Philippians 2 Cross References - Murdock

¹ If, therefore, ye have consolation in the Messiah, or if a commingling of hearts in love, or if a fellowship of the Spirit, or if compassions and sympathies; ² complete ye my joy, by having one apprehension, and one love, and one soul, and one mind. ³ And do nothing in strife, or in vain glory; but, with lowliness of mind, let each esteem his neighbor as better than himself. ⁴ And let not each be solicitous only for himself, but every one also for his neighbor. ⁵ And think ye so in yourselves, as Jesus the Messiah also thought; ⁶ who, as he was in the likeness of God, deemed it no trespass to be the coequal of God; ⁷ yet divested himself, and assumed the likeness of a servant, and was in the likeness of men, and was found in fashion as a man; ⁸ and he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. ⁹ Wherefore, also, God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is more excellent than all names; ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of beings in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth; ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus the Messiah is the Lord, to the glory of God his Father. ¹² Therefore, my beloved, as ye have at all times obeyed, not only when I was near to you, but now when I am far from you, prosecute the work of your life, more abundantly, with fear and with trembling. ¹³ For God is operating in you, both to purpose, and also to perform that which ye desire. 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; ¹⁶ so that ye may be to them in place of life; for my glory in the day of the Messiah, that I may not have run in vain or toiled for naught. ¹⁷ And if I should be made a libation upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and exult with you all. ¹⁸ And so also do ye rejoice and exult with me. ¹⁹ But I hope in our Lord Jesus, that I shall shortly send Timothy unto you, so that I also may have composure, when informed concerning you. ²⁰ For I have no other one here, who, like my self, will sincerely care for your welfare. ²¹ For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus the Messiah. ²² But ye know the proof of him, that as a son with his father, so he labored with me in the gospel. ²³ Him I hope shortly to send to you, when I shall have seen how things result with me. ²⁴ And I trust in my Lord, that I shall shortly come myself to you. ²⁵ But now, a circumstance urged me to send to you Epaphroditus, the brother who is an assistant and laborer with me, but is your legate and minister to my wants. ²⁶ For he longed to see you all, and was anxious, because he knew ye had heard, that he was sick. ²⁷ And indeed he was sick, nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him: nor was it on him only, but also on me, that I might not have trouble upon trouble. ²⁸ Promptly, therefore, have I sent him to you; so that when ye see him, ye may again be joyful, and I may have a little breathing. ²⁹ Receive him then in the Lord, with all joy; and hold in honor those who are such. ³⁰ For, because of the Messiah's work, he came near to death, and little regarded his life, that he might fulfill what you lacked in the ministration to me.

²³ Behold, a virgin will conceive, and will bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel, which is interpreted, Our God with us.

¹⁴ Ye are the light of the world! A city built upon a hill, not be concealed. ¹⁵ And they do not light a lamp and place it under a bushel; but upon a lightstand, and it giveth light to all that are in the house. ¹⁶ Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who is in heaven.

⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your Father that is in heaven, who causeth his sun to rise upon the good and upon the bad, and sendeth his rain upon the righteous and upon the unrighteous.

⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect; even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves. Therefore be ye sagacious as serpents, and guileless as doves.

²⁷ Whatever I say to you in the dark, that speak ye in the light; and what ye have heard in your ears, proclaim ye on the housetops.

³² Wherefore, whoever shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

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

¹² And from the days of John the Baptizer, until now, the kingdom of heaven is assailed by force, and the violent seize it.

²⁷ Every thing is given up by my Father to me. And no one knoweth the Son, except the Father. Also, no one knoweth the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him. ²⁸ Come unto me, all ye wearied and heavily burdened, and I will ease you. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you; and learn from me, that I am gentle and subdued in my heart: and ye will find rest for your souls:

¹⁸ Behold my servant, in whom I have complacency; my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth. I will put my spirit upon him; and he shall proclaim judgment to the Gentiles.

²¹ And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

⁴⁰ For as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights; so will the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

²⁴ Then said Jesus to his disciples: If any one desireth to come after me, let him deny himself; and let him bear his cross, and come after me.

² And Jesus was changed before them: and his face shone like the sun; and his vestments became white like the light.

¹⁷ Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you? and how long bear with you? Bring him here to me.

⁶ And whosoever shall stumble one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were suspended to his neck, and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

¹¹ And when they received it, they murmured against the lord of the house,

²⁶ Not so shall it be among you. But whoever among you desireth to be great, let him be to you, a ministerer: ²⁷ and whoever among you desireth to be first, let him be your servant: ²⁸ even as the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve; and to give his life a ransom for many.

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

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.

³⁷ And he took Cephas and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be dejected and sorrowful.

³⁹ And retiring a little, he fell on his face, and prayed, and said: My Father, if it can be so, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I choose, but as thou.

⁴² Again he went away the second time, and prayed, and said: My Father, if it cannot be that this cup pass, except I drink it, thy will be done.

²⁹ And they wove a crown of thorns, and set it on his head, and put a reed in his hand, and they bowed their knees before him, and mocked him, and said: Hail, thou king of the Jews.

¹⁸ And Jesus came near, and discoursed with them, and said to them: All authority is given to me, in heaven and on earth. And as my Father sent me, so also I send you.

² And after six days, Jesus took Cephas and James and John, and led them to a high mountain, apart; and was transformed before them. ³ And his raiment shone and was very white, like snow, so as men on earth can never whiten.

¹² He said to them: Elijah truly first cometh, to prepare all things: and, as it is written of the Son of man, he will suffer much, and be rejected.

³³ And they came to Capernaum. And when they entered the house, he asked them: What disputed ye among yourselves by the way? ³⁴ And they were silent; for by the way they had contended with one another, which should be the great among them.

⁴⁴ And he of you that would be first, must be servant to every one. ⁴⁵ And also the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve; and to give his life a ransom for many.

⁵ For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and been given to the poor. And they were indignant at her.

⁶ And they were both upright before God, and walked in all his commandments, and in the righteousness of the Lord, without reproach.

¹⁰ And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold I announce to you great joy, which will be to all the world. ¹¹ For there is born to you this day a deliverer, who is the Lord Messiah, in the city of David

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

²⁵ And there was a certain man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon. This man was upright and just, and was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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.

⁵ And against them that receive you not, when ye go out of that city, shake off even the dust of your feet against them, for a testimony.

²⁹ And while he prayed, the aspect of his countenance was changed, and his garments became white and brilliant.

⁵⁷ And as they went by the way, one said to him: I will follow thee to whatever place thou goest, my Lord. ⁵⁸ Jesus said to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have coverts; but the Son of man hath not where he may lay his head. ⁵⁹ And he said to another: Come thou after me. And he said to him: My Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. ⁶⁰ And Jesus said to him: Allow the dead to bury their dead; and go thou and proclaim the kingdom of God. ⁶¹ Another said to him: I will follow thee, my Lord; but allow me first to bid adieu to my household, and I will come. ⁶² Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the ox-plough, and looking backward, is fit for the kingdom of God.

²² And he turned himself to his disciples, and said to them: Every thing is committed to me by my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; or who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.

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.

³² Fear not, little flock; for your Father is disposed to give you the kingdom

²³ And a person asked him, whether they were few who would have life? ²⁴ And Jesus said to them: Strive to enter the narrow gate: for I say to you, many will seek to enter, and will not be able.

⁷ And he spoke a similitude to the guests that were present, as he noticed how they chose places on the highest couches. ⁸ When thou art invited by any one to a house of feasting, go not and recline on the highest couch; lest there should be invited there, one more honorable than thou; ⁹ and he that invited both him and thee come and say to thee, Give place to this man; and thou be ashamed, when thou risest, and takest a lower couch. ¹⁰ But when thou art invited, go and recline on the lowest couch; that when he who invited thee come, he may say to thee: My friend, come up higher and recline. And thou wilt have honor, before all that recline with thee. ¹¹ For, every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled: and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted.

²⁶ He that cometh to me, and hateth not his father and his mother, and his brothers and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and his own life also, cannot become a disciple to me.

¹⁴ I say to you, that this man went down to his house justified, rather than the Pharisee. For every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled; and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted.

²⁷ For, which is the greater, he that reclineth, or he that serveth? Is not he that reclineth? But I am among you, as he that serveth.

¹ In the beginning, was the Word; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God. ² He was in the beginning with God.

¹⁴ And the: Word became flesh, and tabernacled with us: and we saw his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, that he was full of grace and truth.

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

²⁷ John answered, and said to them: A man cannot take any thing by his own choice, unless it be given him from heaven.

²⁹ He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and listeneth to him, rejoiceth with great joy on account of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy, therefore, lo, it is full.

³⁵ The Father loveth the Son, and hath given every thing into his hands. ³⁶ He that believeth on the Son, hath life eternal; but he who obeyeth not the Son, shall not see life. but the wrath of God will abide upon him.

³⁴ Jesus said to them: My food is to do the pleasure of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

¹⁸ And for this, the Jews sought the more to kill him, not only because he had broken the sabbath, but because he had said of God, that he was his Father, and had equalled himself with God.

²² For neither doth the Father judge any one, but hath given all judgment to the Son: ²³ that every man may honor the Son, as he honoreth the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father that sent him.

²³ that every man may honor the Son, as he honoreth the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father that sent him. 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.

³⁵ He was a burning and shining lamp; and ye were willing for a time, to glory in his light.

²⁷ Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that abideth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give to you; for him hath God the Father sealed. ²⁸ They said to him: What shall we do, in order to work the works of God? ²⁹ Jesus replied and said to them: This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

⁴⁵ For it is written, in the prophet: And they shall all be taught of God. Whoever, therefore, heareth from the Father, and learneth from him, cometh to me.

⁶³ It is the Spirit that vivifieth; the body profiteth nothing. The words which I have used with you, they are spirit, and they are life.

⁶⁵ And he said to them: For this reason, I said to you, That no one can come to me, unless it be given to him by my Father.

⁶⁸ Simon Cephas replied, and said: My Lord, to whom shall we go? The words of life eternal are with thee.

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, That before Abraham existed, I was. ⁵⁹ And they took up stones to stone him. But Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple, and passed along among them, and went away.

²² These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had decided, that if any one should confess him to be Messiah, they would expel him from the synagogue.

¹³ And a hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and hath no concern for the flock.

¹⁸ There is no one that taketh it from me; but I lay it down of my own pleasure: for I have authority to lay it down, and authority to resume it again; because I have received this command from my Father.

³⁰ I and my Father are one.

³³ The Jews said to him: It is not on account of good works, that we stone thee: but because thou blasphemest; and, whilst thou art a man, thou makest thyself God.

³⁸ But if I do them, although ye believe not me, yet believe the works; that ye may know and believe, that my Father is in me, and I in my Father.

³ And his two sisters sent to Jesus, and said: Our Lord, he whom thou lovest is sick. ⁴ And Jesus said: This sickness is not that of death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.

³⁵ And the tears of Jesus came. ³⁶ And the Jews said: See, how much he loved him.

⁶ And this he said, not be cause he cared for the poor, but because he was thief, and held the purse, and carried what was put in it.

²⁸ Father, glorify thy name! And a voice was heard from heaven: I have glorified it; and I will glorify it again. ²⁹ And the multitude standing by, heard it; and they said: There was thunder. But others said: An angel spoke with him. ³⁰ Jesus answered, and said to them: This voice was not for my sake, but for yours. ³¹ Now is the judgment of this world: now the ruler of this world is cast out. ³² And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me.

⁴² And of the chiefs also, many believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees, they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;

³ And Jesus, because he knew that the Father had given all things into his hands; and that he came out from the Father, and was going to God;

³ And Jesus, because he knew that the Father had given all things into his hands; and that he came out from the Father, and was going to God; ⁴ arose from the supper, and laid aside his long garments, and took a linen cloth, and wrapped it about his loins; ⁵ and poured water into a wash-basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples: and he wiped them with the linen cloth with which he had girded his loins. ⁶ And when he came to Simon Cephas, Simon said to him: Dost thou, my Lord, wash my feet for me? ⁷ Jesus answered, and said to him: What I do, thou understandest not now: but hereafter thou wilt understand. ⁸ Simon Cephas said to him: Never shalt thou wash my feet. Jesus said to him: Unless I wash thee, thou hast no part with me. ⁹ Simon Cephas said to him: Then, my Lord, not my feet only shalt thou wash, but also my hands and my head. ¹⁰ Jesus said to him: He that hath bathed, needeth not but to wash his feet; for he is all clean. And ye also are clean; but not all of you. ¹¹ For Jesus knew, who would betray him: therefore he said, Ye are not all clean. ¹² And when he had washed their feet, he resumed his long garments, and reclined. And he said to them: Understand ye what I have done to you? ¹³ Ye call me, Our Rabbi, and Our Lord; and ye speak well; for I am so.

¹³ Ye call me, Our Rabbi, and Our Lord; and ye speak well; for I am so. ¹⁴ If then I, your Lord and your Rabbi, have washed your feet, how much more ought ye to wash the feet of one another?

¹⁴ If then I, your Lord and your Rabbi, have washed your feet, how much more ought ye to wash the feet of one another? ¹⁵ For I have given you this example, that ye might do, as I have done to you.

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say to you: He that receiveth him whom I send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

³¹ And Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glorified; and God is glorified in him. ³² And if God is glorified in him, God will glorify him in himself; and will glorify him speedily.

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?

¹³ And what ye shall ask in my name, I will do for you; that the Father may be glorified in his Son.

¹⁸ I shall not leave you orphans: for I shall come to you in a little while.

²³ Jesus answered, and said to him: He that loveth me, observeth my instruction; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.

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. ²⁸ Ye have heard what I said to you that I go away, and come again to you. If ye had loved me, ye would have rejoiced, that I go to my Father; for my Father is greater than I

³¹ But that the world may know, that I love my Father, and as my Father commanded me, so I do. Arise; let us go hence.

¹⁰ If ye shall keep my commands, ye will abide in the love of me, as I have kept the commands of my Father, and abide in his love.

¹⁰ If ye shall keep my commands, ye will abide in the love of me, as I have kept the commands of my Father, and abide in his love. ¹¹ These things have I spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. ¹² This is my command, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

¹⁴ He will glorify me; because he will receive of what is mine, and will show it to you. ¹⁵ Whatever the Father hath, is mine: therefore said I to you that he will receive of what is mine, and will show it to you.

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.

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. ²³ And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, That whatsoever ye shall ask of my Father in my name, he will give to you. ²⁴ Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye will receive; that your joy may be complete.

¹ These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said: My Father, the hour is come: glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee.

¹ These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said: My Father, the hour is come: glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee. ² As thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that he might give life eternal to as many as thou hast given him. 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.

⁵ And now, my Father, glorify thou me, with that glory which I had with thee before the world was.

¹³ But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that my joy may be complete in them.

¹⁸ As thou didst send me into the world, so have I also sent them into the world.

²⁸ And Thomas answered, and said to him: My Lord, and my God!

¹⁴ All these unitedly persevered in prayer, with one soul, together with the women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

¹ And when the days of pentecost were fully come, while they were all assembled together,

³² This Jesus hath God resuscitated; and we all are his witnesses. ³³ And he it is, who is exalted by the right hand of God, and hath received from the Father a promise respecting the Holy Spirit, and hath sent this gift which, lo, ye see and hear. ³⁴ For David hath not ascended into heaven; because he himself said: The Lord said to my Lord, seat thyself at my right hand, ³⁵ until I shall place thy enemies a footstool to thy feet. ³⁶ Therefore, let all the house of Israel know, assuredly, that God hath made that Jesus whom ye crucified, to be Lord and Messiah.

³⁶ Therefore, let all the house of Israel know, assuredly, that God hath made that Jesus whom ye crucified, to be Lord and Messiah.

⁴⁰ And in many other words he testified to them, and entreated of them, saying: Live ye from this perverse generation.

⁴⁶ And they continued daily in the temple, with one soul: and at home, they broke bread and took food rejoicing, and in the simplicity of their heart.

³² And in the assembly of the persons that believed, there was one soul, and one mind: and no one of them said, of the property he possessed, that it was his own; but whatever was theirs, it was the community's.

¹² And there were many signs and prodigies wrought by the legates among the people. And they were all assembled together in the porch of Solomon.

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.

¹ And in those days, when the disciples had become numerous, the Grecian disciples murmured against the Hebrew, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration to the needy.

⁸ And there was great joy in that city.

³³ From prison and from judgment he was carried: and his generation, who will declare? for his life is taken away from the earth.

⁶ But arise and go into the city, and there it will be told thee what thou oughtest to do.

³⁷ And she fell sick in those days, and died; and they washed her, and laid her in an upper room.

³⁹ And Simon arose and went with them. And when he arrived, they conducted him to the chamber; and there were assembled around her all the widows, weeping, and showing him the tunics and the cloaks which Tabitha had given them when alive. ⁴⁰ And Simon put all the people out, and fell on his knees and prayed; and he turned to the corpse and said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Simon, she sat up. ⁴¹ And he reached to her his hand, and raised her up: and he called the saints and the widows, and presented her to them alive.

³⁶ For this is the word, which he sent to the sons of Israel, announcing to them peace and rest by Jesus Messiah, He is Lord of all;

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.

²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them; and many believed, and turned to the Lord.

¹³ And Paul and Barnabas went by sea, from the city of Paphos, and came to Perga, a city of Pamphylia. And John separated from them, and went away to Jerusalem.

²⁶ Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and all who, with you, fear God, to you is this word of life sent.

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.

⁷ And when there had been much discussion, Simon arose and said to them: Men, brethren, ye know that, from the earlier days, God chose that from my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and should believe.

³⁸ But Paul was not willing to take him with them; because he left them when they were in Pamphylia, and went not with them. ³⁹ In, consequence of this strife, they separated from each other: and Barnabas took Mark, and they travelled by sea and went to Cyprus.

³ Him Paul was disposed to take with him: and he took him, and circumcised him, because of the Jews that were in that region; for they all knew that his father was a Gentile. ⁴ And as they went among the cities, they preached and taught them, that they should observe those injunctions which the legates and Elders at Jerusalem had written. ⁵ And so were the churches established in the faith, and were increased in number daily. 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. ⁷ And when they came into the region of Mysia, they were disposed to go from there into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus permitted them not. ⁸ And when they departed from Mysia, they came down to the region of Troas. ⁹ And in a vision of the night, there appeared unto Paul, a man of Macedonia, who stood and besought him, saying: Come to Macedonia and help us. ¹⁰ And when Paul had seen this vision, immediately we were desirous to depart for Macedonia; because we inferred, that our Lord called us to preach to them. ¹¹ And we sailed from Troas, and came direct to Samothrace; and from there, on the following day, we came to the city Neapolis. ¹² And from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of Macedonia, and is a colony. And we remained in that city certain days.

²⁹ And he lighted for himself a lamp, and sprang and came in, trembling, and fell at the feet of Paul and Silas.

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.

³⁰ And also, from among yourselves, there will rise up men speaking perverse things, that they may turn away the disciples to go after them.

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

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.

¹⁰ And they honored us with great honors: and when we left the place, they supplied us with necessaries.

³ concerning his Son, (who was born in the flesh, of seed of the house of David,

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

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

¹ Therefore, because we are justified by faith, we shall have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Messiah. ² By whom we are brought by faith into this grace, in which we stand and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

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.

¹⁹ For as; on account of the disobedience of one man, many became sinners; so also, on account of the obedience of one, many become righteous.

³ Inasmuch as the law was impotent, by means of the weakness of the flesh, God sent his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin; that He might, in his flesh, condemn sin;

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. ¹⁰ But if Messiah is in you, the body is dead, in regard to sin; and the Spirit is alive in regard to righteousness. 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. ¹² Now we are debtors, my Brethren, not to the flesh, that we should walk according to the flesh: 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. ¹⁴ For they who are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God :) 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. ¹⁶ And this Spirit testifieth to our spirit, that we are the sons of God.

²⁶ So also the Spirit aideth our weakness. For we know not what to pray for, in a proper manner; but the Spirit prayeth for us, with groans not expressible:

² that I have great sorrow, and the sadness of my heart is unceasing.

⁵ and from among whom, Messiah appeared in the flesh, who is God over all; to whom be praises and benediction, for ever and ever; Amen.

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.

¹⁶ Therefore, it is not of him who is willing, nor of him who runneth, but of the merciful God.

⁸ But what saith it? The thing is near to thy mouth, and to thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we proclaim. 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.

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.

¹⁰ For the heart that believeth in him, is justified; and the mouth that confesseth him, is restored to life. ¹¹ For the scripture saith: Every one that believeth in him, shall not be ashamed.

¹¹ For the scripture saith: Every one that believeth in him, shall not be ashamed. ¹² And in this, it discriminateth neither Jews nor Gentiles. For there is one Lord over them all, who is rich, towards every one that calleth on him.

¹² And in this, it discriminateth neither Jews nor Gentiles. For there is one Lord over them all, who is rich, towards every one that calleth on him. ¹³ For every one that shall call on the name of the Lord, will have life. ¹⁴ How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? Or, how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? Or, how shall they hear, without a preacher? ¹⁵ Or, how shall they preach, if they are not sent forth? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of the heralds of peace, and of the heralds of good things?

¹⁵ Or, how shall they preach, if they are not sent forth? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of the heralds of peace, and of the heralds of good things? ¹⁶ But all of them have not obeyed the proclamation of the gospel. (For, Isaiah said: My Lord, who hath believed our proclamation?)

⁴ And it was said to him, by revelation: Behold, I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed their knees, and have not worshipped Baal.

¹ I beseech you, therefore, my brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, by a rational service of him.

¹⁰ Be affectionate to your brethren: and love one another. Be foremost in honoring one another.

¹⁵ Rejoice with them who rejoice: and weep with them who weep. 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.

¹⁸ And if possible, so far as it dependeth on you, live in peace with every man.

¹¹ And this also know ye, that it is the time and the hour, that we should henceforth be awake from our sleep. For now our life hath come nearer to us, than when we believed. ¹² The night now passeth away, and the day draweth near. Let us therefore cast from us the works of darkness; and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ And let us walk decorously, as in daylight; not in merriment, nor in drunkenness, nor in impurity of the bed, nor in envy and strife.

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

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

⁹ Moreover, for this cause Messiah died, and revived, and arose; that he might be Lord of the dead and of the living.

⁹ Moreover, for this cause Messiah died, and revived, and arose; that he might be Lord of the dead and of the living. ¹⁰ But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we must all stand before the judgment seat of Messiah, ¹¹ as it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow; and to me every tongue shall give praise.

¹¹ as it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow; and to me every tongue shall give praise.

¹⁵ But if thou grievest thy brother, because of food, thou walkest not in love. On account of food, destroy not him for whom Messiah died.

¹⁹ Now let us strive after peace, and after the edification of one another. ²⁰ And let us not, on account of food, destroy the work of God. For every thing is, indeed, pure; yet it is evil, to the man who eateth with stumbling. ²¹ It is proper, that we neither eat flesh, nor drink wine, nor do any thing, whereby our brother is stumbled. ²² Thou art one in whom there is faith; keep it to thyself, before God. Blessed is he, who doth not condemn himself, in that thing which he alloweth.

¹ We then who are strong, ought to bear the infirmity of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

³ Because Messiah also did not please himself; but, as it is written: The reviling of thy revilers fell upon me.

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

⁵ And may the God of patience and of consolation, grant to you, to think in harmony one with another, in Jesus Messiah; ⁶ so that with one mind and one mouth, ye may glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Messiah.

⁸ Now I say, that Jesus Messiah ministered to the circumcision, in behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promise made to the fathers; ⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercies upon them, as it is written: I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing psalms.

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.

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.

¹⁶ that I should be a minister of Jesus Messiah among the Gentiles, and should subserve the gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentiles might be acceptable, and be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

²⁸ When therefore, I shall have accomplished this, and shall have sealed to them this fruit, I will pass by you into Spain. ²⁹ And I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Messiah.

² that ye may receive her in our Lord, as is just for saints; and that ye may assist her, in whatever thing she may ask of you: for she also hath been assistant to many, and to me also.

⁴ who, for my life, surrendered their own necks; and to whom, not only I am grateful, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

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.

¹⁹ But your obedience is known to every one. I therefore rejoice in you: and I would have you be wise in what is good, and blameless in what is evil.

²¹ Timothy, my fellow-laborer, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.

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

¹⁰ And I beseech you, my Brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, that to you all there may be one language; and that there may be no divisions among you: but that ye may become perfectly of one mind, and of one way of thinking.

¹⁰ And I beseech you, my Brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, that to you all there may be one language; and that there may be no divisions among you: but that ye may become perfectly of one mind, and of one way of thinking.

¹⁰ And I beseech you, my Brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, that to you all there may be one language; and that there may be no divisions among you: but that ye may become perfectly of one mind, and of one way of thinking. ¹¹ For concerning you, my Brethren, it hath been reported to me by the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

¹¹ For concerning you, my Brethren, it hath been reported to me by the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. ¹² And this I state: That one of you saith, I am of Paul; and another saith, I am of Apollos; and another saith, I am of Cephas; and another saith, I am of Messiah.

³ And in much fear and much trembling, was I with you.

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?

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? ⁴ For, while one of you saith, I am of Paul; and another saith, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? ⁵ For, who is Paul, or who is Apollos, but the ministers by whom ye believed, each one as the Lord gave to him?

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

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

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

¹⁷ For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, that he might bring to your recollection my ways in Messiah, agreeably to what I teach in all the churches.

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. ²⁰ For ye are bought with a price. Therefore, glorify ye God, with your body, and with your spirit, which are God's.

⁶ yet to us, on our part, there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus the Messiah, by whom are all things, and we also by him.

⁹ See to it, however, lest this your authority become a stumbling-block to the weak. ¹⁰ For if one should see thee in whom there is knowledge, reclining in the temple of idols, will not his conscience, seeing he is a weak person, be encouraged to eat what is sacrificed? ¹¹ And by thy knowledge, he who is feeble, and on account of whom the Messiah died, will perish. ¹² And if ye thus sin against your brethren, and wound the consciences of the feeble, ye sin against the Messiah. ¹³ Wherefore, if food is a stumbling-block to my brother, I will for ever eat no flesh, lest I should be a stumbling-block to my brother.

²⁰ and with the Jews, I was as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; and with those under the law, I was as under the law, that I might gain them who are under the law; ²¹ and to those who have not the law, I was as without the law, (although I am not without law to God, but under the law of the Messiah,) that I might gain them that are without the law. ²² I was with the weak, as weak, that I might gain the weak: I was all things to all men, that I might vivify every one. ²³ And this I do, that I may participate in the announcement. ²⁴ Know ye not that they who run in the stadium, run all of them; yet it is one who gaineth the victory. Run ye, so as to attain. 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;

²⁶ I therefore so run, not as for something unknown; and I so struggle, not as struggling against air; ²⁷ but I subdue my body, and reduce it to servitude; lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a reprobate.

¹⁰ Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured; and they perished by the destroyer.

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

²⁴ Let no one seek his own things, but also the things of his fellow-man.

³² Be ye without offence to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God: ³³ even as I also, in every thing, please every man; and do not seek what is profitable to me, but what is profitable to many; that they may live.

³³ even as I also, in every thing, please every man; and do not seek what is profitable to me, but what is profitable to many; that they may live.

³³ even as I also, in every thing, please every man; and do not seek what is profitable to me, but what is profitable to many; that they may live.

³ I therefore inform you, that there is no man, that speaketh by the Spirit of God, who saith that Jesus is accursed: neither can a man say that Jesus is the Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.

⁶ And there are diversities of energies; but God, who worketh all in all men, is one.

¹³ For all of us, likewise, by one Spirit, have been baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free; and all of us have drinked in one Spirit.

²² But rather, those members which are accounted feeble, are indispensable. ²³ And those which we think dishonorable in the body, on them we heap more honor; and those that are uncomely, on them we put the more decoration. ²⁴ For the honorable members in us, have no need of honor: for God hath tempered the body, and given more honor to the member which is inferior; ²⁵ that there might be no disunion in the body, but that all the members, equally, might care for one another; ²⁶ so that, when one member is in pain, they will all sympathize; and if one member is exalted, all the members will be exalted.

²⁶ so that, when one member is in pain, they will all sympathize; and if one member is exalted, all the members will be exalted.

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

⁵ and doth nothing that causeth shame; and seeketh not her own; is not passionate; and thinketh no evil;

⁹ I am the least of the legates; and am not worthy to be called a legate; because I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace, that was in me, was not in vain; but I labored more than they all:-not I, but his grace that was with me.

²⁴ And then will be the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God the Father; when every prince, and every sovereign, and all powers shall have come to naught. ²⁵ For he is to reign, until he shall put all his enemies under his feet. ²⁶ And the last enemy, death, will be abolished. ²⁷ For he hath subjected all under his feet. But when he said, that every thing is subjected to him, it is manifest that he is excepted, who subjected all to him.

³¹ I protest, my brethren, by your exultation, which is mine in our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that I die daily.

⁴⁷ The first man was of dust from the earth; the second man was the Lord from heaven.

⁵³ For this which is corruptible, is to put on incorruption; and that which dieth, will put on immortality.

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

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

¹⁷ And I rejoice at the arrival of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have supplied that wherein ye were deficient towards me. ¹⁸ And they have refreshed my spirit, and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them who are such.

⁵ For, as the sufferings of the Messiah abound in us, so also our consolation aboundeth by the Messiah.

⁵ For, as the sufferings of the Messiah abound in us, so also our consolation aboundeth by the Messiah. ⁶ And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and for your life that we are afflicted; or whether we be comforted, it is, that ye may be comforted; and that there may be in you an eagerness, wherewith ye may endure those sufferings which we also suffer.

¹⁴ as ye have also partially acknowledged that we are your rejoicing, as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

³ And I wrote that very thing to you, lest when I came, those persons whom I ought to make joyful, should make me sad. For I have confidence concerning you, that my joy is the joy of you all.

⁷ so that, on the other hand, ye ought to forgive him and console him; lest he who is such a man, should be swallowed up with excessive grief.

⁹ For it was for this also that I wrote to you, that I might learn by a trial, whether ye would be obedient in every thing.

¹³ there was no quietude in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: and I took leave of them, and went into Macedonia. ¹⁴ But thanks be to God, who always procureth us a triumph in the Messiah, and manifesteth by us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place.

⁵ Not that we are sufficient to think any thing as of ourselves; but our efficiency is from God:

⁴ to them whose minds the God of this world hath blinded, in order that they might not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of the Messiah (who is the likeness of God) should dawn upon them.

¹⁴ For the love of the Messiah constraineth us to reason thus: One died for all; therefore are all dead. ¹⁵ And he died for all, that they who live should not live to themselves, but to him who died for them and rose again.

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

¹⁷ Wherefore, come ye out from among them, and be ye separate from them, saith the Lord; and come not near the unclean thing, and I will receive you;

² Bear with us, my brethren; we have done evil to no one; we have corrupted no one; we have wronged no one.

⁴ I have great assurance before you, and have much glorying in you; and I am full of comfort. And joy greatly aboundeth to me, in all my afflictions.

⁷ And not merely by his arrival, but also by the refreshing with which he was refreshed by you. For he told us of your love towards us, and of your grief, and of your zeal in our behalf: and when I heard it, my joy was great.

¹⁵ and also his bowels are the more enlarged towards you, while he remembereth the submission of you all, and how ye received him with fear and trembling.

⁸ I do not actually command you, but by the promptitude of your fellow disciples, I would test the sincerity of your love. 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.

²² And we also sent with them that brother of ours, who hath often, and in many things, been proved diligent by us; and is now particularly diligent, from the great confidence he hath in you.

²² And we also sent with them that brother of ours, who hath often, and in many things, been proved diligent by us; and is now particularly diligent, from the great confidence he hath in you. ²³ And therefore, if Titus be inquired about, he is my associate and assistant among you: or if our other brethren, they are the legates of the churches of the Messiah's glory. ²⁴ Therefore exhibit ye to them, in the presence of all the churches, a demonstration of your love and of our glorying respecting you.

¹⁴ and they put up prayer for you, with much love, because of the abundance of the grace of God that is upon you.

¹⁸ For not he who praiseth himself, is approved; but he whom the Lord praiseth.

⁷ Did I indeed commit an offence, by humbling myself that ye might be exalted? and by proclaiming the gospel of God to you gratis? ⁸ And I robbed other churches, and I took pay of them for ministering to you. ⁹ And when I came among you and was needy, I was burdensome to none of you; for the brethren who came from Macedonia, supplied my wants: and in all things I kept myself, and I will keep myself, from being burdensome to you.

²⁹ Who becometh weak, and I become not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not?

¹⁵ And cheerfully will I both pay my expenses, and also give myself for your souls; although the more I love you, the less ye love me.

²⁰ For I fear, lest I should come to you and not find you such as I would wish; and lest I also should be found by you, such as ye would not wish; lest there should be contention, and envying, and anger, and obstinacy, and slandering, and murmuring, and insolence, and commotion;

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

¹⁴ { (13:13) The peace of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.} { :}

² And I went up by revelation: and I explained to them the gospel which I announce among the Gentiles; and I stated it to them who were esteemed prominent, between myself and them: lest I should have run, or might run in vain.

¹³ But the Messiah hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, and hath been a curse for us; (for it is written, Cursed is everyone that is hanged on a tree;)

⁴ But when the consummation of the time arrived, God sent forth his Son; and he was from a woman, and was under the law;

⁶ And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, who crieth, Father, our Father.

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

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.

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

² And bear ye one another's burdens, that so ye may fulfill the law of the Messiah.

⁷ Do not mistake; God is not deceived; for what a man soweth, that also will he reap. 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.

⁵ and adopted us for sons, in Jesus the Messiah, as was agreeable to his pleasure:

⁹ And he hath made us know the mystery of his pleasure, which he had before determined in himself to accomplish, ¹⁰ in the dispensation of the fullness of times; that all things might again be made new in the Messiah, things in heaven and things on earth. 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;

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,

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, ¹⁴ who is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of them that are alive, and for the praise of his glory.

²⁰ which he put forth in the Messiah, and raised him from the dead, and seated him at his right hand in heaven, ²¹ high above all principalities, and authorities, and powers, and lordships, and above every name that is named, not only in this world but also in that to come: ²² and he hath subjected all things under his feet; and hath given him who is high over all, to be the head of the church; ²³ which is his body, and the fullness of him who filleth all in all:

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:

¹⁸ because, by him there is access for us both, by one Spirit, unto the Father. ¹⁹ Wherefore, ye are not strangers, nor sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God. ²⁰ And ye are built upon the foundations of the legates and the prophets; and Jesus the Messiah hath become the head of the corner in the edifice. ²¹ And in him all the edifice is framed together, and groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; ²² while ye also are builded in him, for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

¹³ Therefore I pray, that I may not be discouraged by my afflictions, which are for your sakes; for this is your glory. ¹⁴ And I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,

² with all lowliness of mind, and quietness, and long suffering; and that ye be forbearing one towards another, in love.

⁴ so that ye may become one body, and one Spirit; even as ye are called unto one hope of your calling.

⁹ Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also previously descended to the interior regions of the earth?

⁹ Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also previously descended to the interior regions of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended, is also the same that ascended up, high above all the heavens, that he might fulfill all things. ¹¹ And he gave some, legates; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers: ¹² for perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of the Messiah;

³⁰ And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed for the day of redemption. ³¹ Let all bitterness, and anger, and wrath, and clamoring, and reviling, be taken from you, with all malice: ³² and be ye affectionate towards one another, and sympathetic; and forgive ye one another, as God by the Messiah hath forgiven us.

¹ Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children: ² and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.

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

⁷ Therefore be ye not like them. ⁸ For ye were heretofore darkness, but now are ye light in our Lord: therefore, as the children of light, so walk ye.

²¹ And be submissive one to another, in the love of the Messiah.

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.

²¹ And that ye also may know my affairs, and what I am doing, lo, Tychicus, a beloved brother, and a faithful minister in our Lord, will acquaint you; ²² whom I have sent to you for this purpose, that ye might know what is going on with me, and that your hearts may be comforted.

¹ PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus the Messiah, to all the saints that are in Jesus the Messiah at Philippi, with the elders and deacons.

³ I thank my God at the constant recollection of you, ⁴ in all my prayers respecting you; and while I rejoice, I adore; ⁵ on account of your fellowship in the gospel, from the first day until now.

⁸ For God is my witness, how I love you in the bowels of 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; ¹⁶ because they know that I am appointed for the vindication of the gospel. ¹⁷ And they who herald the Messiah in contention, do it not sincerely; but they hope to add pressure to my bonds.

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

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.

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

²⁵ And this I confidently know, that I shall continue and remain, for your joy, and for the furtherance of your faith; ²⁶ so that when I come again to you, your glorying, which is in Jesus the Messiah only, will abound through me.

²⁶ so that when I come again to you, your glorying, which is in Jesus the Messiah only, will abound through me. 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.

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.

²⁹ And this is given to you by God, that ye not only really believe in the Messiah, but also that ye suffer on his account;

² complete ye my joy, by having one apprehension, and one love, and one soul, and one mind. ³ And do nothing in strife, or in vain glory; but, with lowliness of mind, let each esteem his neighbor as better than himself. ⁴ And let not each be solicitous only for himself, but every one also for his neighbor.

⁶ who, as he was in the likeness of God, deemed it no trespass to be the coequal of God;

¹⁴ Do all things without murmuring, and without altercation;

¹⁶ so that ye may be to them in place of life; for my glory in the day of the Messiah, that I may not have run in vain or toiled for naught. ¹⁷ And if I should be made a libation upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and exult with you all.

¹⁹ But I hope in our Lord Jesus, that I shall shortly send Timothy unto you, so that I also may have composure, when informed concerning you. ²⁰ For I have no other one here, who, like my self, will sincerely care for your welfare.

²² But ye know the proof of him, that as a son with his father, so he labored with me in the gospel. ²³ Him I hope shortly to send to you, when I shall have seen how things result with me. ²⁴ And I trust in my Lord, that I shall shortly come myself to you. ²⁵ But now, a circumstance urged me to send to you Epaphroditus, the brother who is an assistant and laborer with me, but is your legate and minister to my wants. ²⁶ For he longed to see you all, and was anxious, because he knew ye had heard, that he was sick. ²⁷ And indeed he was sick, nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him: nor was it on him only, but also on me, that I might not have trouble upon trouble.

²⁷ And indeed he was sick, nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him: nor was it on him only, but also on me, that I might not have trouble upon trouble. ²⁸ Promptly, therefore, have I sent him to you; so that when ye see him, ye may again be joyful, and I may have a little breathing.

³⁰ For, because of the Messiah's work, he came near to death, and little regarded his life, that he might fulfill what you lacked in the ministration to me.

¹ Finally, my brethren, rejoice in our Lord. To write these things again and again to you, is not irksome to me, because they make you cautious.

³ For we are the real circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and glory in Jesus the Messiah, and place no reliance on the flesh.

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. ¹⁵ Therefore let those who are perfect, have these views; and if ye differently view any thing, God will reveal that also to you. ¹⁶ Nevertheless, that we may attain to this, let us proceed on in one path, and with one consent.

¹ Wherefore, my beloved and dear brethren, my joy and my crown!-so stand ye fast in our Lord, my beloved! ² I beseech of Euodias and Syntyche, that they be of one mind in our Lord. ³ I also beseech of thee, my true yokefellow, that thou assist those women who toiled with me in the gospel; together with Clement, and with the rest of my helpers, whose names are written in the book of life. ⁴ Rejoice ye in our Lord, at all times; and again I say, Rejoice.

¹⁰ And I rejoice greatly in our Lord, that ye have again commenced caring for me; even as ye had before cared for me, but ye had not the opportunity.

¹⁵ And ye know also, Philippians, that in the beginning of the annunciation, when I left Macedonia, not one of the churches communicated with me in respect to receiving and giving, except ye only;

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.

⁷ as ye learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of the Messiah;

¹⁵ who is the likeness of the invisible God, and the first-born of all creatures: ¹⁶ and by him was created every thing that is in heaven and on earth, all that is seen and all that is unseen, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or sovereignties; every thing was through him, and was created by him:

¹⁸ And he is the head of the body the church; as he is the head and first-born from among the dead, that he might be the first in all things.

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;

² that their hearts may be comforted, and that they, by love, may come to all the riches of assurance, and to the understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God the Father, and of the Messiah,

⁵ For though I am separated from you in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit; and I rejoice at beholding your good order, and the stability of your faith in the Messiah.

⁸ But now, put away from you all these, wrath, anger, malice, reviling, filthy talking:

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.

⁸ whom I have sent to you for this purpose, that he might know your affairs, and might comfort your hearts; ⁹ together with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is from among you. These will make known to you what is occurrent with us. ¹⁰ Aristarchus, my fellow-captive, saluteth you; also Marcus, an uncle's son to Barnabas, of whom ye have received directions, that if he come to you, ye may kindly receive him: 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.

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.

⁸ so we also fondled you, and were desirous to impart to you, not the gospel of God merely, but also our own soul, because ye were dear to us.

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?

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? ²⁰ For ye are our glory, and our joy.

² and to send to you Timothy our brother, a servant of God, and our assistant in the announcement of the Messiah; that he might strengthen you, and inquire of you respecting your faith:

⁵ Therefore also I could not be quiet, until I sent to learn your faith; lest the Tempter should have tempted you, and our labor have been in vain. ⁶ But now, since Timothy hath come to us from among you, and hath informed us respecting your faith and your love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us at all times, and that ye desire to see us, even as we to see you;

⁶ But now, since Timothy hath come to us from among you, and hath informed us respecting your faith and your love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us at all times, and that ye desire to see us, even as we to see you; ⁷ therefore we are comforted in you, my brethren, amid all our straits and afflictions, on account of your faith.

⁷ therefore we are comforted in you, my brethren, amid all our straits and afflictions, on account of your faith.

⁷ therefore we are comforted in you, my brethren, amid all our straits and afflictions, on account of your faith. ⁸ And now, we live, if ye stand fast in our Lord.

⁸ And now, we live, if ye stand fast in our Lord.

⁸ And now, we live, if ye stand fast in our Lord. ⁹ For what thanks can we render to God in your behalf, for all the joy with which we are joyful on your account;

⁹ For what thanks can we render to God in your behalf, for all the joy with which we are joyful on your account; 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?

¹² And we entreat you, my brethren, that ye recognize them who labor among you, and who stand before your faces in our Lord, and instruct you : ¹³ that they may be esteemed by you with abundant love; and, on account of their work, live ye in harmony with them.

¹⁵ And beware, lest any of you return evil for evil, but always follow good deeds, towards one another, and towards all men.

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.

¹¹ Therefore we pray for you, at all times; that God would make you worthy of your calling, and would fill you with all readiness for good deeds, and with the works of faith by power;

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks to God always, on your account, my brethren beloved of our Lord, that God hath from the beginning chosen you unto life, through sanctification of the Spirit, and through faith in the truth.

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.

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus the Messiah himself, and God our Father, who hath loved us, and given us everlasting consolation and a good hope through his grace, ¹⁷ comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word, and in every good work.

² to Timothy, my true son in the faith: grace and mercy and peace, from God our Father, and the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.

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,

² And an elder ought to be such, that no blame can be found in him; and he should be the husband of one wife, with a vigilant mind, and sober and regular in his habits, and affectionate to strangers, and instructive;

¹⁰ And let them be first tried, and then let them serve, if they are without blame.

¹⁶ and truly great, is this mystery of righteousness, which was revealed in the flesh, and justified in the spirit, and seen by angels, and proclaimed among the Gentiles, and believed on in the world, and received up into glory.

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

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.

¹⁷ Let the elders who conduct themselves well, be esteemed worthy of double honor; especially they who labor in the word and in doctrine.

²⁰ Those who sin before all rebuke; that the rest of the people may fear.

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,

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.

² to Timothy a beloved son; grace, and mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

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.

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.

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

³ And endure evils, as a good soldier of Jesus the Messiah. ⁴ No man, on becoming a soldier, entangleth himself with the business of the world; that he may please him who enlisted him.

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

¹⁵ And study to present thyself before God, perfectly, a laborer who is not ashamed, one who correctly announceth the word of truth. ¹⁶ Avoid vain discourses, in which there is no profit; for they very much add to the wickedness of those occupied with them. ¹⁷ And their discourse, like an eating cancer, will lay hold upon many. And one of these is Hymeneus, and another Philetus;

² and men will be lovers of themselves, and lovers of money, boasters, proud, censorious, unyielding towards their own people, denyers of grace, wicked,

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,

⁶ But I am soon to be immolated; and the time of my dissolution hath come.

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

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

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.

⁶ him who is blameless, who is the husband of one wife, and hath believing children, who are no revellers, nor ungovernable in sensuality.

¹⁰ 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.

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. ¹⁵ These things speak thou, and exhort, and inculcate, with all authority; and let no one despise thee.

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,

¹ These things speak thou, and exhort, and inculcate, with all authority; and let no one despise thee. ² and to our beloved Apphia, and to Archippus a laborer with us, and to the church in thy house.

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.

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.

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

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

²⁴ and Mark, and Aristarchus, and Demas, and Luke, my coadjutors.

³ who is the splendor of his glory, and the image of himself, and upholdeth all by the energy of his word; and by himself he made a purgation of sins, and sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. ⁴ And he is altogether superior to the angels, as he hath also inherited a name which excelleth theirs.

⁶ And again, when bringing the first begotten into the world, he said: Let all the angels of God worship him.

⁸ But of the Son he said: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a righteous sceptre is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

⁹ But we see him, who was depressed somewhat lower than the angels, to be this Jesus, because of the passion of his death; and glory and honor are placed on his head; for God himself, in his grace, tasted death for all men.

⁹ But we see him, who was depressed somewhat lower than the angels, to be this Jesus, because of the passion of his death; and glory and honor are placed on his head; for God himself, in his grace, tasted death for all men. ¹⁰ For it became him, by whom are all things, and on account of whom are all things, and who bringeth many sons unto his glory, to perfect the prince of their life by suffering. ¹¹ For he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all of one nature. Therefore he is not ashamed to call them brethren; ¹² as he saith, I will announce thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly, I will praise thee. ¹³ And again, I will confide in him. And again, Behold me, and the children whom thou, God, hast given to me. 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. ¹⁶ For he did not assume a nature from angels, but he assumed a nature from the seed of Abraham. ¹⁷ Wherefore it was right, that he should be in all respects like his brethren; that he might be merciful, and a high priest faithful in the things of God, and might make expiation for the sins of the people. 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:

¹ Let us fear, therefore, lest while there is a firm promise of entering into his rest, any among you should be found coming short of entering.

¹¹ Let us, therefore, strive to enter into that rest; lest we fall short, after the manner of them who believed not. ¹² For the word of God is living, and all-efficient, and sharper than a two-edged sword, and entereth even to the severance of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints and the marrow and the bones, and judgeth the thoughts and reasonings of the heart:

¹⁵ For we have not a high priest, who cannot sympathize with our infirmity; but one who was tempted in all respects like us, aside from sin.

⁵ So also the Messiah did not exalt himself to become a High Priest; but He appointed him who said to him, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. ⁶ As he said also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, after the likeness of Melchisedec. ⁷ Likewise, when he was clothed in flesh, he presented supplication and entreaty with intense invocation, and with tears, to him who was able to resuscitate him from death; and he was heard. ⁸ And though he was a son, yet, from the fear and the sufferings he endured, he learned obedience. ⁹ And thus he was perfected and became the cause of eternal life to all them who obey him.

⁹ And thus he was perfected and became the cause of eternal life to all them who obey him.

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. ¹¹ And we desire, that each one of you may show this same activity, for the completion of your hope, even 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;

²⁶ For, a priest like to him, was also suitable for us; one pure, and without evil and without stain; one separated from sins, and exalted higher than heaven;

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.

¹ Therefore let us also, who have all these witnesses surrounding us like clouds, cast from us all encumbrances, and sin, which is always prepared for us; and let us run with patience the race that is appointed for us. 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.

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

²⁸ Since, therefore, we have received a kingdom that is unshaken, let us grasp the grace whereby we may serve and please God, with reverence and fear. ²⁹ For our God is a consuming fire.

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

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

¹⁵ and through him, let us at all times offer to God the sacrifices of praise, that is, the fruits of lips which give thanks to his name. ¹⁶ And forget not commiseration and communication with the poor; for with such sacrifices a man pleaseth God. ¹⁷ Confide in your guides, and hearken to them; for they watch for your souls, as men who must give an account of you, that they may do this with joy and not with anguish; for that would not be profitable to you.

²¹ make you perfect in every good work, that ye may do his pleasure; and himself operate in you that which is pleasing In his sight, through Jesus the Messiah; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

² Let it be all joy to you, my brethren, when ye enter into many and various trials. ³ For ye know, that the trial of your faith, maketh you possess patience. ⁴ And let patience have its perfect work, so that ye may be complete and perfect, and may lack nothing.

¹⁶ Do not err, my beloved brethren. ¹⁷ Every good and perfect gift cometh down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no mutation, not even the shadow of change. ¹⁸ He saw fit, and begat us by the word of truth; that we might be the first-fruits of his creatures.

²⁰ for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

⁸ And if in this ye fulfill the law of God, as it is written, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye will do well:

¹⁴ But if bitter envy be in you, or contention in your hearts, exalt not yourselves against the truth, and lie not.

¹⁴ But if bitter envy be in you, or contention in your hearts, exalt not yourselves against the truth, and lie not. ¹⁵ For this wisdom cometh not down from above; but is earthly, and from the devices of the soul, and from demons. ¹⁶ For where envy and contention are, there also is confusion, and every thing wrong.

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.

¹⁵ Whereas they should say: If the Lord please, and we live, we will do this or that.

⁹ Be not querulous one against another, my brethren, lest ye be judged: for lo, the judgment, standeth before the door.

² to them who have been chosen, by the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus the Messiah: May grace and peace abound towards you. ³ Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who in his great mercy hath begotten us anew, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, to the hope of life,

⁶ wherein ye will rejoice for ever, notwithstanding ye at the present time are pressed a little, by the various trials that pass over you;

⁶ wherein ye will rejoice for ever, notwithstanding ye at the present time are pressed a little, by the various trials that pass over you; 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: ⁸ whom having not seen, ye love; and in the faith of whom ye rejoice, with joy that is glorious and ineffable,

¹⁴ as obedient children: and be ye not conversant again with those former lusts, with which ye lusted when without knowledge. 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. ¹⁷ And if so be ye call on the Father, with whom is no respect of persons, and who judgeth every one according to his deeds, pass the time of your sojournment with fear;

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; ²³ like persons born again, not of seed that perisheth, but of that which doth not perish, by the living word of God, who abideth for ever.

²³ like persons born again, not of seed that perisheth, but of that which doth not perish, by the living word of God, who abideth for ever.

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;

⁵ And ye also, as living stones, are builded and become spiritual temples, and holy priests, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices, acceptable before God, through Jesus the Messiah.

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:

¹¹ My beloved, I entreat you as strangers and pilgrims, separate yourselves from all lusts of the body; for they war against the soul. 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.

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.

²⁴ And he took away all our sins, and, in his body, lifted them to the cross; that we, when dead to sin, might live by his righteousness: for by his wounds, ye are healed.

⁸ The summing up, is, that ye all be in harmony, that ye be sympathetic with them who suffer, and affectionate one to another, and be merciful and kind. 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.

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

²² who is taken up to heaven, and is on the right hand of God, and angels, and authorities, and powers, are subject to him.

¹ If then the Messiah hath suffered for you in the flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind: for every one that is dead in his body, hath ceased from all sins,

⁹ And be ye compassionate to strangers, without murmuring.

⁵ And ye juniors submit yourselves to your seniors; and clothe yourselves, stringently, with lowliness of mind one towards another; because God resisteth them who exalt themselves, and giveth grace to the humble.

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. ⁸ For, while these are found in you, and abounding, they render you not slothful, and not unfruitful, in the recognition of our Lord Jesus the Messiah. ⁹ For he, in whom these things are not found, is blind and seeth not, and hath forgotten the purgation of his former sins. ¹⁰ And therefore, my brethren, be ye exceedingly diligent to make your calling and election sure, by your good actions: for, by so doing, ye will never fall away.

¹⁷ For, when he received from God the Father honor and glory, and, after the splendid glory of his majesty, a voice came to him thus: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased;

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

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.

¹ WE announce to you that, which was from the beginning, which we have heard, and have seen with our eyes, looked upon, and handled with our hands, that which is the word of life.

³ And what we have seen and heard, we make known to you also, that ye may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus the Messiah. ⁴ And these things we write to you, that our joy in you may be complete.

⁶ He that saith, I am in him, is bound to walk according to his walkings.

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

¹⁶ By this we know his love towards us, because he gave up his life for us: and we also ought to give up our lives for our brethren.

²⁴ And he that keepeth his commandments, is kept by him, and he dwelleth in him: and by this we understand that he abideth in us, from his Spirit which he hath given to us.

² By this the Spirit of God is known, every spirit that confesseth that Jesus the Messiah hath come in the flesh, is of God.

⁷ My beloved, let us love one another: because love is from God; and whoever loveth, is born of God and knoweth God. ⁸ Because God is love; and whoever loveth not, doth not know God.

¹² No one hath ever seen God; but if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

¹⁵ Whoever confesseth Jesus to be the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he abideth in God. ¹⁶ And we have believed and known the love, which God hath towards us: for God is love, and whoever abideth in love, abideth in God.

⁴ I have rejoiced greatly, that I found some of thy children, who walked in the truth, as we have received commandment from the Father.

⁷ Because many seducers have gone forth into the world, who confess not that Jesus the Messiah hath come in the flesh. This is a seducer and Antichrist.

¹² Having many things I could write to you, I would not with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you, and to converse mouth to mouth, that our joy may be complete.

³ For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified concerning thy integrity, even as thou walkest in the truth. ⁴ And I have no greater joy, than to hear that my children walk in the truth.

⁴ And I have no greater joy, than to hear that my children walk in the truth.

¹⁰ Therefore, if he come, remember those his doings, that he treated us with malignant words; and this not sufficing him, he received not the brethren; and those who would receive them, he prohibited, and even ejected them from the church.

¹⁴ { But I hope soon to see thee, and to converse mouth to mouth. [ (III John 1:15) Peace be with thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends, severally, by name. ]}

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.

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;

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.

⁵ He that is victorious, shall be so clothed in white robes; and I will not blot out their name from the book of life; and I will confess their name before my Father, and before his angels.

⁹ Behold, I will give them of the congregation of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, but lie, behold I will make them to come and do obeisance before thy feet; and to know that I have loved thee.

²¹ And to him that is victorious, to him will I give to sit with me on my throne, even as I was victorious, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

¹⁰ the twenty and four Elders fall down before him who sitteth on the throne, and they worship him who liveth for ever and ever; and they cast their coronets before the throne, saying,

¹² who said, with a loud voice; Competent is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing; ¹³ and to be over every created thing, that is in heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, or in the sea; and all that are in them. And I heard him who sat on the throne say: Unto the Lamb be given, blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, for ever and ever. ¹⁴ And the four Animals said: Amen. And the Elders fell down, and adored.

¹⁵ And the seventh angel sounded; and there were voices and thunders, which said: The kingdom of the world hath become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah; and he will reign for ever and ever.

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.

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

¹³ And the sea gave up the dead in it; and death and the grave gave up the dead in them. And they were judged, each one according to his deeds.

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.

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.