2 Peter Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the uprightness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as privileged as ours; ² God bless you and give you perfect peace through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. ³ For his divine power has given us every requisite for life and piety, through our coming to know him who through his glory and excellence called us to him. ⁴ Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature. ⁵ For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, ⁶ knowledge with self-control, self-control with steadfastness, steadfastness with piety, ⁷ piety with a spirit of brotherhood, and the spirit of brotherhood with love. ⁸ For if you have these qualities in their fulness, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive when it comes to the understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ For whoever lacks these qualities is blind or near-sighted, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his former sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brothers, make all the greater efforts to make God's call and choice of you certain. For if you have these qualities, you will never stumble, ¹¹ for then you will be triumphantly admitted to the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ¹² Therefore I will always remind you of this, although you know it and are firmly grounded in the truth that you have. ¹³ Yet I think it right, as long as I live in my present tent, to arouse you by a reminder, ¹⁴ for I know that I must soon put it away, as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me. ¹⁵ I will also take care that after I am gone you will be able at any time to call these things to mind. ¹⁶ For they were no fictitious stories that we followed when we informed you of the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and of his coming, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷ For when he was so honored and glorified by God the Father and from the supreme glory there were borne to him such words as these: "This is my Son, my Beloved! He is my Chosen!"— ¹⁸ we heard these words borne from heaven when we were with him on that sacred mountain. ¹⁹ So we have the message of the prophets more fully guaranteed. Please pay attention to that message as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. ²⁰ You must understand this in the first place, that no prophecy in Scripture can be understood through one's own powers, ²¹ for no prophecy ever originated in the human will, but under the influence of the holy Spirit men spoke for God.

¹⁷ and a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, my Beloved! This is my Chosen."

¹⁶ The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"

¹⁸ As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was afterward called Peter, and his brother, Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

²⁴ "Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. ²⁵ And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew, and beat about that house, and it did not go down, for its foundations were on rock.

² These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James the son of Zebedee and his brother John,

²⁵ At that same time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the learned and intelligent and revealing it to children. ²⁶ Yes, I thank you, Father, for choosing to have it so. ²⁷ Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one understands the Son but the Father, nor does anyone understand the Father but the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

¹⁸ "Here is my servant whom I have selected, My beloved, who delights my heart! I will endow him with my Spirit, And he will announce a judgment to the heathen.

²² And what was sown among the thorns means the man who listens to the message, and then the worries of the time and the pleasure of being rich choke the message out, and it yields nothing.

²⁸ I tell you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the Son of Man come to reign!"

³ And Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him.

⁵ As he spoke a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, my Beloved. He is my Chosen. Listen to him!" ⁶ When the disciples heard it, they were dreadfully frightened and fell upon their faces.

³ He went out about nine o'clock and saw others standing in the bazaar with nothing to do.

⁶ About five he went out and found others standing about and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing about here all day doing nothing?'

³ As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him by themselves, and said to him, "Tell us when this is to happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age."

²⁷ For just as the lightning starts in the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

²⁶ His master answered, 'You wicked, idle slave! You knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed?

³⁴ Then the king will say to those at his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take possession of the kingdom which has been destined for you from the creation of the world.

¹⁸ And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all the heathen, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit,

¹¹ and out of the heavens came a voice: "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!"

¹ And he said to them, "I tell you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the reign of God come in its might." ² Six days after this Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him, and led them up on a high mountain, off by themselves. And his appearance underwent a change in their presence,

⁷ And a cloud came and overshadowed them, and from the cloud came a voice, "This is my Son, my Beloved. Listen to him,"

²¹ And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

³⁶ David himself, under the influence of the holy Spirit, said, " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand Until I put your enemies under your feet." '

⁴⁷ My spirit exults in God my Savior.

⁷⁰ "By the lips of his holy prophets he promised of old to do this—

⁷⁸ "Because the heart of our God is merciful, And so the day will dawn upon us from on high, ⁷⁹ To shine on men who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, And guide our feet into the way of peace."

²² and the holy Spirit came down upon him in the material shape of a dove, and there came a voice from heaven, "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!"

⁴⁷ If anyone comes to me and listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, I will show you whom he is like. ⁴⁸ He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep and laid his foundation upon the rock, and when there was a flood the torrent burst upon that house and could not shake it, because it was well built. ⁴⁹ But the man who listens to it, and does not act upon it, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The torrent burst upon it, and it collapsed at once, and the wreck of that house was complete."

¹⁵ But the seed in the good soil means those who listen to the message and keep it in good, true hearts, and yield unfailingly.

²⁸ It was about eight days after Jesus said this that he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. ²⁹ And as he was praying, the look of his face changed and his clothes turned dazzling white. ³⁰ And two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah, ³¹ and they appeared in glory and spoke of his departure which he was to go through with at Jerusalem.

³¹ and they appeared in glory and spoke of his departure which he was to go through with at Jerusalem. ³² Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but waking up they saw his glorious appearance and the two men standing by him.

³⁴ But as he said it, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were frightened as they passed under the cloud. ³⁵ And from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my Son, my Chosen! Listen to him!"

²² Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

⁴⁹ This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute'—

²⁶ Besides there is a great chasm set between you and us, so that those who want to go over from this side to you cannot, and they cannot cross from your side to us.'

²⁹ Abraham answered, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them.' ³⁰ But he said, 'No! Father Abraham, but if someone will go to them from the dead, they will repent!' ³¹ He answered, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead!' "

²² When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

¹⁹ It is by your endurance that you will win your souls.

³¹ O Simon, Simon! Satan has obtained permission to sift all of you like wheat, ³² but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And afterward you yourself must turn and strengthen your brothers." ³³ Peter said to him, "Master, I am ready to go to prison and to death with you!" ³⁴ But he said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow today before you deny three times that you know me!"

²¹ But we were hoping that he was to be the deliverer of Israel. Why, besides all this, it is three days since it happened.

⁷ He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him. ⁸ He was not the light; he came to testify to the light. ⁹ The real light, which sheds light upon everyone, was just coming into the world.

¹² But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God, ¹³ owing their birth not to nature nor to any human or physical impulse, but to God. ¹⁴ So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.

⁴² He took him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John. You shall be called Cephas"—that is, Peter, which means rock.

³⁵ The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands.

²¹ For just as the Father awakens the dead and makes them come to life, the Son makes anyone whom he chooses come to life. ²² For the Father passes judgment on no one, but he has committed the judgment entirely to the Son, ²³ so that all men may honor the Son just as much as they honor the Father. Whoever refuses to honor the Son refuses to honor the Father who sent him.

²⁶ For just as the Father is self-existent, he has given self-existence to the Son,

³⁵ He was the lamp that burned and shone, and you were ready to be gladdened for a while by his light. ³⁶ But I have higher testimony than John's, for the things that my Father has intrusted to me to accomplish, the very things that I am doing, are proof that my Father has sent me, ³⁷ and my Father who has sent me has thus borne witness to me. You have never heard his voice or seen his form,

³⁹ You pore over the Scriptures, for you think that you will find eternal life in them, and these very Scriptures testify to me,

⁴² but I know well that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

²⁷ You must not work for the food that perishes, but for that which lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has authorized him to do so."

³⁷ All that my Father gives to me will come to me, and I will never refuse anyone who comes to me,

³⁹ And the purpose of him who has sent me is this, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but should raise them to life on the Last Day.

¹² Then Jesus spoke to them again and said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not have to walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

⁴⁰ Some Pharisees who were present heard this, and they said to him, "Then are we blind too?" ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would be guilty of no sin, but as it is, you say 'We can see'; so your sin continues.

¹⁰ A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come to let them have life, and to let them have it in abundance.

¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my life for my sheep.

³⁶ do you mean to say to me whom the Father has consecrated and made his messenger to the world, 'You are blasphemous,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

²⁶ If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and wherever I am found, my servant must be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

²⁸ Father, honor your own name!" Then there came a voice from the sky, "I have honored it, and I will honor it again!" ²⁹ The crowd of bystanders heard it and said it was thunder. Others said, "It was an angel speaking to him!"

¹ Before the Passover Festival began, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father, but he had loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them to the last. ² So at supper—the devil having by this time put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son— ³ Jesus, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

³⁴ I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must love one another. ³⁵ By this they will all know that you are my disciples—by your love for one another."

⁶ Jesus said to him, "I am Way and Truth and Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

⁸ Philip said to him, "Master, let us see the Father, and it will satisfy us." ⁹ Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Let us see the Father'?

¹¹ You must believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me, or else you must believe because of the things themselves.

² Any branch of mine that does not bear fruit he trims away, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit, to make it bear more.

⁶ Anyone who does not remain united to me is thrown away like a branch and withers up, and they gather them and throw them into the fire and burn them. ⁷ If you remain united to me and my words remain in your hearts, ask for whatever you please and you shall have it. ⁸ When you are very fruitful and show yourselves to be disciples of mine, my Father is honored.

² just as you have done in giving him power over all mankind, so that he may give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

² just as you have done in giving him power over all mankind, so that he may give eternal life to all whom you have given him. ³ And eternal life means knowing you as the only true God, and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

³ And eternal life means knowing you as the only true God, and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

²¹ Let them all be one. Just as you, Father, are in union with me and I am with you, let them be in union with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

¹⁷ Jesus said to her, "You must not cling to me, for I have not yet gone up to my Father, but go to my brothers and say to them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

²¹ Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you! Just as my Father sent me forth so I now send you."

¹⁵ When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than these others are?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs!" ¹⁶ Again Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you devoted to me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep!" ¹⁷ Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep! ¹⁸ I tell you, when you were young, you used to put on your own girdle and go where you pleased, but when you grow old, you will stretch our your hands and someone else will put a girdle on you and take you where you have no wish to go" ¹⁹ He said this to show the kind of death by which Peter was to honor God; and after he had said it he said to Peter, "Follow me!"

¹⁶ "Brothers, the prediction of the Scriptures had to come true that the holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide for the men that arrested Jesus—

¹⁸ it was in this way that God fulfilled what he by all the prophets foretold that his Christ must suffer.

⁸ And God who knows men's hearts testified for them by giving them the holy Spirit just as he had done to us, ⁹ making no difference between us and them, but cleansing their hearts by faith.

¹⁴ Symeon has told how God first showed an interest in taking from among the heathen a people to bear his name.

²⁹ that you avoid whatever has been sacrificed to idols, the tasting of blood and of the meat of animals that have been strangled, and immorality. Keep yourselves free from these things and you will get on well. Goodbye."

⁵ So the churches became stronger and stronger in the faith, and their numbers increased from day to day.

¹¹ The Jews there were more high-minded than those at Thessalonica, and received the message with great eagerness and studied the Scriptures every day, to find out whether it was true.

²⁴ But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor. ²⁵ Now I know perfectly well that none of you among whom I went about preaching the Kingdom of God will ever see my face again.

²⁵ Now I know perfectly well that none of you among whom I went about preaching the Kingdom of God will ever see my face again.

²⁵ But as he talked of uprightness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became alarmed, and said, "You may go for the present. I will find time later to send for you."

²⁵ As they could not agree among themselves, they started to leave, when Paul added one last word. "The holy Spirit put it finely," he said, "when it said to your forefathers through the prophet Isaiah,

¹ Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to declare God's good news,

⁴ and decisively declared Son of God in his holiness of spirit, by being raised from the dead—Jesus Christ our Lord,

⁷ to all those in Rome whom God loves, who are called to be his people; God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

¹² in other words, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith.

¹⁷ In it God's way of uprightness is disclosed through faith and for faith, just as the Scripture says, "The upright will have life because of his faith."

⁷ Those who by persistently doing right strive for glory, honor, and immortality will have eternal life,

²¹ But now God's way of uprightness has been disclosed without any reference to law, though the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it. ²² It is God's way of uprightness and comes through having faith in Jesus Christ, and it is for all who have faith, without distinction. ²³ For all men sin and come short of the glory of God, ²⁴ but by his mercy they are made upright for nothing, by the deliverance secured through Christ Jesus. ²⁵ For God showed him publicly dying as a sacrifice of reconciliation to be taken advantage of through faith. This was to vindicate his own justice (for in his forbearance, God passed over men's former sins)— ²⁶ to vindicate his justice at the present time, and show that he is upright himself, and that he makes those who have faith in Jesus upright also.

³ More than that, we ought to glory in our troubles, for we know that trouble produces endurance, ⁴ and endurance, character, and character, hope,

¹ Then what shall we conclude? Are we to continue to sin to increase the spread of mercy? ² Certainly not! When we have died to sin, how can we live in it any longer? ³ Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into union with Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death? ⁴ Through baptism we have been buried with him in death, so that just as he was raised from the dead through the Father's glory, we too may live a new life.

⁶ for we know that our old self was crucified with him, to do away with our sinful body, so that we might not be enslaved to sin any longer,

¹¹ So you also must think of yourselves as dead to sin but alive to God, through union with Christ Jesus.

²⁵ But when we hope for something that we do not see, we wait persistently for it.

²⁸ We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good.

²⁸ We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good. ²⁹ For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers;

²⁹ For those whom he had marked out from the first he predestined to be made like his Son, so that he should be the eldest of many brothers; ³⁰ and those whom he has predestined he calls, and those whom he calls he makes upright, and those whom he makes upright he glorifies.

³⁰ and those whom he has predestined he calls, and those whom he calls he makes upright, and those whom he makes upright he glorifies. ³¹ Then what shall we conclude from this? If God is for us, who can be against us? ³² Will not he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, with that gift give us everything?

⁴ For they are Israelites, and to them belong the rights of sonship, God's glorious presence, the divine agreements and legislation, the Temple service, the promises,

²⁴ including us whom he has called not only from among the Jews but from among the heathen?

⁶ We have gifts that differ with the favor that God has shown us, whether it is that of preaching, differing with the measure of our faith,

¹⁰ Be affectionate in your love for the brotherhood, eager to show one another honor, ¹¹ not wanting in devotion, but on fire with the Spirit. Serve the Lord.

¹¹ All this especially, because you know this critical time and that it is time for you to wake from your sleep, for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

⁴ For everything that was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that by being steadfast and through the encouragement the Scriptures give, we might hold our hope fast.

⁶ that you may praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with one accord and one voice.

¹⁴ For my part, as far as you are concerned, my brothers, I am convinced that you are already full of goodness of heart, endowed with perfect knowledge, and well qualified to instruct one another. ¹⁵ But, just to refresh your memories, I have written you pretty boldly on some points, because of the favor God has shown me

⁷ and there is no gift that you lack even while you are waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to reappear,

⁹ God can be depended on, and it was he who called you to this fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁷ For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news—but not with fine language, or the cross of Christ might seem an empty thing.

²³ but we proclaim a Christ who was crucified—an idea that is revolting to Jews and absurd to the heathen,

³⁰ But you are his children, through your union with Christ Jesus, whom God has made our wisdom—our uprightness and consecration and redemption,

¹ So when I came to you, brothers, I did not come and tell you the secret purpose of God in superior, philosophical language,

⁴ and my teaching and message were not put in plausible, philosophical language, but they were attended with convincing spiritual power,

²¹ So no one should boast about men. For it all belongs to you— ²² Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, the future—all of it belongs to you. ²³ But you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

⁴ and meeting with you, in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, by the authority of our Lord Jesus

¹ Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the product of my work in the Lord's service?

²⁵ Any man who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training, to win a wreath that will soon wither, but the one we compete for will never wither.

¹ I will show you a far better way. If I can speak the languages of men and even of angels, but have no love, I am only a noisy gong or a clashing cymbal. ² If I am inspired to preach and know all the secret truths and possess all knowledge, and if I have such perfect faith that I can move mountains, but have no love, I am nothing. ³ Even if I give away everything I own, and give myself up, but do it in pride, not love, it does me no good. ⁴ Love is patient and kind. Love is not envious or boastful. It does not put on airs. ⁵ It is not rude. It does not insist on its rights. It does not become angry. It is not resentful. ⁶ It is not happy over injustice, it is only happy with truth. ⁷ It will bear anything, believe anything, hope for anything, endure anything. ⁸ Love will never die out. If there is inspired preaching, it will pass away. If there is ecstatic speaking, it will cease. If there is knowledge, it will pass away.

²⁰ Brothers, you must not be children mentally. In evil be babies, but mentally be mature.

⁹ For I am the least important of the apostles, and am not fit to be called an apostle, because I once persecuted God's church.

⁵⁸ So my dear brothers, be firm and unmoved, and always devote yourselves to the Lord's work, for you know that through the Lord your labor is not thrown away.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father, and the God always ready to comfort!

²⁰ for to all the promises of God he supplies the "Yes" that confirms them. That is why we utter the "Amen" through him, when we give glory to God.

¹⁷ For I am no peddler of God's message, like most men, but like a man of sincerity, commissioned by God and in his presence, in union with Christ I utter his message.

¹⁸ And all of us, reflecting the splendor of the Lord in our unveiled faces, are being changed into likeness to him, from one degree of splendor to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

² I disown disgraceful, underhanded ways. I refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's message. It is by the open statement of the truth that I would commend myself to every human conscience in the sight of God. ³ If the meaning of my preaching of the good news is veiled at all, it is so only in the case of those who are on the way to destruction. ⁴ In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.

⁴ In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them. ⁵ For it is not myself but Christ Jesus that I am proclaiming as Lord; I am only a slave of yours for Jesus' sake. ⁶ For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, that is on the face of Christ.

⁶ For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, that is on the face of Christ.

¹³ In the same spirit of faith as his who said, "I believed, and so I spoke," I too believe, and so I speak,

¹ For I know that if this earthly tent that I live in is taken down, God will provide me a building in heaven to live in, not built by human hands but eternal.

¹ For I know that if this earthly tent that I live in is taken down, God will provide me a building in heaven to live in, not built by human hands but eternal. ² This makes me sigh with longing to put on my heavenly dwelling, ³ for if I do, I shall never find myself disembodied. ⁴ For I who am still in my tent sigh with anxiety, because I do not want to be stripped of it, but to put on the other over it, so that what is only mortal may be absorbed in life.

⁸ yet I am confident, and I prefer to leave my home in the body and make my home with the Lord.

¹³ For if I was out of my senses, as they say, it was between God and me; and if I am in my right mind, it is for your good. ¹⁴ It is Christ's love that controls me, for I have become convinced that as one has died for all, all have died, ¹⁵ and he died for all that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again. ¹⁶ So from that time on, I have estimated nobody at what he seemed to be outwardly; even though I once estimated Christ in that way, I no longer do so. ¹⁷ So if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new being; the old state of things has passed away; there is a new state of things.

²¹ He made him who knew nothing of sin to be sin, for our sake, so that through union with him we might become God's uprightness.

⁴ On the contrary, as a servant of God I try in every way to commend myself to them, through my great endurance in troubles, difficulties, hardships,

¹⁷ Therefore, "Come out from them, And separate from them, says the Lord, And touch nothing that is unclean. Then I will welcome you,

² for in spite of a severe ordeal of trouble, their extraordinary gladness, combined with their extreme poverty, has overflowed in a wealth of generosity.

⁷ Just as you excel in everything else—faith, expression, knowledge, perfect devotion, and the love we have awakened in you—you must excel in this generous undertaking too.

¹⁴ then they will long for you and pray for you, because of the extraordinary favor God has shown you.

³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is forever blessed, knows that I am telling the truth.

⁹ and he said to me, "My favor is enough for you, for only where there is weakness is perfect strength developed." So I am perfectly willing to boast of all my weakness, so that the strength of Christ may shelter me.

¹⁶ But granting that I did not burden you myself, I was clever about it, you say, and took you in by a trick. ¹⁷ Yet did I make anything out of you by anybody that I sent to you?

⁵ It is yourselves you must test, to see whether you are holding to the faith. It is yourselves you must examine. Do you not know that Jesus Christ is within you? Unless you fail to stand the test!

⁸ for he who actuated Peter to be an apostle to the Jews also actuated me to be one to the heathen—

¹⁶ Now the promises were made to Abraham and his line. It does not say, "and to your lines," in the plural, but in the singular, "and to your line," that is, Christ.

⁶ For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.

¹³ For you, brothers, have been called to freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for the physical, but in love be slaves to one another.

²³ gentleness, self-control. There is no law against such things!

⁸ The man who sows to gratify his physical cravings will reap destruction from them, and the man who sows to benefit the spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

¹⁰ So then whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who belong to the family of the faith.

¹⁷ The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, grant you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation through the knowledge of himself, ¹⁸ enlightening the eyes of your mind so that you may know what the hope is to which he calls you, and how gloriously rich his inheritance is among God's people, ¹⁹ and how surpassingly great his power is for us who believe; like the mighty strength ²⁰ he exerted in raising Christ from the dead, and seating him at his right hand in heaven, ²¹ far above all hierarchies, authorities, powers, and dominions, and all titles that can be bestowed not only in this world but in the world to come.

⁵ (which in past ages was not disclosed to mankind as fully as it has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets)

²⁰ To him who by the exertion of his power within us can do unutterably more than all we ask or imagine,

¹ So I, the prisoner for the Lord's sake, appeal to you to live lives worthy of the summons you have received;

⁴ There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope that belongs to the summons you received. ⁵ There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

¹¹ And he has given us some men as apostles, some as prophets, some as missionaries, some as pastors and teachers,

¹⁴ We must not be babies any longer, blown about and swung around by every wind of doctrine through the trickery of men with their ingenuity in inventing error.

²³ You must adopt a new attitude of mind, ²⁴ and put on the new self which has been created in likeness to God, with all the uprightness and holiness that belong to the truth.

⁷ Therefore have nothing to do with them. ⁸ For once you were sheer darkness, but now, as Christians, you are light itself. You must live like children of light,

¹⁷ So do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

²⁶ to consecrate her, after cleansing her with the bath in water through her confession of him,

⁹ And it is my prayer that your love may grow richer and richer in knowledge and perfect insight,

²⁹ For you have been granted the privilege not only of trusting in Christ but of suffering for him.

⁵ Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

¹² So, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient, with reverence and awe make every effort to insure your salvation, not simply as though I were with you, but all the more because I am away.

¹ Now, my brothers, goodbye, and the Lord be with you. I do not mind writing the same thing over and over to you; it is necessary for your safety.

⁸ Why, I count everything as loss compared with the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything, and think it rubbish, in order to gain Christ ⁹ and be known to be united to him, with any uprightness I may have not based on law but coming through faith in Christ—the uprightness that comes from God through faith.

²¹ He will make our poor bodies over to resemble his glorious body, by exerting the power he has to subject everything to himself.

⁸ Now, brothers, let your minds dwell on what is true, what is worthy, what is right, what is pure, what is amiable, what is kindly—on everything that is excellent or praiseworthy.

⁹ That is why, from the day I first heard of it, I have never given up praying for you and asking God to fill you, through full spiritual wisdom and insight, with a clear knowledge of what his will is,

¹¹ Then, so mighty is his majesty, he will nerve you perfectly with strength for the cheerful exercise of endurance and forbearance in every situation,

¹⁶ for it was through him that everything was created in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, angelic thrones, dominions, principalities, authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

³ that divine mystery in which all treasures of wisdom and knowledge are to be found.

⁷ You must be rooted and built up in him and made strong in faith, just as you were taught to be, overflowing with it in your gratitude.

¹⁰ and have put on that new self newly made in the likeness of its Creator, to know him fully.

¹⁴ And over all these put on love, which completes them and fastens them all together.

¹⁶ Let the message of Christ live in your hearts in all its wealth of wisdom. Teach it to one another and train one another in it with thankfulness, with psalms, hymns, and sacred songs, and sing to God with all your hearts.

³ for we can never forget before our God and Father your energetic faith, your loving service, and your unwavering expectation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ for we can never forget before our God and Father your energetic faith, your loving service, and your unwavering expectation of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ For we know, brothers whom God so loves, that he has chosen you,

¹² to make your lives worthy of God who invites you into his kingdom and his glory.

¹⁹ For what hope or happiness shall we have or what prize to be proud of in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes, except you?

¹² May the Lord make your love for one another and for all men wide and full like my love for you,

¹ Now, brothers, we ask and entreat you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, to live as you learned from us that you must live, to please God—as indeed you are doing, only do it more and more.

⁷ God has not called us to an unclean life, but to a pure one.

⁹ You do not need to have anyone write to you about brotherly love, for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another, ¹⁰ and you are doing it to all the brothers all over Macedonia. But we do entreat you, brothers, to surpass yourselves

¹⁵ Take care that none of you ever pays back evil for evil, but always try to treat one another and everybody with kindness.

³ We always have to thank God for you, brothers, as it is right that we should, because your faith is growing so wonderfully and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. ⁴ As a result, we ourselves speak of you with pride in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in the face of all the persecutions and troubles you are having to endure.

⁹ The other's appearance, by the contrivance of Satan, will be full of power and pretended signs and wonders,

¹³ We always have to thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord so loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved through consecration by the Spirit and through faith in the truth, ¹⁴ and called you to it through our preaching of the good news, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ and called you to it through our preaching of the good news, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ May the Lord guide your hearts into a sense of God's love and into a steadfastness like Christ's.

⁴ nor to devote themselves to fictions and interminable pedigrees; such things lead to controversy instead of the divine system which operates through faith.

⁹ with the understanding that law is not intended for upright men but for the lawless and disorderly, the godless and irreligious, the irreverent and profane, men who kill their fathers or mothers, murderers,

² for emperors and all who are in authority, so that we may live tranquil, quiet lives, with perfect piety and probity.

¹⁰ but, as is appropriate for women who profess to be religious, with good actions.

¹⁶ No one can deny the profundity of the divine truth of our religion! "He was revealed in flesh, He was vindicated by the Spirit, He was seen by the angels, He was proclaimed among the heathen, He was believed in throughout the world, He was taken up into glory."

⁶ If you point this out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, living on the principles of the faith and the excellent teaching you have had. ⁷ But let worldly fictions and old wives' tales alone. Train yourself for the religious life.

⁷ But let worldly fictions and old wives' tales alone. Train yourself for the religious life. ⁸ Physical training is of some service, but religion is of service in every way, for it carries with it the promise of life here and hereafter.

⁸ Physical training is of some service, but religion is of service in every way, for it carries with it the promise of life here and hereafter.

¹³ Besides, as they go about from house to house they learn to be idle, and not only idle but gossips and busybodies, and talk of things they ought not to mention.

³ Anyone who teaches different views and does not agree with the wholesome instruction which comes from our Lord Jesus Christ, and with religious teaching

⁶ And religion with contentment is a great means of gain.

¹¹ But you, man of God, must fly from these things. Strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

⁵ of being reminded of your genuine faith, a faith that was seen first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice; I am sure it is in you also. ⁶ For this reason I would remind you to rekindle the divine gift that you received when I laid my hands upon you.

⁹ He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus,

² The things you learned from me before many witnesses you must commit to trustworthy men who will be capable of teaching others.

¹⁹ Yet God's solid foundation stands unshaken, bearing this inscription, "The Lord knows those who belong to him," and "Everyone who uses the name of the Lord must give up evil."

⁵ keeping up the forms of religion, but resisting its influence. Avoid such people.

¹⁵ and how from childhood you have known the Scriptures which can give you the wisdom that through faith in Christ Jesus leads to salvation. ¹⁶ All Scripture is divinely inspired, and useful in teaching, in reproof, in correcting faults, and in training in uprightness, ¹⁷ so that the man of God will be adequate, and equipped for any good work.

⁶ My life is already being poured out, and the time has come for my departure.

⁸ Now the crown of uprightness awaits me, which the Lord, the upright judge, will award me on that Day, and not only me but also all who have loved and hoped for his appearing.

¹ Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to arouse faith in those whom God has chosen, and the comprehension of religious truth,

⁴ to Titus, my true child in our common faith; God our Father and Christ Jesus our Savior bless you and give you peace.

⁸ but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sensible, upright, of holy life, self-controlled,

¹⁴ and not study Jewish fictions or commands given by men who reject the truth.

² Teach the older men to be temperate, serious, and sensible—men of vigorous faith, love, and steadfastness.

¹³ while we wait for the fulfilment of our blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ He gave himself for us, to free us from all wickedness and purify for himself a people of his own, eager to do right.

¹⁴ Have our people learn to make it their business to do good, so as to meet these pressing demands and not live unfruitful lives.

⁶ and I pray that through coming to know every good thing about us as Christians they may effectually share your faith.

³ He is the reflection of God's glory, and the representation of his being, and bears up the universe by his mighty word. He has effected man's purification from sin, and has taken his seat on high at the right hand of God's Majesty,

⁷ Therefore, as the holy Spirit says, "If you hear his voice today,

¹¹ But we want each of you to exhibit this same earnestness to the very end with regard to your confidence in your hope, ¹² so that you may never grow careless, but may learn to follow the example of those who through their faith and endurance are the possessors of God's promises.

¹⁵ And so after waiting patiently, he received what God had promised him.

¹⁷ Therefore, God in his desire to make it perfectly clear to those to whom he made his promise, that his purpose was unalterable, bound himself with an oath,

¹⁹ This hope is like an anchor for our souls. It reaches up secure and strong into the sanctuary behind the heavenly curtain,

⁶ But, as it is, the priestly service to which Christ has been appointed is as much better than the old as the agreement established by him and the promises on which it is based are superior to the former ones. ⁷ For if that first agreement had been perfect, there would have been no occasion for a second one. ⁸ But in his dissatisfaction with them he says, " 'See! the time is coming,' says the Lord, 'When I will conclude a new agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, ⁹ Not like the one that I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt, For they would not abide by their agreement with me, So I paid no attention to them,' says the Lord. ¹⁰ 'For this is the agreement that I will make with the house of Israel, In those later days,' says the Lord; 'I will put my laws into their minds, And write them on their hearts, And they will have me for their God, And I will have them for my people. ¹¹ And they will not have to teach their townsmen and their brothers to know the Lord, For they will all know me, From the lowest to the highest. ¹² For I will be merciful to their misdeeds, And I will no longer remember their sins.' "

⁸ In all this the holy Spirit was seeking to show that there was no free access to the sanctuary while the outer tent was still standing.

¹⁴ how much more surely will the blood of the Christ, who with the eternal Spirit made himself an unblemished offering to God, purify our consciences from the old wrongdoing for the worship of the everliving God? ¹⁵ And this is why he is the negotiator of a new agreement, in order that as someone has died to deliver them from the offenses committed under the old agreement, those who have been offered it may receive the unending inheritance they have been promised.

¹⁵ And we have the testimony of the holy Spirit to this, for after saying,

³² But you must remember those early days when after you had received the light you had to go through a great struggle with persecution,

³⁶ but you will need endurance if you are to carry out God's will and receive the blessing he has promised.

⁴ Faith made Abel's sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain's; through faith he gained God's approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke.

⁶ but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

¹ Therefore, let us too, with such a crowd of witnesses about us, throw off every impediment and the entanglement of sin, and run with determination the race for which we are entered,

¹⁰ For they disciplined us for a short time and as they thought proper, but he does it for our good, to make us share his holiness.

¹⁵ Be careful that no one fails to gain God's favor, or some poisonous root may come up to trouble and contaminate you all—

¹ Your love for the brotherhood must continue.

³ Remember those who are in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated as being yourselves liable to the same trials.

⁹ You must not be carried away with strange varieties of teaching. The true way to steadfastness of heart is through God's mercy, not through scruples about food, which have never done their adherents any good.

³ for you know that the testing of your faith leads to steadfastness,

³ for you know that the testing of your faith leads to steadfastness, ⁴ and steadfastness must have full play, so that you may be fully and perfectly developed without any defects.

⁸ If you really obey the supreme law where the Scripture says, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right,

¹⁴ My brothers, what is the good of a man's saying he has faith, if he has no good deeds to show? Can faith save him? ¹⁵ If some brother or sister has no clothes and has not food enough for a day, ¹⁶ and one of you says to them, "Goodbye, keep warm and have plenty to eat," without giving them the necessaries of life, what good does it do? ¹⁷ So faith by itself, if it has no good deeds to show, is dead. ¹⁸ But someone may say, "You have faith, and I good deeds." Show me your faith without any good deeds, and I will show you my faith by my good deeds. ¹⁹ Do you believe in one God? Very well! So do the demons, and they shudder. ²⁰ But do you want proof, my senseless friend, that faith without good deeds amounts to nothing? ²¹ Was not our forefather Abraham made upright for his good deeds, for offering his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You see that in his case faith and good deeds worked together; faith found its highest expression in good deeds, ²³ and so the Scripture came true that says, "Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as uprightness, and he was called God's friend." ²⁴ You see a man is made upright by his good deeds and not simply by having faith. ²⁵ Was not even Rahab the prostitute made upright for her good deeds, in entertaining the scouts and sending them off by a different road? ²⁶ Just as the body without the spirit is dead, faith is dead without good deeds.

¹ What causes wars and fights among you? Is it not your cravings, which are at war within your bodies? ² You crave things, and cannot have them, and so you commit murder. You covet things, and cannot get them, and so you quarrel and fight. You do not have things because you do not ask for them. ³ You ask and fail to get them because you ask with wrong motives, to spend them on your pleasures.

⁷ So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer has to wait for the precious crop from the ground, and be patient with it, until it gets the early and the late rains. ⁸ You must have patience too; you must keep up your courage, for the coming of the Lord is close at hand. ⁹ Do not complain of one another, brothers, or you will be judged. The judge is standing right at the door! ¹⁰ As an example, brothers, of ill-treatment patiently endured, take the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord.

¹ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who are scattered as foreigners over Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, ² whom God the Father has chosen and predestined by the consecration of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ, and to be sprinkled with his blood; God bless you and give you perfect peace.

⁵ and you by God's power are being protected through faith to receive a salvation that is now ready to be disclosed at the last time.

⁷ they are to show that your faith when tested is found to be more precious than gold, which though it is perishable is tested with fire, and they will bring you praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

¹⁰ About this salvation the prophets who prophesied of the blessing that was destined for you made the most careful investigation, ¹¹ trying to learn for what possible time the spirit of Christ within them in predicting the sufferings destined for Christ intended them and the glories that were to follow them.

¹⁵ but like the holy Being who has called you, you must also prove holy in all your conduct,

²² Now that by obeying the truth you have purified your souls for sincere love of the brotherhood, you must love one another intensely and heartily,

⁷ It is you, therefore, who believe who see its value, but for men who do not believe, "The stone which the builders refused has been made a cornerstone,"

⁹ But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, his own people, so that you may declare the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his wonderful light;

¹⁷ Treat everyone with respect. Love the brotherhood, be reverent to God, respect the emperor.

²¹ That is the life to which you have been called, for Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow his footsteps.

⁷ You married men also must be considerate in living with your wives. You must show deference to women as the weaker sex, sharing the gift of life with you, so that there may be nothing to interfere with your prayers. ⁸ Finally, you must all be harmonious, sympathizing, loving, tender-hearted, modest, ⁹ not returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse. You must bless people instead. It is for this that you were called—to obtain blessing.

²¹ Baptism, which corresponds to it, now saves you also (not as the mere removing of physical stain, but as the craving for a conscience right with God)—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

² and no longer lives by what men desire, but for the rest of his earthly life by what God wills. ³ You have spent time enough in the past in doing as the heathen like to do, indulging in sensuality, passion, drunkenness, carousing, dissipation, and detestable idolatry.

¹ I appeal therefore to those who are elders among you; I am their brother-elder and a witness to what the Christ suffered, and I am to share in the glory that is to be revealed—

¹⁰ And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.

¹² By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I think him, I have written you this short letter to encourage you and bear my testimony that this is what the true mercy of God means. Stand fast in it.

¹ Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the uprightness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as privileged as ours; ² God bless you and give you perfect peace through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

² God bless you and give you perfect peace through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. ³ For his divine power has given us every requisite for life and piety, through our coming to know him who through his glory and excellence called us to him.

³ For his divine power has given us every requisite for life and piety, through our coming to know him who through his glory and excellence called us to him. ⁴ Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature.

⁴ Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature. ⁵ For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

⁵ For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, ⁶ knowledge with self-control, self-control with steadfastness, steadfastness with piety, ⁷ piety with a spirit of brotherhood, and the spirit of brotherhood with love. ⁸ For if you have these qualities in their fulness, they will make you neither idle nor unproductive when it comes to the understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ Therefore, brothers, make all the greater efforts to make God's call and choice of you certain. For if you have these qualities, you will never stumble,

¹² Therefore I will always remind you of this, although you know it and are firmly grounded in the truth that you have. ¹³ Yet I think it right, as long as I live in my present tent, to arouse you by a reminder, ¹⁴ for I know that I must soon put it away, as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me. ¹⁵ I will also take care that after I am gone you will be able at any time to call these things to mind.

¹⁸ They utter arrogant nonsense and use physical cravings to lure into immorality men who are just escaping from among those who live in error; ¹⁹ promising them freedom when they are themselves slaves of destruction; for a man is the slave of whatever overcomes him. ²⁰ For if after men have escaped the corrupting influences of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome by them, their final condition is worse than their former one.

²⁰ For if after men have escaped the corrupting influences of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome by them, their final condition is worse than their former one.

¹ This is the second letter, dear friends, that I have now written to you, in the effort to arouse your unsullied minds

³ First of all, you must understand this, that in the last days mockers will come with their mockeries, going where their passions lead

³ First of all, you must understand this, that in the last days mockers will come with their mockeries, going where their passions lead ⁴ and saying, "Where is his promised coming? For ever since our forefathers fell asleep everything has remained as it was from the beginning of creation!"

¹¹ If all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,

¹⁴ Therefore, dear friends, while waiting for this, make every effort to be found by him unstained, irreproachable, and at peace.

¹⁷ So you, dear friends, now that you are forewarned, must be on your guard against being led away by the errors of unprincipled men and losing your present firmness. ¹⁸ You must grow in the blessing and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to him now and forever.

¹ It is what existed from the beginning, that we announce; what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, and touched with our hands; it is the very message of life— ² for life has been revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it and announce to you that eternal life that was with the Father and has been revealed to us— ³ it is what we have seen and heard that we announce to you also, so that you may share our fellowship, for our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ,

⁷ But if we live in the light, just as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.

⁹ Whoever says, "I am in the light," and yet hates his brother, is still in darkness. ¹⁰ Whoever loves his brother is always in the light and puts no hindrance in anyone's way. ¹¹ But whoever hates his brother is in darkness, and is living in darkness, and he does not know where he is going, for the darkness has blinded his eyes.

¹⁵ Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone loves the world, there is no love for the Father in his heart, ¹⁶ for all that there is in the world, the things that our physical nature and our eyes crave, and the proud display of life—these do not come from the Father, but from the world;

²¹ I do not write to you because you do not know it, but because you do know it, and because no lie can come from the truth.

²⁵ And what he himself has promised us is eternal life.

² Dear friends, we are God's children now; it has not yet been disclosed what we are to be. We know that if he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love is still in death.

¹⁶ We know what love means from the fact that he laid down his life for us; so we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

¹⁹ From that we can be sure that we are on the side of the truth, and satisfy our consciences in God's sight, ²⁰ if they condemn us for anything, for God is greater than our consciences, and he knows all. ²¹ Dear friends, if our consciences do not condemn us, we approach God with confidence,

¹⁴ We have seen and can testify that the Father has sent the Son to be Savior of the world.

²¹ This is the command that we get from him, that whoever loves God must love his brother also.

¹⁰ Whoever believes in the Son of God possesses that testimony in his heart. Anyone who will not believe God has made him a liar, for he has refused to believe the testimony that God has borne to his Son.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us power to recognize him who is true; and we are in union with him who is true, through his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. ²¹ Dear children, keep away from idols.

² because of the truth that stays in our hearts and will be with us forever; ³ blessing, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father and Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, in truth and love.

⁶ they have testified before the church to your love. Please see them off on their journey in a way appropriate to God's service.

¹ Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and the brother of James, to those who have been called, who are dear to God the Father and have been kept through union with Jesus Christ; ² may mercy, peace, and love be granted you in abundance. ³ Dear friends, I was just on the point of writing to you about our common salvation, when it became necessary for me to write and appeal to you to come to the defense of the faith that has once for all been intrusted to God's people.

⁵ Now I want to remind you, though you know it all already, that he who brought the people safely out of the land of Egypt afterward destroyed the ones who did not believe,

¹⁴ Of them also Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, "See! The Lord comes with his holy myriads

¹⁷ But you, dear friends, must remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁴ John to the seven churches in Asia, blessing and peace to you from him who is and was and is coming, and from the seven spirits before his throne,

⁷ See! He is coming on the clouds, and every eye will see him, even the men who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will lament over him. So it is to be, Amen.

⁹ I, John, your brother and companion in the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance that Jesus brings, found myself on the island called Patmos, for uttering God's message and testifying to Jesus.

² I know what you have done; your hard work and your endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, and that you have tested those who claimed to be apostles when they were not, and have found them to be impostors.

²⁸ and I will give him the morning star.

¹⁰ Because you have kept in mind the message of what I endured, I also will keep you safe in the time of testing that is going to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth. ¹¹ I am coming soon. Keep hold of what you have, so that no one may deprive you of your crown.

¹⁷ Because you say, "I am rich, I have become wealthy, I need nothing," and you do not know that it is you that are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked,

²¹ I will permit him who is victorious to take his seat beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and taken my seat beside my Father on his throne.

¹⁰ and have made them a kingdom of priests for our God, and they are to reign over the earth."

¹⁰ Whoever is destined for captivity will go into captivity; whoever kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. On this fact rests the endurance and fidelity of God's people.

¹² On this fact rests the endurance of God's people, who obey God's commands and cling to their faith in Jesus.

¹⁰ I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."

¹⁴ Blessed are those who wash their robes, so as to have the right to approach the tree of life and to enter the gates of the city.

¹⁶ "I, Jesus, sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am of the line and family of David, I am the bright morning star."