John 13 Cross References - Mace

¹ Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus perceiving that his hour was come, when he was to pass out of this world, and go to the father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. ² while they were at supper, (the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him) Jesus, ³ though he knew that the father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and was going to God, ⁴ rose from supper, laid aside his garment, and took a towel to wrap about him. ⁵ after that, he poured water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. ⁶ then coming to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, Lord, what! would you wash my feet? ⁷ Jesus answered him, you don't at present comprehend what I am about: but hereafter you shall. ⁸ Peter said to him, you shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered, if I do not cleanse thee, you cannot partake with me. ⁹ Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. ¹⁰ Jesus said to him, he that comes out from bathing has occasion only to wash his feet, the rest of his body being clean: so you are clean, but not every one of you. ¹¹ for he knew who would betray him; therefore, said he, you are not every one of you clean. ¹² after he had washed their feet, he took his garment, and setting down again, he said to them, do you comprehend what I have been doing? ¹³ you call me master, and lord: and you are in the right; for so I am. ¹⁴ if I then, tho' lord and master, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ for I have given you example, that you might behave to one another, as I have to you. ¹⁶ I declare unto you, the servant is not greater than his lord, neither he that is sent, greater than he that sent him. ¹⁷ if ye comprehend these things, happy are ye if ye put them in practice. ¹⁸ I say not this of you all; for I know whom I have chosen: and that passage of the scripture must be fulfilled, "He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me." ¹⁹ I tell it you now before it happens, that when it is come to pass, you may believe that I am the Messias. ²⁰ I declare unto you, he that receiveth him that I send, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. ²¹ When Jesus utter'd these words, he was troubled in spirit, and said without disguise, I assure you, that one of you shall betray me. ²² then the disciples looked one on another, being in pain to know who he meant. ²³ now the favourite disciple of Jesus sat next to him at table. ²⁴ Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, to ask who it was he meant. ²⁵ then accordingly bending his head to Jesus's ear, he whisper'd, Lord, who is it? ²⁶ Jesus answered, he it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have made it. and when he had made the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. ²⁷ and after he had taken the sop, Satan entred into him. then said Jesus to him, what you do, do quickly. ²⁸ but the company at table did not know what he meant by saying so. ²⁹ for as Judas had the purse, some of them thought, that Jesus had ordered him to buy what was necessary against the feast: or give something to the poor. ³⁰ Judas then having received the sop, immediately went out: and it was night. ³¹ When he was gone, Jesus said, now is the son of man glorified, and God is glorified by him. ³² as God is glorified by him, so God will glorify him in himself, and will immediately glorify him. ³³ my dear children, I am with you but for a little while. you shall seek me: but as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, "where I am going you cannot come." ³⁴ a new commandment I give unto you, "that ye love one another; that you would have the same love for one another as I have had for you." ³⁵ by this mutual love shall all men know that you are my disciples. ³⁶ Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus answered him, you cannot at present follow me, where I am going; but hereafter you shall. ³⁷ Peter said to him, Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for your sake. ³⁸ Jesus answered him, you lay down your life for my sake! Verily, verily I say unto thee, the cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

² ye know that in two days the feast of the passover will begin, and the son of man be delivered up to be crucified. ³ About this time the chief priests, and the elders of the people, assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, ⁴ and consulted how to seize Jesus by surprize, and take away his life. ⁵ but they said, this must not be done on the feastday, for fear the people rise.

⁴⁵ and at his return, he said to his disciples, is this a time to sleep and take your rest? the hour draws nigh, and the son of man is betrayed into the hands of the gentiles.

²⁰ teaching them to observe every thing which I have enjoin'd you: and be assured I shall be always with you to the end of the world.

¹ Within two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread. and the chief priests, with the Scribes, contriv'd how they might seize Jesus by surprize, and put him to death. ² but they objected, it could not be during the festival, for fear of a popular insurrection.

⁵¹ Now the time of his assumption drawing nigh, he was fix'd in his resolution to go to Jerusalem:

³² but he answered them, go, tell that fox, that to-day and to-morrow I am casting out demons, and performing cures, and the third day my course will be finished: ³³ till then I must be stirring about, to-day, and to-morrow, and the next day: for a prophet cannot be put to death any where, but at Jerusalem.

¹ Now the feast of unleaven'd bread, which is call'd the passover, ² being nigh, the chief priests consulted with the Scribes, how they might put Jesus to death; for they were afraid of the people.

⁵³ I was daily with you in the temple, and you never offer'd to seize me: but now you have your hour, and the prince of darkness his day.

⁴ for it was just before the passover, which is a feast of the Jews.

⁶ but Jesus said to them, my time is not yet come: but any time is equally proper for you.

³⁰ then they design'd to seize him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

²⁰ Jesus delivered this discourse in the treasury, when he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him, for his hour was not yet come.

⁹ Jesus answered, are there not twelve hours in the day? he that travels by day does not stumble, because he has the light of this world to see by. ¹⁰ but if a man travels by night he stumbles, because there is no light for him.

⁵⁵ now the passover of the Jews being nigh: the people of that country went in great numbers to Jerusalem before the passover, in order to purify themselves.

²³ but Jesus answered them, saying, the time is come, when the son of man is to be glorified.

³ though he knew that the father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and was going to God,

³⁴ a new commandment I give unto you, "that ye love one another; that you would have the same love for one another as I have had for you."

²⁸ ye have heard me say, "I am going away, and shall come again unto you." if ye loved me, ye would rejoice at my going to the father: for the father is greater than I.

⁹ as the father has loved me, and I have loved you: so do you persevere in your love to me. ¹⁰ your love to me will be in keeping my commandments: even as I love my father by keeping his commandments.

¹³ there cannot be greater love than that of a man, who lays down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ you will be my friends, if you do what I have commanded you.

⁵ but now I am going to him that sent me; yet none of you ask me now, whither are you going? ⁶ are your minds so overwhelm'd with sorrow at what I told you? ⁷ nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I do not go away, the advocate will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him to you.

²⁸ I was sent by the father, and am come into the world: but now I leave the world, and am going to my father.

¹ Jesus having said this, lift up his eyes to heaven, and said, "father, the hour is come; glorify thy son, that thy son also may glorify thee.

⁵ and now, O father, glorify me in heaven, with the glory which I had before the creation of the world.

⁹ "It is for them I pray: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me, because they are thine. ¹⁰ for every thing that is mine is thine, and what is thine is mine, and I am glorified by them. ¹¹ and now I shall be no more in the world, but they will be in the world, when I am come to thee. holy father keep them by that authority, with which thou hast invested me, that they may be one, as we are.

¹³ now that I am coming to thee, while I am here, I make these requests for them, that their joy in me may be compleat. ¹⁴ I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁶ they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

²⁶ to them I have declared thy name, and will declare it: that thou mayst love them as thou hast loved me, and I have loved them."

⁴ but Jesus who knew every thing that should happen to him, advanc'd, and said to them, who do you look for?

³⁷ yet after all we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.

⁸ and God will confirm you to the end, that ye may be unaccused in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁵ You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her: ²⁶ to sanctify and purify her by the ablution of his word,

⁶ but Christ govern'd his own house in quality of son and heir, and 'tis we that are his house, provided we stedfastly persevere unto the end in the publick profession of that hope, in virtue of which we glory.

¹⁴ for we were receiv'd into the communion of Christ, upon condition of inviolably maintaining the hope we had at the beginning even unto the end,

¹¹ but we desire that every one of you may shew the same concern, continuing to discharge the condition upon which your hopes are founded: that ye be not unactive,

¹³ Let your minds then be duely prepar'd, be vigilant, and constantly expect the favour you will meet with at the appearance of Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ let us love him; since he first loved us.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth: unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins by his own blood,

³ now satan had inspired Judas surnam'd Iscariot, one of the twelve, what to do.

³¹ Then said Jesus, Simon, Simon, satan has demanded to shake you, and my disciples, like wheat in a sieve.

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, have I not chosen you all twelve, and yet one of you is an avowed enemy? ⁷¹ meaning Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that would betray him, altho' he was one of the twelve.

⁴ rose from supper, laid aside his garment, and took a towel to wrap about him.

²⁶ Jesus answered, he it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have made it. and when he had made the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. ²⁷ and after he had taken the sop, Satan entred into him. then said Jesus to him, what you do, do quickly.

³ upon which Peter said, Ananias, how could satan inspire thine heart to lye to the holy ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

¹⁶ But thanks be to God, who disposed Titus to be so industrious for you.

³ of which number we all have formerly been, leading our dissolute lives in gratifying the desires of our sensual imaginations: and were indeed obnoxious to the divine displeasure, as other. Gentiles were:

¹³ Let no man under temptation, say, it is God that tempts him; for as he is incapable of moral evil, he can't influence any one thereto. ¹⁴ a man is instigated, and drawn into the snare by his own vicious passions, which once indulg'd, are productive of sin, ¹⁵ and the genuine offspring of sin is death. ¹⁶ Don't be deluded, my brethren; ¹⁷ every thing that is valuable, every gift that leads to perfection is deriv'd from heaven, it descends from that original light, which knows no change, no shadow, or decline:

¹⁷ for God hath put it in their hearts to execute his designs, in agreeing to give their kingdom to the beast, until the divine oracles shall be accomplished.

²⁷ my father has instructed me in every thing: and no one knoweth the son, except the father: nor does any one know the father, except the son, and he to whom the son is pleased to reveal him."

¹⁸ and Jesus came, and said to them, all power has been given me in heaven and in earth.

²² the management of every thing is committed to me by my father: no one knows what character the son is invested with, except the father; nor who the father is, except the son, and he to whom the son shall please to reveal it.

¹⁸ no man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten son, who is intimate with the father, hath made him known.

¹³ for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven.

³⁵ the father loveth the son, and hath given all things into his hand.

²² besides, the father judgeth no man; but hath committed the full power of judging unto the son: ²³ that all men should honour the son, even as they honour the father. he that honoureth not the son, honoureth not the father who hath sent him. ²⁴ I declare unto you, he that heareth my doctrine, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. ²⁵ I declare unto you, the time is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the son of God: and they that hear shall live. ²⁶ for as the father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the son, to have life in himself; ²⁷ and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the son of man.

²⁹ but I know him, for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

³³ then said Jesus, I shall be with you but for a little time, and then I shall go to him that sent me.

⁴² Jesus said to them, if God were your father, ye would love me: for I was commissioned by God to come; I did not come of my self, but he sent me.

¹ Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus perceiving that his hour was come, when he was to pass out of this world, and go to the father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

²⁷ for the father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I had my mission from God. ²⁸ I was sent by the father, and am come into the world: but now I leave the world, and am going to my father.

² for thou hast given him power over all men, that he might give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

⁵ and now, O father, glorify me in heaven, with the glory which I had before the creation of the world. ⁶ I have displayed thy name among those whom you have chosen out of the world for me: thine they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept thy word. ⁷ now they believe that the instructions you gave me came from thee. ⁸ for I have given to them the instructions which you gave me; and they have received them; and have sincerely believ'd that I came from thee, and are persuaded that thou didst send me.

¹¹ and now I shall be no more in the world, but they will be in the world, when I am come to thee. holy father keep them by that authority, with which thou hast invested me, that they may be one, as we are. ¹² by your authority I have kept them, during my being with them in the world: those that you gave me I have kept, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition: according as the scripture foretold. ¹³ now that I am coming to thee, while I am here, I make these requests for them, that their joy in me may be compleat.

³⁶ therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

²⁷ for he hath subjected all things to him. but when it is said all things are subjected, it is plain that he is to be excepted, who did subject all things to him.

²¹ far above all the principalities, all the powers, all the potentates, all the dominations, and whatever order can be named, not only in this age, but also in the age to come: ²² for he has subjected all things to him, and constituted him supreme head of the church,

⁹ wherefore God has highly exalted and given him a name, which is above every name; ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus both angels and men, the living and the dead, should pay their adorations, ¹¹ and that every nation should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord, to the glory of God the father.

² whom he hath constituted heir of all things, by whom also be made the world.

⁸ thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet." now since he has put all in subjection to him, he left nothing that is not subjected to him. however we do not see as yet that all things are put under him. ⁹ but Jesus, who was for a while inferior to the angels by his sufferings and death, we see was crown'd with glory and honour; when by the divine goodness, he had pass'd thro' death for every man.

³⁷ happy those servants, whom the master at his arrival shall find thus watching: I assure you, he shall gird himself, and make them sit at table, and will come to serve them.

⁷ Who of you having a servant, that plows, or feeds your cattle, will immediately upon his coming from field, say to him, come and sit at table?

²⁷ for who is greatest, he that sits at table, or he that waits? is it not the person at table? yet I am among you as one that serves.

⁹ for you are sensible of the beneficence of our Lord Jesus Christ; powerful as he was, for your sake he became poor, that you through his poverty might be made rich.

⁶ who tho' he was the image of God, did not affect to appear with divine majesty, but divested himself thereof, ⁷ by assuming the form of a servant: being made in the likeness of men, ⁸ and his whole exterior showing nothing more than a meer man, he abased himself, and carried his submission so far as to die, even the death of the cross.

³⁸ and stood behind at his feet weeping, bath'd them with her tears, wiped them with her hair, kissed his feet, and poured the perfume upon them.

⁴⁴ and turning to the woman, he said to Simon, do you observe this woman? though I am a guest in your house, you never offer'd me any water for my feet: but she has bath'd my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

⁸ Peter said to him, you shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered, if I do not cleanse thee, you cannot partake with me.

¹⁰ Jesus said to him, he that comes out from bathing has occasion only to wash his feet, the rest of his body being clean: so you are clean, but not every one of you.

¹² after he had washed their feet, he took his garment, and setting down again, he said to them, do you comprehend what I have been doing? ¹³ you call me master, and lord: and you are in the right; for so I am. ¹⁴ if I then, tho' lord and master, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

³⁴ but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and immediately blood and water issued out.

¹⁶ why should you now delay? arise, be baptized, and cleansed from your sins, by invoking the name of the Lord.

¹¹ and such were some of you: but you have been washed, you have been sanctified, you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the spirit of our God.

²⁶ to sanctify and purify her by the ablution of his word,

¹⁰ such as have been recommended by their good actions, by the education of their children, by their hospitality, by their officiousness to the faithful, by relieving the afflicted, and by the practice of every virtue.

³ for even we ourselves were once inconsiderate, disobedient, deluded, addicted to variety of passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, the deserving objects of mutual hatred. ⁴ but when the kindness and love of God our saviour display'd itself to mankind, ⁵ he saved us not in consideration of any virtuous actions which we had done, but out of his meer mercy, by the baptism of regeneration, he form'd us anew, by the plentiful effusion of the holy spirit,

²² let us draw near with sincerity, in full assurance of faith, having our consciences purified from guilt, and our bodies washed with pure water.

⁷ but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have society one with another, and the blood of his son Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.

⁶ it appear'd by the water, and by the blood, who he was, even Jesus the Messiah; not by the water only, but by the water and by the blood: besides, the spirit is a witness too, now the spirit is truth itself.

¹⁴ my Lord, answer'd I, you can tell. and he said to me, these are they who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the lamb.

¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water to lead you to repentance; but he that cometh after me, is my superiour, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the effusion of the holy Ghost, in the appearance of fire: ¹² and with the fan in his hand, he will throughly cleanse his floor, and gather the wheat into his grainery, but the chaff will he burn with unquenchable fire." ¹³ Then went Jesus from Galilee to Jordan to be baptized by John. ¹⁴ but John opposed him, I have need, said he, to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?

⁸ at sight of this, Simon Peter fell on his knees before Jesus, and said, Lord, withdraw from such a sinful man as I:

²⁷ is preferred before me, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose.

¹⁶ this passage his disciples did not understand at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, they remembred how they had mounted him, and perceiv'd that those words related to him.

¹⁰ Jesus said to him, he that comes out from bathing has occasion only to wash his feet, the rest of his body being clean: so you are clean, but not every one of you. ¹¹ for he knew who would betray him; therefore, said he, you are not every one of you clean. ¹² after he had washed their feet, he took his garment, and setting down again, he said to them, do you comprehend what I have been doing?

³⁶ Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus answered him, you cannot at present follow me, where I am going; but hereafter you shall.

²⁶ but the advocate, the holy spirit, whom the father will send for my sake, he will explain every thing to you, and make you remember, all that I have told you.

⁷ As for you, my brethren, bear your sufferings with constancy, till the advent of the Lord. the farmer, from the prospect of a golden crop, patiently expects the showers of the spring and the autumn. ⁸ be you equally patient, and exercise your fortitude, for the advent of the Lord is nigh. ⁹ don't repine, my brethren, against one another, for fear you should be condemn'd. behold, the judge is at the gate. ¹⁰ let the prophets, my brethren, who were commission'd by the Lord, be your examples; suffer persecution with constancy like them. ¹¹ we pronounce those happy, who have so endur'd. you have heard of the constancy of Job, you know with what success he was crown'd by the Lord, who is all mercy and compassion.

²² then Peter taking him aside, began to expostulate with him, saying, God forbid, Sir, this should ever happen to you.

²⁹ I won't, said he: but afterward be chang'd his mind, and went.

³³ Peter thereupon said, tho' all the rest should abandon you, I never will.

³⁵ but Peter said, though it should cost me my life, I never will disown you. and so said all the disciples.

⁵ Jesus answered, I tell thee, except a man be renewed by the spiritual baptism, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

⁶ then coming to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, Lord, what! would you wash my feet?

¹⁸ Let no man condemn you, from an affectation of humility, in worshipping of Angels, boldly prying into matters which he knows nothing of, being vainly puft up with his Jewish conceits:

²³ by which indeed they make a pretence to wisdom, by a worship of their own devising, by an air of humility, and self-denial, and a disregard to the gratifications of sense.

⁵ he saved us not in consideration of any virtuous actions which we had done, but out of his meer mercy, by the baptism of regeneration, he form'd us anew, by the plentiful effusion of the holy spirit,

²² and indeed according to the law almost every thing is purified with blood, without the effusion of which, there is no remission of sins. ²³ It was therefore necessary that what was only a type of the heavenly sanctuary, should be purified by such sacrifices; but the heavenly sanctuary itself, by a more excellent sacrifice.

⁴ And indeed it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats, should take away the guilt of sin. ⁵ wherefore at his appearing in publick, he saith, "sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body hast thou prepared me: ⁶ in burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure: ⁷ then said I, lo I come, as in the volume of the book it is written of me, to do thy will, O God." ⁸ after having said, "victims, oblations, holocausts, and sacrifice for sin, thou wouldst not, neither hadst pleasure therein," tho' they are all prescrib'd by the law; ⁹ he immediately adds, "lo, I come to do thy WILL, O God." he abolishes the first to establish the second: ¹⁰ in consequence of which WILL we are sanctified by the oblation which Jesus Christ has made once for all of his own body.

²⁴ Pilate perceiving he was so far from prevailing, that they were more tumultuous, he took water, and washed his hands before all the people, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: you are answerable for it.

²¹ thus baptism, which corresponds to the deluge, does now save us, not as it is a cleansing from external filth, but as it is an engagement to lead a divine life, from the belief of the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

¹² and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

³ you are already clean by the instructions I have given you.

²⁰ now if I do that which my mind is against, it is not meerly I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. ²¹ I find then a settled custom, that evil is objected in my way whenever I have a mind to act well: ²² for my mind takes delight in the law of God, ²³ but I perceive in the animal part of me another law warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin, which is in my animal part.

¹⁷ therefore, if any man be a christian, he is in a new creation: the old state of things is chang'd to one entirely new.

²¹ for he hath made him who knew no sin to be a sin-offering for us, that we might be justified by God thro' him.

¹ since then, we have these promises, my dear brethren, let us cleanse our selves from all impurity, whether of body or mind, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

²² to quit the vicious habits of your former conversation, corrupted by deceitful passions: ²³ and to be renewed in your mind, by living like men formed anew, ²⁴ after the image of God, in justice, sanctity, and truth.

²⁶ to sanctify and purify her by the ablution of his word, ²⁷ that he himself might make her appear illustrious to his own eye, a church without spot, or any thing like a defect; so as to be holy and irreprehensible.

²³ Now may the God of peace make you intirely holy: may every part of you, your spirit, soul, and body be preserved irreprovable at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ only in matters relating to meats and drinks, and divers baptisms, meer external rites which were to subsist only till the time of reformation.

² for we are all liable to frequent mistakes. he that does not give too great a loose to his tongue, is an accomplish'd person and fit to moderate the whole church.

⁷ but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have society one with another, and the blood of his son Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. ⁸ If we say that we are without sin, we deceive ourselves, and have no regard to truth. ⁹ if we confess our sins, as he is faithful and just, he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all iniquity. ¹⁰ if we say that we have not sinned, we impeach his veracity, and discredit his word.

²⁴ the son of man is going to die, pursuant to the scripture: but wo to that man by whom the son of man is betrayed: it had been better for that man, if he had never been born. ²⁵ then Judas, he who was to betray him, said, master, is it I? Jesus replied, yes.

²⁵ and he did not want any information concerning man: for he knew of himself the secret of their hearts.

⁶⁴ but there are some of you who do not believe. (for Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that did not believe, and who should betray him.) ⁶⁵ and he said, therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my father. ⁶⁶ From that time many of his disciples withdrew, and associated no longer with him. ⁶⁷ upon which Jesus said to the twelve, will not ye likewise go away? ⁶⁸ but Simon Peter answered, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have the words of eternal life. ⁶⁹ and we have believed and we have acknowledged that you are the Christ, the son of God.

² while they were at supper, (the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him) Jesus,

¹⁸ I say not this of you all; for I know whom I have chosen: and that passage of the scripture must be fulfilled, "He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me."

²¹ When Jesus utter'd these words, he was troubled in spirit, and said without disguise, I assure you, that one of you shall betray me.

²⁶ Jesus answered, he it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have made it. and when he had made the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

¹² by your authority I have kept them, during my being with them in the world: those that you gave me I have kept, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition: according as the scripture foretold.

⁵¹ Then Jesus said to them, have ye understood all this?

¹³ but if, said he, you don't comprehend this easy parable, how can ye understand any of the rest?

⁷ Jesus answered him, you don't at present comprehend what I am about: but hereafter you shall.

²¹ Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but only they who do the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²² many will cry out to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? have we not cast out devils in thy name? and in thy name have we not wrought many miracles?

⁸ But don't you assume that title, for you have but one doctor, who is the Christ; as for you, you are all brethren alike. ⁹ don't stile any one among you, Father upon earth; for he alone is your father, who is in heaven. ¹⁰ neither take the title of masters, for you have but one master, who is the Messias.

⁴⁶ Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not observe what I say?

⁴³ I think, said Simon, he that had the greatest debt remitted to him. you are in the right, said Jesus.

²⁸ you have answered well, replied Jesus, do this, and you shall live.

²⁸ When she had said this, she went privately to call Mary her sister, saying, the master is come, and calls for you.

⁸ if we live, our life is appropriated to the Lord; and if we die, we die as his servants: whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's. ⁹ for to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

⁶ yet to us there is but one God, the father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

³ wherefore I give you to understand, that no man who has the spirit of God, can pronounce Jesus anathema: and that no man can acknowledge Jesus to be the Lord, but by the holy spirit.

¹¹ and that every nation should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord, to the glory of God the father.

⁸ nay I think them disadvantages when put in competition with the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whose sake I abandon all these things, and count them as straw, that I may gain Christ,

¹⁹ you believe there is but one God, very well: the demons believe as much, and tremble."

¹⁴ knowing that I must soon leave this tabernacle, as our Lord Jesus Christ has signify'd to me. ¹⁵ However, I shall inculcate these things so as to make you continually remember them, even after my departure. ¹⁶ for, the information we gave you of the powerful advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, did not proceed from any artfully contriv'd fables, we our selves having been spectators of his majesty.

²⁶ but it must not be so among you: on the contrary, whoever would rise among you, let him be your minister. ²⁷ and whoever would be chief among you, let him be your servant. ²⁸ as the son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for all.

⁴³ but it shall not be so among young you: on the contrary, whoever would be great among you, he must be your servant; ⁴⁴ and whoever would be the chief, he must be the slave of all the rest. ⁴⁵ for the son of man himself is not come to receive the services of men, but to do them service, and to lay down his life a ransom for many.

²⁶ but you must not be such: the greatest of you must be as the junior, and he that governs as he that serves. ²⁷ for who is greatest, he that sits at table, or he that waits? is it not the person at table? yet I am among you as one that serves.

³⁵ my constant example has shown you that the disabled should be assisted by your labours, remembring the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, "it is a greater happiness to give than to receive."

¹⁰ in brotherly kindness be passionately affected to one another; in honour prefer one another:

¹⁶ have the same respect for one another. let not your behaviour be haughty, but soften'd to the condition of those below you. be not wise in your own conceits.

¹ I add, we that are better inform'd ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not study our own pleasure. ² let every one of us consult the good of his neighbour to his edification. ³ for even Christ did not consult his own satisfaction; but as it is written, "the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me."

¹³ wherefore if my eating makes my brother offend, I will never eat flesh rather than make my brother offend.

¹⁹ for tho' I am independent of all men, yet have I subjected myself to all, that I might gain the more. ²⁰ to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law; ²¹ to those who are without the law, as without that law, (not as being under no law to God, but as under the law to Christ) that I might gain those who are without the law. ²² to the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak: I became all things to all men, that I might save all sorts of men.

¹ I who am a person of a mean presence, when among you, but exert myself upon your account, when absent; I Paul intreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, not to let me exert that authority,

¹³ for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another.

¹ Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, do you, who are spiritual, restore him with all gentleness, taking heed lest you yourselves be overcome by temptation. ² bear with one another's infirmities, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

² compleat my joy, by pursuing the same view, living in mutual love, by being unanimous, and cultivating that harmony. ³ Do nothing out of a spirit of contention, or for vain-glory, but modestly look upon others as if they were better than yourselves. ⁴ let no man consult only his private interest, but let every man consult likewise the interest of others. ⁵ for the same temper of mind ought to be in you as was in Christ Jesus:

⁸ for tho' he was the son of God, yet he found by his own sufferings what it was to obey, ⁹ and by a perfect obedience he procured eternal salvation for all that obey him;

² having Jesus in our view, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down on the right hand of the throne of God.

¹ Since then Christ has with respect to his mortal nature died for us, arm yourselves with this reflection, that he, who is dead with respect to sensuality, has renounced sin;

⁵ As for you that are young, be you submissive to those of a more advanc'd age: and do you all of you pay a becoming deference to one another: be cloak'd with humility, for " God opposes the proud, and shows favour to the humble."

²⁹ take my yoke upon you, and learn to be meek like me, and of an humble temper: and ye shall enjoy tranquillity of mind.

⁵ May the God of patience and consolation, make you equally concern'd for one another, according to the example of Christ Jesus,

² for Christ loved us, and for us gave himself an offering and a sacrifice acceptable to God.

²¹ this will conciliate the divine favour. and this is the condition of your vocation, since Christ himself has suffer'd for us,

¹⁷ for since it is the will of heaven you should suffer, it is better you should suffer for your virtue, than for any crimes. ¹⁸ for Jesus Christ himself has already suffer'd for our sins, the innocent for the guilty, to bring us to God: who, tho' he died with respect to his body, was rais'd to life by that spirit,

⁶ he that says he is attach'd to Christ, ought to regulate his conduct by his example.

²⁴ the disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. ²⁵ if the disciple fare as well as his master, and the servant as his lord, is not that sufficient? if they style the master of the house Beelzebub, much more will they call his domestics so.

⁴⁰ The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.

³ Jesus answered him, I declare unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

²⁰ remember what I told you, "the servant is not greater than his master." if they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have been spies upon my discourse, they will be so upon yours.

²⁴ therefore, whoever heareth these instructions of mine, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the prudent man, who built his house upon a rock: ²⁵ the rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, and beat upon that house: but it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.

⁵⁰ for whosoever shall do the will of my father, who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

³⁸ this is the first and most important precept, ³⁹ and the second has an affinity with it, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self." ⁴⁰ these two precepts comprehend the substance of all the law and the prophets. ⁴¹ While the Pharisees were still assembled, Jesus asked them,

²⁸ but rather, said he, happy are they who hear the word of God, and put it in practice.

⁴⁷ but the servant, who knows his master's will, and prepares not himself, nor executes his orders, shall receive many stripes. ⁴⁸ whereas he that does not know it, and does things worthy of chastisement, shall receive fewer stripes. for to whom much is given, of him shall much be required, and the more a man has been trusted, the greater will be the demand.

¹⁴ you will be my friends, if you do what I have commanded you.

¹⁴ to this I am urg'd by the love I bear to Christ, persuaded as I am, that if one died for all, then were all in a dying state: and that he died for all, ¹⁵ that they who are in a state of life should not live at their own discretion, but to the service of him who died for them, and rose again.

⁶ for in the christian-dispensation, neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but an active benevolent faith.

⁷ 'Twas by faith that Noah being divinely warned of unforeseen events, with a religious concern built an ark to the preservation of his family; whereby the world became inexcusable, and he obtained the reward of that righteousness which is by faith. ⁸ 'Twas by faith that he who was named Abraham, showed his obedience in travelling to a foreign country, which he was afterwards to inherit; and began his journey without knowing where he was going.

²⁵ whereas, he that attentively considers the perfect law of liberty, and is attach'd thereto, he is not a forgetful hearer, but reduces it to practice, and his conduct is crown'd with hapiness.

²⁰ Vain man, must I show you how lifeless a thing faith is, without its effects? ²¹ was not our father Abraham treated as just, in consequence of his actions, when he had attempted to sacrifice his son upon the altar? ²² don't you see his actions and his faith conspir'd, and that his faith had its perfect effect in his conduct? ²³ it was then, that those words of scripture were accomplished, "Abraham believed God, and he was regarded for it as a man of virtue, and was the favourite of God." ²⁴ you see then, that a man is accounted just for his actions, and not for his bare faith.

¹⁷ he then that knows what is virtuous, and does not practise it, is a criminal.

¹⁴ blessed are they who wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."

³⁶ even a man's own domestics shall prove his foes.

²³ to this he answered, he that has his hand in the dish with mine, he it is that will betray me.

²⁰ but he answered them, saying, it is one of the twelve, he that eats of the same mess with me.

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, have I not chosen you all twelve, and yet one of you is an avowed enemy?

¹⁰ Jesus said to him, he that comes out from bathing has occasion only to wash his feet, the rest of his body being clean: so you are clean, but not every one of you. ¹¹ for he knew who would betray him; therefore, said he, you are not every one of you clean.

¹⁶ it was not you that chose me, but I that chose you, and establish'd you, that your travels may be fruitful, and your fruit be lasting: so that whatever ye shall ask of the father for my sake, he will give it you.

¹⁹ if you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world does hate you.

¹⁷ Jesus said to him the third time, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved at his asking him the third time, "do you love me?" and he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, feed my sheep.

⁵ for we preach not our selves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, professing our selves your servants for his sake.

¹³ so that there is not a creature that is concealed from his view: but all is naked and open to the eyes of him of whom we speak. Having then so great a high priest,

²³ I will strike her children dead; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the reins and the heart: and I will give to every one of you according to your works.

³ art thou he that was to come, or must we expect another?

²⁵ remember, I have forewarn'd you.

¹³ and that shall be one proof of the truth of your profession.

¹⁵ it was of him that John bare witness, when he made this declaration, "this was he of whom I said, he that cometh after me, was before me; for he did indeed exist before me."

²³ and he said to them, ye are from beneath, I am from above: ye are of this world, I am not of this world. ²⁴ therefore I said to you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if you don't believe me to be what I am, ye shall die in your sins.

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was I AM.

²⁹ this I have told you now, before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye may believe. my conversation will now be but short with you,

⁴ but these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember what I now tell you. I did not tell you so much at the beginning, because, I was then to be with you.

¹⁷ as soon as I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: but he laid his right hand upon me, and said, "Fear not; I am the first and the last: ¹⁸ I am he that liveth; I was dead; but now you see I am alive for all eternity, amen; and I have the keys of the grave, and of death."

⁴⁰ He that receives you, receives me; and he that receives me, receives him that sent me. ⁴¹ he that receives a prophet in quality of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a just man, as such, shall receive the reward of the just. ⁴² and whoever shall give only a cup of cold water to the meanest of you, considering him as my disciple, shall most assuredly be far from losing his reward.

⁴⁰ and the king will reply, I declare unto you, your having done this for one of the least of these my brethren, is the same thing as doing it for me.

³⁷ whoever receives such a child as this upon my account, receives me; and he that receiveth me, does not so properly receive me, as the commands of him that sent me.

⁴⁸ whoever receives such a child in my name, receives me: and he that receives me, receives him that sent me. for he that is least among you all, he shall be greatest.

¹⁶ he that adheres to you, adheres to me; he that rejects you, rejects me: and he that rejects me, rejecteth him that sent me.

⁴⁴ Then Jesus rais'd his voice, and said, he that believeth on me, does not so much believe on me, as on him that sent me. ⁴⁵ and he that contemplates me, contemplates him that sent me. ⁴⁶ I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me, might not abide in darkness. ⁴⁷ but if any man hear my words, and does not believe them, it is not I that condemn him: for I came not to condemn the world, but to save the world. ⁴⁸ he that rejecteth me, and does not embrace my doctrine, hath one that condemns him: the doctrine that I have delivered, that shall condemn him in the last day.

¹⁴ yet you did not despise me for the trial which attended my person, nor treated me with scorn; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

⁶ continue therefore to follow the doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ, as you have receiv'd it:

⁸ he therefore that violates these precepts, does not despise man, but God, who has endued me with his holy spirit.

²¹ and as they were eating, he said, 'tis indeed true that one of this company shall betray me.

³⁸ and he said to them, "my soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:" stay here and watch by me.

⁵ then he looking with indignation at those about him, being concern'd at their disingenuous perverse temper, he said to the man, stretch out your hand, which he did, and his hand become sound.

¹⁸ and as they sat eating, Jesus said, verily I say unto you, one of you that is eating with me, will betray me.

²¹ yet there's the hand that is to seize me, now upon the table. ²² the son of man indeed must die, as it was decreed: but wo to that man by whom he is betrayed.

³³ when Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he sighed from his heart, and was troubled,

³⁵ then Jesus wept.

³⁸ Jesus then again sighing, came to the sepulchre which was a cave, shut up by a stone.

²⁷ "Now is my soul troubled; what! shall I say, father, save me from this concern? but for this cause am I come, even for this very concern.

¹⁶ and said, men and brethren, the prediction which the holy ghost made, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to those that seiz'd Jesus, must have been accomplished. ¹⁷ he was of our number, and shared in the functions of this ministry.

¹⁶ While Paul was expecting them at Athens, he was grieved to the soul to see the whole city o'er-spread with idols.

² that I have great heaviness, and continual sorrow in my heart. ³ for I could wish to be as one anathematiz'd from the christian church for my brethren, who are of the same race as my self,

¹² When an opportunity was given me by the Lord to preach the gospel of Christ, upon my arrival at Troas, ¹³ I was so uneasy in my mind for not finding Titus my brother, that taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

¹⁹ they went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that it might be manifest, that they were not all of us.

²² at which they were exceedingly concern'd, and began every one of them to ask, Lord, is it I?

¹⁹ and they were seized with sorrow, all successively asking him, is it I?

²³ upon this they began to enquire of one another, which of them it was that should do such an action.

³ his two sisters therefore sent this message to Jesus; he, Lord, whom you love, is sick.

⁵ now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

³⁶ upon which the Jews said, see how he loved him.

²⁵ then accordingly bending his head to Jesus's ear, he whisper'd, Lord, who is it?

²⁶ when Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, he said to his mother, woman, behold thy son.

² upon this she went in great haste to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, they have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.

⁷ thereupon the favourite disciple of Jesus said to Peter, "it is the Lord." as soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt on his coat, (for he was stript) and threw himself into the sea.

²⁰ Then Peter turning about, saw the favourite disciple of Jesus was behind; the same who leaned next to Jesus at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that is to betray you?

²⁴ This is the disciple who testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.

¹⁶ in his right hand he held seven stars: out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and his countenance was as the sun shining in his full glory.

²² but when he came out, he could not speak to them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; for he intimated it to them by signs, and continued dumb.

⁷ so they made a signal to their partners in the other ship to come and help them. accordingly they came, and loaded both the boats so with fish that they began to sink.

¹⁷ but he made a sign to them with his hand, to be silent: and related to them, how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. go, said he, and acquaint James and the other brethren with this affair. after which he departed and went to another place.

¹⁶ thereupon Paul stood up, and having made sign with his hand for their attention, he said, men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

⁴⁰ Paul then standing upon the stairs made a sign with his hand to the people, who being very silent, he rais'd his voice, and thus address'd them in the Hebrew tongue:

¹⁹ and they were seized with sorrow, all successively asking him, is it I? ²⁰ but he answered them, saying, it is one of the twelve, he that eats of the same mess with me.

²¹ yet there's the hand that is to seize me, now upon the table.

⁴ whereupon one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was to betray him, ⁵ said, why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, to be given to the poor? ⁶ this he said, not out of any concern for the poor; but because being purse-bearer he used to pilfer what was in bank.

³⁰ Judas then having received the sop, immediately went out: and it was night.

⁴⁵ then he goes and takes seven other spirits besides himself, but more mischievous than himself, and they all enter in and lodge there: so that the last state of that man is worse than the first. just so shall it likewise fare with this wicked generation.

²⁵ upon which she instantly fled to the king, and said, I desire to have John the Baptist's head brought hither immediately in a charger.

³² but there being a numerous herd of swine feeding on the mountain, they desired he would permit them to enter into the swine, which he granted. ³³ accordingly the demons quitted the man, and enter'd into the swine: immediately the herd ran headlong down a precipice into the lake, and were drowned.

¹³ Let no man under temptation, say, it is God that tempts him; for as he is incapable of moral evil, he can't influence any one thereto. ¹⁴ a man is instigated, and drawn into the snare by his own vicious passions, which once indulg'd, are productive of sin, ¹⁵ and the genuine offspring of sin is death.

³⁴ you yourselves can witness, that what was necessary for myself and those who were with me, these very hands have supply'd. ³⁵ my constant example has shown you that the disabled should be assisted by your labours, remembring the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, "it is a greater happiness to give than to receive."

¹⁰ only they recommended to us to get collections for the poor in Judea: which I was very careful to do.

²⁸ let him that stole, steal no more: but rather let him labour, to encrease his fortune with his own hands, that he may have wherewithal to relieve the needy:

¹⁵ their feet are swift to shed blood.

¹⁰ but the angel said to them, be not afraid, I am only come to bring you great news, which will be matter of joy to you and to the whole world. ¹¹ for the Lord Messiah your saviour is this day born, in the city of David: ¹² and by this sign shall you know him; you will find the babe swathed, lying in a manger. ¹³ All of a sudden an army of celestial beings join'd the angel, singing praises to God, and saying, ¹⁴ "glory to God in the heavens, and to men on earth felicity in the divine favour."

⁵⁰ the baptism, which I am to undergo, how do I long till it be accomplished?

³⁹ (but this he meant of the spirit, which they that believed on him, should receive: for the spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

⁴ when Jesus heard that, he said, the disease is not to be mortal, but is design'd for the glory of God, that the son of God might be glorified thereby.

²⁸ father, glorify thy name." then there came this voice from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."

¹³ and if in my name ye shall ask any thing of the father, whereby he may be glorified by the son, I will effect it.

¹⁴ he shall glorify me: for he will commuincate to you, the information, which I shall give him.

¹ Jesus having said this, lift up his eyes to heaven, and said, "father, the hour is come; glorify thy son, that thy son also may glorify thee. ² for thou hast given him power over all men, that he might give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. ³ and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent. ⁴ I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. ⁵ and now, O father, glorify me in heaven, with the glory which I had before the creation of the world. ⁶ I have displayed thy name among those whom you have chosen out of the world for me: thine they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept thy word.

¹³ the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and renounced in opposition to Pilate, who was determined to let him go.

⁶ that ye may unanimously with one voice glorify God, even the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁷ wherefore be kindly affected to one another, as Christ was to you, that you might glorify God. ⁸ for I tell you, that Jesus Christ was a minister to the Jews, to manifest the veracity of God in fulfilling the promises made to the fathers: ⁹ and you Gentiles ought to glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, "for this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name ."

¹⁸ but as we lay aside the veil, the divine light gradually informs the mind, according as we attend to that spiritual sense, which points out the Lord.

⁴ to those unbelievers, whose minds the God of this world has so blinded, that the glorious lustre of the gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them. ⁵ for we preach not our selves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, professing our selves your servants for his sake. ⁶ for God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to enlighten others in the knowledge of the glory of God, which shines in the person of Jesus Christ.

⁵ having predetermin'd to adopt us by Jesus Christ to be his children, according to the good pleasure of his own will, ⁶ to display the glory of his grace, which has render'd us acceptable by his beloved son: ⁷ who has by his blood obtained for us the redemption, even the forgiveness of our sins, according to the riches of his grace, ⁸ out of the over-flowing treasures of his comprehensive wisdom and contrivance.

¹² that we should celebrate his glory, who were the first that plac'd our hopes in Christ.

⁷ that in the ages to come, he might shew the immense riches of his gracious kindness towards us, through Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ that the manifold wisdom of God, in ordering his heavenly kingdom, might by his church be now made known, to princes and magistrates,

¹⁴ and cancell'd the obligation of the ceremonial law, which was disadvantageous to us, removing that which divided us, and nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵ and having divested principalitys and powers, he made them an example of obedience, and caus'd them to triumph in Christ.

⁵ Wherefore Christ himself did not assume the character of an high priest; but it was confirm'd by him that said, "thou art my son, to-day have I begotten thee." ⁶ as he saith too in another place, "thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." ⁷ this was Jesus, who while he was in a mortal body, having offered up prayers and supplications, with strong cries, and with tears, to him that was able to save him from that death, was heard so as to be delivered from his fear;

²¹ it is by him that you believe in God, who has raised him from the dead, and invested him with glory, that your faith and your hope might be in God.

¹¹ let a speaker deliver nothing but what is agreeable to the divine oracles: and let him that attends the poor, be active in proportion to the strength God has given him. amen.

⁹ and they sung a new song, saying, "thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation; ¹⁰ and hast made us kings and priests unto our God: and we shall reign on the earth." ¹¹ Then in my vision I heard the voice of many angels which surrounded the throne, the animals, and the elders: to the number of ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; ¹² saying with a loud voice, "worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing." ¹³ and every creature which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I, saying, "blessing, and honour, and glory, and power be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the lamb for ever and ever." ¹⁴ and the four animals said, amen. and the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

²¹ that they all may be one, as thou, father, art in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. ²² and the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them: that they may be one, even as we are one. ²³ I in them, and thou in me, that they may have a perfect union, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. ²⁴ father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am going; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me: for thou didst love me before the foundation of the world; yet,

² whom he hath constituted heir of all things, by whom also be made the world. ³ who being the radiation of his glory, and the imprest image of his substance, and governing all things by his powerful command, after having himself made expiation for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the divine majesty in the highest heavens.

²² who being ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of God, where angels, dominations, and potentates have been subjected to him.

²¹ to him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my father in his throne.

²² I did not see any temple there: for the Lord God almighty, and the lamb are its temple. ²³ the city had no need either of the sun, or of the moon to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamb is the luminary thereof.

¹ Then he shewed me a pure river of living water, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God, and of the lamb.

³ There shall be nothing obnoxious to a curse: but the throne of God and of the lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him.

¹³ I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

³³ then said Jesus, I shall be with you but for a little time, and then I shall go to him that sent me. ³⁴ ye shall seek me, but shall not find me: and where I shall go, thither ye cannot come.

²¹ Jesus therefore repeated what he had said, "I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your incredulity, so that whither I go, ye cannot come." ²² then said the Jews, what, will he kill himself? that he says, "whither I go, you cannot come."

³⁵ Jesus answer'd them, yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have the light, lest darkness surprize you: for he that walketh in darkness, does not know whither he goes. ³⁶ while ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. after having said these things, Jesus retir'd, and conceal'd himself from them.

⁴ and where I am going you know, and the way ye know. ⁵ Thomas said to him, Lord, we know not whither you are going, how then can we know the way? ⁶ Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man can come to the father, but by me.

¹⁹ yet a little while, and the world shall see me no more: but ye shall see me: because I shall live again, and ye shall live also.

¹⁶ Within a little while ye shall not see me: but within a little while ye shall see me again, because I am going to the father. ¹⁷ then said some of his disciples among themselves, what is the meaning of his saying, "within a little while ye shall not see me: but within a little while ye shall see me again, because I am going to the father?" ¹⁸ for, said they, we cannot comprehend the meaning of that expression, "within a little while?" ¹⁹ now Jesus perceiving that they had a mind to ask him, said to them, are you sollicitous about what I said, "within a little while ye shall not see me: but within a little while ye shall see me again?" ²⁰ verily, verily I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. ²¹ a woman when she is in travail, is afflicted at the approach of her pains: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, the remembrance of her anguish, is lost in her joy, that a man is born into the world. ²² so you are afflicted at present: but I will see you again, and then shall your hearts be affected with joy, and your joy shall no one wrest from you.

¹⁹ my dear children, how am I in pain, till Christ be formed in you?

¹ My dear children, these things I write unto you, that ye may avoid sin. but if any man has failed, we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the just.

⁴ ye are of God, my dear children, and you have overcome them: because he that is in you, is superior to him that is in the world.

²¹ dear children, keep yourselves from idols. AMEN.

¹² this is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. ¹³ there cannot be greater love than that of a man, who lays down his life for his friends.

¹⁷ Above all I enjoin you, to love one another.

²¹ that they all may be one, as thou, father, art in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

²⁶ so that if one member suffer, they all suffer with it: or if one be honoured, they partake of it. ²⁷ Thus you are the body of Christ, being the particular members of it.

⁴ Social affection is patient, is kind; is a stranger to envy; is not insolently vain, nor arrogant: does not behave indecently, ⁵ is not self-interested, is not easily provoked, nor suspects any ill; ⁶ it does not countenance injustice, but smiles upon virtue; ⁷ it excuses all things, believes what is favourable, hopes for the best, and suffers the worst.

¹³ for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another. ¹⁴ for all the law is comprehended in this one precept, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

²² but the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, sweetness of disposition, beneficence, faithfulness, meekness, temperance:

² bear with one another's infirmities, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

¹⁰ therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good offices to all men, especially to the family of believers.

¹ If then there be any christian consolation, any charitable relief, any communion of the spirit, if any tenderness of compassion, ² compleat my joy, by pursuing the same view, living in mutual love, by being unanimous, and cultivating that harmony. ³ Do nothing out of a spirit of contention, or for vain-glory, but modestly look upon others as if they were better than yourselves. ⁴ let no man consult only his private interest, but let every man consult likewise the interest of others. ⁵ for the same temper of mind ought to be in you as was in Christ Jesus:

⁴ having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the affection you have to all christians;

¹² be you therefore adorn'd with a compassionate temper, with benevolence, humility, meekness, patience as becometh saints and chosen favourites of God: ¹³ bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, when one has any cause of complaint against another: as the Lord forgave you, do you likewise forgive.

¹² may the Lord make you increase and abound in mutual love, in love towards all men, as we do towards you:

⁹ As to brotherly love, I have no occasion to write about it, God himself having instructed you to love one another. ¹⁰ this indeed you practise towards all our brethren in Macedonia; and we only exhort you to advance more and more therein:

³ We are oblig'd, my brethren, to render thanks to God continually upon your account, as it is but just; since your faith still improves, and your mutual love is always increasing.

¹ Let brotherly love still reign.

⁸ If, agreeably to the scriptures, you observe that royal law, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self," you do well.

²² You that have purified your souls by the holy spirit, in obeying the gospel, which obliges you to an undisguised benevolence, let your hearts be mutually affected with the most disinterested ardour;

⁸ In a word, live all of you in perfect agreement and sympathy, be full of fraternal love, compassion, and affability. ⁹ don't return evil for evil, nor calumny for calumny; on the contrary, bestow your benedictions, considering that your vocation obliges you thereto, as a means to obtain the divine blessing.

⁷ to piety, fraternal affection: and to fraternal affection, universal benevolence.

⁷ My brethren, I don't prescribe you any new commandment, but the antient precept which you had from the beginning: and that is no other than the word which was originally delivered. ⁸ however, it is really, in effect, a new commandment I write unto you, with respect to you: because the darkness is past, and things now appear in their true light. ⁹ he that says, he is in the light, and yet hates his brother, is still in darkness. ¹⁰ he that loves his brother, abides in the light, and will be secure from stumbling.

¹¹ for this is the doctrine that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

¹⁴ as for us, we know, that we have passed from a state of death to that of life, because we love our brethren: he that does not love his brother, is in a destructive state. ¹⁵ whosoever hateth his brother, has the disposition of a murderer: and you know that no murderer has any title to eternal life. ¹⁶ this is the proof of the divine love, Christ expos'd his life for us: and we ought to expose our lives for the brethren. ¹⁷ he that possesses the enjoyments of life, and seeing his brother in want, has no compassion for him, how can he be said to have any divine love? ¹⁸ my dear children, let not our love be only in the language of our lips, but in the real effects of the heart.

²³ now this is his commandment, that we believe in his son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, as he commanded us.

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God. ⁸ he that has not social affection, does not know God; for God is love. ⁹ by this was the love of God displayed towards us, in that God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we might live thro' him. ¹⁰ and what heightens his love, was this, that it was not we who first loved God, but it was he that first loved us, and sent his son to expiate our sins. ¹¹ beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to love one another.

²¹ besides, 'tis a commandment we have receiv'd from him, that he who would love God, must love his brother also.

⁵ and now, my lady, I beg our love may be mutual, since what I write, is no new prescription, but what was originally enjoin'd.

³² Now the whole body of believers were but one heart, and one soul: no one look'd upon what he possessed, as his own, but every thing was held in common. ³³ Great was the power by which the apostles attested the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and they were all greatly favoured by the people. ³⁴ for there was no poor among them, because as many as bad lands or houses, sold them, and brought the value, ³⁵ which they laid down at the apostles feet: and they distributed it to every man as his occasions required.

¹² Thus were many signs and wonders wrought among the people, by the apostles, who us'd to meet in Solomon's porch with great unanimity: ¹³ but the people who reverenc'd them, ¹⁴ did not venture to approach near them. the number of those who believed in the Lord, both men and women, increas'd more and more.

⁵ but he that observes his precepts, loves God with a true and perfect love: 'tis by this we know that we are truly christians.

¹⁰ he that loves his brother, abides in the light, and will be secure from stumbling.

¹⁰ In this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: he that does not practise virtue, and fraternal benevolence, is not of God. ¹¹ for this is the doctrine that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. ¹² not acting like Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother: but why did he slay him? because his own actions were evil, and his brother's were virtuous. ¹³ Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. ¹⁴ as for us, we know, that we have passed from a state of death to that of life, because we love our brethren: he that does not love his brother, is in a destructive state.

²⁰ if a man says he loves God, and yet hates his brother, he is a lyar: for he that does not love his brother, who is before his eyes, how can he love God who is invisible? ²¹ besides, 'tis a commandment we have receiv'd from him, that he who would love God, must love his brother also.

³³ my dear children, I am with you but for a little while. you shall seek me: but as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, "where I am going you cannot come."

² in my father's house are many mansions; however, I have told you, I am going to prepare a place for you:

⁴ and where I am going you know, and the way ye know. ⁵ Thomas said to him, Lord, we know not whither you are going, how then can we know the way?

¹⁷ then said some of his disciples among themselves, what is the meaning of his saying, "within a little while ye shall not see me: but within a little while ye shall see me again, because I am going to the father?"

¹⁸ I tell you for certain, tho' when you was a youth you girded your self, and rambled where you had a mind: yet when you are old, your hands shall be stretch'd out, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee where you will be unwilling to go. ¹⁹ this he said to signify to Peter by what death he should glorify God. and when he had spoken this, he said to him, follow me.

²¹ upon seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, Lord, and what shall become of him? ²² Jesus said, if I will have him stay till I come, what have you to do with that? do you follow me.

¹⁴ knowing that I must soon leave this tabernacle, as our Lord Jesus Christ has signify'd to me.

³¹ then said Jesus to them, I shall be the occasion of your revolting all from me this night: for it is written, "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered." ³² but after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. ³³ Peter thereupon said, tho' all the rest should abandon you, I never will. ³⁴ Jesus replied, I tell you for certain, that this night before the time of cock-crowing, thou shalt abjure me thrice. ³⁵ but Peter said, though it should cost me my life, I never will disown you. and so said all the disciples.

²⁷ and Jesus said to them, this night you will all be staggered upon my account: for it is written, "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered." ²⁸ but after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. ²⁹ upon which Peter said to him, tho' all should stagger, yet I will not. ³⁰ Jesus said to him, verily I tell thee, to-day, even this night, before the cock crow twice, you will renounce me thrice. ³¹ but he urg'd it with more vehemence, tho' I should die with you, I will not renounce you. and all the rest affirm'd the same.

³¹ Then said Jesus, Simon, Simon, satan has demanded to shake you, and my disciples, like wheat in a sieve. ³² but as for thee, I have pray'd that you faith may not fail. do you in return establish thy brethren. ³³ Peter answer'd, Lord, I am ready to accompany you both to prison, and to death. ³⁴ but Jesus said, before the cock proclaims the day, you will thrice deny that ever you knew me.

¹⁵ So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me more than these do? yes, Lord, said he, you know that I love you. Jesus reply'd, feed my lambs.

²⁴ things that little affect me, nor is life so much my concern, as to finish my course, and the charge I receiv'd from the Lord Jesus, to attest the declaration of the divine favour.

¹³ but Paul replied, what do you mean by afflicting me thus with your tears? I am not only ready to meet my chains, but even to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

³⁴ Jesus replied, I tell you for certain, that this night before the time of cock-crowing, thou shalt abjure me thrice.

⁶⁹ In the mean time Peter was sitting without in the court: and a servant maid came to him, and said, you likewise was one of Jesus the Galilean's comrades. ⁷⁰ but he denied it before them all, saying, I know nothing of the matter. ⁷¹ and when he was going out at the porch, another maid saw him, and said to those that were by, this fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. ⁷² but he denied it again, and swore I don't know the man. ⁷³ soon after they that stood by coming up, said to Peter, certainly you are one of them, for thy speech bewrays thee. ⁷⁴ then he fell to solemn imprecations, and swore, "I don't know the man." and immediately the cock crew: ⁷⁵ when Peter remembred what Jesus had said to him, "before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice." and he went out, and wept bitterly.

³⁰ Jesus said to him, verily I tell thee, to-day, even this night, before the cock crow twice, you will renounce me thrice.

⁶⁶ In the mean time Peter was in the entry of the hall, where one of the maids belonging to the high priest came: ⁶⁷ and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked earnestly upon him, and said, you too was with Jesus the Nazarene. ⁶⁸ but he denied it, saying, I don't know him, neither am I acquainted with any such you mention. and he went out into the porch, when the cock crow'd. ⁶⁹ the maid saw him a second time, and said to the standers-by, this is one of them: ⁷⁰ but he denied it again. a little time after, they that stood by, still urg'd Peter, saying, you are certainly one of his disciples, for your speech shows you to be a Galilean. ⁷¹ but he fell a cursing, and swore, I don't know the man you mention, ⁷² and the cock crowed for the second time. then Peter calling to mind that expression of Jesus, "before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice," he cover'd his head and wept.

³⁴ but Jesus said, before the cock proclaims the day, you will thrice deny that ever you knew me.

⁵⁶ but one of the servants seeing him by the fire, star'd him in the face, and said, this man was with him too. ⁵⁷ but he renounc'd Jesus, saying, woman, I don't know him. ⁵⁸ a little while after another seeing him, said, you are even one of them. but Peter said to him, man, I am not. ⁵⁹ about an hour after another confidently affirm'd, saying, this fellow was certainly with him; for he too is a Galilean. ⁶⁰ Peter reply'd, man, I don't know what you would say, and immediately while he was yet speaking, the cock crew. ⁶¹ whereupon the Lord turned about, and look'd upon Peter. then Peter remembred what the Lord had said to him, "before the cock-crowing you shall deny me thrice." ⁶² and Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

¹⁶ whilst Peter stood without at the door. but that other disciple, who was known to the high priest went out, and spoke to her that kept the door, who let Peter in. ¹⁷ then said the damsel, that kept the door, to Peter, are you also one of this man's disciples? I am not, said he.

²⁵ as Simon Peter then stood there warming himself: they said to him, art not thou also one of his disciples? which he denied, and said, I am not. ²⁶ one of the servants of the high priest, kinsman to him whose ear Peter struck off, said, did not I see thee in the garden with him? ²⁷ but Peter denied this too, and immediately the cock crew.

¹² wherefore let him that thinks he stands firm, take heed lest he fall.