sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles.” The time of former sin has “passed away.” A synonymous term, used in Revelation 21:1, ἀπέρχομαι is used in Revelation 9:12 and 11:4 to refer to the first and second woes that had “passed,” that is, they simply came and went, giving way to a new set of circumstances. And Revelation 18:14 and 21:4 refer to previous conditions of the world that had also passed away. Therefore, even if the vision of passing away has a direct correspondence