2 Timothy Cross References - Murdock

¹ PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah by the pleasure of God, according to the promise of life which is in Jesus the Messiah; ² to Timothy a beloved son; grace, and mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah. ³ I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that I continually remember thee in my prayers, by night and by day: ⁴ and I desire to see thee, and I call to mind thy tears; that I may be filled with joy, ⁵ by the recollection which I have, by thy genuine faith, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and also, I am persuaded, in thee. ⁶ Wherefore I remind thee, that thou excite the gift of God, that is in thee by the imposition of my hands. ⁷ For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of energy, and of love, and of instruction. ⁸ Therefore be not thou ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure evils in connection with the Gospel, through the power of God; 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, ¹⁰ and is now made known by the appearing of our Vivifier, Jesus the Messiah; who hath abolished death, and hath made manifest life and immortality, by the gospel: ¹¹ of which I am constituted a herald and a legate, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 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. ¹⁴ Keep thou the good deposit, by the Holy Spirit who dwelleth in us. ¹⁵ This thou knowest, that all those in Asia have turned from me; and that among them are Phygellus and Hermogenes. ¹⁶ May our Lord bestow mercy on the house of Onesiphorus; for, many times, he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of the chains of my imprisonment. ¹⁷ But also, when he came to Rome, he sought for me with diligence, and found me. ¹⁸ May our Lord grant him, that he may find mercy with our Lord, in that day. And how he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou very well knowest.

²¹ and she will bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he will resuscitate his people from their sins.

⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for on them shall be mercies!

²² Many will say to me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, have-we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name wrought many works of power?

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.

²⁵ At that time Jesus answered and said: I praise thee, O my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and knowing, and hast revealed them to little children. ²⁶ Yes, my Father; for so it seemed good before thee.

²¹ And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

³⁶ But of that day and of that hour, knoweth no man, nor even the angels of heaven, but the Father only.

¹⁵ to one he gave five talents; to another, two; and to another, one: to each, according to his ability: and he immediately departed. ¹⁶ Then he that received five talents, went and traded with them, and gained five more. ¹⁷ And likewise: the one of two talents, by trading gained two more. ¹⁸ But he that received one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. ¹⁹ And after a long time, the lord of those servants came, and received account from them. ²⁰ And he who had received the five talents, came and brought five others; and said, My lord, thou gavest me five talents; behold, I have gained by trading five more to them. ²¹ His lord said to him: Well done! good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful with a little; I will set thee over much: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²² And he of the two talents came, and said: My lord, thou gavest me two talents; behold, I have by trading gained two more to them. ²³ His lord said to him: Well done! good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful with a little; I will set thee over much: enter thou into the Joy of thy lord. ²⁴ And he also that received the one talent, came and said: My lord, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sowed, and gathering where thou hast not scattered; ²⁵ and I was afraid, and I went and hid thy talent in the earth. Behold, thou hast what is thine. ²⁶ His lord answered, and said to him: Wicked and slothful servant! Thou knewest me, that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered! ²⁷ Thou oughtest to have cast my money into the exchange; and I might have come and demanded my property with its interest. ²⁸ Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten talents. ²⁹ For, to him that hath, shall be given, and he shall have more; but from him that hath not, even what he hath shall be taken away. ³⁰ And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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.

³⁸ For, whoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this sinful and adulterous generation, of him also will the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with his holy angels.

⁷² And he hath exercised his mercy to our fathers, and hath remembered his holy covenants,

⁷⁸ through the compassion of the mercy of our God; whereby the day-spring from on high will visit us,

¹¹ For there is born to you this day a deliverer, who is the Lord Messiah, in the city of David

³¹ which thou hast prepared in the presence of all nations, ³² a light for a revelation to the Gentiles, and a glory for thy people Israel.

³⁷ and was a widow of about eighty and four years, and departed not from the temple, but worshipped by day and by night with fasting and prayer;

³ and Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them of their property.

³⁵ And the men went out to see what was done. And they came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the demons had gone, now clothed, and modest, and sitting at the feet of Jesus; and they were awed.

²⁶ And whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with his holy angels.

¹² I say to you, that for Sodom there will be comfort in that day, rather than for that city.

¹⁹ Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents, and scorpions, and on all the power of the adversary: and nothing shall harm you.

²¹ In that hour Jesus exulted in the Holy Spirit, and said: I thank thee, my Father, thou Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes: yes, my Father, for such was thy good pleasure.

³⁶ For if thy whole body be enlightened, and no part in it be dark, the whole will be luminous, as if a lamp enlightened thee by its radiance.

⁷ And he said to the cultivator: Lo, these three years, I have come seeking fruits on this fig-tree, and I find none. Cut it down: why should it cumber the ground?

¹⁷ And when he came to himself, he said: How many hired servants are now at my father's house, who have bread enough, and I am here perishing with hunger.

¹¹ If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the reality?

¹³ And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten pounds: and he said to them, Traffic until I come.

⁴⁶ And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said: My Father, into thy hand I commit my spirit. Thus he spake, and expired.

⁴⁹ And I will send upon you the promise of my Father. But remain ye at Jerusalem until ye shall be clothed with energy from on high.

⁹ The true light was that, which enlighteneth every man who cometh into the world.

⁴⁷ And Jesus saw Nathaniel coming towards him, and said of him: Behold a real Israelite, in whom is no deceit.

⁴² And they said to the woman: Henceforth we believe in him, not on account of thy word; for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he truly is the Messiah, the Life-Giver of the world.

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say to you, That he who heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath life eternal, and will not come into condemnation, but hath passed from death to life.

²⁴ Verily, verily, I say to you, That he who heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath life eternal, and will not come into condemnation, but hath passed from death to life. ²⁵ Verily, verily, I say to you, That the hour cometh, and even now come, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear, will live. ²⁶ For, as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son also, to have life in himself: ²⁷ and hath moreover given him authority to execute judgment. But that he is the Son of man, ²⁸ wonder not at this; for the hour cometh when all that are in their graves will hear his voice; ²⁹ and will come forth; they that have done good, to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

³⁹ Search the scriptures; for in them, ye think, there is life eternal for you; and they testify of me. ⁴⁰ And ye are unwilling to come to me, that life eternal may be yours.

⁴⁰ And ye are unwilling to come to me, that life eternal may be yours.

³⁷ All that my Father gave me, will come to me: and him, that cometh to me, I will not cast out.

³⁹ And this is the pleasure of him that sent me, that whatever he hath given me, I should lose nothing of it, but should raise it up at the last day. ⁴⁰ For this is the pleasure of my Father, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴⁰ For this is the pleasure of my Father, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴⁴ No man can come to me, unless the Father who sent me, shall draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁵⁴ But he that eateth of my body, and drinketh of my blood, to him is life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day

²⁸ And I give to them life eternal: and they will never be lost: nor will any one pluck them from my hand.

²⁸ And I give to them life eternal: and they will never be lost: nor will any one pluck them from my hand.

²⁸ And I give to them life eternal: and they will never be lost: nor will any one pluck them from my hand. ²⁹ For my Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; nor can any pluck from my Father's hand.

²⁹ For my Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; nor can any pluck from my Father's hand. ³⁰ I and my Father are one.

²⁵ Jesus said to her: I am the consolation, and life. And he that believeth in me, though he should die, will live. ²⁶ And every one that liveth, and believeth in me, will not die for ever. Believest thou this?

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

¹⁷ the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, and knoweth him not: but ye know him, because he abideth with you, and is in you.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. It is not as the world giveth, that I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor be afraid.

²⁷ And do ye also testify; for ye have been with me from the beginning.

²² Ye also now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will deprive you of your joy.

²⁴ Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye will receive; that your joy may be complete.

³ And this is life eternal, that they may know thee, that thou art the only true God, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Messiah.

⁹ And I pray for them; it is not for the world that I pray, but for them whom thou hast given me, for they are thine.

¹¹ Henceforth I am not in the world; but these are in the world, and I go to thee. Holy Father, keep them in that thy name, which thou hast given to me; that they may be one, as we are. ¹² While I have been with them in the world, I have kept them in thy name. Those thou gavest me, have I kept; and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

¹⁵ I pray not, that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but that thou wouldst keep them from evil:

²⁴ Father, I desire that those whom thou hast given me, may also be with me where I am; that they may see that glory of mine which thou hast given me, as thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

³⁵ And he who saw it, hath testified: and his testimony is true: and he knoweth, that he speaketh the truth, that ye also may believe.

³¹ But these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God; and that when ye believe, ye may have life eternal by his name.

⁸ But when the Holy Spirit shall come upon you, ye will receive energy, and will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and also among the Samaritans, and unto the ends of the earth.

⁴⁷ And they praised God, and had favor with all the people. And our Lord added daily to the assembly those who became alive.

³¹ Him hath God established as a head and vivifier; and hath exalted him to his own right hand, so that he might give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

⁴¹ And they went from before them, rejoicing that they were worthy to suffer abuse on account of that name.

⁸ And Stephen was full of grace and energy; and he wrought signs and prodigies among the people.

⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, while he prayed and said: Our Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

¹⁷ Then they laid the hand on them; and they received the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ And when Simon saw that, by the imposition of a hand of the legates, the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,

¹⁵ The Lord said to him: Arise and go; for he is to me a chosen vessel, to carry my name to the Gentiles, and to kings, and among the sons of Israel. ¹⁶ For I will show him, how much he is to suffer on account of my name.

²² But Saul was the more strengthened; and he confounded those Jews who dwelt at Damascus, while be demonstrated that this is the Messiah.

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.

²³ From the seed of this man, hath God raised up to Israel, as he promised, Jesus a deliverer.

⁴⁶ And Paul and Barnabas said openly: To you first, ought the word of God to be spoken; but because ye repel it from you, and decide, against yourselves, that ye are not worthy of life eternal, lo, we turn ourselves to the Gentiles.

⁵⁰ But the Jews stirred up the chiefs of the city, and the opulent women who with them feared God, and set up a persecution against Paul and against Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.

⁵ And an assault was made on them, by the Gentiles, and by the Jews and their chiefs, to insult them, and to stone them with stones. ⁶ And when they knew it, they departed and fled to the cities of Lycaonia and Lystra and Derbe, and to the villages around them;

¹⁸ Known, from of old, are the works of God.

¹ And he came to the city Derbe, and to Lystra. And there was a certain disciple there, whose name was Timothy, the son of a believing Jewess, but his father was a Gentile.

⁶ And they travelled through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia; and the Holy Spirit forbid them to speak the word of God in Asia.

¹ And while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul travelled over the upper countries to Ephesus. And he inquired of the disciples whom he found there,

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

¹⁰ And this continued for two years, until all who resided in Proconsular Asia, both Jews and Gentiles, heard the word of the Lord.

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.

³¹ And likewise the chiefs of Asia, because they were his friends, sent and requested of him, that he would not expose himself by going into the theatre.

¹⁶ For Paul had determined with himself to pass by Ephesus, lest he should be delayed there; because he hasted on, if possible, to keep the day of pentecost in Jerusalem. And from Miletus, he sent and called the Elders of the church at Ephesus.

¹⁹ laboring for God, in great humility, and with tears, amid the trials which beset me from the plottings of Jews:

²⁴ But my life is accounted by me as nothing, so that I may but finish my course, and the ministration which I have received from our Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

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.

³⁷ And there was great weeping among them all. And they embraced him, and kissed him. ³⁸ And they had the most anguish, because of the word he uttered, that they would see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

¹³ Then Paul answered and said: What do ye, weeping and crushing my heart? For I am prepared, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah.

²⁷ And when the seventh day arrived, the Jews from Asia saw him in the temple: and they excited all the people against him, and laid hands on him, ²⁸ crying out and saying: Men, sons of Israel; help. This is the man, who teacheth in every place, against our people, and against the law, and against this place; and he hath also brought Gentiles into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. ²⁹ For they had previously seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian; and they supposed, that he had entered the temple with Paul. ³⁰ And the whole city was in commotion; and all the people assembled together, and laid hold of Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and instantly the gates were closed. ³¹ And while the multitude were seeking to kill him, it was reported to the Chiliarch of the cohort, that the whole city was in uproar.

³ I am a man who am a Jew; and I was born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but was brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, and instructed perfectly in the law of our fathers; and I was zealous for God, as ye also all are.

²¹ But he said to me: Depart; for I send thee afar, to preach to the Gentiles. ²² And when they had heard Paul as far as this sentence, they raised their voice, and cried out: Away with such a man from the earth! for he ought not to live! ²³ And as they vociferated, and cast off their garments, and threw dust into the air, ²⁴ the Chiliarch gave orders, to carry him into the castle: and he commanded, that he should be examined with stripes; that he might know, for what cause they cried out against him.

¹ And when Paul had looked on the assembly of them, he said: Men, my brethren; I have lived in all good conscience before God up to this day.

¹⁴ But this indeed I acknowledge, that in that same doctrine of which they speak, I do serve the God of my fathers, believing all the things written in the law and in the prophets.

¹⁶ And for this reason, I also labor to have always a pure conscience before God, and before men.

⁴ The Jews themselves, if they would testify, know well my course of life from my childhood, which from the beginning was among my nation and in Jerusalem.

¹¹ And in every synagogue I tortured them, while I pressed them to become revilers of the name of Jesus. And in the great wrath, with which I was filled against them, I also went to other cities to persecute them.

²⁵ Paul replied to him: I am not deranged, excellent Festus; but speak words of truth and rectitude. ²⁶ And king Agrippa is also well acquainted with these things; and I therefore speak confidently before him, because I suppose not one of these things hath escaped his knowledge; for they were not done in secret.

²³ For there appeared to me this night, the angel of that God whose I am, and whom I serve;

²⁰ For this reason I sent for you to come, that I might see you, and might state these things to you: for it is on account of the hope of Israel, that I am bound with this chain.

³⁰ And Paul hired a house, at his own cost, and resided in it two years; and there he received all that came to him. ³¹ And he preached concerning the kingdom of God, and taught boldly concerning our Lord Jesus Messiah, without hinderance. Completion of the Acts of the blessed Legates; that is, their Histories.

¹ PAUL, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called and sent; and separated unto the gospel of God,

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. ⁸ In the first place, I give thanks to God by Jesus Messiah, on account of you all; because your faith is heard of in all the world. ⁹ And God, whom in spirit I serve in the gospel of his Son, is my witness, that I unceasingly make mention of you, at all times, in my prayers.

¹¹ For I long much to see you; and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, whereby ye may be established;

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the power of God unto life, to all who believe in it; whether first they are of the Jews, or whether they are of the Gentiles.

⁷ to them who, by perseverance in good works, seek for glory and honor and immortality, to them he will give life eternal;

²⁰ and an instructor of those lacking knowledge, and a preceptor to the young; and thou hast the appearance of knowledge and of verity in the law :

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

²⁰ Wherefore, by the deeds of the law, no flesh is justified before him: for, by the law, sin is known.

²³ for they have all sinned, and failed of the glory of God. ²⁴ And they are justified gratuitously, by grace, and by the redemption which is in Jesus Messiah;

³¹ Do, we then nullify the law by faith? Far be it. On the contrary, we establish the law.

²¹ and felt assured, that what God had promised to him, he was able to fulfill.

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.

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.

¹⁷ For if, on account of the offence of one, death reigned; still more, they who receive the abundance of the grace, and the free gift, and the righteousness, will reign in life, by means of one, Jesus Messiah. ¹⁸ Therefore, as on account of the offence of one, condemnation was to all men; so on account of the righteousness of one, will the victory unto life be to all men.

²¹ So that, as sin had reigned in death, so grace might reign in righteousness unto life eternal, by means of our Lord Jesus Messiah.

⁶ For we know, that our old man is crucified with him; that the body of sin might be abolished, and we be no more servants to sin:

¹⁷ But thanks be to God, that ye were once the servants of sin but have now from the heart obeyed that form of doctrine to which ye are devoted.

²³ For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is life eternal, through our Lord Jesus Messiah.

⁹ Ye, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit; if the Spirit of God truly dwelleth in you. And if in any one there is not the Spirit of Messiah he is none of his.

¹¹ And if the Spirit of him, who raised our Lord Jesus Messiah from the dead, dwelleth in you; he who raised our Lord Jesus Messiah from the dead, will also vivify your dead bodies, because of his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

¹³ - (For if ye live according to the flesh, ye are to die. But if, by the Spirit, ye mortify the practices of the body, ye will live.

¹⁵ For ye have not received the spirit of bondage, again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Father, our Father.

¹⁷ And if sons, then heirs; heirs of God, and participators of the inheritance of Jesus Messiah: so that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him. ¹⁸ For I reckon, that the sufferings of the present time, are not comparable with the glory which is to be developed in us.

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. 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. ³¹ What then shall we say of these things? If God is for us; who is against us? ³² And, if he spared not his Son, but gave him up for us all, how shall he not give us all things, with him? ³³ Who will set himself against the chosen of God? It is God who justifieth. ³⁴ Who is it that condemneth? Messiah died, and arose, and is on the right hand of God, and maketh intercession for us. ³⁵ What will sever me from the love of Messiah? Will affliction? or distress? or persecution? or famine? or nakedness? or peril? or the sword? ³⁶ As it is written: For thy sake, we die daily: and, we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

³⁶ As it is written: For thy sake, we die daily: and, we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. ³⁷ But in all these things we are victorious, by means of him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, ³⁹ nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to sever me from the love of God, which is in our Lord Jesus Messiah.

¹ I say the truth in Messiah, and do not misrepresent; and my conscience beareth me witness in the Holy Spirit;

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.

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:

³³ As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling-stone, and a stone of offence: and he who believeth in him, shall not be ashamed.

⁵ So also at the present time, a remnant is preserved, by the election of grace. ⁶ But if by grace, it is not by works: otherwise, grace is not grace. And if by works, it is not by grace: Otherwise, work is not work.

⁶ But we have different gifts, according to the grace given to us. There is that of prophecy, according to the measure of his faith. ⁷ And there is that of ministration, possessed by one in his ministry. And there is that of a teacher, in his teaching. 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.

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.

⁵ One man discriminateth between days; and another judgeth all days alike. But let every one be sure, in regard to his knowledge.

¹⁴ I know indeed, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing which is unclean in itself; but to him who thinketh any thing to be unclean, to him only it is defiled.

¹² And again Isaiah said: There will be a root of Jesse; and he that shall arise, will be a prince for the Gentiles; and in him will the Gentiles hope. 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; ³¹ that I may be delivered from them in Judaea, who believe not and that the ministration, which I carry to the saints in Jerusalem, may be well received; ³² and that, by the good pleasure of God, I may come to you with joy, and may take comfort with 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;)

¹ PAUL, called and sent by Jesus Messiah in the good pleasure of God; and Sosthenes, a brother;

⁶ even as the testimony of Messiah was confirmed among you:

¹⁸ For a discourse concerning the cross is, to them who perish, foolishness; but to us who live, it is the energy of God.

⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not with the persuasiveness of the discourses of wisdom; but with the demonstration of the Spirit, and with power:

¹³ the work of each will be exposed to view; for the day will expose it; because it is to be tested by fire; and the fire will disclose the work of each, of what sort it is.

¹⁶ Know ye not, that ye are the temple of God? and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

²¹ Wherefore, let no one glory in men: for all things are yours; ²² whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all things are yours:

⁵ Therefore pronounce not judgments before the time, or until the Lord come, who will pour light upon the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the thoughts of men's hearts: and then will each one have due praise from God.

⁹ But I suppose, that God hath placed us legates the last, as for death; since we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. ¹⁰ We are fools, on account of Messiah; but ye are wise in Messiah! We are feeble; but ye are strong! Ye are lauded, we are contemned. ¹¹ Unto this hour, we hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no permanent home: ¹² and we toil, working with our own hands: they defame us, and we bless: they persecute us, and we endure it: ¹³ they revile us, and we entreat them: we are as the filth of the world, and the expiation for all men, up to this time.

¹⁹ Or know ye not, that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who abideth in you, whom ye have received from God? And ye are not your own.

¹⁷ For if I do this voluntarily, there is a reward for me: but if involuntarily, a stewardship is intrusted to me.

²⁶ And the last enemy, death, will be abolished.

⁵³ For this which is corruptible, is to put on incorruption; and that which dieth, will put on immortality. ⁵⁴ And when this that is corruptible, shall put on incorruption, and this that dieth, immortality; then will take place the word that is written, " Death is absorbed in victory." ⁵⁵ Where is thy sting, O death? And where is thy victory, O grave?

⁸ For I shall continue at Ephesus until Pentecost:

¹⁸ And they have refreshed my spirit, and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them who are such. ¹⁹ All the churches that are in Asia, salute you. Aquila and Priscilla, with the church in their house, salute you much in the Lord.

¹ PAUL a legate of Jesus the Messiah, by the good pleasure of God; and Timothy a brother; to the church of God that is at Corinth, and to all the saints that are in all Achaia.

¹² For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and purity, and by the grace of God, and not in the wisdom of the flesh, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you.

²⁰ For all the promises of God in him, the Messiah, are Yes; for which cause, we through him give our Amen, to the glory of God.

⁴ For while we are here in this house, we groan under its burden; yet ye desire, not to throw it off; but to be clothed over it, so that its mortality may be absorbed in life.

¹³ For if we are extravagant, it is for God: and if we are discreet, it is for you. ¹⁴ For the love of the Messiah constraineth us to reason thus: One died for all; therefore are all dead.

¹⁶ And therefore, we know no person after the flesh: and if we have known the Messiah after the flesh, yet henceforth we know him no more.

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. ²⁰ We are therefore ambassadors for the Messiah, and it is as if God was beseeching you by us. In behalf of the Messiah, therefore, we beseech you, be ye reconciled to God.

⁶ by purity, by knowledge, by long suffering, by benignity, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned, 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 concerning the ministration by the saints, it would be superfluous for me to write to you:

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: ¹⁴ and they put up prayer for you, with much love, because of the abundance of the grace of God that is upon 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. ²⁴ By the Jews, five times was I scourged, each time with forty stripes save one. ²⁵ Three times was I beaten with rods: at one time I was stoned: three times I was in shipwreck, by day and by night; I have been in the sea, without a ship. ²⁶ In journeyings many, in peril by rivers, in peril by robbers, in peril from my kindred, in peril from Gentiles: I have been in peril in cities; I have been in peril in the desert, in peril in the sea, in peril from false brethren. ²⁷ In toil and weariness, in much watching, in hunger and thirst, in much fasting, in cold and nakedness:

⁹ And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Gladly, therefore, will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of the Messiah may rest upon me. ¹⁰ Therefore I have pleasure in infirmities, in reproach, in afflictions, in persecutions, in distresses, which are for the Messiah's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

¹⁴ and that I went much farther in Judaism than many of my contemporaries who were of my nation, and was peculiarly zealous for the doctrine of my fathers.

⁷ But, otherwise; for they saw, that the gospel of the uncircumcision was intrusted to me, as to Cephas was intrusted that of the circumcision.

⁴ Ye have renounced the Messiah, ye who seek justification by the law: and ye have apostatized from grace.

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

³ Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who hath blessed us with all blessings of the Spirit in heaven, by the Messiah: ⁴ according as he had previously chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we might be holy and without blame before him; and, in love, predestinated us for himself;

⁹ And he hath made us know the mystery of his pleasure, which he had before determined in himself to accomplish,

¹¹ And in him we are elected, according as he predestined us and willed, who worketh all things according to the counsel of his pleasure; ¹² that we should be they who first hoped in the Messiah, to the honor of his glory. ¹³ In whom, ye also have heard the word of truth, which is the gospel of your life, and have believed in him; and have been sealed with the Holy Spirit, who was promised,

¹⁶ cease not to give thanks on your account, and to remember you in my prayers;

¹⁸ and that the eyes of your hearts may be enlightened, so that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints;

⁴ But God who is rich in his mercies, because of the great love with which he loved us, ⁵ when we were dead in our sins, quickened us with the Messiah, and rescued us by his grace;

⁸ For it is by his grace we are rescued, through faith; and this is not of yourselves, but it is the gift of God: ⁹ not of works, lest any one glory.

²² while ye also are builded in him, for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

¹ On this account, I Paul am a prisoner of Jesus the Messiah, for the sake of you Gentiles:

¹ On this account, I Paul am a prisoner of Jesus the Messiah, for the sake of you Gentiles: ² if so be, ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which was given to me among you: ³ that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, (as I have now written to you in brief, ⁴ so that while ye read, ye might be able to understand my knowledge of the mystery of the Messiah,) ⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy legates and to his prophets, by the Spirit; 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;

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; ⁷ of which I have been a minister, according to the gift of the goodness of God, which was imparted to me by the operation of his power: ⁸ to me, who am the least of all the saints, hath this grace been given, that I should announce among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Messiah,

¹¹ which wisdom he arranged ages before, and he hath executed it by Jesus the Messiah our Lord;

¹³ Therefore I pray, that I may not be discouraged by my afflictions, which are for your sakes; for this is your glory.

¹ I therefore, a prisoner in our Lord, beseech of you, that ye walk, (as it becometh the calling wherewith ye are called,)

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 be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness; but be ye filled with the spirit.

²⁰ of which I am a messenger in chains; that I may utter it boldly, as I ought to utter it.

⁷ For thus it is right for me to think of you all, because ye are permanently in my heart, and because, both in my bonds and in the vindication of the truth of the gospel, ye are my associates in grace. ⁸ For God is my witness, how I love you in the bowels of Jesus the Messiah.

²⁰ So that I hope and expect, that I shall in nothing be put to shame; but with uncovered face, as at all times, so now, the Messiah will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

²⁷ Let your conduct be as becometh the gospel of the Messiah; so that if I come I may see you, and if absent I may hear of you, that ye stand fast in one spirit and in one soul, and that ye strive together in the faith of the gospel.

²¹ For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus the Messiah.

²⁶ For he longed to see you all, and was anxious, because he knew ye had heard, that he was sick.

⁸ And now also I account them all a detriment, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus the Messiah my Lord; for the sake of whom, I have parted with all things, and have accounted them as dung, that I might gain the Messiah,

¹⁰ that thereby I might know Jesus, and the efficacy of his resurrection; and might participate in his sufferings, and be assimilated to his death:

²¹ who will change the body of our abasement, that it may have the likeness of the body of his glory, according to his great power, whereby all things are made subject to him.

¹ Wherefore, my beloved and dear brethren, my joy and my crown!-so stand ye fast in our Lord, my beloved!

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 I find strength for every thing, in the Messiah who strengtheneth me.

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

⁸ and who hath made known to us your love in the Spirit.

¹¹ and may be strengthened with all strength, according to the greatness of his glory, in all patience and long suffering;

²⁴ And I rejoice in the sufferings which are for your sakes; and, in my flesh, I fill up the deficiency in the afflictions of the Messiah, in behalf of his body, which is the church;

²⁶ namely, that mystery, which was hidden for ages and generations, but is now revealed to his saints; ²⁷ to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which mystery is the Messiah; who in you is the hope of our glory;

¹¹ also Jesus, who is called Justus. These are of the circumcision, and they only have aided me in the kingdom of God; and they have been a comfort to me.

² We give thanks to God at all times, on account of you all, and remember you continually in our prayers: ³ and we call to mind before God the Father the works of your faith, and the toil of your love, and the patience of your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁶ and they forbid us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may have life; to fill up their sins at all times. And wrath cometh on them to the uttermost. ¹⁷ But we, my brethren, have been bereaved of you for a short time, (in visible presence, not in our hearts,) and have the more exerted ourselves, to behold your faces, with great affection.

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?

⁴ For also when we were with you, we forewarned you, that we were to be afflicted; as ye know did occur.

¹⁰ unless it be, that we the more supplicate before God, by night and by day, that we may see your faces, and may perfect what is lacking in your faith?

⁷ For God did not call you unto impurity, but to sanctification.

⁴ But ye, my brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

¹⁹ Quench not the Spirit.

²¹ Explore every thing, and hold fast the good:

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.

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.

¹ PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah, by the command of God our life-giver, and of the Messiah, Jesus our hope; ² to Timothy, my true son in the faith: grace and mercy and peace, from God our Father, and the Messiah, Jesus our Lord. ³ When I was going into Macedonia, I requested thee to remain at Ephesus, and to charge certain persons not to teach different doctrines;

⁵ Now the end of the command is love, which is from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from true faith.

⁷ because they wished to be teachers of the law, while they understood not what they speak, nor the thing about which they contend.

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.

¹⁴ And in me the grace of our Lord abounded, and faith and love, which is in Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁹ in faith and a good conscience; for they who have repudiated this, have become destitute of faith;

⁶ who gave himself a ransom for every man; a testimony that arrived in due time, ⁷ of which I am constituted a herald and legate. I speak the truth, and do not lie, for I am the teacher of the Gentiles in the belief of the truth.

⁶ If thou shalt inculcate these things on thy brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Jesus the Messiah, being educated in the language of the faith, and in the good doctrine which thou hast been taught.

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.

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,

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:

¹ PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah by the pleasure of God, according to the promise of life which is in Jesus the Messiah;

⁵ by the recollection which I have, by thy genuine faith, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and also, I am persuaded, in thee.

⁸ Therefore be not thou ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure evils in connection with the Gospel, through the power of God;

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.

¹⁴ Keep thou the good deposit, by the Holy Spirit who dwelleth in us.

¹⁶ May our Lord bestow mercy on the house of Onesiphorus; for, many times, he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of the chains of my imprisonment.

¹⁸ May our Lord grant him, that he may find mercy with our Lord, in that day. And how he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou very well knowest.

¹ Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace which is by Jesus the Messiah. ² And the things thou hast heard from me by many witnesses, these commit thou to faithful men, who are competent to teach others also. ³ And endure evils, as a good soldier of Jesus the Messiah.

⁹ in which I suffer evils unto bonds, as if an evil-doer: but the word of God is not in bonds.

¹¹ Faithful is the saying, For if we shall have died with him, we shall also live with him; ¹² and, if we shall have suffered, we shall also reign with him. But if we shall have rejected him, he will reject us.

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.

¹⁰ But thou hast followed after my doctrine, and my manner of life, and my aims, and my faith, and my long suffering, and my love, and my patience, ¹¹ and my persecution, and my sufferings. And thou knowest what I endured at Antioch, and at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecution I endured: and from all these my Lord delivered me. ¹² And likewise all, who choose to live in the fear of God, in Jesus the Messiah, will be persecuted.

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.

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.

⁸ and henceforth there is preserved for me a crown of righteousness, with which my Lord, the righteous Judge, will recompense me in that day; and not me only, but them also who love his manifestation. ⁹ Exert thyself to come to me quickly. ¹⁰ For Demas hath left me; and hath loved this world and gone away to Thessalonica; Crispus to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. ¹¹ Luke only is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is suitable for me, for ministration. ¹² And Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.

¹⁶ At my first defence, no one was with me, but they all forsook me. Let not this be reckoned to them.

¹⁶ At my first defence, no one was with me, but they all forsook me. Let not this be reckoned to them. ¹⁷ But my Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fulfilled; and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion.

¹⁷ But my Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fulfilled; and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion.

¹⁹ Present a salutation to Priscilla and Aquila, and to the household of Onesiphorus.

²¹ Exert thyself to come before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

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; 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.

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

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.

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

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

⁴ But when the kindness and compassion of God our Life-giver was revealed,

⁴ But when the kindness and compassion of God our Life-giver was revealed, ⁵ not by works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his mercy, he vivified us, by the washing of the new birth, and by the renovation of the Holy Spirit,

⁷ For we have great joy and consolation, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thy love.

²⁰ Yes, my brother, let me be refreshed by thee in our Lord: refresh thou my bowels in the Messiah.

¹⁴ For because the children participated in flesh and blood, he also, in like manner, took part in the same; that, by his death, he might bring to naught him who held the dominion of death, namely Satan; ¹⁵ and might release them, who, through fear of death, are all their lives subject to bondage.

¹⁵ and might release them, who, through fear of death, are all their lives subject to bondage.

¹⁸ For, in that he himself hath suffered, and been tempted, he is able to succor them who are tempted.

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:

⁶ but the Messiah as the SON, is over his own house; and we are his house, if we retain unto the end assurance, and the triumph of hope in him.

¹⁴ Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, Jesus the Messiah, the son of God, who hath ascended to heaven; let us persevere in professing him.

² and for the doctrine of baptism, and for the laying on of a hand, and for the resurrection from the dead, and for the eternal judgment?

⁹ But, in regard to you, my brethren, we are persuaded better things, and things pertaining to life, although we thus speak. ¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous, to forget your works, and your charity which ye have shown in his name, in that ye have ministered and do minister to the saints.

²⁵ and he is able to vivify for ever, them who come to God by him; for he always liveth, and sendeth up prayers for them.

¹⁵ And for this reason he became the Mediator of the new covenant, that he might by his death be redemption, to them who had transgressed the first covenant; so that they, who are called to the eternal inheritance, might receive the promise.

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.

³² Therefore, recollect ye the former days, those in which ye received baptism, and endured a great conflict of sufferings, with reproach and affliction;

³⁴ and ye were grieved for those who were imprisoned; and ye cheerfully endured the plundering of your goods, because ye knew that ye had a possession in heaven, superior and not transitory.

¹³ All these died in faith, and received not their promise; but they saw it afar off, and rejoiced in it; and they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

² And let us look on Jesus, who hath become the commencement and the completion of our faith; who, on account of the joy there was for him, endured the cross, and surrendered himself to opprobrium; and is seated on the right hand of the throne of God.

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

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;

¹⁰ that life namely, about which the prophets inquired, when they were prophesying of the grace which was to be given to you.

¹⁵ But be ye holy in all your conduct, as he is holy who hath called you. ¹⁶ Because it is written: Be ye holy, even as I am holy.

²⁰ who was predestined to this, before the foundation of the world; and was manifested at the termination of the times, for your sakes;

²⁰ who was predestined to this, before the foundation of the world; and was manifested at the termination of the times, for your sakes; ²¹ who, by means of him, have believed in God, who raised him from the dead and conferred glory on him; that your faith and hope might be in God, 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;

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:

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. ²¹ For unto this were ye called; because the Messiah also died for us, and left us this pattern, that ye should walk in his steps.

¹⁰ And let each of you minister to his associates the gift which he hath received from God; as being good stewards of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹ Whoever will speak, let him speak as the word of God: and whoever will minister, as of the ability that God hath given him: so that in all ye do, God may be glorified, through Jesus the Messiah; to whom belongeth glory, and honor, for ever and ever. Amen.

¹³ But rejoice, that ye participate in the sufferings of the Messiah, that so ye may also rejoice and exult at the revelation of his glory. ¹⁴ And if ye are reproached on account of the name of the Messiah, happy are ye: for the glorious Spirit of God resteth upon you. ¹⁵ Only let none of you suffer, as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer. ¹⁶ But if he suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on account of this name.

¹⁹ Wherefore, let them who suffer according to the pleasure of God, commend their souls to him in well doing, as to a faithful Creator.

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:

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.

¹¹ For thus will entrance be given you abundantly, into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Redeemer Jesus the Messiah. 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.

²⁰ For if, when they have escaped the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and Redeemer Jesus the Messiah, they become again involved in the same, and are vanquished, their latter state is worse than the former.

¹ This second epistle, my beloved, I now write to you; in both of which I stir up your honest mind by admonition: ² that ye may be mindful of the words which were formerly spoken by the holy prophets, and of the injunction of our Lord and Redeemer by the hand of the legates:

¹⁸ But be ye growing in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Redeemer Jesus the Messiah, and of God the Father: whose is the glory, now, and always, and to the days of eternity. Amen.

² And the life was manifested, and we have seen and do testify and announce to you, the life which is eternal; which was with the Father, and was revealed to us.

⁴ And these things we write to you, that our joy in you may be complete.

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

¹⁴ And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father hath sent his Son, a Redeemer for the world.

¹⁸ In love there is no fear; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear existeth in peril, and he that feareth is not perfected in love.

¹¹ And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son.

¹¹ And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son. ¹² Every one that taketh hold of the Son, taketh hold of life; and every one that taketh not hold of the Son, hath not life.

¹² Every one that taketh hold of the Son, taketh hold of life; and every one that taketh not hold of the Son, hath not life. ¹³ These things have I written to you, that ye may know that ye have life eternal, ye who believe in the name of the Son of God.

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.

⁵ And I wish to remind you, though ye all know it, that God, after once rescuing the people from Egypt, again destroyed them who believed not.

²⁴ And to him who is able to preserve you faultless, and spotless, and to establish you without a blemish,

² who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus the Messiah, as to all that he saw.

⁹ I John, your brother, and partaker with you in the affliction and suffering that are in Jesus the Messiah, was in the island called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus the Messiah.

¹ To the angel of the church which is at Ephesus write: These things saith he who holdeth all things, and the seven stars, in his right hand; he that walketh in the midst of the seven candlesticks of gold;

⁷ He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him who is victorious, will I give to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of my God.

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

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.

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

¹⁷ Because the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, will feed them; and will lead them to fountains of living water; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.

¹¹ And they overcame him, because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony: and they loved not their life, even to death.

⁸ And all that dwell on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, will worship him.

⁸ The beast of prey which thou sawest, was, and is not; and he will ascend from the abyss and go into perdition: and the dwellers on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast of prey, which was, and is not, and approacheth.

¹ After these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven; and he had great authority and the earth was illumined by his glory.

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.

¹⁴ And death and the grave were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, namely, this lake of fire.

⁴ And every tear will be wiped from their eyes; and there will no more be death, nor mourning, nor wailing; nor shall pain be any more; because the former things are passed away.

¹ And he showed me a river of living water, transparent as crystal, which proceeded from the throne of God and the Lamb. ² And in the middle of its broad avenue, and near the river, on this side and on that, was the tree of life; which bore twelve sorts of fruits yielding one of its fruits each month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

¹⁴ Blessed are they who do his commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

¹⁷ And the Spirit and the bride say, Come thou. And let him that heareth, say, Come thou. And let him who thirsteth, come; and he that is inclined, let him take the living water gratis.