5 For just as with everything that is made in the world, the beginning is evident and the end manifest, (WEB) 6 so also are the times of the Most High: the beginnings are manifest in wonders and mighty works, and the end in effects and signs. (WEB) 7 Everyone who will be saved, and will be able to escape by his works, or by faith by which they have believed, (WEB)
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