1 Thessalonians 5 Cross References - Murdock

¹ But concerning the times and seasons, my brethren, ye need not that I write to you: ² for ye know assuredly, that the day of our Lord so cometh, as a thief by night. ³ While they will be saying, Peace and quietness, then suddenly destruction will burst upon them, as distress upon a child-bearer, and they will not escape. ⁴ But ye, my brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. ⁵ For ye are all children of the light, and children of the day; and are not children of the night, and children of darkness. ⁶ Let us not therefore sleep, like others; but let us be vigilant and considerate. ⁷ For they who sleep, sleep in the night; and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night. ⁸ But let us who are children of the day, be wakeful in mind, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and take the helmet of the hope of life. ⁹ For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to the acquisition of life, by our Lord Jesus the Messiah: ¹⁰ who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we might live together with him. ¹¹ Therefore comfort one another, and edify one another, as also ye have done. ¹² And we entreat you, my brethren, that ye recognize them who labor among you, and who stand before your faces in our Lord, and instruct you : ¹³ that they may be esteemed by you with abundant love; and, on account of their work, live ye in harmony with them. ¹⁴ And we entreat you, my brethren, that ye admonish the faulty, and encourage the faint-hearted, and bear the burdens of the weak, and be long suffering towards all men. ¹⁵ And beware, lest any of you return evil for evil, but always follow good deeds, towards one another, and towards all men. ¹⁶ And be joyful always. ¹⁷ And pray without ceasing. ¹⁸ And in every thing be thankful: For this is the pleasure of God in Jesus the Messiah, concerning you. ¹⁹ Quench not the Spirit. ²⁰ Despise not prophesying. ²¹ Explore every thing, and hold fast the good: ²² and fly from every thing evil. ²³ And may the God of peace sanctify you all, perfectly, and keep blameless your whole spirit, and your soul, and your body, till the coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah. ²⁴ Faithful is he that hath called you, who will do it. ²⁵ My brethren, pray for us. ²⁶ Salute all our brethren with a holy kiss. ²⁷ I conjure you by our Lord, that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren. ²⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus the Messiah be with you. Amen.

¹² At that time, rejoice and be glad: for your reward in heaven is great. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

³⁹ But I say to you: Resist not evil; but if a person smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

⁴⁴ But I say to you: Love your enemies; and bless him that curseth you; and do good to him that hateth you; and pray for them that lead you in bonds, and that persecute you: ⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your Father that is in heaven, who causeth his sun to rise upon the good and upon the bad, and sendeth his rain upon the righteous and upon the unrighteous.

¹⁵ Beware of false prophets; who come to you in the garb of sheep, but internally they are rapacious wolves. ¹⁶ And from their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes; or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ So every good tree beareth good fruits; but a bad tree beareth bad fruits. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruits; nor can a bad tree bear good fruits. ¹⁹ Every tree that beareth not good fruits, is cut down and consigned to the fire. ²⁰ Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them.

³⁷ And he said to his disciples, The harvest is great, and the laborers few. ³⁸ Entreat, therefore, of the Lord of the harvest, that he would send laborers into his harvest.

⁴⁰ He that entertaineth you, entertaineth me: and he that entertaineth me, entertaineth him that sent me.

²⁰ The crushed reed he will not break; and the flickering lamp he will not extinguish; until he bring judgment to be victorious.

²⁵ And while people were asleep, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.

²⁶ Simon said to him: Of aliens. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free. ²⁷ But still, lest they be stumbled with us, go thou to the sea and cast in a fish-hook, and the fish that shall first come up, open its mouth, and thou wilt find a stater that take, and give for me and for thyself.

²⁸ even as the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve; and to give his life a ransom for many.

³³ Ye serpents, ye race of vipers: how can ye escape the condemnation of hell?

³ And as Jesus sat on the mount of Olives, his disciples came, and said between themselves and him: Tell us when these things are to be; and what will be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world.

³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away; but my words shall not pass away. ³⁶ But of that day and of that hour, knoweth no man, nor even the angels of heaven, but the Father only. ³⁷ And as the days of Noah, so will the coming of the Son of man be. ³⁸ For as, before the flood, they were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving to husbands, up to the day that Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and knew not, until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of man be.

⁴² Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh.

⁴² Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh. ⁴³ But know this, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake, and would not have suffered his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore, be ye also ready; for at an hour ye do not expect, the Son of man will come.

⁵ And while the bridegroom delayed, they all became sleepy and fell asleep.

¹³ Watch, therefore, seeing ye know not the day nor the hour.

²⁴ And the Son of man goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had not been born.

³⁸ And he said to them: There is anguish in my soul, even unto death. Wait for me here; and watch with me.

⁴⁰ And he came to his disciples, and found them asleep: and he said to Cephas: So! could ye not watch with me one hour? ⁴¹ Wake ye, and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The mind is prepared, but the body is infirm.

⁶³ And Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered, and said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the Son of God.

⁷ and cried with a loud voice, and said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the High God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

¹⁴ And Jesus called all the multitude, and said to them: Hear, all ye; and understand. ¹⁵ There is nothing without a man which, by entering him, can pollute him. But that which cometh out of him, that it is that polluteth a man.

⁵⁰ Salt is a good thing: but if the salt become insipid, with what will it be salted? Let there be salt in you: and be ye in peace, one with another.

³⁰ Verily I say to you, That this generation shall not pass away, until all these things occur. ³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. ³² But of that day and that hour, knoweth no man; nor the angels of heaven; neither the Son, but the Father.

³⁴ For it is as a man, who took a journey, and left his home; and he gave authority to his servants, and to each his service; and he commanded the porter to be watchful. ³⁵ Watch ye, therefore; for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh; at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning:

³⁷ And what I say to you, I say to you all: Be ye watchful.

³⁷ And he came and found them sleeping. And he said to Cephas: Sleepest thou, Simon? Couldst thou not watch with me one hour? ³⁸ Watch and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit is willing and ready, but the body is weak.

⁴⁶ And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord:

³⁵ But love ye your enemies, and do them good; and lend ye, and disappoint the hopes of no one: and great will be your reward, and ye will be children of the Highest; for he is kind to the evil, and to the unthankful.

³ And he heard of Jesus, and sent the Elders of the Jews to him, and requested of him that he would come and save the life of his servant. ⁴ And when they came to Jesus, they entreated him earnestly, and said: He is worthy that thou shouldst do this for him; ⁵ for he loveth our nation, and hath also built us a house of assembly.

¹ And after these things, Jesus separated from among his disciples seventy other persons, and sent them, two and two, before his face, to every place and city whither he was to go. ² And he said to them: The harvest is great, and the laborers few: pray ye, therefore, the lord of the harvest that he would send laborers into his harvest.

⁷ And remain in that house, eating and drinking of what it affords; for the laborer is worthy of his hire. And pass not from house to house.

²⁰ Yet rejoice not in this, that the demons are subject to you; but rejoice, that your names are written in heaven.

³⁷ Happy are those servants, whom their lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. Verily I say to you: He will gird his loins, and make them recline, and will pass around and serve them.

³⁹ And this know ye, that if the lord of the house had known at what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake and would not have suffered his house to be broken into.

³⁹ And this know ye, that if the lord of the house had known at what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake and would not have suffered his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ Therefore be ye also ready; for at an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

⁵⁷ And why do ye not, of yourselves, judge correctly?

⁸ And our Lord praised the unrighteous steward, for having acted sagaciously: for the children of this world are more sagacious than the children of light, in this their generation.

²⁶ And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man. ²⁷ They ate and drank, they took wives and were given to husbands, until the day that Noah entered the ark; and the flood came, and destroyed every one. ²⁸ And again, as it was in the days of Lot; they ate and drank, bought and sold, planted and built. ²⁹ But in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, the Lord rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed them all. ³⁰ Thus will it be, in the day when the Son of man shall be revealed.

¹ And he spoke to them a similitude also, that men should pray at all times, and not become weary.

³⁴ Take heed to yourselves, that your hearts be, at no time, stupefied by gluttony and ebriety and worldly care; and so that day come upon you unawares. ³⁵ For, like a hunter's snare, it will spring upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole land. ³⁶ Be ye therefore vigilant, at all times, and prayerful; that ye may be worthy to escape the things that are to take place, and may stand before the Son of man.

³² but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail. And thou also, in time, turn; and confirm thy brethren.

⁴⁶ And he said to them: Why sleep ye? Arise, and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

¹⁷ For the law was given by the hand of Moses; but the reality and grace was by the hand of Jesus Messiah.

³³ But he that receiveth his testimony, hath set his seal, that God is true.

³⁸ I sent you to reap that, on which ye labored not: for others toiled, and ye entered into their labor.

³¹ And Jesus said to those Jews who believed on him: If ye continue in my word, ye will be truly my disciples.

¹¹ I am a good shepherd. A good shepherd exposeth his life for the sheep.

¹⁵ As my Father knoweth me, so know I my Father; and I expose my life for the flock.

¹⁷ For this cause my Father loveth me, that I lay down my life, to resume it again.

³⁶ While the light is with you, confide in the light; that ye may be children of the light. These things said Jesus, and departed, and concealed himself from them.

³⁴ A new commandment I give to you, that ye be affectionate to each other. As I have loved you, do ye also love one another. ³⁵ By this will every one know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love for each other.

⁴ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot yield fruits of itself, unless it abide in the vine; so also, neither can ye, unless ye abide in me.

¹³ There is no greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

¹⁷ These things I command you, that ye should love one another.

¹⁹ And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

¹⁵ And when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Cephas: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me, more than these do? He said to him: Yes, my Lord: thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my lambs for me. ¹⁶ Again, he said to him the second time: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He said to him: Yes, my Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep for me. ¹⁷ Again, Jesus said to him the third time: Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? And it grieved Cephas, that he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me; and he said to him: My Lord, thou understandest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep for me.

⁷ He said to them: It is not yours, to know the time or times which God hath placed in his own power.

²⁰ For it is written, in the book of Psalms: Let his habitation be desolate, and let no resident be in it; and let another take his service.

²⁵ that he should take part in this ministry and legateship, from which Judas broke away, that he might go to his own place.

¹⁵ For these are not intoxicated, as ye suppose: for lo, it is yet but the third hour.

⁵¹ O ye stiff of neck, and uncircumcised in their heart, and in their hearing; ye do always set yourselves against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, so also ye.

²³ And when he came there, and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced: and he entreated them, that with all their heart, they would adhere to our Lord.

²² And all the people shouted, and said: These are the utterances of a God, and not of a mortal. ²³ And, because he gave not the glory to God, immediately the angel of God smote him; and he was eaten of worms, and died.

⁴¹ Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though a man relate it to you.

⁴⁸ And when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified God. And those believed, who were appointed to life eternal.

²² confirming the souls of the disciples, and entreating them to persevere in the faith; and they told them, that it was necessary, through much affliction, to enter into the kingdom of God.

¹¹ For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews of Thessalonica; and they gladly heard the word from them daily, and searched from the scriptures whether these things were so.

⁶ And Paul laid his hand on them; and the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in various tongues, and prophesied.

¹³ And moreover certain Jews, who went: about exorcising demons, were disposed to exorcise in the name of our Lord Jesus over those who had unclean spirits, by saying: We adjure you, in the name of that Jesus whom Paul announceth.

²⁷ For I have not shunned to acquaint you with all the will of God. ²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit hath established you bishops; that ye feed the church of God, which he hath acquired by his blood.

³¹ Therefore be ye vigilant; and remember, that for three years I ceased not to admonish each one of you, by day and by night, with tears. ³² And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all the saints.

³⁵ And I have showed you all things; that thus it is a duty to labor, and to care for the infirm, and to remember the words of our Lord Jesus; for he hath said, That he is more blessed who giveth, than he who receiveth.

¹⁸ to open their eyes; that they may turn from darkness to the light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God; and may receive remission of sins, and a portion with the saints, by faith in me.

⁷ to all those who are at Rome, beloved of God, called and sanctified: Peace and grace be with you, from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus Messiah.

¹⁷ as it is written: " I have constituted thee a father to a multitude of nations;" namely before God, in whom thou hast believed; who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as if they were. ¹⁸ And without hope, he confided in the hope of becoming the father of a multitude of nations; (as it is written: So will thy seed be.) ¹⁹ And he was not sickly in his faith, while contemplating his inert body, (for he was a hundred years old,) and the inert womb of Sarah.

² By whom we are brought by faith into this grace, in which we stand and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. ³ And not only so, but we also rejoice in afflictions; because we know that affliction perfecteth in us patience; ⁴ and patience, experience; and experience, hope: ⁵ and hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is diffused in our hearts, by the Holy Spirit who is given to us. ⁶ And if at this time, on account of our weakness, Messiah died for the ungodly: ⁷ (for rarely doth one die for the ungodly; though for the good, some one perhaps might venture to die :) ⁸ God hath here manifested his love towards us. Because, if when we were sinners, Messiah died for us;

²⁴ Because we live in hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope: for if we saw it, how should we hope for it? ²⁵ But if we hope for that which is not seen, we are in patient waiting.

³⁰ And those whom he previously sealed, them he called: and those whom he called, them he justified: and those whom he justified, them he glorified.

³⁴ Who is it that condemneth? Messiah died, and arose, and is on the right hand of God, and maketh intercession for us.

¹¹ before her children were born, or: had done good or evil, the choice of God was predeclared; that it might stand, not of works, but of him who called. ¹² For it was said: The elder shall be servant to the younger. ¹³ As it is written: Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated. ¹⁴ What shall we say then? Is there iniquity with God? Far be it. ¹⁵ Behold, to Moses also he said: I will have pity, on whom I will have pity; and I will be merciful, to whom I will be merciful. ¹⁶ Therefore, it is not of him who is willing, nor of him who runneth, but of the merciful God. ¹⁷ For in the scripture, he said to Pharaoh: For this very thing, have I raised thee up; that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. ¹⁸ Wherefore, he hath pity upon whom he pleaseth; and whom he pleaseth, he hardeneth. ¹⁹ But, perhaps thou wilt say: Of what then doth he complain? For, who hath resisted his pleasure? ²⁰ Thou, thus! Who art thou? O man; that thou repliest against God! Shall the potter's vessel say to the former of it, Why hast thou formed me so? ²¹ Hath not the potter dominion over his clay out of the same mass to make vessels, one for honor, and another for dishonor? ²² And if God, being disposed to exhibit his wrath and to make known his power, in abundance of long-suffering, brought wrath upon the vessels of wrath which were complete for destruction; ²³ and made his mercy flow forth upon the vessels of mercy, which were prepared by God for glory; ²⁴ namely, upon us who are called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles:

⁷ What then? Israel did not obtain that which it sought: but the election obtained it; and the rest of them were blinded in their heart,

³⁰ For as ye too were formerly disobedient to God, and have now obtained mercy, because of their disobedience;

¹ I beseech you, therefore, my brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, by a rational service of him. ² And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed, by the renovation of your minds: and discern ye what is the good and acceptable and perfect pleasure of God.

⁹ Let not your love be guileful: but be haters of evil things, and adherers to good things.

¹² Be joyful in your hope. Be patient under your afflictions. Be persevering in prayer.

¹⁷ And repay to no man evil for evil: but let it be your study to do good before all men.

¹⁷ And repay to no man evil for evil: but let it be your study to do good before all men. ¹⁸ And if possible, so far as it dependeth on you, live in peace with every man. ¹⁹ And be ye not avengers of yourselves, my beloved: but give place to wrath. For it is written: If thou dost not execute judgment for thyself, I will execute judgment for thee, saith God. ²⁰ And if thy adversary be hungry, feed him: and if he be thirsty, give him drink. For if thou doest these things to him, thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head. ²¹ Be ye not overcome by evil; but overcome evil with good.

¹¹ And this also know ye, that it is the time and the hour, that we should henceforth be awake from our sleep. For now our life hath come nearer to us, than when we believed.

¹¹ And this also know ye, that it is the time and the hour, that we should henceforth be awake from our sleep. For now our life hath come nearer to us, than when we believed. ¹² The night now passeth away, and the day draweth near. Let us therefore cast from us the works of darkness; and let us put on the armor of light.

¹² The night now passeth away, and the day draweth near. Let us therefore cast from us the works of darkness; and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ And let us walk decorously, as in daylight; not in merriment, nor in drunkenness, nor in impurity of the bed, nor in envy and strife.

¹³ And let us walk decorously, as in daylight; not in merriment, nor in drunkenness, nor in impurity of the bed, nor in envy and strife.

¹³ And let us walk decorously, as in daylight; not in merriment, nor in drunkenness, nor in impurity of the bed, nor in envy and strife. ¹⁴ But clothe yourselves with our Lord Jesus Messiah: and be not thoughtful about your flesh, for the indulgence of appetites.

¹ To him who is feeble in the faith, reach forth the hand. And be not divided in your thoughts.

⁸ Because, if we live, to our Lord it is we live; or if we die, to our Lord it is we die. Whether we live, therefore, or whether we die, we are our Lord's. ⁹ Moreover, for this cause Messiah died, and revived, and arose; that he might be Lord of the dead and of the living.

¹⁹ Now let us strive after peace, and after the edification of one another.

¹ We then who are strong, ought to bear the infirmity of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ² But each of us should please his neighbor, in good things, as conducive to edification.

² But each of us should please his neighbor, in good things, as conducive to edification. ³ Because Messiah also did not please himself; but, as it is written: The reviling of thy revilers fell upon me.

⁵ And may the God of patience and of consolation, grant to you, to think in harmony one with another, in Jesus Messiah;

¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace, by faith; that ye may abound in his hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁴ Now I am persuaded, my Brethren, even I, concerning you; that ye too are full of goodness, and are replenished with all knowledge, and are able also to instruct others.

³⁰ And I beseech you, my Brethren, by our Lord Jesus Messiah, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye labor with me in prayer to God for me;

³³ And may the God of peace be with you all: Amen.

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

²⁰ And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Messiah, be with you.

²³ Gaius, hospitable to me and to all the church, saluteth you. Erastus, the steward of the city, and Quartus a brother, salute you.

² to the church of God which is at Corinth, to the people called and sanctified, who are sanctified in Jesus Messiah; and to all them, in every place, who invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, their and our Lord:

⁸ who will confirm you unto the end, so that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Messiah.

⁸ who will confirm you unto the end, so that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Messiah. ⁹ God is faithful; by whom ye have been called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Messiah, our Lord.

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

¹¹ For what man is there, who knoweth that which is in a man, except it be the spirit of the man, which is in him? So also, that which is in God, no one knoweth, except the Spirit of God.

¹⁴ For a man in his natural self, receiveth not spirituals; for they are foolishness to him. Neither can he know them; for they are discerned by the Spirit. ¹⁵ But he that is spiritual, judgeth of all things: and he is judged of by no one.

⁹ For we labor with God: and ye are God's husbandry, and God's edifice.

¹ Let us be so accounted of by you, as the servants of Messiah, and the stewards of the mysteries of God. ² Now it is required of stewards, that each be found faithful.

¹⁴ I write these things, not to shame you; but I instruct you, as dear children.

⁷ Now therefore ye condemn yourselves, in that ye have litigation one with another. For why do ye not rather suffer wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

¹³ Wherefore, if food is a stumbling-block to my brother, I will for ever eat no flesh, lest I should be a stumbling-block to my brother.

⁷ Who, that serveth in war, doth so at his own expense? Or who, that planteth a vineyard, eateth not of its fruits? Or who, that tendeth sheep, eateth not of the milk of his flocks? ⁸ Is it as a man, I say these things? Behold, the law also saith them. ⁹ For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that thresheth. Hath God regard for oxen? ¹⁰ But manifest it is, for whose sake he said it. And indeed, for our sakes it was written: because the plougher ought to plough in hope, and the thresher in hope of fruit. ¹¹ If we have sowed among you the things of the Spirit, is it a great matter, if we reap from you the things of the body?

¹³ No trial cometh on you, but what pertaineth to men: and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tried beyond your ability, but will make an issue to your trial, that ye may be able to sustain it.

²³ Every thing is in my power; but every thing is not profitable. Every thing is in my power; but every thing doth not edify.

³¹ If therefore ye eat, or if ye drink, or if ye do any thing, do all things for the glory of God. ³² Be ye without offence to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God: ³³ even as I also, in every thing, please every man; and do not seek what is profitable to me, but what is profitable to many; that they may live.

⁴ Every man, who prayeth or prophesieth with his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

¹⁰ and to another, miracles: and to another, prophecy: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, divers kinds of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues.

²⁸ For God hath placed in his church, first, legates; after them, prophets; after them, teachers; after them, workers of miracles; after them, the gifts of healing, and helpers, and leaders, and various kinds of tongues.

² And if there should be in me the gift of prophecy, and I should understand all the mysteries, and every science; and if there should be in me all faith, so that I could move mountains, and love should not be in me, I should be nothing.

⁴ Love is long-suffering, and is kind; love is not envious; love is not boisterous; and is not inflated; ⁵ and doth nothing that causeth shame; and seeketh not her own; is not passionate; and thinketh no evil;

⁹ For we know but partially; and we prophesy but partially.

¹³ For these three things are abiding, faith, and hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

¹ Follow after love; and be emulous of the gifts of the Spirit, and especially, that ye may prophesy.

³ But he that prophesieth, speaketh unto men, for edification, and exhortation, and consolation. ⁴ He that speaketh in a tongue, edifieth himself: and he that prophesieth, edifieth the church. ⁵ Now I would that ye all spoke with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied; for greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh in a tongue, unless he interpret; and if he interpret, he edifieth the church.

⁵ Now I would that ye all spoke with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied; for greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh in a tongue, unless he interpret; and if he interpret, he edifieth the church. ⁶ And now, my brethren, if I should come among you, and speak to you in tongues, what should I profit you; unless I should speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophecy, or by doctrine?

¹² So also ye, since ye are emulous of the gifts of the Spirit for the edification of the church, seek ye to excel.

²² Wherefore, tongues are established for a sign, not to the believers, but to them that believe not. But prophesyings are not for those who believe not, but for them that believe. ²³ If therefore the whole church assemble, and they all speak with tongues, and there come in unlearned persons, or such as believe not, will they not say: These people are crazy? ²⁴ But if ye should be all prophesying, and one unlearned or an unbeliever should come among you, he is explored by you all, and rebuked by you all; ²⁵ and the secrets of his heart are laid open to him: and so he will fall upon his face, and will worship God, and say: Verily, God is in you.

²⁸ And if there is none to interpret, let him that speaketh in a tongue, be silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God. ²⁹ And as to prophets, let two or three speak, and let the rest judge.

²⁹ And as to prophets, let two or three speak, and let the rest judge.

²⁹ And as to prophets, let two or three speak, and let the rest judge. ³⁰ And if to another sitting by, there should be a revelation, let the first stop speaking.

³⁰ And if to another sitting by, there should be a revelation, let the first stop speaking. ³¹ For ye can all prophesy, one by one; so that every one may learn, and every one be comforted. ³² For the spirit of the prophets is subject to the prophets. ³³ Because, God is not the author of tumult, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

³⁷ And if any one among you thinketh that he is a prophet, or that he is spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, as being the precepts of our Lord. ³⁸ But if any one be ignorant, let him be ignorant. ³⁹ Wherefore, my brethren, be emulous of prophesying: and to speak with tongues, prohibit not.

³ For I delivered to you from the first, as I had received it; that the Messiah died on account of our sins, as it is written:

¹⁰ But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace, that was in me, was not in vain; but I labored more than they all:-not I, but his grace that was with me.

³⁴ Let your hearts be righteously excited, and sin not: for there are some, in whom is not the love of God: it is to your shame, I say it.

⁵⁸ Wherefore, my brethren and my beloved, be ye steadfast, and be not vacillating; but be ye at all times abundant in the work of the Lord; seeing ye know, that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

¹⁰ And if Timothy come to you, see that he may be without fear among you; for he doeth the work of the Lord, as I do.

¹³ Watch ye, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be valiant.

¹⁶ that ye also give ear to them who are such; and to every one, that laboreth with us and aideth.

¹⁸ And they have refreshed my spirit, and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them who are such.

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

¹¹ by the aid of your prayers in our behalf; so that his gift to us may be a favor done for the sake of many, and many may praise him on our account.

⁹ We are assiduous, that whether we are absent, or whether at home, we may please him.

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

¹⁹ For God was in the Messiah, who hath reconciled the world with his majesty, and did not reckon to them their sins; and who hath placed in us the word of reconciliation.

²¹ For, on your account, he hath made him who knew no sin to be sin, that we might by him become the righteousness of God.

¹ And as aiders we entreat of you, that the grace of God which ye have received, may not be ineffectual in you.

³ Give ye no occasion of offence to any one in any thing, that there may be no reproach on our ministry.

⁷ by the speaking of truth, by the energy of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left;

¹⁰ as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as indigent, yet enriching many; as possessing nothing, yet having all things.

²⁰ And we hereby guarded, that no one should cast censure on us, in respect to this abundance which is ministered by us. ²¹ For we are attentive to things commendable, not only before God, but also before men.

¹ And concerning the ministration by the saints, it would be superfluous for me to write to you:

²³ If they are ministers of the Messiah, (in defect of understanding, I say it,) I am superior to them: in toils more than they, in stripes more than they, in bonds more than they, in deaths many times.

¹⁹ Do ye again suppose, that we would apologize to you? Before God, in the Messiah we speak: and all these things, my beloved, are for the sake of your edification.

¹¹ Finally, my brethren, rejoice, and be perfected, and be comforted: and may harmony and quietness be among you; and the God of love and of peace will be with you.

¹⁵ But when it pleased him, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

¹¹ I am afraid, lest I have labored among you in vain.

¹⁴ and the trial in my flesh, ye did not despise nor nauseate: but ye received me as an angel of God, and as Jesus the Messiah.

⁵ For we, through the Spirit, which is from faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness.

²² But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, long suffering, suavity, kindness, fidelity, modesty, patience.

¹ My brethren, if one of you should be overtaken in a fault, do ye who are of the Spirit recover him, in a spirit of meekness: and be ye cautious, lest ye also be tempted. ² And bear ye one another's burdens, that so ye may fulfill the law of the Messiah.

⁶ And let him that heareth the word, communicate to him who instructeth him, in all good things.

¹⁰ Now, therefore, while we have the opportunity, let us practice good works towards all men, and especially towards them of the household of faith.

² with all lowliness of mind, and quietness, and long suffering; and that ye be forbearing one towards another, in love. ³ And be ye solicitous to keep the unity of the Spirit, in a bond of peace;

¹¹ And he gave some, legates; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers: ¹² for perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of the Messiah;

¹² for perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of the Messiah;

¹⁶ and from him it is, the whole body is framed together and compacted by all the junctures, according to the gift that is imparted by measure to each member, for the growth of the body; that his edifice may be perfected in love.

²⁹ Let no hateful language come from your mouth, but that which is decorous, and useful for edification, that it may convey grace to those who hear. ³⁰ And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed for the day of redemption.

³² and be ye affectionate towards one another, and sympathetic; and forgive ye one another, as God by the Messiah hath forgiven us.

² and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.

⁸ For ye were heretofore darkness, but now are ye light in our Lord: therefore, as the children of light, so walk ye.

⁸ For ye were heretofore darkness, but now are ye light in our Lord: therefore, as the children of light, so walk ye. ⁹ For the fruits of the light are in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth. ¹⁰ And search out what is pleasing before our Lord:

¹⁴ Wherefore it is said: Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and the Messiah will illuminate thee. ¹⁵ See therefore, that ye walk circumspectly; not like the simple,

²⁰ And give thanks to God the Father, at all times, for all men, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

²⁶ that he might sanctify it, and cleanse it, by the washing of water, and by the word; ²⁷ and might constitute it a glorious church for himself, in which is no stain, and no wrinkle, and nothing like them; but that it might be holy and without blemish.

³³ Nevertheless, let each of you severally so love his wife, even as himself: and let the wife reverence her husband.

¹¹ And put ye on; the whole armor of God, so that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Accuser.

¹³ Therefore put ye on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to meet the evil one; and, being in all respects prepared, may stand firm. ¹⁴ Stand up therefore, and gird your loins with truth; and put on the breastplate of righteousness; ¹⁵ and defend your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ And herewith take to you the confidence of faith, by which ye will have power to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

¹⁶ And herewith take to you the confidence of faith, by which ye will have power to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. ¹⁷ And put on the helmet of rescue; and take hold of the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. ¹⁸ And pray ye, with all prayers and supplications, in spirit, at all times: and in prayer be watchful, at all seasons, praying constantly, and interceding for all the saints:

¹⁸ And pray ye, with all prayers and supplications, in spirit, at all times: and in prayer be watchful, at all seasons, praying constantly, and interceding for all the saints:

¹⁸ And pray ye, with all prayers and supplications, in spirit, at all times: and in prayer be watchful, at all seasons, praying constantly, and interceding for all the saints: ¹⁹ and also for me; that language may be given me, in the opening of my mouth; so that I may boldly proclaim the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ of which I am a messenger in chains; that I may utter it boldly, as I ought to utter it.

²³ Peace be with the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

⁶ Because I am confident of this, that he who hath begun the good works in you, will accomplish them until the day of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁰ so that ye may discern the things that are suitable; and may be pure and without offence, in the day of the Messiah,

¹⁹ For I know, that these things will be found conducive to my life, through your prayers and the gift of the Spirit of Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁵ that ye may be perfect and without blemish, as the sincere children of God, who are resident in a perverse and crooked generation; and that ye may appear among them as luminaries in the world; ¹⁶ so that ye may be to them in place of life; for my glory in the day of the Messiah, that I may not have run in vain or toiled for naught.

¹⁶ so that ye may be to them in place of life; for my glory in the day of the Messiah, that I may not have run in vain or toiled for naught.

¹⁹ But I hope in our Lord Jesus, that I shall shortly send Timothy unto you, so that I also may have composure, when informed concerning you.

¹⁶ Nevertheless, that we may attain to this, let us proceed on in one path, and with one consent.

⁴ Rejoice ye in our Lord, at all times; and again I say, Rejoice. ⁵ Let your humility be recognized among all men. Our Lord is near. ⁶ Be anxious for nothing; but at all times, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, make known your requests before God.

⁸ Finally, my brethren, what things are true, and what things are decorous, and what things are right, and what things are pure, and what things are lovely, and what things are commendable, and deeds of praise and approbation, on these be your thoughts. ⁹ What things ye have learned, and received, and heard, and seen, in me, these do ye: and the God of peace will be with you.

¹³ and hath rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son;

²² to you, he hath now given peace, by the body of his flesh, and by his death; that he might establish you in his presence, holy, without blemish, and without offence;

²⁸ whom we proclaim, and teach and make known to every man, in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Jesus the Messiah. ²⁹ And for this also, I toil and strive, with the aid of the strength that is imparted to me.

¹² Therefore, holy and beloved, as the elect of God, put ye on compassions, and tenderness, and suavity, and humbleness of mind, and gentleness, and long suffering. ¹³ And be ye indulgent towards one another, and forgiving to one another: and if any one has a complaint against his neighbor, as the Messiah forgave you, so also do ye forgive.

¹⁵ And let the peace of the Messiah direct your hearts; for to that ye have been called, in one body; and be ye thankful to the Messiah.

¹⁷ And whatever ye do in word or act, do it in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and give thanksgiving through him to God the Father.

² Persevere in prayer; and be watchful in it, and in giving thanks. ³ And pray also for us, that God would open to us a door of speech, for uttering the mystery of the Messiah, for the sake of which I am in bonds;

¹⁶ And when this epistle shall have been read among you, cause it to be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that which is written from Laodicea, do ye read.

¹⁰ while ye wait for his Son from heaven, that Jesus whom he raised from the dead, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.

⁷ But we were lowly among you; and like a nurse, who fondleth her children, ⁸ so we also fondled you, and were desirous to impart to you, not the gospel of God merely, but also our own soul, because ye were dear to us. ⁹ For ye recollect, brethren, that we labored and toiled, working with our own hands, by night and by day, that we might not be chargeable to any one of you.

⁹ For ye recollect, brethren, that we labored and toiled, working with our own hands, by night and by day, that we might not be chargeable to any one of you. ¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and God also, how we preached to you the gospel of God, purely, and uprightly, and were blameless towards all them that believe: ¹¹ as yourselves know, we entreated each one of you, as a father his children, and comforted your hearts:

¹¹ as yourselves know, we entreated each one of you, as a father his children, and comforted your hearts: ¹² and we charged you, to walk as it becometh God, who hath called you to his kingdom and his glory.

¹² and we charged you, to walk as it becometh God, who hath called you to his kingdom and his glory.

¹⁹ For what is our hope, and our joy, and the crown of our glorying; unless it be ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

³ lest any of you should be disheartened by these afflictions; for ye know, that we are appointed thereto.

¹³ and establish your hearts unblamable in holiness, before God our Father; at the advent of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, with all his saints.

³ For this is the pleasure of God, your sanctification; and that ye be separated from all whoredom;

⁸ He therefore who spurneth, spurneth not man but God, who hath given his Holy Spirit in you. ⁹ Now concerning love to the brethren, ye need not that I should write to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. ¹⁰ Ye likewise do so, to all the brethren who are in all Macedonia: but I entreat you, my brethren, to be exuberant:

¹² and that ye walk becomingly towards those without; and that ye be dependent on no man. ¹³ And, I wish you to know, my brethren, that ye should not mourn over them who have fallen asleep, like other people who have no hope.

¹⁷ and then, we who survive and are alive shall be caught up together with them to the clouds, to meet our Lord in the air; and so shall we be ever with our Lord. ¹⁸ Wherefore, comfort ye one another with these words.

⁵ For ye are all children of the light, and children of the day; and are not children of the night, and children of darkness.

⁸ But let us who are children of the day, be wakeful in mind, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and take the helmet of the hope of life.

¹⁴ And we entreat you, my brethren, that ye admonish the faulty, and encourage the faint-hearted, and bear the burdens of the weak, and be long suffering towards all men.

⁹ For these will be recompensed with the judgment of eternal destruction, from the presence of our Lord, and from the glory of his power;

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks to God always, on your account, my brethren beloved of our Lord, that God hath from the beginning chosen you unto life, through sanctification of the Spirit, and through faith in the truth. ¹⁴ For unto these it was, that God called you by our preaching; that ye might be the glory to our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁴ For unto these it was, that God called you by our preaching; that ye might be the glory to our Lord Jesus the Messiah. ¹⁵ Therefore, my brethren, be established, and persevere in the precepts which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our epistle. ¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus the Messiah himself, and God our Father, who hath loved us, and given us everlasting consolation and a good hope through his grace,

¹ Henceforth, brethren, pray ye for us, that the word of our Lord may, in every place, run and be glorified, as with you; ² and that we may be delivered from evil and perverse men; for faith is not in all. ³ And faithful is the Lord, who will keep you and rescue you from the evil One.

³ And faithful is the Lord, who will keep you and rescue you from the evil One.

⁶ And we enjoin upon you, my brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that ye withdraw from every brother who walketh wickedly, and not according to the precepts which ye received from us. ⁷ For ye know how ye ought to imitate us, who did not walk wickedly among you.

¹¹ For we hear, there are some among you who walk wickedly, and do nothing except vain things. ¹² Now such persons, we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that in quietness they work, and eat their own bread. ¹³ And my brethren, let it not be wearisome to you, to do what is good. ¹⁴ And if any one hearkeneth not to these my words in this epistle, separate that man from you, and have no intimacy with him, that he may be ashamed.

¹⁶ And may the Lord of peace give you peace, always, in every thing. Our Lord be with you all.

¹⁸ The grace of Jesus the Messiah be with you all, my brethren. Amen.

³ When I was going into Macedonia, I requested thee to remain at Ephesus, and to charge certain persons not to teach different doctrines; ⁴ and not to throw themselves into fables and stories about genealogies, of which there is no end, which produce contention rather than edification in the faith of God.

¹³ me I say, who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a reviler; but I obtained mercy, because I did it while ignorant and without faith.

¹⁶ But for this cause had he mercy on me, that in me first Jesus the Messiah might display all his long suffering, for an example to them who were to believe on him unto life eternal.

¹⁸ This injunction I commit to thee, my son Timothy, according to the former predictions concerning thee, that in them thou mightest war this good warfare,

⁶ who gave himself a ransom for every man; a testimony that arrived in due time,

⁹ So also, that women appear in a chaste fashion of dress; and that their adorning be with modesty and chastity; not with curls, or with gold, or with pearls, or with splendid robes;

¹⁵ Yet she shall live by means of her children, if they continue in the faith, and in love, and in sanctity, and in chastity.

² And an elder ought to be such, that no blame can be found in him; and he should be the husband of one wife, with a vigilant mind, and sober and regular in his habits, and affectionate to strangers, and instructive; ³ and not a transgressor in regard to wine, and whose hand is not swift to strike; but he should be humble, and not contentious, nor a lover of money;

¹¹ So also should the wives be chaste and of vigilant minds; and they should be faithful in all things; and they should not be slanderers.

¹⁴ Despise not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, and by the laying on of the hand of the eldership.

¹ Chide not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men, as thy brothers;

⁷ These things enjoin thou on them, that they may be blameless.

¹⁷ Let the elders who conduct themselves well, be esteemed worthy of double honor; especially they who labor in the word and in doctrine. ¹⁸ For the scripture saith Thou shalt not muzzle the ox in threshing; and, The laborer is worthy of his pay.

²⁰ Those who sin before all rebuke; that the rest of the people may fear. ²¹ I charge thee, before God, and our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and his elect angels, that thou observe these things; and let not your mind be preoccupied by any thing: and do nothing with a respect for persons.

¹¹ But thou, O man of God, flee from these things; and follow after righteousness, and rectitude, and faith, and love, and patience, and humility.

¹³ I charge thee, before God, who quickeneth all, and before Jesus the Messiah who attested a good testimony before Pontius Pilate,

¹⁷ Charge the rich of this world, that they be not uplifted in their minds; and that they confide not in riches, in which is no security; but in the living God, who giveth us all things abundantly for our comfort:

⁶ Wherefore I remind thee, that thou excite the gift of God, that is in thee by the imposition of my hands.

⁹ who hath vivified us, and called us with a holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his good pleasure, and his grace that was given us in Jesus the Messiah from time before the ages,

¹⁵ This thou knowest, that all those in Asia have turned from me; and that among them are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

⁶ The husbandman who laboreth, ought first to feed on his fruits.

¹⁰ Therefore I endure every thing, for the elect's sake; that they also may obtain life, in Jesus the Messiah, with eternal glory.

¹³ And if we shall have not believed in him, he abideth in his fidelity; for he cannot reject himself.

¹⁹ But the firm foundation of God standeth; and it hath this seal, The Lord knoweth them who are his: and, Let every one who invoketh the name of our Lord, stand aloof from iniquity. ²⁰ But in a great house, there are not only vessels of gold or silver, but also of wood and of pottery; and some of them for honor, and some for dishonor.

²² Fly from all the lusts of youth; and follow after righteousness, and faith, and love, and peace, with them that invoke our Lord with a pure heart.

²⁴ And a servant of our Lord ought not to contend, but to be mild towards every one, and instructive, and patient;

²⁴ And a servant of our Lord ought not to contend, but to be mild towards every one, and instructive, and patient; ²⁵ that with mildness he may enlighten those who dispute against him, if perhaps God may give them repentance, and they may acknowledge the truth,

⁶ For of them are they who creep into this and that house, and captivate the women who are plunged in sins and led away by divers lusts,

¹ I charge thee, before God, and our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who is to judge the living and the dead, at the manifestation of his kingdom, ² Proclaim the word; and persist in it with diligence, in time and out of time; admonish, and rebuke, with all patience and instructiveness.

⁵ But be thou vigilant in all things; and endure evils, and do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill thy ministry.

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith showed me many ills: our Lord will reward him according to his doings.

² concerning the hope of eternal life, which the veracious God promised before the times of the world; ³ and in due time he hath manifested his word, by means of our announcement, which was confided to me by the command of God our Life-giver;

⁵ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou mightest regulate the things deficient, and establish elders in every city, as I directed thee: ⁶ him who is blameless, who is the husband of one wife, and hath believing children, who are no revellers, nor ungovernable in sensuality.

¹⁰ For many are unsubmissive, and their discourses vain; and they mislead the minds of people, especially such as are of the circumcision.

⁶ And likewise exhort young men to be sober.

¹² and it teacheth us, to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live in this world in sobriety, and in uprightness, and in the fear of God,

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might recover us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a new people, who are zealous in good works. ¹⁵ These things speak thou, and exhort, and inculcate, with all authority; and let no one despise thee.

² and that they speak ill of no man; that they be not contentious, but mild; and that in every thing they manifest benignity towards all men.

²² And herewith, prepare also a house for me to lodge in; for I hope that, by your prayers, I shall be given to you.

³ how shall we escape, if we despise the things which are our life, things which began to be spoken by our Lord, and were confirmed to us by them who heard from him,

¹¹ For he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all of one nature. Therefore he is not ashamed to call them brethren;

¹ Wherefore, my holy brethren, who are called with a calling that is from heaven, consider this Legate and High Priest of our profession, Jesus the Messiah:

¹³ But examine yourselves all the days, during the day which is called to-day; and let none of you be hardened, through the deceitfulness of sin.

¹² For the word of God is living, and all-efficient, and sharper than a two-edged sword, and entereth even to the severance of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints and the marrow and the bones, and judgeth the thoughts and reasonings of the heart:

² and he can humble himself, and sympathize with the ignorant and the erring, because he also is clothed with infirmity. ³ And, therefore, he is obliged as for the people, so also for himself, to present an offering for his sins.

¹⁷ Therefore, God, being abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise, that his promising was irreversible, bound it up in an oath; ¹⁸ so that, by two things which change not, and in which God cannot lie, we, who have sought refuge in him, might have great consolation, and might hold fast the hope promised to us; ¹⁹ which is to us as an anchor, that retaineth our soul, so that it swerveth not; and it entereth into that within the veil,

²³ And let us persevere in the profession of our hope, and not waver; for he is faithful who hath made the promise to us.

²⁵ And let us not forsake our meetings, as is the custom of some; but entreat ye one another; and the more, as ye see that day draw near.

³⁵ Therefore cast not away your assurance which is to have a great reward. ³⁶ For ye have need of patience; that ye may do the pleasure of God, and may receive the promise.

¹² Wherefore, strengthen ye your relaxed hands, and your tottering knees:

¹⁴ Follow after peace with every man; and after holiness, without which a man will not see our Lord.

²³ and to the church of the first-born, who are enrolled in heaven and to God the judge of all; and to the spirits of the just, who are perfected;

³ And remember those in bonds, as if ye were bound with them: and recollect those in affliction, as being yourselves clothed in flesh.

⁷ Remember your guides, who have spoken to you godly discourse; examine the issue of their course, and imitate their faith.

¹⁵ and through him, let us at all times offer to God the sacrifices of praise, that is, the fruits of lips which give thanks to his name.

¹⁷ Confide in your guides, and hearken to them; for they watch for your souls, as men who must give an account of you, that they may do this with joy and not with anguish; for that would not be profitable to you. ¹⁸ Pray ye for us; for we trust we have a good consciousness, that in all things we desire to conduct ourselves well. ¹⁹ Especially do I request you to do this, that I may return to you speedily. ²⁰ May the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the flock, by the blood of the everlasting covenant, namely Jesus the Messiah, our Lord,

¹⁸ And the fruits of righteousness are sown in stillness, by them who make peace.

² to them who have been chosen, by the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus the Messiah: May grace and peace abound towards you. ³ Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who in his great mercy hath begotten us anew, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, to the hope of life, ⁴ and to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading, which is prepared for you in heaven; ⁵ while ye are kept, by the power of God and by faith, for the life that is prepared and will be revealed in the last times;

¹³ Wherefore, gird up the loins of your minds. and be awake perfectly, and wait for the joy, which will come to you at the revelation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,

²² while your minds became sanctified, by obedience to the truth; and ye be full of love, without respect of persons, so that ye love one another out of a pure and perfect heart;

⁸ he is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. And they stumble at it, because they believe not the word: whereto they were appointed. ⁹ But ye are an elect race, officiating as priests of the kingdom; a holy people, a redeemed congregation; that ye should proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness to his precious light:

⁹ But ye are an elect race, officiating as priests of the kingdom; a holy people, a redeemed congregation; that ye should proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness to his precious light: ¹⁰ who formerly were not accounted a people, but now are the people of God; and also, there were once no mercies on you, but now mercies are poured out upon you.

¹⁰ who formerly were not accounted a people, but now are the people of God; and also, there were once no mercies on you, but now mercies are poured out upon you.

¹⁵ For so is the pleasure of God, that by your good deeds ye may stop the mouth of the foolish, who know not God:

¹⁷ Honor all men; love your brethren; fear God; and honor kings.

²² He did no sin; neither was guile found in his mouth. ²³ When he was reviled, be reviled not; and he suffered and threatened not, but committed his cause to the Judge of righteousness. ²⁴ And he took away all our sins, and, in his body, lifted them to the cross; that we, when dead to sin, might live by his righteousness: for by his wounds, ye are healed.

⁹ And that ye recompense to no one evil for evil, neither railing for railing; but, in contrariety to these, that ye bless: for to this were ye called, that ye might inherit a blessing.

¹¹ let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and follow after it. ¹² Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears ready to hear them: but the face of the Lord is against the wicked. ¹³ And who will do you harm, if ye are zealous of good works?

¹⁸ For the Messiah also once died for our sins, the righteous for sinners; that he might bring you to God. And he died in body, but lived in spirit.

² that he may no longer be alive to the lusts of men, while he is in the body, but only to do the pleasure of God.

⁷ But the end of all things approacheth: therefore be sober, and be wakeful for prayer.

² Feed ye the flock of God which is committed to you: have care for it, spiritually; not from compulsion, but voluntarily; not for base gain, but with all your heart; ³ not as lords of the flock, but so as to be a good example for them:

⁸ Be sober and guarded, because Satan your adversary, like a lion, roareth, and goeth about, and seeketh whom he may devour.

¹⁰ Now it is the God of grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Jesus the Messiah, that hath given us, while we sustain these light afflictions, to be strengthened, and confirmed, and established by him for ever:

¹ SIMON PETER, a servant and legate of Jesus the Messiah, to those who have obtained equally precious faith with us, through the righteousness of Our Lord and Redeemer, Jesus the Messiah;

³ as the giver to us of all things that be of the power of God, unto life and the fear of God, through the recognition of him who hath called us unto his own glory and moral excellence:

¹² And for this reason I am not wearied in reminding you continually of these things; although ye know them well, and are established in this truth.

³ And, in the cupidity of raving words, they will make merchandise of you: whose judgment, of a long time, is not idle; and their destruction slumbereth not. ⁴ For, if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to the infernal regions in chains of darkness, and delivered them up to be kept unto the judgment of torture,

¹³ they being persons with whom iniquity is the reward of iniquity, and by them rioting in the daytime is accounted delightful; defiled and full of spots are they, indulging themselves at their ease, while they give themselves up to pleasure;

¹⁰ And the day of the Lord will come, like a thief; in which the heavens will suddenly pass away; and the elements, being ignited, will be dissolved; and the earth and the works in it, will not be found.

¹⁴ Therefore, my beloved, as ye expect these things, strive that ye may be found by him in peace, without spot and without blemish.

⁷ But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with each other and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all our sins.

⁸ Again, a new commandment I write to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness hath passed away, and the true light beginneth to appear.

¹⁷ And the world is passing away, both it and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the pleasure of God, abideth for ever.

¹ And ye see, how great is the love of the Father towards us, who hath called us sons, and made us such. Therefore the world knoweth us not, because it likewise knoweth him not. ² My beloved, now are we the sons of God; and hitherto, it hath not appeared what we are to be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be in his likeness, and we shall see him as he is. ³ And every one that hath this hope from him, purifieth himself, as he is pure.

¹ My beloved, believe not all spirits; but discriminate among spirits, whether they are of God: for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

¹¹ Our beloved, be not a follower of what is evil, but of what is good. He that doeth good, is of God; but he that doeth evil, hath not seen God.

¹ JUDE, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, and the brother of James, to the called people, the beloved of God the Father, the preserved by Jesus the Messiah :

³ My beloved, while I take all pains to write to you of our common life, it is needful for me to write to you, exhorting you to maintain a conflict for the faith which was once delivered to the saints. ⁴ For some have obtained entrance, who from the beginning were registered beforehand under this condemnation: wicked men, who pervert the grace of God to impurity, and deny him who is the only Lord God and our Lord, Jesus the Messiah.

²⁰ But, my beloved, be ye built up anew, in your holy faith, through the Holy Spirit, while ye pray.

²³ And when they repent, have compassion on them, with fear, hating even the tunic that is defiled by the flesh. ²⁴ And to him who is able to preserve you faultless, and spotless, and to establish you without a blemish,

²⁰ the mystery of these seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven candlesticks of gold. Those seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.

² I know thy works, and thy toil, and thy patience, and that thou canst not endure the wicked; and thou hast tried them who say they are legates, and are not; and thou hast found them liars. ³ And thou hast had patience, and hast borne the burden, on account of my name, and hast not fainted.

⁸ And to the angel of the church which is at Smyrna, write: These things saith the First and the Last, he who was dead, and liveth.

¹² And to the angel of the church at Pergamos, write: Thus saith he who hath the sharp two-edged sword;

¹⁸ And to the angel of the church at Thyatira, write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet like fine brass:

²⁵ but, what ye have, hold fast until I come.

¹ And to the angel of the church which is at Sardis, write: These things saith he who hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead. ² Awake, and preserve the things that remain, which are ready to die; for I have not found thy works complete before my God. ³ Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard; and observe those precepts, and repent. If then thou wilt not wake up, I will come upon thee as a thief; and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come upon thee.

⁷ And to the angel of the church which is at Philadelphia, write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, who openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth;

¹¹ I come quickly: hold fast what thou hast, so that no one take thy crown.

¹⁴ And to the angel of the church which is at Laodicea, write: These things saith the Amen, the witness, the faithful, the true, the Chief of the creation of God:

³ And I will give my two witnesses; and they will prophesy a thousand and two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. ⁴ These are the two olive-trees, and the two candlesticks which stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ And if any person will harm them, fire cometh out of their mouth, and consumeth their adversary; and if any one will harm them, thus must he be slain. ⁶ They have power to shut up heaven, so that the rain shall not fall in those days: and they have power over the waters, to turn them into blood; and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they please. ⁷ And when they shall have completed their testimony, the beast of prey that came up from the abyss, will make war upon them, and will overcome them. ⁸ And their dead bodies will be in the open street of that great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹ And they of the nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, will look upon their dead bodies, three days and a half; and will not suffer their dead bodies to be laid in the grave. ¹⁰ And they who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, and will be merry, and will send presents to one another; because those two prophets tormented them who dwell on the earth. ¹¹ And after these three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet: and great fear fell on those who saw them.

¹⁵ (And lo, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments; lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

¹⁴ They will make war upon the Lamb; and the Lamb will vanquish them; because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and these with him are called and chosen and faithful.

⁷ As much as she pleased herself with lasciviousness, so much of anguish and sorrow give ye to her. Because she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no sorrow; ⁸ therefore, in one day, shall these her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

¹⁰ And I fell at his feet, to worship him. And he said to me, See, thou do it not; I am thy fellow-servant, and of those thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship ye God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

⁹ And he said to me: See, thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them that observe the words of this book. Worship God.