Titus Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Paul, a servant of God––an apostle moreover of Jesus Christ,––according to the faith of the chosen ones of God, and the personal knowledge of the truth that is according to godliness,–– ² In hope of life age–abiding; which God, who cannot lie, promised before age–during times, ³ but hath manifested in its fitting seasons, even his word, in the proclamation with which entrusted am I––by injunction of our Saviour God: ⁴ Unto Titus, my true child according to a common faith,––favour and peace, from God [our] Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
⁵ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that, the things remaining undone, thou mightest completely set in order, and mightest establish, in every city, elders, as, I, with thee arranged:––
⁶ If anyone is unaccusable, a husband of, one wife, having children that believe, who are not charged with riotous excess, nor insubordinate; ⁷ For it is needful that the overseer be––unaccusable, as God’s steward, not self–willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not ready to wound, not seeking gain by base means, ⁸ But hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober–minded, just, kind, possessing self–control, ⁹ Holding fast, in the matter of his teaching, the faithful word, that he may be able both to encourage with his healthful instruction, and, the gainsayers, to refute. ¹⁰ For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision,–– ¹¹ Whose mouths must needs be stopped, men who are upsetting whole houses, teaching the things which ought not [to be taught]––for the sake of base gain. ¹² Said one from among them, a prophet, of their own!––Cretans! always false, mischievous wild–beasts, idle gluttons: ¹³ This witness, is true,––for which cause, be reproving them sharply, that they may be healthy in their faith, ¹⁴ Not giving heed to Judaical stories and commandments of men who are turning away from the truth: ¹⁵ All things, are pure, unto the pure, but, unto the polluted and faithless, nothing, is pure, but polluted are both their mind and conscience; ¹⁶ God, they confess that they know, but, by their works, they deny him, being, abominable, and obdurate, and, as to any good work, found, worthless.

¹⁹ For I have become his intimate friend, To the end that he may command his sons and his house after him, so shall they keep the way of Yahweh, by doing righteousness and justice,––To the end that Yahweh may bring in for Abraham, what he hath spoken concerning him.

⁶ Into their circle, do not thou enter, my soul! In their convocation, do not thou join, mine honour! For, in their anger, they slew brave men, And, in their wantonness, they hamstrung oxen.

⁹ Wine and strong drink, thou mayest not drink,––thou nor thy sons with thee, when ye enter into the tent of meeting, so shall ye not die,––an age–abiding statute, to your generations;

¹⁷ Thou shalt not hate thy brother, in thy heart,––Thou shalt, faithfully reprove, thy neighbour, and not countenance him, in sin:

⁷ A woman that is unchaste or dishonoured, shall they not take, And, a woman divorced from her husband, shall they not take,––For, holy, he is unto his God.

¹⁴ A widow, or a divorced woman, or one dishonoured––an unchaste woman, these, shall he not take, But, a virgin from among his own kinsfolk, shall he take to wife;

¹⁹ GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor, a son of Adam, that he should repent,––Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast?

¹⁶ The oracle of one hearing sayings of GOD, And knowing the knowledge of the Most High,––Who, the sight of the Almighty, receiveth in vision, Who falleth down, but hath unveiled eyes:––

¹¹ Then went Elkanah to Ramah, unto his own house,––but, the boy, remained ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli the priest.

²² Now, Eli, was very old,––but he used to hear all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how they even lay with the women who did service, at the opening of the tent of meeting.

²⁹ Wherefore have ye been kicking at my sacrifices, and my presents, which I commanded, to serve for a home,––and shouldest have honoured thy sons more than me: fattening yourselves, with the first of every present of Israel, before me? ³⁰ Hence, the oracle of Yahweh God of Israel, I, said, that, thy house, and the house of thy father, should go to and fro in my presence, unto times age–abiding: But, now, (is the oracle of Yahweh)––Be it far from me! For, them who honour me, will I honour, but, they who despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.

¹² In that day, will I confirm against Eli, all that I have spoken against his house,––beginning and finishing. ¹³ Therefore do I tell him, that I am about to judge his house unto times age–abiding, for the iniquity which he knoweth, in that his sons are cursing God, and he hath not rebuked them.

²² Then said Samuel––Doth that which is pleasing unto Yahweh consist in ascending–offerings and sacrifices, So much as in hearkening unto the voice of Yahweh? Lo! to hearken, is, better, than, sacrifice. And, to give heed, than, the fat of rams;

²⁴ Then said Saul unto Samuel––I have sinned; for I have transgressed the bidding of Yahweh, and thy words,––for I feared the people, and hearkened unto their voice.

²⁹ Moreover also, the Eminence of Israel, will not lie, neither will he repent,––For no, iron of earth, is, he, to repent!

¹ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that, the soul of Jonathan, was knit with, the soul of David, so that Jonathan loved him, as his own soul.

¹ And Hiram King of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon, for he had heard that, him, had they anointed king, in the room of his father,––for, Hiram, was, a lover, of, David continually.

⁷ And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly,––and said: Blessed, be Yahweh, today, who hath given unto David a wise son, over this great people!

³² so they became attendants before the habitation of the tent of meeting, with song, until Solomon built the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem,––and they took their stand according to their prescribed manner over their work.

⁴⁹ But, Aaron and his sons, were to make perfume upon the altar of ascending–sacrifice, and upon the altar of incense, according to all the service of the holy of holies,––even for putting a propitiatory–covering over Israel, according go all that, Moses, the servant of God, commanded.

³ And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one who revereth God, and avoideth evil; and still he is holding fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

¹⁶ How much less when one is detested and corrupt, a man who drinketh in––like water––perversity.

⁶ On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.

³ It belongeth unto the holy ones, whom, in his own land, Yahweh, ennobleth, In whom is all his delight

¹¹ But, the king, shall rejoice in God,––Every one shall glory who sweareth by him, For the mouth of them who speak falsehood, shall be stopped.

⁴² The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth.

⁸⁰ Let my heart be thorough in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed.

⁵ Let a righteous man smite me––a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head [which] let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities.

²³ At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth; ²⁴ When there was no resounding deep, I had been brought forth, when there were no fountains, abounding with water; ²⁵ Ere yet the mountains had been settled, before the hills, had I been brought forth; ²⁶ Or ever he had made the land and the wastes, or the top of the dry parts of the world: ²⁷ When he prepared the heavens, there, was I! When he decreed a vault upon the face of the resounding deep; ²⁸ When he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the resounding deep, waxed strong; ²⁹ When he fixed for the sea its bound, that, the waters, should not go beyond his bidding, when he decreed the foundations of the earth:–– ³⁰ Then became I beside him, a firm and sure worker, then became I filled with delight, day by day, exulting before him on every occasion; ³¹ Exulting in the fruitful land of his earth, Yea, my fulness of delight, was with the sons of men.

¹⁷ The impatient, worketh folly, and, a man of wicked devices, is hated.

¹⁸ A wrathful man, stirreth up strife, but, he that is slow to anger, calmeth contention.

³² Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth a city.

⁴ Loftiness of eyes, and ambition of heart––the lamp of the lawless, are sin.

²³ Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.

⁵ Better is a rebuke that is open, than love carefully concealed.

⁷ He that keepeth instruction, is a son with discernment, but, a companion of squanderers, bringeth shame to his father.

⁴ It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor, for dignitaries, to desire strong drink, ⁵ Lest he drink, and forget that which is decreed, and alter the plea of any who are sorely oppressed.

⁹ Do not be rash in thy spirit, to be indignant,––for, indignation, in the bosom of dullards, doth remain.

⁹ Besides that, the Proclaimer being wise,––still further taught knowledge unto the people, and weighed and searched, arranged proverbs in abundance.

² Lo, GOD, is my salvation! I will trust, and not dread,––For, my might and melody, is Yah, Yahweh, And he hath become mine, by salvation.

⁷ But, as for these, With wine, do they reel, and, With strong drink, do they stagger,––Priest and prophet, reel with strong drink, They are swallowed up through wine, They stagger through strong drink, They reel in prophetic vision, They totter in pronouncing judgment.

¹³ Wherefore My Lord hath said,––Because this people, hath drawn near, with their mouth, And, with their lips, have honoured me, But, their heart, have they moved far from me, And so their reverence of me hath become A commandment of men, in which they have been schooled,

⁷ Who, then, like me, can call, and declare it, and order it, for me, Seeing that I appointed an age–abiding people,––Or, things yet to be, and that shall come to pass, Let them declare, on their, part.

¹⁵ Surely, thou, art a GOD utterly hiding thyself,––O God of Israel, able to save!

²¹ Tell ye––and bring near, Yea let them take counsel, together,––Who, let this be known aforetime, In time past, declared it? Was it not, I––Yahweh? And there is none else that is God, besides me, A GOD, righteous and ready to save, There is none, besides, me!

¹ Hear ye this––O house of Jacob, Ye who call yourselves by the name of Israel, Yea, from the waters of Judah, came they forth,––Who swear by the name of Yahweh, And, by the God of Israel, call to remembrance––Not in truth, nor in righteousness;

¹⁰ His watchmen, are blind, None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark,––Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.

¹⁰ His watchmen, are blind, None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark,––Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber. ¹¹ And, the dogs, are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, Yea, they, are shepherds, who know not to discern,––All of them, unto their own way, have turned, Every man to his unjust gain, on every hand:

¹¹ And, the dogs, are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, Yea, they, are shepherds, who know not to discern,––All of them, unto their own way, have turned, Every man to his unjust gain, on every hand: ¹² Come ye! I will fetch wine, Let us fill ourselves with strong drink,––And, like this day, shall, tomorrow, be––Great beyond measure!

² Yet, me––day by day, do they seek, And, in the knowledge of my ways, they delight,––Like a nation that had done, righteousness, And, the justice of their God, had not forsaken, They ask of me the just regulations, In approaching God, they delight.

³⁰ Rejected silver, are they called, For, Yahweh, hath rejected them.

¹⁰ Therefore, will I give––Their wives to others, Their fields, to such as shall take possession of them, For, from the least, even unto the greatest, Every one, is, wholly given to extortion: From the prophet, even unto the priest, Every one, dealeth, falsely.

¹⁹ Thus have ye profaned me unto my people, for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, Putting to death the souls that should not die, and, Keeping alive the souls that should not live,––By your lying to my people, who hearken to lies.

⁶³ To the end thou mayest remember, and turn pale, and there be to thee, no more, an opening of mouth, because of thy reproach,––In that I have accepted a propitiatory covering for thee, as to all that thou hast done, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

³¹ That they may come unto thee as people do, come, And may sit before thee, [as] my people, And they will hear thy words, But, the words themselves, will they not do,––though, fond with their mouths, they, seem to be, After their unjust gain, their heart, is going.

²¹ And, wine, shall no priest drink,––when they enter into the inner court. ²² Neither widow nor divorced woman, shall they take to them to wife,––But, virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, Or a widow who shall be the widow of a priest, shall they take.

²³ but, in the aftertime of their kingdom, when transgressions, have filled up their measure,––there will stand up a king of mighty presence, and skilful in dissimulation;

²⁴ Seventy weeks, have been divided concerning thy people and concerning thy holy city––to put an end to the transgression, and fill up the measure of sin, and put a propitiatory–covering over iniquity, and bring in the righteousness of ages, and affix a seal the vision and prophecy, and anoint the holy of holies.

²⁷ Now, as for the two kings, their heart, will be set on acting wickedly, and, at one table, will they speak, falsehood,––but it shall not succeed, for yet is the end for an appointed time.

² Unto me, shall they make outcry, My God! we acknowledge thee––[we], Israel! ³ Israel hath cast away what is good,––an enemy, shall pursue him.

¹⁵ Hate wrong, and love right, and station, Justice, in the gate,––Peradventure, Yahweh, God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

⁵ Thus, saith Yahweh, concerning the prophets who are leading astray my people,––who bite with their teeth, and then cry––Prosper! and whoso holdeth not to their mouth, they hallow against him a war!

¹¹ Her heads, for a bribe, pronounce sentence, and, her priests, for a price, give direction, and, her prophets, for silver, divine,––yet, on Yahweh, they lean, saying, Is not, Yahweh, in our midst? there shall not come upon us, calamity.

³ For yet is the vision for an appointed time, still, it presseth towards an end, and will not deceive,––if it tarry, wait thou for it, for it, surely cometh,––will not be too late.

¹³ Then said Haggai, If one who is defiled for a dead person touch any of these, shall it be defiled? And the priests answered and said, It shall be defiled.

⁵ Speak thou unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying,––When ye fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh, even these seventy years, did ye, really fast, unto, me? ⁶ And, when ye used to eat and when ye used to drink, was it not, of your own accord, ye did eat, and, of your own accord, ye did drink?

¹⁵ Now was it not, One, [who] made [you] who had, the residue of the spirit? What, then, of that One? He was seeking a godly seed. Therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and, with the wife of thy youth, do not thou deal treacherously.

⁹ But, in vain, do they pay devotions unto me, teaching, for teachings, the commandments of men.

¹⁸ while, the things which proceed out of the mouth, out of the heart, come forth, and, they, defile the man.

¹³ But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye are locking up the kingdom of the heavens before men,––for, ye, are not entering, neither, them who are entering, suffer ye to enter.

⁴⁵ Who then is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master hath appointed over his household, to give them food in season?

³⁴ Then, will the king say to those on his right hand: Come ye, the blessed of my Father! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

⁴⁶ And, these, shall go away, into, age–abiding, correction, but, the righteous, into, age–abiding, life.

⁷ But, in vain, do they pay devotions unto me, teaching for teachings, the commandments of men;

¹⁷ And, as he was going forth into a road, one, running, and kneeling before him, was questioning him––Good Teacher! what shall I do that, life age––abiding, I may inherit?

³⁰ who shall not receive a hundredfold, now, in this season, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands,––with persecutions, and, in the age that is coming, life age–abiding.

¹⁰ And, unto all the nations, first, must needs be proclaimed, the glad–message.

¹⁵ and he said unto them––Go ye into all the world, and proclaim the glad–message, to the whole creation:

⁵ It came to pass, in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, that there was a certain priest, by name Zachariah, of the daily course of Abia; and that he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and, her name, was Elizabeth.

⁴⁷ And my spirit hath exulted upon God my saviour;

¹¹ That there hath been born unto you, this day, a saviour,––Who is Christ the Lord––in the city of David!

³⁹ And the Lord said unto him: Now, ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the tray, do make pure; but, your inward part, is full of plunder and wickedness. ⁴⁰ Simple ones! Did not, he who made the outside, the inside also, make? ⁴¹ Notwithstanding, as to the things within, give alms, and lo! everything, is, pure unto you.

⁴² And the Lord said––Who then is the faithful steward, the prudent one, whom the lord will appoint over his body of attendants, to be giving, in due season, the measured allowance of wheat?

⁴⁰ For, no longer, were they daring to ask him any questions.

¹⁵ That, whosoever believeth in him, may have life age–abiding. ¹⁶ For God, so loved, the world, that, his Only Begotten Son, he gave,––that, whosoever believeth on him, might not perish, but have life age–abiding.

⁴² and, unto the woman, began to say––No longer, by reason of thy talk, do we believe; for, we ourselves, have heard, and know that, This One, is, in truth, the Saviour of the world.

³⁹ Ye search the Scriptures, because, ye, think, by them, to have, life age–abiding; and, those [Scriptures], are they which bear witness concerning me:

⁵⁴ He that feedeth upon my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath life age–abiding, and, I, will raise him up at the last day;

⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him––Lord! unto whom, shall we go? Declarations of life age–abiding, thou hast;

¹² The hireling, even because he is no shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, vieweth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth,––and, the wolf, seizeth them and scattereth,––

²⁶ But, ye, believe not, because ye are not of my sheep. ²⁷ My sheep, unto my voice, hearken,––and, I, know, them, and they follow me,–– ²⁸ And, I, give unto them life age–abiding, and in nowise shall they perish, unto times age–abiding; and no one shall carry them off out of my hand.

² Even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that, as touching whatsoever thou hast given him, he might give unto them, life age–abiding.

²⁴ Father! As touching that which thou hast given me, I desire––That, where, I, am, they also, may be, with me, that they may behold my own glory which thou hast given me,––because thou lovedst me, before the foundation of the world.

¹¹ Cretans and Arabians, we do hear them speaking in our own tongues the magnificent things of God.

¹⁵ And a voice [came] again, a second time, unto him––What things, God, hath cleansed, be not, thou, making common.

³⁶ As touching the word he hath sent unto the sons of Israel, announcing the glad tidings of peace through Jesus Christ––the same, is Lord, of all,

² And, when Peter came up unto Jerusalem, they of the circumcision began to find fault with him,

³⁰ Which thing they also did, sending it unto the Elders, through the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

⁴⁸ And they of the nations, hearing [this], began to rejoice, and to be glorifying God, and they believed––as many as had become disposed for life age–abiding.

²³ Moreover, appointing unto them by vote, in each assembly, elders, praying with fastings, they commended them unto the Lord on whom they had believed.

¹ And, certain persons, coming down from Judea, began to teach the brethren––Except ye be circumcised according to the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

¹⁸ Known from age–past times.

²⁴ Inasmuch as we had heard that, certain from among us, had troubled you with words, dismantling your souls,––unto whom we had given no instructions,

²⁶ he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth,––marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,

²⁸ For, in him, we live and move and are: as, even some of your own poets, have said––For, his offspring also, we are.

²⁸ for, with great force, began he confuting the Jews, publicly, shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus was, the Christ.

²⁹ I, know, that there will enter, after my departure, grievous wolves into your midst, not sparing the little flock;

⁷ And, for a good many days sailing slowly, and getting with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us to get on, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;

¹² And, the harbour being, incommodious, to winter in, the more part, advised to put to sea from thence, if by any means they might be able to reach Phoenix, to winter, [which was] a harbour of Crete, looking north–east and south–east.

²¹ But, when they had been, long without food, then, Paul, standing in the midst of them, said––Ye ought, indeed, Sir! yielding to me, not to have sailed away from Crete, to get this damage and loss. . . .

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated unto the glad–message of God–– ² Which he promised beforehand, through his prophets, in holy scriptures––

⁷ Unto all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints, favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.

¹² That is to say––there may be a mutual encouragement among you, each by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

²⁸ And, even as they did not approve to be holding, God, in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a disapproved mind to be doing the things that are not becoming,

⁷ Unto them, on the one hand, who, by way of endurance in good work, are seeking, glory, honour and incorruption, life age–abiding,

¹⁸ And art taking note of his will, and testing the things that differ––when receiving oral instruction out of the law, ¹⁹ Art persuaded, moreover, that, thou thyself, art––a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness, ²⁰ A trainer of the simple, a teacher of babes, having the forming of knowledge and truth in the law,–– ²¹ Thou, therefore, that art teaching someone else, thyself, art thou not teaching? Thou that proclaimest––Do not steal! Art thou, stealing? ²² That sayest––Do not commit adultery! Art thou, committing adultery? That abhorrest sacrilege, Art thou, robbing temples? ²³ That in law dost boast, Through the transgression of the law, art thou dishonouring God? ²⁴ For the name of God, because of you, is defamed among the nations,––even as it is written.

¹⁹ Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.

² Through whom also we have had, our introduction, [by our faith] into this favour wherein we stand; and let us boast in hope of the glory of God.

⁴ And, our endurance, a testing, and, our testing, hope,

⁶ Seeing that, Christ, we being weak as yet, seasonably, in behalf of such as were ungodly, died.

²¹ In order that––just as sin reigned in death, so, also, favour, might reign through righteousness unto life age–abiding, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

²³ For, the wages of sin, is death; but, God’s gift of favour, is life age–abiding, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹⁴ How, then, shall men call upon one in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in one of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear, without one to proclaim? ¹⁵ And how shall they proclaim, except they be sent? Even as it is written––How beautiful the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!

¹⁴ I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus––that, nothing, is profane of itself,––save to him who reckoneth anything to be profane, unto that man, [it is] profane,

²⁰ Do not, for the sake of food, be throwing down the work of God! All things, indeed, are pure; but, ill, is it for the man who with occasion of stumbling doth eat,––

²³ But, he that is in doubt, if he eat, hath condemned himself,––because, [it was] not of faith, and, everything which is not of faith, is sin.

¹⁹ By the power of signs and wonders, by the power of [Holy Spirit]; so that I, from Jerusalem and in a circuit as far as Illyricum, have fulfilled the glad–message of the Christ,––

¹⁷ But I beseech you, brethren, to keep an eye upon them who are causing divisions and occasions of stumbling, aside from the teaching which, ye, have learned,––and be turning away from them; ¹⁸ For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly,––and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.

¹⁸ For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly,––and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.

²⁵ Now, unto him who hath power to establish you, according to my glad–message––even the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of a sacred secret, in age–past times kept silent, ²⁶ But now made manifest, and through means of prophetic scriptures, according to the command of the age–abiding God, for obedience of faith unto all the nations made known,

¹ Let a man, so, be reckoning of us, as officers of Christ, and stewards of sacred secrets of God. ² Here, furthermore, it is sought in stewards, that, faithful, one be found.

¹² All things, unto me, are allowable, but, not all things, are profitable: all things, unto me, are allowable, but, I, will not be brought under authority by any. ¹³ Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods; but, God, will set aside, both it and them. The body, however, is not for fornication, but, for the Lord,––and, the Lord, for the body.

⁷ Howbeit, not in all, is the knowledge; but, some, by their familiarity, until even now, with the idol, as an idol–sacrifice, eat it, and, their conscience, being, weak, is defiled.

¹⁷ For, if, by choice, this thing I am doing, I have, a reward; but, if not by choice, with a stewardship, have I been entrusted!

²³ All things are allowable––but, not all things, are profitable,––all things are allowable––but, not all things, upbuild.

²⁵ Whatsoever, in the market, is sold, eat,––asking no question, for conscience sake;

³¹ Whether, therefore, ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do, all things to the glory of God.

²⁷ So that, whosoever may be eating the loaf, or drinking the cup of the Lord, in an unworthy manner, shall be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord. ²⁸ But let a man be proving himself,––and, so, of the loaf, let him eat, and, of the cup, let him drink; ²⁹ For, he that is eating and drinking,––judgment unto himself, doth eat and drink,––if he be not setting apart the body.

³⁴ If anyone be hungry, at home, let him eat, lest, unto judgment, ye be coming together. And, the remaining things, whensoever I come, I will set in order.

²⁴ But, if, all, be prophesying,––and there come in one who is unbelieving or unskilled, he is convicted by all, he is searched by all, the secrets of his heart, become manifest,

⁴⁰ But let, all things, with comeliness, and by arrangement, be done.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, through the will of God, and Timothy the brother,––unto the assembly of God which is in Corinth, together with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

¹³ I had no relief in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother; but, taking my leave of them, I came away into Macedonia.

¹³ Howbeit, seeing that we have the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written––I believed, therefore I spake, we, also believe, therefore also we speak:

⁴ But, in everything, commending ourselves as God’s ministers,––in much endurance, in tribulations, in necessities, in straits, ⁵ in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toilings, in watchings, in fastings, ⁶ in sanctity, in knowledge, in long–suffering, in graciousness, in Holy Spirit, ⁷ in love unfeigned, in discourse of truth, in power of God; through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and left, ⁸ through glory and dishonour, through bad report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true,

⁶ But, he who encourageth them that are brought low, encouraged us,––even God,––by the presence of Titus.

⁸ Because, if I even grieved you by the letter, I do not regret,––though I could even have regretted,––I see that that letter, if even for an hour, did cause you grief. ⁹ Now, am I rejoicing,––not that ye were grieved, but that ye were grieved unto repentance; for ye were grieved according to God, in order that, in nothing, should ye receive damage from us. ¹⁰ For, grief according to God, worketh, repentance unto salvation, not to be regretted; although, the grieving of the world, worketh, death. ¹¹ For lo! this very thing––the being caused to grieve, according to God:––what manner of diligence it wrought out in you,––nay! defence,––nay! sore displeasure,––nay! fear,––nay! earnest desire,––nay! jealousy,––nay! avenging. In every way, ye shewed yourselves to be, chaste, in the matter.
¹² Hence, if I even wrote unto you, it was not for the sake of him that did the wrong, [nay] not even for the sake of him that suffered the wrong; but for the sake of your earnestness, which was on our account, being made manifest unto you, before God:–– ¹³ For this cause, have we received encouragement. In addition to our encouragement, however, much more abundantly, have we rejoiced over the joy of Titus,––that his spirit hath received refreshment from you all, ¹⁴ That, if in anything––unto him––in your behalf––I have boasted, I have not been put to shame; but, as, all things, in truth, we told you, so, even our boasting before Titus, turned out to be, truth.

⁶ To the end we should exhort Titus, in order that, according as he before made a beginning, so, he should also complete unto you this favour also.

¹⁶ Thanks, however, unto God!––who is putting the same earnestness in your behalf in the heart of Titus,

²³ Whether as regardeth Titus, he is a partner of mine, and, towards you, a fellow–worker. or our brethren, apostles of assemblies, and Christ’s glory.

¹⁰ Truth of Christ is in me, that, this boasting, shall not be silenced unto me, in the regions of Achaia.

¹² But, what I am doing, I also will do,––that I may cut off the occasion of them who are wishing an occasion, that, wherein they are boasting themselves, they may be found even as also, we. ¹³ For, such as these, are false apostles, deceitful workers, transfiguring themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no marvel! for, Satan himself, doth transfigure himself into a messenger of light! ¹⁵ No great thing, therefore, if, his ministers also, are transfiguring themselves as ministers of righteousness!––whose end, shall be according to their works.

¹⁸ I exhorted Titus, and sent with him the brother,––Did, Titus, overreach you? Was it not, in the same spirit, we walked? Was it not, in the same steps?

¹⁰ For this cause, these things, while absent, am I writing, that I may not, when present, deal sharply––according to the authority which, the Lord, hath given me, for building up and not for pulling down.

⁶ I marvel that, thus quickly, ye are moving away from him that called you in the favour of Christ, unto a different glad–message,–– ⁷ Which is not, another, only there are, some, that are troubling you, and wishing to change the glad–message of the Christ. ⁸ But, even if, we, or, a messenger out of heaven, announce a glad–message [unto you] aside from that which we announced unto you, accursed, let him be!

³ But, not even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised; –– ⁴ But, [this was] because of the false brethren secretly introduced,––who, indeed, came in secretly to spy out our freedom, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:––

¹ O thoughtless Galatians! who hath bewitched you,––before whose very eyes, Jesus Christ, was openly set forth as a crucified one?

⁴ But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, who came to be of a woman, who came to be under law,––

⁹ Whereas, now, having acknowledged God,––or rather, having been acknowledged by God, how turn ye back again unto the weak and beggarly elementary principles, unto which, over again, ye are wishing, to come into servitude?

¹⁷ They shew a zeal for you, not honourably, but wish, to shut you out, in order that ye may be zealous for, them. ¹⁸ Howbeit it is, honourable, to show zeal in what is honourable at all times, and not only when I am present with you; ––
¹⁹ My dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth–pains, until Christ be formed within you; –– ²⁰ I could wish, however, to be present with you, even now, and to change my voice,––because I am perplexed regarding you.
²¹ Tell me! ye who, under law, are wishing to be: The law, do ye not hear?

¹ With her freedom, Christ hath made you, free. Stand fast, therefore, and do not, again, with a yoke of servitude, be held fast! ² See! I, Paul, say unto you––if ye be getting circumcised, Christ will profit you, nothing. ³ Yea, I bear solemn witness again, unto every man getting circumcised,––that he is, a debtor, to do, the whole law. ⁴ Ye have been set aside from Christ, ye who, by law, are to be declared righteous,––out of his favour, ye have fallen;

² Favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ For an administration of the fulness of the seasons, to reunite for himself (under one head) the all things in the Christ, the things upon the heavens, and the things upon the earth, in him:

⁸ For, by his favour, have ye been saved, through means of faith, and this [hath come to pass]––not from you, of God, the free–gift!

¹⁷ And, coming, he announced the glad–message––of peace, unto you, the far off, and peace, unto them that were nigh;

⁵ Which, in other generations, had not been made known unto the sons of men, as it hath, now, been revealed by his holy apostles and prophets, in Spirit; –– ⁶ That they who are of the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through means of the glad–message,–– ⁷ Of which I was made a minister, according to the free–gift of the favour of God which was given unto me, according to the energy of his power: ⁸ Unto me––the less than least of all saints, was given this favour, unto the nations, to announce the glad–message of the untraceable riches of the Christ,

¹⁴ That we may, no longer, be infants––billow–tossed and shifted round with every wind of teaching,––in the craft of men, in knavery suited to the artifice of error;

⁶ Let no one be deceiving you with empty words; for, because of these things, is coming the anger of God upon the sons of obstinacy:

¹⁸ And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; ––

¹ Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ,––unto all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministers:––

¹³ So that, my bonds, have become manifest in Christ, in the whole palace, and unto all the rest,––

² Beware of the dogs, beware of mischievous workers, beware of the mutilation; ³ For, we, are the circumcision, who in the Spirit of God, are doing divine service, and are boasting in Christ Jesus, and, not in flesh, having confidence,––

² Unto the holy and faithful brethren in Christ that are, in Colosse, favour unto you, and peace, from our God and Father.

⁶ When it presented itself unto you; even as, in all the world also, it is bearing fruit and growing, even as also among you, from the day when ye heard, and came personally to know the favour of God in truth,

²³ If, at least, ye are abiding still in the faith, founded and firm, and not to be moved away from the hope of the glad–message which ye have heard, which hath been proclaimed in all creation which is under heaven,––of which, I Paul, have become minister.

²⁷ Unto whom God hath been pleased to make known what is the glorious wealth of this sacred secret among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,––

² In order that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, even unto all the riches of the full assurance of their understanding, unto a personal knowledge of the sacred secret of God,––Christ:

⁵ For, though, indeed, in the flesh, I am absent, yet, in the spirit, with you, I am––rejoicing, and beholding your order and the solid firmness of your Christ–ward faith.

²² Which things are all for decay in the using up; ––according to the commandments and teachings of men?

⁴ But, even as we have been approved by God, to be entrusted with the glad–message, so, we speak,––not as, unto men, giving pleasure, but unto God––who proveth our hearts.

¹⁰ Ye, are witnesses––God also, how kindly and righteously and blamelessly, unto you who were believing, we were found to behave;

¹⁵ Who have both slain the, Lord, Jesus––and the prophets, and, us, have persecuted, and, unto God, are displeasing, and, unto all men, are contrary,––

⁸ But, we, being of the day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and, for helmet, the hope of salvation.

¹⁴ But we exhort you, brethren––admonish the disorderly, soothe them of little soul, help the weak, be longsuffering towards all:

²¹ [But], all things, put to the proof––what is comely, hold ye fast:

¹⁰ And with all manner of deceit of unrighteousness, in them who are destroying themselves, because, the love of the truth, they did not welcome, that they might be saved; –– ¹¹ And, for this cause, God sendeth them an inworking of error, to the end they should believe in the falsehood,–– ¹² In order that should be judged who would not believe in the truth, but were well–pleased with the unrighteousness.
¹³ But, we, are bound to give thanks unto God continually concerning you, brethren beloved by the Lord, for that God chose you, from the beginning, unto salvation, in sanctification of spirit and belief of truth,–– ¹⁴ Unto which he called you, through means of our glad–message, unto an acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁵ Hence, then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye were taught––whether through discourse, or through our letter.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus––by injunction of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope,––

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus––by injunction of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope,–– ² unto Timothy, my true child in faith: favour, mercy, peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord. ³ Even as I exhorted thee to remain in Ephesus, when I was journeying into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some–– ⁴ Not to be teaching otherwise, nor yet to be giving heed to stories and endless genealogies,––the which, bring, arguings, rather than that stewardship of God which is with faith; ––

⁴ Not to be teaching otherwise, nor yet to be giving heed to stories and endless genealogies,––the which, bring, arguings, rather than that stewardship of God which is with faith; ––

⁴ Not to be teaching otherwise, nor yet to be giving heed to stories and endless genealogies,––the which, bring, arguings, rather than that stewardship of God which is with faith; ––
⁵ Now, the end of the charge, is love––out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and faith unfeigned,––

⁵ Now, the end of the charge, is love––out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and faith unfeigned,–– ⁶ Which some, missing, have turned them aside unto idle talk,

⁶ Which some, missing, have turned them aside unto idle talk, ⁷ Desiring to be law–teachers,––not understanding, either what they say or whereof they confidently affirm.

⁹ Knowing this––that, to a righteous man, law, doth not apply, but to the lawless and insubordinate, ungodly and sinful, irreligious and profane, smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers, murderers, ¹⁰ fornicators, sodomites, man–stealers, liars, false–swearers,––and, if anything else, unto the healthful teaching, is opposed; –– ¹¹ According to the glad–message of the glory of the happy God, with which entrusted am, I.

¹⁵ Faithful, the saying! and, of all acceptance, worthy,––that, Christ Jesus, came into the world, sinners, to save: of whom, the chief, am, I; ––

¹⁹ Holding faith and a good conscience,––which some, thrusting from them, concerning their faith, have made shipwreck:––

³ This, is comely and acceptable before our Saviour God, ⁴ Who willeth, all men, to be saved, and, unto a personal knowledge of truth, to come; ⁵ For there is, one, God, one, mediator also, between God and men,––a man––Christ Jesus: ⁶ Who gave himself a ransom in behalf of all,––the testimony, in its own fit times: ⁷ Unto which, I, have been appointed proclaimer and apostle––Truth I speak, I utter no falsehood––a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.

¹ If anyone, for oversight, is eager, a noble work, doth he covet:–– ² It is needful, then, for, the overseer, to be irreproachable, a husband, of one wife, sober, of sound mind, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching,

² It is needful, then, for, the overseer, to be irreproachable, a husband, of one wife, sober, of sound mind, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching,

² It is needful, then, for, the overseer, to be irreproachable, a husband, of one wife, sober, of sound mind, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching, ³ Not given to wine, not ready to wound, but considerate, averse to contention, not fond of money,

³ Not given to wine, not ready to wound, but considerate, averse to contention, not fond of money, ⁴ Over his own house, presiding, well, having, children, in submission, with all dignity;

⁴ Over his own house, presiding, well, having, children, in submission, with all dignity; ⁵ Whereas, if anyone, over his own house, cannot, preside, how, of an assembly of God, shall he take care?

⁵ Whereas, if anyone, over his own house, cannot, preside, how, of an assembly of God, shall he take care? ⁶ Not a new convert, lest, being beclouded, into the sentence of the adversary, he fall;

⁶ Not a new convert, lest, being beclouded, into the sentence of the adversary, he fall; ⁷ It is needful, moreover, to have, an honourable testimony also, from them who are without, lest, into reproach, he fall, and the snare of the adversary.

⁷ It is needful, moreover, to have, an honourable testimony also, from them who are without, lest, into reproach, he fall, and the snare of the adversary.
⁸ Ministers, in the same way,––dignified, not double–tongued, not, to much wine, given, not greedy of base gain, ⁹ Holding the sacred secret of the faith in a pure conscience; ¹⁰ But let, these also, be proved first, then, let them be ministering, being, unaccusable: ¹¹ Wives, in the same way,––dignified, not given to intrigue, sober, faithful in all things. ¹² Let, ministers, be husbands of, one wife, over children, presiding, well, and over their own houses;

¹² Let, ministers, be husbands of, one wife, over children, presiding, well, and over their own houses; ¹³ For, they who have ministered well, a good degree for themselves, are acquiring, and great freedom of speech in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ And, confessedly great, is the sacred secret of godliness,––Who was made manifest in flesh, was declared righteous in spirit, was made visible unto messengers, was proclaimed among nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

² in hypocrisy, speaking falsehood, [of demons] cauterised in their own conscience,–– ³ Forbidding to marry, [commanding] to abstain from foods which, God, created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and personally know the truth; ⁴ Because, every creature of God, is good, and nothing to be cast away, if, with thanksgiving, it be received,––

⁶ These things, submitting to the brethren, thou shall be, a noble, minister of Christ Jesus, nourishing thyself with the words of the faith, and of the noble teaching which thou hast closely studied.

⁹ Faithful, the saying! and, of all acceptance, worthy; ¹⁰ For, to this end, are we toiling and contending, because we have set our hope on a Living God, Who is Saviour of all men––specially, of such as believe.

¹² Let, no one, despise, thy youth, but, an ensample, become thou of the faithful,––in discourse, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in chastity.

⁸ If, however, anyone, for his own, and specially them of his household, taketh not forethought, his faith, hath he denied, and is worse, than one without faith!

²⁰ But, them who are sinning, before all, do thou reprove, that, the rest also, may have, fear:––

³ If anyone doth otherwise teach, and doth not adhere to healthful discourses––those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching that is, according to godliness,

³ If anyone doth otherwise teach, and doth not adhere to healthful discourses––those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching that is, according to godliness, ⁴ He is beclouded, knowing, nothing, rightly, but is diseased about questionings, and word–battles––out of which spring envy, strife, defamations, wicked surmising, ⁵ incessant quarrellings of men wholly corrupt in their mind and bereft of the truth,––supposing godliness to be, a means of gain!

⁵ incessant quarrellings of men wholly corrupt in their mind and bereft of the truth,––supposing godliness to be, a means of gain!

¹¹ But, thou, O man of God! from these things, flee! and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, meekness; ¹² Be contesting the noble contest of the faith,––lay hold of the age–abiding life––unto which thou wast called, and didst make the noble confession before many witnesses.

¹⁹ Treasuring up for themselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold on the life [which is life] indeed.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, through the will of God,––according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus; –– ² Unto Timothy, my beloved child: Favour, mercy, peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁹ Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to the peculiar purpose and favour––which was given to us in Christ Jesus before age–during times, ¹⁰ But hath now been made manifest through means of the forthshining of our Saviour Christ Jesus,––Who, indeed, hath abolished death, and hath thrown light upon life and incorruptibility, through means of the glad–message: ¹¹ Whereunto, I, have been appointed herald and apostle and teacher;

¹³ An outline, have thou, of healthful discourses which from me thou hast heard––with the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus:

² And, the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same, entrust thou unto faithful men, such as shall be, competent, to teach, others also.

¹⁰ For this cause, am I enduring, all things, for the sake of the chosen, in order that, they also, may obtain, the salvation, which is in Christ Jesus along with glory age–abiding.

¹³ If we are faithless, he, faithful, abideth,––for, deny himself, he cannot!

¹⁵ Give diligence, thyself, approved, to present unto God,––a workman not to be put to shame, skillfully handling the word of truth.

²² But, from the youthful covetings, flee! and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, along with them who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. ²³ But, from the foolish and undisciplined questionings, excuse thyself, knowing that they gender strifes; ²⁴ And, a servant of the Lord, ought not to strive, but to be, gentle, towards all, apt in teaching, ready to endure malice,–– ²⁵ In meekness, bringing under discipline them that oppose themselves, lest at any time God should give them repentance unto a personal knowledge of truth,

²⁵ In meekness, bringing under discipline them that oppose themselves, lest at any time God should give them repentance unto a personal knowledge of truth,

³ without natural affection, accepting no truce, given to intrigue, without self–control, uncivilized, unfriendly to good men,

⁵ having a form of godliness, but, the power thereof, denying! and, from these, turn away; ⁶ For, of these, are they who enter into the houses, and captivate silly women, [women] laden with sins, led on by manifold covetings,

⁶ For, of these, are they who enter into the houses, and captivate silly women, [women] laden with sins, led on by manifold covetings, ⁷ Ever learning and never, unto a personal knowledge of truth, able to come; ⁸ Moreover, like as, Jannes and Jambres, withstood Moses, so, these men also, withstand the truth,––men utterly corrupted in their mind, disapproved concerning their faith;

¹³ Whereas, wicked men and howling impostors, will force their way to the worse, deceiving and being deceived.

² Proclaim the word, take thy position––in season, out of season,––convince, rebuke, encourage,––with all long–suffering and teaching. ³ For there will be a season––when, the healthful teaching, they will not endure, but, according to their own covetings, will, unto themselves, heap up teachers, because they have an itching ear, ⁴ And, from the truth, indeed, their ear, will they turn away, while, unto stories, they will turn themselves aside.

³ but hath manifested in its fitting seasons, even his word, in the proclamation with which entrusted am I––by injunction of our Saviour God:

⁵ For this cause left I thee in Crete, that, the things remaining undone, thou mightest completely set in order, and mightest establish, in every city, elders, as, I, with thee arranged:––
⁶ If anyone is unaccusable, a husband of, one wife, having children that believe, who are not charged with riotous excess, nor insubordinate; ⁷ For it is needful that the overseer be––unaccusable, as God’s steward, not self–willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not ready to wound, not seeking gain by base means,

⁷ For it is needful that the overseer be––unaccusable, as God’s steward, not self–willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not ready to wound, not seeking gain by base means, ⁸ But hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober–minded, just, kind, possessing self–control, ⁹ Holding fast, in the matter of his teaching, the faithful word, that he may be able both to encourage with his healthful instruction, and, the gainsayers, to refute. ¹⁰ For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision,–– ¹¹ Whose mouths must needs be stopped, men who are upsetting whole houses, teaching the things which ought not [to be taught]––for the sake of base gain.

¹ But do, thou, speak the things which become the healthful instruction:–– ² That, aged men, be, sober, grave, sober–minded, healthy in their faith, love, endurance; ³ Aged women, in the same way, in deportment, as becometh sacred persons, not given to intrigue, nor yet, to much wine, enslaved, teachers of virtue,––

⁷ In all things, shewing, thyself, an ensample of noble works,––in thine instruction, uncorruptness, gravity,

⁷ In all things, shewing, thyself, an ensample of noble works,––in thine instruction, uncorruptness, gravity, ⁸ healthful discourse that cannot be condemned, in order that, he that is of the contrary part, may relent, having nothing to say concerning us that is disparaging:

¹⁰ not taking anything away, shewing, all good faith,––that, the instruction which is of our Saviour God, they may adorn in all things.
¹¹ For the favour of God, bringing salvation for all men, hath shone forth, ¹² Putting us under discipline––in order that,––denying ourselves of ungodliness and worldly covetings, in a soberminded and righteous and godly manner, we should live, in the present age, ¹³ Prepared to welcome the happy hope and forthshining of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Christ Jesus,––

¹⁵ As to these things, be speaking and exhorting and reproving, with all manner of precept: let, no one, disregard thee!

⁴ But, when, the graciousness and affection for man of our Saviour God, shone forth, ⁵ Not by works which we had done in righteousness, but, according to his mercy, he saved us––through means of the bathing of a new birth, and the moulding anew of Holy Spirit.–– ⁶ Which he poured on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour, ⁷ In order that, having been declared righteous by his favour, we should be made inheritors, according to hope, of life age–abiding.

¹⁰ From a party–man, after a first and second admonition, excuse thyself;

¹⁷ Wherein God, being, more abundantly disposed to shew forth unto the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel, mediated, with an oath,–– ¹⁸ In order that, through means of two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to make himself false, a mighty consolation, we might have, who have fled along to grasp, the fore–lying hope,

¹⁴ How much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who through an age–abiding spirit offered himself unspotted unto God, purify our conscience from dead works, to the rendering of divine–service, unto a Living God?

²² Let us approach with a genuine heart, in full assurance of faith, having been sprinkled, as to our hearts, from an evil conscience, and bathed, as to our bodies, with pure water;

²⁵ Beware, lest ye excuse yourselves from him that speaketh; for, if, they escaped not, who excused themselves from him who on earth was warning, how much less, shall, we, who from him that warneth from the heavens, do turn ourselves away:

¹⁹ Ye know, my brethren beloved,––but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, ²⁰ For, man’s anger, worketh not, God’s righteousness.

²⁶ If any thinketh he is observant of religion, not curbing his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this one’s, religious observance is, vain:

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to his great mercy, hath regenerated us unto a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead, ⁴ Unto an inheritance, incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you

²⁰ Foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, but made manifest at a last stage of the times, for the sake of you ²¹ who, through him, are faithful towards God,––Who raised him from among the dead, and glory to him gave, So that your faith and hope are directed towards God: ²² Having purified, your souls, by the obedience of the truth, unto unfeigned brotherly affection, from the heart, love, one another, earnestly; ²³ Having been regenerated––Not out of corruptible seed, but incorruptible––through means of the word of a Living and Abiding God;

¹⁰ Each one, according as he hath received a gift of favour, unto one another, ministering the same, as careful stewards of the manifold favour of God:

² Shepherd the beloved flock of God, which is among you,––not by compulsion, but by choice, nor yet for base gain, but of a ready mind,––

¹ Simon Peter, servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, unto them who have obtained, equally precious, faith, with us, in the righteousness of our God, and Saviour Jesus Christ,

³ As, all things, suited for life and godliness his divine power, unto us, hath given, through the personal knowledge of him that hath called us through glory and excellence,––

¹¹ For, thus, shall richly be further supplied unto you––the entrance into the age–abiding kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

¹ But there arose false–prophets also among the people, as, among you also, there shall be, false–teachers,––men who will stealthily bring in destructive parties, even the Master that bought them, denying, bringing upon themselves speedy destruction;

¹ But there arose false–prophets also among the people, as, among you also, there shall be, false–teachers,––men who will stealthily bring in destructive parties, even the Master that bought them, denying, bringing upon themselves speedy destruction; ² And, many, will follow out their wanton ways,––by reason of whom, the way of truth, will be defamed,

² And, many, will follow out their wanton ways,––by reason of whom, the way of truth, will be defamed,
³ And, in greed, with forged words, will they, of you, make merchandise: for whom, the sentence from of old, is not idle, and, their destruction, doth not slumber.

¹⁰ Most of all, however, them who go their way, after the flesh, with a coveting of defilement, and who despise, lordship,––daring! willful! before dignitaries, they tremble not, defaming,

¹² These, however, as unreasoning creatures that have been bred as being, by nature, for capture and destruction, in the things they are ignorant of, uttering defamation, in their spoiling, shall also be made a spoil,––

¹⁵ Forsaking a straight path, they have gone astray, following out the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved, a reward of wrong,

²⁰ For, if, having escaped from the defilements of the world by a personal knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but, by the same having again become entangled, they are defeated, the, last, state hath become, for them, worse than, the first;

²² There hath befallen them the thing [spoken of] in the true proverb––A dog, turning back unto his own vomit, and––A sow, as soon as washed, unto wallowing in mire.

² To remember the fore–spoken declarations made by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour, by your apostles.

¹¹ Seeing that all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons, ought [ye] all the while to be, in holy ways of behaviour and acts of godliness,––

¹⁸ But be growing in the favour and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ:––unto whom be the glory, both now and unto a day that abideth.

⁴ He that saith––I understand him! And, his commandments, is not keeping, is false, and, in him, the truth is not!

¹⁸ Little children! it is, the last hour; and, just as ye have heard that, an antichrist, is coming, even now, antichrists have become, many, whence we perceive that it is, the last hour:

²³ Whosoever denieth the Son, neither hath he, the Father: He that confesseth the Son, hath, the Father also.

²⁵ And, this, is the promise, which he hath promised unto us,––The age–abiding life.

² Beloved! now, are we, children of God; and, not yet, hath it been made manifest, what we shall be,––We know that, if it should be made manifest, like unto him, shall we be, because we shall see him, just as he is. ³ And, whosoever hath this hope on him, is purifying himself, just as, He, is pure.

¹⁴ We, know, that we have passed over out of death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not, abideth in death.

¹ Beloved! not in every spirit, believe ye, but test the spirits, whether they are, of God; because, many false prophets, have gone out into the world.

¹ Whosoever believeth that, Jesus, is the Christ, of God, hath been born: and, whosoever loveth him that begat, loveth him that hath been begotten of him.

¹¹ And, this, is the witness:––that, life age–abiding, hath God given unto us, and, this life, is, in his Son: ¹² He that hath the Son, hath, the life,––he that hath not the Son of God, hath not, the life. ¹³ These things, have I written unto you––in order that ye may know that ye have, Life Age–abiding––unto you who believe on the name of the Son of God.
¹⁴ And, this, is the boldness which we have towards him: that, if, anything, we ask, according to his will, He doth hearken unto us.

²⁰ We know, moreover, that, the Son of God, hath come, and hath given us insight, so that we are getting to understand, him that is Real,––and we are in him that is Real, in his Son Jesus Christ. This, is the Real God, and life age–abiding.

³ Beloved! though I was using all diligence to be writing unto you concerning our common salvation, yet have I had necessity to write at once unto you, exhorting you to be earnestly contending for, the faith, once for all delivered unto the saints. ⁴ For there have crept in unobserved certain men, who, from of old, have been publicly notified for this sentence, ungodly, men, the favour of our God, turning into wantonness, and, our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ, denying.

⁸ In like manner, nevertheless, even these, in their dreamings, flesh indeed defile, while lordship they set aside, and dignities they defame. ⁹ Whereas, Michael, the chief–messenger, when, with the adversary, disputing, he was reasoning about the body of Moses, durst not impose on him a defamatory sentence, but said––The Lord rebuke thee! ¹⁰ But, these, whatsoever things, indeed, they know not, they defame; but, whatsoever things, naturally, like the irrational creatures, they well understand, by these, are they, bringing themselves to ruin. ¹¹ Alas for them! because––in the way of Cain have they gone, and, in the error of Balaam’s wage, have they run riot, and, in the gainsaying of Korah, have they perished. ¹² These are they––who, in your love–feasts, are hidden rocks, as they fare sumptuously together, fearlessly, themselves, shepherding,––clouds without water, by winds swept along, trees autumnal, fruitless, twice dead, uprooted, ¹³ Wild waves of sea, foaming out their own infamies, wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness age–abiding hath been reserved.

²¹ Yourselves, in God’s love, keep,––awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto age–abiding life.

⁶ But, this, thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitanes, which, I also, hate.

¹⁴ Nevertheless, I have against thee, a few things,––that thou hast there, such as hold fast the teaching of Balaam,––who went on to teach Balak to throw a cause of stumbling before the sons of Israel, to eat idol–sacrifices and to commit lewdness:

²⁵ nevertheless, what ye have, hold fast, till I shall have come.

³ Remember, therefore, how thou hast received, and didst hear, and keep it and repent. If then thou shall not watch, I will have come as a thief, and in nowise shalt thou get to know, during what sort of hour, I will have come upon thee.

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

⁸ And all they who are dwelling upon the earth will do homage unto him,––[every one] whose name is not written in the scroll of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

¹⁶ And he that was sitting upon the cloud, thrust in, his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.

⁸ The wild–beast which thou sawest, was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss, and into, destruction, goeth away. And they who are dwelling upon the earth whose name is not written upon the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished, when they see the wild–beast, because it was, and is not, and shall be present.

⁸ But, as for the timid, and disbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the false, their part, is in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone,––which is the second death.

²⁷ And in nowise shall there enter into it, anything common, or he that doeth abomination and falsehood,––but only they who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.