2 Peter Cross References - Etheridge

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. ² Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of our Lord Jeshu 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 for so abundantly shall be given to you the entrance of the eternal kingdom of our Lord and our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha. ¹² Wherefore it doth not weary me to remind you constantly of these, that you may know well, and be established upon this truth. ¹³ But I consider it right, so long as I am in this body, to stir you up in remembrance: [Bephagro hono.] ¹⁴ knowing that the decease of my body is shortly (to be,) as also our Lord Jeshu Meshiha hath made me know. ¹⁵ But be careful also that (these) you may continually have; that also after my going forth the memorial of them you may observe. ¹⁶ For it is not after fables which are made with art that we have gone, in making known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, but as we were spectators of his majesty. ¹⁷ For when he received from Aloha the Father honour and glory, while a voice came to him as this, after the glorious beauty of his majesty, This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I have delighted; ¹⁸ we also this voice heard from heaven, as it came to him when we were with him in the holy mount. 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.

¹⁷ And, lo, the voice from heaven, which said, This (is) my Son, the Beloved, in whom I have delighted.

¹⁶ The people who sat in darkness the great light hath seen; and they who have sat in the region and shadow of death, the light has arisen upon them.

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.

²⁴ Every one therefore who heareth these my words, and doeth them, shall be likened to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock. ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and rushed against that house, but it fell not, for its foundations were placed upon the rock.

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,

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. ²⁶ Yes, my Father, for thus was it pleasing before thee! 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).

¹⁸ Behold my servant, in whom is my pleasure: my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth. My Spirit will I put upon him, and judgment to the peoples shall he preach.

²² That sown [in] the place of thorns, is he who heareth the word, but the anxious thought of this world and the illusions of riches stifle the word in him, and he is without fruits.

²⁸ AMEN, I say unto you, There are men standing here who shall not taste death, until they shall have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

³ And there were seen with them Musha and Elia talking with him.

⁵ But while he spake, behold, a bright cloud overspread them, and the voice was from the cloud, saying, This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I have delighted: to him attend. ⁶ And when the disciples heard, they fell upon their faces and feared greatly.

³ And he went forth in three hours, and saw others who were standing in the public place and unemployed.

⁶ And about eleven hours he went out, and found others who were standing and unemployed; and he said to them, Why are you standing all the day unemployed?

³ And while Jeshu sat upon the mount of Olives, his disciples drew near and said between themselves and him, Tell us when these things shall be; and what is the sign of thy coming and of the consummation of the world.

²⁷ As the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen unto the west, so shall be the advent of the Son of man.

²⁶ His lord answered, Thou evil and slothful servant, thou didst know me that I reap where I have not sowed, and collect from whence I have not dispersed.

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 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. ¹⁹ Go therefore, disciple all nations, and baptize them in the name (of) the Father, and (of) the Son, and (of) the Spirit of Holiness.

¹¹ And the voice was from the heavens, Thou art my Son, the Beloved: in thee I have delighted.

¹ AND he said to them, Amen I say to you, There are some who are standing here, who shall not taste death, until they shall have seen the kingdom of Aloha come with power. ² And after six days Jeshu took Kipha, and Jacub, and Juchanon, and led them up to a high mountain by themselves. And he was altered before their eyes:

⁷ And there was the cloud, and it shadowed over them: and the voice was from the cloud, saying, This is my Son, the Beloved, him hear.[Hono Beri chabiba leh shamaii.]

²¹ And Jeshu beheld him and loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee: go, sell all whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have a treasure in heaven: and take up thy cross and come after me.

³⁶ For David himself saith by the Spirit of Holiness, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I set thy adversaries a footstool beneath thy feet.

⁴⁷ and my spirit rejoiceth in Aloha my Saviour,

⁷⁰ As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from of old,

⁷⁸ Through the compassions of the grace of our Aloha; whereby the morn-splendour shall visit us from on high, ⁷⁹ To illumine those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death. And to direct our feet into the way of peace.

²² and the Spirit of Holiness descended upon him in the bodily likeness of a dove: and the voice was from the heavens, which said, Thou art my Son the Beloved One, in thee I have delighted.

⁴⁷ Every man who cometh to me and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like. ⁴⁸ He is like a man who built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundations upon the rock: but when there was an inundation,[Or, fulness, that is, of water.] the inundation beat against that house, and it could not shake it, for its foundations were set upon a rock. ⁴⁹ And he who heareth and doeth not, is like a man who built his house upon the dust, without a foundation: and when the river beat against it, it immediately fell, and the ruin was great of that house.

¹⁵ But that which (was) in good ground are they who, with hearts humble and good, hear the word and retain, and give fruits with perseverance.

²⁸ And it was after these words about eight days, that Jeshu took Shemun and Jakub and Juchanon, and went up into a mountain to pray. ²⁹ And while he prayed, the appearance of his countenance was changed, and his garments became white and shone. ³⁰ And, behold, two men talked with him, who were Musha and Elia, ³¹ who appeared in glory; but they spake concerning his going forth which should be accomplished at Urishlem.

³¹ who appeared in glory; but they spake concerning his going forth which should be accomplished at Urishlem. ³² And Shemun, and they who were with him, had been heavy with sleep, and were scarcely awaked when [Compare the use of the vau in Eph 1:20.] they saw his glory and those two men who stood with him.

³⁴ And as he spoke these (words) there was a cloud which shadowed over them, and they feared when they saw that Musha and Elia entered into the cloud. ³⁵ And the voice was from the cloud, saying, This is my Son, the Beloved, Him hear.

²² And he turned to his disciples, and said to them, Every thing is delivered to me by my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is but the Father; and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son willeth to reveal.

⁴⁹ ON this account also Wisdom saith, Behold, I will send to them prophets and apostles; and of them they will persecute and kill;

²⁶ And with all these, there is a great void set between us and you, that they who would pass from hence unto you are not able, nor they also who would pass from thence to us.

²⁹ Abraham said to him, They have Musha and the prophets, let them hear them. ³⁰ But he said to him, No, my father Abraham, but if one from the dead shall go unto them, they repent. ³¹ Abraham saith to him, If Musha and the prophets they hear not, neither, if one from the dead should rise, would they believe him.

²² But when Jeshu heard this, he said to him, One thing is lacking with thee; go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come after me.

¹⁹ but in your perseverance you shall possess your souls.

³¹ AND Jeshu said to Shemun, Shemun, behold, Satana, demandeth to sift thee as wheat; ³² but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail: and thou also, in the time that thou art converted, confirm thy brethren. ³³ But Shemun said to him, My Lord, with thee I am prepared, and for the house of the bound, and for death. ³⁴ Jeshu saith to him, I tell thee, Shemun, that the cock will not crow to-day, till three times thou hast denied that thou knowest me.

²¹ But we had hoped that it was he who shall redeem Isroel; and, lo, three days (have passed) since all these things were done.

⁷ He came for the testimony, to testify concerning the Light, that all men might believe through his ministry.[By his hand.] ⁸ He was not the Light himself, but came to testify concerning the Light. ⁹ For that was the true Light that enlighteneth every man who cometh into the world.

¹² But they who received him, he gave to them power, that the sons of Aloha they should become, to those who believe in his name. ¹³ These, not from blood, nor from the will of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from Aloha, are born. 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.

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 Father loveth the Son, and every thing hath he given into his hands.

²¹ For as the Father raiseth the dead, and quickeneth, so also the Son quickeneth those whom he willeth. 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.

²⁶ For as the Father hath life in his person,[Ba-knumeh, in his person or substance.] so hath he given also to the Son to have life in his person,

³⁵ He was a lamp that burneth and shineth, and you were willing to glory for the hour in his light. ³⁶ But I have a testimony which is greater than that of Juchanon; for the works that the Father hath given me to accomplish, these works that I do testify of me that the Father hath sent me. ³⁷ And the Father who hath sent me, he testifieth of me: but his voice you have never heard, nor his appearance seen.

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

⁴² But I know you, that the love of Aloha is not in you.

²⁷ Work not (for) the food which perisheth, but (for) the food that endureth unto the life that is eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you: for this hath the Father sealed, (even) Aloha.

³⁷ Every one whom the Father hath given me, unto me will come; and him who unto me shall come, I will not cast out.

³⁹ But this is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all whom he hath given me I shall lose not of him, but shall raise him at the last day.

¹² BUT again spake Jeshu with them, and said, I am the Light of the world: he who followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall find the light of life.

⁴⁰ And some of the Pharishee who were with him heard these (words), and they said to him, Are we blind also? ⁴¹ Jeshu saith to them, If blind you were, you would have no sin; but now you say, We see: therefore your sin is confirmed.

¹⁰ The thief cometh not but to steal and to kill and destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that which is more.

¹⁵ As my Father knoweth me (and) I know my Father, and my life I lay down for the flock.

³⁶ to him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, say you, Thou blasphemest, because I have said to you, I am the Son of Aloha?

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.

²⁸ Father, glorify thy name. And the voice was heard from heaven, I have glorified, and again I glorify.[Schabechth, vatoob maschbach-no.] ²⁹ And the company who stood, heard, and they said there was thunder. But others said, An angel spake with him.

¹ NOW before the feast of petscha, Jeshu knew that his hour was come, and that he should pass from this world unto his Father, and he had loved his who were in this world, and unto the end he had loved them. ² And when was the supper, Satana had cast it into the heart of Jihuda bar Shemun Scarjuta to betray him. ³ But Jeshu himself, because he knew that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that from Aloha he had come forth, and unto Aloha he was going,

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.

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

⁸ Philipos saith to him, Our Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. ⁹ Jeshu saith to him, All this time have I been with you, and hast thou not known me, Philipé? He who me seeth, seeth the Father; and how sayest thou, Show us the Father?

¹¹ Believe that I am in my Father and my Father in me; and if not, even on account of the works, believe.

² Every branch which in me giveth not fruits he taketh away; and that which giveth fruits he cleanseth, that more fruits it may give.

⁶ But if a man abide not in me, he is cast without, as a withered branch; and, gathering, they cast it into the fire to burn. ⁷ But if you abide in me, and my words abide in you, all whatever you will to ask shall be unto you. ⁸ IN this is glorified my Father, that much fruit you give, and be my disciples.

² As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him he should give the life which is eternal.

² As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him he should give the life which is eternal. ³ But this is the life which is eternal, that they know thee, who art the true Aloha,[The Aloha of truth.] and Him whom thou hast sent, Jeshu Meshicha.

³ But this is the life which is eternal, that they know thee, who art the true Aloha,[The Aloha of truth.] and Him whom thou hast sent, Jeshu Meshicha.

²¹ that they all may be one, as thou, my Father, (art) in me, and I in thee, that they also in us one may be; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

¹⁷ Jeshu saith to her, Touch [Or, approach.] me not; for not yet have I ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father, and to your Father, to my God, and to your God.

²¹ Then said Jeshu unto them, Peace (be) with you: as my Father sent me, I also send you.

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. ¹⁸ Amen, I say to thee, When thou wast young, thou didst gird thy loins and walk whithersoever thou willedst; but when thou art old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another will bind thy loins, and conduct thee whither thou willest not. ¹⁹ But this he said, to show by what death he was to glorify Aloha. And when he had said these, he said to him, Come after me.

¹⁶ Men, brethren, it was right for that scripture to be fulfilled which the Spirit of Holiness had before spoken, by the mouth of David, concerning Jihuda, who was the leader of them who took Jeshu.

¹⁸ and Aloha, according to that which he had before proclaimed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Meshiha should suffer, hath fulfilled this.

⁸ And Aloha, who knoweth what is in the hearts, testified of them, and gave them the Spirit of Holiness, as to us. ⁹ And nothing distinguished between us and them, because he had purified by faith their hearts.

¹⁴ Shemun hath related to you how Aloha hath begun to elect from the Gentiles a people to his name.

²⁹ that you abstain from that which hath been sacrificed (to idols), and from blood, and from that which is strangled, and from fornication; and while you keep yourselves from these, you will be well. Be confirmed in our Lord.

⁵ So were the churches confirmed in the faith, and multiplied in number every day.

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.

²⁴ But by me my life is reckoned nothing, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry I have received from our Lord Jeshu, to bear witness concerning the gospel of the grace of Aloha. ²⁵ And now, I know that again my face you will not see, you, all, among whom I have gone about, preaching to you the kingdom of Aloha.

²⁵ And now, I know that again my face you will not see, you, all, among whom I have gone about, preaching to you the kingdom of Aloha.

²⁵ And as he discoursed with them of righteousness, and of holiness, and of the judgment which is to come, Felix was filled with fear, and he said, Now go, and when I have opportunity [Or, place.] I will send for thee.

²⁵ And they removed from him, while not agreeing together. And Paulos said to them this word, Well spake the Spirit of Holiness, by the mouth of Eshaia the prophet, against your fathers,

¹ PAULOS, a servant of Jeshu Meshiha, called, and an apostle, who hath been separated unto the gospel of Aloha,

⁴ and is known [Or, acknowledged.] (to be) the Son of Aloha by power, and by the Holy Spirit, who raised him from among the dead, Jeshu Meshiha our Lord:

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.

¹² and that together we may be comforted by your faith and mine.

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

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

²¹ But now, without the law the righteousness of Aloha is revealed, and the law and the prophets (themselves) testify of it. ²² But the righteousness of Aloha is by faith [Lit. "By the hand of faith."] of Jeshu Meshiha, unto all and also upon all who believe in him. For there is no distinction: ²³ for all have sinned, and have failed of the glory of Aloha; ²⁴ and all are justified by grace freely, and (that) through the redemption which is in Jeshu Meshiha, ²⁵ whom Aloha before ordained (to be) a propitiation through faith in his blood for our sins which from the first we had sinned, ²⁶ within the space which Aloha hath given to us in his patience, unto the manifestation of his righteousness which (is) in this time: that he might be just, and might justify in righteousness him who is in the faith of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

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:

¹ WHAT, then, shall we say, Let us remain in sin, that grace may abound? ² Not so. For how shall they who are dead to* sin live yet in it? [* Or, by, on account of, sin: the particle admitting of either meaning. Compare the Syr. Apoc. 20:11; 1Pe 1:5; 2Co 8:14.] ³ Or do you not know, that they who have been baptized into Jeshu Meshiha, into his death have been baptized? 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.

⁶ For we know that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be abolished, that more we should not serve sin.

¹¹ so also reckon yourselves to be dead unto sin, and alive unto Aloha by our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

²⁵ But if we hope for that which is not seen, in patience we wait.

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.

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. 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.]

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.

³⁰ But whom he before signified, them he called; and whom he called, them he justified; and whom he justified, them he glorified. 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?

⁴ who are the sons of Israel, and whose was the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law, and the ministry, and the promises, and the fathers;

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

⁶ But we have various gifts according to the grace that is given to us: is it prophecy? (let him who has received it) prophesy according to the measure of the faith.

¹⁰ Be tender to your brethren, and love one another, being forward to honour one another. ¹¹ Be diligent, and not slothful, be fervent in spirit, be serving your Lord.

¹¹ AND also this know, that the time is, and the hour is, when we should be awake from our sleep; for now hath drawn nearer to us our salvation than when we believed.

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.

⁶ that with one mind and with one mouth you may glorify Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

¹⁴ BUT I am persuaded also concerning you, my brethren, that you are also full of good, and filled with all knowledge, and able also to instruct others. ¹⁵ But I have somewhat [Or, a little.] boldly written to you, my brethren, as that I may put you in remembrance, through the grace which is given to me from Aloha,

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

⁹ Faithful is Aloha, by whom you have been called to the fellowship of his Son Jeshu Meshiha our Lord.

¹⁷ For the Meshiha sent me not to baptize, but to preach; not with the wisdom of words, lest the cross of the Meshiha should be nullified.

²³ but we preach the Meshiha crucified, a scandal to the Jihudoyee, and to the Aramoyee foolishness;

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

¹ And I, my brethren, when I came to you, not with grandeur of speech, nor with wisdom, did I evangelize to you the mystery of Aloha.

⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not with the persuasion of the words of wisdom, but with the demonstration of the Spirit and of power;

²¹ On this account let no one boast in men: for every thing is yours; ²² whether Paulos, or Apolo, or Kipha, or the world, or life, or death, or things standing, or things to be; every thing is yours, ²³ and you are of the Meshiha, and the Meshiha of Aloha.

⁴ that in the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha all of you be assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha,

¹ Am I not a son of freedom? am I not an apostle? or have I not seen Jeshu Meshiha our Lord? or are not you my work in my Lord?

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.

¹ Though in every tongue of men and of angels I spoke, and had not love, I should be as brass which soundeth, or a cymbal which giveth voice. ² And though there were in me prophecy, and I knew all mysteries, and all knowledge, and though there were in me all faith, as that I could remove the mountain,[Mountains. - WALTON'S edit.] and love were not in me, I should be nothing. ³ And if all I have I make to feed the poor, and I deliver my body to burn, and love be not in me, I profit nothing. ⁴ LOVE is patient and benign; love envieth not; love is not tumultuous, nor inflated; ⁵ it acteth not with unseemliness, nor seeketh its own; it is not angry, nor thoughtful of evil; ⁶ it rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth. ⁷ It endureth every thing, believeth every thing; it hopeth all, endureth all. ⁸ Love never falleth;[Lo nophel.] for prophecies shall be abolished, and tongues be silent, and knowledge be abolished:

²⁰ MY brethren, be not children in your minds, but in evils be you babes, and in your minds be perfect.

⁹ I am the least of the apostles, and am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of Aloha:

⁵⁸ Wherefore, my brethren, my beloved, be steadfast, be not moved, but be abounding in all time in the work of the Lord, while you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

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

²⁰ For all the promises of Aloha in him, in the Meshiha, are Yes; for which by him we give Amen to the glory of Aloha.

¹⁷ For we are not as the rest who commix the word of Aloha; but as in truth, and as from Aloha, before Aloha in the Meshiha do we speak.

¹⁸ But we all with disclosed [Or, revealed.] faces behold the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, and into the resemblance of it are changed from brightness to brightness, as by the Lord the Spirit.

² But we have rejected the secrets of shamefulness; and walk not with craft, nor deal deceitfully (with) the word of Aloha; but by the revelation of the truth make we ourselves manifest to the minds of all men before Aloha. ³ But if our gospel is hid, to those who perish is it hid: ⁴ (to) them whose minds the god of this world hath blinded because they believe not; lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Meshiha, who is the image of Aloha, should arise upon them.

⁴ (to) them whose minds the god of this world hath blinded because they believe not; lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Meshiha, who is the image of Aloha, should arise upon them. ⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but the Meshiha, Jeshu our Lord; but ourselves that we are your servants for the sake of Jeshu. ⁶ For Aloha, who said, Let light arise from darkness, hath arisen in our hearts; that we should be illuminated by the knowledge of the glory of Aloha in the face of Jeshu Meshiha.

⁶ For Aloha, who said, Let light arise from darkness, hath arisen in our hearts; that we should be illuminated by the knowledge of the glory of Aloha in the face of Jeshu Meshiha.

¹³ We then also who have one spirit of faith, as it is written, I have believed, and therefore also spoken; we believe, therefore also we speak.

¹ FOR we know that if our earthly house of this body were dissolved, we have nevertheless a building that is by Aloha; a house which is not made with hands, in the heaven, eternal.

¹ FOR we know that if our earthly house of this body were dissolved, we have nevertheless a building that is by Aloha; a house which is not made with hands, in the heaven, eternal. ² For concerning this also we groan, and long to put on our house which is from heaven, ³ if, when that we have clothed, we may not be found naked. ⁴ For now while we are in this house, we groan from the weight of it: yet are we not willing to cast it off, but to be clothed upon of it, that its mortality might be swallowed up in life.

⁸ On this account we confide, and long to pass away [Or, migrate.] from the body, and to be with our Lord.

¹³ For if we be beside ourselves, (it is) unto Aloha; and if we be right,[Tagninan.] (it is) unto you. 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. ¹⁶ And henceforth we no man know according to the flesh;* and if we have known the Meshiha according to the flesh,* yet from now we know not. [* Baphgar, "In the body."] ¹⁷ Whoever therefore is in the Meshiha is a new creature; the old things have passed,

²¹ For Him who knew not sin, on our account hath he made sin, that we might be in him the righteousness of Aloha.

⁴ but in every thing will we demonstrate ourselves that we are the ministers of Aloha; by much patience, by afflictions,

¹⁷ Wherefore come out from among them, and be separate from them, (saith the Lord,) and the impure touch not; and I will receive you,

² that in the great trial of their affliction there hath been an abounding of their joy; and the depth of their poverty hath been exceeded by the riches of their simplicity.

⁷ But as you have excelled in every thing, in faith, and in doctrine, and in knowledge, and in all diligence, and in our love toward you, so also in this beneficence may you excel.

¹⁴ And prayer they offer on your behalf in great love, on account of the greatness of the grace of Aloha which is upon you.

³¹ Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, the Blessed for ever and ever, knoweth that I lie not.

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.

¹⁶ And, perhaps, (though) I did not burden you, yet (it may be said), as a crafty man with deceit I have robbed you. ¹⁷ By any other whom I have sent to you have I made prey of you?

⁵ Prove yourselves, whether in the faith itself you stand; try yourselves. Are you not assured that Jeshu the Meshiha is in you, if you be not reprobates?

⁸ for he who wrought effectually with Kipha for the apostleship of the circumcision wrought effectually also with me for the apostleship of the Gentiles; and knowing the grace which had been given to me,

¹⁶ But to Abraham was promised the promise, and to his seed. And he did not say to him, Unto thy seeds, as of many; but, To thy seed, as of one, him, (namely,) who is the Meshiha.

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

¹³ BUT you have been called unto liberty, my brethren: only let not your liberty be for an occasion of the flesh; but in love be subjected one to another.

²³ against these the law is not set.

⁸ He who in the flesh soweth, from the flesh corruption reapeth; and he who in the Spirit soweth, from the Spirit the life that is eternal shall reap.

¹⁰ Now, therefore, while the time is ours, let us do good unto every man, and especially to the sons of the house of the faith.

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, ¹⁸ and would enlighten the eyes of your hearts to know what is the hope of his calling, ¹⁹ and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance for the saints, and what is the inheritance of his power in us who believe, according to the operation of the might of his power, 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;

⁵ which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to his holy apostles and to his prophets by the Spirit;

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,

¹ I BESEECH of you, therefore, I, the bound one for our Lord, that you walk as is worthy of the calling wherewith you are called,

⁴ that you may be in one body and in one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling. ⁵ For one is the Lord, and one the faith, and one the baptism;

¹¹ And he gave some who (are) apostles, and some who (are) prophets, and some who (are) evangelists, and some who (are) pastors, and some who (are) doctors;

¹⁴ and that we be no [more] children, agitated and altered by every wind [Or, spirit.] of fraudulent doctrines of men, which in their craftiness they fabricate deceptively in order to seduce,

²³ and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, ²⁴ and wear the new man, who by Aloha is created in righteousness and in the sanctity of truth.[Vabchasyutho da-qushtho.]

⁷ Be not, therefore, participators with them. ⁸ For you were before darkness, but now you are light in our Lord. As the sons of light, then, so walk.

¹⁷ On account of this, be not wanting in mind, but understand what is the will of Aloha.

²⁶ that he might sanctify her and purify her in the laver of waters and by the word,

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

²⁹ And this from Aloha hath been given to you, not only believing to believe in the Meshiha, but also for his sake to suffer,

⁵ And feel [Or, be of this sentiment in yourselves.] this in yourselves, which Jeshu the Meshiha (did) also:

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;

¹ HENCEFORTH, my brethren, rejoice in our Lord. To write the very same (things) to you, to me is not weariness, because they make you [the more] cautious.

⁸ and I also (still) reckon them all loss, for the grandeur [Rabutho.] of the knowledge of Jeshu Meshiha my Lord; for whose sake I have lost all things, and have reckoned as dung, that the Meshiha I may gain, ⁹ and be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is by the faith of the Meshiha, which is righteousness that is from Aloha:

²¹ who will change the body of our abasement to make (it) in the fashion of his glorious body,[The body of his glory.] according to his great power, by which all is subjected unto him.

⁸ FINALLY, my brethren, those (things) which are true, and those which are honest, and those which are just, and those which are pure, and those which are lovely, and those which are laudable, and those (which are) works of praise and of celebration, these consider.

⁹ ON account of this also we, from the day that we heard, have not ceased to pray for you, and to supplicate that you may be filled with the knowledge of the will of Aloha in all wisdom and in all spiritual understanding,

¹¹ and in all power be empowered according to the greatness of his glory in all patience and prolongedness of spirit:

¹⁶ And by him was every thing created that is in heaven and in earth; all that is seen, and all that is unseen, whether thrones or dominions, or princes or powers; all things by his hand and through him were created;

³ in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge.

⁷ your roots strengthened,[Or, confirmed.] and you builded in him, and established in that faith which you have learned, that you may abound therein with thanksgiving.

¹⁰ and wear the new, who is renovated by knowledge in the image of his Creator,

¹⁴ and with all these charity, which is the girdle of perfection.

¹⁶ whose word shall dwell in you abundantly, in all wisdom. And teach and admonish yourselves in psalms and in hymns and in songs of the Spirit, and with grace sing with your hearts unto Aloha.

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.

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,

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.

¹⁹ For what is our hope and our joy, and the crown of our glorying, but you, before our Lord Jeshu at his coming?

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

¹ HENCE then, my brethren, we pray of you, and beseech of you by our Lord Jeshu, that as you have received of us how it behoveth you to walk and to please Aloha, the more to increase.

⁷ For Aloha hath not called us to uncleanness, but unto sanctification.

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. ¹⁰ And so do you to all the brethren who are in all Makedunia; but I beseech of you, my brethren, to excel [therein].

¹⁵ And beware, lest any of you evil render for evil; but always follow after (those things which are) good (pl.) toward one another, and toward every man.

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; ⁴ as that we also boast of you in the churches of Aloha, of your faith and of your patience, in all your persecution and your affliction which you endure;

⁹ For the coming of that (wicked one) is the working of Satana, with all power, and (with) signs and false miracles,

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 For unto these Aloha called you by our preaching, that you should be the glory of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

⁵ And our Lord will direct your hearts to the love of Aloha, and to the patience of the Meshiha.

⁴ nor throw themselves (away) upon stories and tales of generations which have no end,[Soko, "design or scope."] (but) which rather subserve contentions, and not edification in the faith of Aloha.

⁹ knowing that against the righteous the law is not set, but against the evil, and rebels, and the wicked, and sinners, and the dishonest, and those who are not pure, and those who strike their fathers, and those who strike their mothers, and murderers,

² for kings and princes,[Or, great ones, rurbonee.] that an habitation quiet and tranquil we may inhabit in all the fear of Aloha and purity.

¹⁰ but with good works, as becometh women who profess the fear of Aloha.

¹⁶ And truly great is this mystery of righteousness,[Kinutho.] which was revealed in the flesh, and justified by the Spirit, and seen of angels, and preached among the peoples, and believed in the world, and taken up into glory.

⁶ These if thou shalt teach thy brethren, a good minister wilt thou be of Jeshu Meshiha, while thou wilt be enlarged with words of faith and of the good doctrine which thou hast learned. ⁷ But from the foolish stories of old women abstain; and exercise thy soul in righteousness.

⁷ But from the foolish stories of old women abstain; and exercise thy soul in righteousness. ⁸ For the exercise of the body a little time profiteth; but righteousness in every thing profiteth, and hath the promise of the life of this time, and of the future.

⁸ For the exercise of the body a little time profiteth; but righteousness in every thing profiteth, and hath the promise of the life of this time, and of the future.

¹³ They also learn idleness, wandering from house to house; and not only idleness, but also to multiply words, and to follow vain (pursuits), and to speak things which they ought not.

³ But if there be a man who teacheth other doctrine, and who accedeth not to the healthful words of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and to the doctrine of the fear of Aloha,

⁶ For our gain is great which is the fear of Aloha, with the use of our sufficiency.[Bachshachtho demesthan.]

¹¹ But thou, O man of God, from these things flee, and follow after righteousness, and after equity, and after faith, and after charity, and after patience, and after meekness.

⁵ in remembrance of thee (and) of thy true faith which dwelt first in the mother of thy mother Lois, and in thy mother Eunika, and which, I am persuaded, (is) in thee also. ⁶ On account of this I put thee in mind to keep awake the gift of Aloha, which is in thee by the laying on of my hands.

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,

² And those (doctrines) which thou hast heard from me by many witnesses, them commit to faithful men, who are also able to teach others.

¹⁹ But the true foundation of Aloha standeth; and it hath this signature: And the Lord knoweth them who are his. And, Let every one who invoketh the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.

⁵ having a form of the worship of Aloha, but from the power of Aloha afar off: (them) who are such put from thee.

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. ¹⁶ FOR all scripture which from the Spirit is written, is profitable for doctrine, and for rebuke, and for correction, and for instruction [Or, discipline.] which is in righteousness: ¹⁷ that the man of God may be perfect unto every good work, and completed.

⁶ But I am sacrificed, and the time when I shall be dissolved cometh.

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.

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;

⁴ To Titos, my true son in the common faith. Grace and peace from Aloha the Father and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha our Saviour.

⁸ But he shall be a lover of guests, and a lover of the good, and be chaste, and equitable, and holy, and withholding himself from lusts;

¹⁴ nor cast themselves to the fables of the Jihudoyee, and to the mandates of men who hate the truth.

² and teach, That the elders be watchful in their minds, and be chaste and pure, and sound in the faith, and in charity, and in patience.

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.

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.

⁶ (I have prayed) that there may be communication of thy faith (in) yielding fruits, in works and in the (manifestation of the) knowledge of all good which thou hast in Jeshu Meshiha.

³ who himself is the resplendence of his glory, and the image of his Being, and upholdeth all (things) by the power of his word; and he, in his (own) person, hath made purification of sins, and hath sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.[The Greatness in the high places.]

⁷ Therefore the Spirit of Holiness hath said, To-day if ye will hear his voice,

¹¹ But we desire that every one of you manifest the same diligence for the full completion of your hope until the end; 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.

¹⁵ And so he waited patiently, and obtained the promise.

¹⁷ On this account Aloha, willing abundantly to manifest to the heirs of the promise that his engagement is changeless, hath bound it in an oath:

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

⁶ But now a ministry which is better than that hath Jeshu Meshiha received, by so much as that covenant of which he is made the Mediator [Metsoya.] is better, and was given with better promises, than that. ⁷ For if the first covenant had been faultless, no place had there been for this second. ⁸ For reprehending them he saith, Behold, the days are coming, saith the Lord, and I will complete with [Upon.] the family of the house of Israel, and with the family of the house of Jihuda, THE NEW COVENANT: ⁹ not as was that covenant which I gave to their fathers in the day that I took them by their hand, and led them from the land of Metsreen; because they did not persevere in my covenant, therefore I have neglected them, saith the Lord. ¹⁰ But this is the covenant that I will give to the family of the house of Israel after these days, saith the Lord: I will in-give my law in their minds, and upon their hearts will I inscribe it; and I will be to them, even I, Aloha, and they shall be unto me the people: ¹¹ and no man shall (have need to) teach the son of his city, nor his brother, and say, Know the Lord; because all shall know me, from the least of them to the eldest of them. ¹² And I will purify them from their unrighteousness, and their sins again will I not remember unto them.

⁸ By this the Spirit of Holiness made known that the way of the holies [Urcho dakadishee.] was not yet manifested, so long as [What time was the standing of the first, &c.] was the standing of the first tabernacle.

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? 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.

¹⁵ Now the witness unto us is the Spirit of Holiness, when he saith,

³² Be mindful, therefore, of the first days, those in which ye received baptism; and when ye sustained a great agony of sufferings, with ignominy and affliction;

³⁶ But patience is needed by you, that ye may do the will of Aloha, and receive the promise.

⁴ By faith Habel offered a sacrifice which was far better than that of Koen unto Aloha; and because of it there is respecting him a testimony that he was righteous; and Aloha gave witness concerning his oblation; and on account thereof also while dead he is speaking.

⁶ But without faith it is not possible for man to please Aloha; for he who draweth near unto Aloha must believe that he is, and that of those who seek him he will be the rewarder.

¹ Wherefore we also, having all these witnesses, who as clouds encompass us, will set ourselves loose from every weight, and [Also.] the sin which at all time is prepared for us, and with perseverance will we run this race [Agony.] which is appointed to us.

¹⁰ For they, during a little time, as they willed, chastised us; but Aloha for our advantage, that we might partake of his holiness.

¹⁵ And be aware lest any one be found among you failing of the grace of Aloha; or lest any root of bitternesses should put forth the flower and injure you, and many be contaminated:

¹ Let the love of the brethren continue in you;

³ Remember those who are bound, as if with them ye were bound: be mindful of those who are afflicted, as men (should) who are clothed with flesh.

⁹ UNTO strange and variable doctrines be not led away; for it is good that with grace we confirm our hearts, and not by meats, because they have not been helped who have walked in them.

³ For you know that the proving of faith maketh you to possess patience;

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.

⁸ And if the law of Aloha in this you accomplish, as it is written, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, you do well;

¹⁴ WHAT is the use,[Henyono, utilitas.] my brethren, if a man say, I have faith, and works he hath not? How can his faith save him? 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? ¹⁷ Thus also the faith that hath not works is dead, (being) alone. ¹⁸ For a man saith, Thou hast faith, and I have works; show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith from my works. ¹⁹ Thou believest that Aloha is one: thou doest well; the demons also believe and tremble. ²⁰ Art thou willing to know, O weak man, that faith without works is dead? ²¹ Our father Abraham, was he not by works justified, when he offered Ishok his son on the altar? ²² Thou seest that his faith was helpful [Vide CASTELL'S Hept. Lex. in -.] unto his works; and by works his faith was perfected, ²³ and the scripture was accomplished which said, that Abraham believed in Aloha, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness, and the friend of Aloha he was called. ²⁴ Thou seest that by works man is justified, and not by faith alone. ²⁵ So also Rachab the harlot, was she not by works justified when she received the spies, and by another way sent them forth? ²⁶ Thus, as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the faith which is without works is dead.

¹ From whence are there among you wars and strifes? Is it not from the lusts which war in your members? ² You desire, and have not; you kill and are emulous, yet it cometh not into your hands; you strive and make wars, and nothing have because you do not ask; ³ you ask and receive not, because you ask wickedly, as that you may cherish your lusts.

⁷ BUT you, my brethren, prolong your spirit until the coming of the Lord; as the husbandman who expecteth the precious fruits of his lands, and prolongeth his spirit for them, until he receive the rain the early and the latter; ⁸ so also you, prolong your spirit, and your hearts confirm; for the coming of our Lord draweth nigh. ⁹ Groan [Lo tetanchun.] not one against another, my brethren, that you be not judged; for, behold, the Judge standeth before the door. ¹⁰ The example of the prophets take to you, my brethren, to prolong your spirits in your afflictions, them who have spoken in the name of the Lord.

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.

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;

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;

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.

¹⁵ But be holy in all your conversations, as he is holy who calleth you;

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,

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

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:

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

²¹ For unto this have you been called; because the Meshiha also hath died for us, and left us this example, that in his steps we may walk.

⁷ AND you, men, dwell likewise with your wives with knowledge, and as feeble vessels in honour hold them; for they also with you inherit the gift of the life of eternity; that you be not hindered in your prayers. ⁸ But, finally be all unanimous, and suffer with those who suffer, and love one another, and be merciful and gentle; 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.

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;

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.

¹ BUT I entreat of the presbyters who are among you, I, a presbyter, your companion, and a witness of the sufferings of the Meshiha, and a partaker of his glory that is to be revealed;

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.

¹² These few, as I consider, I have written to you by the hands of Silvanos, a faithful brother; and I persuade and testify, that this is the true grace of Aloha, this wherein you stand.

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

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

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;

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,

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.

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.]

¹² Wherefore it doth not weary me to remind you constantly of these, that you may know well, and be established upon this truth. ¹³ But I consider it right, so long as I am in this body, to stir you up in remembrance: [Bephagro hono.] ¹⁴ knowing that the decease of my body is shortly (to be,) as also our Lord Jeshu Meshiha hath made me know. ¹⁵ But be careful also that (these) you may continually have; that also after my going forth the memorial of them you may observe.

¹⁸ For while they speak scoffing words of vanity, they allure with impure desires of the flesh those who almost escaped from them who have their conversation in error. ¹⁹ And liberty to them they promise, while they (themselves) are the servants of corruption; for the thing by which a man is overcome, to that he is subject. ²⁰ For if [when] they have escaped from the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jeshu Meshiha, with those very things entangled they are again over-come, their end becomes worse than the beginning.

²⁰ For if [when] they have escaped from the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jeshu Meshiha, with those very things entangled they are again over-come, their end becomes worse than the beginning.

¹ Now this, my beloved, the second epistle I write to you; in both of which I awaken to remembrance your fair [Reyoncun shaphira.] mind.

³ This first know you, that there will come in the last of the days deriders who will deride, as after their own lusts they walk,

³ This first know you, that there will come in the last of the days deriders who will deride, as after their own lusts they walk, ⁴ and saying, Where is the promise of his advent? for, since our fathers have slept, every thing (abideth) as from the beginning of the creation.

¹¹ As, therefore, all these are to be dissolved, how behoveth it you to be holy in your conversation,

¹⁴ Wherefore, my beloved, while these you expect, be diligent, that, without blemish and without spot, of Him you may be found in peace.

¹⁷ You therefore, my beloved, knowing this before, keep yourselves, lest, going after the error of those who are lawless, you fall from your support. ¹⁸ But increase in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha, and (of) Aloha the Father, Whose be glory both now, and in all time, and to the days eternal. Amen.

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. 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. 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.

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.

⁹ Whoever saith, then, that he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now. ¹⁰ He who loveth his brother, in the light abideth, and offence is not in him. ¹¹ He who hateth his brother is in darkness, and in the darkness walketh, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness itself hath blinded his eyes.

¹⁵ Love not the world, nor any thing which is in it; for whoever loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For every thing that is in the world, is the lust of the body, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of the world. These which are not of the Father, but they are from the world itself.

²¹ I have not written to you because you know not the truth, but you know it, and that no lie is of it, of the truth.

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

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.

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.

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.

¹⁹ And by this we make known that we are of the truth, and before that he cometh we make confident our hearts. ²⁰ And if our heart condemn us, how much (more) Aloha, who is greater than our heart, and knoweth every thing! ²¹ My beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have openness of face before Aloha.

¹⁴ And we have seen and we testify that the Father hath sent his Son, the Redeemer of the world.

²¹ And this commandment we have received from him, That every one who loveth Aloha shall love also his brother.

¹⁰ Whosoever believeth in the Son of Aloha hath this testimony in himself. Every one who believeth not Aloha hath made him a liar, in not believing the testimony that he hath testified concerning his Son.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of Aloha hath come, and hath given us knowledge to know the truth, and to be in him in the truth, in his Son Jeshu the Meshiha. This is Aloha the true, and the life which is eternal. ²¹ My sons, keep yourselves from the service of idols.

² on account of the truth which abideth in us, and is with us for ever; ³ Grace be with you and mercy and peace, from Aloha the Father, and from Jeshu Meshiha the Son of the Father, in truth and in love.

⁶ who have testified of thy charity, before all the church, to whom thou hast done well according to that which is worthy of Aloha.

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: ² Mercy and peace in love be multiplied unto you. ³ My beloved, while giving all diligence to write to you concerning our common salvation, it is needful for me to write to you, exhorting you (in particular) to do battle [D'aguno tebadun.] for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.

⁵ But I will to remind you, though all of you know, that Aloha, when once the people from Metsreen he had redeemed, yet afterward [Or, secondly.] destroyed them who believed not.

¹⁴ But Hanuk also, who was the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying,

¹⁷ But you, my beloved, remember those words which before were spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha,

⁴ Juhanon to the seven churches which are in Asia: grace to you and peace from him who is, and who was, and who cometh;[D'othe.] from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

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!

⁹ I, Juhanon your brother, and your fellow-sharer in the affliction, and in the patience, which are in Jeshu Meshiha, was in the island which is called Pathamon, for the word of Aloha and for the testimony of Jeshu Meshiha.

² I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and (that) thou canst not bear evils; and hast tried those who say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars.

²⁸ and I will give to him the morning star.

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. ¹¹ I come quickly. Hold that which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have become opulent, and of nothing have need; and knowest not that thou art infirm, and miserable, and needy, and blind, and naked;

²¹ And to him who overcometh I will give to sit with me upon my throne, as also I have overcome, and have sat with my Father in his throne.

¹⁰ And thou hast made them [Enun.] to our God kings and priests, and reigning upon the earth.

¹⁰ If any man into captivity leadeth, into captivity he shall go. If any man kill with the sword, it behoveth him by the sword to be killed. This is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹² Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of Aloha, and the faith of Jeshu.

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.

¹⁴ Blessed are they who do his commandments, that they may have authority to the tree of life, and by the gates may enter into the city.

¹⁶ I JESHU have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things before the churches. I am the root and the offspring of Dawid, as the bright, the morning star.