1 Peter 5 Cross References - Living_Oracles

¹ The seniors who are among you, I exhort, who am also a senior, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory which is to be revealed. ² Feed the flock of God, which is with you; exercising the overseer's office, not by constraint, but willingly; neither for the sake of sordid gain, but from good disposition; ³ neither as lording it over the heritage of God, but, being patterns to the flock: ⁴ and when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive the crown of glory which fades not away. ⁵ For the like reason, you younger persons subject yourselves to the seniors. Yes, all be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud but gives favor to the humble. ⁶ Be humbled, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. ⁷ Cast all your anxious care on him, because he cares for you. ⁸ Be sober, be vigilant: your adversary, the devil, is walking about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour: ⁹ whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the very same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren, who are in the world. ¹⁰ And may the God of all favor, who has called us to his eternal glory, by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, himself make you complete; support, strengthen, establish you: ¹¹ to him be the glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. ¹² By Sylvanus, a faithful brother, (as I conclude,) I have written to you in few words, exhorting you, and strongly testifying that this is the true favor of God, in which you stand. ¹³ They at Babylon, elected jointly with you, and Mark, my son, salute you. ¹⁴ Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you all, who are in Christ Jesus.

¹ Then was Jesus conducted by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.

¹¹ Then the devil leaving him, angels came and ministered to him.

²⁵ Therefore I charge you, be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor about your body, what you shall wear. Is not life a greater gift than food; and the body more than raiment? ²⁶ Observe the fowls of heaven. They neither sow nor reap. They have no storehouse; but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you much more valuable than they?

³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness required by him; and all these things shall be superadded to you. ³⁴ Be not then anxious about the morrow: the morrow will be anxious about itself. Sufficient for every day is its own trouble.

³⁹ the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the conclusion of this state; and the reapers are the angels.

²⁵ but Jesus, calling them to him, said, You know that the Princes of the nations domineer over them, and the great exercise their authority upon them. ²⁶ It must not be so amongst you: on the contrary, whosoever would become great amongst you, let him be your servant;

⁸ But as for you, assume not the title of Rabbi; for you have only one teacher; ⁹ and style no man on earth your father, for he alone is your Father, who is in heaven; and all you are brothers. ¹⁰ Neither assume the title of leaders, for you have only one leader-who is the Messiah.

¹² for whosoever will exalt himself, shall be humbled; and whosoever will humble himself, shall be exalted.

⁴² Watch, therefore, since you know not at what hour your master will come.

⁴⁸ But as to the vicious servant, who shall say within himself, My master defers his return, ⁴⁹ and shall beat his fellow-servants, and feast and carouse with drunkards; ⁵⁰ the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour of which he is not apprised,

³¹ Now when the Son of Man shall come in his glory, accompanied by all the angels, and shall be seated on his glorious throne; ³² then shall all the nations be assembled before him; and out of them he will separate the good from the bad, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ The sheep he will set at his right hand, and the goats at his left. ³⁴ Then will the King say to those at his right hand: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: ³⁵ for I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you lodged me; I was a stranger, and you lodged me; ³⁶ I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick and you assisted me; I was in prison, and you visited me. ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and feed thee; or thirsty, and give thee drink? ³⁸ When did we see thee a stranger, and lodged thee; or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ When did we see thee sick, or in prison, and visited thee? ⁴⁰ The King will reply to them, Indeed, I say to you, that inasmuch as you have done this to any the least of these my brethren, you have done it to me. ⁴¹ Then he will say to those at his left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers;

⁴¹ Then he will say to those at his left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers; ⁴² for I was hungry, but you gave me no food; thirsty, but you gave me no drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger, but you did not lodge me; naked, but you did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, but you did not visit me. ⁴⁴ Then they also will answer, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not assist thee? ⁴⁵ Then he will reply to them, saying, Indeed, I say to you, that inasmuch as you did it not to any the least of these, you did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

¹¹ And when you are brought before synagogues, and magistrates, and rulers; be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say: ¹² for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that moment, what ought to be said.

²² Then he said to his disciples, For this reason I charge you, be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat; nor about your body, what you shall wear.

³⁰ For all these things the Pagans seeks; whereas, your Father knows that you need them. ³¹ But seek you the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be superadded to you. ³² Fear not, my little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.

³² Fear not, my little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.

⁴⁵ But as to the servant who shall say within himself, My master delays his return, and shall beat the men-servants and the maids, and shall feast, and carouse, and be drunken; ⁴⁶ the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour of which he is not apprised, and having discarded him, will assign him his portion with the faithless.

²⁰ All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.

⁹ but you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people; that you should declare the perfections of him who has called you from darkness into his marvelous light:

²¹ Besides, to this you were called; for even Christ suffered for us, leaving us a pattern, that you should follow his footsteps;

²⁵ For you were as sheep going astray, but are now returned to the Shepherd, and Overseer of your souls.

³ whose adorning, let it not be that which is external-the plaiting of hair, trinkets of gold, or finery of dress; ⁴ but-the hidden man of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of God, is of great value.

¹⁴ Nevertheless, although you even suffer for righteousness' sake, you are happy. Therefore, do not fear their fear, neither be troubled:

¹ Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, do you also warm yourselves with the same mind: for he who has suffered in the flesh, has ceased from sin;

⁵ who shall give account to him who is prepared to judge the living and the dead.

⁷ Now the end of all things has approached; be, therefore, sober, and watch to prayer.

¹¹ If any one speak, let him speak as the oracles of God: if any one minister, let him do it as from the strength which God supplies; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

¹³ but, seeing you partake of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice: that, also, at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice, with exceeding great joy.

² Feed the flock of God, which is with you; exercising the overseer's office, not by constraint, but willingly; neither for the sake of sordid gain, but from good disposition;

⁴ and when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive the crown of glory which fades not away.

³⁸ Jesus being in the stern, asleep on a pillow, they awake him, saying, Rabbi, do you not care that we perish?

⁴² But Jesus having called them together, said to them, You know that those who are accounted the princes of the nations, domineer over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them; ⁴³ but it must not be so amongst you. On the contrary, whosoever would be great amongst you, shall be your servant; ⁴⁴ and whosoever would be the chief, shall be the slave of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

⁵² He pulls down potentates from their thrones, and exalts the lowly.

³ and the devil said to him, If thou be God's Son, command this stone to become bread. ⁴ Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, "Man does not live by bread only, but by whatever God pleases." ⁵ Then the devil, having brought him to the top of a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant, ⁶ and said to him, All this power and glory I will give thee; for it is delivered to me, and to whomsoever I will, I give it; ⁷ if, therefore, thou wilt worship me, it shall all be thine. ⁸ Jesus answering, said, It is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only." ⁹ Then he brought him to Jerusalem, and placing him on the battlement of the temple, said to him, If thou be God's Son, throw thyself down hence; ¹⁰ for it is written, "He will give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee; ¹¹ and, in their arms they shall uphold thee, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone." ¹² Jesus answered, It is said, "Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the proof."

¹¹ For whoever exalts himself, shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself, shall be exalted.

¹⁴ I assure you, that this man returned home more approved than the other: for whoever exalts himself, shall be humbled; but whoever humbles himself, shall be exalted.

³⁴ Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares: for, as a net,

³⁶ Be vigilant, therefore, praying on every occasion, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these approaching evils, and to stand before the Son of Man.

²⁴ There had been, also, a contention amongst them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. ²⁵ And he said to them, The king of the nations exercise dominion over them; and they who oppress them, are styled benefactors. ²⁶ But with you, it must be otherwise: nay, let the greatest amongst you be as the least; and him who governs, as he who serves. ²⁷ For, which is greater, he who is at table, or he who serves? Is not he that is at table? Yet I am amongst you as one who serves.

³¹ The Lord said, also, Simon, Simon, Satan has obtained permission to sift you as wheat; ³² but I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not; do you, therefore, when you have recovered yourself, confirm your brethren.

⁴⁸ Now, you are witnesses of these things;

⁴⁴ The devil is your father, and the desires of your father you will gratify: he was a manslayer from the beginning; he swerved from the truth, because there was no veracity in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks suitably to his character; for he is a liar, and the father of lying.

¹¹ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for his sheep.

¹³ The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.

²⁷ Peace I leave you; my peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Be not disheartened; be not intimidated.

²⁶ But when the Advocate is come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify concerning me. ²⁷ And you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

³³ These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage! I have overcome the world.

¹⁹ In the evening of that day, the first of the week, Jesus came where the disciples were convened, (the doors having been shut, for the fear of the Jews,) and stood in the midst, and said to them, Peace be to you.

²⁶ Eight days after, the disciples being again in the house, and Thomas with them, Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in the midst and said, Peace be to you.

¹⁵ When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He answered, Yes, Lord, you know that I love you. ¹⁶ A second time he said, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He answered, Yes, Lord, you know that I love you. Jesus replied, Tend my sheep. ¹⁷ A third time he said, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter, grieved at his asking this question a third time, answered, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus replied, Feed my sheep.

²¹ Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, And what, Lord, shall become of this man?

⁸ But you shall receive power by the Holy Spirit coming upon you, and shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and even to the remotest parts of the earth.

²² commencing from his immersion by John, until the day of his assumption, should be constituted a witness with us, of his resurrection.

³² This Jesus, God has raised up, of which all we are witnesses:

¹⁵ and killed the Prince of Life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses;

³⁰ The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom you slew, hanging him on a tree: ³¹ HIM has God exalted at his right hand, a Prince and Saviour, to give reformation to Israel, and remission of sins. ³² And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God has given to them who submit to his government.

³⁹ And we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the region of the Jews, and in Jerusalem: whom they slew, hanging him on a tree. ⁴⁰ This very person God raised up, on the third day, and granted him to become manifest; ⁴¹ not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God, even to us, who have eat and drunk with him after he arose from the dead.

²³ Who, when he was come, and beheld the favor of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all to adhere to the Lord, with full determination of heart;

³⁰ And this they did, sending it to the elders, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

¹² And recollecting, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark; where many were gathered together, praying.

²⁵ And Barnabas and Saul, having fulfilled their ministry, returned from Jerusalem; bringing along with them John, whose surname was Mark.

²² confirming the souls of the disciples; exhorting them to continue in the faith, and testifying that it is necessary we should enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations. ²³ And when they had constituted elders for them, in every congregation, having prayed to God, with fasting; they committed them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

⁴ And being arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the congregation, and by the Apostles and elders: and they related what things God had done with them.

⁶ And the Apostles and elders were gathered together to consult upon this affair.

²² Then it seemed good to the Apostles and elders, and all the congregation, to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, chosen men from among themselves, namely, Judas, surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, men of principal account among the brethren; ²³ writing by their hands these things: The Apostles, and elders, and brethren, to the brethren from among the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, greeting:

¹⁷ But, sending to Ephesus, from Miletus, he called thither the elders of the congregation.

²⁴ But I make no account of any of these things, nor do I regard even life itself; so that I may but joyfully finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, even to testify the good news of the favor of God.

²⁶ Wherefore, I testify to you this day, that I am clear from the blood of all men. ²⁷ For I have not declined to declare to you all the counsel of God. ²⁸ Therefore, take heed to yourselves, and to the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has constituted you overseers; to feed the congregation of the Lord, which he has redeemed with his own blood.

²⁸ Therefore, take heed to yourselves, and to the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has constituted you overseers; to feed the congregation of the Lord, which he has redeemed with his own blood.

³³ I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. ³⁴ Yes, you yourselves know, that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those that were with me.

¹³ But Paul answered, What do you mean, thus weeping, and breaking my heart? for I am ready, not only to be bound; but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁸ And the next day Paul entered in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

⁷ To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; favor be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ Therefore, I am willing, according to my ability, to declare the glad tidings, even to you who are in Rome.

² through whom we have had introduction, also, by faith, into this favor in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God:

⁶ Besides, we being yet weak, in the appointed time Christ died for the ungodly.

²⁰ Moreover, the law supervened, that the offense might abound; but where sin abounded, favor superabounded- ²¹ that as sin reigned by death, so, also, favor might reign by justification to eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹ There is, then, no condemnation, now, to those who are in Christ Jesus.

¹⁷ And if children, then heirs; heirs, indeed, of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if, indeed, we suffer with him, that with him also we may be glorified. ¹⁸ However, I esteem not the sufferings of the present time, as worthy of comparison with the glory, which is hereafter to be revealed in us.

²⁸ Besides, we know, that all things work together for good, to them who love God; to them, who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹ For, whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son; that he might be the first born among many brethren. ³⁰ Moreover, whom he predestinated, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

¹¹ (they, indeed, not being yet born; neither having done any good or evil; that the purpose of God might stand, by an election; not on account of works, but of him who calls:)

²⁴ even us, whom he has called; not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles.

³⁶ For, from him, and by him, and to him, are all things: to him be the glory forever. Amen.

¹⁰ In brotherly love, be tenderly affectionate to one another-in honor, prefer one another.

¹¹ Further, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to awake out of sleep. (For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed: ¹² the night is far advanced, and the day is at hand.) Let us, therefore, put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us walk about decently, as in the day, not in revellings and drunkenness; not in chamberings and lasciviousness; not in strife and envy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the lusts of the flesh.

⁵ Now, may the God who gives patience and admonition, give to you mutual unity of sentiment, according to Christ Jesus.

¹³ Now, may the God of hope fill you with all joy, and peace, in believing; in order that you may abound in that hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ Salute one another with a holy kiss. The congregations of Christ salute you.

²⁵ Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, concealed in the times of the ages,

⁹ God is faithful, by whom you have been called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

³⁰ Of him, therefore, you are in Christ Jesus, who is become to us wisdom from God, justification, also, and sanctification, and redemption.

⁵ For who is Paul, and who is Apollos; but ministers, by whom you have believed, even as the Lord has given to each?

⁹ Wherefore, we are joint laborers, employed by God. You are God's field; you are God's building.

⁷ Who, at any time, serves in the wars, on his own charges? Who plants a vineyard, and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who feeds a flock, and does not eat of the milk of the flock?

¹⁶ For when I declared the gospel, I have nothing to boast of; because necessity is laud upon me: yes, woe awaits me if I declare not the gospel. ¹⁷ Now, if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but, if against my will, still I am entrusted with the stewardship.

²⁵ Now, every one who contends is temperate in all things: they, indeed, that they may receive a fading crown; but we, one that does not fade.

¹³ No trial has come upon you but such as belongs to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tried above what you are able, but will, with the trial, also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear.

²² Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

¹¹ However, neither is the man, without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

¹ Now I declare to you, brethren, the glad tidings which I announced to; which, also, you have received, and in which you stand.

¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed to you by us, even by me and Sylvanus, and Timothy, was not yes and no; but in him was yes.

²⁴ Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are joint promoters of your joy: for by the faith you stand.

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

¹⁷ For our momentary light afflictions work out for us an eternal weight of glory, great beyond expression;

¹ For we know that if the earthy house of this our tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, everlasting, in the heavens.

⁸ We are courageous, indeed, and desirous rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

¹⁷ For, if any one be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new!

¹⁴ Behold, a third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you; because I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ Yes, I most gladly will spend and be spent for the sake of your souls; even though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

¹¹ Finally, brethren, farewell: be perfect: comfort yourselves: mind the same thing: live in peace: and the God of love and peace will be with you. ¹² Salute one another with a holy kiss.

⁸ But if even we, or an angel from heaven, declare a gospel to you, different from what we have declared to you, let him be accursed. ⁹ As we said before, so now I say again, if any one declare a gospel to you, different from what you have received, let him be accursed.

³ that by revelation the secret was made known to me, (as I wrote before in a few words;

²⁷ neither give an opportunity to the devil.

²¹ Be subject to one another, in the fear of God.

¹¹ Put on the complete armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the crafty ways of the devil.

¹¹ Put on the complete armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the crafty ways of the devil. ¹² For we wrestle not with flesh and blood, but with governments, with powers, with the rulers of this darkness: with spiritual wickedness in the heavenly regions. ¹³ For this reason, take up the complete armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having fully wrought everything, to stand.

¹⁶ Over all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

²¹ Moreover, that you also may know the things relating to me, and what I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother, and faithful minister in the Lord, will make known to you all things;

²³ Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ for I know that this will turn out to me for salvation, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ-

²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²² But whether to live in the flesh would be to my advantage; or what to choose, I do not know: ²³ for I am in a strait between the two, having a strong desire to depart and be with Christ, which is by far the better.

³ Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but, in humbleness of mind esteem each other better that yourselves:

¹⁷ Brethren, be imitators of men, and consider attentively those who walk so, as you have us for an example.

⁶ Be anxious about nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

⁹ those, also, which you have learned, and received, and heard, and seen with me, practice; and the God of peace will be with you.

¹³ I can do all things, through him who strengthens me.

⁷ even as you learned it of Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ,

²² he has now, indeed, reconciled, by the body of his flesh, to present you holy and unblameable, and unreproveable, in his sight; ²³ if, indeed, you continue in the faith founded and stable, and not removed from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature which is under heaven; of which I, Paul, am made a minister.

⁵ For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

⁷ rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

³ For you are dead; but your life is hid with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ our life shall appear then you shall also appear with him in glory.

¹² Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering.

⁷ All things concerning me, Tychicus, a beloved brother, and faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord, will make known to you;

⁹ with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is from you. They will make known to you all things which are done here.

¹ Paul, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, to the congregation of the Thessalonians, which is in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Favor to you, and peace from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ for our gospel came not to you in word only, but also with power, and with the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance: as you know what sort of men we were among you. ⁶ And you became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having embraced the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit.

¹² and testifying that you should walk worthy of God, who has called you to his kingdom of glory.

¹⁵ who both killed the Lord, and the prophets, and have greatly persecuted us, and do not please God, and are contrary to all men; ¹⁶ hindering us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved; so that they fill up their iniquities always: but the wrath of God is coming upon them at length.

³ that no one should be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that we are appointed to them.

⁶ Therefore, let us not sleep, even as others; but let us watch and be sober. ⁷ For they who sleep, sleep in the night; and they who get drunk, get drunk in the night. ⁸ But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

²⁶ Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.

¹ Paul, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, to the congregation of the Thessalonians, which is in God, our Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ:

⁷ and to you, the afflicted, (because our testimony was believed by you,) rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, ⁸ inflicting a just retribution on those who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; ⁹ who shall suffer a just punishment-an everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power- ¹⁰ in that day when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired by all the believers.

¹⁴ to which he called you, by our gospel, that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

³ But the Lord is faithful, who will establish and keep you from the evil one.

⁹ Not because we have not a right, but that we might give ourselves to you for a pattern, to imitate us.

⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all; -of which the testimony is in its proper season:

⁹ I like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in decent apparel, with modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment:

¹⁵ However, she shall be saved through child-bearing, if they live in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety.

² The bishop, then, must be unclaimed, the husband of one wife, vigilant, prudent, of comely behavior, hospitable, fit to teach; ³ not given to wine, no striker, but gentle; not quarrelsome, nor a lover of money:

⁸ The deacons, in like manner, must be grave, not double-tongued, not giving themselves to much wine, not persons who earn money by base methods;

¹¹ The women, in like manner, must be grave, not slanderers; but vigilant, faithful in all things.

¹² Let no one despise your youth; but be a pattern to the believers in speech, in behavior, in love, in faith, in chastity.

¹ Do not severely rebuke an old man, but beseech him as a father, and the young men as brothers;

¹⁹ Against a senior receive not an accusation, unless by two or three witnesses.

¹² Combat the good combat of faith: lay hold on eternal life; to which, also, you have been called, and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

⁹ who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, -not on account of our works; but on account of his own purpose and favor, which was given us through Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

¹⁰ For this cause I patiently bear all things on account of the elect; that they, indeed, may obtain the salvation which is by Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

¹² And all, indeed, who will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall be persecuted:

⁷ I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have continued faithful: ⁸ henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will deliver to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them who love his appearing.

¹⁷ However, the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me, the proclamation might be fully declared, and all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

³ who has now manifested his word, at the proper season, by the proclamation with which I am entrusted, according to the appointment of God our Saviour;)

⁵ For this purpose, I left you in Crete, that you might set in order the things left unfinished, and to ordain seniors in every city, as I commanded you.

⁷ For a bishop should be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not prone to anger, not given to wine, not a striker, not one who makes gain by base methods; ⁸ but hospitable; a lover of good men, prudent, just, holy, temperate;

¹¹ whose mouths must be stopped; who subvert whole families, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain.

² that aged men be vigilant, grave, prudent, healthy by faith, love, patience.

⁴ that they may persuade the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children-

⁶ The young men, in like manner, exhort to govern their passions. ⁷ In all things make yourself a pattern of good works: in teaching, show incorruptness, gravity,

¹² teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world-

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

¹ Put them in mind to be subject to governments, and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work;

⁹ yet, for love's sake, I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul, an old man, and now, also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ but without your mind I would do nothing, that the good derived might not be as if by constraint, but as voluntary.

¹⁵ And, for this reason, he is mediator of the new institution, that, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first institution, those who had been called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

³³ who, through faith, subdued kingdom, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

¹⁵ carefully observing, lest any one come short of the favor of God; lest some bitter root springing up, trouble you, and by it many be polluted;

⁵ Let your behavior be without the love of money, being contented with the things you have; for himself has said, "I will never leave you, not will I at all utterly forsake you." ⁶ So that taking courage, we may say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man can do to men."

¹⁷ Obey your rulers, and submit yourselves; for they watch for your souls, as those who must give account: -that they may do this with joy, and not with mourning; for that would be unprofitable for you.

²⁰ Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting institution,

²⁰ Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting institution, ²¹ make you fit for every good work, to do his will, producing in you what is acceptable in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom we the glory for ever and ever. Amen. ²² Now I beseech you, brethren, suffer this word of exhortation, for indeed I have sent it to you in brief.

⁹ Moreover, let the brother of humble condition glory in his exaltation, ¹⁰ and the rich in his humiliation; for as a garden flower he shall pass away.-

¹² Blessed is the man who sustains trial, for becoming an approved person, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them who love him.

⁶ But he gives greater favor. For it says, "God resists the proud, but gives favor to the humble." ⁷ Therefore, be subject to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

¹⁰ Be humble in the presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

¹⁰ Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord: for an example of suffering evil, and of patience.

² according to the predetermination of God the Father, by a sanctification of the Spirit, in order to obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Favor and peace be multiplied to you. ³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has regenerated us to a lively hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and unfading, preserved in the heavens for us;

⁴ to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and unfading, preserved in the heavens for us; ⁵ who, by the power of God, are guarded through faith, to the salvation prepared to be revealed in the last time. ⁶ On account of this, be exceeding glad, though now, for a little while, (since it is needful,) you are made sorry by divers trials;

⁶ On account of this, be exceeding glad, though now, for a little while, (since it is needful,) you are made sorry by divers trials; ⁷ that the trying of your faith, (much more precious than of gold, which perishes, though proved by fire,) may be found to praise, and honor, and glory, at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

⁷ that the trying of your faith, (much more precious than of gold, which perishes, though proved by fire,) may be found to praise, and honor, and glory, at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

¹² to whom it was revealed, that, not for themselves, but for us, they ministered these things; which have now been reported to you, by them who have declared the glad tidings to you, with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven: into which things, angels earnestly desire to look attentively. ¹³ Wherefore, having the loins of your mind girded, being vigilant, constantly hope for the gift to be brought to you, at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ but as he who has called you is holy, be you also holy;

³ As his divine power has gifted to us all things which are necessary to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue.

¹² Wherefore, I will not neglect to put you always in remembrance of these things, although you know, and are established in the present truth.

³ And through covetousness, they will make merchandise of you, by fictitious tales: to whom the punishment threatened of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

¹⁵ having forsaken the right path, they have wandered, following in the way of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity,

²⁵ and this is the promise which he has promised to us, even eternal life.

² Beloved, now we are the children of God; but it does not yet appear what we shall be. However, we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him-that we shall see him as he is.

⁸ He who works sin, is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. ⁹ Whoever has been begotten by God, does not work sin; because his seed abides in him; and he can not sin, because he has been begotten by God. ¹⁰ By this the children of God are discovered, and the children of the devil: whoever works not righteousness, is not of God, neither he who loves not his brother.

⁹ If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. Now, this is the testimony of God, which he has testified concerning his Son. ¹⁰ (He who believes on the Son of God, has the testimony in himself. He who believes not God, has made him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony, which God has testified concerning his Son.)

¹ The elder, to Electa Cyria, and her children, whom I love sincerely; and not I only, but also all who have known the truth; ² for the truth's sake, which is in us, and shall be with us forever: ³ Favor, mercy, and peace, be with you, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, with truth and love. ⁴ I rejoiced greatly, when I found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father. ⁵ And now I beseech you, Cyria, not as writing to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. ⁶ And this is the love that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you have heard from the beginning, that you may walk in it; ⁷ for many deceivers are entered into the world, who do not confess Jesus Christ did come in the flesh. This is the deceiver, and the antichrist. ⁸ Look to yourselves, that we may not lose the things which we have wrought, but may receive a full reward. ⁹ Whoever transgresses, and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ, has not God: he who abides in the doctrine of Christ, has both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If any one come to you, and bring not this doctrine; receive him not into your house, nor wish him success: ¹¹ for he who wishes him success, partakes in his evil deeds. ¹² Having many things to write to you, I did not incline to communicate them by paper and ink; because I hope to come to you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be complete. ¹³ The children of your beloved sister, salute you.

¹³ The children of your beloved sister, salute you.

¹ The elder, to Gaius, the beloved, whom I love in the truth. ² Beloved, I pray, that with respect to all things, you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. ³ For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came, and bore witness to your truth, even as you walk in truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than that which I have when I hear my children are walking in truth. ⁵ Beloved, you do faithfully what you perform for the brethren, and for the strangers. ⁶ These have borne testimony to your love, in the presence of the congregation; whom, if you help forward on their journey, in a manner worthy of God, you will do well. ⁷ Because for his name's sake, they went forth, receiving nothing from the Gentiles. ⁸ We, therefore, ought to entertain such, that we may be joint laborers in the truth. ⁹ I wrote to the congregation: but Diotrephes, who affects a pre-eminence among them, does not receive us.

⁹ I wrote to the congregation: but Diotrephes, who affects a pre-eminence among them, does not receive us. ¹⁰ For this cause, when I come, I will bring his deeds to remembrance, which he practices-prating against us with malicious words; and, not content with this, he does not himself receive the brethren, and forbids them who would, and casts them out of the congregation.

¹⁰ For this cause, when I come, I will bring his deeds to remembrance, which he practices-prating against us with malicious words; and, not content with this, he does not himself receive the brethren, and forbids them who would, and casts them out of the congregation. ¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good, is of God; but he who does evil, has not seen God. ¹² Testimony is borne to Demetrius, by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear testimony; and you know that our testimony is true.

¹² Testimony is borne to Demetrius, by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear testimony; and you know that our testimony is true. ¹³ I have many things to write; but I do not incline to write them to you with pen and ink: ¹⁴ for I hope immediately to see you, and so we shall speak face to face. Salute the friends by name.

³ Beloved, making all haste to write to you, concerning the common salvation, I thought it necessary to write to you, exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith formerly delivered to the saints.

²⁴ Now to him who is able to guard you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory, with exceeding joy;

⁶ and has made us kings and priests to his God and Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. ⁷ Behold, he is coming in the clouds; and every eye shall see him, even they who pierced him: and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of him. Yes: so let it be.

⁹ I, John, who am also your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ Fear none of the things which you shall suffer; behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be you faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life.

¹¹ I come quickly: keep that which you have, that no man take your crown.

¹³ And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, even all things that are in them, I heard saying, To him who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb be blessing, and honor, and glory, and strength, for ever and ever!

¹¹ And there were given to each of them white robes; and it was said to them, that they should rest yet a while, till the number of their fellow-servants and brethren who should be killed, as they had been, should be completed.

¹⁴ And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they who have come out of much tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb:

⁹ And thus the great dragon was cast out; even the old serpent called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the world, was cast out to the earth; and his angels were cast out with him.

¹² Therefore, rejoice you heavens, and you who inhabit them. But woe to those who inhabit the earth and the sea; for the devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time.

⁵ And she had upon her forehead her name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

² And he cried with a mighty and a loud voice, saying, It is fallen! it is fallen! it is fallen! even Babylon the Great: and it is become the habitation of demons, and the hold of every unclean spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird:

¹² the merchandise of gold, and silver, and jewels, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and every odiferous wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of brass, and of iron, and of marble, ¹³ and cinnamon, and perfume, and myrrh, and incense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and oxen, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

² And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

¹⁰ And the devil, who had deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were: and they shall be tormented day and night for ages and ages. ¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face earth and heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of the things written in the books, according to their works.