1 Peter 5 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Now I make this appeal to your presbyters (for I am a presbyter myself, I was a witness of what Christ suffered and I am to share the glory that will be revealed), ² be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely, ³ not by way of lording it over your charges but proving a pattern to the flock. ⁴ Then you will receive the unfading crown of glory, when the chief Shepherd makes his appearance. ⁵ You younger men must also submit to the presbyters. Indeed you must all put on the apron of humility to serve one another, for the haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace. ⁶ Humble yourselves under the strong hand of God, then, so that when it is time, he may raise you; ⁷ let all your anxieties fall upon him, for his interest is in you. ⁸ Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour. ⁹ Resist him; keep your foothold in the faith, and learn to pay the same tax of suffering as the rest of your brotherhood throughout the world. ¹⁰ Once you have suffered for a little, the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will repair and recruit and strengthen you. ¹¹ The dominion is his for ever and ever: Amen. ¹² By the hand of Silvanus, a faithful brother (in my opinion), I have written you these few lines of encouragement, to testify that this is what the true grace of God means. Stand in that grace. ¹³ Your sister-church in Babylon, elect like yourselves, salutes you. So does my son Mark. ¹⁴ Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ [Jesus].

¹ Then Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.

¹¹ At this the devil left him, and angels came up and ministered to him.

²⁵ Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat or drink in life, nor about what you are to put on your body; surely life means more than food, surely the body means more than clothes! ²⁶ Look at the wild birds; they sow not, they reap not, they gather nothing in granaries, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than birds?

³³ Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above. ³⁴ So do not be troubled about to-morrow; to-morrow will take care of itself. The day's own trouble is quite enough for the day.

³⁹ the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are angels.

²⁵ but Jesus called them and said, "You know the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men overbear them: ²⁶ not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

⁸ But you are not to be called 'rabbi,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers; ⁹ you are not to call anyone 'father' on earth, for One is your heavenly Father; ¹⁰ nor must you be called 'leaders,' for One is your leader, even the Christ.

¹² Whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be uplifted.

⁴² Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

⁴⁸ But if the bad servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of coming,' ⁴⁹ and if he starts to beat his fellow-servants and to eat and drink with drunkards, ⁵⁰ that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know;

³¹ When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory, ³² and all nations will be gathered in front of him; he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, ³³ setting the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. ³⁴ Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you entertained me, ³⁶ I was unclothed and you clothed me, I was ill and you looked after me, I was in prison and you visited me.' ³⁷ Then the just will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you? or thirsty and gave you drink? ³⁸ when did we see you a stranger and entertain you? or unclothed and clothed you? ³⁹ when did we see you ill or in prison and visit you?' ⁴⁰ The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.' ⁴¹ Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

⁴¹ Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels! ⁴² For I was hungry but you never fed me, I was thirsty but you never gave me drink, ⁴³ I was a stranger but you never entertained me, I was unclothed but you never clothed me, I was ill and in prison but you never looked after me.' ⁴⁴ Then they will answer too, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or unclothed or ill or in prison, and did not minister to you?' ⁴⁵ Then he will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did not do it to one of these, even the least of them, you did not do it to me.' ⁴⁶ So they shall depart to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life."

³⁸ He was sleeping on the cushion in the stern, so they woke him up saying, "Teacher, are we to drown, for all you care?"

⁴² so Jesus called them and said, "You know the so-called rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men overbear them: ⁴³ not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, ⁴⁴ and whoever of you wants to be first must be your slave; ⁴⁵ for the Son of man himself has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

⁵² princes he has dethroned and the poor he has uplifted,

³ The devil said to him, "If you are God's son, tell this stone to become a loaf." ⁴ Jesus replied to him, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone." ⁵ Then he lifted Jesus up and showed him all the realms of the universe in a single instant; ⁶ and the devil said to him, "I will give you all their power and grandeur, for it has been made over to me and I can give it to anyone I choose. ⁷ If you will worship before me, then it shall all be yours." ⁸ Jesus answered him, "It is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone." ⁹ Then he brought him to Jerusalem and placing him on the pinnacle of the temple said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down from this; ¹⁰ for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you, ¹¹ and They will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone." ¹² Jesus answered him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

¹¹ When they bring you before synagogues and the magistrates and authorities, do not trouble yourselves about how to defend yourselves or what to say, ¹² for the holy Spirit will teach you at that hour what you should say."

²² To his disciples he said, "Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat in life, nor about what you are to put on your body;

³⁰ pagans make food and drink their aim in life, but your Father knows quite well you need that; ³¹ only seek his Realm, and it will be yours over and above. ³² Fear not, you little flock, for your Father is delighted to give you the Realm.

³² Fear not, you little flock, for your Father is delighted to give you the Realm.

⁴⁵ But if that servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of arriving,' and if he starts to beat the menservants and maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, ⁴⁶ that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know; he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of unbelievers.

¹¹ For everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

¹⁴ I tell you, he went home accepted by God rather than the other man; for everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

³⁴ Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap.

³⁶ From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man."

²⁴ A quarrel also rose among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest. ²⁵ But Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles rule over them, and their authorities take the name of 'Benefactor': ²⁶ not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant. ²⁷ Which is the greatest, guest or servant? Is it not the guest? But I am among you as a servant.

³¹ Simon, Simon, Satan has claimed the right to sift you all like wheat, ³² but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers."

⁴⁸ To this you must bear testimony.

⁴⁴ You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

¹¹ I am the good shepherd; a good shepherd lays down his own life for the sheep.

¹³ just because he is a hired man, who has no interest in the sheep.

²⁷ Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; I give it not as the world gives its 'Peace!' Let not your hearts be disquieted or timid.

²⁶ When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me; ²⁷ and you too are witnesses, for you have been with me from the very beginning.

³³ I have said all this to you that in me you may have peace; in the world you have trouble, but courage! I have conquered the world.

¹⁹ On the evening of that same day — the first day of the week — though the disciples had gathered within closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!"

²⁶ Eight days afterwards his disciples were together again, and Thomas with them. Though the doors were closed, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!"

¹⁵ Then after breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others do?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," said Jesus. ¹⁶ Again he asked him, for the second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," said Jesus. ¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

²¹ So, on catching sight of him, Peter said to Jesus, "And what about him, Lord?"

⁸ You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

²² from the baptism of John down to the day when he was taken up from us — of these men one must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

³² This Jesus God raised, as we can all bear witness.

¹⁵ and you killed the pioneer of Life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can bear witness.

³⁰ The God of our fathers raised Jesus whom you murdered by hanging him on a gibbet. ³¹ God lifted him up to his right hand as our pioneer and saviour, in order to grant repentance and remission of sins to Israel. ³² To these facts we bear witness, with the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him."

³⁹ As for what he did in the land of the Jews and of Jerusalem, we can testify to that. They slew him by hanging him on a gibbet, ⁴⁰ but God raised him on the third day, and allowed him to be seen ⁴¹ not by all the People but by witnesses whom God had previously selected, by us who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead,

²³ When he came and saw the grace of God he rejoiced, and encouraged them all to hold by the Lord with heartfelt purpose

³⁰ This they carried out, sending their contribution to the presbyters by Barnabas and Saul.

¹² When he grasped the situation, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where a number had met for prayer.

²⁵ After fulfilling their commission, Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, bringing with them John who is surnamed Mark.

²² strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble." ²³ They chose presbyters for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

⁴ On arriving at Jerusalem they were received by the church, the apostles and the presbyters, and they reported how God had been with them and what he had done.

⁶ The apostles and the presbyters met to investigate this question,

²² Then the apostles and the presbyters, together with the whole church, decided to select some of their number and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. The men selected were Judas (called Bar-Sabbas) and Silas, prominent members of the brotherhood. ²³ They conveyed the following letter. "The apostles and the presbyters of the brotherhood to the brothers who belong to the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: greeting.

¹⁷ From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the presbyters of the church.

²⁴ But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

²⁶ Therefore do I protest before you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you; ²⁷ I never shrank from letting you know the entire purpose of God. ²⁸ Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood.

²⁸ Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood.

³³ Silver, gold, or apparel I never coveted; ³⁴ you know yourselves how these hands of mine provided everything for my own needs and for my companions.

¹³ Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

¹⁸ Next day we accompanied Paul to James; all the presbyters were present,

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

¹⁵ Hence my eagerness to preach the gospel to you in Rome as well.

² Through him we have got access to this grace where we have our standing, and triumph in the hope of God's glory.

⁶ For when we were still in weakness, Christ died in due time for the ungodly. For the ungodly!

²⁰ Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far, ²¹ so that, while sin had reigned the reign of death, grace might also reign with a righteousness that ends in life eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹ Thus there is no doom now for those who are in Christ Jesus;

¹⁷ and if children, heirs as well, heirs of God, heirs along with Christ — for we share his sufferings in order to share his glory. ¹⁸ Present suffering, I hold, is a mere nothing compared to the glory that we are to have revealed.

²⁸ We know also that those who love God, those who have been called in terms of his purpose, have his aid and interest in everything. ²⁹ For he decreed of old that those whom he predestined should share the likeness of his Son — that he might be the firstborn of a great brotherhood. ³⁰ Then he calls those whom he has thus decreed; then he justifies those whom he has called; then he glorifies those whom he has justified.

¹¹ and though the children were still unborn and had done nothing either good or bad (to confirm the divine purpose in election which depends upon the call of God, not on anything man does),

²⁴ that is, for us whom he has called from among the Gentiles as well as the Jews?

³⁶ All comes from him, all lives by him, all ends in him. Glory to him for ever, Amen!

¹⁰ Put affection into your love for the brotherhood; be forward to honour one another;

¹¹ And then you know what this Crisis means, you know it is high time to waken up; for Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. ¹² It is far on in the night, the day is almost here; so let us drop the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of the light; ¹³ let us live decorously as in the open light of day — no revelry or bouts of drinking, no debauchery or sensuality, no quarrelling or jealousy. ¹⁴ No, put on the character of the Lord Jesus Christ, and never think how to gratify the cravings of the flesh.

⁵ May the God who inspires stedfastness and encouragement grant you such harmony with one another, after Christ Jesus,

¹³ May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in your faith, that you may be overflowing with hope by the power of the holy Spirit!

¹⁶ Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you.

²⁵ [Now to Him who can strengthen you by my gospel, by the preaching of Jesus Christ, by revealing the secret purpose which after the silence of long ages

⁹ Faithful is the God who called you to this fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

³⁰ This is the God to whom you owe your being in Christ Jesus, whom God has made our 'Wisdom,' that is, our righteousness and consecration and redemption;

⁵ Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are simply used by God to give you faith, each as the Lord assigns his task.

⁹ We work together in God's service; you are God's field to be planted, God's house to be built.

⁷ Does a soldier provide his own supplies? Does a man plant a vineyard without eating its produce? Does a shepherd get no drink from the milk of the flock?

¹⁶ What I am proud of is not the mere preaching of the gospel; that I am constrained to do. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! ¹⁷ I get a reward if I do it of my own accord, whereas to do it otherwise is no more than for a steward to discharge his trust.

²⁵ Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading.

¹³ No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

²² What! do we intend to rouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he is?

¹¹ (Of course, in the Lord, woman does not exist apart from man, any more than man apart from woman;

¹ Now, brothers, I would have you know the gospel I once preached to you, the gospel you received, the gospel in which you have your footing,

²⁰ All the brotherhood salutes you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.

¹⁹ for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by us (by myself and Silvanus and Timotheus) was not 'yes and no' — the divine 'yes' has at last sounded in him,

²⁴ (Not that we lord it over your faith — no, we co-operate for your joy: you have a standing of your own in the faith.)

⁵ (It is Christ Jesus as Lord, not myself, that I proclaim; I am simply a servant of yours for Jesus' sake.)

¹⁷ The slight trouble of the passing hour results in a solid glory past all comparison,

¹ I know that if this earthly tent of mine is taken down, I get a home from God, made by no human hands, eternal in the heavens.

⁸ and in this confidence I would fain get away from the body and reside with the Lord.

¹⁷ There is a new creation whenever a man comes to be in Christ; what is old is gone, the new has come.

¹⁴ Here am I all ready to pay you my third visit. And I will not be a burden to you; I want yourselves and not your money. Children have not to put money by for their parents; that is what parents do for their children. ¹⁵ And for your souls I will gladly spend my all and be spent myself. Am I to be loved the less because I love you more than others?

¹¹ Now brothers, goodbye; mend your ways, listen to what I have told you, live in harmony, keep the peace; then the God of love and peace will be with you. ¹² Salute one another with a holy kiss.

⁸ Now even though it were myself or some angel from heaven, whoever preaches a gospel that contradicts the gospel I preached to you, God's curse be on him! ⁹ I have said it before and I now repeat it: whoever preaches a gospel to you that contradicts the gospel you have already received, God's curse be on him!

³ how the divine secret was disclosed to me by a revelation (if you read what I have already written briefly about this,

²⁷ give the devil no chance.

²¹ Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

¹¹ put on God's armour so as to be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil.

¹¹ put on God's armour so as to be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil. ¹² For we have to struggle, not with blood and flesh but with the angelic Rulers, the angelic Authorities, the potentates of the dark present, the spirit-forces of evil in the heavenly sphere. ¹³ So take God's armour, that you may be able to make a stand upon the evil day and hold your ground by overcoming all the foe.

¹⁶ above all, take faith as your shield, to enable you to quench all the fire-tipped darts flung by the evil one,

²¹ Our beloved brother Tychicus, a faithful minister in the Lord, will give you all information about me, so that you may know how I am;

²³ Peace and love with faith be to the brothers from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ The outcome of all this, I know, will be my release, as you continue to pray for me, and as I am provided with the Spirit of Jesus Christ —

²¹ As life means Christ to me, so death means gain. ²² But then, if it is to be life here below, that means fruitful work for me. So — well, I cannot tell which to choose; ²³ I am in a dilemma between the two. My strong desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far the best.

³ never acting for private ends or from vanity, but humbly considering each other the better man,

¹⁷ Copy me, brothers, one and all of you, and notice those who live by the example you get from me.

⁶ Never be anxious, but always make your requests known to God in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving;

⁹ Practise also what you have learned and received from me, what you heard me say and what you saw me do; then the God of peace will be with you.

¹³ In him who strengthens me I am able for anything.

⁷ You got that lesson from our beloved fellow-servant Epaphras, a minister of Christ who is faithful to your interests;

²² so as to set you consecrated and unblemished and irreproachable in his presence — ²³ that is, if you adhere to the foundations and stability of the faith, instead of moving away from the hope you have learned in the gospel, that gospel which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I Paul was made a minister.

⁵ for although I am absent in body I am with you in spirit, and it is a joy to note your steadiness and the solid front of your faith in Christ.

⁷ fixed and founded in him, confirmed in the faith as you have been taught it, and overflowing with thankfulness to God.

³ for you died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you will appear with him in glory.

¹² As God's own chosen, then, as consecrated and beloved, be clothed with compassion, kindliness, humility, gentleness, and good temper —

⁷ Tychicus, that beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord, will give you all information about me.

⁹ He is accompanied by that faithful and beloved brother Onesimus, who is one of yourselves. They will inform you of all that goes on here.

¹ Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace and peace to you.

⁵ for our gospel came to you not with mere words but also with power and with the holy Spirit, with ample conviction on our part (you know what we were to you, for your own good), ⁶ and you started to copy us and the Lord, welcoming the word, though it brought you heavy trouble, with a joy inspired by the holy Spirit.

¹² to lead a life worthy of the God who called you to his own realm and glory.

¹⁵ who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, who harassed ourselves, who offend God and oppose all men ¹⁶ by hindering us from speaking words of salvation to the Gentiles. So they would fill up the measure of their sins to the last drop! But the Wrath is on them to the bitter end!

³ to prevent anyone being disturbed by these troubles. (Troubles are our lot, you know that well;

⁶ Well then, we must not sleep like the rest of men, but be wakeful and sober; ⁷ for sleepers sleep by night and drunkards are drunk by night, ⁸ but we must be sober, we who belong to the day, clad in faith and love as our coat of mail, with the hope of salvation as our helmet —

²⁶ Salute everyone of the brothers with a holy kiss.

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

⁷ and repay you who are troubled (as well as us) with rest and relief, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven together with the angels of his power ⁸ in flaming fire, to inflict punishment on those who ignore God, even on those who refuse obedience to the gospel of our Lord Jesus, ⁹ men who will pay the penalty of being destroyed eternally from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, ¹⁰ when he comes to be glorified in his saints and marvelled at in all believers on that day (for our testimony has found confirmation in your lives).

¹⁴ it was for this that he called you by our gospel, to gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ graciously encourage your hearts and strengthen them for all good in deed and word.

³ However, the Lord is faithful; he will be sure to strengthen you and protect you from the Evil one.

⁹ Not that we have no right to such support; it was simply to give you a pattern to copy.

⁶ the man Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all": — in due time this was attested,

⁹ Women in turn are to dress modestly and quietly in seemly garb; they are not to adorn themselves with plaits of hair, with gold or pearls or expensive finery,

¹⁵ However, women will get safely through childbirth if they continue to be faithful and loving and holy as well as unassuming.

² Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher, ³ not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,

⁸ Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering;

¹¹ Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy.

¹² Let no one slight you because you are a youth, but set the believers an example of speech, behaviour, love, faith, and purity.

¹ Never censure an older man harshly; appeal to him as a father. Treat younger men like brothers,

¹⁹ Never let any charge be brought against a presbyter, unless it is certified by two or three witnesses.

¹² fight in the good fight of the faith, secure that life eternal to which you were called when you voiced the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

⁹ who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration — not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

¹⁰ All I endure is for the sake of the elect, to let them obtain their share of the salvation of Christ Jesus and also of eternal glory.

¹² Yes, and all who want to live the religious life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

⁷ I have fought in the good fight; I have run my course; I have kept the faith. ⁸ Now the crown of a good life awaits me, with which the Lord, that just Judge, will reward me on the great Day — and not only me but all who have loved and longed for his appearance.

¹⁷ But the Lord supported me and gave me strength to make a full statement of the gospel and let all the heathen hear it. I was rescued from the jaws of the lion.

³ he gave effect to his word in due time by a proclamation with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour: —

⁵ I left you behind in Crete in order to finish putting things right and to appoint presbyters in every town as I told you,

⁷ [For a bishop must be above reproach — he is a steward of God's house — he must not be presumptuous or hot-tempered or a drunkard or violent or addicted to pilfering; ⁸ he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, a just man, a religious man, and abstemious;

¹¹ they must be silenced, for they are undermining whole families by teaching objectionable doctrine for the base end of making money.

² Tell the older men to be temperate, serious, masters of themselves, sound in faith, in love, and in stedfastness.

⁴ they must give good counsel, so that the young women may be trained to love their husbands and children,

⁶ Tell the young men also to be masters of themselves at all points; ⁷ set them an example of good conduct; be sincere and serious in your teaching,

¹² and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world,

¹⁴ who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.

¹ Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; they must obey, they must be ready for any good work,

⁹ I prefer to appeal to you on the ground of love. Well then, as Paul the old man, who now-a-days is a prisoner for Christ Jesus,

¹⁴ but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness to me might come of your own free will, without any appearance of constraint.

¹⁵ He mediates a new covenant for this reason, that those who have been called may obtain the eternal inheritance they have been promised, now that a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions involved in the first covenant.

³³ men who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouth of lions,

¹⁵ see to it that no one misses the grace of God, that no root of bitterness grows up to be a trouble by contaminating all the rest of you;

⁵ Keep your life free from the love of money; be content with what you have, for He has said, Never will I fail you, never will I forsake you. ⁶ So that we can say confidently, The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can men do to me?

¹⁷ Obey your leaders, submit to them; for they are alive to the interests of your souls, as men who will have to account for their trust. Let their work be a joy to them and not a grief — which would be a loss to yourselves.

²⁰ May the God of peace who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of the eternal covenant,

²⁰ May the God of peace who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of the eternal covenant, ²¹ furnish you with everything for the doing of his will, creating in your lives by Jesus Christ what is acceptable in his own sight! To him be glory for ever and ever: Amen. ²² I appeal to you, brothers, to bear with this appeal of mine. It is but a short letter.

⁹ Let a brother of low position exult when he is raised; ¹⁰ but let one who is rich exult in being lowered; for the rich will pass away like the flower of the grass —

¹² Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

⁶ Yet he gives grace more and more: thus it is said, The haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace. ⁷ Well then, submit yourselves to God; resist the devil, and he will fly from you:

¹⁰ humble yourselves before the Lord, and then he will raise you up.

¹⁰ As an example of fortitude and endurance, brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord.

² whom God the Father has predestined and chosen, by the consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: may grace and peace be multiplied to you. ³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a life of hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ born to an unscathed, inviolate, unfading inheritance; it is kept in heaven for you,

⁴ born to an unscathed, inviolate, unfading inheritance; it is kept in heaven for you, ⁵ and the power of God protects you by faith till you do inherit the salvation which is all ready to be revealed at the last hour. ⁶ You will rejoice then, though for the passing moment you may need to suffer various trials;

⁶ You will rejoice then, though for the passing moment you may need to suffer various trials; ⁷ that is only to prove your faith is sterling (far more precious than gold which is perishable and yet is tested by fire), and it redounds to your praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

⁷ that is only to prove your faith is sterling (far more precious than gold which is perishable and yet is tested by fire), and it redounds to your praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹² to them it was revealed that they got this intelligence not for themselves but for you, regarding all that has now been disclosed to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the holy Spirit sent from heaven. The very angels long to get a glimpse of this! ¹³ Brace up your minds, then, keep cool, and put your hope for good and all in the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ as He who called you is holy, so you must be holy too in all your conduct —

⁹ But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light —

²¹ It is your vocation; for when Christ suffered for you, he left you an example, and you must follow his footsteps.

²⁵ You were astray like sheep, but you have come back now to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

³ You are not to adorn yourselves on the outside with braids of hair and ornaments of gold and changes of dress, ⁴ but inside, in the heart, with the immortal beauty of a gentle and modest spirit, which in the sight of God is of rare value.

¹⁴ Even supposing you have to suffer for the sake of what is right, still you are blessed. Have no fear of their threats, do not let that trouble you,

¹ Well, as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, let this very conviction that he who has suffered in the flesh gets quit of sin,

⁵ but they will have to answer for that to Him who is prepared to judge the living and the dead

⁷ Now the end of all is near. Steady then, keep cool and pray!

¹¹ If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.

¹³ You are sharing what Christ suffered; so rejoice in it, that you may also rejoice and exult when his glory is revealed.

² be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,

⁴ Then you will receive the unfading crown of glory, when the chief Shepherd makes his appearance.

³ Inasmuch as his power divine has bestowed on us every requisite for life and piety by the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence —

¹² Hence I mean to keep on reminding you of this, although you are aware of it and are fixed in the Truth as it is;

³ in their lust they will exploit you with cunning arguments — men whose doom comes apace from of old, and destruction is awake upon their trail.

¹⁵ they have gone wrong by leaving the straight road, by following the road of Balaam son of Bosor, who liked the profits of evil-doing —

²⁵ Now this is what he has promised you, eternal life.

² We are children of God now, beloved; what we are to be is not apparent yet, but we do know that when he appears, we are to be like him — for we are to see him as he is.

⁸ he who commits sin belongs to the devil, for the devil is a sinner from the very beginning. (This is why the Son of God appeared, to destroy the deeds of the devil.) ⁹ Anyone who is born of God does not commit sin, for the offspring of God remain in Him, and they cannot sin, because they are born of God. ¹⁰ Here is how the children of God and the children of the devil are recognized; anyone who does not practise righteousness does not belong to God, and neither does he who has no love for his brother.

⁹ If we accept human testimony, God's testimony is greater; for God's testimony consists in his testimony to his Son. ¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God possesses that testimony within himself; he who will not believe God, has made God a liar by refusing to believe the testimony which God has borne to his Son.

¹ The presbyter, to the elect Lady and her children whom I love in the Truth (and not only I but all who know the Truth) ² for the sake of the Truth which remains within us and will be with us for ever: ³ grace, mercy, peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love. ⁴ I was overjoyed to find some of your children leading the true Life, as we were commanded to do by the Father. ⁵ And now I entreat you, Lady — not as though I were writing you any new command, it is the command which we have had from the very beginning — let us love one another. ⁶ To live by his commands, that is what love means: and the command is, live in love as you have learned to do from the very beginning. ⁷ I say this, because a number of impostors have emerged in the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; that marks the real 'impostor' and 'antichrist.' ⁸ Watch yourselves; you must not lose what you have been working for, but gain a full reward. ⁹ Anyone who is 'advanced' and will not remain by the doctrine of Christ, does not possess God: he who remains by the doctrine of Christ possesses both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not admit him to the house — do not even greet him, ¹¹ for he who greets him shares in his wicked work. ¹² I have a great deal to write to you, but I do not mean to use ink and paper; I hope to visit you and have a talk with you, so that your joy may be unimpaired. ¹³ The children of your elect Sister greet you.

¹³ The children of your elect Sister greet you.

¹ The presbyter, to the beloved Gaius whom I love in the Truth. ² Beloved, I pray you may prosper in every way and keep well — as indeed your soul is keeping well. ³ For I was overjoyed when some brothers arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do lead the true Life; ⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear of my children living in the Truth. ⁵ Beloved, you are acting loyally in rendering any service to the brothers and especially to strangers; ⁶ they have testified to your love before the church. Pray speed them on their journey worthily of God; ⁷ they have started out for his sake and declined to take anything from pagans; ⁸ hence we are bound to support such men, to prove ourselves allies of the Truth. ⁹ I have written to the church; only, Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them, repudiates me.

⁹ I have written to the church; only, Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them, repudiates me. ¹⁰ So when I come, I shall bring up what he is doing, babbling against me with wicked words — and, not satisfied with words, he refuses to welcome the brothers, checks those who want to welcome them, and excommunicates them from the church.

¹⁰ So when I come, I shall bring up what he is doing, babbling against me with wicked words — and, not satisfied with words, he refuses to welcome the brothers, checks those who want to welcome them, and excommunicates them from the church. ¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate evil but good; he who does good belongs to God, he who does evil has never seen God. ¹² Everybody testifies to Demetrius, and so does the Truth itself: I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.

¹² Everybody testifies to Demetrius, and so does the Truth itself: I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true. ¹³ I had a great deal to write to you, but I do not want to write to you with ink and pen; ¹⁴ I am hoping to see you soon, and we will have a talk. [15] Peace to you! The friends salute you: salute the friends one by one.

³ Beloved, my whole concern was to write to you on the subject of our common salvation, but I am forced to write you an appeal to defend the faith which has once for all been committed to the saints;

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from slipping and to make you stand unblemished and exultant before his glory —

⁶ he has made us a realm of priests for his God and Father, — to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever: Amen. ⁷ Lo, he is coming on the clouds, to be seen by every eye, even by those who impaled him, and all the tribes of earth will wail because of him: even so, Amen.

⁹ I John, your brother and your companion in the distress and realm and patient endurance which Jesus brings, found myself in the island called Patmos, for adhering to God's word and the testimony of Jesus.

¹⁰ Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.

¹¹ I am coming very soon: hold to what you have, in case your crown is taken from you.

¹³ And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth crying, "Blessing and honour and glory and dominion for ever and ever, to him who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb!"

¹¹ But they were each given a white robe, and told to remain quiet for a little longer, until their number was completed by their fellow-servants and their brothers who were to be killed like themselves.

¹⁴ I said to him, "You know, my lord." So he told me, "These are the people who have come out of the great Distress, who washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

⁹ So the huge dragon was thrown down — that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, the seducer of the whole world — thrown down to the earth, and his angels thrown down along with him.

¹² Rejoice for this, O heavens and ye that dwell in them! But woe to earth and sea! The devil has descended to you in fierce anger, knowing that his time is short."

⁵ and on her forehead a name was written by way of symbol, "Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of all abominations on earth."

² and he shouted aloud with a strong voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, now she is a haunt of demons, the den of all foul spirits, a cage for every foul and loathsome bird:

¹² freights of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purples, silk, scarlet stuff, all sorts of citron wood and ivory wares, all articles of costly wood, of bronze, of iron and of marble, ¹³ with cinnamon, balsam, spices, myrrh, frankincense, wines, olive-oil, fine flour and wheat, with cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, slaves, and the souls of men.

² he gripped the dragon, that old serpent (who is the devil and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years,

¹⁰ and their seducer, the devil, was flung into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the false Prophet also lie, to be tortured day and night for ever and ever. ¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne, and One who was seated thereon; from his presence earth and sky fled, no more to be found. ¹² And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne, and books were opened — also another book, the book of Life, was opened — and the dead were judged by what was written in these books, by what they had done.