Philippians Cross References - MSTC

¹ Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ. To all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. ² Grace be with you and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ I thank my God with all remembrance of you, ⁴ always in all my prayers for you all, and pray with gladness, ⁵ because of the fellowship which ye have in the gospel, from the first day unto now; ⁶ and am surely certified of this, that he which began a good work in you shall go forth with it until the day of Jesus Christ, ⁷ as it becometh me so to judge of you all, because I have you in my heart, and have you also every one companions of grace with me, even in my bonds as I defend, and establish the gospel. ⁸ For God beareth me record how greatly I long after you all from the very heart-root in Jesus Christ. ⁹ And this I pray, that your love may increase more and more in knowledge, and in all feeling, ¹⁰ that ye might accept things most excellent, that ye might be pure and such as should hurt no man's conscience, until the day of Christ; ¹¹ filled with the fruits of righteousness, which fruits come by Jesus Christ unto the glory and laud of God. ¹² I would ye understood, brethren, that my business is happened unto the greater furthering of the gospel. ¹³ So that my bonds in Christ are manifest throughout all the judgment hall: and in all other places; ¹⁴ Insomuch that many of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bonds, and dare more largely speak the word without fear. ¹⁵ Some there are which preach Christ of envy and strife, and some of goodwill. ¹⁶ The one part preacheth Christ of strife, and not purely, supposing to add more adversity to my bonds. ¹⁷ The other part of love, because they see that I am set to defend the gospel. ¹⁸ What then? So that Christ be preached all manner ways, whether it be by occasion, or of true meaning, I therein joy: Yea and will joy. ¹⁹ For I know that this shall chance to my salvation, through your prayer, and ministering of the spirit of Jesus Christ, ²⁰ as I heartily look for and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed: but that with all confidence, as always in times past, even so now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be through life, or else death. ²¹ For Christ is to me life, and death is to me advantage. ²² If it chance me to live in the flesh, that is to me fruitful for to work, and what to choose I know not. ²³ I am constrained of two things. I desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which thing is best of all: ²⁴ Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. ²⁵ And this am I sure of, that I shall abide, and with you all continue, for the furtherance and joy of your faith, ²⁶ that ye may more abundantly rejoice in Jesus Christ through me, by my coming to you again. ²⁷ Only let your conversation be, as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may yet hear of you, that ye continue in one spirit, and in one soul laboring as we do to maintain the faith of the gospel, ²⁸ and in nothing fearing your adversaries: which is to them a token of perdition, and to you a sign of salvation, and that of God. ²⁹ For unto you it is given, that not only ye should believe on Christ: but also suffer for his sake, ³⁰ and have even the same fight which ye saw me have and now hear of me.

³⁴ As a man which is gone into a strange country and hath left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

²⁶ If any man minister unto me, let him follow me: and where I am, there shall also my minister be. And if any man minister unto me, him will my father honour.

²⁰ It is written in the book of psalms, 'His habitation be void, and no man be dwelling therein,' and, 'His bishoprick let another take.'

¹ In those days, as the number of the disciples grew, there arose a grudge among the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were despised in the daily ministration. ² Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples together and said, "It is not meet that we should leave the word of God and serve at the tables. ³ Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, and full of the holy ghost and wisdom, which we may appoint to this needful business: ⁴ but we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministration of the word." ⁵ And the saying pleased the whole multitude well. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the holy ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicholas, a convert of Antioch, ⁶ which they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them. ⁷ And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly. And a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

¹³ Then Ananias answered, "Lord I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

¹ Then came he to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, a woman's son which was a Jewess and believed: but his father was a Greek. ² Of whom reported well, the brethren of Lystra and of Iconium. ³ The same, Paul would that he should go forth with him, and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters, for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

¹² and from thence to Philippi, which is the chiefest city in the parts of Macedonia: and a free city. We were in that city abiding a certain days. ¹³ And on the Sabbath days, we went out of the city besides a river where men were wont to pray, and we sat down and spake unto the women which thither resorted. ¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, gave us audience: whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which Paul spake. ¹⁵ When she was baptised, and her household, she besought us saying, "If ye think that I believe on the Lord come into my house, and abide there." And she constrained us.

²⁸ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, whereof the holy ghost hath made you overseers: to rule the congregation of God, which he hath purchased with his blood.

¹ Paul, the servant of Jesus Christ, called unto the office to be an apostle, put apart to preach the Gospel of God,

⁷ To all you of Rome beloved of God, and saints by calling. Grace be with you, and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ Paul, by vocation an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and brother Sosthenes. ² Unto the congregation of God which is at Corinth. To them that are sanctified in Jesus Christ, saints by calling, with all that call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both of theirs and of ours.

¹⁰ If Timothy come, see that he be without fear with you. For he worketh the work of the Lord as I do.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and brother Timothy. Unto the congregation 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 them which believe on Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ Wherefore even I — after that I heard of the faith which ye have in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints -

¹ Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and brother Timothy. ² To the saints which are at Colossae, and brethren that believe in Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ Paul, Silvanus and Timothy. Unto the congregation of the Thessalonians, in God the father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with you, and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

² but even after that we had suffered before and were shamefully entreated at Philippi — as ye well know — then were we bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God, with much striving.

¹ Paul, Silvanus and Timothy. Unto the congregation of the Thessalonians, which are in God our father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be made marvelous in all them that believe: because our testimony that we had unto you, was believed even the same day that we preached it.

² Unto Timothy, his natural son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God our father, and from Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord.

¹ This is a true saying: If a man covet the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. ² Yea, and a bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, honestly appareled, harborous, apt to teach,

⁸ Likewise must the deacons be honest, not double tongued, not given unto much drinking, neither unto filthy lucre:

¹⁰ And let them first be proved, and then let them minister, if they be found faultless. ¹¹ Even so must their wives be honest, not evil speakers: but sober, and faithful in all things. ¹² Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife and such as rule their children well, and their own households. ¹³ For they that minister well, get themselves good degree, and great liberty in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

¹ Paul, the servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to preach the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of that truth,

⁷ For a bishop must be faultless, as it becometh the minister of God; not stubborn, not angry, no drunkard, no fighter, not given to filthy lucre:

²³ Know the brother Timothy, whom we have sent from us, with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

¹ James, the servant of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sendeth greeting to the twelve tribes which are scattered here and there.

²⁵ For ye were as sheep going astray: but are now returned unto the shepherd, and bishop of your souls.

¹ Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them which have obtained like precious faith with us in the righteousness that cometh of our God and saviour Jesus Christ.

¹ Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, the brother of James. To them which are called and sanctified in God the father, and preserved in Christ Jesus.

¹ The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, for to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass. And he sent and showed by his angel unto his servant John,

²⁰ and the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the messengers of the seven congregations: And the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven congregations.

⁸ "And unto the angel of the congregation of Smyrna write, 'These things saith he that is first, and the last, which was dead and is alive:

¹² "And to the messenger of the congregation in Pergamum write, 'This saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges.

¹⁰ And I fell at his feet, to worship him. And he said unto me, "See thou do it not. For I am thy fellow servant, and one of thy brethren, and of them that have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

⁹ And he said unto me, "See thou do it not, for I am thy fellow servant and the fellow servant of thy brethren the prophets and of them which keep the sayings of this book. But worship God."

² Grace be with you and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

² Elect by the foreknowledge of God the father, through the sanctifying of the spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace be with you, and peace be multiplied.

⁸ First: Verily I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is published throughout all the world. ⁹ For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit, in the Gospel of his son that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

¹⁷ God be thanked, that though ye were once the servants of sin, ye have yet obeyed with your heart unto the form of doctrine where unto ye were delivered.

⁴ I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ,

¹⁵ Wherefore even I — after that I heard of the faith which ye have in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints - ¹⁶ cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

³ We give thanks to God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you in our prayers, ⁴ since we heard of your faith which ye have in Christ Jesus: and of the love which ye bear to all saints

² We give God thanks always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers ³ without ceasing, and call to remembrance your work in the faith, and labour in love and perseverance in the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our father:

⁹ For what thanks can we recompense to God again for you, over all the joy that we joy for your sakes before our God,

³ We are bound to thank God always for you brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and every one of you swimmeth in love toward another between yourselves,

³ I thank God, whom I serve from mine elders with pure conscience, that without ceasing I make mention of thee in my prayers night and day, ⁴ I thank my God always making mention always of thee in my prayers, ⁵ when I hear of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints:

⁷ I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

¹⁰ Likewise I say unto you, Joy is made in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."

⁹ For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit, in the Gospel of his son that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

¹⁴ which is the earnest of our inheritance, to redeem the possession purchased, and that unto the laud of his glory. ¹⁵ Wherefore even I — after that I heard of the faith which ye have in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints - ¹⁶ cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, ¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the father of glory, might give unto you the spirit of wisdom, and open to you the knowledge of himself, ¹⁸ and lighten the eyes of your minds, that ye might know what thing that hope is, whereunto he hath called you, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is upon the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us ward, which believe according to the working of that his mighty power, ²⁰ which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and set him on his righthand in heavenly things, ²¹ above all rule, power, and might, and domination, and above all names that are named, not in this world only, but also in the world to come. ²² And hath put all things under his feet, and hath made him above all things, the head of the congregation: ²³ which is his body, and fullness of him, that filleth all in all things.

⁹ And this I pray, that your love may increase more and more in knowledge, and in all feeling, ¹⁰ that ye might accept things most excellent, that ye might be pure and such as should hurt no man's conscience, until the day of Christ; ¹¹ filled with the fruits of righteousness, which fruits come by Jesus Christ unto the glory and laud of God.

² fulfil my joy, that ye draw one way, having one love, being of one accord, and of one mind,

¹⁸ For many walk - of whom I have told you often, and now tell you weeping - that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ,

¹ Therefore my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so continue in the Lord, ye beloved.

⁵ For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I present with you in the spirit, joying and beholding the order that ye keep, and your steadfast faith in Christ.

² We give God thanks 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 ye it in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? ²⁰ Yea, ye are our glory and joy.

⁷ And we have great joy and consolation over thy love: For by thee, brother, the saints' hearts are comforted.

⁴ I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment of the father.

⁴² And they continued in the Apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayer.

¹² and from thence to Philippi, which is the chiefest city in the parts of Macedonia: and a free city. We were in that city abiding a certain days. ¹³ And on the Sabbath days, we went out of the city besides a river where men were wont to pray, and we sat down and spake unto the women which thither resorted. ¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, gave us audience: whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which Paul spake. ¹⁵ When she was baptised, and her household, she besought us saying, "If ye think that I believe on the Lord come into my house, and abide there." And she constrained us. ¹⁶ And it fortuned as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit that prophesied met us, which brought her master and masters much vantage with prophesying. ¹⁷ The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, "These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation." ¹⁸ And this did she many days. But Paul, not content, turned about and said to the spirit, "I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ that thou come out of her." And he came out the same hour. ¹⁹ And when her master and mistress saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, ²⁰ and brought them to the officers, saying, "These men trouble our city, which are Jews ²¹ and preach ordinances which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, seeing we are Romans." ²² And the people ran on them, and the officers rent their clothes, and commanded them to be beaten with rods, ²³ and when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison commanding the jailer to keep them surely. ²⁴ Which jailer, when he had received such commandment, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. ²⁵ At midnight, Paul and Silas prayed, and lauded God. And the prisoners heard them. ²⁶ And suddenly, there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison was shaken, and by and by all the doors opened, and every man's bonds were loosed. ²⁷ When the keeper of the prison waked out of his sleep, and saw the prison doors open, he drew out his sword and would have killed himself, supposing the prisoners had been fled. ²⁸ But Paul cried with a loud voice saying, "Do thyself no harm, for we are all here." ²⁹ Then he called for a light and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" ³¹ And they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved and thy household." ³² And they preached unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. ³³ And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds, and was baptised, with all that belonged unto him, straightway. ³⁴ When he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and joyed that he with all his household believed on God. ³⁵ And when it was day, the officers sent the ministers saying, "Let those men go." ³⁶ The keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, "The officers have sent word to loose you. Now therefore get you hence and go in peace." ³⁷ Then said Paul unto them, "They have beaten us, openly un-condemned, for all that we are Romans, and have cast us into prison: and now would they send us away privily? Nay not so, but let them come themselves and fetch us out." ³⁸ When the ministers told these words unto the officers, they feared when they heard that they were Romans; ³⁹ and came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. ⁴⁰ And they went out of the prison and entered into the house of Lydia, and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed.

¹⁷ Though some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, art graft in among them, and made partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

¹³ Distribute unto the necessity of the saints, and diligently to harbour.

²⁶ For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to make a certain distribution upon the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

⁹ For God is faithful, by whom ye are called unto the fellowship of his son Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹ I do you to wit, brethren, of the grace of God, which is given in the congregations of Macedonia:

¹⁹ Now, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners: but citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, ²⁰ and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets — Jesus Christ being the head cornerstone - ²¹ in whom every building coupled together, groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord, ²² in whom ye also are built together, and made a habitation for God in the spirit.

⁶ That the gentiles should be inheritors also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise that is in Christ, by the means of the gospel,

⁷ as it becometh me so to judge of you all, because I have you in my heart, and have you also every one companions of grace with me, even in my bonds as I defend, and establish the gospel.

¹² Wherefore, my dearly beloved, as ye have always obeyed — not when I was present only, but now much more in mine absence — even so work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹⁴ Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye bare part with me in my tribulation. ¹⁵ Ye of Philippi know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no congregation bare part with me as concerning giving and receiving but ye only.

²¹ And you — which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your minds were set in evil works — hath he now reconciled ²² in the body of his flesh through death, to make you holy, unblameable, and without fault in his own sight, ²³ if ye continue grounded and established in the faith, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, whereof ye have heard, how that it is preached among all creatures, which are under heaven, whereof I, Paul, am made a minister.

¹⁷ If thou count me a fellow, receive him as myself.

¹⁴ We are partakers of Christ, if we keep sure unto the end the beginning of the first substance,

³ That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye may have fellowship with us, and that our fellowship may be with the father, and his son Jesus Christ.

⁷ but and if we walk in light even as he is in light, then have we fellowship together, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin.

⁸ The LORD shall make good his loving-kindness toward me. Yea, thy mercy, O LORD, endureth forever; despise not then the works of thine own hands.

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

¹⁸ When they heard this, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, "Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life."

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, gave us audience: whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which Paul spake.

²⁸ For we know well that all things work for the best unto them that love God, which also are called of purpose. ²⁹ For those which he knew before, he also ordained before, that they should be like fashioned unto the shape of his son, that he might be the first begotten son among many brethren. ³⁰ Moreover, which he appointed before, them he also called; and which he called, them also he justified; which he justified, them he also glorified.

⁸ which shall strengthen you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ And in this confidence was I minded the other time to have come unto you, that ye might have had yet one pleasure more,

³ And I wrote this same epistle unto you, lest if I came, I should take heaviness of them, of whom I ought to rejoice. Certainly this confidence have I in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

¹⁶ I rejoice that I may be bold over you in all things.

⁴ lest peradventure if they of Macedonia come with me and find you unprepared, the boast that I made in this matter should be a shame to us: I say not unto you.

¹⁰ I have trust toward you in God, that ye will be none otherwise minded. He that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whatsoever he be.

⁴ But God, which is rich in mercy through his great love wherewith he loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead by sin, hath quickened us together in Christ — for by grace are ye saved - ⁶ and hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly things through Christ Jesus. ⁷ For to show, in times to come, the exceeding riches of his grace, in kindness to us ward, in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For by grace are ye made safe through faith, and that, not of yourselves: For it is the gift of God, ⁹ and cometh not of works, lest any man should boast himself. ¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, unto the which God ordained us before, that we should walk in them.

¹² that the saints might have all things necessary to work and minister withal, to the edifying of the body of Christ,

¹⁰ that ye might accept things most excellent, that ye might be pure and such as should hurt no man's conscience, until the day of Christ;

²⁹ For unto you it is given, that not only ye should believe on Christ: but also suffer for his sake,

¹³ For it is God which worketh in you both the will and also the deed, even of good will.

¹² in that ye are buried with him through baptism, in whom ye are also risen again through faith, that is wrought by the operation of God which raised him from death.

³ without ceasing, and call to remembrance your work in the faith, and labour in love and perseverance in the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our father:

²³ The very God of peace sanctify you throughout. And I pray God that your whole spirit, soul, and body, be kept faultless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ Faithful is he, which called you: which will also do it.

¹¹ Wherefore, we pray always for you that our God make you worthy of the calling, and fulfill all delectation of 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, for because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctifying of the spirit; And through believing the truth: ¹⁴ whereunto he called you by our gospel, to obtain the glory that cometh of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ We have confidence through the Lord to you ward, that ye both do, and will do, that which we command you.

⁴ But after that the kindness and love of our saviour God to man ward appeared, ⁵ not of the deeds of righteousness which we wrought, but of his mercy, he saved us, by the fountain of the new birth, and with the renewing of the holy ghost, ⁶ which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our saviour;

²¹ Trusting in thine obedience, I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do more than I say for.

³⁵ Cast not away, therefore, your confidence; which hath great reward to recompense.

² looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, which for the joy that was set before him, abode the cross, and despised the shame, and is set down on the righthand of the throne of God.

²⁰ The God of peace that brought again from death our Lord Jesus Christ, the great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting testament, ²¹ make you perfect in all good works, to do his will, working in you that which is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ: To whom be praise for ever while the world endureth. Amen.

¹⁶ Err not, my dear brethren. ¹⁷ Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above and cometh down from the father of light, with whom is no variableness, neither is he changed unto darkness. ¹⁸ Of his own will begat he us with the word of life, that we should be the first fruits of his creatures.

² Elect by the foreknowledge of God the father, through the sanctifying of the spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace be with you, and peace be multiplied. ³ Blessed be God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which through his abundant mercy begat us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death,

¹⁰ The God of all grace — which called you unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus — shall his own self, after ye have suffered a little affliction, make you perfect: shall settle, strengthen, and establish you.

¹⁰ Nevertheless, the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which day, the heavens shall perish with terrible noise, and the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth, with the works that are therein, shall burn.

²³ and when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison commanding the jailer to keep them surely. ²⁴ Which jailer, when he had received such commandment, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. ²⁵ At midnight, Paul and Silas prayed, and lauded God. And the prisoners heard them.

²³ but that the holy ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and trouble abide me.

³³ Then the captain came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and demanded what he was, and what he had done.

²³ And this I do for the Gospel's sake, that I might have my part thereof.

⁷ suffereth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth in all things.

² Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is understood and read of all men;

³ I speak not this to condemn you: for I have showed you before that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.

⁶ For in Jesus Christ, neither is circumcision anything worth, neither yet uncircumcision: but faith, which by love is mighty in operation.

¹ For this cause, I Paul the servant of Jesus Christ am in bonds for your sakes, which are heathen -

¹ I therefore which am in bonds for the Lord's sake, exhort you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

²⁰ whereof I am a messenger in bonds, that therein I may speak freely, as it becometh me to speak.

⁵ because of the fellowship which ye have in the gospel, from the first day unto now;

¹⁶ The one part preacheth Christ of strife, and not purely, supposing to add more adversity to my bonds. ¹⁷ The other part of love, because they see that I am set to defend the gospel.

¹⁴ Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye bare part with me in my tribulation.

³ praying also for us, that God open unto us the door of utterance, that we may speak the mystery of Christ — wherefore I am in bonds -

¹⁸ The salutation by the hand of me, Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you, Amen. {Sent from Rome by Tychicus and Onesimus.}

² We give God thanks always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers ³ without ceasing, and call to remembrance your work in the faith, and labour in love and perseverance in the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our father: ⁴ because we know brethren beloved of God, how that ye are elect. ⁵ For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and also in the holy ghost and in much certainty, as ye know after what manner we behaved ourselves among you, for your sakes.

⁵ Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness.

⁸ Be not ashamed to testify our Lord, neither be ashamed of me, which am bound for his sake: but suffer adversity with the gospel also through the power of God,

⁹ wherein I suffer trouble as an evil doer, even unto bonds. But the word of God was not bound.

¹ Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the celestial callings, consider the Ambassador and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

⁹ Nevertheless dear friends, we trust to see better of you, and things which accompany salvation, though we thus speak. ¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous that he should forget your work and labour that proceedeth of love, which love showed in his name, which have ministered unto the saints, and yet minister.

³³ partly while all men wondered and gazed at you for the shame and tribulation that was done unto you, and partly while ye became companions of them which so passed their time. ³⁴ For ye suffered also with my bonds, and took in worth the spoiling of your goods, and that with gladness, knowing in yourselves how that ye had in heaven a better, and an enduring substance.

¹³ but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's passions, that when his glory appeareth, ye may be merry and glad.

¹ The elders which are among you I exhort, which am also an elder and a witness of the afflictions of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be opened:

¹³ Notwithstanding, I think it mete, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

¹⁴ We know that we are translated from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.

¹¹ Wherefore my belly rumbled as it had been a lute for Moab's sake, and mine inward members for the brick wall's sake.

¹⁵ Look down then from heaven, and behold the dwelling place of thy Sanctuary and thy glory. How is it that thy jealousy, thy strength, the multitude of thy mercies and thy loving-kindness, will not be entreated of us?

²⁰ Upon this complaint, I thought thus by myself: Is not Ephraim my dear son? Is he not the child, with whom I have had all mirth and pastime? For since the time that I first communed with him, I have him ever in remembrance: therefore my very heart driveth me unto him; gladly and lovingly will I have mercy upon him, sayeth the LORD.

⁷⁸ Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the day spring from on high hath visited us:

¹ I say the truth in Christ, and lie not, in that whereof my conscience beareth me witness in the holy ghost,

¹² ye are in no strait in us, but are in a strait in your own hearts.

¹⁵ And now is his inward affection more abundant toward you, when he remembereth the obedience of every one of you: how with fear and trembling ye received him.

⁹ We are glad when we are weak, and ye strong. This also we wish for, even that ye were perfect.

²⁰ The things which I write, behold, God knoweth I lie not.

¹⁹ My little children — of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be fashioned in you -

¹ If there be among you any consolation in Christ, if there be any comfortable love, if there be any fellowship of the spirit, if there be any compassion of mercy:

²⁶ For he longed after you, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard say that he should be sick,

¹ I would ye knew what fighting I have for your sakes, and for them of Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my person in the flesh,

¹² Now therefore as elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering,

⁵ Neither was our conversation at any time with flattering words — as ye well know — neither in cloaked covetousness, God is record:

⁸ so was our affection toward you. Our good will was to have dealt unto you, not the gospel of God only: but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

⁴ desiring to see thee, mindful of thy tears: so that I am filled with joy,

¹² whom I have sent home again. Thou therefore receive him, that is to say mine own heart,

²⁰ Even so, brother, let me enjoy thee in the Lord. Comfort my heart in the Lord.

¹⁷ He, then, that hath the substance of the world, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his compassion from him: how dwelleth the love of God in him?

⁹ The righteous also will keep his way, and he that hath clean hands, will ever be stronger and stronger.

¹⁸ The path of the righteous shineth as the light, and is ever brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.

³¹ Another parable he put forth unto them saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man taketh and soweth in his field, which is the least of all seeds. ³² But when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and it is a tree: so that the birds of the air come, and build in the branches of it." ³³ Another similitude said he to them, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven which a woman taketh and hideth in three pecks of meal, till all be leavened."

²⁰ Brethren, be not children in wit. Howbeit, as concerning maliciousness be children: but in wit be perfect.

⁷ Now therefore, as ye are rich in all parts, in faith, in word, in knowledge, in all ferventness, and in love, which ye have to us: even so see that ye be plenteous in this benevolence.

¹⁷ Wherefore, be ye not unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

¹⁵ Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus wise minded: and if ye be otherwise minded, I pray God open even this unto you. ¹⁶ Nevertheless in that whereunto we are come, let us proceed by one rule, that we may be of one accord.

⁹ For this cause we also, since the day we heard of it have not ceased praying for you, and desiring that ye might be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

¹⁰ and the new put on; which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that made him:

¹² and the Lord increase you, and make you flow over in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you,

¹ Furthermore, we beseech you brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that ye increase more and more, even as ye have received of us, how ye ought to walk and to please God.

⁹ But as touching brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you. For ye are taught of God to love one another. ¹⁰ Yea, and that thing verily ye do unto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia. We beseech you brethren that ye increase, more and more,

⁶ so that the fellowship that thou hast in the faith is fruitful through knowledge of all good things, which are in you by Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ But strong meat belongeth to them that are perfect, which through custom have their wits exercised, to judge both good and evil also.

²² And forasmuch as ye have purified your souls through the spirit, in obeying the truth for to love brotherly without feigning, see that ye love one another with a pure heart, fervently:

⁵ And hereunto, give all diligence: In your faith, minister virtue; and in virtue, knowledge; ⁶ and in knowledge, temperance; and in temperance, patience; in patience, godliness;

¹⁸ but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord, and saviour Jesus Christ. To whom be glory both now and forever. Amen. {Here ends the Second General Epistle of Peter}

⁵ Said not he unto me, that she was his sister? Yea, and said not she herself that he was her brother? With a pure heart and innocent hands have I done this!"

¹⁴ And now, fear the LORD and serve him in pureness and truth: And put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the water, and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

¹¹ Have not the ears pleasure in hearing, and the mouth in tasting the thing that it eateth?

³ For like as the mouth tasteth the meats, so the ear proveth and discerneth the words.

¹⁵ He shall eat butter and honey, that he may have understanding to refuse the evil and to choose the good. ¹⁶ For before the child come to knowledge, to eschew the evil and chose the good, the land that thou so abhorest shall be desolate of both her kings.

¹⁴ Seek after the thing that is good, and not evil, so shall ye live: yea, the LORD God of hosts shall be with you, according to your own desire. ¹⁵ Hate the evil, and love the good. Set up right again in the port and, no doubt, the LORD God of hosts shall be merciful unto the remnant of Joseph.

² But ye hate the good, and love the evil: ye pluck off men's skins, and the flesh from their bones;

²³ Then turned he about, and said unto Peter, "Come after me, Satan: thou offendest me, because thou savourest not Godly things, but worldly things."

⁶ But whosoever offend one of these little ones, which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. ⁷ Woe be unto the world because of evil offenses! Howbeit, it cannot be avoided but that offenses shall be given. Nevertheless, woe be to the man, by whom the offense cometh.

³³ Peter answered, and said unto him, "Though all men should be offended by thee, yet would I never be offended."

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold a right Israelite, in whom is no guile."

²⁰ For every man that evil doeth, hateth the light: neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

¹⁶ And therefore study I to have a clear conscience toward God, and toward man also.

¹⁸ and knowest his will, and hast experience of good and bad, in that thou art informed by the law:

¹⁶ If I do now that which I would not, I grant to the law that it is good.

²² I delight in the law of God, as concerning the inner man.

⁷ because that the fleshly mind is enmity against God: For it is not obedient to the law of God, neither can be.

² And fashion not yourselves like unto this world: But be changed through the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what thing that good, that acceptable, and perfect will of God is.

⁹ Let love be without dissimulation. Hate that which is evil, and cleave unto that which is good.

²⁰ Destroy not the work of God for a little meat's sake. All things are pure: but it is evil for that man, which eateth with hurt of his conscience. ²¹ It is good neither to eat flesh, neither to drink wine, neither anything, whereby thy brother stumbleth, either falleth, or is made weak.

¹⁷ I beseech you, brethren: mark them which cause division, and give occasions of evil contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

¹³ Wherefore if meat hurt my brother, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, because I will not hurt my brother.

³² See that ye give none occasion of evil: neither to the Jews, nor yet to the gentiles, neither to the congregation of God.

¹² Our rejoicing is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in singleness of heart and with godly pureness — and not in fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God — we have had our conversation in the world, and most of all to you-wards.

¹⁷ For we are not as many are, which chop and change with the word of God: but even out of pureness, and by the power of God and in the sight of God, so speak we in Christ.

³ Let us give no man occasion of evil, that in our office be found no fault:

⁸ This say I not as commanding: but because others are so fervent, therefore prove I your love, whether it be perfect or no.

¹³ For these false apostles are deceitful workers, and fashion themselves like unto the apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no marvel, for Satan himself is changed into the fashion of an angel of light. ¹⁵ Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers fashion themselves as though they were the ministers of righteousness: whose end shall be according to their deeds.

¹¹ Brethren, if I yet preach circumcision: why do I then yet suffer persecution? For then had the offense which the cross giveth, ceased.

¹⁵ But let us follow the truth in love, and in all things grow in him which is the head, that is to say Christ,

¹⁰ Accept that which is pleasing to the Lord,

²⁷ to make it unto himself a glorious congregation without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it should be holy and without blame.

²⁴ Grace be with all them which love our Lord Jesus Christ in pureness. Amen. {Sent from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.}

⁶ and am surely certified of this, that he which began a good work in you shall go forth with it until the day of Jesus Christ,

¹⁶ The one part preacheth Christ of strife, and not purely, supposing to add more adversity to my bonds.

¹³ to make your hearts that they might be stable and unblamable in holiness before God our father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints.

²¹ Examine all things, and keep that which is good.

²³ The very God of peace sanctify you throughout. And I pray God that your whole spirit, soul, and body, be kept faultless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹² For when as concerning the time, ye ought to be teachers, yet have ye need again that we teach you the first principles of the word of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat: ¹³ For every man that is fed with milk is inexpert in the word of righteousness: For he is but a babe. ¹⁴ But strong meat belongeth to them that are perfect, which through custom have their wits exercised, to judge both good and evil also.

¹ Ye beloved, believe not every spirit: but prove the spirits whether they be of God, or not: for many false prophets are gone out in to the world.

² I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not forbear them which are evil: and examinedst them which say they are apostles, and are not: and hast found them liars.

³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf, also, shall not wither; and, look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

¹² The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ¹³ Such as be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. ¹⁴ They shall also bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well liking, ¹⁵ that they may show how true the LORD my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.

² This he hedged, this he walled round about, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the midst of it builded he a tower, and made a wine press therein. And afterward when he looked that it should bring him grapes, it brought forth thorns.

²¹ Thy people shall be all godly and possess the land forever: the flower of my planting, the work of my hands whereof I will rejoice.

³ That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.

¹¹ For like as the ground bringeth forth fruit, and as the garden shooteth forth seed; So shall the LORD God cause righteousness and the fear of God to flourish forth before all the Heathen.

¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven.

⁶ He put forth this similitude, "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. ⁷ Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, 'Behold, this three years have I come and sought fruit in this fig tree, and find none. Cut it down. Why cumbereth it the ground?' ⁸ And he answered and said unto him, 'Lord let it alone this year also, till I dig round about it, and dung it, ⁹ to see whether it will bear fruit: and if it bear not, then after that, cut it down.'"

² Every branch that beareth not fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit will he purge, that it may bring more fruit.

⁴ Abide in me, and let me abide in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine, and ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without me can ye do nothing.

⁸ Herein is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and be made my disciples.

¹⁶ Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and ordained you that ye go, and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit remain, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the father in my name he should give it you.

²² But now are ye delivered from sin, and made the servants of God, and have your fruit that ye should be sanctified; and the end: everlasting life.

²⁸ When I have performed this, and have brought them this fruit sealed, I will come back again by you into Spain.

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

¹⁰ He that findeth the sower seed, shall minister bread for food, and shall multiply your seed, and increase the fruits of your righteousness — that on all parts

²² But the fruit of the spirit is: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance. ²³ Against such there is no law.

¹² that we should be unto the praise of his glory, which before believed in Christ.

¹⁴ which is the earnest of our inheritance, to redeem the possession purchased, and that unto the laud of his glory.

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, unto the which God ordained us before, that we should walk in them.

⁹ For the fruit of the spirit is, in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

¹⁷ not that I desire gifts: but I desire abundant fruit on your part.

⁶ which is come unto you, even as it is into all the world, and is fruitful as it is among you, from the first day in the which ye heard of it, and had experience in the grace of God in the truth,

¹⁰ that ye might walk worthy of the Lord in all things that please, being fruitful in all good works and increasing in the knowledge of God

¹² that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, through the grace of our God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹¹ No manner chastising for the present time seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it bringeth the quiet fruit of righteousness unto them which are therein exercised.

¹⁵ For by him offer we the sacrifice of praise always to God: that is to say, the fruit of those lips, which confess his name. ¹⁶ To do good, and to distribute, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

¹⁷ but the wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, and without simulation. ¹⁸ Yea, and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, of them that maintain peace.

⁵ and ye, as living stones, are made a spiritual house, and a holy priesthood, for to offer up spiritual sacrifice, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

⁹ But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a peculiar people, that ye should show the virtues of him that called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

¹² and see that ye have honest conversation among the gentiles, that they which backbite you as evil doers, may see your good works and praise God in the day of visitation.

¹⁰ As every man hath received the gift, minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹ If any man speak, let him talk as though he spake the words of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God ministereth unto him. That God, in all things, may be glorified through Jesus Christ: to whom be praise and dominion forever and while the world standeth. Amen.

¹⁴ If ye be railed upon for the name of Christ; happy are ye. For the spirit of glory and the spirit of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken of: but on your part he is glorified.

¹¹ Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, for because that they dealt proudly with them."

¹ In the twelfth month, that is the month Adar, upon the thirteenth day, which the king's word and commandment had appointed, that it should be done, even upon the same day that the enemies should have destroyed the Jews to have oppressed them, it turned contrary wise, even that the Jews should subdue their enemies.

¹⁰ The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise; and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.

⁴ Howbeit, they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word.

¹⁹ They which were scattered abroad through the affliction that arose about Stephen, walked throughout till they came unto Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no man, but unto the Jews only. ²⁰ Some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which when they were come into Antioch, spake unto the Greeks, and preached the Lord Jesus. ²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned unto the Lord.

²⁸ "Men of Israel, help. This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover also he hath brought Greeks into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place." ²⁹ For they saw one Trophimus, an Ephesian, with him in the city: Him they supposed Paul had brought into the temple. ³⁰ And all the city was moved, and the people swarmed together. And they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple, and forthwith the doors were shut to. ³¹ As they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the high captain of the soldiers, that all Jerusalem was moved. ³² Which immediately took soldiers and under-captains, and ran down unto them. When they saw the upper-captain and the soldiers; They left smiting of Paul. ³³ Then the captain came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and demanded what he was, and what he had done. ³⁴ And one cried this, another that, among the people. And when he could not know the certainty, for the rage, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. ³⁵ And when he came unto a grece, it fortuned that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people: ³⁶ For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, "Away with him."

¹ "Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hear mine answer which I make unto you." ² When they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence. ³ And he said, "I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia: nevertheless yet brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, and informed diligently in the law of the fathers, and was fervent minded to Godward, as ye all are this same day, ⁴ and I persecuted this way unto the death: binding, and delivering into prison both men and women, ⁵ as the chief priest doth bear me witness, and all the elders: of whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem for to be punished. ⁶ And it fortuned that as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus, about noon, that suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me, ⁷ and I fell unto the earth, and heard a voice saying unto me, 'Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?' ⁸ And I answered, 'What art thou Lord?' And he said unto me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.' ⁹ And they that were with me saw verily a light and were afraid: but they heard not the voice of him that spake with me. ¹⁰ And I said, 'What shall I do Lord?' And the Lord said unto me, 'Arise and go into Damascus and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.' ¹¹ And when I saw nothing for the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand of them that were with me, and came into Damascus. ¹² And one Ananias, a perfect man, and as pertaining to the law having good report of all the Jews which there dwelt, ¹³ came unto me, and stood and said unto me, 'Brother Saul, look up.' And that same hour I received my sight and saw him. ¹⁴ And he said unto me, 'The God of our fathers hath ordained thee before, that thou shouldest know his will, and shouldest see that which is rightful, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth: ¹⁵ for thou shalt be his witness unto all men of those things which thou hast seen and heard. ¹⁶ And now: why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptised, and wash away thy sins, in calling on the name of the Lord.' ¹⁷ And it fortuned, when I was come again to Jerusalem and prayed in the temple, that I was in a trance; ¹⁸ And saw him saying unto me, 'Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy witness that thou bearest of me.' ¹⁹ And I said, 'Lord they know that I prisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee. ²⁰ And when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also stood by, and consented unto his death and kept the raiment of them that slew him.' ²¹ And he said unto me, 'Depart for I will send thee afar hence unto the gentiles.'" ²² They gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth: it is pity that he should live." ²³ And as they cried and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, ²⁴ the captain bade him to be brought into the castle: and commanded him to be scourged, and to be examined, that he might know wherefore they cried on him. ²⁵ And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman and uncondemned?" ²⁶ When the centurion heard that, he went to the upper-captain, and told him saying, "What intendest thou to do? This man is a citizen of Rome." ²⁷ Then the upper-captain came to him, and said, "Tell me, art thou a Roman?" He said, "Yea." ²⁸ And the high captain answered, "With a great sum obtained I this freedom." And Paul said, "I was freeborn." ²⁹ Then straightway departed from him they which should have examined him. And the high captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman: because he had bound him. ³⁰ On the morrow he loosed him from his bonds, desiring to know the certainty for what cause he was accused of the Jews, and commanded the high priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul, and set him before them.

¹ And when they were escaped, then they knew that the isle was called Melita. ² and the people of the country showed us no little kindness, for they kindled a fire and received us every one because of the present rain, and because of cold. ³ And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, And put them into the fire, there came a viper out of the heat and leapt on his hand. ⁴ When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said among themselves, "This man must needs be a murderer: Whom, though he have escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live." ⁵ But he shook off the vermin into the fire, and felt no harm. ⁶ Howbeit, they waited when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly. But after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god. ⁷ In the same quarters, the chief man of the isle whose name was Publius, had a lordship: the same received us, and lodged us three days courteously. ⁸ And it fortuned that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever, and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in and prayed, and laid his hands on him and healed him. ⁹ When this was done, others also which had diseases in the isle, came and were healed: ¹⁰ and they did us great honour. And when we departed, they laded us with things necessary. ¹¹ After three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose badge was Castor and Pollux. ¹² And when we came to Syracuse, we tarried there three days, ¹³ and from thence we set a compass and came to Rhegium. And after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli, ¹⁴ where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so came we to Rome. ¹⁵ And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came against us to Appius, and to the three taverns, and met us. When Paul saw them he thanked God, and waxed bold. ¹⁶ And when he came to Rome, the under-captain delivered the prisoners to the chief captain of the host: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with one Soldier that kept him. ¹⁷ And it fortuned, after three days, that Paul called the chief of the Jews together. And when they were come, he said unto them, "Men and brethren, though I have committed no thing against the people, or laws of our fathers: yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. ¹⁸ Which, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because they found no cause of death in me. ¹⁹ But when the Jews cried contrary, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar. Not because I had ought to accuse my people of. ²⁰ For this cause have I called for you, even to see you, and to speak with you. Because that for the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain." ²¹ And they said unto him, "We neither received letters out of Jewry pertaining unto thee, neither came any of the brethren that showed or spake any harm of thee. ²² But we will hear of thee what thou thinkest. For we have heard of this sect, that everywhere it is spoken against." ²³ And when they had appointed him a day, there came many unto him into his lodging: to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God; and preached unto them of Jesus: both out of the law of Moses, and also out of the prophets, even from morning to night. ²⁴ And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. ²⁵ When they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, "Well spake the holy ghost by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, ²⁶ saying, 'Go unto this people and say: with your ears shall ye hear, and shall not understand: and with your eyes shall ye see and shall not perceive. ²⁷ For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears were thick of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted, and I should heal them.' ²⁸ Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent to the gentiles, and they shall hear it." ²⁹ And when he had said that, the Jews departed from him, and had great disputations among themselves. ³⁰ And Paul dwelt full two years in his lodging. And received all that came to him, ³¹ preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concerned the Lord Jesus with all confidence, unforbidden.

²⁸ For we know well that all things work for the best unto them that love God, which also are called of purpose.

³⁷ Nevertheless, in all these things we overcome strongly through his help that loved us.

²³ but that the holy ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and trouble abide me. ²⁴ But none of those things move me. Neither is my life dear unto myself; that I might fulfill my course with joy, and the ministration which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

¹¹ When he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his hands and feet and said, "Thus saith the holy ghost, 'So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.'" ¹² When we heard this, both we and others of the same place, besought him, that he would not go up to Jerusalem. ¹³ Then Paul answered, and said, "What do ye weeping, and breaking mine heart? I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

²⁹ And Paul said, "I would to God that not only thou: but also all that hear me today, were not somewhat only, but altogether such as I am; except these bonds. I might persuade not thee only, but all them that hear me this day, to be such as I am, these bonds except."

³¹ And when they were gone apart, they talked between themselves saying, "This man doth nothing worthy of death, nor of bonds."

¹⁷ And it fortuned, after three days, that Paul called the chief of the Jews together. And when they were come, he said unto them, "Men and brethren, though I have committed no thing against the people, or laws of our fathers: yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

²⁰ For this cause have I called for you, even to see you, and to speak with you. Because that for the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain."

³⁰ And Paul dwelt full two years in his lodging. And received all that came to him,

²² All the saints salute you: and most of all they which are of the emperors household.

³ praying also for us, that God open unto us the door of utterance, that we may speak the mystery of Christ — wherefore I am in bonds - ⁴ that I may utter it, as it becometh me to speak. ⁵ Walk wisely to them that are without, and redeem the time. ⁶ Let your speech be always well favoured and be powdered with salt, that ye may know how to answer every man. ⁷ The dear brother Tychicus shall tell you of all my business, which is a faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, ⁸ whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know how ye do, and might comfort your hearts, ⁹ with one Onesimus a faithful, and a beloved brother, which is one of you. They shall show you of all things which are a doing here. ¹⁰ Aristarchus my prison fellow saluteth you; And Mark, Barnabas' sister's son: touching whom, ye received commandments. If he come unto you receive him: ¹¹ and Jesus which is called Justus, which are of the circumcision. These only are my workfellows unto the kingdom of God, which were unto my consolation. ¹² Epaphras the servant of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, and always laboureth fervently for you in prayers that ye may stand perfect, and full in all that is the will of God. ¹³ I bear him record that he hath a fervent mind toward you, and toward them of Laodicea and them of Hierapolis. ¹⁴ Dear Luke the physician greeteth you, and Demas. ¹⁵ Salute the brethren which are of Laodicea, and salute Nymphas, and the congregation which is in his house. ¹⁶ And when the epistle is read of you, make that it be read in the congregation of the Laodiceans also: and that ye likewise read the epistle of Laodicea. ¹⁷ And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the office that thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it." ¹⁸ The salutation by the hand of me, Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you, Amen. {Sent from Rome by Tychicus and Onesimus.}

⁸ For from you sounded out the word of the Lord, not in Macedonia and in Achaia only: but your faith also which ye have unto God, spread herself abroad in all quarters, so greatly that it needeth not us to speak anything at all: ⁹ for they themselves show of you what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from images for to serve the living and true God,

¹² Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had happened unto you: ¹³ but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's passions, that when his glory appeareth, ye may be merry and glad. ¹⁴ If ye be railed upon for the name of Christ; happy are ye. For the spirit of glory and the spirit of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken of: but on your part he is glorified. ¹⁵ See that none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or an evil doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. ¹⁶ If any man suffer as a Christian man, let him not be ashamed: but let him glorify God on his behalf.

⁷⁴ That we, delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear:

⁵ But I will show you, whom ye shall fear. Fear him which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea I say unto you, him fear. ⁶ Are not five sparrows bought for two farthings? and yet not one of them is forgotten of God. ⁷ Also, even the very hairs of your heads are numbered. Fear not therefore: Ye are more of value, than many sparrows.

²³ As soon as they were let go, they came to their fellows, and showed all that the high priests and elders had said to them. ²⁴ And when they heard that, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord and said, "Lord, thou art God which hast made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, ²⁵ which by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, 'Why did the heathen rage and the people imagine vain things? ²⁶ The kings of the earth stood up and the rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ.' ²⁷ For of a truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and also Pontius Pilate with the gentiles, and the people of Israel, gathered themselves together: ²⁸ for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. ²⁹ And now Lord behold their threatenings, and grant unto thy servants with all confidence to speak thy word. ³⁰ So that thou stretch forth thine hand, that healing, and signs, and wonders be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus." ³¹ And as soon as they had prayed, the place moved where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the holy ghost, and they spake the word of God boldly.

³ Blessed be God the father of our Lord Jesus the Christ, father of mercy, and the God of all comfort, ⁴ which comforteth us in all our tribulation, insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are troubled, in whatsoever tribulation it be, with the same comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. ⁵ For as the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in us: even so is our consolation plenteous by Christ. ⁶ Whether we be troubled for your consolation and salvation, which salvation showeth her power in that ye suffer the same afflictions which we also suffer; or whether we be comforted for your consolation and salvation: ⁷ yet our hope is steadfast for you inasmuch as we know how, that as ye have your part in afflictions, so shall ye be partakers of consolation.

¹³ Wherefore, I desire that ye faint not because of my tribulations which I suffer for your sakes: which is your praise.

¹⁹ and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to utter the secrets of the gospel, ²⁰ whereof I am a messenger in bonds, that therein I may speak freely, as it becometh me to speak.

⁴ that I may utter it, as it becometh me to speak.

⁷ The dear brother Tychicus shall tell you of all my business, which is a faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord,

⁵ All their works they do, for to be seen of men. They set abroad their phylacteries, and make large borders on their garments,

⁴² And daily in the temple, and in every house they ceased not, teaching and preaching Jesus Christ.

⁵ Then came Philip into a city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

³⁵ And Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

²⁰ And straightway he preached Christ in the Synagogues how that he was the son of God.

³⁶ Ye know the preaching that God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, which is Lord over all things;

²⁰ Some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which when they were come into Antioch, spake unto the Greeks, and preached the Lord Jesus.

¹⁷ I beseech you, brethren: mark them which cause division, and give occasions of evil contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. ¹⁸ For they that are such serve not the Lord Jesus Christ: but their own bellies. And with sweet preachings and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocents:

²³ But we preach Christ crucified: unto the Jews, an occasion of falling; and unto the Greeks, foolishness.

³ For ye are yet carnal. As long verily as there is among you envying, strife and dissension: are ye not carnal, and walk after the manner of men? ⁴ As long as one saith "I hold of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are ye not carnal?

³ And though I bestowed all my goods to feed the poor, and though I gave my body even that I burned, and yet had no love, it profiteth me nothing.

¹⁹ For God's son Jesus Christ which was preached among you by us — that is to say, by me and Silvanus and Timothy — was not "yea" and "nay": but in him it was "Yea."

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

¹³ For these false apostles are deceitful workers, and fashion themselves like unto the apostles of Christ.

²⁰ For I fear, lest it come to pass, that when I come I shall not find you such as I would: and I shall be found unto you such as I would not. I fear lest there be found among you debate, envying, wrath, strife, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, and discord.

⁴ and that because of incomers, being false brethren, which came in among others to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage.

¹⁶ The one part preacheth Christ of strife, and not purely, supposing to add more adversity to my bonds. ¹⁷ The other part of love, because they see that I am set to defend the gospel. ¹⁸ What then? So that Christ be preached all manner ways, whether it be by occasion, or of true meaning, I therein joy: Yea and will joy.

³ that nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but that in meekness of mind every man esteem others better than himself,

¹⁶ And without nay, great is that mystery of godliness. God was showed in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen of angels, was preached unto the gentiles, was believed on in earth and received up in glory.

⁵ Either do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, "The spirit that dwelleth in you, lusteth even contrary to envy," ⁶ but giveth more grace?

² see that ye feed Christ's flock, which is among you, taking the oversight of them: not as though ye were compelled thereto, but willingly; Not for the desire of filthy lucre, but of a good mind. ³ Not as though ye were lords over the parishes: but that ye be an example to the flock. ⁴ And when the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive an incorruptible crown of glory.

¹⁴ like as if one withdrew a good deed from his friend, and forsook the fear of the Almighty God?

⁴ I could speak as ye do also. But would God, that your soul were in my soul's stead: then should I heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.

²⁶ For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded.

¹ Therefore seeing that we have such an office, even as mercy is come on us, we faint not: ² but have cast from us the cloaks of unhonesty, and walk not in craftiness, neither corrupt we the word of God: but walk in open truth, and report ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

¹² I would ye understood, brethren, that my business is happened unto the greater furthering of the gospel.

¹⁴ Let it stick therefore fast in your hearts, not once to study before, what ye shall answer for yourselves:

¹ "Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hear mine answer which I make unto you."

¹ Agrippa said unto Paul, "Thou art permitted to speak for thyself." Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself,

²⁴ As he thus answered for himself: Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, thou art besides thyself. Much learning hath made thee mad."

¹³ I would that ye should know, brethren, how that I have oftentimes purposed to come unto you, but have been let hitherto, to have some fruit among you, as I have among other of the gentiles. ¹⁴ For I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to them which are no Greeks, unto the learned and also unto the unlearned. ¹⁵ Likewise, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the Gospel to you of Rome also. ¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God unto salvation to all that believe; namely to the Jew, and also to the gentile. ¹⁷ For by it, the righteousness which cometh of God is opened, from faith to faith. As it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

¹⁶ In that I preach the gospel, I have nothing to rejoice of. For necessity is put unto me. Woe is it unto me if I preach not the gospel. ¹⁷ If I do it with a good will, I have a reward. But if I do it against my will, an office is committed unto me.

⁷ But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel over the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel over circumcision was unto Peter - ⁸ For he that was mighty in Peter in the apostleship over the circumcision, the same was mighty in me among the gentiles -

⁷ whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle — I tell the truth in Christ and lie not — being the teacher of the gentiles in faith and verity.

¹¹ whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles: ¹² for the which cause I also suffer these things. Nevertheless, I am not ashamed. For I know whom I have believed, and am sure that he is able keep that which I have committed to his keeping against that day.

⁶ For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departing is at hand. ⁷ I have fought a good fight, and have fulfilled my course, and have kept the faith.

¹⁶ At my first answering for myself, no man assisted me, but all forsook me. I pray God, that it may not be laid to their charges:

¹³ Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven before men: ye yourselves go not in, neither suffer ye them that come to enter in.

³⁸ And whosoever receiveth me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me." John answered him, saying, "Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, which followeth not us and we forbade him, because he followeth us not." ³⁹ But Jesus said, "Forbid him not. For there is no man that shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. ⁴⁰ Whosoever is not against you, is on your part.

⁴⁰ and devour widows' houses: and that, under a colour of long praying. These shall receive greater damnation."

⁴⁵ But they wist not what that word meant, and it was hid from them that they understood it not. And they feared to ask him of that saying.

⁵⁰ And Jesus said unto him, "Forbid ye him not. For he that is not against us, is with us."

⁹ What say we then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise. For we have already proved how that both Jews and gentiles are all under sin,

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

¹⁹ What say I then? That the image is anything? Or that it which is offered to images is anything?

¹⁵ What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and will pray with the mind also. I will sing with the spirit, and will sing with the mind also.

¹¹ Whether it were I or they, so have we preached, and so have ye believed.

¹⁴ Insomuch that many of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bonds, and dare more largely speak the word without fear. ¹⁵ Some there are which preach Christ of envy and strife, and some of goodwill.

⁹ Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that endureth in the doctrine of Christ, hath both the father, and the son. ¹⁰ If there come any unto you and bring not this learning, him receive not to house: neither bid him Godspeed. ¹¹ For he that biddeth him Godspeed, is partaker of his evil deeds.

⁷ they came to Mysia, and sought to go into Bithynia, but the spirit suffered them not.

⁹ But ye are not given to the flesh; But to the spirit: If so be that the spirit of God dwell in you. If there be any man that hath not the spirit of Christ, the same is none of his.

¹⁷ For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, which is my dear son, and faithful in the Lord, which shall put you in remembrance of my ways which I have in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in all congregations.

¹¹ by the help of your prayer for us: That by the means of many occasions, thanks may be given of many on our behalf, for the grace given unto us.

⁶ Because ye are sons, God hath sent the spirit of his son into our hearts, which crieth "Abba, father."

¹⁸ and pray always with all manner prayer and supplication — and that in the spirit — and watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all saints, ¹⁹ and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to utter the secrets of the gospel,

⁷ that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ: ⁸ whom ye have not seen and yet love him, in whom even now, though ye see him not, yet ye believe, and rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorious: ⁹ receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

¹¹ searching when, or at what time, the spirit of Christ which was in them should signify — which spirit testified before — the passions that should come unto Christ, and the glory that should follow after.

² My God, I have put my trust in thee. O let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me.

⁵ Nevertheless, my soul abideth only upon God, for he is my God.

⁸⁰ O let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

¹¹⁶ O establish me according unto thy word, that I may live; and let me not be disappointed of my hope.

²⁸ The patient abiding of the righteous shall be turned to gladness; but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

¹⁸ For the end is not yet come and thy patient abiding shall not be in vain.

¹⁷ But Israel shall be saved in the LORD, which is the everlasting salvation: They shall not come to shame nor confusion, world without end.

⁷ for the LORD God helpeth me. Therefore shall I not be confounded. I have hardened my face like a flint stone, for I am sure, that I shall not come to confusion.

⁴ Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded. Be not ashamed, for thou shalt not come to confusion. Yea, thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the dishonour of thy widowhood.

²⁷ "Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say, 'Father deliver me from this hour?' But therefore came I unto this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify thy name." Then came there a voice from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."

¹⁹ That spake he signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had said thus, he said to him, "Follow me."

²⁴ But none of those things move me. Neither is my life dear unto myself; that I might fulfill my course with joy, and the ministration which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

¹³ Then Paul answered, and said, "What do ye weeping, and breaking mine heart? I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

⁵ and hope maketh not ashamed: for the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, by the holy ghost, which is given unto us.

¹³ Neither give ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: But give yourselves unto God, as they that are alive from death. And give your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

¹⁹ I will speak grossly because of the infirmity of your flesh. As ye have given your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity, from iniquity unto iniquity: even so now give your members servants unto righteousness, that ye may be sanctified.

¹⁹ Also, the fervent desire of the creatures abideth looking when the sons of God shall appear;

³³ As it is written, "Behold I put in Zion a stumbling stone, and a rock which shall make men fall. And none that believe on him, shall be ashamed."

¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercifulness of God, that ye make your bodies a living sacrifice: holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable serving of God.

⁷ For none of us liveth his own servant: and also neither doth any of us die his own servant. ⁸ If we live, we live to be at the Lord's will. And if we die, we die at the Lord's will. ⁹ Whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's. For Christ therefore died and rose again, and revived, that he might be Lord both of dead and quick.

²⁰ For ye are dearly bought. Therefore glorify ye God in your bodies and in your spirits, for they are God's.

³⁴ There is difference between a virgin and a wife. The single woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be pure both in body and also in spirit: but she that is married, careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

³¹ By our rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

¹⁴ Thanks be unto God which always giveth us the victory in Christ, and openeth the savor of his knowledge by us in every place. ¹⁵ For we are unto God the sweet savor of Christ, both among them that are saved, and also among them which perish: ¹⁶ to the one part are we the savor of death unto death; and unto the other part are we the savor of life unto life. And who is mete unto these things?

¹⁰ And we always bear in our bodies the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus might appear in our bodies.

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

¹⁴ I am therefore not now ashamed, though I boasted myself to him of you. For as all things which I preached unto you are true, even so is our boasting - that I boasted myself to Titus withal - found true.

⁸ And though I should boast myself somewhat more of our authority which the Lord hath given us to edify and not to destroy you, it should not be to my shame.

¹⁴ Insomuch that many of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bonds, and dare more largely speak the word without fear.

²³ I am constrained of two things. I desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which thing is best of all: ²⁴ Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

¹⁷ Yea, and though I be offered up upon the offering and sacrifice of your faith: I rejoice and rejoice with you all.

²⁴ Now joy I in my sufferings which I suffer, for you; and fulfill that which is behind of the passions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the congregation -

¹⁶ If any man suffer as a Christian man, let him not be ashamed: but let him glorify God on his behalf.

¹² Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of such things, though that ye know them yourselves and be also established in the present truth. ¹³ Notwithstanding, I think it mete, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; ¹⁴ forasmuch as I am sure how that the time is at hand that I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me. ¹⁵ I will enforce, therefore, that on every side ye might have wherewith to stir up the remembrance of these things after my departing.

²⁸ And now babes, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence and not be made ashamed of him at his coming.

¹ But in the mean season the righteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart. Good godly people are taken away, and no man considereth it. Namely, that the righteous is conveyed away through the wicked, ² that he himself might be in rest, lie quietly upon his bed, and live after his own pleasure.

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of God? Shall tribulation? Or anguish? Or persecution, other hunger? Other nakedness? Other peril? Other sword? ³⁶ As it is written, "For thy sake are we killed all day long, and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain." ³⁷ Nevertheless, in all these things we overcome strongly through his help that loved us. ³⁸ Yea and I am sure that neither death, neither life, neither angels; nor rule, neither power, neither things present, neither things to come, ³⁹ neither height, neither lowth, neither any other creature shall be able to depart us from the love of God, showed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

³⁰ And unto him pertain ye, in Christ Jesus, which of God is made unto us wisdom, and also righteousness, and sanctifying, and redemption.

²² whether it be Paul, either Apollos, either Cephas: whether it be the world, or life, either death, whether they be present things or things to come: all are yours,

¹ We know surely if our earthy mansion wherein we now dwell were destroyed, that we have a building ordained of God, a habitation not made with hands, but eternal in heaven:

⁶ Therefore, we are always of good cheer, and know well that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from God.

⁸ Nevertheless we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

²⁰ I am crucified with Christ. I live verily, yet now not I, but Christ liveth in me. For the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the son of God, which loved me, and gave himself for me.

¹⁴ God forbid that I should rejoice but in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, whereby the world is crucified as touching me, and I as concerning the world.

²⁰ as I heartily look for and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed: but that with all confidence, as always in times past, even so now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be through life, or else death.

²³ I am constrained of two things. I desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which thing is best of all:

²¹ For all others seek their own, and not that which is Jesus Christ's.

⁴ When Christ, which is our life, shall show himself; then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

¹³ I would not, brethren, have you ignorant concerning them which are fallen asleep, that ye sorrow not as others do which have no hope. ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again: even so them also which sleep by Jesus, will God bring again with him. ¹⁵ And this say we unto you in the word of the Lord, that we which live and are remaining in the coming of the Lord, shall not come before they which sleep.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead, which hereafter die in the Lord: Even so, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; but their works shall follow them.'"

²⁶ And Abimelech answered, "I wist not who did it: Also thou toldest me not, neither heard I of it, but this day."

⁸ But he denied, and said to her, "Behold, my master knoweth not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to my hand.

¹ And when the people saw that it was long or Moses came down out of the mountain, they gathered themselves together and came unto Aaron and said unto him, "Up, and make us a god to go before us: for of this Moses, the fellow that brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become."

¹⁸ Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am grey-headed, until I have showed thy strength unto children's children, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

¹⁸ For hell praiseth not thee, death doth not magnify thee. They that go down into the grave, praise not thy truth: ¹⁹ but the living, yea the living acknowledge thee, like as I do this day. The father telleth his children of thy faithfulness.

¹⁷ And now, brethren, I know well that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your heads.

² God hath not cast away his people which he knew before. Either know ye not what the scripture saith by the mouth of Elijah, how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,

³ Nevertheless, though we walk compassed with the flesh, yet we war not fleshly.

²⁴ Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

² that he henceforward should live as much time as remaineth in the flesh, not after the lusts of men: but after the will of God.

¹⁴ Then said David unto Gad, "I am in a marvelous strait. But let me fall I pray thee, into the hands of the LORD, for much is his mercy, and let me not fall into the hands of men.

²⁶ that I shall be clothed again with this skin, and see God in my flesh. ²⁷ Yea, I myself shall behold him - not with other, but with these same eyes, though my reins are consumed within me.

¹⁰ For why? Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, neither shalt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. ¹¹ Thou shalt show me the path of life; in thy presence is the fulness of joy, and at thy righthand there is pleasure for evermore.

¹⁵ They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.

¹⁵ But God shall deliver my soul from the power of hell, when he receiveth me. Selah.

²⁴ Thou leadest me with thy counsel, and afterward receivest me unto glory. ²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is nothing upon earth, that I desire in comparison of thee. ²⁶ My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

²⁹ "Lord, Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy promise. ³⁰ For mine eyes have seen the saviour sent from thee:

³⁸ Then the man out of whom the devils were departed, besought him that he might be with him: But Jesus sent him away, saying,

⁵⁰ Notwithstanding, I must be baptised with a baptism. And how am I pained till it be ended?

⁴³ And Jesus said unto him, "Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise."

¹ Before the feast of Easter, when Jesus knew that his hour was come, that he should depart out of this world unto the father; When he loved his which were in the world, unto the end he loved them;

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

²⁴ "Father, I will that they, which thou hast given me, be with me where I am: that they may see my glory which thou hast given me. For thou lovedest me before the making of the world.

⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, calling on and saying, "Lord Jesus receive my spirit."

¹ For ye yourselves brethren know of our entrance in unto you, how that it was not in vain:

¹³ For this cause thank we God without ceasing, because that when ye received of us the word, wherewith God was preached, ye received it not as the word of man: but even as it was, indeed, the word of God; which worketh in you that believe.

¹⁷ then shall we which live and remain, be caught up with them also in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord.

⁶ For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departing is at hand.

¹⁴ And I said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest." And he said unto me, "These are they which came out of great tribulation and made their garments large, and made them white in the blood of the lamb: ¹⁵ therefore are they in the presence of the seat of God and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sitteth in the seat will dwell among them. ¹⁶ They shall hunger no more neither thirst, neither shall the sun light on them, neither any heat. ¹⁷ For the lamb which is in the midst of the seat, shall feed them, and shall lead them unto fountains of living water, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."

⁷ "Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is expedient for you that I go away. For if I go not away, that comforter will not come unto you. But if I depart, I will send him unto you.

²⁹ For I am sure of this: that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, which will not spare the flock. ³⁰ Moreover, of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things, to draw disciples after them. ³¹ Therefore awake and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one of you, both night and day with tears.

²² If it chance me to live in the flesh, that is to me fruitful for to work, and what to choose I know not.

²⁵ And this am I sure of, that I shall abide, and with you all continue, for the furtherance and joy of your faith, ²⁶ that ye may more abundantly rejoice in Jesus Christ through me, by my coming to you again.

⁶ God hath spoken in his holiness: I will rejoice, and divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

³² But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not. And when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren."

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

²³ Which when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad: and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would continually cleave unto the Lord.

²² and strengthened the disciples souls: exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁵ And now behold, I am sure that henceforth ye all, through whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

¹¹ For I long to see you, that I might bestow among you some spiritual gift, to strengthen you withal. ¹² That is: that I might have consolation together with you, through the common faith, which both ye and I have.

² by whom we have a way in, through faith, unto this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the praise that shall be given of God.

¹³ The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may be rich in hope through the power of the holy ghost.

¹⁸ For I dare not speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the gentiles obedient, with word and deed,

²⁹ And I am sure when I come, that I shall come with abundance of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

²⁴ Not that we be lords over your faith: but helpers of your joy. For by faith ye stand.

¹¹ And the very same, made some Apostles, some Prophets, some Evangelists, some Shepherds, some Teachers: ¹² that the saints might have all things necessary to work and minister withal, to the edifying of the body of Christ, ¹³ till we, everyone — in the unity of faith, and knowledge of the son of God — grow up unto a perfect man, after the measure of age which is of the fullness of Christ:

²⁴ I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

⁸ whom ye have not seen and yet love him, in whom even now, though ye see him not, yet ye believe, and rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorious:

¹ Come into my garden O my sister, my Spouse: I have gathered my Myrrh with my spice. I will eat my honey and my honeycomb, I will drink my wine and my milk. Eat, O ye friends, drink and be merry, O ye beloved.

²² And ye now are in sorrow: but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy shall no man take from you.

²⁴ Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name. Ask and ye shall receive it: that our joy may be full.

¹⁴ even as ye have found us partly, for we are your rejoicing, even as ye are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

¹² We praise not ourselves again unto you, but give you an occasion to rejoice of us, that ye may have somewhat against them, which rejoice in the face, and not in the heart.

⁶ Nevertheless God, that comforteth the abject, comforted us at the coming of Titus.

¹⁶ holding fast the word of life, unto my rejoicing in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither have laboured in vain. ¹⁷ Yea, and though I be offered up upon the offering and sacrifice of your faith: I rejoice and rejoice with you all. ¹⁸ For the same cause also, rejoice ye, and rejoice ye with me.

¹ Moreover, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. It grieveth me not to write one thing often to you. For to you it is a sure thing.

³ For we are circumcision which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice.

¹⁰ I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at the last ye are revived again to care for me in that wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.

³ Jerusalem is built as a city, that is at unity in itself.

¹ {A song of the stairs} Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is, brethren, to dwell together in unity!

²³ for the LORD himself will defend their cause, and do violence unto them that have used violence.

³⁹ And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all the days of their life, that they and their children after them may prosper.

²⁵ But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, "Every kingdom divided within itself shall be brought to nought. Neither shall any city or household divided against itself, continue.

²⁰ I pray not for them alone: but for them also which shall believe on me through their preaching, ²¹ that they all may be one, as thou father art in me, and I in thee; that they may be also one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

⁴⁶ And they continued daily with one accord in the temple, and brake bread in every house, and did eat their meat together with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God,

³² And the multitude of them that believed, were of one heart; And of one soul. Also, none of them said that any of the things which he possessed was his own: But had all things common.

²⁴ And after a certain days came Felix, and his wife Drusilla which was a Jewess, and called forth Paul, and heard him of the faith which is toward Christ.

⁵ by whom we have received grace and apostleship, to bring all manner heathen people unto obedience of the faith, that is in his name:

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God unto salvation to all that believe; namely to the Jew, and also to the gentile.

⁸ But what saith the scripture? "The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth and in thine heart." This word is the word of faith which we preach.

⁴ As we have many members in one body, and all members have not one office: ⁵ So we, being many, are one body in Christ — and every man, among ourselves, one another's members.

¹⁶ for this purpose: that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ among the gentiles, and should minister the glad tidings of God, that the gentiles might be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the holy ghost.

¹⁰ I beseech you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all speak one thing and that there be no dissension among you: but be ye perfect in one mind, and one meaning.

¹² For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of one body though they be many, yet are but one body: even so is Christ. ¹³ For in one spirit are we all baptised to make one body, whether we be Jews or gentiles: whether we be bond or free, and have all drunk of one spirit. ¹⁴ For the body is not one member, but many. ¹⁵ If the foot say, "I am not the hand, therefore I am not of the body," is he therefore not of the body? ¹⁶ And if the ear say, "I am not the eye, therefore I am not of the body," is he therefore not of the body? ¹⁷ If all the body were an eye: where were then the ear? If all were hearing: where were the smelling? ¹⁸ But now hath God disposed the members, every one of them in the body, at his own pleasure. ¹⁹ If they were all one member: where were the body? ²⁰ Now are there many members, yet but one body. ²¹ And the eye cannot say unto the hand, "I have no need of thee," nor the head also to the feet, "I have no need of you." ²² Yea, rather a great deal those members of the body which seem to be most feeble, are most necessary. ²³ And upon those members of that body which we think least honest, put we most honesty on. And our ungoodly parts have most beauty on. ²⁴ For our honest members need it not: but God hath so disposed the body, and hath given most honour to that part which lacked, ²⁵ lest there should be any strife in the body: but that the members should indifferently care for one another. ²⁶ And if one member suffer, all suffer with him: if one member be had in honour, all members be glad also. ²⁷ Ye are the body of Christ, and members one of another. ²⁸ And God hath also ordained in the congregation, first the apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, then them that do miracles; after that, the gifts of healing, helpers, governors, diversity of tongues. ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all doers of miracles? ³⁰ Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? ³¹ Covet after the best gifts. And yet show I unto you a more excellent way.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my dear brethren, be ye steadfast and unmovable, always rich in the works of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

¹³ Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, and be strong. ¹⁴ Let all your business be done in love.

⁴ in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest should shine unto them the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, which is the image of God.

¹³ which praise God for the obedience of your professing the gospel of Christ, and for your singleness, in distributing to them, and to all men.

¹¹ Finally, brethren, fare ye well: be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace, shall be with you.

⁷ which is nothing else, but that there be some which trouble you, and intend to pervert the gospel of Christ.

¹³ In whom also ye — after that ye heard the word of truth, I mean the gospel of your salvation wherein ye believed — were sealed with the holy spirit of promise,

³ and that ye be diligent to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, ⁴ being one body, and one spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling. ⁵ Let there be but one Lord, one faith, one baptism: ⁶ one God and father of all, which is above all, through all, and in you all.

¹ If there be among you any consolation in Christ, if there be any comfortable love, if there be any fellowship of the spirit, if there be any compassion of mercy: ² fulfil my joy, that ye draw one way, having one love, being of one accord, and of one mind,

¹⁸ For many walk - of whom I have told you often, and now tell you weeping - that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ,

⁴ since we heard of your faith which ye have in Christ Jesus: and of the love which ye bear to all saints

¹¹ as ye know how that we exhorted and comforted, and besought every one of you, as a father his children, ¹² that ye would walk worthy of God, which hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

⁶ But now lately when Timothy came from you unto us and declared to us your faith, and your love, and how that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us, as we desire to see you.

¹¹ according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which gospel is committed unto me.

¹⁹ having faith and good conscience, which some have put away from them, and as concerning faith have made shipwreck.

⁷ I have fought a good fight, and have fulfilled my course, and have kept the faith.

¹⁰ neither be pickers, but that they show all good faithfulness, that they may do worship to the doctrine of God our saviour in all things.

⁵ when I hear of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints:

¹⁸ Yea, and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, of them that maintain peace.

⁴ by the means whereof are given unto us excellent and most great promises; that by the help of them ye should be partakers of the godly nature, in that ye flee the corruption of worldly lust. ⁵ And hereunto, give all diligence: In your faith, minister virtue; and in virtue, knowledge; ⁶ and in knowledge, temperance; and in temperance, patience; in patience, godliness; ⁷ in godliness, brotherly kindness; in brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if these things be among you, and are plenteous, they will make you that ye neither shall be idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of the our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he that lacketh these things is blind and gropeth for the way with his hand, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

¹¹ If all these things shall perish, what manner persons ought ye to be in holy conversation, and godliness:

¹⁴ Wherefore, dearly beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and undefiled:

³ I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, how thou in truth walkest. ⁴ I have no greater joy than for to hear how that my sons walk in verity.

³ Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, to exhort you, that ye should continually labour in the faith, which was once given unto the saints.

¹⁸ After thy saving look I, LORD.

²³ Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation right, will I show the salvation of God."

¹⁹ Praised be the LORD daily, even the God which helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. Selah. ²⁰ He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation; God is the LORD, by whom we escape death.

² Behold, God is my salvation: I will be bold therefore and not fear. For the LORD God is my strength and my praise whereof I sing: and is become my saviour.

⁷ Hearken unto me ye that know righteousness, and so let the people that have my law in their hearts. Fear not the rebukes of man neither faint for their blasphemies.

¹² Yea I, I am even he, that in all things giveth you consolation. What art thou then, that fearest a mortal man; the child of man, which goeth away as doeth the flour,

¹⁰ Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall falsely say all manner of evil sayings against you for my sake. ¹² Rejoice, and be glad: for great is your reward in heaven: For so persecuted they the prophets which were before your days.

²⁸ And fear ye not them which kill the body, and be not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body into hell.

⁶ And all flesh shall see the saviour sent of God."

⁴ I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

¹² But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you: delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prison: and bring you before kings and rulers for my name's sake. ¹³ And this shall chance you for a testimonial. ¹⁴ Let it stick therefore fast in your hearts, not once to study before, what ye shall answer for yourselves: ¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, where against all your adversaries shall not be able to speak nor resist. ¹⁶ Yea, and ye shall be betrayed of your fathers and mothers, and of your brethren, and kinsmen, and lovers. And some of you shall they put to death. ¹⁷ And hated shall ye be of all men for my name's sake. ¹⁸ Yet there shall not one hair of your heads perish. ¹⁹ With your patience, possess your souls.

¹⁹ But Peter and John answered unto them and said, "Whether it be right in the sight of God to obey you more than God, judge ye. ²⁰ For we cannot but speak that which we have seen and heard." ²¹ So threatened they them and let them go; And found nothing how to punish them, because of the people: For all men lauded God for the miracle which was done. ²² For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was showed.

⁴⁰ And to him they agreed, and called the apostles, and beat them, and commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. ⁴¹ And they departed from the council rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke for his name. ⁴² And daily in the temple, and in every house they ceased not, teaching and preaching Jesus Christ.

²⁸ Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent to the gentiles, and they shall hear it."

¹⁷ If we be sons, we are also heirs: the heirs, I mean, of God: and heirs annexed with Christ. If so be that we suffer together, that we may be glorified together.

⁵ which is a token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye are counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer. ⁶ It is verily a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you, ⁷ For God hath not given to us the spirit of fear: but of power, and of love, and of soberness of mind. ⁸ Be not ashamed to testify our Lord, neither be ashamed of me, which am bound for his sake: but suffer adversity with the gospel also through the power of God,

¹¹ It is a true saying: If we be dead with him, we also shall live with him; ¹² If we be patient, we shall also reign with him; If we deny him, he also shall deny us;

⁶ That we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man doeth unto me."

¹² Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had happened unto you: ¹³ but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's passions, that when his glory appeareth, ye may be merry and glad. ¹⁴ If ye be railed upon for the name of Christ; happy are ye. For the spirit of glory and the spirit of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken of: but on your part he is glorified.

¹⁰ Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

¹⁷ And Jesus answered, and said to him, "Happy art thou, Simon the son of Jonas, for flesh and blood hath not opened unto thee that, but my father which is in heaven.

¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to be the sons of God: in that they believed on his name: ¹³ which were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh, nor yet of the will of man: but of God.

⁴⁴ No man can come to me except the father, which hath sent me, draw him. And I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, 'That they shall all be taught of God.' Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the father, cometh unto me:

⁴¹ And they departed from the council rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke for his name.

³⁹ And that by him are all that believe justified from all things, from the which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

²⁷ When they were come and had gathered the congregation together, they rehearsed all that God had done by them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

³ Neither do we so, only: but also we rejoice in tribulation: For we know that tribulation bringeth patience,

⁸ For by grace are ye made safe through faith, and that, not of yourselves: For it is the gift of God,

² My brethren, count it exceeding joy when ye fall into divers temptations,

³³ These words have I spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. For in the world shall ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of God? Shall tribulation? Or anguish? Or persecution, other hunger? Other nakedness? Other peril? Other sword? ³⁶ As it is written, "For thy sake are we killed all day long, and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain." ³⁷ Nevertheless, in all these things we overcome strongly through his help that loved us.

⁹ Me thinketh that God hath set forth us, which are apostles, for the lowest of all: as it were, men appointed to death. For we are a gazingstock unto the world, and to the angels, and to men. ¹⁰ We are fools for Christ's sake, and ye are wise through Christ: we are weak, and ye are strong. Ye are honorable, and we are despised. ¹¹ Even unto this day we hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted with fists, and have no certain dwelling place, ¹² and labour working with our own hands. We are reviled, and yet we bless. We are persecuted, and suffer it. ¹³ We are evil spoken of, and we pray. We are made as it were the filthiness of the world, the offscouring of all things, even unto this time. ¹⁴ I write not these things to shame you: but as my beloved sons, I warn you.

³⁰ Yea, and why stand we in jeopardy every hour? ³¹ By our rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. ³² That I have fought with beasts at Ephesus after the manner of men, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not again? "Let us eat and drink, tomorrow we shall die."

¹¹ Put on the armour of God, that ye may stand steadfast against the crafty assaults of the devil. ¹² For we wrestle not against flesh and blood: but against rule, against power, and against worldly rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness for heavenly things. ¹³ For this cause, take unto you the armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand perfect in all things. ¹⁴ Stand, therefore, and your loins gird about with verity, having on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and shod with shoes prepared by the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ Above all, take to you the shield of faith, wherewith ye may quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, ¹⁸ and pray always with all manner prayer and supplication — and that in the spirit — and watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all saints,

²⁹ Wherein I also labour and strive, even as far forth as his working worketh in me mightily.

¹⁴ For ye brethren became followers of the congregations of God which in Jewry are in Christ Jesus: for ye have suffered like things of your kinsmen, as we ourselves have suffered of the Jews, ¹⁵ which as they killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, even so have they persecuted us, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men:

² and sent Timothy our brother and minister of God, and our labour fellow in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you over your faith, ³ that no man should be moved in these afflictions. For ye yourselves know that we are even appointed thereunto. ⁴ For verily when I was with you, I told you before that we should suffer tribulation even as it came to pass, and as ye know.

¹² Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hand on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

¹⁰ Herefore I suffer all things, for the elects' sakes, that they might also obtain that salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

³² Call to remembrance the days that are passed in the which, after ye had received light, ye endured a great fight in adversities, ³³ partly while all men wondered and gazed at you for the shame and tribulation that was done unto you, and partly while ye became companions of them which so passed their time.

⁴ For ye have not yet resisted unto blood shedding, striving against sin.

¹⁰ Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give thee a crown of life. ¹¹ Let him that hath ears hear, what the spirit saith to the congregations: He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.'

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