Jude Cross References - Etheridge

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. ⁴ For certain men have obtained entrance, who from the beginning were proscribed in this condemnation; depraved men, who the grace of Aloha turn unto lasciviousness, and him who is the only Lord GOD, our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, deny. 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. ⁶ And the angels who kept not their primacy, but left their habitation, unto the judgment of the great day in chains unknown, under darkness, he hath kept. ⁷ As Sadum and Omuro, and the cities which were around them, which in manner of them committed fornication, and went after other flesh, are lying under everlasting fire, condemned unto judgment. ⁸ In this manner also (will perish) those who, in sleep imagining, defile the flesh, but contemn government, and blaspheme majesty. ⁹ Yet Mikael, chief of angels, when, with the accuser speaking, he contended on account of the body of Musha, dared not bring against him a reviling judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. ¹⁰ But these the things which they know not revile; but through those by which naturally as the beasts they are swayed, they are corrupted. ¹¹ Woe to them; for in the way of Koen they have gone, and after the error of Belam for gain they have burned, and in the rebellion of Kurach they have perished. ¹² These are they who, in their recreations contaminating, behave wantonly, feeding themselves without reverence; clouds without rain, roaming with the winds; trees whose fruit withereth, and which are unfruitful, twice dead, and uplifted from their root; ¹³ turbulent waves of the sea, which, by their foaming, manifest their shame; erring stars, unto whom the blackness of darkness that is eternal is reserved. ¹⁴ But Hanuk also, who was the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, ¹⁵ Behold, the Lord cometh, with myriads of his saints, to execute judgment upon all; and to convict all the wicked for all their deeds which they have wickedly done; and for all those obdurate words which ungodly sinners have spoken. ¹⁶ These are they who murmur and complain of every thing, while walking according to their own desires; their mouth speaking portentous things, and extolling persons for the sake of gain. ¹⁷ But you, my beloved, remember those words which before were spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, ¹⁸ who told you that in the last times there would be those who scoff, who according to their own desires go after wickedness. ¹⁹ These are they who separate; - animals, in whom the Spirit is not. ²⁰ But you, my beloved, in your holy faith be edified anew, praying in the Holy Spirit, ²¹ ourselves in the love of Aloha to keep, while looking for the mercy of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha unto our eternal salvation. ²² And some of them snatch from the fire. ²³ But when they repent, have compassion on them, with fear, hating even the tunic which by the flesh is contaminated. ²⁴ But to him who is able to keep you without falling and without spot, and to establish you without blemish, ²⁵ Aloha our only Saviour by Jeshu Meshiha our Lord, before his majesty with joy, Be glory, and dominion, and honour, and grandeur, both now and in all ages. Amen.

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

¹³ and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory to the age of ages.

²⁹ And they shouted, saying, What to us, and to thee, Jeshu, son of Aloha? Hast thou come hither before the time, to torment us?

³ and Philipos, and Bar-Tholmai, and Thoma, and Mathai the tribute-gatherer, and Jakubbar-Chalphai, and Labi who was surnamed Thadai,

²¹ saying, Woe to thee, Korazin! woe to thee, Bethtsaida! for if in Tsur and in Tsaidon those miracles had been done which have been performed in you, they would a while ago in sackcloth and ashes have repented.

²⁴ But I tell you that for the land of Sadum it shall be more tolerable [Or, tranquil.] in the day of judgment than for thee.

³¹ Wherefore, this I say to you: That all sins and blasphemies shall be forgiven unto the sons of men; but the blasphemy which is against the Spirit shall not be forgiven to the sons of men. ³² And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but every one who against the Spirit of Holiness shall speak, it shall not be forgiven to him, neither in this world nor in the world to come. ³³ Or make the tree good, and the fruits (will be) good; or make the tree evil, and the fruits (will be) evil: for by the fruits the tree is known. ³⁴ Brood of vipers! how can you speak good who are evil? For from the abundancies of the heart the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ A good man from the good treasuries bringeth forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasuries bringeth forth evil (things). ³⁶ But I tell you, that for every useless word which the sons of men shall speak, they must give the answer for it in the day of judgment. ³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

⁶ But when the sun was risen, it burned, and, because it had no root, it withered away.

²⁵ And while men slept, came his adversary, and sowed zizania among the wheat, and went.

¹³ But he answered, and said to them, Every plantation which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted shall be rooted up.

²⁷ For it is to be, that the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels, and then shall he render unto every man according to his works.

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.

¹⁹ and he saw a certain fig-tree in the way, and came to it, but found nothing thereon but leaves only; and he said, Let there be no fruit upon thee again for ever. And immediately that fig-tree withered. ²⁰ And the disciples saw, and were astonished, saying, How in a moment is the fig-tree withered!

¹³ WOE to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites! because you devour the houses of widows, with the pretext of prolonging your prayers; on account of which you shall receive the greater judgment. ¹⁴ Woe to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites! because you hold the kingdom of heaven closed before the children of men; for you will not enter in yourselves, and them who are entering you will not permit to enter. ¹⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites! because you go over sea and dry (land) to make one proselyte; and when you have done it, you make him doubly more a son of gihana than yourselves. ¹⁶ Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, That [to him] who sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but if he swear by the gold which is in the temple, he is liable!

³⁰ And then shall be seen the standard of the Son of man in heaven, and then all the generations of the earth [Or, tribes of the land.] shall wail, and they shall see the Son of man coming upon the clouds of heaven, with great power and glory. 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.]

⁴² Be wakeful therefore, because ye know not in what hour cometh your Lord. ⁴³ But this know; that if the master of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would have been watching, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. ⁴⁴ Wherefore be ye also prepared, because in the hour that ye expect not shall come the Son of man. ⁴⁵ WHO is the servant faithful and wise whom his lord shall appoint over the children of his house, to give every one his meat in his time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant, who, when cometh his lord, shall be found doing so. ⁴⁷ Amen I say to you, that he will establish him over all that he hath. ⁴⁸ But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord withholdeth to come; ⁴⁹ and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall be eating and drinking with drunkards; ⁵⁰ the lord of that servant shall come in a day that he computeth not, and in an hour which he doth not know, ⁵¹ and shall sunder him, and set his lot with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

³¹ WHEN the Son of man cometh in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.

⁴¹ Then shall he say also unto them on his left hand, Go from me, accursed, into the fire of eternity, which was prepared for the accuser and for his angels.

¹⁸ And Andreas, and Philipos, and Bar-Thulmai, and Mathai, and Thoma, and Jacub bar Chalphai, and Thadai, and Shemun the Zealous,

⁶ but when the sun arose, it became hot; and inasmuch as it had no root, it dried up.

⁴³ But if thy hand offend thee,[Or, causeth offence to thee.] cut it off: better [Or, more tolerable.] for thee mutilated to go into life, than having two hands to go into gihana; ⁴⁴ where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. ⁴⁵ And if thy foot offend thee,[Or, causeth offence to thee.] cut it off: better for thee to go into life lame, than having two feet to fall into gihana: ⁴⁶ where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. ⁴⁷ And if thine eye offend thee,[Or, causeth offence to thee.] root it out: better for thee that with one eye thou enter the kingdom of Aloha, than having two eyes to fall into the gihana of fire: ⁴⁸ where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. ⁴⁹ For every (thing) with fire is salted, and every victim with salt shall be salted.

²⁰ And in the morning, while they passed by, they saw that fig-tree that it was dry from its root. ²¹ And Shemun remembered and said to him, Rabi, behold, that fig-tree which thou didst curse hath dried.

²⁹ AND they also who passed by blasphemed against him, wagging their heads and saying, Ho, undoer of the temple and builder of it in three days,

³⁰ And the Sophree and Pharishee murmured, saying to his disciples, Why with tribute-takers and sinners eat you and drink?

¹⁶ and Jihuda bar Jakub, and Jihuda Scaruta,[Or, S'karjuta.] he who was the traitor.

⁶ And other fell upon the rock; and it immediately sprang up, and, because it had no moisture, it withered.

²⁶ For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of man will be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

⁴² But woe to you, Pharishee! for you tithe mint, and rue, and every herb, and pass by judgment and the love of Aloha. These hath it behoved you to do, and those not to have omitted. ⁴³ Woe to you, Pharishee! for you love the chief seats in the assemblies, and the salutation in the public places. ⁴⁴ Woe to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites! for you are like tombs that are not known, and men walk upon them, and do not know. ⁴⁵ And one of the Sophree answered and said to him, Doctor, while you say these things, you vilify us also! ⁴⁶ But he said, Also unto you, Sophree, woe! because you lade men with heavy burdens, and you with one of your fingers will not touch those burdens. ⁴⁷ Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed:

¹⁹ and I will say to my soul, My soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years: be at ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 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?

³⁶ and be you like men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the place of festivity, that, when he hath come and knocked, immediately they may open to him. ³⁷ Blessed those servants who, when their lord shall come, shall be found watching. Amen I tell you, He will gird his loins, and make them recline, and will come over and serve them. ³⁸ And if in the second or the third watch he shall come and find them thus, blessed will be those servants. ³⁹ But this know, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have permitted his house to be dug through. ⁴⁰ Also you, be you therefore ready: for, in that hour that you think not, cometh the Son of man.

⁴⁵ But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord withholdeth to come, and shall begin to beat the servants and the handmaids of his lord, and shall begin to eat and to drink and be drunken;

² And the Sophree and Pharishee murmured, and said, This (man) receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

¹⁹ NOW there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in byssos* and purple, and every day feasted gaily.** [* Butso, Hebrew, buts; (2Ch 5:12); an Egyptian linen, extremely fine, soft, and white. ** Gayóith.]

²⁹ but in the day that Lut went forth from Sadum, the Lord rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

⁷ But when they all saw (this), they murmured, and said that with a man a sinner he hath gone in to abide.

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent messengers after him, saying, We are not willing that this should reign over us.

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.

³⁹ And one of those workers of evil who were hanged with him, blasphemed against him, saying, If thou art the Meshicha, deliver thyself, and deliver us also. ⁴⁰ And his companion rebuked him, and said to him, Dost thou not fear (even) Aloha? for thou also art in this judgment.

¹⁷ For the law by the hand of Musha was given; but the truth and the grace were by Jeshu Meshicha.

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.

²² you worship something you know not; but we worship whom we know; for salvation [Or, life.] is from the Jihudoyee.

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.

²⁷ and hath empowered him also to execute judgment. Because he is the Son of man,

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

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.

⁴¹ But the Jihudoyee murmured against him because he said, I am the bread which hath descended from heaven.

⁶¹ BUT Jeshu knew in himself that his disciples murmured concerning this; and he said to them, Does this stumble you?

⁴⁴ You are from your father the accuser, and the desires of your father you are willing to do. He from the beginning was the killer of men, and in the truth he stood not; therefore the truth is not in him. And when he speaketh a lie, of his own he speaketh, because of falsity he is also the father.

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.

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.

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. ²² Jihuda saith to him, (it was not Scarjuta,) My Lord, how to us wilt thou manifest thyself, and not to the world?

⁴ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot give fruits of itself if it abide not in the vine, so also cannot you, if you abide not in me. ⁵ I am the vine, and you the branches. Whoso abideth in me, and I in him, this produceth much fruits, because without me you cannot do any thing. 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.

⁹ As my Father hath loved me, so I have loved you: continue in the love of me. ¹⁰ If my commandments you will keep, you shall abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and abide in his love.

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.

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.

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;

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.

¹³ And after they had entered, they ascended to that upper room in which were Petros, and Juhanon, and Jakub, and Andros, and Philipos, and Thoma, and Mathai, and Bar Tolmai, and Jakub bar Halphai, and Shemun the Zealous, and Jihuda bar Jakub.

¹² And in no other one [In no other man.] is redemption: for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind, by which we must be saved.

⁸ But Estephanos was filled with grace and power, and wrought signs and miracles among the people. ⁹ And men arose from the congregation which was called Libertinu, Kyrainoyee, and Aleksandroyee, and from Cilicia, and from Asia, and disputed with Estephanos, ¹⁰ and were not able to stand against the wisdom and the spirit which spake in him.

²⁷ But he who had offended his neighbour removed himself from him, and said to him, Who appointed thee over us a prince and a judge?

³⁹ And our fathers willed not to give heed to him, but left him, and in their hearts turned back to Mitsreen,

²² BUT Shaol was the more strengthened, and moved those Jihudoyee who dwelt at Darmsuk, while he showed that this is the Meshiha.

³¹ Nevertheless, in the church which was in Jihud, and in Galila, and Shomreen, there was peace, while (it) was edified; and going forward in the fear of Aloha, and in the consolation of the Spirit of Holiness, was multiplied.

²³ And when he came thither, and beheld the grace of Aloha, he rejoiced, and entreated them with all their heart to cleave to our Lord.

⁴⁶ But Paulos and Bar Naba said to them openly, To you it behoved first to speak the word of Aloha; but because you repel it from you, and determine against yourselves that you are not worthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so hath our Lord commanded, as it is written, I have set thee a light to the Gentiles, to be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

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

²⁴ It hath been heard by us, that men from us have gone forth and disturbed you with words, and have subverted your souls by saying, that you should be circumcised and observe the law, whom we have not commanded.

³ expounding, and showing, That Meshiha was to suffer and to rise from the house of the dead, and he is Jeshu the Meshiha whom I preach to you.

³¹ because he hath set a day in which he will judge the whole earth in righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained; and he will convert every man to the faith of him in having raised him from among the dead.

⁴ And he discoursed in the synagogue every shabath, and persuaded the Jihudoyee and the Heathens. ⁵ And when from Makedunia Shilo and Timotheos had come, Paulos was constrained in his speech, because the Jihudoyee arose against him and blasphemed, while he testified to them that Jeshu is the Meshiha. ⁶ And he shook his garments and said to them, From now I am clean: I go unto the Gentiles.

²⁸ For he disputed forcibly against the Jihudoyee before the assemblies, while he showed from the scriptures concerning Jeshu, that he is the Meshiha.

²⁷ For I have not shunned to make known to you all the will of Aloha.

²⁹ For I know that after I shall have gone, there will enter with you furious wolves which will not spare the flock.

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.

³⁵ And I have shown you every thing, (that) so it behoveth to labour, and to be careful of those who are infirm, and to remember the word of our Lord Jeshu, that he said, He is blessed who giveth, more than he who receiveth.

⁵ Paulos said to them, I knew not, my brethren, that he is the priest; for it is written, Of the chief of thy people thou shalt not speak evil.

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.

²³ For in this night there appeared to me the angel of Aloha, (of) him whose I am, and whom I serve.

²⁸ Be this therefore known to you, that to the Gentiles is sent this redemption, for they will also hear it.

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

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.

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. ²² And while thinking in themselves that they were wise, they were fools.[Or, befooled.]

²⁶ WHEREFORE Aloha delivered them up to passions of vileness: for their females changed the use of their nature, and to what is not natural were used. ²⁷ And also their males likewise left the natural use of their females, and were inflamed with concupiscence one with another, and male with male wrought shamefulness, and the just retribution for their perverseness in themselves received.

⁵ Yet, through the hardness of thy unrepenting heart, layest thou up the treasure of wrath for the day of wrath, and the revelation of the just judgment of Aloha,

¹⁶ in the day when Aloha judgeth the secrets of men according to my gospel by Jeshu Meshiha.

¹⁹ BUT we know that whatever the law saith, to them who are under the law it saith: that every mouth may be shut, and all the world be guilty unto Aloha. ²⁰ Because by the works of the law no flesh is justified before him; for from the law sin is known.

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.

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.

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.]

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. ²³ For the wages of sin is death; and the gift of Aloha the life of eternity by our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

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.

¹⁵ For we have not received the spirit of servitude again unto fear, but we have received the Spirit of the adoption* of sons, by whom we cry, Father, our Father! [* Rucho da-simath benayo: The Spirit of the constituting of sons.]

²⁶ So also the Spirit helpeth our infirmity: for what to pray for as we ought we know not; but the Spirit himself prayeth on our behalf in groanings unspoken. ²⁷ But he who searcheth the hearts, he knoweth the mind of the Spirit, who, according to the will of Aloha, prayeth for the saints.

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?

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.

²¹ Or, hath not the potter power over his clay, that from the (same) mass he might make vessels, the one to honour, and the other to vileness? ²² BUT if Aloha, willing to reveal his wrath, and to make known his power, in his much patience bore with the vessels of wrath who were perfected for destruction,

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

¹⁴ if I may provoke my fleshly kindred, and save some of them.

³³ O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of Aloha, whose judgments man searcheth not, and whose ways are inscrutable!

³⁶ For all is of him, and all in him, and all by him. To him be praises and benedictions unto the age of ages. Amen.

⁴ Who art thou that judgest a servant who is not thine? who, if he stand, unto his Lord he standeth, and if he fall, falleth unto his Lord. But standing, he standeth; for there is power in the hands of his Lord to make him stand.

¹⁰ But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Or thou, also, why despisest thou thy brother? For we shall all stand before the tribunal of the Meshiha:

² But let every one of us please his neighbour in good things as unto edification.

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,

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, 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.

¹⁸ For they who are thus serve not our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, but their bellies; and with sweet words and benedictions seduce the hearts of the simple.

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. ²⁷ The grace of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha be with you all. Amen.

²⁷ The grace of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha be with you all. Amen.

² to the church of Aloha which is in Kurinthos, the called, and the saints who in Jeshu Meshiha are sanctified; and to all them who invoke the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha in every place, theirs and ours:

⁸ who will confirm you to the end, that you may be without fault in the day of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

¹⁴ For the man who is animal receiveth not spirituals, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know them, because they by the Spirit are judged of;

¹⁵ and he whose work shall be burned, shall fail; but he (himself) shall be rescued, but so as from fire.

¹⁷ Whoso destroyeth the temple of Aloha, him will Aloha destroy for the temple of Aloha is holy, which you are.

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.

³ But I, while distant from you in body, am near you in spirit, and now judge, as if near you, him who hath done this; 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, ⁵ and you deliver this (man) to Satana for the destruction of his body, that in spirit he may be saved in the day of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

⁹ I have written to you by epistle, not to be mixed with fornicators; ¹⁰ but I do not say with fornicators who are in this world, nor speak I concerning the covetous,[Or, the oppressive.] or the rapacious, or the servers of idols; otherwise you would be obligated from the world also to go forth. ¹¹ But this which I have written to you, Be not mixed, (is,) If any one who is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous,[An oppressor.] or a worshipper of idols, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or rapacious, with one who is such as he not to eat bread.

¹³ but those who are without, Aloha judgeth: and put away the wicked one from among you.

⁹ Or, know you not that the unjust the kingdom of Aloha cannot inherit? Do not err; neither fornicators, nor the servers of idols, nor adulterers, nor corrupters, nor liers with men,

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.

¹⁹ Or, know you not that your body is the temple of the Spirit of Holiness, who dwelleth in you, (even) Him whom you have received from Aloha? And you are not your own,

¹ BUT I would that you know, my brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all of them in the sea were baptized, ² and all by [By the hand of.] Musha were baptized in the cloud and in the sea, ³ and all of them ate one spiritual food,[Food of the Spirit.] ⁴ and all of them drank one spiritual drink; [Drink of the Spirit.] for they drank of that spiritual Rock [That Rock of the Spirit.] which went with them, - but that Rock was the Meshiha himself. ⁵ But not with many of them was Aloha pleased; for they fell in the desert. ⁶ But these became an example for us; that we should not desire evils, as they desired; ⁷ nor also be servers of idols, as some of them served; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play; ⁸ nor commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell, in one day, twenty and three thousand; ⁹ nor tempt the Meshiha, as also (some) of them tempted, and perished by serpents. ¹⁰ Neither murmur you, as some of them murmured, and perished by the hand of the destroyer.

¹⁰ Neither murmur you, as some of them murmured, and perished by the hand of the destroyer. ¹¹ For all these which happened to them were unto us an example, and were written for our instruction, upon whom come the ends of the world. [Trostius and Gutbir read, "The end of the worlds, or ages."] ¹² Whoever then thinketh he standeth, let him beware that he fall not.

²³ Every thing is lawful for me, but every thing is not expedient; every thing is lawful, but every thing doth not edify.

²⁰ When then you are assembled, not as befitteth the day of the Lord you eat and drink, ²¹ but each man his own supper before eateth, and one is hungry, and one drunken. ²² What? have you not houses (in) which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of Aloha, and shame those who have nothing to eat? What do I say to you? Do I praise you in this? I praise you not.

⁴ He who speaketh in a tongue himself edifieth, and he who prophesieth the church edifieth. ⁵ But I would that all of you could speak with tongues, but especially that you could prophesy. For greater is he who prophesieth than he who speaketh with tongues, unless he interpret. But if he interpret, he edifieth the church.

¹⁵ What shall I do then? I will pray with my spirit, and I will pray with my mind; and I will sing with my spirit, and I will sing with my mind.

²⁶ I say then, my brethren, that when you are assembled, if any one of you hath a psalm, let him speak; and (so too) he who hath doctrine, and he who hath a revelation, and he who hath a tongue, and he who hath the interpretation: let all be done unto edification.

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;

³³ Mistake not; for evil narrations corrupt well-disposed [Reyonee basimee.] minds.

¹⁴ And we know that He who raised up our Lord Jeshu, will by Jeshu raise us also, and will present us with you unto himself.

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

¹⁰ For the sorrow that is for the sake of Aloha worketh soul-penitence,* which turneth not and converteth, unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death. [* Animae conversionem operatur. SCHAFF, as also TREMELLIUS. The Paris Polyglot and WALTON have paenitentiam animae effecit; and the Antwerp, Paenitentem animam effecit.] 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. ¹² But, it was for this we wrote to you; not on account of the injurer, nor on account of the injured one [only], but that you may know before Aloha our carefulness over you.

² for I am zealous towards you with the zeal of Aloha; for I have betrothed you to one man, a pure virgin, whom I would bring unto the Meshiha.

⁴ But on account of false brethren, who entered upon us that they might espy the liberty which we have in Jeshu Meshiha as that they might bring me [WALTON reads, "us."] into subjection; ⁵ yet not for the space [Or, the fulness of an hour.] of an hour did we cast ourselves down to be subject to them; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

²⁸ Jihudoya or Aramoya is not; the slave or the free is not; male or female is not; for you are all one in Jeshu Meshiha.

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

²⁰ I would be with you now, and change the sound of my voice, because I am astonished at you.

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.

¹⁶ But I say to you, Walk in the Spirit, and the desires of the flesh you will not work.

²⁴ But they who are of the Meshiha have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its lusts:

¹ My brethren, if a man of you be overtaken by a fault, you who are in the Spirit, regain him, in the spirit of meekness, and beware lest you also be tempted.

¹¹ You see these letters which I have written to you with my hands.

¹ PAULOS, an apostle of Jeshu Meshiha by the will of Aloha, to those who are in Ephesos, saints and believers in Jeshu Meshiha:

⁸ which he hath made to abound in us in all wisdom and in all understanding of the Spirit;

²⁰ and you are builded upon the foundation of the apostles and of the prophets, and Jeshu the Meshiha himself is the chief corner of the building;

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,

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, ²¹ to Him be glory in his church, by Jeshu Meshiha, in all ages, for ever and ever. Amen.

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; ¹² for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the (church of the) Meshiha,

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,

¹⁶ by whom the whole body is increased and compacted in all the limbs, according to the gift which is given in proportion to every member for the increase of the body itself, that in love its structure might be completed.

²⁹ Let no hateful word come out of your mouth, but that which is comely and useful for edification, that it may communicate grace to those who hear.

²⁶ that he might sanctify her and purify her in the laver of waters and by the word, ²⁷ and that he might constitute her a church unto himself, being glorified, and not having blemish or wrinkle or any thing like these; but to be holy and spotless.

¹² For your wrestling is not with flesh and blood (only), but with princes, and with powers, and with the possessors of this dark world, and with the evil spirits who are under heaven.

¹⁸ And with all prayers, and with all supplications, pray at all times in the Spirit, and in that prayer be watchful in all seasons, praying constantly and invoking on behalf of all the saints;

¹ PAULOS and Timotheus, servants of Jeshu the Meshiha, to all the saints who are in Jeshu Meshiha at Philipos, with the presbyters and deacons.

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;

¹⁴ Do every thing without murmuring and without division;

¹⁹ they, whose end is perdition, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is their shame; they, whose mind is in the earth.

² to those who are in Kulosos, the holy brethren and believers in Jeshu Meshiha: peace be with you, and grace from Aloha our Father.

²² hath he reconciled now in the body of his flesh and through his death, to constitute you saints before him without spot and without blame;

²⁸ whom we proclaim, and (concerning whom) we teach and inform every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Jeshu Meshiha;

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.

⁴ and when the Meshiha, who is our life, shall be manifested, then also will you be manifested with him in glory.

² but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, in Philipos, and then (even) in great conflict we spoke with you with the confidence of our God the gospel of the Meshiha.

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.

¹³ and will establish your hearts without blame in holiness, before Aloha our Father, at the advent of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha with all his saints.

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

⁸ Therefore, whoever despiseth, not man he despiseth, but Aloha, who hath ingiven you his Holy Spirit.[Da-yahab becun.]

¹⁶ For our Lord himself with the mandate, and with the voice of the chief of angels, and with the trumpet of Aloha, will come down from heaven, and the dead who are in the Meshiha will arise first;

¹⁶ For our Lord himself with the mandate, and with the voice of the chief of angels, and with the trumpet of Aloha, will come down from heaven, and the dead who are in the Meshiha will arise first; ¹⁷ and then we who remaining [may be] alive, shall be rapt with them together in clouds, to the meeting of our Lord in the expanse;* and so always with our Lord shall we be.[* Or, in heaven, as aar, may be understood. Compare SCHLEUSNER, sub voce, No. 2.]

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.

¹¹ Wherefore comfort one another, and edify one another, as also you do.

²³ But the God of peace himself will sanctify perfectly all of you; and your whole spirit, and your soul, and your body will he keep without fault, to the coming of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

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.

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.

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

¹⁴ And if any man hearken not to these our words in the epistle, let this be separate from you, and be not mixed with him, that he be shamed.

² to Timotheos, my true son in the faith: grace and mercy and peace from Aloha our Father and Jeshu Meshiha our Lord.

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, ¹⁰ and fornicators, and liers with men, and stealers of the free, and liars, and doers against an oath and whatever (else) is opposed to the healthful doctrine

¹⁷ But to the King who is eternal, incorruptible, and unseen, who is one Aloha, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. ¹⁸ This commandment I commit to thee, my son Timotheos, according to the early [Or, first.] prophecies which were concerning thee, that thou mayest war through them this good warfare

³ For this is good and acceptable before Aloha our Saviour;

¹ But the Spirit distinctly saith, that in the last times some will remove from the faith, and will go after deceiving spirits, and after doctrines of demons. ² These, with a false appearance, will deceive, speaking a lie, and seared in their conscience,

¹⁶ And take heed to thyself, and to thy doctrine, and persevere in them; for while these thou doest, thyself wilt thou save, and them who hear thee.

⁶ But she who serveth pleasure is dead while she liveth.

⁵ and conflicts of men whose minds are corrupt and deprived of the truth, and who consider that gain is the fear of Aloha. But thou, remove thyself from them.

¹² And contend in the good agony of faith, and lay hold of the life which is eternal, unto which thou art called, and hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses.

¹⁵ whom in his time will show Aloha the blessed and only Strong One, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; ¹⁶ he who only is incorruptible, and (who) dwelleth in light which no man can approach; whom no man of men hath seen, nor is able to see: to him be honour and power for ever and ever. Amen.

² to Timotheos my beloved son: grace and mercies and peace from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

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.

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,

¹³ Let the outline [Or, model: chauro, from chor, "to look at with attention, to contemplate." Melee chlimotho may be rendered "healthy words, or wholesome doctrines." ] of sound words be with thee, which thou hast heard from me, with the faith and love which are in Jeshu Meshiha:

¹⁶ Our Lord give mercies to the house of Onesiphoros, who many times hath refreshed me, and of the chains of my bonds hath not been ashamed.

¹⁸ Our Lord grant that he may find mercies with our Lord in that day: and how he ministered to me in Ephesos thou especially knowest.

¹ But know this, that in the last days hard times will come; ² and men will be lovers of themselves, and lovers of money, boastful, lofty, blasphemous, to their men not obedient, deniers of grace, impious, ³ calumniators, subjected to lust, brutal, haters of the good, ⁴ traitors, impetuous,[Or, hasty.] puffed up, lovers of lusts rather than the love of Aloha; ⁵ having a form of the worship of Aloha, but from the power of Aloha afar off: (them) who are such put from thee. ⁶ For of them are they who creep into houses, and captivate women who are overladen with sins, and led away by divers lusts;

¹³ But wicked men and seducers add to their wickedness, deceiving, and being deceived.

³ For the time will come, when sound doctrine they will not hear; but according to their desires will multiply to themselves teachers, in the itching of their hearing.

⁷ The good agony I have fought, and my running I have completed, and my faith I have kept. 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.

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.

¹⁸ And my Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me into his kingdom, which is in heaven. To Him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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;

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

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.

¹⁵ For every thing is pure to the pure; but to those who are polluted and unfaithful nothing is pure; but their understanding and their conscience are polluted. ¹⁶ And they profess to know Aloha, but in their works they deny him, and are abominable and disobedient, and reprobate to every good work.

¹⁰ but let them show their good-trustiness [Shararhun tobo.] in every thing, that they may adorn in every thing the doctrine of Aloha our Saviour. 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;

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.

⁴ But when appeared the goodness and mercy of Aloha our Saviour,

¹ Wherefore, my holy brethren, who have been called with the calling that [is] from heaven, contemplate this Apostle and High Priest of our confession, JESHU MESHIHA!

¹⁶ For who are they who heard and provoked him? Not all they who came out of Metsreen by the hand of Musha.

⁴ But they who once unto baptism have descended,* and have tasted the gift which is from heaven, and have received the Spirit of Holiness, [* Honun d'chado zaban l'mahmuditho nechathu. The Greek reads, Tous apax photisthentas, " they who have been once enlightened." The rendering of the Peschito here harmonizes with the emblematical way of speaking of baptism, as the mysterion photismatos, " the sacrament of illumination, " that prevailed in the ancient church; and to which an allusion is made so early as the middle of the second century, in the Apology of Justin Martyr. (Apol. i. cap. 80.) The epithet of "the illuminated" might have been applied to the baptized, in primitive days, both because the administration of the ordinance betokened a recognition, on the part of the church, of a certain measure of divine knowledge in the candidate, as well as that it was in itself a medium through which the BELIEVER had the privilege of receiving more of the illuminating grace of the Holy Spirit. Still we have no evidence that, in the tous photisthentus of the Greek text, there was any specific allusion to baptism. In this and the parallel place, in chap. 10:32, the Greek phrase plainly refers to inward and spiritual illumination, - or, as it is expressed in the explanatory terms of verse 26 of that chapter, the receiving the knowledge of the truth.] ⁵ and have tasted the good word of Aloha, and the power of the world to come, ⁶ (and) who again shall sin, cannot again be renewed unto conversion, who would afresh crucify and put to shame the Son of God. ⁷ For the earth that hath drank the rain which hath come upon it many times, and shall have brought forth the herb that is useful for them on whose account it is cultured, receiveth blessing from Aloha; ⁸ but that which shall produce thorns and briers hath reprobation; nor is it far from the curse, but its end is burning.

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.

²⁵ And let us not forsake our congregation, as is the custom with some; but pray one with another; (and) so much the more as ye see that day to be approaching.

²⁷ but a fearful judgment to come, and burning fire which devoureth the adversaries.

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. ⁵ Through faith Hanak was translated,[Or, changed.] and did not taste death; nor was he found, because Aloha had translated him: for before that he would translate him, there was respecting him the testimony that he pleased Aloha. 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.

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: ¹⁶ or lest there be found among you any fornicator, or dissolute, as Isu, who for one meal sold his birthright.

⁸ Jeshu Meshiha is yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.

¹⁷ Be persuaded by your leaders, and obey them; for they watch for your souls as men who must render an account of you, that with joy they may do this, and not with groans; for that is not profitable for you.

²⁰ But the God of peace, who brought up from the house of the dead the great Shepherd of the flock, by the blood of the eternal covenant, who is Jeshu Meshiha, our Lord, ²¹ make you perfect in every good work, that ye may do his will, and effect in you whatever is good before him, by Jeshu Meshiha: to him be glory unto the age of ages. Amen. ²² Now I request from you, my brethren, that ye prolong your minds on the word of exhortation; for in a few (words) I have written to you.

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

¹⁴ But each man from his concupiscence tempteth himself, and desireth, and is drawn away. ¹⁵ And this desire conceiveth and beareth sin; and sin, when it is perfected, beareth death.

¹ My brethren, do not hold with acceptance of faces the faith of the glory of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha. ² For if there come into your congregation a man who hath rings of gold or beautiful vestments, and there come in a poor man in sordid vestments, ³ and you look upon him who clothed in beautiful vestments, and say to him, Sit is here well; and you say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or, Sit thou here before the stool of our feet; ⁴ behold, are you not divided in yourselves, and become separaters for evil reasons? ⁵ Listen, my beloved brethren: Hath not Aloha chosen the poor of the world, but rich in faith, to be heirs in that kingdom which Aloha hath promised to them who love him? ⁶ But you have despised the poor. Behold, are not the rich uprisen against you? and do they not drag you to the house of judgment? ⁷ Do they not blaspheme against that Good Name which is pronounced upon you? 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; ⁹ but if you accept persons, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors against the law.

²² Thou seest that his faith was helpful [Vide CASTELL'S Hept. Lex. in -.] unto his works; and by works his faith was perfected,

¹⁵ because this wisdom from above descendeth not; but is earthly, from the reasonings of the soul, and from demons.

⁵ For you have lived daintily on the earth, and have been wanton, and have nourished your bodies, as for the day of slaughter.

¹⁹ My brethren, if any of you shall err from the way of truth, and one shall convert him from his error, ²⁰ let him know, that he who turneth a sinner from the error of his way, saveth his soul from death, and hideth the multitude of his sins.

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;

¹⁴ as obedient children, and not partaking again of the former desires which you desired when ignorant.

⁸ he is a rock [Kipha.] of offence, or a stone [Abn'na.] of stumbling, and they are offended at him in not obeying the word, because to this they are set. 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:

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.

¹⁶ As the sons of liberty, yet not as men who make their liberty a veil for their wickedness, but as the servants of Aloha. ¹⁷ Honour all; your brethren love; and Aloha revere; and kings honour.

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.

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.

¹¹ Whoever shall speak, as the word of Aloha let him speak and whoever ministereth, (he shall minister) as from the power which Aloha giveth to him, that in every thing which you do Aloha may be glorified through Jeshu Meshiha, whose are the glory and honour to the age of ages. Amen.

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.

¹⁸ And if the righteous scarcely be saved, the wicked and the sinner where shall he be found?

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.

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. ¹¹ To Him be glory and dominion and honour unto the age of ages. Amen. 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.

¹² Wherefore it doth not weary me to remind you constantly of these, that you may know well, and be established upon this truth.

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.]

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.

¹ BUT there were false prophets in the world, as also among you there will be false teachers, they who introduce heresies of destruction,[Abadono.] and, the Lord who bought them denying, bring upon themselves swift destruction.

¹ BUT there were false prophets in the world, as also among you there will be false teachers, they who introduce heresies of destruction,[Abadono.] and, the Lord who bought them denying, bring upon themselves swift destruction. ² And many will go after their wickedness; they, on account of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. ³ And with fraudulency [Olubutho is used both for avaritia and defraudatio.] of deceptive words will they make merchandise of you; they, whose judgment (denounced) before tarrieth not, and whose destruction doth not sleep. ⁴ For if Aloha upon the angels who sinned was not lenient, but in chains of darkness shut them in the deeps, and delivered them to be kept to the judgment of pain; ⁵ and on the former world was not lenient, but Nuch, who was the eighth preacher of righteousness, he preserved, when the deluge came upon the world of the wicked; ⁶ the cities of Sadum and of Omuro he burned, and with overthrow condemned them, while an example to the wicked who should be he set them;

⁶ the cities of Sadum and of Omuro he burned, and with overthrow condemned them, while an example to the wicked who should be he set them;

⁶ the cities of Sadum and of Omuro he burned, and with overthrow condemned them, while an example to the wicked who should be he set them; ⁷ also Lut the righteous, who was bruised with the impure conversation of the lawless, he delivered; ⁸ - for in sight and in hearing, while (that) just (man) dwelt among them, from day to day, his righteous soul by their lawless works was tortured; ⁹ - the Lord knoweth how to deliver from affliction them who fear him, but the evil unto the day of judgment to be tormented will he reserve.

⁹ - the Lord knoweth how to deliver from affliction them who fear him, but the evil unto the day of judgment to be tormented will he reserve. ¹⁰ But most those who after the flesh follow the concupiscence of impurity, and of authority are contemptuous; daring and arrogant, (and) who by greatness [Or, glory, majesty.] are not moved while they blaspheme:

¹⁰ But most those who after the flesh follow the concupiscence of impurity, and of authority are contemptuous; daring and arrogant, (and) who by greatness [Or, glory, majesty.] are not moved while they blaspheme: ¹¹ whereas angels, who in power and strength are (so much) greater than they, bring not against them a judgment of blasphemy.

¹¹ whereas angels, who in power and strength are (so much) greater than they, bring not against them a judgment of blasphemy. ¹² But these, as the dumb animals, by nature (ordained) to the knife and to destruction, blaspheming what they know not, in their own destruction will be destroyed;

¹² But these, as the dumb animals, by nature (ordained) to the knife and to destruction, blaspheming what they know not, in their own destruction will be destroyed; ¹³ while they in whom is iniquity the wages of iniquity shall receive. They repute as pleasure the luxury which is in the day. Blemishes (are they), full of spots, who delighting in their refreshments are luxurious: ¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery, and sins which cease not, alluring souls that are not established. An heart have they which is disciplined in covetousness; ¹⁵ sons of malediction, who, forsaking the straight way, have erred, and gone in the way of Belam bar Beur, who the wages of iniquity loved.

¹⁷ These are wells without water, clouds driven from above, unto whom the blackness of darkness is reserved.

¹⁷ These are wells without water, clouds driven from above, unto whom the blackness of darkness is reserved. 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.

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.

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.

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. ²¹ For it had been more tolerable for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, when they knew, to turn backward from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²² But it hath happened to them according to the true proverb, that The dog hath turned unto his vomit; the sow which had washed into the wallow of the mire.

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.

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. ² That you may remember the words which were before spoken by the holy prophets, and the commandments of our Lord and our Saviour (delivered) by the apostles.

² That you may remember the words which were before spoken by the holy prophets, and the commandments of our Lord and our Saviour (delivered) by the apostles. 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,

⁷ But the heaven which is now, and the earth, by his own word are set, being reserved unto fire, unto the day of judgment and the perdition of wicked men.

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?

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.

²² Who is a liar, if not he who denieth that Jeshu is the Meshiha? and this (one) is a false meshiha.

¹² Not as Koen, who was from the Evil, and killed his brother. And on what account killed he him? unless that his own works were evil and his brother's righteous.

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?

⁶ But we are of Aloha; and he who knoweth Aloha heareth us; and he who is not of Aloha heareth us not. In this itself we perceive the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

¹⁶ And we have believed and known the love which Aloha hath toward us; for Aloha is Love. And every one who abideth in love in Aloha abideth.

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

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. ¹¹ And this is the testimony, That the life which is eternal, Aloha hath given to us, and this life is in his Son.

¹⁶ If a man shall see his brother sin a sin not obnoxious to the death, he shall ask, and life be given to him, to those who sin not as unto the death. For there is the sin of death; - it is not concerning this I say that a man shall pray. ¹⁷ For all iniquity is sin; and there is sin which is not of death. 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.

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.

²¹ My sons, keep yourselves from the service of idols.

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. ⁴ For certain men have obtained entrance, who from the beginning were proscribed in this condemnation; depraved men, who the grace of Aloha turn unto lasciviousness, and him who is the only Lord GOD, our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, deny. 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. ⁶ And the angels who kept not their primacy, but left their habitation, unto the judgment of the great day in chains unknown, under darkness, he hath kept. ⁷ As Sadum and Omuro, and the cities which were around them, which in manner of them committed fornication, and went after other flesh, are lying under everlasting fire, condemned unto judgment. ⁸ In this manner also (will perish) those who, in sleep imagining, defile the flesh, but contemn government, and blaspheme majesty. ⁹ Yet Mikael, chief of angels, when, with the accuser speaking, he contended on account of the body of Musha, dared not bring against him a reviling judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

⁹ Yet Mikael, chief of angels, when, with the accuser speaking, he contended on account of the body of Musha, dared not bring against him a reviling judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. ¹⁰ But these the things which they know not revile; but through those by which naturally as the beasts they are swayed, they are corrupted.

¹⁰ But these the things which they know not revile; but through those by which naturally as the beasts they are swayed, they are corrupted. ¹¹ Woe to them; for in the way of Koen they have gone, and after the error of Belam for gain they have burned, and in the rebellion of Kurach they have perished. ¹² These are they who, in their recreations contaminating, behave wantonly, feeding themselves without reverence; clouds without rain, roaming with the winds; trees whose fruit withereth, and which are unfruitful, twice dead, and uplifted from their root; ¹³ turbulent waves of the sea, which, by their foaming, manifest their shame; erring stars, unto whom the blackness of darkness that is eternal is reserved.

¹⁵ Behold, the Lord cometh, with myriads of his saints, to execute judgment upon all; and to convict all the wicked for all their deeds which they have wickedly done; and for all those obdurate words which ungodly sinners have spoken. ¹⁶ These are they who murmur and complain of every thing, while walking according to their own desires; their mouth speaking portentous things, and extolling persons for the sake of gain. ¹⁷ But you, my beloved, remember those words which before were spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, ¹⁸ who told you that in the last times there would be those who scoff, who according to their own desires go after wickedness.

²⁰ But you, my beloved, in your holy faith be edified anew, praying in the Holy Spirit, ²¹ ourselves in the love of Aloha to keep, while looking for the mercy of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha unto our eternal salvation.

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

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; 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 hath made us a priestly kingdom [Malkutho koknoitho, regnum sacerdotale.] unto Aloha and his Father; to whom be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

⁶ and hath made us a priestly kingdom [Malkutho koknoitho, regnum sacerdotale.] unto Aloha and his Father; to whom be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 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

¹⁴ But I have against thee a little,["A few things." - POLYGLOT.] because thou hast there those who hold the doctrine of Belam, who taught Balok to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat that which the sons of idols (eat), and to commit fornication.

⁴ But thou hast a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their vestments; and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

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.

⁹ And when those living-ones give glory and honour and thanks* unto Him who sitteth upon the throne, to Him who liveth for ever and ever, [* More strictly, (kubol-taibutho,) acceptance of thanks, that is, as by the divine hand.] ¹⁰ the four and twenty presbyters fell before Him who sitteth upon the throne, and worshipped Him who liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, ¹¹ Worthy art thou, O Lord, and our God the Holy One, to receive glory and honour and power; for thou hast created all, and by thy hand they are, and through thy will they were and are created.

¹³ and every creature which is in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and in the sea, and all them which are therein. And I heard him who sat upon the throne saying: To the Lamb let there be given blessing, and honour, and glory, and praise, and dominion, for ever and ever. ¹⁴ And the four living-ones said, Amen! And the presbyters fell, and worshipped.

¹⁰ And the Third angel sounded. And there fell from heaven a star burning as a lamp, and it fell upon the third of the rivers, and upon fountains of waters. ¹¹ And the name of the star is called Aphsinthos; and the third of the waters became bitterness, and many men died from the waters because they were bitter.

⁷ And there was war in heaven. And Mikoel and his angels [came - Polyglot.] to fight with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels warred.

¹¹ And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of his testimony. But they loved not their lives unto death.

⁵ And there was given him a mouth speaking great sayings and blasphemies, and authority was given him to act, MONTHS, FORTY AND TWO. ⁶ And he opened his mouth to blaspheme against Aloha, blaspheming his name, and his tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.

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. ¹¹ And I saw another beast of prey ascending from the earth; and he had two horns like those of the lamb, and he spake as the dragon.

⁵ And in their mouth falsehood was not found, for they are without spot.

¹⁰ he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of Aloha, which is mingled without sparing* in the cup of his anger. And he shall be tormented in fire and sulphur, before his holy angels and before the throne: [* Vide SCHLEUSNER, sub? (No. 2,) which is the word here incorporated into the Syrian text.] ¹¹ And the smoke of their torment for ever and ever will ascend. And they have no rest day and night who worship the beast of prey and his image.

⁴ Who shall not fear thee, Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art [good, Polyglot.] and holy and just; therefore all nations shall come and worship before thee; because thy judgments are revealed.

¹⁰ And the accuser who seduced them was cast into the lake of fire and of sulphur, as was also the beast of prey and the false prophet; and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

⁸ But the fearful, and the faithless, and sinners, and the unclean, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and servers of idols, and all liars, (shall have) their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and sulphur; which is the second death.

¹² 12 Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to every one according as is his work. ¹³ I am Olaph and Thau, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 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. ¹⁵ Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and servers of idols, and every one who loveth and maketh a lie.

²⁰ He who testifieth these saith, Yes: I come quickly. Amen. Come, Lord Jeshu.