenter

And Thou hast ordered us to go into all the world and preach the holy Gospel; and Thou hast said: Relate to them the death of my father Joseph, and celebrate to him with annual solemnity a festival and sacred day. And whosoever shall take anything away from this narrative, or add anything to it, commits sin.[30]

Rev. 22:19 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

Now, in the first place, it is loss to wander from the truth, and to imagine that as being the case which is not; then again, as there shall be no light punishment [inflicted] upon him who either adds or subtracts anything from the Scripture,[254]

Rev. 22:20 - NIV, NAB - in Didache

Maran atha.[100]

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