1 Peter 5 Cross References - ABU

¹ THE elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed; ² tend the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it not by constraint but willingly, not for base gain but with good will; ³ neither as being lords over the heritage, but being examples to the flock. ⁴ And when the chief Shepherd is manifested, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory. ⁵ In like manner, ye younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yea, all of you submitting to one another, gird yourselves with humility; because, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. ⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; ⁷ casting all your care upon him, because he cares for you. ⁸ Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour; ⁹ whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. ¹⁰ But the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered a little while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you. ¹¹ To him be the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever. Amen. ¹² By Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I consider, I wrote to you in few words, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God, wherein ye stand. ¹³ The [church that is] in Babylon, chosen with you, salutes you; and Mark, my son. ¹⁴ Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you all, that are in Christ.

⁴⁸ Ye are witnesses of these things.

²⁶ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness of me. ²⁷ And ye also shall bear witness, because ye are with me from the beginning.

⁸ But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and Samaria, and unto the utmost part of the earth.

²² beginning from John's immersion, unto the day when he was taken up from us, must one be made a witness with us of his resurrection.

³² This Jesus God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

¹⁵ But the Author of life ye killed; whom God raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses.

³⁰ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree. ³¹ Him, as a prince and a Savior, did God exalt to his right hand, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins. ³² And we are his witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God gave to those who obey him.

³⁹ And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew, hanging him on a tree. ⁴⁰ Him God raised on the third day, and showed him openly; ⁴¹ not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

³⁰ which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

²³ And having appointed for them elders in every church, they commended them, with prayer and fasting, to the Lord, on whom they believed.

⁴ And having come to Jerusalem, they were gladly received by the church, and the apostles and elders; and they reported how great things God wrought with them.

⁶ And the apostles and the elders came together to consider this matter.

²² Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, resolved, having chosen men from themselves, to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren. ²³ And they wrote by them thus: The apostles and the elders and the brethren, to the brethren from the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

¹⁷ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.

¹⁸ And on the following day, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

¹⁷ and if children, also heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him. ¹⁸ For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are of no account, in comparison with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

¹ FOR we know that, if our earthly house of the tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

⁸ we are confident, and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

¹⁹ For I know that this will turn out for my salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ;

²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²² But if it be to live in the flesh, this to me is fruit of labor; and which I shall choose I know not; ²³ but am constrained by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better;

³ For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, our life, shall be manifested, then will ye also with him be manifested in glory.

¹ REBUKE not an elder, but entreat him as a father; younger men as brethren;

¹⁹ Against an elder receive not an accusation, except before two or three witnesses.

⁸ henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me in that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

⁵ For this cause I left thee behind in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and appoint elders in each city, as I directed thee;

⁹ yet for love's sake I beseech rather; being such a one, as Paul an old man, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ,

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy begot us again unto a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; ⁴ unto an inheritance imperishable, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, ⁵ who by the power of God are kept through faith, unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

⁷ that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, but is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

¹² to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you they were ministering them, which now have been announced to you, through those who brought you the good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

⁴ And when the chief Shepherd is manifested, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

² Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it was never yet manifested what we shall be. We know that if it shall be manifested, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

¹ THE elder to the elect lady, and to her children, whom I love in truth,—and not I alone but also all that know the truth,— ² for the sake of the truth, which abides in us, and will be with us forever: ³ Grace, mercy, peace, shall be with you, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. ⁴ I rejoiced greatly, that I have found of thy children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father. ⁵ And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. ⁶ And this is love, that we walk according to his commandment; and this is the commandment, as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it. ⁷ Because many deceivers went out into the world, who acknowledge not that Jesus Christ comes in the flesh. This is the deceiver, and the antichrist. ⁸ Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we wrought, but receive a full reward. ⁹ Every one who transgresses, and abides not in the teaching of Christ, has not God. He that abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If any one comes to you, and brings not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and do not bid him good speed; ¹¹ for he that bids him good speed shares in his evil deeds. ¹² Having many things to write to you, I would not [write] with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be full. ¹³ The children of thy elect sister salute thee.

¹ THE elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth. ² Beloved, concerning all things I pray that thou mayest prosper and be in health, as thy soul prospers. ³ For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bore witness to thy truth, as thou walkest in the truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. ⁵ Beloved, thou doest a faithful thing, in whatever thou doest to the brethren, and that to strangers, ⁶ who bore witness to thy love before the church; whom if thou send forward on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well; ⁷ for on behalf of the NAME they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. ⁸ We therefore ought to sustain such persons, that we may become fellow-workers for the truth. ⁹ I wrote somewhat to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the pre-eminence among them, receives us not. ¹⁰ Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his deeds which he does, prating against us with evil words. And not content therewith, neither does he himself receive the brethren, and those who are willing he forbids, and casts them out of the church. ¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that does good, is of God; he that does evil, has not seen God. ¹² To Demetrius, testimony has been borne by all, and by the truth itself; yea, we also bear witness, and thou knowest that our witness is true. ¹³ I had many things to write to thee, but I wish not to write to thee with ink and pen; ¹⁴ but I hope immediately to see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends, by name.

⁹ I, John, your brother, and partner with you in the affliction, and kingdom, and patient endurance in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

³² Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

¹⁵ When therefore they had broken their fast, Jesus says to Simon Peter: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him: Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ He says to him again a second time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? He says to him: Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: Tend my sheep. ¹⁷ He says to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus says to him: Feed my sheep.

²⁶ Wherefore I testify to you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all; ²⁷ for I shunned not to declare to you the whole counsel of God. ²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.

³³ I coveted no one's silver, or gold, or apparel. ³⁴ Ye yourselves know, that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me.

¹³ Then answered Paul: What mean ye, to weep and to break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁵ So, as far as lies in me, I am ready to preach the good news to you also who are at Rome.

⁷ Who ever goes to war at his own charges? Who plants a vineyard, and eats not of the fruit thereof? Or who tends a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?

¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for, woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel! ¹⁷ For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.

¹⁴ Behold, I am ready to come to you the third time; and I will not be a charge to you; for I seek not yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

³ not given to wine, not a striker, but forbearing, averse to strife, not a lover of money;

⁸ Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of gain;

⁷ For the overseer must be, without reproach, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of gain;

¹¹ whose mouths must be stopped, who overturn whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain.

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and cleanse for himself a people to be his own, zealous of good works.

¹ PUT them in mind to submit themselves to governments, to authorities, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

¹⁴ But without thy consent I desired to do nothing; that thy benefit may not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

¹⁵ looking diligently, lest any one come short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and the many be thereby defiled;

³ And in covetousness will they with feigned words make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment from of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

¹² the lading of gold, and of silver, and of precious stones, and of pearls, and of fine linen, and of purple, and of silk, and of scarlet; and all citron wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of brass, and of iron and of marble, ¹³ and cinnamon, and amomum, and odors, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and [lading] of horses, and of chariots, and of slaves; and souls of men.

²⁵ But Jesus, having called them to him, said: Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that are great exercise authority over them. ²⁶ Not so shall it be among you;

⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Teacher, and all ye are brethren. ⁹ And call not any your father on the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. ¹⁰ Neither be called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ.

⁴² And Jesus, calling them to him, says to them: Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³ But it is not so among you. But whoever would become great among you, shall be your minister; ⁴⁴ and whoever would become chiefest of you, shall be servant of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

²⁴ And there arose also a contention among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. ²⁵ And he said to them: The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they who exercise authority over them are called benefactors. ²⁶ But ye are not so; but let the greatest among you become as the younger, and he that is chief as he that serves. ²⁷ For which is greater, he that reclines at table, or he that serves? Is not he that reclines at table? But I am in the midst of you as he that serves.

⁵ Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each one?

⁹ For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's field, God's building.

¹¹ Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.

²⁴ Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for in faith ye stand fast.

⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

¹⁷ Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark those who so walk, as ye have us for an example.

⁹ The things also, which ye learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, these do; and the God of peace will be with you.

⁵ because our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men were we among you, for your sake. ⁶ And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;

⁹ not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example to you, that ye should follow us.

¹² Let no one despise thy youth; but become an example of the believers, in word, in deportment, in love, in faith, in purity.

⁷ In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works; in teaching, showing uncorruptness, gravity,

⁹ But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession; that ye should show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light;

⁹ I wrote somewhat to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to have the pre-eminence among them, receives us not. ¹⁰ Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his deeds which he does, prating against us with evil words. And not content therewith, neither does he himself receive the brethren, and those who are willing he forbids, and casts them out of the church.

³¹ And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory. ³² And before him shall be gathered all the nations; and he will divide them one from another, as the shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. ³³ And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then will the King say to those on his right hand: Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in, ³⁶ naked and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungering and fed thee, or thirsting and gave thee drink? ³⁸ And when saw we thee a stranger and took thee in, or naked and clothed thee? ³⁹ And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me. ⁴¹ Then will he say also to those on the left hand: Depart from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire; prepared for the Devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye did not give me drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye did not take me in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, and ye did not visit me. ⁴⁴ Then will they also answer, saying: Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? ⁴⁵ Then will he answer them, saying: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.

¹¹ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

²⁵ And every one who contends for the prize is temperate in all things; they indeed to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

⁷ and to you who are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power, ⁸ in flaming fire, taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; ⁹ who shall suffer justice, eternal destruction, from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power; ¹⁰ when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all who believed (because our testimony to you was believed), in that day.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep in virtue of the blood of an eternal covenant,

¹² Happy is the man that endures temptation; because, when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love him.

⁴ unto an inheritance imperishable, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

²⁵ For ye were going astray like sheep; but have returned now unto the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

² tend the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it not by constraint but willingly, not for base gain but with good will;

⁷ Behold, he comes amidst the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

¹⁰ Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer. Behold, the Devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye will have affliction ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹¹ I come quickly; hold fast that which thou hast, that no one may take thy crown.

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and him who sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. And books were opened; and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life; and the dead were judged out of the things written in the books, according to their works.

¹⁰ be kindly affectioned one to another; in honor, preferring one another;

¹⁴ but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

²¹ submitting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ;

³ doing nothing through contentiousness or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each esteeming others better than himself;

¹² Put on therefore, as God's chosen, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness of mind, meekness, long-suffering,

¹⁷ Obey those who are your leaders, and submit; for they watch for your souls, as those who shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with sighing, for that is unprofitable for you.

⁶ But he gives the more grace. Wherefore he says: God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.

³ Whose adorning, let it not be the outward one of braiding the hair, and of wearing golden ornaments, or of putting on apparel; ⁴ but the hidden man of the heart, in that which is imperishable of the meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.

¹ CHRIST then having suffered for us in the flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind; because he who suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;

⁵ who shall give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

¹² And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

⁵² He cast down princes from thrones, and exalted those of low degree.

¹¹ For every one that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

¹⁴ I say to you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For every one that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

⁶ For when we were yet without strength, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.

²² Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time;

³ but in its own times manifested his word in the preaching, with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of our Savior God;

⁹ Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted; ¹⁰ but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

¹⁰ Take, my brethren, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, for an example of affliction, and of patience.

²⁵ For this cause I say to you, take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment? ²⁶ Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not much better than they?

³³ But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these shall be added to you. ³⁴ Take not thought, therefore, for the morrow; for the morrow will take thought for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

³⁸ And he was in the stern, on the cushion, sleeping. And they awake him, and say to him: Teacher, carest thou not that we perish?

¹¹ And when they bring you to the synagogues, and magistrates, and authorities, take not thought how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say. ¹² For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.

²² And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you, take not thought for the life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.

³⁰ For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knows that ye have need of these. ³¹ But seek his kingdom, and these things shall be added to you. ³² Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

¹³ The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.

⁶ Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

⁵ Let your disposition be without covetousness, and be content with what ye have; for he has said: I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. ⁶ So that we boldly say: The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; What shall man do to me?

¹ THEN Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the Devil.

¹¹ Then the Devil leaves him; and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

³⁹ and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.

⁴² Watch therefore; for ye know not in what day your Lord comes.

⁴⁸ But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord delays his coming; ⁴⁹ and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; ⁵⁰ the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looks not for it, and in an hour when he is not aware;

⁴¹ Then will he say also to those on the left hand: Depart from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire; prepared for the Devil and his angels.

⁴⁵ But if that servant say in his heart: My lord delays his coming; and shall begin to beat the men-servants and maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; ⁴⁶ the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looks not for it, and in an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the faithless.

³⁴ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come upon you unawares.

³⁶ And watch, in every time praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

³¹ And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for you, to sift as the wheat.

⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the Devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abides not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own; because he is a liar, and the father of it.

¹¹ And that, knowing the time, that it is high time that we already were awaked out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. ¹² The night is far advanced, the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and envying;

²⁷ neither give place to the Devil.

¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil.

⁶ So then let us not sleep, as others; but let us watch and be sober. ⁷ For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the night. ⁸ But let us, being of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation;

⁹ in like manner also that women, in becoming apparel, adorn themselves with modesty and sobriety; not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment;

¹⁵ But she shall be saved through child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety.

² The overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;

¹¹ [Their] wives in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the preaching might be fully accomplished, and all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

⁸ but hospitable, a lover of the good, discreet, just, holy, temperate;

² that aged men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in the faith, in love, in patience;

⁴ that they may teach the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

⁶ The younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded.

¹² teaching us that, having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

⁷ Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

¹³ Wherefore, girding up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope perfectly for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

⁷ But the end of all things is at hand. Be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer;

⁸ He that commits sin is of the Devil; because the Devil sins from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil. ⁹ Whoever has been begotten of God does not commit sin; because his seed abides in him; and he can not sin, because he has been begotten of God. ¹⁰ In this are manifest the children of God, and the children of the Devil. Every one that does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother;

⁹ And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, called the Devil and Satan, who leads astray the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

¹² For this cause rejoice, ye heavens, and they who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea! For the Devil is come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has little time.

² And he laid hold of the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

¹⁰ And the Devil who misleads them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

³ And the Devil said to him: If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread. ⁴ And Jesus answered him, saying: It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone. ⁵ And the Devil, leading him up into a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. ⁶ And the Devil said to him: All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them; because it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomsoever I will. ⁷ If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. ⁸ And Jesus answering said to him: It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. ⁹ And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence. ¹⁰ For it is written: He will give his angels command concerning thee, to keep thee; ¹¹ and on their hands they shall bear thee up, lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. ¹² And Jesus answering said to him: It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

³² But I prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and thou, when thou hast turned, strengthen thy brethren.

³³ These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

²² confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much affliction enter into the kingdom of God.

¹³ There has no temptation taken you but such as belongs to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil. ¹² For to us, the contest is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly places. ¹³ Therefore take on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having fully done all, to stand.

¹⁶ in addition to all, having taken on the shield of faith, in which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

⁵ For though I am absent in the flesh, yet in the spirit I am with you, rejoicing and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith toward Christ.

¹⁵ who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us forth, and please not God, and are contrary to all men; ¹⁶ hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; and the wrath came upon them to the utmost.

³ that no one should be shaken by these afflictions, for yourselves know that unto this we are appointed.

¹² Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the eternal life, unto which thou wast called, and didst make the good profession before many witnesses.

¹² Yea, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith;

³³ who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

⁶ Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little time, if need be, made sorrowful by manifold trials;

²¹ For to this ye were called; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps;

¹⁴ But if ye even suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye; but fear not with their fear, nor be troubled;

¹³ but, in so far as ye share in Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that also, at the revelation of his glory, ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

¹¹ And a white robe was given to each one of them; and it was said to them, that they should rest yet a little time, until also their fellow-servants and their brethren, who are about to be killed as they were, should be fully numbered.

¹⁴ And I said to him: Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who come out of the great affliction, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

²⁰ Moreover the law came in also, that the trespass might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound; ²¹ that as sin reigned in death, so also might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹ Because whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren. ³⁰ And whom he predestined, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

¹¹ (for they being not yet born, nor having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls),

²⁴ whom he also called, even us, not from among the Jews only, but also from among the Gentiles?

⁵ And the God of patience and consolation grant you to be of the same mind one with another, according to Christ Jesus;

¹³ And the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

²⁵ Now to him who is able to establish you, according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept in silence during eternal ages

⁹ God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works out for us a far more exceeding, an eternal weight of glory;

¹¹ Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of the same mind, be at peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

¹³ I can do all things, in him who strengthens me.

²² in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and unaccused before him; ²³ if indeed ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which was preached in the whole creation which is under heaven; of which I Paul was made a minister.

⁷ having been rooted and being built up in him, and being established in the faith as ye were taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

¹² that ye should walk worthy of God, who is calling you into his kingdom and glory.

¹⁴ whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ encourage your hearts, and establish you in every good work and word.

³ But faithful is the Lord, who will establish you, and guard you from evil.

⁹ who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose, and the grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before eternal ages,

¹⁰ For this cause, I endure all things for the sake of the chosen, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

¹⁵ And for this cause he is mediator of a new covenant, in order that, death having taken place, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, they who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep in virtue of the blood of an eternal covenant, ²¹ make you perfect in every good work to do his will, doing in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

⁶ Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little time, if need be, made sorrowful by manifold trials; ⁷ that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, but is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

¹⁵ but as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves holy in all your deportment;

¹¹ if any one speaks, as [uttering] God's oracles; if any one ministers, as of the ability which God bestows; that God in all things may be glorified, through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion, forever and ever. Amen.

³ Seeing that his divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and might;

²⁵ And this is the promise which he himself promised to us, the life eternal.

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy;

³⁶ For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things; to him be the glory forever. Amen.

⁶ and made us a kingdom, priests to God and his Father, to him be the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever. Amen.

¹³ And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: To him who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever.

²¹ Peter seeing him says to Jesus: Lord, and what shall this man do?

²³ Who having come, and seen the grace of God, rejoiced; and he exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they should cleave to the Lord.

²⁴ But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the good news of the grace of God.

² through whom also we obtained the access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

¹ AND I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand;

¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not made yea and nay, but has been made yea in him.

⁸ But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach a gospel to you contrary to that which we preached to you, let him be accursed. ⁹ As we have said before, so I now say again, if any one preaches a gospel to you contrary to that which ye received, let him be accursed.

³ that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words;

²¹ But that ye also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the beloved brother and a faithful minister in the Lord, will make all known to you;

⁷ as ye learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ,

⁷ All my affairs will Tychicus make known to you, the beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord;

⁹ together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all the things here.

¹ PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace.

¹ PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians, in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:

²² But I beseech you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation; for I wrote to you in few words.

¹² Wherefore, I will not neglect to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth that is with you.

¹⁵ forsaking the right way, they went astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

⁹ If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God, that he has borne witness concerning his Son. ¹⁰ He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that believes not God has made him a liar; because he has not believed in the witness which God has borne concerning his Son.

¹² To Demetrius, testimony has been borne by all, and by the truth itself; yea, we also bear witness, and thou knowest that our witness is true.

³ Beloved, while giving all diligence to write to you concerning the common salvation, I found it needful for me to write to you exhorting to contend earnestly for the faith, delivered once for all to the saints.

¹² And becoming fully conscious of it, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark, where many were gathered together, and praying.

²⁵ And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having performed the service, taking with them also John, who was surnamed Mark.

¹³ The children of thy elect sister salute thee.

⁵ And upon her forehead was a name written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

² And he cried with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

¹⁹ When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, the doors having been shut, where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst; and he says to them: Peace be to you.

²⁶ And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said: Peace be to you.

⁷ to all the beloved of God that are in Rome, called to be saints: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ THERE is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you.

³⁰ But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who from God was made wisdom to us, both righteousness and sanctification, and redemption;

²⁰ All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.

¹⁷ So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, all things have become new.

¹² Salute one another with a holy kiss.

²³ Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁶ Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.

² chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.