Verses:
1, 2:
In part they have adulterated the sense of the letter, in part have falsified it, and in part forsaken it; nevertheless, they will continue to falsify it.
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3, 4:
They will profane all the truths of the church.
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5-7:
Because they have perverted the truths of the church more than others,
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8-10:
falsities have destroyed goods, and evils truths until nothing of good and truth is left;
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11, 12:
and because they have destroyed the church by profaning it, they will perish, as above.
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13:
Afterward the church will be instituted among others,
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14-17:
since all things of the Word, of doctrine and of the church have previously been consummated by profanities, and by evils and falsities.
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