1 Peter 5 Cross References - BBE

¹ I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you: ² Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind; ³ Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock. ⁴ And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory. ⁵ And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low. ⁶ For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up; ⁷ Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you. ⁸ Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food; ⁹ Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles. ¹⁰ And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing; ¹¹ His is the power for ever. So be it. ¹² I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it. ¹³ She who is in Babylon, who has a part with you in the purpose of God, sends you her love; and so does my son Mark. ¹⁴ Give one another the kiss of love. Peace be to you all in Christ.

¹⁹ And I am certain that the king of Egypt will not let you go without being forced.

³ Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

¹¹ But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

⁶ And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith; ⁷ Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.

³² Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

⁴¹ So that I went against them and sent them away into the land of their haters: if then the pride of their hearts is broken and they take the punishment of their sins,

⁹ For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.

³⁵ Punishment is mine and reward, at the time of the slipping of their feet: for the day of their downfall is near, sudden will be their fate.

⁵ Then Samson went down to Timnah and his father and his mother, and came to the vine-gardens of Timnah; and a young lion came rushing out at him.

¹⁰ And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord. ¹¹ And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut. ¹² Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth. ¹³ For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine. ¹⁴ And Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your wine from you. ¹⁵ And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord. ¹⁶ Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain. ¹⁷ Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him. ¹⁸ And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

⁶ And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.

²⁹ Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.

¹⁹ Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to you, says the Lord.

⁴¹ Up! now, O Lord God, come back to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints be glad in what is good.

⁶ Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright. ⁷ And the Lord, seeing that they had made themselves low, said to Shemaiah, They have made themselves low: I will not send destruction on them, but in a short time I will give them salvation, and will not let loose my wrath on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

¹² And when he made himself low, the wrath of the Lord was turned back from him, and complete destruction did not come on him, for there was still some good in Judah.

¹¹ However, some of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun put away their pride and came to Jerusalem.

²⁶ But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.

¹² And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

¹⁹ And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.

²³ He did not make himself low before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done, but went on sinning more and more.

¹² He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did not make himself low before Jeremiah the prophet who gave him the word of the Lord.

⁶ And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

⁶ And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them. ⁷ And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

² And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

²⁹ For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

¹⁴ I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

²² Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him?

¹ A Psalm. Of David. The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

¹³ I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living. ¹⁴ Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

¹² Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

⁵ Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.

²² Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

³ In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you. ⁴ In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

²⁴ Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour. ²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.

² Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.

¹⁰ By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.

⁷¹ From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage. ⁷² So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.

⁵ You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.

¹⁵ But you, O Lord, are a God full of pity and forgiveness, slow to get angry, great in mercy and wisdom.

⁴ Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have knowledge of me; see, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man had his birth there.

¹³ Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.

¹⁶ In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up. ¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.

²¹ The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.

⁶ Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.

⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let your saints give cries of joy.

¹⁶ Her priests will be clothed with salvation; and her saints will give cries of joy.

⁷ Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.

⁴ Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul. ⁵ I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

³⁴ He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.

¹² The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

² The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

²³ A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

⁸ If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.

¹¹ The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

²⁹ The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands. ³⁰ And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

⁸ And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.

¹² How great is your fall from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the earth, low among the dead bodies! ¹³ For you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of the north.

⁴ Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

¹¹ He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.

⁸ He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.

¹¹ Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.

¹⁵ For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

¹⁰ I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

¹¹ Then the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them,

² For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

¹⁵ The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.

¹³ For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.

¹⁰ So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: for everyone, from the least to the greatest, is given up to getting money; from the priest even to the prophet, everyone is false.

¹⁷ But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners. ¹⁸ Say to the king and to the queen-mother, Make yourselves low, be seated on the earth: for the crown of your glory has come down from your heads.

²⁰ Let your eyes be lifted up O Jerusalem, and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock which was given to you, your beautiful flock?

¹⁰ Even to this day their hearts are not broken, and they have no fear, and have not gone in the way of my law or of my rules which I gave to you and to your fathers.

³⁸ They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.

²¹ All his best fighting-men will be put to the sword, and the rest will be sent away to every wind: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it.

⁷ And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.

⁶ Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.

²⁵ Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.

² Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep? ³ You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food. ⁴ You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.

²³ And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.

³¹ And you are my sheep, the sheep of my grass-lands, and I am your God, says the Lord.

²⁴ And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.

²² And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;

²⁴ And at the king's order, they took those men who had said evil against Daniel, and put them in the lions' hole, with their wives and their children; and they had not got to the floor of the hole before the lions overcame them and all their bones were broken.

³ And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.

¹⁰ They will go after the Lord; his cry will be like that of a lion; his cry will be loud, and the children will come from the west, shaking with fear;

⁸ I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.

¹⁶ And the Lord will be thundering from Zion, and his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will be shaking: but the Lord will be a breastplate for his people and a strong place for the children of Israel.

² And he said, The Lord will give a lion's cry from Zion, his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the fields of the keepers of sheep will become dry, and the top of Carmel will be wasted away.

⁴ Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?

⁸ The cry of the lion is sounding; who will not have fear? The Lord God has said the word; is it possible for the prophet to keep quiet?

¹¹ Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.

⁴ And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

⁸ He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

¹⁴ Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.

¹⁸ Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy. ¹⁹ He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.

¹ And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.

⁶ And I will make the children of Judah strong, and I will be the saviour of the children of Joseph, and I will make them come back again, for I have had mercy on them: they will be as if I had not given them up: for I am the Lord their God and I will give them an answer.

¹² And their strength will be in the Lord; and their pride will be in his name, says the Lord.

³ The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.

¹⁷ A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.

⁷ Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.

¹⁰ If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.

¹ Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

¹¹ Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.

²⁵ So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing? ²⁶ See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

³³ But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition. ³⁴ Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.

³⁹ And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

²⁵ But Jesus said to them, You see that the rulers of the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them. ²⁶ Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

⁸ But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers. ⁹ And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven. ¹⁰ And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.

¹² And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

⁴² Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

⁴⁸ But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming; ⁴⁹ And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine; ⁵⁰ The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

³¹ But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory: ³² And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper. ³³ And he will put the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. ³⁴ Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was: ³⁵ For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in; ³⁶ I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me. ³⁷ Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you? ³⁸ And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or without clothing, and give it to you? ³⁹ And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you? ⁴⁰ And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. ⁴¹ Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

⁴¹ Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels: ⁴² For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me: ⁴³ I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me. ⁴⁴ Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you? ⁴⁵ Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

³⁸ And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

⁴² And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them. ⁴³ But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant: ⁴⁴ And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all. ⁴⁵ For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

⁵² He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.

³ And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread. ⁴ And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need. ⁵ And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time. ⁶ And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure. ⁷ If then you will give worship to me, it will all be yours. ⁸ And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only. ⁹ And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings, ¹⁰ He will give his angels orders to take care of you: ¹¹ And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone. ¹² And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

¹¹ And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say: ¹² For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.

²² And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

³⁰ For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them. ³¹ But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition. ³² Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

³² Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

⁴⁵ But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine; ⁴⁶ The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

¹¹ For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

¹⁴ I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

³⁴ But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

³⁶ But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

²⁴ And there was an argument among them about which of them was the greatest. ²⁵ And he said, The kings of the Gentiles are lords over them, and those who have authority are given names of honour. ²⁶ But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant. ²⁷ For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

³¹ Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested: ³² But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.

⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things.

⁴⁴ You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

¹¹ I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

¹³ Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

²⁷ May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

²⁶ When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me; ²⁷ And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.

³³ I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

¹⁹ At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!

²⁶ And after eight days, his disciples were again in the house and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were shut, Jesus came, and taking his place in the middle of them, he said, May peace be with you!

¹⁵ Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food. ¹⁶ Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus. ¹⁷ He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.

²¹ Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, What about this man?

⁸ But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

²² Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

³² This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.

¹⁵ And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

³⁰ The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree. ³¹ Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins. ³² And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.

³⁹ And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree. ⁴⁰ On the third day God gave him back to life, and let him be seen, ⁴¹ Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.

²³ Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

³⁰ Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

¹² And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer.

²⁵ And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.

²² Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God. ²³ And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

⁴ And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.

⁶ And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.

²² Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers: ²³ And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:

¹⁷ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

²⁴ But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

²⁶ And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men. ²⁷ For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God. ²⁸ Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

²⁸ Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

³³ I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing. ³⁴ You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

¹³ Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁸ And on the day after, Paul went with us to James, and all the rulers of the church were present.

⁷ To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ For which reason I have the desire, as far as I am able, to give the knowledge of the good news to you who are in Rome.

² Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.

⁶ For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.

²⁰ And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace: ²¹ That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹ For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.

¹⁷ And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory. ¹⁸ I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

²⁸ And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose. ²⁹ Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers: ³⁰ And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.

¹¹ Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

²⁴ Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?

³⁶ For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.

¹⁰ Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

¹¹ See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith. ¹² The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light, ¹³ With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

⁵ Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

¹³ Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ Give one another a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send their love to you.

²⁵ Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,

⁹ God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

³⁰ But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

⁵ What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

⁹ For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

⁷ Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

¹⁶ For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not. ¹⁷ But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

²⁵ And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

¹³ You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

²² Or may we be the cause of envy to the Lord? are we stronger than he?

¹¹ But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

¹ Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,

²⁰ All the brothers send their love to you. Give one another a holy kiss.

¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.

²⁴ Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.

⁵ For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.

¹⁷ For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

¹ For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

⁸ We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

¹⁷ So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.

¹⁴ This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children. ¹⁵ And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

¹¹ Let this be my last word, brothers; be glad; be complete; be comforted; be of the same mind; be at peace with one another: and the God of love and peace will be with you. ¹² Give one another a holy kiss.

⁸ But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him. ⁹ As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.

³ How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

²⁷ And do not give way to the Evil One.

²¹ Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.

¹¹ Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

¹¹ Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One. ¹² For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens. ¹³ For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.

¹⁶ And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.

²¹ But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things:

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

¹⁹ For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

²¹ For to me life is Christ and death is profit. ²² But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make. ²³ I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

³ Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

¹⁷ Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.

⁶ Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

⁹ The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.

¹³ I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

⁷ As it was given to you by Epaphras, our well-loved helper, who is a true servant of Christ for us,

²² In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him: ²³ If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

⁵ For though I am not present in the flesh, still I am with you in the spirit, seeing with joy your order, and your unchanging faith in Christ.

⁷ Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.

³ For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God. ⁴ At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.

¹² As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

⁷ Tychicus will give you news of all my business: he is a dear brother and true servant and helper in the word;

⁹ And with him I have sent Onesimus, the true and well-loved brother, who is one of you. They will give you word of everything which is taking place 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.

⁵ Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you. ⁶ And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

¹² So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.

¹⁵ Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men; ¹⁶ Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

³ So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.

⁶ So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake. ⁷ For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night; ⁸ But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.

²⁶ Give all the brothers a holy kiss.

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

⁷ And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire, ⁸ To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus: ⁹ Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength, ¹⁰ At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith because our witness among you had effect in that day.

¹⁴ And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

³ But the Lord is true, who will give you strength and keep you safe from evil.

⁹ Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

⁶ Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;

⁹ And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;

¹⁵ But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.

² The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher; ³ Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;

⁸ Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;

¹¹ Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

¹² Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.

¹ Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

¹⁹ Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.

¹² Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

⁹ Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

¹⁰ But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

¹² Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.

⁷ I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith: ⁸ From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

¹⁷ But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.

³ Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;

⁵ I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;

⁷ For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself; ⁸ But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;

¹¹ By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.

² That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

⁴ Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,

⁶ To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded: ⁷ In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,

¹² Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

¹⁴ Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

¹ Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,

⁹ Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

¹⁴ But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.

¹⁵ And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

³³ Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,

¹⁵ Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

⁵ Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times. ⁶ So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

¹⁷ Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

²⁰ Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,

²⁰ Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement, ²¹ Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it. ²² But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.

⁹ But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up; ¹⁰ But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

¹² There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

⁶ But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him. ⁷ For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

¹⁰ Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

¹⁰ Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.

² Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure. ³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,

⁴ And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you, ⁵ Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day. ⁶ You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

⁶ You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways, ⁷ So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire, may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

⁷ So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire, may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

¹² And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see. ¹³ So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

¹⁵ But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;

⁹ But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

²¹ This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

²⁵ Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

³ Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing; ⁴ But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

¹⁴ But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;

¹ So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;

⁵ But they will have to give an account of themselves to him who is ready to be the judge of the living and the dead.

⁷ But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

¹¹ If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

¹³ But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.

² Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

⁴ And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.

³ Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;

¹² For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

³ And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

¹⁵ Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;

²⁵ And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.

² My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

⁸ The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One. ⁹ Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father. ¹⁰ In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

⁹ If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son. ¹⁰ He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.

¹ I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true; ² Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever: ³ May grace, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in all true love. ⁴ It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father. ⁵ And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another. ⁶ And love is the keeping of his laws. This is the law which was given to you from the first, so that you might keep it. ⁷ Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist. ⁸ Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward. ⁹ Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love: ¹¹ For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works. ¹² Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full. ¹³ The children of your noble sister, who is of God's selection, send you their love.

¹³ The children of your noble sister, who is of God's selection, send you their love.

¹ I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love. ² My loved one, it is my prayer that you may do well in all things, and be healthy in body, even as your soul does well. ³ For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way. ⁴ I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way. ⁵ My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places; ⁶ Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God: ⁷ For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles. ⁸ So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith. ⁹ I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.

⁹ I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there. ¹⁰ So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do.

¹⁰ So if I come, I will keep in mind the things he does, talking against us with evil words: and as if this was not enough, he does not take the brothers into his house, and those who are ready to take them in, he keeps from doing so, putting them out of the church if they do. ¹¹ My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God. ¹² Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.

¹² Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true. ¹³ I had much to say to you, but it is not my purpose to put it all down with ink and pen: ¹⁴ But I am hoping to see you in a short time, and to have talk with you face to face. May you have peace. Your friends here send you their love. Give my love to our friends by name.

³ My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,

⁶ And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it. ⁷ See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it.

⁹ I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

¹⁰ Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹¹ I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.

¹³ And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever.

¹¹ And there was given to every one a white robe, and they were ordered to take their rest for a little time, till the number was complete of the other servants, their brothers, who would be put to death, even as they had been.

¹⁴ And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.

⁹ And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

¹² Be glad then, O heavens, and you who are in them. But there is trouble for the earth and the sea: because the Evil One has come down to you, being very angry, having the knowledge that he has but a short time.

⁵ And on her brow was a name, SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE EVIL WOMEN AND OF THE UNCLEAN THINGS OF THE EARTH.

² And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.

¹² Gold, and silver, and stones of great price, and jewels, and delicate linen, and robes of purple and silk and red; and perfumed wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of fair wood, and of brass, and iron, and stone; ¹³ And sweet-smelling plants, and perfumes, and wine, and oil, and well crushed grain, and cattle and sheep; and horses and carriages and servants; and souls of men.

² And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,

¹⁰ And the Evil One who put them in error was sent down into the sea of ever-burning fire, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their punishment will go on day and night for ever and ever. ¹¹ And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works.