Philippians 1 Cross References - Haweis

¹ PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: ² grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ I give thanks to my God on every remembrance of you, ⁴ always in every prayer of mine for you all, making request with joy, ⁵ for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day even until now; ⁶ being confident of this very thing, that he who hath wrought in you the good work will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ: ⁷ as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I bear you on my heart, both in my bonds and in my defence and the confirmation of the gospel, as being all of you sharers in my grace. ⁸ For God is my witness, how earnestly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. ⁹ And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding; ¹⁰ that ye may prove the things that are excellent, in order that ye may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ; ¹¹ filled with fruits of righteousness, which by Jesus Christ are to the glory and praise of God. ¹² Now I wish you, brethren, to know, that the things which have befallen me have rather conduced to the progress of the gospel; ¹³ so that my bonds are manifest in Christ through the whole palace, and all other places; ¹⁴ and very many of our brethren in the Lord, assuming confidence from my chains, are more abundantly bold, fearlessly to preach the word. ¹⁵ Some indeed do it in a spirit of envy and strife; but some also preach Christ with cordial good-will: ¹⁶ the one indeed preach Christ out of contention, not with purity of intention, thinking to add affliction to my bonds: ¹⁷ but the others of love, knowing that I am exposed for the defence of the gospel. ¹⁸ What then? if Christ is preached in whatever manner it be, whether in pretext or reality, even in this do I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. ¹⁹ For I know that this shall issue in my salvation through your prayers, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, ²⁰ according to my firm expectation and hope, that I shall be confounded by no event, but that with all boldness, as always hitherto, Christ shall now also be magnified in my body, whether by my life or death. ²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²² But if it be his will, that I should live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my travail: and what to chuse I know not. ²³ For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, far better: ²⁴ but to abide in the flesh may be more necessary for you. ²⁵ And being so persuaded, I know that I shall stay and continue with you all for your progress and joy of faith; ²⁶ that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus for me by my coming again unto you. ²⁷ Only conduct yourselves worthily as becometh the gospel of Christ; that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul wrestling together in the faith of the gospel; ²⁸ and not dismayed on any occasion by your adversaries; which is indeed the proof of perdition to them, but of salvation to you, and that from God. ²⁹ For this favour on the part of Christ is granted you, not only that ye should believe on him, but also that ye should suffer for his sake; ³⁰ experiencing the same conflict which ye have seen in me, and now hear to be in me.

³⁴ As a man going abroad, when he left his abode, and gave his servants authority, and to each his work, commanded also the porter to watch.

²⁶ If a man will be my servant, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my servant be: and if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

²⁰ For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let there be no man to dwell in it: and his office, as bishop, let another take.

¹ NOW in those days, when the disciples were multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian proselytes against the Hebrews, because their widows were overlooked in the daily distribution. ² Then the twelve assembling the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not fit that we should leave the word of God, to make distribution to the tables. ³ Therefore, brethren, do ye look out for seven men from among yourselves, the best approved, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint to superintend this business. ⁴ But we will devote ourselves constantly to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. ⁵ And this saying was very agreeable to all the multitude: and they elected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicholas a proselyte a man of Antioch: ⁶ whom they presented before the apostles: and having prayed, they laid their hands upon them. ⁷ And the word of God increased: and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was multiplied greatly; and a vast body of the priests were obedient to the faith.

¹³ But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how many evils he hath inflicted on thy saints at Jerusalem:

¹ THEN he came to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold! a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman, who believed; but his father was a Greek: ² who was highly spoken of by the brethren at Lystra and Iconium. ³ Him Paul resolved to take out with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places: for they all knew his father, that he was a Greek.

¹² and from thence to Philippi, which is the first city in that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we abode in that city some days. ¹³ And on the sabbath-day we went forth out of the city to the river side, where an oratory was by custom established; and sitting down, we spoke to the women who there assembled. ¹⁴ And a certain woman, Lydia by name, a seller of purple, from the city of Thyatira, a worshipper of God, hearkened: whose heart the Lord thoroughly opened, to attend to the words spoken by Paul. ¹⁵ So when she was baptised, and her house, she entreated, saying, Since ye have judged that I am faithful to the Lord, come and abide at my house. And she constrained us.

²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed as shepherds the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.

¹ PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God,

⁷ To all that are at Rome, beloved of God, called saints, grace unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ PAUL, a called apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes a brother, ² to the church of God which is at Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus, to the called saints, with all those who invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both their's and our's:

¹⁰ But if Timothy come, see that he may be among you without fear: for he worketh the Lord's work, as I also do.

¹ PAUL an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy a brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:

¹ PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

¹⁵ For this cause I also, since I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love ye have to all saints,

¹ PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy a brother, ² to the saints at Colosse, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ: grace unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

² But though we had suffered before, and were infamously treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to preach unto you the gospel of God amidst a great conflict.

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

¹⁰ when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired by all those who believe; because our testimony was believed among you in that day.

² to Timothy, my genuine son in faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹ IT is a true saying, If a man seeks the office of a bishop, he desireth a laudable employment. ² A bishop then must be irreprehensible, the husband of one wife, temperate, sagacious, respectable, hospitable, well qualified for teaching;

⁸ The deacons also in like manner must be grave, not doubletongued, not addicting themselves to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

¹⁰ And let these also be first proved, and if found blameless, then let them enter on the deacon's office. ¹¹ Their wives in like manner must be grave women, not addicted to scandal, sober, faithful in all things. ¹² Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ordering well their children and their own families. ¹³ For they who discharge the office of a deacon with propriety, acquire to themselves a respectable station [in the church], and great boldness in the faith which is in Jesus Christ.

¹ PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God, and the knowledge of truth which leads to godliness;

⁷ For a bishop ought to be irreproachable, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not irritable, not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy of filthy lucre;

²³ Know that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

¹ JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are dispersed, greeting.

²⁵ For ye were as sheep wandering astray; but are now returned unto the pastor and bishop of your souls.

¹ SIMON Peter, the servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained with us the same precious faith by the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

¹ JUDE a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are sanctified in God the Father, and preserved by Jesus Christ, the called:

¹ THE revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to shew to his servants the things which must shortly come to pass; and sending by his angel, he shewed them to his servant John:

²⁰ the mystery of the seven stars which thou seest in my right hand, and the seven golden lamps. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamps which thou seest are the seven churches.

⁸ And to the angel of the church of the Smyrnians write, These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and is alive:

¹² And to the angel of the church at Pergamos write, These things saith he who holdeth the sharp two-edged sword;

¹⁰ And I fell down before his feet to worship him: and he said unto me, See thou dost not so: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus.

⁹ And he said to me, See thou do it not; for I am a fellow-servant of thine, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of those who observe the words of this book: worship God.

² grace unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

² elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, that they might be brought to the obedience, and sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ: grace unto you and peace be multiplied.

⁸ First then I give thanks to my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all, because your faith is proclaimed through the whole world. ⁹ For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son, how incessantly I make mention of you,

¹⁷ But thanks be to God, that though ye were the servants of sin, ye have obeyed from the heart the model of doctrine into which ye were delivered.

⁴ I give thanks to my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which hath been given you in Christ Jesus;

¹⁵ For this cause I also, since I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love ye have to all saints, ¹⁶ have not ceased offering up my praises for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

³ We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you, ⁴ having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love ye show to all the saints;

² We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; ³ without ceasing calling to mind your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

⁹ For what sufficient thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,

³ We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is fit, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth:

³ I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that I keep up a constant remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; ⁴ I thank my God always, making mention of thee in my prayers, ⁵ hearing of thy love and faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and unto all the saints;

⁷ I tell you, that just so will there be joy in heaven over one repentant sinner, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons, who hold not their need of repentance.

¹⁰ Even so, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God, over one repentant sinner.

⁹ For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son, how incessantly I make mention of you,

¹⁴ which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the final redemption, acquired by him, come, to the praise of his glory. ¹⁵ For this cause I also, since I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love ye have to all saints, ¹⁶ have not ceased offering up my praises for you, making mention of you in my prayers, ¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation by the knowledge of him; ¹⁸ the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he hath called you, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance for the saints, ¹⁹ and what the transcendent greatness of his power in us, who believe, according to the energy of his mighty strength ²⁰ which he displayed in Christ when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly regions, ²¹ far above all principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come; ²² and hath put all things under his feet, and hath appointed him head over all to the church, ²³ which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all understanding; ¹⁰ that ye may prove the things that are excellent, in order that ye may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ; ¹¹ filled with fruits of righteousness, which by Jesus Christ are to the glory and praise of God.

² fulfil ye my joy, that ye may be united in sentiment, having the same love, of one soul, of one mind.

¹⁸ For many walk, whom I have often mentioned to you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

¹ WHEREFORE, my brethren, beloved, and very dear to me, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, O beloved.

⁵ For though I am absent from you in person, yet I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing and beholding your regular order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

² We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? ²⁰ For ye are our glory and joy.

⁷ For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.

⁴ I rejoiced greatly that I found thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father.

⁴² And they persevered stedfastly in the doctrine of the apostles, and in communion, and in breaking bread, and in prayers.

¹² and from thence to Philippi, which is the first city in that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we abode in that city some days. ¹³ And on the sabbath-day we went forth out of the city to the river side, where an oratory was by custom established; and sitting down, we spoke to the women who there assembled. ¹⁴ And a certain woman, Lydia by name, a seller of purple, from the city of Thyatira, a worshipper of God, hearkened: whose heart the Lord thoroughly opened, to attend to the words spoken by Paul. ¹⁵ So when she was baptised, and her house, she entreated, saying, Since ye have judged that I am faithful to the Lord, come and abide at my house. And she constrained us. ¹⁶ Now it happened as we were going to the oratory, a certain damsel having a pythonic spirit met us, who produced for her masters much gain as a fortuneteller: ¹⁷ she following Paul and us, cried out, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who preach to you the way of salvation. ¹⁸ And this she did for several days. Then Paul was wearied out, and turning, said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. ¹⁹ But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the forum before the chief rulers, ²⁰ and presenting them to the magistrates, they said, These are the men that exceedingly disturb the peace of our city, being Jews, ²¹ and enjoin customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to practise, being Romans. ²² And the populace stood up together against them: and the magistrates, after having had their garments torn from their backs, commanded them to be beaten with rods. ²³ And laying on them many stripes, cast them into prison, commanding the jailor to keep them in safe custody: ²⁴ who, receiving such an injunction, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. ²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas, after joining in prayer, sang hymns to God: and the prisoners heard them. ²⁶ And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken: and instantly all the doors flew open, and every man's chains were loosed. ²⁷ Then the jailor being roused from sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drew his sword, going to destroy himself, supposing the prisoners had escaped. ²⁸ But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no injury: for we are all here. ²⁹ Thereupon calling for a light, he rushed in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas; ³⁰ and having first brought them out, said, Sirs! what must I do to be saved? ³¹ And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, thou, and thy house. ³² And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all who were in his house. ³³ And taking them that same hour of the night, he washed their stripes; and was baptised, himself and all who belonged to him immediately. ³⁴ And when he had brought them into his house, he spread the table, and greatly rejoiced with all his household, believing in God. ³⁵ But when it was day, the magistrates sent the lictors, saying, Set those men at large. ³⁶ Then the jailor told these words to Paul, That the magistrates had sent to set them at liberty: now therefore, [said he,] get ye out, and pursue your journey in peace. ³⁷ But Paul said to them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Roman citizens, and have cast us into prison; and would they now clandestinely send us away? no, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. ³⁸ Then the lictors reported all these words to the magistrates: and they were terrified, when they heard they were Roman citizens. ³⁹ So they came and spoke kindly to them, and fetching them out, besought them to depart from the city. ⁴⁰ Then leaving the prison, they went unto Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and went their way.

¹⁷ But if some of the branches have been broken off, and thou though a wild olive hast been grafted in among them, and become a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

¹³ communicating to the wants of the saints; prompt to hospitality.

²⁶ For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints that are at Jerusalem.

⁹ Faithful is God, by whom ye have been called into communion with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹ NOW we inform you, brethren, of the grace of God which hath been bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

¹⁹ So then ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; ²⁰ built up on the foundation of apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; ²¹ in whom the whole building exactly cemented together groweth into a holy temple in the Lord: ²² by whom also ye have been built up together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

⁶ that the Gentiles should be co-heirs, and of the same body, and sharers with them of his promise in Christ by the Gospel:

⁷ as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I bear you on my heart, both in my bonds and in my defence and the confirmation of the gospel, as being all of you sharers in my grace.

¹² Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always been obedient, not only during my presence with you, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling work out your own salvation.

¹⁴ Nevertheless ye have done nobly in your communications to me during my affliction. ¹⁵ But know also, Philippians, that at my first preaching the gospel, when I went from Macedonia, no church communicated to me in the way of giving and receiving but ye alone.

²¹ And you who in time past were all aliens, and enemies in mind by wicked works, hath he now reconciled, ²² by the body of his flesh, through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and irreprehensible in his presence: ²³ if ye abide in faith grounded and firm, and never moved aside from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached to the whole creation which is under heaven, of which I Paul am a minister.

¹⁷ If therefore thou holdest me a sharer with thee, receive him as myself.

¹⁴ For we are partakers with Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end;

³ that which we have seen and heard, declare we to you, that ye also may have communion with us: and indeed our communion is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

⁷ but if we walk in the light, as he is himself in the light, we have communion with each other, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

²⁹ Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye should believe on him whom he hath sent.

¹⁸ So when they heard these things they were satisfied, and glorified God, saying, Well! then hath God even to the Gentiles given repentance unto life.

¹⁴ And a certain woman, Lydia by name, a seller of purple, from the city of Thyatira, a worshipper of God, hearkened: whose heart the Lord thoroughly opened, to attend to the words spoken by Paul.

²⁸ But we know that to those who love God all things work together for good, even to those who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹ For whom he foreknew, he predestinated also to a conformity with the image of his Son, that he might be the first-begotten among many brethren. ³⁰ But whom he predestinated, those also he called: and whom he called, those also he justified: but whom he justified, those also he glorified.

⁸ who shall confirm you to the end blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ And in this confidence I was intending to come unto you a second time, that ye might receive a second blessing;

³ And I have written unto you for this very purpose, that I might not, when I come to you, have sorrow from those in whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

¹⁶ I rejoice therefore that in every thing I have confidence in you.

⁴ Lest haply if the Macedonians come with me, and find you unprepared, we (not to say, you) may be confounded in this confidence of boasting. I

¹⁰ I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be no otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear condign punishment whosoever he be.

⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love with which he hath loved us, ⁵ though we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) ⁶ and hath raised us up together with him, and made us sit down together in the heavenly regions in Christ Jesus. ⁷ That he might shew forth in the ages to come the transcendent riches of his grace, in the kindness shewed to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For by grace ye are saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: ⁹ not by works, lest any man should boast; ¹⁰ for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.

¹² for the perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ:

¹⁰ that ye may prove the things that are excellent, in order that ye may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ;

²⁹ For this favour on the part of Christ is granted you, not only that ye should believe on him, but also that ye should suffer for his sake;

¹³ For it is God who worketh effectually in you both to will and to perform of his good pleasure.

¹² buried with him in baptism, in which also ye have been raised up together with him by faith, the energy of God, who raised him from the dead.

³ without ceasing calling to mind your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

²³ Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved faultless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

¹¹ Wherefore also we pray continually for you, that our God would count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath elected you from the beginning unto salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit, and faith in the truth: ¹⁴ whereunto also he called you by our gospel, in order to your acquisition of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ But we have confidence in the Lord towards you, that the things which we have enjoined you, ye both do, and will do.

⁴ But even then the kindness and love of God our Saviour to man shone forth, ⁵ not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and by renovation of the Holy Spirit; ⁶ which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

²¹ Having confidence in thy obedience, I have written unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do more than I say.

³⁵ Recede not therefore from your boldness of profession, which brings a great recompence of reward.

² earnestly looking up to Jesus the author and the finisher of faith; who, for the joy set before him, endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great pastor of the sheep, by the blood of the everlasting testament, ²¹ make you fit for every good work to do his will, producing in you that which is acceptable in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory unto the everlasting ages. Amen.

¹⁶ Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. ¹⁷ Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, descending from the father of illuminations, with whom there is no variableness, nor shadow of change. ¹⁸ Of his own choice he produced us by the word of truth, that we might be a sort of first fruit of his creatures.—

² elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, that they might be brought to the obedience, and sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ: grace unto you and peace be multiplied. ³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto an animating hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

¹⁰ But the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered a little while, himself perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come as a thief by night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a rushing noise, and the first principles of matter in flames dissolve, and the earth and all the works upon it be burnt up.

²³ And laying on them many stripes, cast them into prison, commanding the jailor to keep them in safe custody: ²⁴ who, receiving such an injunction, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. ²⁵ But about midnight Paul and Silas, after joining in prayer, sang hymns to God: and the prisoners heard them.

²³ only this, that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and tribulation await thee.

³³ Then the tribune approaching him, laid hold on him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and asked who he was, and what he had done.

²³ And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I may be a partaker of it with you.

⁷ beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

² Ye are our letter written in our hearts, acknowledged and read of all men:

³ I speak not for your condemnation, for I have already said, that ye are in our hearts to die and live together.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith exerting its energy by love.

¹ FOR this cause [am] I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

¹ I THEN, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation with which ye are called,

²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

⁵ for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day even until now;

¹⁶ the one indeed preach Christ out of contention, not with purity of intention, thinking to add affliction to my bonds: ¹⁷ but the others of love, knowing that I am exposed for the defence of the gospel.

¹⁴ Nevertheless ye have done nobly in your communications to me during my affliction.

³ praying also at the same time for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, that I may speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains:

¹⁸ The salutation of Paul with mine own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.

² We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; ³ without ceasing calling to mind your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; ⁴ knowing, brethren, beloved of God, your election. ⁵ For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in great fulness of assurance; as ye know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes.

⁵ Ye are all the children of light, and the children of day: we are not the children of night, nor of darkness.

⁸ Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer affliction with me in the gospel, supported by the power of God;

⁹ for which I suffer affliction, even unto chains as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

¹ WHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, contemplate the apostle and high-priest whom ye confess, Jesus Christ;

⁹ But, beloved, we are persuaded concerning you that things are better, and connected with salvation, though we thus speak. ¹⁰ For God is not unjust, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have demonstrated in his name, having ministered assistance to the saints, and still ministering.

³³ partly while publicly exposed to revilings and tribulations, partly as being in communion with those who were treated in this manner. ³⁴ For ye have been fellow-sufferers with my bonds, and received with joy the plundering of your properties, knowing in yourselves that you have in the heavens a better substance, and permanent.

¹³ but as ye share in the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory also ye may hail him with exultations.

¹ THE presbyters among you I exhort, who am a co-presbyter and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed:

¹³ Indeed, I think it right, as long as I am in this frail tabernacle, to rouse up your attention by reminding you:

¹⁴ We know that we are passed out of [a state of] death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

⁷⁸ through the bowels of mercy of our God; with which he hath visited us, as the dawn of the morning from on high,

¹ I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, (my conscience also bearing witness to me in the Holy Ghost,)

¹² Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

¹⁵ And his bowels more abundantly yearn over you, when he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.

⁹ For we rejoice when we are weak, but ye are strong: and this also we pray for, even your perfect establishment.

²⁰ Now respecting the things which I write unto you, behold, in the presence of God, I lie not.

¹⁹ My little children of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you,

¹ IF there be then any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any communion of spirit, if any bowels and compassions,

²⁶ For indeed he greatly longed after you all, and was very sorry that ye had heard that he had been sick.

¹ FOR I wish you to know how great a struggle I sustain for you, and those at Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;

⁵ For neither at any time used we insinuating language, as ye know, nor a pretext for covetousness; God is witness:

⁸ So, tenderly affected towards you, we could with pleasure have imparted to you not the gospel of God only, but our own lives also, because ye were beloved by us.

⁴ earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I might be filled with joy;

¹² whom I have sent back; thou therefore receive him, even as my own bowels:

²⁰ Yea, brother, I wish to have joy in thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

¹⁷ But whosoever hath worldly abundance, and seeth his brother under necessity, and shutteth his bowels of compassion against him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

³¹ Another parable he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field: ³² which indeed is among the smallest of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is among the greatest of herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make their nests in the branches of it. ³³ Another parable spake he to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and covered up in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened.

²⁰ Brethren, be not children in your minds: though in naughtiness be ye children, but in your minds be men complete.

⁷ So as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and elocution, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

¹⁷ Therefore be not unwise, but intelligent concerning what is the will of the Lord.

¹⁵ Let as many of us therefore as are perfect, be thus minded: and if ye entertain any other sentiment, God also will unveil this unto you. ¹⁶ Nevertheless, so far as we have advanced, be it our care to walk by the same rule, to mind the same thing.

⁹ For this cause we also from the day we heard it have not ceased praying for you, and beseeching God that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

¹⁰ and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that created him.

¹² And the Lord cause you to abound and overflow with love one to another, and towards all men, as we also do to you:

¹ FINALLY, brethren, we beseech you therefore, and conjure you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk, and please God, so ye would abound more and more.

⁹ Now concerning brotherly love, I have no need to write unto you: for ye yourselves are divinely taught to love one another. ¹⁰ And indeed ye practise it towards all the brethren that are throughout Macedonia: but we conjure you, brethren, to abound more and more;

⁶ that there may be an operative communication of thy faith made known by every good thing, which is in you towards Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ But solid nourishment is proper for grown men, even as many as by habit have their organs of perception exercised for the discernment both of good and evil.

²² Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth through the Spirit unto fraternal affection undissembled, love each other intensely out of a pure heart:

⁵ And for this very purpose employing the greatest diligence, lead up in the train of your faith courage; and with courage intelligence; ⁶ and with intelligence moderation; and with moderation patience; and with patience piety;

¹⁸ But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and unto the day of eternity. Amen.

²³ Then turning from him, he said unto Peter, Get thee behind me Satan! thou art an offence to me: for thou dost not relish the things of God, but those of men.

⁶ And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones, who believe in me, to stumble, it were better for him that a millstone was hung at his neck, and that he was sunk in the depth of the sea. ⁷ Wo to the world because of offences! for there is a necessity that offences come: nevertheless, wo to that man by whom the offence cometh!

³³ Then Peter, taking up the word, said to him, Though all should be offended at thee, yet will I never be offended.

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite in reality, in whom there is no guile!

²⁰ For every one whose practices are foul hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his actions may not be brought to conviction.

¹⁶ For this cause indeed I exert my utmost care to keep my conscience ever unoffending towards God and towards man.

¹⁸ and knowest the will of God, and bringest to the test the things that are different, being instructed out of the law;

¹⁶ But if what I would not, that I do, I concur with the law that it is excellent.

²² For I am delighted with the law of God, as respecting the inward man:

⁷ Because the propensity of the flesh is inimical against God: for it is not in subjection to the law of God, neither indeed can it be.

² And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, that you may prove by experience what is the will of God, that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

⁹ Let love be undissembled. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

²⁰ For the sake of meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are clean; but it is an evil thing for a man to eat, giving offence. ²¹ It is laudable not to eat flesh, or to drink wine, nor to do any thing whereby thy brother is stumbled, or scandalized, or weakened.

¹⁷ Now I beseech you, brethren, keep a sharp eye over those who cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine ye have learned, and turn away from them.

¹³ Wherefore if meat give occasion of offence to my brother, I will in no wise eat meat for ever, that I give no cause of offence to my brother.

³² Give no occasion of stumbling either to the Jews or the Gentiles, or the church of God:

¹² For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and peculiarly towards you.

¹⁷ For we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

³ Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

⁸ I speak not by commandment, but because of the forwardness of others, and to prove the genuineness of your love.

¹³ For such are fake apostles, deceitful labourers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no marvel! For Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. ¹⁵ It is no wonder therefore if his ministers also be transformed as ministers of righteousness; whose end will be according to their works.

¹¹ But I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then indeed the offence of the cross is at an end.

¹⁵ but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, who is the head, even Christ:

¹⁰ proving what is acceptable to the Lord.

²⁷ that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having blemish, nor wrinkle, nor any such things; but that it may be holy and unblameable.

²⁴ Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.

⁶ being confident of this very thing, that he who hath wrought in you the good work will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

¹⁶ the one indeed preach Christ out of contention, not with purity of intention, thinking to add affliction to my bonds:

¹³ to the end that your hearts may be established blameless in holiness before God and our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

²¹ Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

²³ Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved faultless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹² For though ye ought for the time to be teachers of others, ye have again need that some one teach you the leading principles of the oracles of God; and are become as those who need milk, and not solid food. ¹³ For every one who useth milk is inexperienced in the word of righteousness: for he is an infant. ¹⁴ But solid nourishment is proper for grown men, even as many as by habit have their organs of perception exercised for the discernment both of good and evil.

¹ BELOVED, believe not every pretender to inspiration, but bring these spirits to the trial whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone forth into the world.

² I know thy works, and thy travail, and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear the wicked; and hast tried those who give themselves out as apostles, yet are not, and hast found them liars;

¹⁶ Just so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

⁶ Then he spake this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came, expecting fruit on it, and found none. ⁷ Then said he to the vine-dresser, Lo! for three years have I come, expecting fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it render the ground thus useless? ⁸ He answering said to him, Sir, let it e'en remain this year, until that I dig around it, and spread some manure: ⁹ perhaps it may then produce fruit: but if it does not, afterwards thou shalt cut it down.

² Every branch in me that beareth no fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he pruneth it clean, that it may bring forth more fruit.

⁴ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine: so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, this person beareth much fruit: because without me ye can do nothing.

⁸ Herein is my Father glorified, that ye should bring forth much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

¹⁶ Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you that ye should go forth and bear fruit, and that your fruit should be permanent: that so whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he may give it you.

²² But now being set at liberty from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and at the end life eternal.

²⁸ When therefore I have completed this work, and sealed unto them this fruit, I will pass by you into Spain.

³¹ Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all things to the glory of God.

¹⁰ Now he that supplieth seed to the sower, shall also supply bread for food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, ²³ meekness, temperance; against such there is no law.

¹² that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first had hope in Christ.

¹⁴ which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the final redemption, acquired by him, come, to the praise of his glory.

¹⁰ for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.

⁹ (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

¹⁷ Not that I am anxious for a gift; but I am anxious to see fruit abounding on your account.

⁶ which is come unto you, as it is also unto all the world; and beareth fruit, as also among you, from the day that ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

¹⁰ that ye may walk worthy of the Lord, well pleasing him in all things, in every good work fruitful, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

¹² that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.

¹¹ Now all correction at the moment seemeth not to be cause for joy, but for sorrow; but after a while it produceth peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have thereby been disciplined.

¹⁵ By him therefore let us offer a sacrifice of praise perpetually to God, that is the fruit of our lips confessing his name. ¹⁶ But of beneficence, and liberal distribution, be not unmindful: for such sacrifices God accepts with delight.

¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, meek, easily persuadable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and void of dissimulation. ¹⁸ But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for those who are peacemakers.

⁵ ye also, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, well pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

⁹ But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired by purchase; that ye should publish abroad the excellencies of him, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

¹² having your conduct ornamental among the Gentiles: that, whereas they malign you as wicked doers, they may, being eye-witnesses of your good works, glorify God in the day when he visits them.

¹⁰ Let every one, according as he hath received a gift, minister it to others, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹ If any man speak, let it be agreeably to the oracles of God; if any man act as a deacon, let it be from the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory and might for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁴ If ye suffer reproach for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: by them indeed he is blasphemed, but by you he is glorified.

⁴ Those therefore who were dispersed, travelled through the country, preaching the word.

¹⁹ Now those also who were dispersed by the persecution which arose on account of Stephen passed on as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no man except the Jews only. ²⁰ And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they arrived at Antioch, spake to the Grecian proselytes, preaching the Lord Jesus. ²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a vast multitude believing, turned to the Lord.

²⁸ crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man, who, by his preaching, sets all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: yea and more still, hath brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place: ²⁹ (for they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they imagined that Paul had introduced into the temple.) ³⁰ And the whole city was in motion, and there was a concourse of people assembled: and laying hands on Paul, they dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the doors were shut. ³¹ And as they were attempting to murder him, the report reached the military tribune of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion. ³² Who instantly taking soldiers and centurions ran down unto them: and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they left off beating Paul. ³³ Then the tribune approaching him, laid hold on him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and asked who he was, and what he had done. ³⁴ Then some among the multitude bellowed out one thing, and some another: so unable to know the certainty of the case because of the tumult, he ordered him to be brought into the fortress. ³⁵ But when he was on the stairs, it happened that he was borne up by the soldiers, because of the press of the crowd. ³⁶ For a multitude of the people followed, crying, Away with him!

¹ MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my apology which I now offer unto you. ² Then when they heard that he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence: and he said, ³ I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but educated in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed accurately in the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as ye all are this day: ⁴ so much so that I persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women. ⁵ As also the high-priest will bear me witness, and all the body of elders: from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, I went unto Damascus, to bring those who were there in chains unto Jerusalem, that they might be punished. ⁶ But as I went and drew nigh to Damascus, at noon-day, suddenly there shone a great light from heaven around me. ⁷ And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? ⁸ And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarean, whom thou persecutest. ⁹ Now they who were with me saw the light indeed, and were terrified; but the voice of him that spake to me heard they not. ¹⁰ Then I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, go into Damascus; and there information shall be given thee of all things which are ordained for thee to do. ¹¹ Then as I could no longer see through the dazzling brightness of that light, led by the hand of those who were with me, I came to Damascus. ¹² And one Ananias, a religious man according to the law, and in high repute with all the Jews dwelling there, ¹³ came to me, and standing by me, said, Brother Saul, recover sight. And the same hour I looked up at him. ¹⁴ And he said, The God of our fathers hath predestinated thee to know his will, and to see the Just One, and to hear a voice from his mouth. ¹⁵ For thou shalt be a witness for him to all men, of the things which thou hast seen and heard. ¹⁶ And now why delay? arise, to be baptised, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord. ¹⁷ Now it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance; ¹⁸ and beheld him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony of me. ¹⁹ And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and scourging from synagogue to synagogue those who believe on thee: ²⁰ and when the blood of Stephen thy martyr was shed, I myself even stood by, and took delight in his execution, and guarded the garments of those who slew him. ²¹ And he said to me, Go: for I will send thee forth to the Gentiles afar off. ²² And they gave him audience to this sentence, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. ²³ So when they began raising a vast clamour, and stripping off their garments, and casting dust into the air, ²⁴ the military tribune commanded him to be brought into the fortress, ordering that he should be put to the question by scourging; that he might know for what cause they clamoured so loudly against him. ²⁵ So as they were tying him up for the thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by him, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned? ²⁶ And when the centurion heard this, he came and told the military tribune, saying, Consider what you are going to do: for this man is a Roman citizen. ²⁷ Then the tribune came, and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman citizen? And he said, Yes. ²⁸ And the tribune replied, With a large sum of money I purchased this citizenship. And Paul said, But I enjoy it as my birthright. ²⁹ Immediately then they who were about to put him to the question, withdrew from him: and indeed the tribune dreaded the consequences, when he knew that he was a Roman citizen, that he had even gone so far as to bind him. ³⁰ So on the morrow, desirous to know of a certainty what it was of which he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from the bonds, and commanded the high-priest and all the sanhedrim to appear, and bringing Paul down, set him before them.

¹ AND being safe landed, we then understood that the island was called Melita. ² And the rude people treated us with singular humanity; for, lighting a fire, they received us all, because of the violent rain, and because of the cold. ³ But as Paul was gathering up a faggot of sticks, and laying them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. ⁴ Now when the rude people saw the venomous animal hanging from his hand, they said one to another, Surely this man is a murderer, whom though preserved from the sea, righteous vengeance suffereth not to live. ⁵ But he then shaking off the venomous animal into the fire, suffered no manner of inconvenience. ⁶ Now they expected that a violent inflammation would ensue, or that he would have fallen suddenly dead: but when, after waiting a considerable time, they saw no inconvenience arise to him, they changed their opinion, and said that he was a divinity. ⁷ Now in the vicinity of that place was the estate of the principal person on the island, named Publius, who received us into his house, and lodged us with great humanity three days. ⁸ And it so happened that the father of Publius was then confined to his bed with an attack of fever and dysentery: unto whom Paul went in, and after praying, laid his hands upon him, and healed him. ⁹ This then being the case, all the rest also who had diseases in the island came to him, and were healed. ¹⁰ Then they honoured us with many tokens of respect; and when we were about to sail, laid in for us every necessary store. ¹¹ And after three months stay we sailed in a ship which had wintered in the island, from Alexandria, whose sign was Castor and Pollux: ¹² and proceeding on our voyage to Syracuse, we tarried there three days: ¹³ from whence we came round, and arrived opposite to Rhegium; and after one day the south wind arising, we came in two more to Puteoli: ¹⁴ where finding brethren, we were solicited by them to tarry seven days; and so we went for Rome. ¹⁵ And the brethren from thence, when they heard of our motions, came out to meet us as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns: whom when Paul saw, he gave thanks to God, and felt fresh courage. ¹⁶ And when we were come to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard; but he permitted Paul to have an apartment by himself, with a soldier only who guarded him. ¹⁷ Now it came to pass that after three days Paul called together the principal persons of the Jews. And when they were assembled, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have done nothing contrary to the people and the customs of our ancestors, yet have I been delivered up a prisoner into the hands of the Romans. ¹⁸ Who, after a full examination, would have discharged me, because there was not the least cause found in me for death. ¹⁹ But when the Jews opposed it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I have any accusation to bring against my countrymen. ²⁰ For this cause therefore have I invited you hither, to see and to converse with you; for on account of the hope of Israel am I bound with this chain. ²¹ Then they said to him, We have neither received letters concerning thee from Judea, nor hath any one of the brethren who is arrived reported or spoken any thing evil of thee. ²² But we think it highly proper to hear from thee what thy sentiments are; for indeed as to this sect, it is well known to us that everywhere it meets with opposition. ²³ Then having fixed a day with him, still more of them came to him at his lodging, to whom bearing his testimony, he set forth the kingdom of God, and persuaded them of the things relating to Jesus, both out of the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening: ²⁴ and some were convinced by the things which were spoken, but others continued in their unbelief. ²⁵ So being divided in sentiment among themselves, they broke up, Paul adding one word, That well had the Holy Ghost spoken by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, ²⁶ saying, Go to this people, and say, "In hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, yet in nowise perceive. ²⁷ For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and with their ears they are thick of hearing, and their eyes have they shut; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and become converts, and I should heal them." ²⁸ Be it known therefore unto you, that to the Gentiles is the salvation of God sent, and they will hear. ²⁹ And when he had thus spoken, the Jews went away, and had much disputing among themselves. ³⁰ But Paul abode two whole years in his own hired apartment, and received all who came to him, ³¹ preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all freedom of discourse, and without the least interruption.

²⁸ But we know that to those who love God all things work together for good, even to those who are called according to his purpose.

³⁷ But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

²³ only this, that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and tribulation await thee. ²⁴ Yet I make no account of any [suffering], nor regard my life as of any value to myself, farther than as I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord, to testify fully the Gospel of the grace of God.

¹¹ And coming to us, he took Paul's girdle, and binding both his own hands and feet together, said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, The man, whose girdle this is, shall the Jews bind in like manner at Jerusalem, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. ¹² Then when we heard these things, both we and all who were in the place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. ¹³ But Paul replied, Why do ye thus—weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

²⁹ And Paul replied, would to God, that not only thou, but also that all who are hearing me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these chains.

³¹ and retiring, conversed together, saying, This man hath done nothing worthy of death, or of chains.

¹⁷ Now it came to pass that after three days Paul called together the principal persons of the Jews. And when they were assembled, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have done nothing contrary to the people and the customs of our ancestors, yet have I been delivered up a prisoner into the hands of the Romans.

²⁰ For this cause therefore have I invited you hither, to see and to converse with you; for on account of the hope of Israel am I bound with this chain.

³⁰ But Paul abode two whole years in his own hired apartment, and received all who came to him,

²² All the saints salute you, specially those who are of Caesar's household.

³ praying also at the same time for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, that I may speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains: ⁴ that I may make it evident, as I ought to speak. ⁵ Walk wisely with regard to those without, redeeming the time. ⁶ Let your discourse be always gracious, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to reply to every man. ⁷ All my affairs will Tychicus make known unto you, a beloved brother, and faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord: ⁸ whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that he might know your affairs, and comfort your hearts; ⁹ with Onesimus, that faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you: they will make known unto you all things that have passed here. ¹⁰ There salute you Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner, and Mark nephew to Barnabas, concerning whom ye have received injunctions; if he come unto you, receive him, ¹¹ and Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow-labourers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me. ¹² Epaphras, one of you, saluteth you, a servant of Christ, always wrestling for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. ¹³ For I bear him witness that he hath great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis. ¹⁴ Luke, the beloved physician, saluteth you, and Demas. ¹⁵ Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is at his house. ¹⁶ And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it also be read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye also read that from Laodicea. ¹⁷ And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received from the Lord, that thou fulfil it. ¹⁸ The salutation of Paul with mine own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.

⁸ For from you sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only into Macedonia and Achaia, but into every region also your fidelity towards God is gone out, so that we have no need to say any thing. ⁹ For they publish concerning you what manner of entrance we had unto you, and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve the living and true God,

¹² Beloved, be not amazed at the fiery trial among you which is to bring you to the test, as though something strange happened to you; ¹³ but as ye share in the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory also ye may hail him with exultations. ¹⁴ If ye suffer reproach for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: by them indeed he is blasphemed, but by you he is glorified. ¹⁵ Let no one of you then suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or a meddler in other persons' business. ¹⁶ But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him give glory to God on this very account.

⁷⁴ to give us, that we, secure from fear, rescued from the hands of our enemies, should serve him,

⁵ But I will point out to you, whom ye should fear: Fear him, who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him! ⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, yet not one of them is forgotten before God? ⁷ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered: fear not then, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

²³ But they being dismissed, came unto their own friends, and told them all things which the high-priests and elders had said. ²⁴ Now when they heard it, they lifted up their united voice to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God which made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things which are in them: ²⁵ who by the mouth of David thy servant saidst, Why do the heathen so furiously rage, and the people meditate vain things? ²⁶ The kings of the earth rose up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Messiah. ²⁷ For they have been in truth collected together against thy holy Son Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, even Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen, and the people of Israel, ²⁸ to do all that thy hand and thy counsel predestined should come to pass. ²⁹ And as to the present transactions, Lord, look upon their threatnings: and grant thy servants power with all boldness to speak thy word, ³⁰ by stretching out thy hand for healing; and that signs and miracles may be performed by the name of thy holy child Jesus. ³¹ And while they were praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all consolation; ⁴ who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we might be able to comfort those who are in all tribulation, by the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted of God. ⁵ Because as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so through Christ aboundeth also our consolation. ⁶ But whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectually wrought by patient endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer; or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. ⁷ And our hope of you is sure, knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the consolation.

¹³ Wherefore I beseech you, that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

¹⁹ and for me that there may be given unto me utterance to open my mouth with boldness, to make known the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

⁴ that I may make it evident, as I ought to speak.

⁷ All my affairs will Tychicus make known unto you, a beloved brother, and faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord:

⁵ And all their works they do to be seen of men: they make their phylacteries broad, and deepen the fringes of their garments,

⁴² And all the day long in the temple, and from house to house, they never ceased teaching and preaching Jesus Christ.

⁵ But Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached Christ unto them.

³⁵ Then Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from that scripture, preached to him Jesus.

²⁰ And immediately he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

³⁶ The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all,) ye know:

²⁰ And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they arrived at Antioch, spake to the Grecian proselytes, preaching the Lord Jesus.

¹⁷ Now I beseech you, brethren, keep a sharp eye over those who cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine ye have learned, and turn away from them. ¹⁸ For such are not servants to our Lord Jesus Christ, but to their own belly; and by smooth speeches and flattering commendations deceive the hearts of the guileless.

²³ but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews indeed an offence, and to the Greeks folly;

³ For ye are still carnal: for since there are among you envy, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as [other] men? ⁴ For when one saith, I am indeed of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

³ And if I deal out all my goods in alms, and deliver up my body that I should be burned, but have not love, I am nothing advantaged by it.

¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timotheus—was not yea and nay, but there was yea in him;

⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

¹³ For such are fake apostles, deceitful labourers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

²⁰ For I am afraid that when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found of you such as ye would not: lest haply there be contentions, jealousies, animosities, quarrels, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

⁴ but this I did because of false brethren artfully introduced, who came to pry into our liberty which we hold in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

¹⁶ the one indeed preach Christ out of contention, not with purity of intention, thinking to add affliction to my bonds: ¹⁷ but the others of love, knowing that I am exposed for the defence of the gospel. ¹⁸ What then? if Christ is preached in whatever manner it be, whether in pretext or reality, even in this do I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

³ Let nothing be done contentiously or vain-gloriously; but in humility reckoning others superior to yourselves.

¹⁶ And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen of angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

⁵ Think ye that the scripture saith without meaning, The spirit which dwelleth in you strongly urges to envy? ⁶ But he giveth mightier grace. Wherefore he saith, "God sets himself against the proud, but giveth grace to the lowly."

² feed the flock of God which is among you, exercising your pastoral office not of necessity, but of choice, not for base gain, but with alacrity of mind; ³ not as domineering over your allotted congregations, but as being examples of the flock. ⁴ And when the arch Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that will never fade away.

¹ THEREFORE having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not; ² but have renounced all shameful secret practices, not conducting ourselves with artifice, nor deceitfully disguising the word of God, but by clear manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience as in the presence of God.

¹² Now I wish you, brethren, to know, that the things which have befallen me have rather conduced to the progress of the gospel;

¹⁴ Therefore rest satisfied in your hearts, not to premeditate what apology to make:

¹ MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my apology which I now offer unto you.

¹ THEN Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand, began his defence:

²⁴ As thus he was proceeding in his defence, Festus with a loud voice said, Paul, thou art raving; much reading hath driven thee to madness.

¹³ But I would not that ye should be unacquainted, brethren, that oftentimes I have been purposing to come to you (and have been prevented until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the other Gentile nations. ¹⁴ Both to the Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the ignorant am I a debtor. ¹⁵ So, as far as is in my power, I am desirous to preach the Gospel to you that are at Rome also. ¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God for salvation to every one who believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. ¹⁷ For the righteousness of God by faith is therein revealed for belief; as it is written, "Now the just by faith shall live."

¹⁶ For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me, yea verily woe is to me if I preach not the gospel. ¹⁷ For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with the dispensation [of it].

⁷ but contrariwise when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcision, as Peter was to the circumcision: ⁸ (for he that wrought powerfully by Peter in his apostolic mission to the circumcision, wrought mightily also by me among the Gentiles.)

⁷ of which I am ordained a preacher and apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not,) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

¹¹ whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. ¹² For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed: for I know on whom I have placed my confidence, and am persuaded that he is mighty to guard my deposit unto the great day.

⁶ For I am now ready to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution approaches. ⁷ I have struggled hard in the honourable contest, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith:

¹⁶ At my first apology no man stood by me, but all forsook me: (may it not be imputed to them!)

¹³ Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven from men; for ye yourselves enter not in, and those who were coming in, ye suffer not to enter.

³⁸ Then John addressed him, saying, Master, we saw a person in thy name casting out devils, who followeth us not: and we forbad him, because he did not follow us. ³⁹ Then said Jesus, Forbid him not: for there is no man who shall perform a miracle in my name, who will be able presently after to speak evil of me. ⁴⁰ For he that is not against us, is for us.

⁴⁰ who devour widows' houses, and in pretence make long prayers: such shall receive greater damnation.

⁴⁵ And they understood not that declaration, and it was hid from them, that they should not comprehend its meaning: and they were afraid to ask him concerning that saying.

⁵⁰ And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not; for he that is not against us, is for us.

⁹ What then? have we pre-eminence? Not at all: for we have before proved that both the Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

¹⁵ What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

¹⁹ What do I say then? that an idol is any thing, or that which is sacrificed to an idol is any thing?

¹⁵ What then is my object? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms with the understanding also.

¹¹ Therefore whether I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

¹⁴ and very many of our brethren in the Lord, assuming confidence from my chains, are more abundantly bold, fearlessly to preach the word. ¹⁵ Some indeed do it in a spirit of envy and strife; but some also preach Christ with cordial good-will:

⁹ Every one that transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, this man holdeth both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If any person come unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into the house, nor say to him, Welcome. ¹¹ He that biddeth him welcome, takes part in his wicked works.

⁷ coming as far as Mysia, they made an effort to go unto Bythinia: but the Spirit permitted them not.

⁹ But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

¹⁷ For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my son beloved and faithful in Christ, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ Jesus, as I teach every where in every church.

¹¹ ye also labouring together for us in prayer, that from many persons thanks may be given on our behalf for the gifts bestowed on us by many.

⁶ But because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father!

¹⁸ praying at every opportunity with all prayer and supplication in Spirit, and watching for this very purpose with perseverance and intercession for all the saints; ¹⁹ and for me that there may be given unto me utterance to open my mouth with boldness, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

⁷ that the test of your faith (much more precious than that of gold, which is of a perishing nature, though proved by fire) may be found unto praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ: ⁸ whom though ye have not seen, ye love; on whom, though ye have not as yet gazed, yet believing, ye exult with joy unutterable and glorious: ⁹ receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

¹¹ investigating to what time and to what conjuncture the Spirit of Christ in them pointed, when predicting the sufferings coming upon Christ, and the glories subsequent thereto.

²⁷ Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify thy name! Then came a voice from heaven, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

¹⁹ This he told him, to intimate by what kind of death he should glorify God. And having thus spoken, he said to him, Follow me.

²⁴ Yet I make no account of any [suffering], nor regard my life as of any value to myself, farther than as I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord, to testify fully the Gospel of the grace of God.

¹³ But Paul replied, Why do ye thus—weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

⁵ and hope doth not make us ashamed; because the love of God is poured out into our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us.

¹³ Neither present your members as weapons of unrighteousness for sin: but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness for God.

¹⁹ I speak humanly, because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have presented your members servants to impurity and iniquity for iniquity; so now present your members servants to righteousness for holiness.

¹⁹ For the eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the revelation of the children of God.

³³ as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence: and every one that believeth in him shall not be confounded."

¹ I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

⁷ For no one of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself. ⁸ For whether we live, to the Lord we live, and whether we die, to the Lord we die; whether therefore we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord's. ⁹ For to this end Christ both died, and rose again, and revived, that he might be the Lord both of the dead and of the living.

²⁰ For ye have been bought with a price: glorify then God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

³⁴ A wife and a virgin hath different pursuits: the unmarried woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the things of the world, how she shall please her husband.

³¹ I solemnly declare by all the joy over you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

¹⁴ But thanks be to God, who causeth us always to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. ¹⁵ For we are a sweet odour of Christ to God in those who are saved, and in those who perish. ¹⁶ To the one we are the odour of death unto death, to the other the odour of life unto life: and who is sufficient for these things?

¹⁰ always bearing about in the body the death pangs of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

¹⁵ and he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him that died for them, and rose again.

¹⁴ For if I have boasted of you to him in any thing, I am not ashamed; but as we have spoken all things to you in truth, so our boasting of you to Titus hath been found truth.

⁸ Yea, and if I should boast somewhat more highly of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed;

¹⁴ and very many of our brethren in the Lord, assuming confidence from my chains, are more abundantly bold, fearlessly to preach the word.

²³ For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, far better: ²⁴ but to abide in the flesh may be more necessary for you.

¹⁷ Yea, and should I become the victim, in the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

²⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh the measure of afflictions for Christ which remains to be endured for his body, which is the church,

¹⁶ But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him give glory to God on this very account.

¹² Wherefore I will not be negligent continually to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth. ¹³ Indeed, I think it right, as long as I am in this frail tabernacle, to rouse up your attention by reminding you: ¹⁴ knowing that the deposition of this frail tabernacle of mine is hastily approaching, as our Lord Jesus Christ hath made evident to me. ¹⁵ I will endeavour then that even after my decease, ye may always have wherewith to preserve the remembrance of these things.

²⁸ And now, my dear children, abide in him; that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be put to shame by him at his coming.

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall distress of circumstances, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? ³⁶ As it is written, "That for thy sake we have been put to death the whole day long; we have been reckoned indeed as sheep for slaughter." ³⁷ But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. ³⁸ For I am assured that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor those to come, ³⁹ nor exaltation, nor deepest depression, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

³⁰ But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who hath been made to us of God wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

²² whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all things are your's;

¹ FOR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle should be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

⁶ Therefore we have always confidence, and know that whilst we are indwelling in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

⁸ We are confident indeed, and with pleasure expect to go out from the body, and to dwell within with the Lord:

²⁰ I am crucified with Christ, yet I live; though no more I, but Christ liveth in me: and my present life in the flesh, is a life by faith in the Son of God, who hath loved me, and delivered up himself for me.

¹⁴ But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world,

²⁰ according to my firm expectation and hope, that I shall be confounded by no event, but that with all boldness, as always hitherto, Christ shall now also be magnified in my body, whether by my life or death.

²³ For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, far better:

²¹ For all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

⁴ When Christ shall appear, who is our life, then shall you also with him be manifested in glory.

¹³ Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are fallen asleep, that ye be not afflicted, as the rest [of mankind] who have no hope. ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, so also those that have fallen asleep for Jesus shall God bring with him. ¹⁵ For this I say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent those who are fallen asleep.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, from henceforward: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may have rest from their labours; but their works follow after them.

¹⁷ And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did this deed, as did also your rulers.

² God hath not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession with God against Israel, saying,

³ For though we walk in the flesh, we war not after the flesh:

²⁴ but to abide in the flesh may be more necessary for you.

² that he might not spend the remaining space of life in the flesh after human passions, but the divine will.

²⁹ Now dismiss thy servant, Lord, according to thy word, in peace; ³⁰ for my eyes have seen thy salvation,

³⁸ And the man out of whom the devils had gone, besought him to be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying,

⁵⁰ But I have a baptism to be baptised with; and how am I distressed in spirit till it is finished!

⁴³ And Jesus said to him. Verily I say unto thee, To-day thou shalt be with me in paradise.

¹ NOW before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come, that he should go out of this world to the Father, having loved his peculiar people that are in the world, he loved them to the end.

³ And if I go and prepare you a place, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

²⁴ Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they may also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou gavest me: because thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world.

⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, in the act of prayer, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!

¹ FOR ye yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in to you, that it was not in vain.

¹³ For this cause do we also give thanks to God unceasingly, because when ye received the word reported by us from God, ye received it not as the word of man, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which worketh also effectually in you that believe.

¹⁷ then we who are alive, who remain, shall be caught up together with them into the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be ever with the Lord.

⁶ For I am now ready to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution approaches.

¹⁴ And I said to him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are persons who are come out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. ¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun scorch them, nor any burning heat. ¹⁷ Because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will feed them, as a shepherd, and lead them unto living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

⁷ Yet I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I went not away, the Comforter would not come to you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.

²⁹ For this I know, that after my departure there will come among you grievous wolves, not sparing the flock: ³⁰ Yea, from among yourselves shall men arise, speaking perverting doctrines, to draw away disciples after them. ³¹ Therefore watch, remembering that for three years, by night and by day, I have never ceased with tears to admonish every individual.

²² But if it be his will, that I should live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my travail: and what to chuse I know not.

²⁵ And being so persuaded, I know that I shall stay and continue with you all for your progress and joy of faith; ²⁶ that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus for me by my coming again unto you.

³² but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail: and when thou art returned, stablish thy brethren.

¹⁵ When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord! thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yes, Lord! thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. ¹⁷ He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee! Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep.

²³ Who, when he arrived there, and beheld the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all, with full purpose of heart to adhere to the Lord.

²² strengthening the souls of the brethren, exhorting them to abide firm in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must pass into the kingdom of heaven.

²⁵ And now behold, I know that ye shall see my face no more, even ye all, among whom I have gone in and out preaching the kingdom of God.

¹¹ For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, in order that you may be established; ¹² and that so I may be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of you and of me.

² by whom also we have had an introduction through faith into this grace in which we have stood fast, and are rejoicing in hope of the glory of God.

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy, and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Ghost.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to say any thing of those things which Christ hath not wrought by my ministry, to engage the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

²⁹ But I know that, when I come to you, I shall come with the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

²⁴ not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow-helpers of your joy; for by faith ye stand.

¹¹ And he himself appointed, some indeed apostles, and some prophets; and others preachers of the Gospel; and others pastors and teachers; ¹² for the perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ: ¹³ until we all attain in the unity of the faith, and the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a state of complete manhood, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

²⁴ But I have confidence in the Lord that I myself shall come shortly.

⁸ whom though ye have not seen, ye love; on whom, though ye have not as yet gazed, yet believing, ye exult with joy unutterable and glorious:

²² And ye therefore have indeed at present sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall be made glad, and your joy no man taketh from you.

²⁴ Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be complete.

¹⁴ As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your glory, as also ye are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

¹² For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have an answer for those who glory in countenance, and not in heart.

⁶ But God that comforteth the lowly comforted us by the coming of Titus:

¹⁶ holding up the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain. ¹⁷ Yea, and should I become the victim, in the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. ¹⁸ In like manner do ye also joy and rejoice with me.

¹ MOREOVER, brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not irksome, but is safe for you.

³ For we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit, and glory in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, Rejoice.

¹⁰ Now I rejoiced greatly in the Lord, that now once more your thoughtful attention about me hath again sprung up, to which also your mind had been disposed, but ye had not found the opportunity.

²⁵ But Jesus knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself will be desolated; and every city, or family, divided against itself cannot subsist:

²⁰ And not for them do I make request only, but also for those who shall believe in me through their word; ²¹ that all may be one; as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee, that these also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

⁴⁶ And daily continuing with one mind at the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of their food with great joy and simplicity of heart,

³² And in the multitude of those that believed there was one heart and soul: and not one person said, that any part of his substance was his peculiar property; but all things were in common among them.

²⁴ Now after some days, Felix returning with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

⁵ through whom we have received grace and apostolic mission among all nations for his name, to bring them to the obedience of faith:

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God for salvation to every one who believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

⁸ But what saith it? "The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart:" that is, the word of faith which we preach;

⁴ For as we have in one body many members, but the members, though many, have not the same function, ⁵ so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one reciprocally members of each other.

¹⁶ that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God; that the oblation of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

¹⁰ Now I conjure you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that ye be perfectly united together in the same mind and the same sentiment.

¹² For as the body is one, and hath many members, but all the members of that one body, though many, are one body: so also is Christ. ¹³ For by one Spirit we all have been baptised into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free men; and we have all been made to drink into one Spirit. ¹⁴ For the body is not one member, but many. ¹⁵ If the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it, on this account, not of the body? ¹⁶ And if the ear should say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it not therefore of the body? ¹⁷ If the whole body were eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? ¹⁸ But now hath God placed the members, every one of them in the body, as he hath chosen. ¹⁹ But if the whole were one member, where were the body? ²⁰ But now the members indeed are many, but the body one. ²¹ Nor can the eye say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. ²² Yea, much more the members of the body, which appear to be more feeble, are necessary: ²³ and those parts which we esteem as the more dishonourable of the body, on them we bestow more abundant honour, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. ²⁴ For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered together the body, giving more abundant honour to that part which lacked: ²⁵ that there might be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. ²⁶ And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; and if one member be exalted, all the members rejoice with it. ²⁷ Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. ²⁸ And these also hath God placed in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healings, helpers, directors, different kinds of tongues. ²⁹ Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? ³⁰ have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? ³¹ But zealously seek the gifts that are the best: and yet I shew unto you a more transcendently excellent way.

⁵⁸ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

¹³ Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, be manful, be strong. ¹⁴ Let all your concerns be transacted in love.

⁴ among whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dart its bright beams upon them.

¹³ (while by the evidence of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberality towards them, and towards all men;)

¹¹ Finally, brethren, rejoice: be perfectly united together, be comforted, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

⁷ which is not another; but there are certain persons who trouble you, and desire to pervert the gospel of Christ.

¹³ In whom ye also [trusted] after ye had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the holy Spirit of promise,

³ careful to preserve unity of spirit, in the bond of peace. ⁴ There is one body, and one spirit, even as ye have been called to one hope of your calling; ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ one God, and father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

¹ IF there be then any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any communion of spirit, if any bowels and compassions, ² fulfil ye my joy, that ye may be united in sentiment, having the same love, of one soul, of one mind.

¹⁸ For many walk, whom I have often mentioned to you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

⁴ having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and the love ye show to all the saints;

¹¹ as ye know how [we treated] every one of you, as a father doth his children, exhorting you, and admonishing, and conjuring you, ¹² that ye should walk worthy of God, as calling you into his kingdom and glory.

⁶ But now when Timothy returned to us from you, and brought us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye retain a kind remembrance of us always, earnestly desirous to see us, as we are also to see you:

¹¹ according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been put in trust.

¹⁹ holding faith and a good conscience, which some having renounced, as touching the faith, have been shipwrecked:

⁷ I have struggled hard in the honourable contest, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith:

¹⁰ not embezzling their property, but demonstrating all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

⁵ hearing of thy love and faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and unto all the saints;

¹⁸ But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for those who are peacemakers.

⁴ whereby superlatively great and precious promises are freely given to us: that by these ye might become partakers of a divine nature, having fled far away from the corruption that is in the world through inordinate concupiscence.— ⁵ And for this very purpose employing the greatest diligence, lead up in the train of your faith courage; and with courage intelligence; ⁶ and with intelligence moderation; and with moderation patience; and with patience piety; ⁷ and with piety fraternal affection; and with fraternal affection love. ⁸ For if these things are in your possession, and abounding, they will render you neither inactive nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he that hath no possession of these things, is blind, dim-sighted, sinking into oblivion of his purification from the sins of his former days.

¹¹ Seeing then that all these things must be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in a course of holy conduct and acts of piety,

¹⁴ Wherefore, beloved, seeing ye are expecting these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, spotless and blameless.

³ I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came, and bore witness to thy truth, even as thou walkest in the truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than these tidings, that I hear my own children are walking in the truth.

³ Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you concerning the common salvation, I held it necessary to write unto you, exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered unto the saints.

¹⁰ Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake: for their's is the kingdom in heaven. ¹¹ Blessed are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and lying, speak every thing evil against you for my sake. ¹² Rejoice and exult; for plenteous is your reward in the heavens: for just so they persecuted the prophets who went before you.

²⁸ And be not afraid of those who kill the body, and cannot kill the soul: but fear him rather who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

⁶ and all flesh shall see the salvation of God."

⁴ But I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those who may kill the body, but after that, have nothing farther which they can do.

¹² But before all these things, they will lay hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and to prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. ¹³ And it shall afford you an opportunity to bear your testimony. ¹⁴ Therefore rest satisfied in your hearts, not to premeditate what apology to make: ¹⁵ for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall be utterly unable to contradict or resist. ¹⁶ But ye shall be betrayed even by parents, and brethren, and relations, and friends; and some of you they shall put to death. ¹⁷ And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. ¹⁸ Though a hair of your head shall in nowise perish. ¹⁹ In your patience possess ye your souls.

¹⁹ But Peter and John, answering them, said, If it be right in the sight of God to obey you rather than God, be yourselves the judges. ²⁰ For we cannot refrain from speaking the things which we have seen and heard. ²¹ Then they with many additional threatenings dismissed them, finding no pretext how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for what had been done. ²² For the man was more than forty years of age, upon whom this miracle of healing was performed.

⁴⁰ And to him they assented: and calling in the apostles, after scourging them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them. ⁴¹ Then they went rejoicing from the presence of the sanhedrim, that for his name's sake, they had been counted worthy to suffer this injurious treatment. ⁴² And all the day long in the temple, and from house to house, they never ceased teaching and preaching Jesus Christ.

²⁸ Be it known therefore unto you, that to the Gentiles is the salvation of God sent, and they will hear.

¹⁷ But if children, then heirs; heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be we suffer with him, that we may also together with him be glorified.

⁵ which is a manifest proof of the righteous judgment of God, that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: ⁶ seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; ⁷ For God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of courage, and of love, and of sobriety. ⁸ Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer affliction with me in the gospel, supported by the power of God;

¹¹ It is a faithful saying: for if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: ¹² if we suffer with him, we shall also reign with him: if we renounce him, he also will renounce us:

⁶ So that we may with confidence say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

¹² Beloved, be not amazed at the fiery trial among you which is to bring you to the test, as though something strange happened to you; ¹³ but as ye share in the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory also ye may hail him with exultations. ¹⁴ If ye suffer reproach for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: by them indeed he is blasphemed, but by you he is glorified.

¹⁰ Fear nothing from the things which thou shalt suffer: lo! the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have a ten day's tribulation: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

¹⁷ And Jesus replying, said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this to thee, but my Father, who is in heaven.

¹² But as many as did receive him, on them he bestowed authority to become children of God, even on those who believe on his name: ¹³ who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

⁴⁴ No man can come to me, except the Father who hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, And "they shall all be taught of God." Every one therefore who heareth from the Father, and learneth, cometh to me.

⁴¹ Then they went rejoicing from the presence of the sanhedrim, that for his name's sake, they had been counted worthy to suffer this injurious treatment.

³⁹ and by this man shall every one who believeth be justified from all things, from which it was not possible that he should be justified by the law of Moses.

²⁷ So when they arrived they called the church together, and related what great things God had done by them, and that he had opened to the heathen the door of faith.

³ And not only so, but we glory also in tribulations: knowing that tribulation produceth patience;

⁸ For by grace ye are saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:

² My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various trials;

³³ These things have I spoken to you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall distress of circumstances, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? ³⁶ As it is written, "That for thy sake we have been put to death the whole day long; we have been reckoned indeed as sheep for slaughter." ³⁷ But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

⁹ For I think that God hath exposed us his apostles the last as devoted unto death. For we have been made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. ¹⁰ We are counted fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are mighty; ye are honourable persons, but we despised. ¹¹ For even to this present hour we undergo hunger and thirst and nakedness, and are buffeted about, and have no settled abode; ¹² and work hard, labouring with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; ¹³ being injuriously spoken of, we entreat; we are made as the ordures of the world, as the sweepings of all things unto this day. ¹⁴ I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I admonish you.

³⁰ and why do we also expose ourselves to danger every hour? ³¹ I solemnly declare by all the joy over you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. ³² If after the manner of men I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage would it be to me, if the dead did not rise again? shall we eat and drink; because to-morrow we die?

¹¹ Be clothed in the panoply of God, that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹² For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions. ¹³ Therefore take the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all things to stand. ¹⁴ Stand therefore, girded about your loins with truth, and putting on the breastplate of righteousness; ¹⁵ and underneath your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ and over all lifting up the shield of faith, with which ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: ¹⁸ praying at every opportunity with all prayer and supplication in Spirit, and watching for this very purpose with perseverance and intercession for all the saints;

²⁹ for which also I am labouring, conflicting in the energy of his might, which worketh in me powerfully.

¹⁴ For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea, in Christ Jesus: for ye suffered the same things also yourselves from your own countrymen, as they too have of the Jews; ¹⁵ who both murdered the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are in opposition to all mankind;

² and sent Timothy our brother, and a minister of God, and our fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ, that he might stablish you, and comfort you concerning your faith: ³ that no man might be shaken by these tribulations; for ye yourselves know that thereunto we are appointed. ⁴ For when we were with you, we told you before that we were about to suffer tribulation; as also it came to pass, and ye know.

¹² Strain every nerve in the noble conflict of faith, lay fast hold on eternal life, unto which also thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

¹⁰ Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Jesus Christ with eternal glory.

³² But remember the past days in which, after ye had been illuminated, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings; ³³ partly while publicly exposed to revilings and tribulations, partly as being in communion with those who were treated in this manner.

⁴ As yet ye have not resisted unto blood, struggling against sin.

¹⁰ Fear nothing from the things which thou shalt suffer: lo! the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have a ten day's tribulation: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee a crown of life. ¹¹ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. He that overcometh shall receive no injury from the second death.

¹¹ And they have vanquished him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto death.