1 Timothy 6 Cross References - Murdock

¹ Let them who are under the yoke of servitude, hold their masters in all honor; lest the name of God and his doctrine be reproached. ² And let them who have believing masters, not treat them with disrespect, because they are their brethren; but let them be more obedient, because they are believers and beloved, in whose service they enjoy quietness. These things teach thou, and request of them. ³ But if there be any one, who teacheth a different doctrine, and doth not accede to the salutary words of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and to the doctrine of the fear of God, ⁴ he is one that exalteth himself, while he knoweth nothing; and he languisheth in the search and inquiry about words, from which come envy, and contention, and railing, and evil surmising, ⁵ and the disputation of men, whose minds are corrupt and destitute of the truth, and who suppose that gain is godliness. But from these stand thou aloof. ⁶ But great is our gain, which is the fear of God, with the use of our competence. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world; and we know that we can carry nothing out of it. ⁸ Therefore, food and clothing satisfy us. ⁹ But they who desire to become rich, fall into temptations, and into snares, and into many lusts which are foolish and hurtful, and which drown men in destruction and perdition: ¹⁰ for the love of money is the root of all these evils. And there are some who, coveting it, have erred from the faith, and brought themselves into many sorrows. 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. ¹² And contend in the good contest of faith; and lay hold of life eternal, to which thou art called, and of which thou hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses. ¹³ I charge thee, before God, who quickeneth all, and before Jesus the Messiah who attested a good testimony before Pontius Pilate, ¹⁴ that thou keep the injunction, without stain, and without blemish, until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah; ¹⁵ which God will, in due time make visible; God the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords; ¹⁶ who only is incorruptible, and dwelleth in light to which no one can approach; and whom no man hath seen, or even can see: to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 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: ¹⁸ and that they do good works, and be rich in well-doings; and be ready to give and to communicate: ¹⁹ and that they lay up for themselves a good foundation for that which is future; that they may take hold of real life. ²⁰ O Timothy, be careful of that which is committed to thee; and shun vain words, and the oppositions of false science: ²¹ for they who profess it, have erred from the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

¹¹ Give us our needful bread, this day:

¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever: Amen.

¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal. ²⁰ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where no moth and no rust can spoil, and no thieves dig through nor steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart also be.

²⁴ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. ²⁵ Therefore I say to you: Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink; nor about your body, how ye shall clothe yourselves. Is not the life more important than food, and the body than raiment? ²⁶ Look at the birds of heaven; which sow not, and reap not, and gather not into storehouses, but your Father who is in heaven feedeth them. Are not ye more important than they? ²⁷ And who of you that shall be anxious, can add to his stature a cubit? ²⁸ And about raiment, why are ye anxious? Consider the lilies of the desert, in what manner they grow. They toil not; and they spin not. ²⁹ Yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory, was arrayed like one of them. ³⁰ And if God so clothe the grass of the field, which exists to-day, and tomorrow falls into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, ye small in faith? ³¹ Therefore be not anxious; nor say, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink; or wherewith be clothed? ³² For, all these things the people of the world seek after. And your Father, who is in heaven, knoweth that all these things are needful to you.

³² For, all these things the people of the world seek after. And your Father, who is in heaven, knoweth that all these things are needful to you. ³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness: and all these things shall be added to you.

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.

⁴¹ He that entertaineth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward: and he that entertaineth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² And whoever shall give one of these little ones to drink a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

⁹ And if not; what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yes, say I to you, and more than a prophet.

³⁰ for my yoke is pleasant, and my burden is light.

³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruits good; or make the tree bad, and its fruits bad: for a tree is known by its fruits.

²² And that which was sowed among thorns, is he that heareth the word; and care for this world and the deceptiveness of riches, choke the word; and he is without fruits.

²¹ Jesus saith to him: If thou desirest to be perfect, go, sell thy property, and give to the poor; and there shall be for thee a treasure in heaven; and come thou after me. ²² And the young man heard that speech, and he went away in sadness; for he had much property. ²³ And Jesus said to his disciples: Verily I say to you, it is difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

¹³ And he said to them: It is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of robbers.

²¹ They say, Caesar's. He saith to them: Give then Caesar's things to Caesar, and God's things to God.

⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Rabbi, and ye are all brethren.

¹³ Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye devour the houses of widows, under the disguise of protracting your prayers. Therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation.

³⁴ Then will the king say to those on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father; inherit the kingdom that was prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and ye gave me food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me home; ³⁶ I was naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then will the righteous say to him: Our Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee home? or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰ And the king will answer, and say to them: Verily I Say to you, That inasmuch as ye did so to one of these my little brothers, ye did so to me.

⁴⁰ And the king will answer, and say to them: Verily I Say to you, That inasmuch as ye did so to one of these my little brothers, ye did so to me.

¹⁵ and said to them: What will ye give me, if I will deliver him to you? And they promised him thirty pieces of silver.

³ Then Judas the betrayer, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, repented. And he went and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders; ⁴ and said: I have sinned, by betraying innocent blood. And they said: What is that to us? See to it thyself. ⁵ And he cast down the silver in the temple, and retiring, went and strangled himself

¹¹ And Jesus stood before the president. And the resident asked him, and said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him: Thou hast said.

⁵⁷ And when it was evening, there came a rich man of Ramath, whose name was a Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

²⁰ And teach them to observe all that I have commanded you. And, behold, I am with you always, unto the consummation of the worlds Amen. Completion of the Holy Gospel as published by Matthew; and which he published in Hebrew, in the land of the Palestineans.

¹⁹ and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the residue of other lusts enter in and choke the word, and it is without fruits.

²⁴ And the disciples wondered at the remark. And Jesus, replied again, and said to them: My children, how hard it is, for those who trust in riches, to enter into the kingdom of God.

¹⁴ And those serving in war inquired of him, and said: And what shall we do? He said to them: Be insolent to no one, and oppress no one, and let your pay satisfy you.

³³ And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what goodness is it in you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴ And if ye lend to one from whom ye expect recompense, what goodness is it in you? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive adequate recompense. 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.

⁴⁸ He is like a man that built a house; and he dug and went deep, and laid the foundations on a rock: and when a flood occurred, the flood rushed upon that house, and could not move it, for its foundation rested on a rock. ⁴⁹ But he that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that built his house upon the earth, without a foundation; and when the torrent rushed upon it, it fell immediately, and the ruin of that house was great.

⁸ And I say to you, that every one that shall confess me before men, the Son of man will also confess him before the angels of God. ⁹ But he that shall deny me before men, shall himself be denied before the angels of God.

¹⁵ And he said to his disciples: Beware of all avarice, for life consisteth not in abundance of riches. ¹⁶ And he spoke to them a similitude: The land of a certain rich man brought forth produce in abundance. ¹⁷ And he considered with himself, and said: What shall I do; for I have not where I can store up my produce? ¹⁸ And he said This will I do; I will pull down my storehouses, and build them larger; and there will I store up all my corn and my good things: ¹⁹ and I will say to my soul: My soul, thou hast good things in abundance, which are stored up for many years; take thy ease; eat, drink, and live in pleasure. ²⁰ But God said to him: Thou void of reason! This night, thy soul will be required of thee; and to whom will belong these things provided by thee? ²¹ Such is he that layeth up treasures for himself, and is not rich in God.

²¹ Such is he that layeth up treasures for himself, and is not rich in God.

³¹ But seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you. ³² Fear not, little flock; for your Father is disposed to give you the kingdom ³³ Sell your property, and give alms: make for yourselves bags that do not become old, and a treasure that is not transient, in the heavens; where no thief approacheth, and no moth eateth.

¹² And he said to him that invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy relatives, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also invite thee, and thou have this recompense. ¹³ But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. ¹⁴ And thou wilt be blessed. For they cannot recompense thee; but thy recompense will be at the resurrection of the just.

⁹ And I also say to you: Make to yourselves friends, with this unrighteous mammon; so that when it is finished, they may receive you to their everlasting tabernacles.

²² And so it was, that the poor man died; and angels transported him to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried. ²³ And being tormented in hell, he raised his eyes from afar off, and saw Abraham, and Lazarus in his bosom.

²⁵ And Abraham said to him: My son, remember, that thou receivedst thy good things in thy lifetime, and Lazarus his evil things: and now, behold he is here at rest, and thou art tormented.

¹ And Jesus said to his disciples: It cannot be, but that offences will come: but woe to him, by whom they come.

² There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, and regarded not men.

²² And when Jesus heard these words, he said to him: One thing is lacking to thee: go, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou wilt have a treasure in heaven; and come after me.

² there was a certain man, whose name was Zaccheus, who was rich, and chief of the publicans;

⁹ Jesus said to him: This day, life is to this house; for he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of man came, to seek and to vivify that which was lost.

³⁵ For, like a hunter's snare, it will spring upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole land.

¹⁸ No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.

¹⁹ And this is the ground of condemnation, that light hath come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, for their deeds have been evil. ²⁰ For every one that doeth abominable things, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. ²¹ But he that doeth right, cometh to the light, that his works may be known to be done in God.

²¹ For as the Father raiseth the dead, and vivifieth them; so also the Son vivifieth whom he pleaseth.

²⁶ For, as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son also, to have life in himself:

⁴⁶ Not that any one hath seen the Father, except him who hath come from God; he it is, hath seen the Father.

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, That before Abraham existed, I was.

⁶ Jesus said to him: I am the way, and truth, and life: no one cometh unto my Father, but by me.

⁹ Jesus said to him: Have I been all this time with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? He that seeth me, seeth the Father: and how sayest thou, Show us the Father?

²⁵ These things have I said to you, while I was with you. ²⁶ But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you every thing, and will remind you of all that I say to you.

³⁶ Jesus said to him: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews: but now, my kingdom is not from hence. ³⁷ Pilate said to him: Then thou art a king? Jesus said to him: Thou hast said, that I am a king. For this was I born; and for this came I into the world, that I might bear testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, heareth my voice.

¹¹ Jesus said to him: Thou wouldst have no authority at all over me, if it were not given to thee from on high: therefore his sin who delivered me up to thee, is greater than thine.

¹⁶ Men, brethren, it was right that the scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide to them that apprehended Jesus. ¹⁷ For he was numbered with us, and had a part in this ministry. ¹⁸ He purchased a field with the wages of sin; and he fell upon his face on the ground, and burst in the middle, and all his entrails were poured out. ¹⁹ And this was known to all that dwelt at Jerusalem; so that the field was called, in the language of the country, Aceldama, which is interpreted Field of Blood.

⁴⁴ And all they who believed, were together; and whatever belonged to them, was of the community. ⁴⁵ And they who had a possession, sold it, and divided to each one as he had need.

³⁴ And no one among them was destitute; for those who possessed lands or houses, sold, and brought the price of what was sold, ³⁵ and placed it at the feet of the legates; and distribution was made to every one, as he had need. ³⁶ And Joseph, who by the legates was surnamed Barnabas, (which is interpreted Son of Consolation,) a Levite of the country of Cyprus, ³⁷ had a field: and he sold it, and brought the price of it, and laid it before the feet of the legates.

⁴ Was it not thine own before it was sold? And when sold, again thou hadst authority over the price of it. Why hast thou set thy heart to do this purpose? Thou hast not lied against men, but against God. ⁵ And when Ananias heard these words, he fell down, and died. And great fear was upon all them that heard of it.

⁹ And there was a certain man there, whose name was Simon, who had resided in that city a long time, and who seduced the people of the Samaritans by his sorceries, magnifying himself, and saying, I am a great personage.

¹⁸ And when Simon saw that, by the imposition of a hand of the legates, the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying: Give me also this prerogative, that he on whom I impose a hand, may receive the Holy Spirit. ²⁰ Simon Cephas said to him: Thy money go with thee to perdition! because thou hast supposed, that the gift of God may be purchased by a worldly substance.

²⁰ Simon Cephas said to him: Thy money go with thee to perdition! because thou hast supposed, that the gift of God may be purchased by a worldly substance. ²¹ Thou hast no part nor lot in this faith; because thy heart is not right before God. ²² Nevertheless, repent of this thy wickedness, and entreat of God, if perhaps the guile of thy heart may be forgiven thee. ²³ For I perceive that thou art in the bitter gall and in the bonds of iniquity.

³⁶ And there was in the city of Joppa, a certain female disciple named Tabitha; and she was rich in good works, and in the alms which she did.

⁷ And when the angel that talked with him was gone, he called two of his household, and a soldier who feared God and was obedient to him.

²² They say to him: A certain man whose name is Cornelius, a centurion fearing God, and of whom all the people of the Jews bear good report, was told in vision, by a holy angel, to send and bring thee to his house, that he might hear discourse from thee.

³⁸ concerning Jesus, who was of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power. And he it was, who went about and healed those that were suffering from evil, because God was with him.

²⁹ And moreover the disciples, each of them according to his several ability, determined to send to the relief of the brethren who dwelt in Judaea.

¹⁷ although he did not leave himself without testimony, while he did them good from heaven, and sent down the rain, and made the fruits to grow in their seasons, and filled their hearts with food and pleasure.

²⁷ And when they had collected together the whole church, they narrated all that God had wrought with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

² And Paul and Barnabas had much trouble and disputation with them. And it resulted, that Paul and Barnabas, and others with them, went up to the legates and Elders at Jerusalem, because of this matter.

¹⁰ And now, why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke on the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we could bear?

¹⁸ And also philosophers of the sect of Epicureans, and others who were called Stoics, disputed with him. And one and another of them said: What doth this word-monger mean? Others said: He announceth foreign deities; because he preached to them Jesus and his resurrection.

²¹ For all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there, cared for nothing else but to tell or to hear something new.

²⁵ Nor is he ministered to by human hands, neither hath he any wants; for he it is giveth life and breath to every man.

¹⁵ But if the contests are about words, and about names, and concerning your law, ye must see to it among yourselves, for I am not disposed to be a judge of such matters.

²⁴ For a certain silversmith was there, named Demetrius, who made silver shrines for Diana, and afforded great profits to the artisans of his trade. ²⁵ He assembled all the artisans of his trade, and those who labored with them, and said to them: Gentlemen, ye know that our gains are all from this manufacture. ²⁶ And ye also know and see, that not only the citizens of Ephesus, but also the mass of all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and enticed away, by saying, that those are not gods, which are made by the hands of men. ²⁷ And not only is this occupation slandered and impeded, but also the temple of the great goddess Diana is accounted as nothing; and likewise the goddess herself of all Asia, and whom all nations worship, is contemned. ²⁸ And when they heard these things they were filled with wrath; and they cried out, and said: Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

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.

²² And, while they thought within themselves that they were wise, they became fools.

⁸ but to them who are obstinate and obey not the truth, but obey iniquity, to them he will retribute wrath and ire.

²⁴ For, the name of God, as it is written, is reviled among the Gentiles on your account.

² Much, every way. And first, because to them were intrusted the oracles 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.

²⁸ And we know that he aideth him in all things, for good, who love God; them whom he predestined to be called.

²⁸ And we know that he aideth him in all things, for good, who love God; them whom he predestined to be called. ²⁹ And he knew them, previously; and he sealed them with the likeness of the image of his Son; that He might be the first-born of many brothers.

²⁹ And he knew them, previously; and he sealed them with the likeness of the image of his Son; that He might be the first-born of many brothers. 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.

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:

⁹ And if thou shalt confess with thy mouth our Lord Jesus, and shalt believe with thy heart, that God hath raised him from the dead; thou shalt live. ¹⁰ For the heart that believeth in him, is justified; and the mouth that confesseth him, is restored to life.

¹⁷ And if some of the branches were plucked off; and thou, an olive from the desert, wast in-grafted in their place, and hast become a participator of the root and fatness of the olive-tree;

²⁰ Very true. They were plucked off, because they believed not; and thou standest by faith. Be not exalted in thy mind, but fear.

⁸ And there is that of a consoler, in his consoling: And that of a giver, with simplicity: And that of a presider, with dexterity: And of a sympathizer, with cheerfulness.

¹³ Be communicators to the wants of the saints. Be kind to strangers.

¹⁶ What estimation ye make of yourselves, make also of your brethren. And indulge not high thoughts; but unite yourselves with the lowly minded. And be not wise in your own estimation.

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.

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

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

¹⁷ And I beseech you, my Brethren, that ye beware of them who cause divisions and stumblings among you, aside from the doctrine which ye have learned: and that ye stand aloof from them.

¹⁷ And I beseech you, my Brethren, that ye beware of them who cause divisions and stumblings among you, aside from the doctrine which ye have learned: and that ye stand aloof from them. ¹⁸ For they who are such, do not serve our Lord Jesus Messiah, but their own belly: and by bland speeches and good wishes, they beguile the hearts of the simple.

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.

²⁵ Now unto God, who is able to establish you,- (according to my gospel, which is proclaimed concerning Jesus Messiah; and according to the revelation of the mystery, which was hidden from the times that are past, ²⁶ but is at this time revealed, by means of the scriptures of the prophets; and by the command of the eternal God, is made known to all the Gentiles, for the obedience of faith;) ²⁷ to him who only is wise, be glory, through Jesus Messiah, for ever and ever: Amen.

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

¹⁹ For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; and I will dissipate the intelligence of the sagacious. ²⁰ Where is the wise? Or where is the scribe? Or where is the disputant of this world? Lo, hath not God showed, that the wisdom of this world is folly? ²¹ For in the wisdom of God, because the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to quicken them who believe. ²² Because the Jews ask for signs, and the Gentiles demand wisdom. ²³ But we preach Messiah as crucified; which is a stumbling-block to the Jews, and foolishness to the Gentiles;

⁶ Yet we do speak wisdom, among the perfect; the wisdom not of this world, nor of the potentates of this world, who will come to naught.

³ For ye are still in the flesh. For, as there are among you envying, and contention, and parties, are ye not carnal, and walking in the flesh?

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. Whoever among you thinketh that he is wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is fatuity with God: for it is written, He catcheth the wise in their own craftiness.

¹⁸ Flee whoredom. For every other sin which a man committeth, is external to his body; but he that committeth whoredom, sinneth against his own body.

²¹ If thou wert called, being a servant; let it not trouble thee. But if thou canst be made free, choose it rather than to serve. ²² For he that is called by our Lord, being a servant, is God's freedman: likewise, he that is called, being a free man, is the Messiah's servant.

¹ And concerning sacrifices to idols, we know, that in all of us there is knowledge; and knowledge inflateth, but love edifieth. ² And if any one thinketh that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet, as he ought to know it.

²⁵ For every one who engageth in the contest, restraineth his desires in every thing. And they run, to obtain a crown that perisheth; but we, one that perisheth not. ²⁶ I therefore so run, not as for something unknown; and I so struggle, not as struggling against air;

¹⁴ Wherefore, my Beloved, flee from idolatry.

³² Be ye without offence to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God:

¹⁶ But if any one is contentious about these things, we on our part have no such custom, nor hath the church of God.

¹⁸ Because, first; when ye assemble in the church, there are, I hear, divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

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

² On each first day of the week, let every one of you lay aside and preserve at home, what he is able; that there may be no collections when I come.

¹⁷ For the affliction of the present time, though very small and light, prepareth for us great glory, without end, for ever and ever;

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

¹ And, my brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which was conferred on the churches of the Macedonians; ² that in the great trial of their affliction, there was an abounding to their joy, and the depth of their poverty was exuberant in the riches of their liberality.

⁹ For ye know the goodness of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who when he was rich, for your sakes became poor, that by his poverty ye might be made rich.

¹² For if there is a willingness, a person is accepted according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.

⁶ And this I say: He that soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully, shall also reap bountifully. ⁷ Every man, according to his own views, not with sadness, not by constraint: for the Lord loveth a joyous giver. ⁸ For it is in the power of God, to make all good abound to you, so that ye may have, at all times, and in every thing, what is sufficient for you; and may abound in every good work. ⁹ As it is written, He hath dispersed and given to the poor; and his righteousness is established for ever. ¹⁰ Now he that giveth seed to the sower, and bread for food, may he give and multiply your seed, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: ¹¹ so that in every thing, ye may be enriched unto all liberality, to the completion of our thanksgiving to God. ¹² For the performance of this ministration, not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is also rich in many thanksgivings to God. ¹³ For on account of the test of this ministration, we glorify God, that ye do subject yourselves to the profession of the gospel of the Messiah, and that in your liberality, ye communicate with them and with all men:

¹³ For on account of the test of this ministration, we glorify God, that ye do subject yourselves to the profession of the gospel of the Messiah, and that in your liberality, ye communicate with them and with all men: ¹⁴ and they put up prayer for you, with much love, because of the abundance of the grace of God that is upon you. ¹⁵ Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.

³ For, although we walk in the flesh, our warfare is not after the flesh. ⁴ For the arms of our warfare are not those of the flesh, but those of the power of God; by which we subdue rebellious castles. ⁵ And we demolish imaginations, and every lofty thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and subjugate all reasonings to obedience to the Messiah.

²⁰ And ye give ear to him, who putteth you in bondage; and to him, who devoureth you; and to him, who taketh from you; and to him, who exalteth himself over you; and to him, who smiteth you in the face.

⁶ I admire, how soon ye have turned from the Messiah, who called you by his grace, unto another gospel; ⁷ which doth not exist, except as there are some who would disquiet you, and are disposed to pervert the gospel of the Messiah.

²⁶ For ye are all the children of God, by faith in Jesus the Messiah. ²⁷ For they who have been baptized into the Messiah, have put on the Messiah. ²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free-born, neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Jesus the Messiah. ²⁹ And if ye are the Messiah's, then are ye the seed of Abraham, and heirs by the promise.

¹ Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty with which the Messiah hath made us free; and be not subjected again to the yoke of bondage.

⁶ For, in the Messiah Jesus, circumcision is nothing, neither is uncircumcision, but the faith that is perfected by love.

¹⁵ But if ye bite and devour one another, beware, lest ye be consumed one by another.

²⁰ idol-worship, magic, malice, contention, rivalry, wrath, strife, divisions, discords, ²¹ envy, murder, drunkenness, revelling, and all the like things. And they who perpetrate these things, as I have before told you, and also now tell you, do not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, long suffering, suavity, kindness, fidelity, modesty, patience. ²³ Against these there standeth no law.

²⁶ And let us not be vain-glorious, despising one another, and envying one another.

³ For if any one thinketh himself to be something, when he is not, he deceiveth himself.

⁸ He who soweth in the flesh, reapeth from the flesh corruption: and he who soweth in the Spirit, will from the Spirit reap life everlasting. ⁹ And while we do what is good, let it not be wearisome to us; for the time will come when we shall reap, and it will not be tedious to us. 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.

¹ PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah by the pleasure of God, to them who are at Ephesus, sanctified, and believing in Jesus the Messiah:

¹⁵ Therefore, lo I also, since I heard of your faith in our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and of your love towards all the saints,

⁶ that the Gentiles should be sharers. of his inheritance, and partakers of his body, and of the promise which is given in him by the gospel;

¹⁷ the Messiah may dwell by faith, and in your hearts by love, while your root and your foundation waxeth strong;

²¹ to him be glory, in his church, by Jesus the Messiah, in all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁷ And this I say, and testify in the Lord, that henceforth ye walk not as the other Gentiles, who walk in the vanity of their mind: ¹⁸ and they are dark in their understandings, and are alienated from the life of God, because there is not in them knowledge, and because of the blindness of their heart. ¹⁹ They have cut off their hope, and have given themselves over to lasciviousness, and to the practice of all uncleanness in their greediness.

²² But ye have learned, that ye should lay aside your former practices, the old man that is corrupted with the lusts of error;

⁵ For this know ye, that every man who is a whoremonger, or impure, or avaricious, or a worshipper of idols, hath no inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

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.

⁵ Servants, be obedient to your masters after the flesh, with fear, and with trepidation, and with simplicity of heart, as unto the Messiah. ⁶ Not in the sight of the eye, as if ye were pleasing men; but as the servants of the Messiah, who are doing the will of God. ⁷ And serve them with your whole heart, in love, as if serving our Lord and not men; ⁸ knowing that whatever good thing a man may do, the same will be recompensed to him by our Lord, whether he be a servant or a free man.

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in our Lord, and; in the energy of his power: ¹¹ And put ye on; the whole armor of God, so that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Accuser. ¹² For our conflict is not with flesh and blood, but with principalities, and with those in authority, and with the possessors of this dark world, and with the evil spirits that are beneath heaven. 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. 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:

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,

¹⁵ And they herald it, some from envy and contention; but others with good will, and with love for the Messiah;

²¹ For my life is, the Messiah; and if I die, it is gain to me.

³ And do nothing in strife, or in vain glory; but, with lowliness of mind, let each esteem his neighbor as better than himself.

¹⁴ Do all things without murmuring, and without altercation; 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;

¹² Not as though I had already taken the prize, or were already complete; but I run in the race, if so I may take that, for which Jesus the Messiah took me. ¹³ My brethren, I do not consider myself, as having taken it. But one thing I know, that I forget the things behind me, and reach for the things before me; ¹⁴ and I run straight for the goal, that I may obtain the prize of victory of the call of God from on high, by Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁴ and I run straight for the goal, that I may obtain the prize of victory of the call of God from on high, by Jesus the Messiah.

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.

¹¹ Yet I say this, not because I was in want; for I have learned to make that satisfy me, which I have. ¹² I know how to be depressed, and I also know how to abound in every thing; and in all things am I exercised, both in fullness and in famine, in abundance and in penury. ¹³ I find strength for every thing, in the Messiah who strengtheneth me.

¹⁸ I have now received all, and I abound, and am full: and I accepted all that ye sent to me by Epaphroditus, a sweet odor, and an acceptable sacrifice that pleaseth God. ¹⁹ And may God supply all your necessity, according to his riches, in the glory of Jesus the Messiah. ²⁰ And to God our Father, be glory and honor, for ever and ever. Amen.

² to them who are at Colosse, the brethren, holy and believing in Jesus the Messiah: peace be with you, and grace from God our Father.

⁴ lo, ever since we heard of your faith in Jesus the Messiah, and of your love to all the saints;

¹⁵ who is the likeness of the invisible God, and the first-born of all creatures:

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;

⁸ Beware, lest any man make you naked by philosophy, and by vain deception, according to the doctrines of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to the Messiah,

¹⁸ And let no one wish, by abasing the mind, to bring you under bonds, that ye subject yourselves to the worship of angels; while he is prying into that which he hath not seen, and is vainly inflated in his fleshly mind,

¹¹ where there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision, neither Greek nor barbarian, neither bond nor free; but the Messiah is all, and in all. 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.

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. ¹⁶ And let his word dwell in you richly, in all wisdom. And teach and admonish yourselves, by psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, and with grace in your hearts sing ye unto God.

²² Servants, obey in all things your bodily masters; not in the sight of the eye only, as those who please men, but with a simple heart, and in the fear of the Lord. ²³ And whatever ye do, do it with your whole soul, as unto our Lord, and not as to men: ²⁴ and know ye, that from our Lord ye will receive a recompense as the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord the Messiah. ²⁵ But the delinquent will receive a recompense, according to the delinquency; and there is no respect of persons.

¹ Masters, do equity and justice to your servants; and be conscious that ye also have a master in heaven.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus: Be attentive to the ministry which thou hast received in our Lord, that thou fulfill it. ¹⁸ This salutation is by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.philemon1:01 PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus the Messiah, and Timothy a brother; to the beloved Philemon, a laborer with us,

⁹ For they declare, what an ingress we had to you, and how ye turned from the worship of idols unto God, that ye might worship the living and true God;

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

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.

¹ Wherefore, my brethren, I entreat you, and beseech you by our Lord Jesus, that, as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk, and to please God, so ye would make progress more and more. ² For ye know what command we gave you in our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

⁸ He therefore who spurneth, spurneth not man but God, who hath given his Holy Spirit in you.

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:

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.

³ We are bound to give thanks to God always, on your account, my brethren, as it is proper; because your faith groweth exceedingly, and, in you all, the love of each for his fellow increaseth. ⁴ Insomuch that we also boast of you in the churches of God, on account of your faith, and your patience in all the persecution and trials that ye endure;

¹ But we entreat of you, my brethren, in regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and in respect to our being congregated unto him,

⁴ who is an opposer, and exalteth himself above all that is called God and Worshipful; so that he also sitteth in the temple of God, as a God, and displayeth himself, as if he were God.

⁸ then at length will that evil One be revealed; whom our Lord Jesus will consume by the breath of his mouth, and will bring to naught by the visibility of his advent.

⁸ then at length will that evil One be revealed; whom our Lord Jesus will consume by the breath of his mouth, and will bring to naught by the visibility of his advent. ⁹ For the coming of that evil One, is the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, ¹⁰ and with all the deceptiveness of iniquity, in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, by which they might have life. ¹¹ Therefore God will send upon them the operation of deception, that they may believe a lie;

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.

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.

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.

⁶ But from these some have strayed, and have turned aside to vain words; ⁷ because they wished to be teachers of the law, while they understood not what they speak, nor the thing about which they contend.

⁹ he knowing that the law was not established for the righteous, but for the evil, and the rebellious, and the ungodly, and the sinful, and the perverse and for the impure, and for smiters of their fathers and smiters of their mothers, and for murderers, ¹⁰ and for whoremongers, and for copulators with males, and for the stealers of free people, and for liars, and for violators of oaths, and for whatever is contrary to sound doctrine, ¹¹ namely that of the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I am intrusted.

¹⁷ And to the king eternal, incorruptible, and invisible, the sole God, be honor and glory for ever and ever! Amen. 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, ¹⁹ in faith and a good conscience; for they who have repudiated this, have become destitute of faith;

⁵ For God is one; and the mediator between God and men is one, namely the man Jesus the Messiah; ⁶ who gave himself a ransom for every man; a testimony that arrived in due time,

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;

⁶ Neither let him be of recent discipleship; lest he be uplifted, and fall into the condemnation of Satan. ⁷ And there ought to be good testimony of him from those without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of Satan. ⁸ And so also the deacons should be pure, and not speak double, nor incline to much wine, nor love base gains;

¹⁵ but if I should delay, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God. The pillar and the foundation of the truth,

⁷ But the silly tales of old women, shun thou; and occupy thyself with righteousness.

⁷ But the silly tales of old women, shun thou; and occupy thyself with righteousness. ⁸ For, exercising the body is profitable a little while; but righteousness is every way profitable and hath promise of the life of the present time and of that to come.

⁸ For, exercising the body is profitable a little while; but righteousness is every way profitable and hath promise of the life of the present time and of that to come.

¹⁰ For on this account, we toil and suffer reproach; because we trust in the living God, who is the life-giver of all men, especially of the believers. ¹¹ These things teach thou, and inculcate.

¹¹ These things teach thou, and inculcate. ¹² And let no one despise thy youth; but be thou a pattern for the believers, in speech, and in behavior, and in love, and in faith, and in purity.

¹² And let no one despise thy youth; but be thou a pattern for the believers, in speech, and in behavior, and in love, and in faith, and in purity. ¹³ Until I come, be diligent in reading, and in prayer, and in teaching. 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. ¹⁵ On these things meditate; give thyself wholly to them: that it may be obvious to all that thou makest advances. ¹⁶ Be attentive to thyself, and to thy teaching; and persevere in them. For in doing this, thou wilt procure life to thyself and to them who hear thee.

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

¹⁰ and hath a reputation for good works; if she have trained up children, if she have entertained strangers, if she have washed the feet of saints, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have walked in every good work.

¹⁴ I would therefore, that the younger women marry, and bear children, and regulate their houses; and that they give no occasion to the adversary for reproach.

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.

⁴ he is one that exalteth himself, while he knoweth nothing; and he languisheth in the search and inquiry about words, from which come envy, and contention, and railing, and evil surmising, ⁵ and the disputation of men, whose minds are corrupt and destitute of the truth, and who suppose that gain is godliness. But from these stand thou aloof. ⁶ But great is our gain, which is the fear of God, with the use of our competence.

⁸ Therefore, food and clothing satisfy us. ⁹ But they who desire to become rich, fall into temptations, and into snares, and into many lusts which are foolish and hurtful, and which drown men in destruction and perdition: ¹⁰ for the love of money is the root of all these evils. And there are some who, coveting it, have erred from the faith, and brought themselves into many sorrows. 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. ¹² And contend in the good contest of faith; and lay hold of life eternal, to which thou art called, and of which thou hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses. ¹³ I charge thee, before God, who quickeneth all, and before Jesus the Messiah who attested a good testimony before Pontius Pilate, ¹⁴ that thou keep the injunction, without stain, and without blemish, until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah;

¹⁹ and that they lay up for themselves a good foundation for that which is future; that they may take hold of real life. ²⁰ O Timothy, be careful of that which is committed to thee; and shun vain words, and the oppositions of false science: ²¹ for they who profess it, have erred from the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

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,

¹² Therefore I suffer these things: and I am not ashamed; for I know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is competent to keep for me my deposit against that day. ¹³ Let the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, abide with thee; with faith and love, in Jesus the Messiah.

¹³ Let the form of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, abide with thee; with faith and love, in Jesus the Messiah. ¹⁴ Keep thou the good deposit, by the Holy Spirit who dwelleth in us.

¹ Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace which is by Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁴ Of these things admonish thou them and charge them, before our Lord, that they dispute not, with unprofitable words, to the subversion of those who hear them.

¹⁶ Avoid vain discourses, in which there is no profit; for they very much add to the wickedness of those occupied with them.

¹⁸ who have wandered from the truth, while they say, The resurrection of the dead hath passed: and they subvert the faith of some. 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.

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. ²³ Avoid those foolish discussions which afford no instruction; for thou knowest, that they generate contests.

²⁶ and may recollect themselves, and may escape out of the snare of Satan, at whose pleasure they have been held ensnared.

⁴ treacherous, rash, inflated, attached to pleasure more than to the love of God, ⁵ having a form of respect for God, but wide from the power of God. Them who are such, repel from thee.

⁸ Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also do these withstand the truth: men whose mind is corrupted, and they reprobates from the faith.

¹⁴ But continue thou in the things thou hast learned and been assured of; for thou knowest from whom thou learnedst; ¹⁵ because from thy childhood, thou wast taught the holy books, which can make thee wise unto life, by faith in Jesus the Messiah. ¹⁶ All scripture that was written by the Spirit, is profitable for instruction, and for confutation, and for correction, and for erudition in righteousness; ¹⁷ that the man of God may become perfect, and complete for every good work.

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,

³ For the time will come, when they will not give ear to sound teaching; but, according to their lusts, will multiply to themselves teachers, in the itching of their hearing;

⁷ I have fought a good combat, I have completed my race, I have preserved my fidelity;

¹⁰ For Demas hath left me; and hath loved this world and gone away to Thessalonica; Crispus to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

²² Our Lord Jesus the Messiah be with thy spirit. Grace be with thee. Amen.

¹ PAUL, a servant of God, and a legate of Jesus the Messiah; according to the faith of the elect of God, and the knowledge of the truth which is in the fear of God,

⁴ to Titus, a real son after the common faith: Grace and peace from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah, our Life-giver.

⁹ and studious of the doctrine of the word of faith, that he may be able by his wholesome teaching both to console, and to rebuke them that are contentious.

¹¹ The mouth of these ought to be stopped: they corrupt many families; and they teach what they ought not, for the sake of base gains.

¹⁴ and may not throw themselves into Jewish fables, and into the precepts of men who hate the truth. ¹⁵ For to the pure, every thing is pure; but to them who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their understanding is defiled, and their conscience. ¹⁶ And they profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him; and they are odious, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobates.

¹ But speak thou the things that belong to wholesome doctrine.

¹ But speak thou the things that belong to wholesome doctrine. ² And teach the older men to be watchful in their minds, and to be sober, and to be pure, and to be sound in the faith, and in love and in patience.

⁵ to be chaste and holy, and to take good care of their households, and to be obedient to their husbands; so that no one may reproach the word of God.

⁸ such as is sober and uncorrupt; and let no one despise it: so that he who riseth up against us, may be ashamed, seeing he can say nothing odious against us. ⁹ Let servants obey their masters in every thing, and strive to please them, and not contradict, nor pilfer; ¹⁰ but let them manifest that their fidelity, in all respects, is good: so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Life-giver, in all things. ¹¹ For the all-vivifying grace of God, is revealed to all men;

¹¹ For the all-vivifying grace of God, is revealed to all men; 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,

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,

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, ¹³ looking for the blessed hope, and the manifestation of the glory of the great God, and our Life-giver, Jesus the Messiah;

¹³ looking for the blessed hope, and the manifestation of the glory of the great God, and our Life-giver, Jesus the Messiah; 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.

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.

⁶ which he shed on us abundantly, by Jesus the Messiah our Life-giver:

⁸ Faithful is the word: and in these things, I would have thee also establish them; so that they, who have believed in God, may be careful to cultivate good works: these are the things, which are good, and profitable to men. ⁹ But foolish questions, and stories of genealogies, and the disputes and contests of the scribes, avoid: for there is no profit in them, and they are vain.

¹⁵ All they that are with me salute thee. Salute all them who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

⁵ lo, from the time that I heard of thy faith, and of the love thou hast towards our Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints; ⁶ that there may be a fellowship of thy faith, yielding fruits in works, and in the knowledge of all the good things ye possess in Jesus the Messiah. ⁷ For we have great joy and consolation, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thy love.

¹⁰ I beseech thee for my son, whom I had begotten in my bonds for Onesimus; ¹¹ from whom formerly thou hadst no profit, but now very profitable will he be both to thee and to me; and whom I have sent to thee. ¹² And receive thou him, as one begotten by me. ¹³ For I was desirous to retain him with me, that he might minister to me in thy stead, in these bonds for the gospel. ¹⁴ But I would do nothing without consulting thee; lest thy benefit should be as if by compulsion, and not with thy pleasure. ¹⁵ And, perhaps, also, he therefore departed from thee for a season, that thou mightest retain him for ever; ¹⁶ henceforth, not as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother dear to me, and much more to thee, both in the flesh and in our Lord ?

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:

¹² Beware, therefore, my brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart that believeth not, and ye depart from the living God. 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. ¹⁴ For we have part with the Messiah, if we persevere in this firm confidence, from the beginning to the end:

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;

¹⁴ then how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purge our conscience from dead works, so that we may serve the living God?

²⁸ so also the Messiah was once offered; and, by himself, he immolated the sins of many: and a second time, without sins, will he appear for the life of them who expect him.

¹ For in the law there was a shadow of the good things to come; not the substance of the things themselves. Therefore, although the same sacrifices were every year offered, they could never perfect those who offered them. ² For, if they had perfected them, they would long ago have desisted from their offerings; because their conscience could no more disquiet them, who were once purified, on account of their sins. ³ But in those sacrifices, they every year recognized their sins. ⁴ For the blood of bulls and of goats cannot purge away sins. ⁵ Therefore, when entering the world, he said: In sacrifices and oblations, thou hast not had pleasure; but thou hast clothed me with a body. ⁶ And holocausts on account of sins, thou hast not asked. ⁷ Then I said: Behold I come, as it is written of me in the beginning of the books, to do thy pleasure, O God. ⁸ He first said: Sacrifices and oblations and holocausts for sins, which were offered according to the law, thou desiredst not; ⁹ and afterwards he said: Behold I come to do thy pleasure, O God: hereby, he abolished the former, that he might establish the latter. ¹⁰ For by this his pleasure, we are sanctified; through the offering of the body of Jesus the Messiah a single time. ¹¹ For every high priest who stood and ministered daily, offered again and again the same sacrifices, which never were sufficient to purge away sins. ¹² But this Priest offered one sacrifice for sins, and for ever sat down at the right hand of God;

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

⁵ Let not your mind love money; but let what ye have, satisfy you. For the Lord himself hath said, I will never leave thee, nor slacken the hand towards thee.

⁵ Let not your mind love money; but let what ye have, satisfy you. For the Lord himself hath said, I will never leave thee, nor slacken the hand towards thee. ⁶ And it belongeth to us, to say confidently, My Lord is my aider, I will not fear. What can man do to me?

⁸ Jesus the Messiah is the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever.

¹⁶ And forget not commiseration and communication with the poor; for with such sacrifices a man pleaseth God.

²³ And know ye, that our brother Timothy is set at liberty: and if he come soon, I, with him, shall see you.

²⁵ Grace be with you all. Amen.

⁹ And let the depressed brother rejoice, in his elevation; ¹⁰ and the rich, in his depression; because, like the flower of an herb, so he passeth away.

¹⁹ And be ye, my beloved brethren, every one of you, swift to hear, and slow to speak; and slow to wrath:

⁵ Hear, my beloved brethren; hath not God chosen the poor of the world, but the rich in faith, to be heirs in the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

¹⁴ What is the use, my brethren, if a man say, I have faith; and he hath no works? can his faith vivify him? ¹⁵ Or if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you say to them, Go in peace, warm yourselves, and be full; and ye give them not the necessaries of the body, what is the use? ¹⁷ So also faith alone, without works, is dead. ¹⁸ For a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works; show to me thy faith that is without works; and I will show to thee, my faith by my works.

¹ Whence is it, that there are among you fightings and broils? Is it not from the lusts, which war in your members? ² Ye covet, and possess not; and ye kill, and envy, and effect nothing: and ye fight and make attacks; and ye have not, because ye ask not.

⁵ Or think ye, that the scripture hath vainly said: The spirit dwelling in us lusteth with envy? ⁶ But our Lord hath given us more grace. Therefore he said: The Lord humbleth the lofty, and giveth grace to the lowly.

¹ O ye rich ones, wail and weep, on account of the miseries that are coming upon you. ² For your wealth is spoiled and putrid; and your garments are moth-eaten: ³ and your gold and your silver have contracted rust; and the rust of them will be testimony against you; and it will eat your flesh. Ye have heaped up a fire to you against the latter days. ⁴ Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped your ground, which ye have wrongfully retained, crieth out; and the clamor of the reapers hath entered the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

¹⁹ My brethren, if one of you err from the way of truth, and any one convert him from his error;

⁴ and to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading, which is prepared for you in heaven;

⁷ so that the proof of your faith may appear more precious than refined gold that is tested by fire, unto glory and honor and praise, at the manifestation of Jesus the Messiah:

¹⁹ but with the precious blood of that Lamb in which is no spot nor blemish, namely, the Messiah:

¹ Therefore, cease ye from all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envy, and backbiting. ² And be like infant children; and crave the word, as being the pure spiritual milk by which ye are nourished up to life;

¹² And let your behavior be decorous before all men; so that they who utter evil speeches against you, may see your good actions, and may praise God in the day of trial.

¹⁷ Honor all men; love your brethren; fear God; and honor kings. ¹⁸ And those among you who are servants, be subject to your masters, with reverence; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh and morose. ¹⁹ For there is favor before God for them who, for the sake of a good conscience, endure sorrows that come upon them wrongfully. ²⁰ But they who endure afflictions on account of their offences, what praise have they? But if, when ye do well, they vex you, and ye endure it; then great is your praise with God.

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.

¹⁶ in meekness and respect, as having a good conscience; so that they who speak against you as bad men, may be ashamed, for having calumniated your good conduct in the Messiah.

¹ And I, an Elder, your associate, and a witness of the sufferings of the Messiah, and a participator in his glory which is to be revealed, entreat the Elders who are among you:

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:

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: ⁴ wherein he hath given you very great and precious promises; that by them ye might become partakers of the nature of God, while ye flee from the corruptions of the lusts that are in the world. ⁵ And, while ye apply all diligence in the matter, add to your faith moral excellence; and to moral excellence, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, perseverance; and to perseverance, patience; and to patience, the fear of God; ⁷ and to the fear of God, sympathy with the brotherhood; and to sympathy with the brotherhood, love.

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.

⁷ and also delivered righteous Lot, who was tormented with the filthy conduct of the lawless; ⁸ for that upright man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing from day to day, was distressed in his righteous soul by their lawless deeds;

¹⁰ and especially them who go after the flesh in the lusts of pollution, and despise government. Daring and arrogant, they shudder not with awe while they blaspheme;

¹² But these, like the dumb beasts that by nature are for slaughter and corruption, while reviling the things they know not, will perish in their own corruption;

¹⁵ and, having left the way of rectitude, they have wandered and gone in the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of iniquity,

¹⁵ and, having left the way of rectitude, they have wandered and gone in the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of iniquity, ¹⁶ and who had for the reprover of his transgression a dumb ass, which, speaking with the speech of men, rebuked the madness of the prophet.

¹⁸ For, while they utter astonishing vanity, they seduce, with obscene lusts of the flesh, them who have almost abandoned these that walk in error.

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

⁵ And this is the announcement, which we have heard from him and declare to you, that God is light, and no darkness at all is in him.

¹⁵ Love not the world, nor any thing in it; for whoever loveth the world, hath not the love of the Father in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, is, the lust of the body, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of the world; which are not from the Father, but from the world itself. ¹⁷ And the world is passing away, both it and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the pleasure of God, abideth for ever.

²⁵ And this is the promise, which he hath promised us, even life eternal.

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.

¹⁷ But whoever hath worldly possessions, and seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his bowels from him, how is the love of God in him?

⁸ Take heed to yourselves, that ye lose not what ye have wrought; but that ye may be recompensed with a full reward. ⁹ Every one who transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of the Messiah, God is not in him. And he who abideth in his doctrine, he hath the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If any one cometh to you, and bringeth not this doctrine, entertain him not in your house, nor say to him, Joy to thee: 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.

⁸ In the same manner, too, these sensual dreamers defile the flesh and despise authority, and revile excellency.

¹⁰ But these men revile things which they do not understand; and in the things of which they have a natural persuasion as animal beings, in these they corrupt themselves. ¹¹ Woe to them; for they have gone in the way of Cain; and, after the error of Balaam, they have lusted for gain; and, in the rebellion of Korah, they have perished.

¹⁶ These are they who murmur and complain of every thing, while they walk according to their lusts; and their mouth speaketh shocking things; and they flatter people, for the sake of gain.

²⁴ And to him who is able to preserve you faultless, and spotless, and to establish you without a blemish, ²⁵ before his majesty, with joy, namely, the only God, our Deliverer, by means of Jesus the Messiah our Lord, be praise, and dominion, and honor, and majesty, both now and in all ages. Amen.

⁵ and from Jesus the Messiah, the Witness, the Faithful, the First-born of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth; who hath loved us, and released us from our sins by his blood; ⁶ and hath made us a kingdom sacerdotal to God and his Father: to whom be glory and power, for ever and ever. Amen. ⁷ Behold, he cometh with clouds; and all eyes shall see him, and also they who speared him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn on account of him. Yes: Amen. ⁸ I am Alpha, also Omega, saith the Lord God; who is, and was, and is to come, the omnipotent.

¹⁶ And he had in his right hand seven stars; and from his mouth issued a sharp twoedged sword; and his visage was like the sun shining in its strength. ¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, and said, Fear not: I am the First and the Last; ¹⁸ and who liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive for ever and ever. Amen. And I have the keys of death and of the unseen world.

¹⁴ Yet I have a small charge against thee. Thou hast there them who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, that they might eat the sacrifices of idols, and might commit whoredom. ¹⁵ So also thou hast them who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans. In like manner, repent thou.

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.

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:

¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich and affluent, and have no want of any thing; and thou knowest not, that thou art impotent, and miserable, and needy, and blind, and naked;

¹¹ Worthy art thou, O Lord our God, the Holy, to receive glory and honor and power; for thou hast created all things, and by thee they exist; and because of thy pleasure they had being and were created.

¹² saying: Amen. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be to our God, for ever and ever: Amen.

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.

³ For all the nations have drunken of the wine of her wrath; and the kings of the earth have practised whoredom with her; and the merchants of the earth have been enriched by the abundance of her luxuries.

⁶ Recompense ye to her, as she also hath recompensed; and render to her double, according to her deeds; in the cup which she hath mixed, mix ye to her two fold. 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;

¹³ and cinnamon, and amomum, and aromatics, and unguents, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts of burden, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and the bodies and souls of men.

¹⁶ And he hath upon his vesture and upon his thigh the words written: King of kings, and Lord of lords.

³ And I heard a great voice from heaven, which said: Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men; and he dwelleth with them: they will be his people; and God will be with them, a God to them.

⁶ And he said to me: I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Completion: to him who thirsteth, will I give of the fountain of living water, gratis.

¹ And he showed me a river of living water, transparent as crystal, which proceeded from the throne of God and the Lamb.

⁵ And there will be no more night; and they have no need of the light of a candle, or of the light of the sun; because the Lord God giveth them light: and they will reign for ever and ever.