1 Peter Cross References - Etheridge

¹ PETROS, an apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, to the chosen-ones and sojourners who are scattered in Pontos and in Galatia, and in Kapadukia, and in Asia, and in Bithunia: ² them who are elected by the foreknowledge of Aloha the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, that they might be unto obedience, and unto the sprinkling of the blood of Jeshu Meshiha: grace and peace be multiplied with you. ³ Blessed be Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, who by his abundant grace hath begotten us anew through the resurrection of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha unto the hope of salvation, ⁴ and to the inheritance which is not corruptible, and not defiled, and not to be consumed, which is prepared for you in heaven, ⁵ while you are kept by the power of Aloha and through faith, unto the salvation which is prepared to be revealed in the last times; ⁶ wherein you will rejoice for ever, though in this little time you are afflicted [Or, straitened.] by manifold temptations which pass over you; ⁷ that the proof of your faith may be seen, which is more precious than gold refined which is proved in fire, unto praise and unto honour and unto glory, at the revelation of Jeshu Meshiha; ⁸ whom you have not seen and (yet) love, and in whose faith you exult with glorious joy that is not spoken: ⁹ that you may receive the recompence of your faith, the salvation of your souls. ¹⁰ That salvation which the prophets investigated when they prophesied concerning the grace which was to be given unto you, ¹¹ and searched into, what time the Spirit of the Meshiha who dwelt in them showed and testified of the future sufferings of the Meshiha, and his glory which (should be) after them. ¹² And all that they searched was revealed to them; for not for themselves they inquired, but to us (and) of us [Lan dilan.] they prophesied those (blessings) which now are revealed to you by them who have preached to you [Or, evangelized you.] by the Spirit of Holiness which is sent from heaven; for into these themselves the angels also desire to look. ¹³ Wherefore gird up the loins of your minds, and be fully wakeful, and hope for the joy that cometh to you at the revelation of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha; ¹⁴ as obedient children, and not partaking again of the former desires which you desired when ignorant. ¹⁵ But be holy in all your conversations, as he is holy who calleth you; ¹⁶ because it is written, Be ye holy, as I also am holy. ¹⁷ And if you call him Father before whom there is no respect of persons, and who judgeth every man according to his works, with fear conduct you in this time of your sojourn; ¹⁸ while you know that not with silver which wasteth away, nor with gold, you have been redeemed from your vain works which you received from your fathers, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of the Lamb spotless and unblemished, who is the Meshiha; ²⁰ who was afore-separated for this from before the foundations of the world, and hath been manifested in these last times for you, ²¹ who by him [Dabideh.] believe in Aloha, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and your hope may be in Aloha. ²² Let your souls be sanctified in obedience to the truth, and be filled with the charity which respecteth not persons, that with a pure heart and perfect you may love one another, ²³ as men who are regenerated, not by a perishable seed, but by that which is imperishable, by the living word of Aloha which abideth for ever. ²⁴ Because all flesh is grass, and all its beauty as the flower of the field. The grass withereth and the flower drieth up, ²⁵ but the word of our God abideth for ever; and this is that word which is preached unto you.

¹⁸ And while he walked by the sea of Galila, he saw two brethren, Shemun who was called Kipha, and Andreas his brother, who were casting their nets into the sea, for they were fishers.

² Now, of the twelve apostles the names are these: the first of them, Shemun who is called Kipha, and Andreas his brother, and Jakubbar-Zabdai, and Juchanon his brother,

²² And unless those days be cut short, none could live of all flesh: but on account of the chosen those days shall be cut short.

⁴¹ This saw first Shemun his brother, and said to him, We have found the Meshicha; ⁴² and he brought him to Jeshu. And Jeshu saw him, and said, Thou art Shemun bar Jona; thou shalt be called Kipha.[Pronounced Kepha.]

³⁵ The Jihudoyee say among themselves, Whither is this about to go, that we cannot find him? To the countries of the nations is he to go, and to teach the Heathens?

⁵² and not only for (that) people, but also that the children of Aloha who are dispersed he should gather into one.

¹⁵ WHEN they had dined, Jeshu said to Shemun Kipha, Shemun bar Jona, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, my Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. Jeshu saith to him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ He saith to him again the second time, Shemun bar Jona, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yes, my Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. Jeshu saith to him, Feed my sheep. ¹⁷ Jeshu saith to him again the third time, Shemun bar Jona, lovest thou me? And it grieved Kipha that he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, My Lord, all things thou understandest, thou knowest that I love thee. Jeshu saith to him, Feed my sheep.

⁵ But there were men dwelling in Urishlem who feared Aloha; Jihudoyee, from all the peoples who are under heaven. ⁶ And when that voice was made, the whole people assembled and were perturbed, because every man of them heard as they spoke in their (several) tongues. ⁷ (And) they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another, These all who speak, behold, are they not Galiloyee? ⁸ How hear we (then) each in his own tongue in which we were born? ⁹ Parthoyee and Medoyee and Alanoyee, and they who dwell in the Place of Rivers,[...] Jihudoyee and Kapadukoyee, and of the region of Pontos and of Asia; ¹⁰ and from the land of Phrygia and of Pamphylia and of Metsreen, and the regions of Lybi neighbouring upon Kyrine, and those who come from Rumi, Jihudoyee, and Proselytes, [Gíuree,] ¹¹ and from Krete and Arabia, behold, we hear them speaking in our tongues the wonders of Aloha.

⁹ And men arose from the congregation which was called Libertinu, Kyrainoyee, and Aleksandroyee, and from Cilicia, and from Asia, and disputed with Estephanos,

⁴ And they who were dispersed went about and preached the word of Aloha.

⁶ But they went through the countries of Phrygia and Galatia; and the Spirit of Holiness forbad them, that they should not preach the word of Aloha in Asia. ⁷ And when they came to the region of Mysia they willed to go from thence to Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jeshu permitted them not.

² And he found there a certain man, a Jihudoya, whose name was Akilos, who was from the country of Pontos, (and) who at that time had come from the country of Italia, himself and Priskila his wife, because Klaudios Cesar had commanded that all the Jihudoyee should go out from Ruma; and he drew near to them:

²³ And when he had been there certain days, he went forth and itinerated successively through Phrygia and Galatia, confirming all the disciples.

¹⁰ And this was done two years, until all who dwelt in Asia, Jihudoyee and Aramoyee, had heard the word of the Lord.

¹⁶ for Paulos had decided with himself to pass by Ephesos, that he might not be hindered there, because he hastened, that, if it were possible, on the day of the Pentecost in Urishlem he might work. ¹⁷ AND from Militos he sent to bring the presbyters of the church of Ephesos; ¹⁸ and when they came to him, he said to them: You know, that from the first day that I entered Asia, how I was with you all time,

¹⁹ All the churches of Asia ask for your peace; Akilos and Priskila, with the church which is in their house, ask for your peace greatly in our Lord.

⁸ FOR I would have you to know, my brethren, of the affliction that befell us in Asia: for we were greatly pressed beyond our strength, until our life was nigh to be dissolved,

² and all the brethren who are with me, to the churches which are in Galatia:

¹² and were at that time without the Meshiha, and were aliens from the polity [Duboree, the manners, or regulations, of Israel.] of Israel, and strangers to the covenant of the promise, and, without hope, were without Aloha in the world.

¹⁹ THEREFORE are you no more strangers and sojourners but sons of the city of the saints, and sons of the house of Aloha;

¹⁵ Know this, that all those of Asia are turned from me, of whom are Phygellos and Harmogenes.

¹³ In faith died these all, not having gotten their promise, but from afar had beheld it, and exulted in it, and confessed that strangers they were, and sojourners in the earth.

¹ JAKUB, a servant of Aloha and of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, unto the twelve tribes who are dispersed among the nations: Peace.

¹¹ MY beloved, I beseech you as strangers and as sojourners, be separate from all the lusts of the body which make wars against the soul.

¹ SHEMUN PETROS, a servant of Jeshu Meshiha, to those who by faith the same in preciousness [Or, honour.] with us have been made equal, through the righteousness of our Lord and our Redeemer Jeshu Meshiha.

¹¹ What thou seest, write in a book; and send to the seven churches, at Ephesos, and at Smurna, and at Pergamos, and at Thiatira, and at Sardis, and at Philidaphia,[Thus spelt in the Syriac copies.] and at Laodikia.

²⁴ For there shall arise false Meshichas and prophets of untruth; and they shall give forth magnificent signs, so as to seduce, if possible, the chosen also.

³¹ And he shall send his angels with the great trumpet, and they shall gather the chosen who are his from the four winds and from the ends of heaven.[From the extremity of the heavens to their extremity.]

²⁰ And unless the Lord cut short those days, no flesh would live; but on account of the elect whom he hath chosen, those days he hath cut short.

²² For there will arise false Meshichas and prophets of a lie, and will give forth signs and wonders, to deceive, if possible, the elect also.

²⁷ And then will he send his angels, and will assemble his chosen ones from the four winds, from the extremity of the earth to the extremity of the heavens.

⁷ But shall not Aloha do vengeance for his chosen, who cry to him by day and by night, and prolong his spirit towards [Or, upon them.] them?

¹⁶ You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and placed you, that you also may go (and) yield much fruit; and your fruit shall remain, because all that you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give to you. ¹⁷ These I command you, That you love one another. ¹⁸ And if the world hate you, know that, before you, it hated me. ¹⁹ And if of the world you were, the world its own would have loved; but you are not of the world, for I have chosen you from the world; on which account the world hateth you.

²³ This, who was separated thereunto by the foreknowledge and by the will of Aloha, you delivered into the hands of the wicked, and crucified and slew.

¹⁸ Known from eternity are the works of Aloha.

³² And now I commend you to Aloha, and to the word of his grace, who is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance with all the saints.

⁵ by whom we have received grace and apostleship among all nations, that they should become obedient unto the faith of his name:

⁷ To all who are in Ruma, beloved of Aloha, called and saints; peace and grace be with you from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

¹³ For if after the flesh you live, you must die: but if, after the Spirit, the habitudes of the body you mortify, you live.

²⁹ And from the first he knew them, and signified* them in the likeness of the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born of many brethren. [* Var'sham enum, Signed, designated, notified them.] ³⁰ But whom he before signified, them he called; and whom he called, them he justified; and whom he justified, them he glorified.

³³ Who is against the chosen of Aloha? Aloha justifieth.

²³ and poured his mercy upon the vessels of mercy who were prepared of Aloha for glory, ²⁴ who are we, (ourselves) the called, not only of the Jihudoyee, but also of the Gentiles:

² Aloha hath not put away his people whom from before he knew. Or know you not what he saith in the scripture concerning Elia, when he cried unto Aloha against Israel, saying,

⁵ So also, at this time, a residue is left by the election of grace. ⁶ But if by grace, it is not of works; otherwise grace is not grace. But if by works, it is not of grace; otherwise work is not work. ⁷ What then, That which Israel sought he hath not found; but the election hath found: but the rest of them are blinded in their hearts.

²⁸ But, in (regard of) the gospel, they are enemies on your account; and, in the election, they are beloved on account of the fathers.

¹⁶ to be a minister of Jeshu Meshiha among the Gentiles, and to labour in the gospel of Aloha, that there may be an oblation of the Gentiles, acceptable and holy through the Spirit of Holiness.

¹⁹ But your obedience is known to every one; I rejoice therefore in you, and I wish you to be wise unto good (works), and pure with regard to [those which are] evil.

²⁶ (to Him) who alone is wise, BE GLORY BY JESHU MESHIHA, UNTO THE AGE OF AGES. AMEN.

³⁰ But you are of him in Jeshu Meshiha, who hath been made unto us wisdom, of Aloha, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

¹¹ And these were some of you but you are washed, and sanctified, and justified in the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and by the Spirit of our God.

⁵ and demolish reasonings and every lofty thing that is exalted against the knowledge of Aloha, and captivate all thoughts unto the obedience of the Meshiha.

¹⁴ THE PEACE OF OUR LORD JESHU MESHIHA, AND THE LOVE OF ALOHA, AND THE COMMUNION OF THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS, BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.

⁴ as he before elected us in him, from before the foundations of the world, that we should be saints, and without blemish before him, and in love predesignated us unto himself, ⁵ and constituted us children in Jeshu Meshiha, according to the pleasure of his will;

¹² Wear, therefore, as the chosen of Aloha, saints and beloved, compassions and tenderness, and benignity, and lowliness of mind, and composure, and patience.

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks unto Aloha at all time for you, our brethren, beloved in our Lord, because Aloha hath chosen you from the beginning unto salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit, and by the belief of the truth.

¹⁰ Therefore I endure every thing on account of the elect, that they also may find salvation in Jeshu Meshiha, with the glory that is eternal.

¹ PAULOS, a servant of Aloha, and apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, for the faith of the chosen ones of Aloha, and the knowledge of the truth which is in the fear of Aloha;

⁹ And so was he perfected, and became unto all them who obey him the Cause of eternal salvation;

¹⁹ For when every precept had been enjoined by Musha to the whole people according to the law, Musha took the blood of the heifer, and water, with the scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled upon the books and upon all the people, ²⁰ and said to them, This is the blood of that covenant which is commanded by Aloha. ²¹ Also upon the tabernacle and upon all the vessels of the service from it with blood he sprinkled. ²² Because every thing with blood was purified under the law; and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

²² Let us, therefore, draw near with a confirmed heart, and the full security of faith, with our hearts sprinkled and cleansed from an evil conscience, and our body washed with pure waters;

²⁸ By faith they performed the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that he might not come near, - he, who was destroying the first-born.

²⁴ and to Jeshu the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the sprinkling of his blood, which speaketh better [things] than that of Habel.

²² Let your souls be sanctified in obedience to the truth, and be filled with the charity which respecteth not persons, that with a pure heart and perfect you may love one another,

⁹ But you are a chosen race, who minister as priests to the kingdom,[Damkahno lemalkutho.] a holy people, a congregation redeemed to announce the praises of him who hath called you from darkness to his transcendant light:

² Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

¹ THE presbyter to the elect Kuria and to her sons, whom I love in truth, nor I only, but all they who know the truth,

¹³ The sons of thy elect sister ask your peace. Grace be with you. Amen.

² Mercy and peace in love be multiplied unto you.

¹³ These, not from blood, nor from the will of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from Aloha, are born.

³ Jeshu answered and said to him, Amen, amen, I say to thee, Except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of Aloha. ⁴ Nikodimos said to him, How can an old man be born? Who can again the womb of his mother the second time enter, and be born? ⁵ Jeshu answered and said to him, Amen, amen, I say to thee, That if a man be not born of waters and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of Aloha. ⁶ Whatever is born of the flesh, is flesh; and whatever is born of the Spirit, is spirit. ⁷ Wonder not that I have said to thee, that it behoves you to be born anew. ⁸ The wind bloweth where she willeth,* and her voice thou hearest; but thou knowest not whence she cometh, nor whither she goeth: so is every man who is born of the Spirit. [* Rucho signifies either the Spirit, or the wind; as, in like manner, does the corresponding Greek word wneuma and hence most of the versions of the latter have, "The Spirit bloweth where he willeth;" but in the Syriac text the verbs and the pronominal affix to the noun "voice" being in the feminine, the application of Rucho to the Holy Spirit seems not to have been contemplated. OLSHAUSEN on the Greek text has well said, "The comparison itself, and the expression, fwnhn autou, show, beyond doubt, that wneuma does not here mean the breath of the Divine Spirit, but the wind properly so called."]

²⁵ who was delivered for our sins, and rose that he might justify us.

⁴ and patience experience, [Or, proof, probation.] and experience hope: ⁵ but hope maketh us not ashamed, because the love of Aloha is shed forth upon our hearts by the Spirit of Holiness who is given to us.

¹⁰ For if, while we were adversaries, Aloha was reconciled with us through the death of his Son, how much more, then, in reconciliation with him,[Or, in his reconciliation.] shall we be saved by his life?

¹⁵ But not as was the fall, so is the gift; for if, on account of the fall of one, many died, how much more the grace of Aloha, and his gift, for the sake of one man, Jeshu Meshiha, in many will abound? ¹⁶ And not as the transgression of one, so is the gift; for the judgment that was by one was unto condemnation, but the gift (which saves) from many sins was unto righteousness. ¹⁷ For if because of the transgression of one death was made to reign, much more (shall) they who receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift and of righteousness, reign in life by one, Jeshu Meshiha. ¹⁸ As then on account of the transgression of one was the condemnation of all men, so, on account of the righteousness of one shall there be acquittal* unto the life of all men. [* Zokutho, Victoria, innocentia, justificatio. Heb. Zakah, Purum fuit, purum pronunciavit. ¹⁹ For as on account of the disobedience of one man many became sinners, so also on account of the obedience of one many became righteous. ²⁰ But the entrance which was of the law, (made) sin to increase; and where sin increased, there grace hath abounded: ²¹ that as sin hath reigned in death, so grace might reign in righteousness unto the life which is eternal, by the hand of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

¹¹ And if the Spirit of him who raised our Lord Jeshu Meshiha from among the dead dwell in you, he who raised our Lord Jeshu Meshiha from among the dead will also make alive your dead bodies, on account of his Spirit who dwelleth in you.

²⁴ For in hope we live: but hope that is seen is not hope; for if we see it, why hope we for it?

¹² Rejoice in your hope, sustain your afflictions, be constant in prayer;

¹³ But the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace, through faith, that you may abound in hope through the power of the Spirit of Holiness.

¹³ For these are the three that remain, faith and hope and love; but the greatest of these is love.

²⁰ BUT now hath the Meshiha risen from among the dead, and become the first-fruits of those who sleep.

³ Blessed be Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation,

³ Blessed be He, Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, who hath blessed us with all blessings of the Spirit in heaven, in the Meshiha;

⁷ in whom we have redemption, and by his blood the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, the Father of glory, would give to you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in his knowledge,

⁴ BUT Aloha, who is rich in his mercies, for his great love wherewith he loved us

⁶ and raised us with him, and made us to sit with him in heaven in Jeshu the Meshiha, ⁷ that he might show to the ages to come the greatness of the riches of his grace and his goodness, which hath been upon us in Jeshu the Meshiha. ⁸ For by his grace are we saved through faith, and this was not of you, but is the gift of Aloha, ⁹ not of works, that no man should glory. ¹⁰ For we are his creation, who are created in Jeshu Meshiha unto good works, which Aloha hath prepared before, that in them we should walk.

²⁰ But to Him who is able with power beyond all to do for us above what we ask or conceive, according to his power which worketh in us,

²³ if you continue in your faith, your foundation being firm, and be not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, and which is proclaimed to every creature who is under heaven, of which I, Paulos, am made a minister.

²⁷ To whom Aloha hath willed to make known what is the opulence of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is, The Meshiha, who in you (is) the hope of glory;

³ and remember before Aloha the Father the works of your faith, and the labour of your love, and the perseverance of your hope, which is in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

¹³ BUT I wish you to know, my brethren, that for those who are asleep you should not have sorrow, as the rest of men, who have no hope.

¹⁴ But in me hath abounded the grace of our Lord, and faith and love which are in Jeshu Meshiha.

¹³ while expecting the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha;

⁴ But when appeared the goodness and mercy of Aloha our Saviour, ⁵ not by works of righteousness which we had done, but by his own mercy he saved us, by the laving of the birth which is afresh, by the renewing of the Spirit of Holiness, ⁶ which he shed upon us abundantly, by Jeshu Meshiha our Saviour;

⁶ but the Meshiha as THE SON over his [own] house: and his house are we, if, unto the end, we shall hold fast our confidence,[Retain our openness of faces.] and the triumph [The glorying.] of his hope.

¹⁸ that by two things that are not changed, in which it cannot be that Aloha should lie, great consolation should be ours who have fled unto him: and that we may retain the hope that is promised to us, ¹⁹ [and] which we have as an anchor that holdeth our soul, that it may not be moved, and entereth within the veil,

¹⁸ He willed, and begat us by the word of truth, that we might be the first-ones of his creatures.

²³ as men who are regenerated, not by a perishable seed, but by that which is imperishable, by the living word of Aloha which abideth for ever.

² and be as (new)-born babes, and be desirous of the word as of milk pure and spiritual, that by it you may increase unto life.

²¹ After which very type also you are saved in baptism,[B'mahmuditho.] not while you cleanse the body from filth, but while you make confession of [Or, in.] Aloha with a pure conscience, and of [Or, in.] the resurrection of Jeshu Meshiha;

²⁹ If you know that he is righteous, know also that every one who doeth righteousness is of him.

³ And every one who hath in him this hope, purifieth himself, as He is pure.

⁹ Every one who is born of Aloha, sin doth not work, because that his seed is in him, and he cannot sin, because of Aloha he is born.

⁷ My beloved, let us love one another, because love is of Aloha; and every one who loveth from Aloha is born, and knoweth Aloha. For Aloha is Love;

¹ WHOSOEVER believeth that Jeshu is the Meshiha of Aloha is born. And every one who loveth the Generator loveth also him who is generated of him.

⁴ Because every one who is born of Aloha overcometh the world: and this is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith.

¹⁸ And we know that every one who is born of Aloha sinneth not. For he who is born of Aloha keepeth himself, and the Evil doth not approach him.

³⁴ Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which was to be for you from the foundation of the world.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto Aloha, and receive the forgiveness of sins, and a lot with the saints through faith, which (is) in me.

¹⁷ And if sons, heirs also; heirs of Aloha, and the sons of the inheritance of Jeshu Meshiha. For if we suffer with him, with him also shall we be glorified.

²⁵ For every man who contendeth from every thing (besides with) holdeth his mind; and they who run (do it) that they may receive a crown that is corruptible, but we one that is incorruptible.

⁵² suddenly, as in the twinkling of the eye, at the last trumpet, while it calleth; and the dead will arise without corruption, and we shall be changed. ⁵³ For this which is corruptible shall put on incorruption, and likewise (this) which dieth shall put on immortality. ⁵⁴ But when this which is corruptible shall put on incorruptibleness, and this which dieth, immortality, then shall be done that word which is written, Death is swallowed up in victory!

¹⁸ But if the inheritance was by the law, it could not have been by the promise; but Aloha gave it unto Abraham by promise.

¹¹ And by him we have been chosen, even as he predesignated and willed, who worketh all according to the mind of his will;

¹⁴ who is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of those who are saved, and unto the praise of his majesty.

¹⁸ and would enlighten the eyes of your hearts to know what is the hope of his calling,

⁵ for the hope which is kept for you in heaven, which at the first you heard through the word of the truth of the gospel,

¹² and with joy may give thanks to Aloha the Father, who hath fitted us for a portion [Or, made us adequate to a portion.] of the inheritance of the saints in light,

³ For you are dead, and your life is hid with the Meshiha in Aloha; ⁴ and when the Meshiha, who is our life, shall be manifested, then also will you be manifested with him in glory.

⁸ And from now there is kept for me the crown of righteousness, which my Lord will give me in that day, because he is a righteous judge: yet, not only to me, but to all them who love his manifestation.

¹⁵ For this was he made the Mediator of the new covenant, that by his death he might become the ransom for those who had transgressed against the first covenant, (and) that they might receive the promise, they, who are called unto the inheritance which is eternal.

¹¹ For the sun ariseth in his heat, and drieth the herb, and the flower of it falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth; so also the rich withereth in his reverses.

⁹ and let no man render evil for evil, nor invective for invective, but, that which is contrary to them, bless: for unto this are you called, that the blessing you may inherit.

⁴ that when the Chief of pastors [Rab Roauthö.] shall be revealed, you may receive from him a crown of glory which fadeth not.

²⁷ and nothing shall enter into it that defileth, nor that worketh uncleanness; but they who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.

¹⁴ but every one who shall drink of the waters that I will give him shall never thirst; but those waters that I shall give him shall be in him a fountain of waters, that shall spring forth to the life of eternity.

²⁴ Amen, amen, I say to you, He who heareth my word and believeth on him who sent me, hath the life that is eternal, and into condemnation he cometh not, but hath passed from death unto life.

²⁸ and I give to them the life which is eternal, and they shall not perish for ever, and no man shall snatch them from my hands. ²⁹ For my Father who gave them to me than all is greater; and no man from the hand of my Father can snatch them. ³⁰ I and my Father are One.

⁴⁸ He who rejecteth me, and receiveth not my word, hath that which judgeth him: the word which I speak, that judgeth him in the last day.

¹¹ Henceforth I am not in the world; but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them through thy name, that (name) which thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we are. ¹² While I was with them in the world, I kept them through thy name: those whom thou gavest me I have kept, and a man of them is not lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture may be fulfilled.

¹⁵ Not that thou wouldest take them out of the world do I pray, but that thou wouldest keep them from the evil;

³¹ What then shall we say of these? If Aloha be for us, who is against us? ³² And if his Son be spared not, but for all of us delivered him up, how will he not with him give us all things? ³³ Who is against the chosen of Aloha? Aloha justifieth. ³⁴ Who condemneth? The Meshiha hath died and arisen, and is at the right hand of Aloha, and prayeth for us. ³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Meshiha? Affliction, or sorrow, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? ³⁶ As it is written: For thee all the day long are we killed, we are reckoned as sheep for the slaughter. ³⁷ But in these we all are victorious by the hand of him who hath loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor authorities, nor powers, nor things subsisting, nor things to come, ³⁹ nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate me from the love of Aloha which is in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

²⁰ Well, they on account of unbelief were cut off, and thou by faith standest: be not exalted in thy mind, but fear.

²⁴ Not because we are lords of your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.

²⁰ and from henceforth I live not, but in me liveth Meshiha; and this that I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of Aloha, who loved me and gave himself for me.

⁸ For by his grace are we saved through faith, and this was not of you, but is the gift of Aloha,

¹⁷ that the Meshiha may dwell by faith in your hearts in love; your root and your foundations being confirmed,

⁶ because I am confident of this, that he who hath begun good workings in you will himself make perfect until the day of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

³ and remember before Aloha the Father the works of your faith, and the labour of your love, and the perseverance of your hope, which is in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha. ⁴ For we know your election, my brethren, beloved of Aloha,

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks unto Aloha at all time for you, our brethren, beloved in our Lord, because Aloha hath chosen you from the beginning unto salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit, and by the belief of the truth. ¹⁴ For unto these Aloha called you by our preaching, that you should be the glory of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

¹⁴ that thou keep (this) commandment without spot and without blemish, until the manifestation of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, ¹⁵ whom in his time will show Aloha the blessed and only Strong One, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

¹⁵ and that from thy childhood thou hast learned the holy writings, which are able to make thee wise to salvation, through faith which is in Jeshu Meshiha.

¹² and that it be not cut off from you,[Tethkatao lecun. (Katao, abscidit. Ethpaal, abscissus est.)] but that ye be imitators of them who by fidelity and patience [Prolongedness of spirit.] have become heirs of the promise.

²⁸ so also the Meshiha was once offered, and in his (own) person sacrificed (for) the sins of many; but the second time [Or, two times: tarteen zabneen.] without sins he appeareth for the salvation of them who expect him.

¹³ Wherefore gird up the loins of your minds, and be fully wakeful, and hope for the joy that cometh to you at the revelation of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha;

² MY beloved, now are we the sons of Aloha; and it is not manifest, as yet, what we are to become, but we know, that when he is manifested, in his likeness we are and see him, according to that which he is.

¹ JIHUDA, servant of Jeshu Meshiha, but brother of Jakub, to the called people, who are beloved of Aloha the Father, (and) in Jeshu Meshiha preserved:

²⁴ But to him who is able to keep you without falling and without spot, and to establish you without blemish,

¹² Then be glad and exult, for your reward is great in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

²⁸ Come unto me, all you (who) are wearied and bearing burdens, and I will give you rest.

³⁷ And he took Kipha and the two sons of Zabdai; and he began to be sorrowful, and to be vehemently agonized.

⁴⁷ and my spirit rejoiceth in Aloha my Saviour,

¹⁰ And the angel said to them, Fear not; for, behold, I announce to you great joy, which shall be to all people:

²⁰ Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the demons are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

²² You also now have sorrow; but again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

³³ These have I said to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress; but be of heart, I have conquered the world.

²² confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to persevere in the faith. And they said to them, that through much tribulation it behoveth to enter the kingdom of Aloha.

² And by him we have been admitted through faith into this grace in which we stand, and exult in hope of the glory of Aloha.

¹¹ And not thus only, but we also exult in Aloha through our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, by whom we have now received the reconciliation.

² that I have great grief, and (that) the sorrow of my heart ceaseth not.

⁹ But I consider that us, the apostles, Aloha hath set last, as unto death, to be a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men, ¹⁰ We are fools for the sake of the Meshiha, but we are wise in the Meshiha; we are the weak, but you are the mighty; you are glorified, and we abased. ¹¹ Until this hour we hunger and thirst, we are naked and beaten and have no fixed dwelling; ¹² and we labour, working with our hands. They revile us, and we bless; they persecute us, and we endure; ¹³ they maltreat us, and we pray for them; as the refuse of the world are we made and the execration* of all men until now. [* Kuphoro. Piaculum; flagitium expiatione dignum.]

⁷ BUT we have this treasure in a vase of earth, that the greatness of the power might be from Aloha, and not from us. ⁸ But in every thing we are afflicted, yet not strangled; we are beaten, yet not condemned; ⁹ persecuted, yet not forsaken; cast down, yet we perish not. ¹⁰ In all time the dying of Jeshu in our bodies we bear, that the life also of Jeshu might in our bodies be revealed. ¹¹ For if we, the living, unto death are delivered on account of Jeshu, so also will the life of Jeshu be revealed in this our body of death.

¹⁷ For the affliction of this time, while small and light, a glory without end for ever and ever prepareth for us.

¹⁰ as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet many making rich; as having nothing, yet possessing every thing.

²³ if they are ministers of the Meshiha, - I speak with defectiveness of mind, - I exceed then! In labours I exceed them, in stripes I exceed them, in chains I exceed them, in deaths many times. ²⁴ From the Jihudoyee, five times, forty (stripes) wanting one have I devoured; ²⁵ three times with staves have I been beaten, once was I stoned, three times have I been in shipwreck, a day and a night without a ship have I been in the sea. ²⁶ In journeys many, in danger of rivers, in danger of robbers, in danger from my own race, in danger from the Gentiles; I have been in danger in cities, I have been in danger in the waste, in danger by sea, in danger from false brethren; ²⁷ in labour and weariness, in much watching, in hunger and thirst, in much fasting, in cold and in nakedness;

⁹ And he said to me, My grace sufficeth thee; for my power in weakness is perfected. Gladly therefore will I boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Meshiha may overshadow me. ¹⁰ For this cause I am willing in infirmities, in reviling, in affliction, in persecutions, in distresses, for the sake of the Meshiha; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

²² But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, prolonging of the spirit, benignity, goodness, fidelity, meekness, patience;

²⁶ for he desired to see you all, and was anxious, because he knew that you had heard that he was sick.

³ For the circumcision are we, who serve Aloha in the spirit, and glory in Jeshu the Meshiha, and confide not on the flesh.

⁴ Rejoice in our Lord in all time, and again I say, Rejoice.

⁶ and you became imitators of us and of our Lord, and you received the word in great affliction, and with the joy of the Spirit of Holiness,

³⁵ And they gave unto women their sons by the resurrection of the dead; and others in torments died, nor hoped to be delivered, that the better resurrection they might have. ³⁶ But others went through mockings and scourgings; others unto chains and imprisonments were given up, ³⁷ others were stoned, others divided, others died by the edge of the sword, others wandered about clothed with skins of sheep and of goats, necessitous, afflicted, and driven out. ³⁸ Men, of whom the world was not worthy, became as wanderers in the desert, and in mountains, and in dens, and in caverns of the earth.

⁷ Endure, therefore, correction, because Aloha acteth towards you as with children: for who is a son whom his father doth not correct? ⁸ And if ye be without the correction with which every one is corrected, ye are aliens, and not children. ⁹ And if (when) the fathers of the flesh have chastised us we have revered them, how much more are we bound to be subject to our spiritual fathers,* that we may live?[* Abothain däruchotho, a very questionable reading.] ¹⁰ For they, during a little time, as they willed, chastised us; but Aloha for our advantage, that we might partake of his holiness. ¹¹ For all chastisement, in its time, is not considered as joy, but as grief; but, in the end, the fruit of peace and righteousness it giveth unto them who with it have been exercised.

² All joy shall be to you, my brethren, when you shall have entered into temptations many and various.

⁹ But let the humble brother glory in his exaltation,

⁹ Be humbled and sorrowful, and let your laughter be turned into grief, and your gladness into anxiety.

⁷ that the proof of your faith may be seen, which is more precious than gold refined which is proved in fire, unto praise and unto honour and unto glory, at the revelation of Jeshu Meshiha; ⁸ whom you have not seen and (yet) love, and in whose faith you exult with glorious joy that is not spoken:

⁷ BUT the end of all cometh; therefore be sober, and watch unto prayer.

¹² My beloved, be not amazed at the temptations which you have, as that something strange happeneth to you, because for your probation they have been; ¹³ but rejoice that you are partakers of the sufferings of the Meshiha, that so also at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice and exult.

¹⁰ But the God of grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Jeshu Meshiha, will give to us while we endure these few afflictions to be strengthened, and confirmed, and established in him for ever.

²⁸ Jeshu saith to them, Amen I say to you, that you who have come after me, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit upon the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve seats, and shall judge the twelve tribes of Isroel.

²¹ His lord said to him, It is well, good and faithful servant; over a little thou hast been faithful, over much I will establish thee: enter into the joy of thy lord.

²³ His lord saith to him, It is well, servant good and faithful; over a little thou hast been faithful, over much will I establish thee: enter into the joy of thy lord.

²⁰ But Aloha said to him, Reasonless (man)! [Chasir reyona, wanting reason.] this night thy soul they shall require of thee; and then, (the things) which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? ²¹ So is he who layeth up to himself treasures, and towards Aloha is not rich.

³³ Sell your substance, and give alms: make to you bags which become not old, and a treasure which is not transient, in the heavens, where the thief does not approach, and the moth destroys not.

⁴⁴ How can you believe, who glory one from another are receiving, and the glory which is from one, Aloha, you seek not?

²⁶ If any man serve me, let him come after me; and where I am, there shall be also my servant: whoever serveth me, him will my Father honour.

²⁰ Shemun Kipha said to him, Thy silver go with thee into perdition, because thou thoughtest that the gift of Aloha with the possessions of the world might he obtained.

⁷ To them who seek, in perseverance of good works, glory and honour and incorruption, he giveth eternal life;

²⁹ but he is a Jihudoya who is one in inwardness; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from the sons of men, but from Aloha.

³ And not thus only, but also in afflictions we exult; for we know that affliction perfecteth patience in us, ⁴ and patience experience, [Or, proof, probation.] and experience hope:

¹³ the work of every one shall be revealed, for that day shall reveal it; for by the fire shall it be revealed, and the work of every man as it is the fire shall distinguish.

⁵ Therefore, do not judge before the time, until the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the thoughts of hearts. Then will there be praise to each man from Aloha.

⁷ And you who are afflicted will he save [Or, make alive.] with us, at the revelation of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha from heaven, with the host [Or, force; chailo, " powerful array."] of his angels, ⁸ when he executeth the punishment, with burning of fire, on them who have not known Aloha, and on them who have not acknowledged the gospel of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha. ⁹ For these in the judgment will be punished (with) the perdition of eternity, from the presence of our Lord, and from the glory of his power; ¹⁰ when he cometh to be glorified in his saints, and to show his wonders in his faithful ones, that our testimony that was concerning you may be believed in that day. ¹¹ On account of this at all time pray we for you, that Aloha may make you meet for your calling, and complete in you all the will of good (things), and the operations of faith with power; ¹² that the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha may be glorified in you, and you also in him, according to the grace of Aloha and our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

³ For you know that the proving of faith maketh you to possess patience; ⁴ but to patience let there be a perfect work, that you may be complete and perfected, and in nothing be deficient.

¹² Blessed the man who endureth temptations: for when he hath been proved he shall receive the crown of life, which Aloha hath promised unto them who love him.

² Your riches are corrupt and stink, and your vestments are eaten of the moth, ³ and your gold and your silver rusteth, and the rust of them is for a witness against you, and is to eat your flesh. You have gathered fire for you for the last days!

⁵ while you are kept by the power of Aloha and through faith, unto the salvation which is prepared to be revealed in the last times;

⁴ unto whom you have come, who is the living stone whom men have rejected, yet (who is) chosen and honourable with Aloha.

⁷ To you therefore is given this honour, to them who believe: but to them who are disobedient

¹² My beloved, be not amazed at the temptations which you have, as that something strange happeneth to you, because for your probation they have been;

⁴ by annunciations [Nunciatio, promissum: from, to know, make known.] great and precious which he hath given to you, that by them you may be partakers of the divine nature, while you escape the corruption of the lusts which are in the world;

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord cometh as a thief: that (day) in which the heavens suddenly [Mensheli.] shall pass away, but the elements burning be dissolved, and the earth and the works that are in it be found not. ¹¹ As, therefore, all these are to be dissolved, how behoveth it you to be holy in your conversation, ¹² and in the fear of Aloha; expecting and desiring the coming of the day of Aloha; that (day) in which the heavens, tried with fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements burning shall melt?

⁷ Behold, he cometh with clouds, and all eyes shall see him, and they also who transfixed [Dadaqruhi.] him; and for him shall mourn all the tribes of the earth. Yes, Amen!

¹⁰ Fear not any thing of those that thou art to suffer; for, behold, it will be that the accuser will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried; and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give thee the crown of life

¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which is to come upon all the habitable world, to try them who dwell upon the earth.

¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold, proved by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and the shame of thy nakedness be not seen; and lave with collyrium thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

¹⁶ saying, Woe, woe, that great city, which was arrayed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and golded with gold, and (adorned) with precious stones and pearls; for in one hour hath been destroyed wealth like this. ¹⁷ And every captain and every pilot who navigateth to the place, and the mariners, and all who serve on the sea, stood from afar,

³⁷ Whosoever loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy (of) me; and whosoever loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy (of) me.

³⁵ For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I thirsted, and you made me to drink; I was a stranger, and you received me; ³⁶ I was naked, and you covered me; I was sick, and you cared for me; and I was in prison, and you came to me. ³⁷ Then shall say unto him those righteous, Our Lord! when did we see that thou wast hungry, and fed thee, or that thou didst thirst, and we gave thee drink? ³⁸ and when did we see thee a stranger, and received thee, or naked, and covered thee? ³⁹ and when did we see thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say to them, Amen I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me you did it.

⁴² Jeshu saith to them, If Aloha were your Father, you would love me; for I from Aloha came forth, and I came not of myself, but he sent me.

¹⁵ IF you love me, keep my commandments;

²¹ He who hath my commandments and keepeth them is he who loveth me; and he who loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest to him myself.

²⁴ But he who loveth me not, keepeth not my word. And the word that you hear is not mine, but of the Father who sent me.

²⁹ Jeshu saith to him, Now that thou hast seen, thou hast believed: blessed are they who have not seen me, and have believed.

³⁴ And he took and brought them up into his house, and set for them the table, and exulted, he and the sons of his house, in the faith of Aloha.

¹⁷ For the kingdom of Aloha is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Spirit of Holiness.

²² Whosoever loveth not our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, let him be accursed. Our Lord cometh.

²² and hath sealed us, and given us the earnest-pledge [Rhabuno.] of his Spirit in our hearts.

¹⁸ While we look not on these which are seen, but at those which are unseen. For the seen are of time, but the unseen are of eternity.

⁷ For by faith we walk, and not by sight.

¹⁴ For the love of the Meshiha constraineth us, because we judge this, That if one for every man hath died, then (was) every man dead. ¹⁵ And for every man he died, that they who live should not live to themselves, but to him who on their behalf died and arose.

¹⁵ But thanks to Aloha over his gift which is unspeakable.

⁴ - and he was rapt into paradise, and heard words which are not uttered, those which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

⁶ For, in the Meshiha Jeshu, circumcision is not any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which is made perfect by love.

¹³ and in whom you believed and were sealed with the Spirit of Holiness who was promised; ¹⁴ who is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of those who are saved, and unto the praise of his majesty.

²⁴ Grace be with all them who love our Lord Jeshu Meshiha incorruptibly. Amen.

²⁵ For I know this confidently, that I am to remain and tarry for your joy and for the increase of your faith:

¹ Now FAITH is the persuasion concerning things which are in hope, as if they were in reality,[In act.] and a revelation of those which are not seen.

²⁷ By faith he forsook Metsreen, and feared not the wrath of the king; and hoped, as one who beheld Aloha who is the invisible.

⁶ wherein you will rejoice for ever, though in this little time you are afflicted [Or, straitened.] by manifold temptations which pass over you;

¹⁹ We then will love Aloha, because he hath first loved us. ²⁰ But if one shall say, I love Aloha, and his brother he hateth, he is a liar. For he who his brother whom he hath seen loveth not, how can he love Aloha himself whom he hath not seen?

²² And now made free from sin, and become servants to Aloha, you have holy fruits, [Phiree.] of which the end is the life of eternity.

²¹ Wherefore, remove from you all impurity and the abounding of wickedness, and with meekness receive the word which is engrafted in our nature, which is able to save your souls.

¹⁷ for, Amen I say unto you, that many prophets and just ones have desired to behold what you see, and have not beheld, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard.

²⁴ And the Son of man goeth as it is written concerning him; but woe to him, to that man by whom [By whose hand.] the Son of man is betrayed! Better had it been for that man if he had not been born.

²⁴ for I tell you that prophets many and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard.

²⁵ Then said Jeshu to them, O wanting in understanding, and hard of heart to believe all the things which the prophets have spoken! ²⁶ Was it not to be that these the Meshicha should suffer, and enter into his glory? ²⁷ And, beginning from Musha and all the prophets, he explained to them concerning himself from all the scriptures.

⁴⁴ And he said to them, These are the words that I spoke with you while I was with you, that every thing must be fulfilled which is written in the law of Musha, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.

³⁹ Investigate the scriptures; for in them you think you have the life that is eternal, and they testify of me.

⁵² They answered and said to him, Art thou also of Galila? Investigate, and see, that the Prophet from Galila ariseth not.

²² For Musha hath said, A prophet shall the Lord raise up unto you from your brethren, like to me; him hear in all (things) which he shall speak with you. ²³ And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that prophet, perish shall that soul from his people. ²⁴ And the prophets, all of them from Shamuel and they who were after him, spake and proclaimed concerning these days.

⁵² For which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted and slain? they who before announced the coming of the Righteous; him whom you delivered up and slew.

⁴³ And of him all the prophets testify, that whoever believeth in his name shall receive remission of sins.

²⁷ For they, the inhabitants of Urishlem and their princes, have not consented thereto, nor also to the writings of the prophets which are read on every shabath; but condemned him, and accomplished all that was written. ²⁸ And while they found not any cause of death, they requested Pilatos that they might kill him. ²⁹ And when they had fulfilled every thing that was written concerning him, they took him from the cross, and laid him in a sepulchre.

¹¹ for more noble[Or, free.] were those Jihudoyee who were there than those Jihudoyee who were in Thessalonika; and they heard from them the word daily with joy, while they decided from the scriptures whether these things were so.

²³ AND they appointed him a day; and many assembled and came where he sojourned; and he explained to them concerning the kingdom of Aloha, testifying and persuading them concerning Jeshu, from the law of Musha and from the prophets, from the morning until the evening.

⁴⁰ because Aloha had afore contemplated for our help, that without us they should not be made perfect.

¹¹ and searched into, what time the Spirit of the Meshiha who dwelt in them showed and testified of the future sufferings of the Meshiha, and his glory which (should be) after them.

¹⁹ We have that which is sure also, the word of prophecy; that into which you do well to look, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the sun arise in your hearts. ²⁰ While this first you know, that every prophecy of the scripture its own solution [Or, every prophecy the solution of its scripture is not. Cul nebiutho shorio dacthobo diloh lo hovo.] is not. ²¹ For not by the will of man came any prophecy, but while by the Holy Spirit led spake the holy men of God.

⁴¹ These said Eshaia when he saw his glory, and spake concerning him.

²² but Aloha hath helped me until this day; and, behold, I stand and testify to the small and to the great, yet nothing beyond Musha and the prophets do I speak, but those things which they said should come to pass; ²³ that the Meshiha should suffer, and should be the chief of the resurrection from the house of the dead, and should preach light to the people and to the nations.

⁹ But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if truly the Spirit of Aloha dwelleth in you. But if a man have not the Spirit of the Meshiha, this (man) is not his.

⁶ And because you are sons, Aloha hath sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, who crieth, Father, our Father.

¹⁸ Because the Meshiha also once died on account of sins, the just on account of sinners, that he might bring [Or, present.] us unto Aloha. And dead in the body and alive in the Spirit, ¹⁹ he preached unto those souls who were held in sheul,

²¹ For not by the will of man came any prophecy, but while by the Holy Spirit led spake the holy men of God.

¹⁰ And I fell before his feet to worship; and he said to me, See (that thou do it) not; thy fellowservant (am I), and of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jeshu. Aloha worship; for the testimony of Jeshu is the spirit of prophecy.

²⁵ IN that time Jeshu answered and said, I praise thee, my Father, the Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou hast concealed these (things) from the wise and prudent [ones], but hast revealed them unto little children.

²⁷ All things are delivered to me from my Father; and no man knoweth the Son but the Father; also the Father no man knoweth, except the Son, and he (to) whom the Son pleaseth to reveal (him).

¹⁷ Jeshu responded and said to him, Blessed art thou, Shemun-bar-Jona; because flesh and blood have not revealed (this) to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

¹⁵ And he said to them, Go into all the world, and proclaim my gospel to every creature:

²⁶ And it was said to him from the Spirit of Holiness, that he should not see death, until he had seen the Meshicha of the Lord.

⁶ And the apostles went forth and itinerated in the villages and the cities, and evangelized and healed in every place.

¹⁰ I say to you, that so shall there be joy before the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

²⁶ But when the Paraclete cometh, He whom I will send unto you from my Father, the Spirit of Truth, He who from my Father cometh forth, He shall testify of me.

⁷ But I the truth say to you, That it is needful for you that I go; for if I go not, the Paraclete cometh not to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. ⁸ And when he hath come, he will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. ⁹ Of sin, because they believe not in me; ¹⁰ but of righteousness, because unto my Father I go, and you see me not again; ¹¹ but of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. ¹² I have yet much to tell you, but you cannot now apprehend; ¹³ but when the Spirit of Truth hath come, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of himself; [From his own mind.] but all that he shall hear he will speak, and the things to come [The futurities.] will he make known to you. ¹⁴ He will glorify me, because of mine he will take and will show you. ¹⁵ All whatever that the Father hath is mine: on this account I have said to you, That of mine he will take, and will show you.

² there was suddenly from heaven the voice as of a mighty wind, and all that house in which they were sitting was filled with it; ³ and tongues that were divided like fire appeared to them, and sat upon each one of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in several tongues as the Spirit gave them to speak.

¹⁷ It shall be in the last days, saith Aloha, I will pour [out] my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your youths shall see visions, and your elders shall dream dreams: ¹⁸ And upon the servants and upon the handmaids will I pour my Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

³³ And he it is who at the right hand of Aloha is exalted, and hath received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, and hath shed forth this gift, which, behold, you see and you hear.

⁸ Then Shemun Kipha was filled with the Spirit of Holiness, and said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders of the house of Israel, hear:

³¹ And as they prayed and supplicated, the place in which they were assembled was moved, and they were all filled with the Spirit of Holiness, and they spake with openness the word of Aloha.

²⁵ But Shemun and Juhanon, when they had testified and taught the word of Aloha, returned to Urishlem, and evangelized in many villages of the Shomroyee.

⁴⁴ And while Shemun spake these words the Spirit of Holiness overspread all who heard the word.

¹⁰ But when Paulos had seen this vision, he immediately willed to go forth to Makedunia, for he understood that our Lord called us to evangelize them.

¹⁵ and so am I urged to evangelize unto you also who are in Ruma.

¹⁷ for the righteousness of Aloha in it is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, the righteous by faith shall live.

¹⁵ Or how shall they preach if they are not sent? As it is written, How beautiful the feet of them who evangelize peace, and who evangelize good things!

¹⁹ with the power of signs and miracles, and with the power of the Spirit of Aloha; as that I have itinerated from Urishlem unto Illyrikum, to fulfil the preaching of Meshiha;

¹⁰ BUT unto us hath Aloha revealed, by his Spirit. For the Spirit all things searcheth, also the depths of Aloha.

⁶ by purity, by knowledge, by prolonging the mind, by benignity, by the Spirit of Holiness, by love without deceit,

¹² for neither from man had I received it and taught it, but by the revelation of Jeshu the Meshiha.

¹⁶ to reveal his Son in me, that I should preach among the nations, immediately I did not disclose to flesh and to blood;

¹⁰ that through the church might be made known the wisdom of Aloha, which is full of diversities, to the principalities and powers who are in heaven,

⁵ because our preaching was not in words only with you, but with power, and with the Spirit of Holiness, and with the persuasion of truth. Also you know how we were among you, on account of you; ⁶ and you became imitators of us and of our Lord, and you received the word in great affliction, and with the joy of the Spirit of Holiness,

⁹ Remember, therefore, my brethren, how we laboured and toiled in the work of our hands by night and by day, that we might not be a burden on one of you.

⁴ when Aloha witnessed concerning them by signs, and by miracles, and by various powers, and by distributed gifts [Distributions, or dividings.] of the Spirit of Holiness, that were bestowed according to his will.

² For we have been evangelized as well as they: but the word which they heard did not profit them, because not contempered with faith in them who heard it.

³⁹ And these all, of whom there hath been (such) a testimony concerning their faith, received not the promise; ⁴⁰ because Aloha had afore contemplated for our help, that without us they should not be made perfect.

²⁵ but the word of our God abideth for ever; and this is that word which is preached unto you.

¹¹ And I saw and heard as the voice of many angels around the throne, and the living-ones, and the presbyters, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,

³⁵ Let your loins be bound, and your lamps be burning,

⁸ but (rather) saith to him, Prepare me something that I may sup, and gird thy loins, serve me until I have eaten and drunk, and afterwards thou also shalt eat and drink.

³⁰ Thus will it be in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed.

³⁴ But take heed to yourselves, that at any time your hearts be not heavy with excess and drunkenness, and the care of the world, and unawares shall come upon you that day. ³⁵ For as a net it will overtake all them who dwell upon the faces of the whole earth.

¹³ And as in the day, let us walk decorously, not with the song, nor with drunkenness, nor in the unclean chamber, nor in envy and in contention;

⁴ For every thing that hath before been written for our instruction was written, that by the patience and consolation of the scriptures we might have hope. ⁵ But the God of patience and of consolation give to you that with impartiality [Equality.] you may think one of another in Jeshu Meshiha, ⁶ that with one mind and with one mouth you may glorify Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha. ⁷ Therefore, receive and bear with one another, as also the Meshiha hath received you, to the glory of Aloha. ⁸ But I say that Jeshu Meshiha ministered [to] the circumcision, on behalf of the truth of Aloha, that he might confirm the promise of the fathers, ⁹ and the Gentiles might glorify Aloha for his mercy that was upon them. As it is written, I will confess thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing. ¹⁰ And again he hath said, be glad, ye Gentiles, with his people. ¹¹ And again he hath said, praise the Lord, all (ye) Gentiles; let all peoples praise him. ¹² And again, Eshaia hath said, there shall be a root of Jeshai, and he who shall arise shall be the chief of the peoples; and upon him will the Gentiles hope. ¹³ But the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace, through faith, that you may abound in hope through the power of the Spirit of Holiness.

⁷ That you may not be deficient in one of his gifts, but be expecting the revelation of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha,

¹⁴ Stand, therefore, with your loins strengthened with the truth, and wear the breastplate of righteousness,

⁶ Sleep we not, therefore, as the rest; but be wakeful and sober. ⁷ For they who sleep, in the night sleep; and they who are drunken, in the night are drunken. ⁸ But we who are sons of the day must be wakeful in our minds, and wear the mail-coat [Sheryono. Heb. Shiryon.] of faith and of love, and put on the helmet of the hope of salvation.

⁷ And you who are afflicted will he save [Or, make alive.] with us, at the revelation of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha from heaven, with the host [Or, force; chailo, " powerful array."] of his angels,

⁵ But watch thou in every thing, and endure evils, and work the work of an evangelist, and thy ministry fulfil.

¹¹ FOR the all-saving grace of Aloha [Or, the grace of Aloha saving all.] hath appeared to all men, ¹² and teacheth us to deny wickedness and the lusts of the world, and to live in this world in purity, and in rectitude, and in the fear of Aloha, ¹³ while expecting the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha;

¹⁹ [and] which we have as an anchor that holdeth our soul, that it may not be moved, and entereth within the veil,

³⁵ Destroy not, therefore, the confidence which you have, for which there is a great reward.

³ Blessed be Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, who by his abundant grace hath begotten us anew through the resurrection of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha unto the hope of salvation, ⁴ and to the inheritance which is not corruptible, and not defiled, and not to be consumed, which is prepared for you in heaven, ⁵ while you are kept by the power of Aloha and through faith, unto the salvation which is prepared to be revealed in the last times; ⁶ wherein you will rejoice for ever, though in this little time you are afflicted [Or, straitened.] by manifold temptations which pass over you; ⁷ that the proof of your faith may be seen, which is more precious than gold refined which is proved in fire, unto praise and unto honour and unto glory, at the revelation of Jeshu Meshiha; ⁸ whom you have not seen and (yet) love, and in whose faith you exult with glorious joy that is not spoken: ⁹ that you may receive the recompence of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

¹⁵ But sanctify in your hearts the Lord Meshiha. AND be prepared to make defence to every one who shall seek of you speech concerning the hope of the faith, with meekness and with seriousness,

⁸ Watch, and be mindful, because your adversary Satana, as a lion, roareth and walketh and seeketh whom he may devour.

³⁰ For the times of error Aloha hath made to pass away; and in this time he commandeth all men, that every man in every place should repent;

⁴ For we are buried with him by baptism into death; that as Jeshu Meshiha arose from among the dead by the glory of his Father, so also we in a new life shall walk.

² And be not likened unto this world, but be changed by the renewing of your minds, that you may discern what is the will of Aloha, good, and acceptable, and perfect.

² in which from the first you walked according to the worldliness of this age,[Olmoyutheh dolmo hono.] and according to the will of the prince of the power of the air, of that Spirit who urgeth [D'methchaphto.] in the sons of disobedience;

¹⁸ and are darkened in their understandings, and are alienated from the life of Aloha on account of their ignorance,[Or, because they have not knowledge.] and on account of the blindness of their hearts; ¹⁹ who are cut off from their hope, and have delivered themselves up to lasciviousness and to the working of all uncleanness in their greediness. ²⁰ But you have not thus learned the Meshiha, ²¹ if really you have heard him and learned as the truth is in Jeshu; ²² but that you put from you your former habitudes, the old man who is corrupt in deceitful lusts,

⁶ lest any man deceive you with vain words; for because of these cometh the anger of Aloha upon the sons of disobedience.

⁵ Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, and passions, and evil desires, and covetousness, which itself is idolatry. ⁶ For on account of these cometh the anger of Aloha upon the sons of disobedience.[Or, perverseness.] ⁷ In these also you walked aforetime, when you were conversant in them.

⁵ and not in the passions of concupiscence, as the rest of the Gentiles who know not Aloha.

³ For we also were afore-time without understanding, and disobedient and erring, and were subjected to various lusts; and in malice, and in envy we conversed, and were hateful, and also hating one another. ⁴ But when appeared the goodness and mercy of Aloha our Saviour, ⁵ not by works of righteousness which we had done, but by his own mercy he saved us, by the laving of the birth which is afresh, by the renewing of the Spirit of Holiness,

² that henceforth to the lusts of men he should not live, what time he is in the body, but to the will of Aloha. ³ For the time which hath passed sufficeth to have served the will of the Gentiles in indulgence, in drunkenness, in vileness, in revellings, and in the service of demons.

⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect!

⁷⁴ That, being delivered from the hand of our adversaries, without fear we might serve before him ⁷⁵ All our days in righteousness.

²⁸ BUT we know that those who love Aloha, in every thing he helpeth them for good; them whom he set before that they might be called.

²⁴ who are we, (ourselves) the called, not only of the Jihudoyee, but also of the Gentiles:

¹ Because then we have these promises, my beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all impurity of the flesh and of the spirit, and accomplish sanctification in the fear of Aloha.

¹ Be therefore imitators of Aloha, as beloved children; ² and walk in love, as the Meshiha also loved us, and delivered himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to Aloha of a fragrant smell.

²⁷ As it becometh the gospel of the Meshiha, so have your conversation; that if coming I see you, or absent, I may hear of you, that you stand in one spirit and in one soul, conquering together for the faith of the gospel;

¹⁵ that you may be perfect and without spot, as the pure children of Aloha, who dwell in a generation depraved and perverse; and be manifest among them as luminaries in the world, ¹⁶ to be unto them for a place of salvation, for my exultation in the day of the Meshiha, that I may not have run in vain, nor laboured to no purpose.

¹⁴ and run towards the sign, to obtain the victory of the high vocation of Aloha by Jeshu Meshiha.

²⁰ But our employment* is in heaven, and from thence we expect the Saviour, our Lord Jeshu Meshiha,[* Pulchonan. Pulchono is " occupation," whether sacred, cultus, or civil, operatio.]

¹² and (now) we testify to you how you should walk worthy of Aloha himself who hath called you to his kingdom and to his glory.

³ For this is the will of Aloha, your sanctification; and that you be distant from all fornication; ⁴ and that every man of you know to possess his vessel in sanctification and in honour, ⁵ and not in the passions of concupiscence, as the rest of the Gentiles who know not Aloha. ⁶ And that you dare not transgress, and defraud the one man his brother in this matter, because our Lord is the avenger of all these, as we have also before told you and testified. ⁷ For Aloha hath not called us to uncleanness, but unto sanctification.

¹² And let no man despise thy youth; but be an example to the believers in word, and in conduct, and in charity, and in faith, and in purity.

⁹ who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his will, and that grace of his which was given to us in Jeshu Meshiha before the time of the worlds,

¹¹ FOR the all-saving grace of Aloha [Or, the grace of Aloha saving all.] hath appeared to all men, ¹² and teacheth us to deny wickedness and the lusts of the world, and to live in this world in purity, and in rectitude, and in the fear of Aloha, ¹³ while expecting the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha; ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, to redeem us from all iniquity, and to cleanse unto himself a new people,[Amo chadtho.] who are zealous of good works.

⁸ Faithful is the word; and in this I will that thou also establish them, that they should be careful to perform good works, they who have believed in Aloha. These are good and profitable unto men.

¹⁴ And let those also who are of us, learn to perform good works in things which are necessary, that they may not be without fruits.

¹⁴ Follow after peace with every man, and after holiness, without which man our Lord seeth not.

⁵ Let not your mind love money; but let whatever ye have suffice you: for the Lord hath said, I will not abandon thee, nor withhold from thee support.[Withhold from thee hands; that is, help, strength, &c.]

¹³ Who of you is wise and instructed? let him show his works in good conversations in meek wisdom.

¹² And let your conversation be good before all men; and they who speak against you malicious words shall see your good deeds, and shall glorify Aloha in the day of the probation.

¹⁶ while you have a good conscience; that as they speak against you as against evil men, they may be made ashamed who have traduced your good conversations in the Meshiha.

³ As He who all (things) which of the divine power are unto life and godliness [Dechalath Aloha, the fear, reverence, or worship of Aloha.] hath given (us), through the knowledge of Him who hath called us unto the glory of him and of virtue,[Or, excellence. B'teshbuchtho dileh va-damyathrutho.] ⁴ by annunciations [Nunciatio, promissum: from, to know, make known.] great and precious which he hath given to you, that by them you may be partakers of the divine nature, while you escape the corruption of the lusts which are in the world; ⁵ So, with this, bringing in all diligence,[Or, gravity. Shekoltano.] add to your faith virtue; but to virtue knowledge, ⁶ but to knowledge perseverance, but to perseverance patience, but to patience godliness,[Dechalath Aloha, the fear, reverence, or worship of Aloha.] ⁷ but to godliness brotherly kindness, but to brotherly kindness love. ⁸ For while these are found with you, and abound, neither slothfulness nor unfruitfulness will stand against you in the knowledge of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha. ⁹ For he with whom these are not found is blind, and seeth not, and hath forgotten the purification of his former sins. ¹⁰ Upon this the more, my brethren, be careful, that by your good works your calling and your election you may confirm;[Or, make sure.] for, while you do these, you will never lapse; [Meshtarin, from shara, lapsus est, deliquit, transgressus est.]

¹¹ As, therefore, all these are to be dissolved, how behoveth it you to be holy in your conversation, ¹² and in the fear of Aloha; expecting and desiring the coming of the day of Aloha; that (day) in which the heavens, tried with fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements burning shall melt? ¹³ But new heavens and earth, according to his promise, we expect; those wherein righteousness dwelleth. ¹⁴ Wherefore, my beloved, while these you expect, be diligent, that, without blemish and without spot, of Him you may be found in peace.

⁷ And to the angel of the church which is in Philadelphia write: These saith the Holy, the True, who hath the key of David; who openeth and no man shutteth,9 and who shutteth [Lit. holdeth.] and no man openeth.

⁸ And these four living-ones, each of them, had six wings round about; and within were full of eyes; and they rest not day and night from saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who wast, and art, and art to come.

¹⁰ And they cried with a great voice, saying, Until when, O Lord, holy (and) true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?

⁹ Thus pray: Our Father who art in the heavens! be sanctified thy Name.

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. ⁸ For every one who asketh receiveth, and he who seeketh findeth; and to him who knocketh it is opened. ⁹ Or what man from among you, who if his son shall ask bread, will reach forth a stone to him? ¹⁰ Or if a fish he shall ask of him, a serpent will he reach forth to him? ¹¹ If, therefore, you who are evil know to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

¹⁶ And they sent to him their disciples with (certain) of the household of Herodes, saying to him, Doctor, we know that thou art resolutely true, and (that) the way of Aloha in truth thou teachest; neither carriest thou fear for man, for thou acceptest not the person of men.[Faces of men.]

³⁴ BUT Shemun opened his mouth, and said, In truth I comprehend that Aloha is no respecter of persons: ³⁵ but in all nations whoever feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted of him.

¹⁰ but glory and honour and peace to every one who worketh good, to the Jihudoya first, and also to the Aramoya; ¹¹ for there is no acceptance of faces with Aloha.

² Grace be with you and peace, from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

⁶ For therefore do we know and are persuaded, that so long as we remain in the body we are in pilgrimage from our Lord.

¹¹ For, behold, (in) this very (case) that you were made contrite for the sake of Aloha; what carefulness it wrought in you, and vindication, and displeasure, and fear, and love, and zeal, and punishment! And [thus] by every thing have you shown yourselves to be [now] pure in this matter.

⁶ But, they who were considered to be somewhat, but what they were I care not, for Aloha accepteth not men's faces, they themselves added nothing unto me;

¹⁴ and I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha,

⁹ So you, masters,[Or, lords.] do likewise to your servants; forgiving them a fault; ["Faults." WALTON'S Polyglot.] or you know also that your Master is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

¹² WHEREFORE, my beloved, as you have all time obeyed, not while I am near you only, but now that I am far from you, the more with fear and trembling work the work of your salvation;

²⁵ But he who injureth is recompensed as he had injured, and there is no acceptance of persons.[Faces.]

¹ Let us fear, therefore, lest, while there is a confirmed promise of an entrance into his rest, any one shall be found among you remaining from entering in.

¹³ In faith died these all, not having gotten their promise, but from afar had beheld it, and exulted in it, and confessed that strangers they were, and sojourners in the earth. ¹⁴ For they who these things say, make manifest that their city they are seeking. ¹⁵ But if that city from which they had gone out they desired, they had opportunity to return and go to it. ¹⁶ But now it is known that a better (one) than that they desired; that (namely) which is in heaven. Wherefore Aloha was not ashamed their God to be called; for he hath prepared for them a city.

²⁸ THEREFORE because we have received the kingdom which is immoveable,[Not moved.] let us hold the grace by which we may serve and please Aloha with reverence and with fear:

² Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, and wash not their hands when they eat bread? ³ Jeshu answered, and said to them, Why also do ye transgress the commandment of Aloha for the sake of your tradition?

⁵¹ O, hardened of neck and uncircumcised in your hearts and in your hearing, you at all times against the Spirit of Holiness stand up; as your fathers, so you also. ⁵² For which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted and slain? they who before announced the coming of the Righteous; him whom you delivered up and slew.

³⁴ And when they knew that he was a Jihudoya, all of them cried with one voice, as two hours, Great is Artemis of the Ephesoyee! ³⁵ And the chief of the city stilled them, saying, Men, Ephesoyee, who is there of mankind who knoweth not that the city of the Ephesoyee is a votaress of the great Artemis, and of her image which descended from heaven?

²¹ For when they knew Aloha, they did not as Aloha glorify him and praise him, but became vain in their imaginations, and their heart was darkened, that they understood not.

²⁰ And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.

²⁰ for you are bought with the price; therefore glorify Aloha in your body and in your spirit, which are of Aloha.

²³ With a price are you bought; you will not be servants of men.

⁴ who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from this evil world, according to the will of Aloha our Father:

¹⁷ BUT this I say and testify in the Lord, that from henceforth you may not walk as the rest of the Gentiles, who walk in the vanity of their minds,

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, to redeem us from all iniquity, and to cleanse unto himself a new people,[Amo chadtho.] who are zealous of good works.

⁷ that the proof of your faith may be seen, which is more precious than gold refined which is proved in fire, unto praise and unto honour and unto glory, at the revelation of Jeshu Meshiha;

³ For the time which hath passed sufficeth to have served the will of the Gentiles in indulgence, in drunkenness, in vileness, in revellings, and in the service of demons.

²⁸ So, the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life the redemption for many.

²⁸ this (is) my blood of the new covenant, which for multitudes is shed for the remission of sins.

²⁹ AND the day after, Juchanon seeth Jeshu, who was coming to him; and he said, Behold the Lamb of Aloha, who beareth the sin of the world!

³⁶ and, contemplating Jeshu as he walked, he said, Behold the Lamb of Aloha!

³² But the section (phosuka) of the scripture in which he was reading is this: As a lamb to the slaughter was he led; and as a sheep before the shearer is silent, so opened not he his mouth in his humiliation. ³³ From oppression and from judgment was he led; and his age who shall recount? For his life is taken from the earth. ³⁴ That eunuch said Unto Philipos, I pray thee, of whom speaketh this the prophet? of himself, or of another man? ³⁵ Then Philipos opened his mouth and began, from that very scripture, preaching to him concerning our Lord Jeshu.

²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to the whole flock over which the Spirit of Holiness hath constituted you the bishops; to pasture the church of the Meshiha which he hath purchased with his blood.

⁷ Purge from you the old leaven, that you may be a new mass; so that you may be (as) unleavened bread. For our Pascha is the Meshiha, who hath been slain for us. ⁸ Therefore, let us perform the festival, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of wickedness and animosity, but with the unleavened bread of purity and of holiness.

¹⁴ in whom we have redemption and the forgiveness of sins:

¹² Nor entered he with the blood of goats and calves, but with the blood of himself he entered once the holy place, and hath found eternal redemption. ¹³ For if the blood of goats and of calves, and the dust of an heifer, sprinkled upon those who were unclean, sanctifieth them for the purification of their flesh, ¹⁴ how much more then shall the blood of the Meshiha, who, by the Eternal Spirit, himself hath offered without spot unto Aloha, purify our conscience from dead works, to serve the Aloha the Living?

²² Who did no sin, nor was guile found in his mouth; ²³ who was reviled and reviled not, and suffered and threatened not, but delivered his cause to the Judge of righteousness; ²⁴ and took all our sins and upbore [Vaseq enun. Aphel of nesaq, ascendit, clevarit.] them in his body on the cross; that when dead to sin, in the righteousness of him we might live; for by his stripes you are healed,

¹⁸ Because the Meshiha also once died on account of sins, the just on account of sinners, that he might bring [Or, present.] us unto Aloha. And dead in the body and alive in the Spirit,

⁷ but if in the light we walk, as He is in the light, we have communion with one another, and the blood of Jeshu his Son cleanseth us from all our sins.

² for he is the propitiation for our sins, and not on behalf of ours only, but also on behalf of the whole world.

⁵ and from Jeshu Meshiha who is the faithful Witness, the First-born of the dead, and Head of the kings of the earth, who hath loved us, and released [Sharo, solvit.] us from our sins by his blood,

⁶ And I saw, in the midst of the presbyters, a Lamb standing, as slain, who had seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven Spirits of Aloha, which are sent forth to all the earth.

⁹ And they hymned a new hymn, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to Aloha by thy blood, from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

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

¹ AND I saw, and, behold, the Lamb stood upon the mountain of Sion, and with him the number, an hundred and forty and four thousand, who had his name, and the name of his Father, written upon their foreheads.

²⁵ You are the sons of the prophets; and the covenant which Aloha set with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, In thy seed shall be blessed all the generations of the earth, ²⁶ with you from the first he hath established; and Aloha hath sent his Son, blessing you, if you will return and repent of your iniquities.

²⁵ whom Aloha before ordained (to be) a propitiation through faith in his blood for our sins which from the first we had sinned,

²⁵ but is revealed in this time by means of the scriptures of the prophets, and by the commandment of the Everlasting Aloha is made known to all the nations for the obedience of faith; ²⁶ (to Him) who alone is wise, BE GLORY BY JESHU MESHIHA, UNTO THE AGE OF AGES. AMEN.

⁴ But when the fulness of the time had come, Aloha sent his Son, and made from a woman, and made under the law,

⁴ as he before elected us in him, from before the foundations of the world, that we should be saints, and without blemish before him, and in love predesignated us unto himself,

¹⁰ that in the dispensation of the fulness of the times, every thing from the first might be renovated in the Meshiha, in heaven and in earth.

⁹ and to bring to light unto all men what is the dispensation of the mystery which was hidden from the ages in Aloha, who created all:

¹¹ that which he prepared from of old, and which he hath executed by Jeshu our Lord,

²⁶ that mystery which was hidden from ages and generations, but now hath been revealed unto his saints.

⁹ who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his will, and that grace of his which was given to us in Jeshu Meshiha before the time of the worlds, ¹⁰ and is now revealed by the revelation of our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha, who hath abolished death, and hath demonstrated life and incorruption, through the gospel,

² unto the hope of eternal life, which Aloha the true counselled before the times of the ages, ³ and his word hath revealed in his time by our preaching, which was confided to me by the command of Aloha our Saviour:

² but in these last days he hath spoken with us by his Son; whom he constituted the heir of every thing, and by whom he made the worlds;

²⁶ otherwise he would have been obligated many times to suffer from the beginning of the world. But now, in the end of the world, once hath he offered himself, that by his sacrifice he might abolish sin.

² And the life was manifested, and we have seen, and testify, and preach to you the eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested to us.

⁵ And you know that he was manifested to bear our sins, and sin in him is not.

⁸ And he who doeth sin is of Satana, because that from the commencement Satana was a sinner. And for this cause did the Son of Aloha appear, that he might destroy the works of Satana.

⁹ In this was made known the love of Aloha towards us, that Aloha sent his only Son into the world that we might live by him. ¹⁰ In this is love: it was not that we had loved Aloha, but that Aloha himself loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

⁸ And all those who inhabit on the earth will worship him, they whose name is not written in the book of life of the Lamb from the foundation of the world.

¹⁸ And Jeshu drew near, and discoursed with them, and said to them, There is given unto me all power in heaven and in earth. As the Father sent me, so also I send you.

³⁴ For he whom Aloha hath sent, the very words of Aloha speaketh; for it was not in measure that Aloha gave the Spirit.

²² For the Father judgeth no man, but all judgment he hath given to the Son; ²³ that all men should honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father who sent him. ²⁴ Amen, amen, I say to you, He who heareth my word and believeth on him who sent me, hath the life that is eternal, and into condemnation he cometh not, but hath passed from death unto life.

⁴⁴ But Jeshu cried and said, He who believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him who sent me.

³¹ AND Jeshu said, Now is glorified the Son of man, and Aloha is glorified in him. ³² And if Aloha is glorified in him, Aloha shall glorify him in himself, and at once doth glorify him.

¹ LET not your heart be troubled: believe in Aloha, and in me believe.

⁶ Jeshu saith to him, I (am) the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto my Father unless by me.

¹ These spake Jeshu; and, uplifting his eyes to heaven, he said, My Father, the hour hath come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee.

²⁴ But Aloha raised him, and loosed the bands of Shiul, because it was not possible that he should be holden in Shiul.

³² This Jeshu hath Aloha raised, and we all are his witnesses. ³³ And he it is who at the right hand of Aloha is exalted, and hath received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, and hath shed forth this gift, which, behold, you see and you hear.

¹³ The God of Abraham, and of Ishok, and of Jakub, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his son Jeshu, him whom you delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilatos, when he had justified (him) and would have released him;

¹⁵ And Him the Prince of life you killed, whom Aloha hath raised from among the dead; and we all are his witnesses.

¹⁰ be this known to you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jeshu Meshiha Natsroya, whom you crucified, whom Aloha hath raised from among the dead, through this Himself, behold, this (man) standeth before you well.

²⁴ but for our sake, because it should be reckoned to us also who believe in Him who hath raised our Lord Jeshu Meshiha from among the dead;

⁹ And if thou wilt confess with thy mouth our Lord Jeshu, and wilt believe with thy heart that Aloha hath raised him from among the dead, thou shalt be saved.

¹² that we who first hoped in the Meshiha, should be to the honour of his glory. In whom you also heard the word of truth, which is the gospel of your salvation; ¹³ and in whom you believed and were sealed with the Spirit of Holiness who was promised;

¹⁵ ON account of this, behold, I also, since I heard of your faith in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and your love to all the saints,

²⁰ which he wrought in the Meshiha, and raised him from among the dead, and set him at his right hand in heaven, ²¹ above all the principalities, and powers, and mighty ones, and rulers, and above every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in (that) to come; ²² and subjected every thing beneath his feet: and Him who is over all he hath given to be the head of the church, ²³ which is His body, the completeness of Him who all in all completeth.

⁹ Wherefore also Aloha greatly exalted him, and gave him a name that is more excellent than all names, ¹⁰ that at the name of Jeshu every knee should kneel, of those in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth; ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jeshu the Meshiha is the Lord, to the glory of Aloha his Father.

¹ PAULOS, an apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, by the commandment of Aloha our Saviour, and of Jeshu Meshiha our hope;

⁹ But him who was humbled to be less than the angels, we see to be JESHU himself, for the sake of the passion of his death; and glory and honour set upon his head; for He Aloha,[Hu ger Aloho.] in his grace, for every man hath tasted death!

¹ Wherefore let us leave the beginning of the word of the Meshiha, and let us come unto perfection. Or why again another foundation lay you for repentance from dead works, and for faith which is in Aloha,

²⁵ And he is able to save for eternity them who approach by him unto Aloha; for he liveth through all time, and offereth up prayers on their behalf.

²² who is exalted unto heaven, and is at the right hand of Aloha, and unto whom are subject angels and authorities and powers.

³⁴ A new commandment give I to you, that you should love one another; as I have loved you, so do you also love one another. ³⁵ By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if love be in you one for another.

³ Now are you clean because of the word which I have spoken with you.

¹⁷ These I command you, That you love one another.

¹⁷ Father, sanctify them through thy truth; for thy word is truth.

¹⁹ And for their sakes I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated for the truth.

⁷ And the word of Aloha increased, and the number of the disciples increased in Urishlem greatly: and much people of the Jihudoyee were obedient to the faith.

⁹ And nothing distinguished between us and them, because he had purified by faith their hearts.

⁸ but to them who are rebellious, and obey not the truth, but unrighteousness obey, he will render wrath

¹⁶ Know you not, that to whomsoever you prepare yourselves to obey him unto service, of him you are the servants, of him whom you obey; whether of sin, or of the hearing of the ear of righteousness? ¹⁷ But praise to Aloha that you were the servants of sin, but have obeyed from the heart the form of doctrine to which you have been delivered.

⁹ And let not your love be guileful; abhor things evil, cleave to the good. ¹⁰ Be tender to your brethren, and love one another, being forward to honour one another.

¹ O deficient-minded [Chasiri-reyonee.] Galatoyee, who bewildereth you? For, behold, as if depicted before your eyes, hath Jeshu the Meshiha been crucified.

⁵ But we through the Spirit, who is from faith, expect the hope of righteousness.

⁷ Well did you run; who hath impeded you, that to the truth you should not be in obedience?

³ And be diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may still increase and abound in knowledge and in all spiritual understanding;

¹² and he will cause your love to increase to one another, and to every man, even as we love you;

⁸ Therefore, whoever despiseth, not man he despiseth, but Aloha, who hath ingiven you his Holy Spirit.[Da-yahab becun.] ⁹ But concerning the love of the brethren, you need not (that I) write to you; for you yourselves are taught of Aloha to love one another.

³ To give thanks we owe to Aloha at all time on behalf of you, my brethren, as it is proper; because your faith greatly increaseth, and the love of you all, of every man toward his neighbour, enlargeth;

³ I requested of thee, when I would go into Makedunia, to remain at Ephesos, and instruct certain men that they teach not various doctrines,

⁵ But the end [Soko, "design or scope."] of the commandment is love, from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from genuine faith.

² and the elderly women as mothers, and those who are young as thy sisters, with all purity.

¹⁴ that good deposite keep through the Spirit of Holiness who dwelleth in us.

¹⁰ For not unrighteous is Aloha, that he should forget your works and your charity which ye have manifested in his name, who have ministered unto the saints, and do minister.

¹⁴ how much more then shall the blood of the Meshiha, who, by the Eternal Spirit, himself hath offered without spot unto Aloha, purify our conscience from dead works, to serve the Aloha the Living?

⁸ BY faith Abraham, when he was called, heard that he was to go forth to a place which he should receive for an inheritance; and he went out, while he knew not whither he was going.

¹ Let the love of the brethren continue in you;

¹⁵ And, if a brother or sister be naked, and wanting the food of to-day, ¹⁶ and any one of you shall say to them, Go in peace, be warm, and be satisfied, and give them not what is necessary for the body, what (would be) the use?

⁸ and draw nigh unto Aloha, and he will be nigh you. Purify your hands, sinners, and sanctify your hearts, divided of soul.

¹⁷ Honour all; your brethren love; and Aloha revere; and kings honour.

¹ So you also, wives, be subject to your own husbands, that them who have not obeyed the word, by your comely manners without labour you may win,

⁸ But, finally be all unanimous, and suffer with those who suffer, and love one another, and be merciful and gentle;

⁸ And before every thing have ardent love for one another; for love covereth a multitude of sins.

¹⁷ For the time is, that judgment shall begin from the house of Aloha. But if from us it begin, what is the end (to be) of them who obey not the gospel of Aloha?

⁷ but to godliness brotherly kindness, but to brotherly kindness love.

¹¹ For this is the commandment which you have heard from before, that you love one another.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death unto life, by this, that we love our brethren. He who loveth not his brother, in death continueth. ¹⁵ For every one who hateth his brother is a man-killer; and we know that in no man-killer can abide the life which is eternal. ¹⁶ In this we know His love toward us, that he gave himself for us; (so) also it is right for us for the sake of our brethren to give ourselves. ¹⁷ And he who hath the possession of the world, and shall see his brother that he needeth, and shall shut his compassions from him, how is there in him the love of Aloha? ¹⁸ My sons, let us not love one another in words and in tongue, but in works and in truth. ¹⁹ And by this we make known that we are of the truth, and before that he cometh we make confident our hearts.

²³ And this is his commandment, That we believe in the name of his Son Jeshu Meshiha, and love one another, as he hath commanded us.

¹² Aloha no man hath seen but if we love one another, Aloha in us abideth, and his love is fulfilled in us.

²⁰ But if one shall say, I love Aloha, and his brother he hateth, he is a liar. For he who his brother whom he hath seen loveth not, how can he love Aloha himself whom he hath not seen?

⁴ But I have against thee, because thy first love thou hast forsaken.

³⁵ Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

³ Every thing by his hand was made; and without him also was not one thing made that was made.

³ Jeshu answered and said to him, Amen, amen, I say to thee, Except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of Aloha.

⁵ Jeshu answered and said to him, Amen, amen, I say to thee, That if a man be not born of waters and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of Aloha.

⁶³ It is the Spirit that maketh alive, the body profiteth nothing: the words which I have spoken to you, they are spirit and they are life.

²³ And they changed the glory of Aloha the Incorruptible into the likeness of the image of corruptible man, and into the likeness of birds and of four-footed (beasts) and of reptiles of the earth.

¹² For living is the Word of Aloha, and all-acting, and more penetrating than a two-edged sword,[The sword of two mouths.] and entereth to the separation of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints, and of the marrow, and the bones, and discerneth the reasonings and counsel of the heart.

³ Blessed be Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, who by his abundant grace hath begotten us anew through the resurrection of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha unto the hope of salvation,

¹⁰ and the rich in his humility; for as the flower of an herb, so he passeth. ¹¹ For the sun ariseth in his heat, and drieth the herb, and the flower of it falleth, and the beauty of its appearance perisheth; so also the rich withereth in his reverses.

¹⁴ and they know not what shall be on the morrow: for what is our life, but a vapour which for a little while is seen, and vanisheth and endeth?

¹⁷ And the world passeth, (both) it and its lusts; but he who doeth the will of Aloha, continueth for ever.

¹⁸ For, Amen I say unto you, that until heaven and earth shall pass away, one yod, or one point,["One line." - Codex Vienniensis] shall not pass from the law, till all be done.

¹⁷ But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than one letter from the law to pass away.

¹ IN the beginning was the Word,[Meltho.] and the Word himself was with Aloha, and Aloha was the Word himself.

¹⁴ And the Word flesh was made, and tabernacled with us; and we saw his glory, the glory as of the one-begotten who (was) from the Father, full of grace and truth.

²¹ For inasmuch as in the wisdom of Aloha, the world by wisdom hath not known Aloha, it hath pleased Aloha, by the foolishness of preaching, to save them who believe. ²² For the Jihudoyee demand signs, and the Aramoyee require wisdom; ²³ but we preach the Meshiha crucified, a scandal to the Jihudoyee, and to the Aramoyee foolishness; ²⁴ but to them who are called, Jihudoyee and Aramoyee, the Meshiha is the power of Aloha, and the wisdom of Aloha.

² And I considered myself among you as not knowing any thing unless Jeshu Meshiha, and him also as crucified.

¹ BUT I make known to you, my brethren, the gospel which I have announced to you, and you have received, and in which you stand, ² and by which you are saved; of which, the word I have preached to you, you are mindful, unless you have vainly believed. ³ For I delivered to you from the first, according as I had received: That the Meshiha died for our sins, as it is written; ⁴ and that he was buried, and arose the third day, as it is written.

¹⁷ And coming, he preached peace to you, to the far off, and to the nigh;

⁸ To me, who am the least of all the saints, is given this grace, that I should preach among the Gentiles the riches of the Meshiha, which are not searched;

³ and his word hath revealed in his time by our preaching, which was confided to me by the command of Aloha our Saviour:

¹² And all that they searched was revealed to them; for not for themselves they inquired, but to us (and) of us [Lan dilan.] they prophesied those (blessings) which now are revealed to you by them who have preached to you [Or, evangelized you.] by the Spirit of Holiness which is sent from heaven; for into these themselves the angels also desire to look.

¹⁹ We have that which is sure also, the word of prophecy; that into which you do well to look, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the sun arise in your hearts.

¹ WE announce [Mesabrinan.] to you that which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, and seen with our eyes, have seen, and touched with our hands, that which is the Word of life.

³ And what we have seen and heard, we make known also to you, that you may have communion with us; and our communion is with the Father, and with his Son Jeshu the Meshiha.