1 Timothy 6 Cross References - Wesley

¹ Let as many servants as are under the yoke, account their masters worthy of all honour; lest the name of God and his doctrine be blasphemed. ² And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them a service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. ³ If any teach otherwise, and consent not to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is after godliness, ⁴ He is puffed up, knowing nothing, but being sick of questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, contention, evil speakings, ⁵ evil surmisings, Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, supposing the gain is godliness. From such withdraw thyself. ⁶ But godliness with content is great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into the world: it is manifest that neither can we carry any thing out. ⁸ Having then food and covering, with these let us be content. ⁹ But they that desire to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which plunge men into destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting, have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. ¹¹ But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. ¹² Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which thou art called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses. ¹³ I charge thee, before God, who quickneth all things, and Jesus Christ, who witnessed a good confession before Pontius Pilate, ¹⁴ That thou keep the commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, Which in his times the blessed and only Potentate will shew, ¹⁵ the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords: ¹⁶ Who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no man hath seen, neither can see; to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. ¹⁷ Charge the rich in this world not to be high-minded, neither to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy: ¹⁸ To do good, to be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, ¹⁹ Treasuring up for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. ²⁰ O Timotheus, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding prophane, empty babblings, and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called: Which some professing have erred from the faith. ²¹ Grace be with thee.

¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread.

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

¹⁹ Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break thro' and steal: ²⁰ But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break thro' nor steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

²⁴ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cleave to the one and neglect the other. ²⁵ Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? ²⁶ Behold the birds of the air: they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. ²⁷ Are ye not much better than they? And which of you by taking thought can add to his age the smallest measure? ²⁸ And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: ²⁹ And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ Now: if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the still, will he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? ³¹ Therefore take not thought, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or what shall we wear? ³² (For after all these things do the heathens seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye need all these things,

³² (For after all these things do the heathens seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye need all these things, ³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

¹⁷ So every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ²⁰ Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

⁴¹ He that entertaineth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward: and he that entertaineth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

⁹ But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

³³ Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

²² He that received the seed among the thorns, is he that heareth the word: and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

²¹ Jesus saith to him, If thou desirest to be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. ²² But the young man, hearing that saying, went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions. ²³ Then said Jesus to his disciples, Verily I say to you, a rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of heaven.

¹³ And saith to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.

²¹ They say to him, Cesar's. Then said he to them, Render therefore to Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

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

¹³ But wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: ye go not in, neither suffer ye them that are entring to go in.

³⁴ Then shall the king say to them on his right-hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you, from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: ³⁶ I was a stranger, and ye took me in; Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? Or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? Or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ Or when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰ And the king shall answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.

⁴⁰ And the king shall answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.

¹⁵ Said, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him to you?

³ Then Judas who had betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴ Saying, I have sinned, in betraying innocent blood. ⁵ And they said, What is that to us? See thou to it. And having thrown down the pieces of silver in the temple, he withdrew and went and hanged himself.

¹¹ And Jesus stood before the governour. And the governour questioned him, saying, Art thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, Thou sayest.

⁵⁷ When the evening was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.

²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and lo I am with you always, even to the end of the world.

¹⁹ who hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answering again saith to them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdom of God?

¹⁴ And the soldiers likewise asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your pay.

²⁴ For a man named Demetrius, a silver smith, who made silver shrines of Diana, procured no small gain to the artificers: ²⁵ Whom having gathered together, with the workmen employed in such things, he said, Sirs, ye know, that our maintenance arises from this occupation. ²⁶ But ye see and hear, that not at Ephesus only, but almost through all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned aside much people, saying, That they are not gods, which are made with hands. ²⁷ So that there is danger, not only that this our craft should be set at nought, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia, and the world worshipeth. ²⁸ And hearing this, they were filled with rage, and cried out, saying, The great Diana of the Ephesians.

⁹ That if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart, that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart man believeth to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.

¹⁷ And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou being a wild olive wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the good olive,

²⁰ Well; they were broken off for unbelief, and thou standest by faith.

⁸ He that imparteth, let him do it with simplicity; he that presideth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with chearfulness.

¹³ Communicate to the necessities of the saints, pursue hospitality, Bless them who persecute you;

¹⁶ Agree in the same affection toward each other.

¹³ Let us walk decently, as in the day; not in banqueting and drunken entertainments, not in uncleannesses and wantonness, not in strife and envy.

¹ Him that is weak in the faith, receive; but not to doubtful disputations.

¹⁹ Let us therefore pursue the things that tend to peace, and to mutual edification.

¹⁴ Do all things without murmurings and disputings: ¹⁵ That ye may be blameless and simple, the sons of God, unrebukable, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world,

¹² Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected: but I pursue, if I may apprehend that, for which I was also apprehended by Christ Jesus. ¹³ Brethren, I do not account myself to have apprehended. ¹⁴ But one thing I do, forgetting the things that are behind, and reaching forth unto the things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴ But one thing I do, forgetting the things that are behind, and reaching forth unto the things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things: ⁹ Which also ye have learned and received, and heard and seen in me; these do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

¹¹ Not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, to be content. ¹² I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound, every where and in every thing I am instructed, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to want. ¹³ I can do all things through Christ strengthening me.

¹⁸ But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received of Epaphroditus the things which came from you, an odour of a sweet smell, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. ¹⁹ And my God shall supply all your need, according to his riches in glory through Christ Jesus. ²⁰ Now unto our God and Father be glory for ever and ever.

² To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ at Colosse, grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ Hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of

¹⁵ Who is the image of the invisible God, the first begotten of every creature.

²² he hath now reconciled, By the body of his flesh, through death, to present you holy, and spotless, and unreproveable in his sight:

⁸ Beware lest any man make a prey of you through philosophy and empty deceit, after the traditions of men, after the rudiments of this world, and not after Christ.

¹⁸ Let none defraud you of your reward by a voluntary humility and worship of angels, intruding into the things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

¹⁸ That by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled to lay hold on the hope set before us:

¹⁴ How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God?

²⁸ So Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, will appear the second time, without sin, to them that look for him, unto salvation.

¹ For the law having a shadow of good things to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices which they offer year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect.

³³ And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴ And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. ³⁵ But love ye your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful and the evil.

⁴⁸ He is like a man, who built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream broke vehemently upon that house, but could not shake it; for it was founded on a rock. ⁴⁹ But he that heareth, and doth not, is like a man that built an house without a foundation upon the earth: against which the stream broke vehemently, and immediately it fell: and the breach of that house was great.

⁸ Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. And I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God. ⁹ But he that denieth me before man, shall be denied before the angels of God.

¹⁵ And he said to them, Take heed and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. ¹⁶ And he spake a parable to them, ¹⁷ saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. And he reasoned in himself, saying, What shall I do? ¹⁸ For I have no room where to stow my fruits. And he said, This I will do: I will pull down my barns and build greater; and there will I stow all my fruits and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years: take thine ease; eat, drink, and be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: and whose shall the things be that thou hast provided? ²¹ So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

²¹ So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

³¹ But seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. ³² Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. ³³ Sell what ye have and give alms: provide yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

¹² Then said he also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours, lest they also invite thee again, and a recompence be made thee. ¹³ But when thou makest an entertainment, invite the poor, ¹⁴ the disabled, the lame, the blind, And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee; but thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

⁹ And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

²² And the beggar died and was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died and was buried: ²³ And in hell lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom.

²⁵ But Abraham said, Son, remember, that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

¹ Then said he to the disciples, It is impossible but offences will come; but wo to him through whom they come.

² Saying, There was in a certain city a judge who feared not God nor reverenced man.

²² Sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

² Now this was a rich man.

⁹ And Jesus said to him, To day is salvation come to this house; forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

³⁵ For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

¹⁸ No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For every one that doth evil, hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. ²¹ But he that practiseth the truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God.

²¹ For as the Father raiseth and quickeneth the dead, so the Son also quickeneth whom he will.

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

⁴⁶ Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he who is from God; he hath seen the Father.

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, Verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am.

⁶ Jesus saith, I am the way; and the truth, and the life; no man cometh to the Father, but by me.

⁹ Jesus saith to him, Have I been so long with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father: and how sayest thou, Shew us the Father?

²⁵ These things have I spoken to you, while I remained with you. But the Comforter, ²⁶ the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said to you.

³⁶ What hast thou done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought, that I might not be delivered to the Jews: but my kingdom is not from hence. ³⁷ Pilate said to him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest. I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I might bear witness to the truth.

¹¹ Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power over me, unless it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me to thee, hath the greater sin.

¹⁶ Men, brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spake before by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus. ¹⁷ For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. ¹⁸ Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity, and falling down on his face, he burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out. ¹⁹ And it was known to all that dwell at Jerusalem, so that that field is called, in their own tongue, Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.

⁴⁴ And all that believed were together, and had all things common, ⁴⁵ And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, as any one had need.

³⁴ For neither was there any one among them that lacked: for whosoever were possessors of houses or lands sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, ³⁵ And laid them down at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was made to every one, according as any had need. ³⁶ And Joses, by the apostles surnamed Barnabas, which is, being interpreted, a son of consolation, ³⁷ a Levite, a Cyprian by birth, Having an estate, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

⁴ And to keep back part of the price of the land? While it remained, did it not remain thine? And when it was sold, was it not in thy power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thy heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God. ⁵ And Ananias hearing these words, fell down and expired; and great fear came on all that heard these things.

⁹ But a certain man, named Simon, had been before in the city, using magic, and astonishing the Samaritans, saying, that he was some great one.

¹⁸ And Simon seeing that thro' laying on of the hands of the apostles the Holy Ghost was given, ¹⁹ offered them money, Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. ²⁰ But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought to purchase the gift of God with money.

²⁰ But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought to purchase the gift of God with money. ²¹ Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God. ²² Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. ²³ For I see, thou art in the gall of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity.

³⁶ Now there was at Joppa, a certain disciple, named Tabitha, which is by interpretation Dorcas; this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

⁷ And when the angel who spake to him was departed, he called two of his houshold-servants, and a devout soldier, of them that waited on him continually.

²² And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and fearing God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by an holy angel, to send for thee to his house, and to hear words from thee.

³⁸ How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.

²⁹ Then the disciples determined to send relief, every one according to his ability, to the brethren who dwelt in Judea: Which also they did,

¹⁷ in that he did good, giving rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness.

²⁷ And being come and having gathered the church together, they related all that God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

² When therefore Paul and Barnabas had had no small contention and debate with them, they determined, that Paul and Barnabas and certain others of them, should go up to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem about this question.

¹⁰ Now therefore why endeavour ye to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

¹⁸ Then some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers incountered him: and some said, What would this babler say? Others, he seemeth to be a proclaimer of strange gods; because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.

²¹ (For all the Athenians, and the strangers sojourning there, spent their time in nothing else, but telling or hearing some new thing.)

²⁵ Neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed any thing, he himself giving to all life and breath, and all things.

¹⁵ But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of these matters.

⁷ who are beloved of God, called and holy, Grace to you, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²² Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

⁸ But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, shall be indignation and wrath,

²⁴ For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

² Much every way; chiefly in that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

³ And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also, ⁴ knowing that tribulation worketh patience, And patience experience, and experience hope; ⁵ And hope shameth us not, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

²⁸ And we know, that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose.

²⁸ And we know, that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose. ²⁹ For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated, conformable to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren.

²⁹ For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated, conformable to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren. ³⁰ And whom he predestinated, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

²³ And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, whom he had before prepared for glory? ²⁴ Even us whom he hath called, not only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles:

¹⁷ Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them.

¹⁷ Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them. ¹⁸ For such serve not the Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches, deceive the hearts of the simple.

²⁰ And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

²³ Caius, my host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus, a brother.

²⁵ according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began, ²⁶ But now made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, ²⁷ made known to all nations for the obedience of faith) To the only wise God, to him be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen!

⁸ waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who will also confirm you to the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and abolish the understanding of the prudent. ²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? ²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. ²² For whereas the Jews demand signs, and the Greeks seek wisdom, We preach Christ crucified, ²³ to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness:

⁶ Yet we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: but not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery,

³ For ye are still carnal: for while there is among you emulation, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?

¹⁸ Let none deceive himself: if any one among you thinketh himself to be wise, let him become a fool in this world, that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; as it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doth, is without the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.

²¹ Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou canst be made free, use it rather. ²² For he that is called by the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman; and in like manner, he that is called being free, is the servant of Christ.

¹ Now as to things sacrified to idols, we know: for all of us have knowledge. ² Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. And if any one think he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

²⁵ And every one that contendeth, is temperate in all things: and they indeed, to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. ²⁶ I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; I so fight, not as one that beateth the air.

¹⁴ Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.

³² Give no offence either to the Jews, or to the Gentiles, or to the church of God:

¹⁶ But if any one be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.

¹⁸ For first, when ye come together in the church, I hear there are schisms among you, (and I partly believe it.

¹ Follow after love: and desire spiritual gifts; but especially that ye may prophesy.

² On the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store according as he hath been prospered, that there may be no collections when I come.

¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory:

⁷ By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right-hand and the left:

¹ Moreover, brethren, we declare to you the grace of God, bestowed on the churches in Macedonia, ² That in a great trial of affliction, their overflowing joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality:

⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

¹² For if there be first a ready mind, a man is accepted, according to what he hath, not according to what he hath not.

⁶ And this I say, He that soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully: ⁷ Let every man do as he chuseth in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a chearful giver. ⁸ And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that having always all sufficiency in all things, ye may abound to every good work: ⁹ (As it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness remaineth for ever. ¹⁰ And may he who supplieth seed to the sower, and bread for your food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:) ¹¹ Being inriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which worketh by us thanksgiving to God. ¹² For the administration of this service, doth not only supply the necessities of the saints, but likewise aboundeth by the thanksgivings of many to God: ¹³ (Who, by experiment of this administration, glorify God for your avowed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal communication to them and to all men.)

¹³ (Who, by experiment of this administration, glorify God for your avowed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal communication to them and to all men.) ¹⁴ And by their prayer for you, who long after you, for the exceeding grace of God, which is in you. ¹⁵ Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.

³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: ⁴ (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the throwing down of strong-holds.) ⁵ Destroying reasonings, and every high thing which exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

²⁰ if he devour you, if he take from you, if he exalt himself, if he smite you on the face.

⁶ I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Christ who called you by his grace to another gospel, Which is not another; ⁷ but there are some that trouble you, and would subvert the gospel of Christ.

²⁶ For ye are all sons of God by faith in Jesus Christ. ²⁷ For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. ²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ And if ye are Christ's, then are ye the seed of Abraham, and heirs according to the promise.

¹ Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and be not intangled again with the yoke of bondage.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.

¹⁵ But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed ye be not consumed one of another.

²⁰ uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, contentions, ²¹ emulations, wraths, strifes, divisions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of which I tell you before (as I have also told you in time past) that they who practise such things, shall not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, fidelity, ²³ Meekness, temperance; against such there is no law.

²⁶ Be not desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

³ For if any man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

⁸ For he that soweth to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. ⁹ But let us not be weary of well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. ¹⁰ Therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good unto all men; but especially to them who are of the houshold of faith.

¹ Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus,

¹⁵ Wherefore I also, since I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love to all saints,

⁶ That the Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and joint-partakers of his promise by Christ through the gospel,

¹⁷ That being rooted and grounded in love,

²¹ To him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

¹⁷ This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles, in the vanity of your mind: ¹⁸ Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, by the ignorance that is in them, through the hardness of their hearts: ¹⁹ Who being past feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

²² concerning your former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt, according to the deceitful desires:

⁵ For this ye know, that no whoremonger, or unclean person, or covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

²⁷ That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, that it may be holy and unblamable.

⁵ Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as unto the Lord: ⁶ Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, ⁷ With good will doing service as unto the Lord, and not to men: ⁸ Knowing that whatsoever good each man doth, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be a servant or free.

¹⁰ Finally, brethren, be strong through the Lord, and through the power of his might. ¹¹ Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹² For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the world, of the darkness of this age, against wicked spirits in heavenly places. ¹³ Wherefore take to you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ And having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, ¹⁸ which is the word of God, Praying alway by the Spirit with all prayer and supplication, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

⁶ Being persuaded of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ,

¹⁰ That ye may try the things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ,

¹⁵ Some indeed preach Christ even through envy and strife; but some through good will.

²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

³ Do nothing through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind, esteem each the others better than themselves.

¹¹ Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision; barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free; but Christ is all, and in all. ¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering:

¹⁵ And the peace of God shall rule in your hearts, to which also ye are called in one body: and be ye thankful. ¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart unto the Lord.

²² Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. ²³ And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance; ²⁴ for ye serve the Lord Christ. ²⁵ But he that doth wrong, shall receive for the wrong he hath done; and there is no respect of persons.

¹ Masters, give your servants that which is just and equitable, knowing that ye also have a master in heaven.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus, Take heed that thou fulfil the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord. ¹⁸ The salutation of me Paul by my own hand. Be mindful of my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

⁹ For they themselves declare concerning us, what manner of entrance to you we had, and how ye turned from idols to God,

¹² as a father his own children, And charged you to walk worthy of God, who hath called you to his kingdom and glory.

¹³ That he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness (before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ) with all his saints.

¹ It remaineth then, brethren, that we beseech and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, that ye abound therein more and more. ² For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

⁸ He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man but God; who hath also given you his Holy Spirit.

⁸ But let us who are of the day keep awake, having put on the breast-plate of faith and love, and for an helmet the hope of salvation. ⁹ For God hath not appointed us to wrath,

²³ And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly: and may the whole of you, the spirit and the soul and the body, be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth. ⁴ So that we ourselves glory of you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and sufferings which ye endure:

¹ Now I beseech you, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁴ Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God as God, declaring himself that he is God.

⁸ And then will that wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and destroy with the brightness of his coming:

⁸ And then will that wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and destroy with the brightness of his coming: ⁹ Whose coming is after the mighty working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, ¹⁰ And with all deceiveableness of unrighteousness in them that perish, because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ¹¹ And therefore God shall send them strong delusion, so that that they shall believe a lie,

¹⁴ To which he hath called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁵ Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions, which ye have been taught, whether by word, or by our Epistle.

⁶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received of us.

³ As I exhorted thee when I was going into Macedonia, abide at Ephesus; that thou mayest charge some to teach no other doctrine, Neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, ⁴ that afford questions, and not godly edifying, which is through faith.

⁶ From which some, having missed the mark, are turned aside to vain jangling: ⁷ Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither the things they say, nor those concerning which they confidently affirm.

⁹ Knowing this, that the law doth not lie against a righteous man; but against the lawless and disobedient, against the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and prophane, against killers of their fathers or their mothers, against murderers, ¹⁰ Against whoremongers, sodomites, man-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to wholesome doctrine, ¹¹ According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I am instructed.

¹⁷ Now to the king of eternity, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever, Amen. ¹⁸ This charge I commit to thee, son Timotheus, according to the prophecies which went before concerning thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare: ¹⁹ Holding fast faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away, have made shipwreck of their faith.

⁵ For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, ⁶ the man Christ Jesus, Who gave himself a ransom for all,

³ Not given to wine, no striker, not desirous of filthy gain, but gentle, patient, not loving money;

⁶ Not a new convert, left being puffed up, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. ⁷ He ought also to have a good report from them that are without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. ⁸ Likewise the deacons must be serious, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not desirous of filthy gain: Holding fast the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

¹⁵ But if I tarry, that thou mayst know how to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God.

⁷ But avoid profane and old wives fables, and exercise thyself unto godliness.

⁷ But avoid profane and old wives fables, and exercise thyself unto godliness. ⁸ For bodily exercise profiteth a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the present life, and of that which is to come.

⁸ For bodily exercise profiteth a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the present life, and of that which is to come.

¹⁰ For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of them that believe. ¹¹ These things command and teach.

¹¹ These things command and teach. ¹² Let no one despise thy youth; but be a pattern to them that believe, in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

¹² Let no one despise thy youth; but be a pattern to them that believe, in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. ¹³ Till I come, give thyself to reading, to exhortation, to teaching. ¹⁴ Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. ¹⁵ Meditate on these things; be wholly in them, that thy profiting may appear in all things. ¹⁶ Take heed to thyself and to thy teaching: continue in them, for in so doing thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.

¹ Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brethren;

¹⁰ having been the wife of one husband, Well reported of for good works, if she hath brought up children, if she hath lodged strangers, if she hath washed the feet of the saints, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

¹⁴ I counsel therefore the younger women to marry, bear children, guide the family, give no occasion of reproach to the adversary.

²¹ I charge thee before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudging, doing nothing by partiality.

⁴ He is puffed up, knowing nothing, but being sick of questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, contention, evil speakings, ⁵ evil surmisings, Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, supposing the gain is godliness. From such withdraw thyself. ⁶ But godliness with content is great gain.

⁸ Having then food and covering, with these let us be content. ⁹ But they that desire to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which plunge men into destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting, have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. ¹¹ But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. ¹² Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which thou art called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses. ¹³ I charge thee, before God, who quickneth all things, and Jesus Christ, who witnessed a good confession before Pontius Pilate, ¹⁴ That thou keep the commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, Which in his times the blessed and only Potentate will shew,

¹⁹ Treasuring up for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. ²⁰ O Timotheus, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding prophane, empty babblings, and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called: Which some professing have erred from the faith. ²¹ Grace be with thee.

⁹ not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus, before the world began;

¹² For which cause also I suffer these things: yet I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have trusted, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him, until that day. ¹³ Hold fast the pattern of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹³ Hold fast the pattern of sound words, which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ The good thing which is committed to thee keep, through the Holy Spirit, who dwelleth in us.

¹ Thou therefore, my son, be strong through the grace which is by Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord, not to strive about words, to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

¹⁶ But avoid profane empty babblings; for they will increase to more ungodliness.

¹⁸ Who have erred from the faith, saying, The resurrection is already past, and overthrow the faith of some. ¹⁹ But the foundation of God standeth fast, having this seal, The Lord knoweth those that are his: and, Let every one who nameth the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.

²² Flee also youthful desires; but follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace with them that call upon the Lord, out of a pure heart. ²³ But avoid foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they beget strife:

²⁶ And they may awake out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

⁴ Traitors, rash, puffed up, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; ⁵ Having a form of godliness but denying the power of it.

⁸ Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth: men of corrupt minds, void of judgment as to the faith.

¹⁴ But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned, and been fully assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them, ¹⁵ And that from an infant thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, thro' faith which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ All scripture is inspired of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; ¹⁷ That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

¹ I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the quick and dead at his appearing and his kingdom, Preach the word;

³ For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but will heap to themselves teachers, according to their own desires, having itching ears.

⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;

¹⁰ For Demas hath forsaken me, loving the present world, and is gone to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

²² The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.

¹ Paul a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in things concerning the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is after godliness,

⁴ To Titus my own son after the common faith, grace, mercy, peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

⁹ as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

¹¹ Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole families, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of filthy gain.

¹⁴ Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. ¹⁵ To the clean all things are clean; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; but both their understanding and conscience are defiled. ¹⁶ They profess to know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and void of judgment as to every good work.

¹ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine, That the aged men be vigilant,

¹ But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine, That the aged men be vigilant, ² serious, prudent, sound in faith, love, patience:

⁵ to love their chidren, Discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

⁸ that he who is on the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us. ⁹ Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, to please them in all things, ¹⁰ not answering again, Not stealing, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may in all things adorn the gospel of God our Saviour. ¹¹ For the saving grace of God hath appeared to all men,

¹¹ For the saving grace of God hath appeared to all men, ¹² Teaching us, that, having renounced ungodliness and all wordly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present world,

¹² Teaching us, that, having renounced ungodliness and all wordly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present world,

¹² Teaching us, that, having renounced ungodliness and all wordly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present world, ¹³ Looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ.

¹³ Looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ. ¹⁴ Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

¹⁴ Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. ¹⁵ These things speak and exhort, and rebuke with all authority: let no man despise thee.

⁶ Which he poured forth richly upon us,

⁸ This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, to the end that they who have believed in God, be careful to excel in good works: these things are good and profitable to men. ⁹ But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

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

⁵ and love ⁶ toward all saints) That the communication of thy faith may become effectual, by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you through Christ Jesus. ⁷ For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

¹⁰ I beseech thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus, Who was formerly unprofitable to thee, ¹¹ but now profitable to thee and me, Whom I have sent again: ¹² thou therefore receive him, that is my own bowels: ¹³ Whom I would have retained with me, to serve me in thy stead, in the bonds of the gospel. ¹⁴ But I would do nothing without thy consent; that thy good deed might not be, as it were, by constraint, but willingly. ¹⁵ And perhaps for this end was he separated for a season, that thou mightest have him for ever; ¹⁶ No longer as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especially to me; and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?

¹ Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high-priest of our profession,

¹² Take heed, brethren, left there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God: ¹³ But exhort one another daily, while it is called to day, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin: ¹⁴ (For we are made partakers of Christ, if

² Otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshipers, having been once purged, would have had no more consciousness of sins. ³ But in those sacrifices, there is a commemoration of sins every year. ⁴ For it is impossible, that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. ⁵ Therefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou hast not chosen, but a body hast thou prepared for me. ⁶ Burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast not delighted in. ⁷ Then I said, Lo I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God. ⁸ Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering, and burnt-offerings and offering for sin thou hast not chosen, neither delighted in, which are offered by the law: ⁹ Then said he, Lo, I come, to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second: ¹⁰ By which will we are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. ¹¹ And every priest standeth daily ministring and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: ¹² But he having offered one sacrifice for sins,

¹⁴ Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

⁵ Let your disposition be without covetousness: be content with the things that are present; for he hath said, No, I will not leave thee: verily I will not forsake thee.

⁵ Let your disposition be without covetousness: be content with the things that are present; for he hath said, No, I will not leave thee: verily I will not forsake thee. ⁶ So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear what man can do unto me.

⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to day and for ever.

¹⁶ But to do good, and to distribute, forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

²³ Know that our brother Timotheus is set at liberty, with whom, if he come soon, I will see you.

²⁵ They of Italy salute you. Grace be with you all.

⁹ Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: ¹⁰ But the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

¹⁹ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him?

¹⁴ What doth it profit, my brethren, tho' a man say he hath faith, and have not works? ¹⁵ Can that faith save him? If a brother or a sister be naked, ¹⁶ and want daily food, And one of you say to them, Depart in peace; be ye warmed and filled, but give them not the things needful for the body, what doth it profit? ¹⁷ So likewise faith, if it hath not works, is dead in itself. ¹⁸ But one will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works. Shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

¹ From whence come wars and fightings among you? Is it not hence, from your pleasures that war in your members? ² Ye desire and have not, ye kill, and envy, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

⁵ Do ye think, that the scripture saith in vain, The Spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth against envy? ⁶ But he giveth greater grace: therefore it saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

¹ Go to now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and silver is cankered, and the canker of them shall be a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire: ye have laid up treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold the hire of your labourers who have reaped your fields, which is kept back by you, crieth: and the cries of them who have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabbaoth.

¹⁹ Brethren, if any one among you err from the truth, and one convert him,

⁴ To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

⁷ That the trial of your faith, which is much more precious than gold, (that perisheth, tho' it be tried with fire) may be found unto praise, and honour, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

¹⁹ But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot,

¹ Wherefore laying aside all wickedness, and all guile, and dissimulation, and envies, ² and all evil-speakings, As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

¹² which war against the soul, Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹⁷ Honour all men, Love the brotherhood, Fear God, ¹⁸ Honour the king, Servants be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. ¹⁹ For this is thank worthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. ²⁰ For what glory is it, if when ye commit faults and are buffeted, ye take it patiently? But if when ye do well and suffer, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

⁹ Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are called to this, to inherit a blessing.

¹¹ Let him turn from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁶ Having a good conscience, that whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may be ashamed who falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

¹ The elders that are among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and likewise a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed,

¹⁰ Now the God of all grace, who hath called us by Christ Jesus to his eternal glory, after ye have suffered a while, himself shall perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

³ As his divine power hath given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, thro' the knowledge of him that hath called us by glory and virtue, ⁴ By which he hath given us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these, having escaped the corruption which is in the world thro' desire, ye may become partakers of the divine nature: ⁵ For this very reason giving all diligence, add to your faith courage, ⁶ and to courage knowledge, And to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, ⁷ and to patience godliness, And to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

³ And through covetousness will they with feigned speeches make merchandize of you, whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

⁷ And delivered righteous Lot, vexed with the filthy behaviour of the wicked: ⁸ (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds).

¹⁰ But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise government: presumptuous, self-willed; they are not afraid to rail at dignities:

¹² But these, as natural brute beasts, born to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things they understand not, and shall perish in their own corruption,

¹⁵ Who have forsaken the right way and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Boser, who loved the reward of unrighteousness.

¹⁵ Who have forsaken the right way and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam, the son of Boser, who loved the reward of unrighteousness. ¹⁶ But he had a rebuke for his iniquity: the dumb ass, speaking with man's voice, forbad the madness of the prophet.

¹⁸ For by speaking swelling words of vanity, they allure thro' the desire of the flesh, thro' wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them that live in error.

¹⁴ Wherefore, beloved, seeing ye look for these things, labour to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless.

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

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world: if any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eye, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. ¹⁷ And the world passeth away, and the desire thereof; but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.

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

² Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

¹⁷ But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

⁸ This is the seducer and the antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we lose not the things we have wrought, but receive a full reward. ⁹ Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God: ¹⁰ he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If any come to you, and bring not this doctrine, ¹¹ Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that is a doer of good is of God, but he that is a doer of evil, hath not seen God.

⁸ In like manner these dreamers also defile the flesh, despise authority, rail at dignities.

¹⁰ But these rail at all the things which they know not: and all the things which they know naturally, as the brute beasts, in these they are defiled. ¹¹ Wo to them; for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.

¹⁶ These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own desires, and their mouth speaketh great swelling things, having mens persons in admiration for advantage.

²⁴ Now to Him who is able to keep you from falling, and to preserve you faultless in the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, ²⁵ To the only God, our Saviour, be glory, and majesty, might and authority, both now and to all ages. Amen.

⁵ And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first begotten from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth: ⁶ To him that loved us, and hath washed us from our sins with his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto his God and Father, to him be the glory and the might for ever. ⁷ Behold he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they who have pierced him: and all the tribes of the earth shall wail because of him. ⁸ Yea. Amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who cometh, the Almighty.

¹⁶ And he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword; and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. ¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right-hand upon me, saying, Fear not, I am the First and the Last, ¹⁸ And he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of death and of Hades.

¹⁴ But I have a few things against thee, that thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication. ¹⁵ So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicola?tans, which I hate.

³ Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast and repent. If thou watch not, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come upon thee.

¹⁴ And to the angel of the church at Laodicea write, These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God.

¹⁷ Because thou sayst, I am rich, and have inriched myself, and have need of nothing, and knowest not, that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

¹¹ saying, Worthy art thou, O Lord our God, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, for thou hast created all things, and through thy will they are, and were created.

¹² the blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honour, and the power, and the strength, be to our God for ever and ever.

¹⁴ These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

³ For all nations have drank of the wine of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich, thro' the abundance of her delicacies.

⁶ Reward her even as she hath rewarded, and give her double according to her works; in the cup which she filled, fill to her double. ⁷ As much as she hath glorified herself and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: because she saith in her heart, I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

¹³ And cinnamon, and amomum, and odours, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep; and merchandize of horses and of chariots, and of bodies and souls of men.

¹⁶ And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.

³ And I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God with men, and he will dwell with them; and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God.

⁶ And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsteth of the fountain of the water of life freely.

¹ And he shewed me a river of the water of life clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

⁵ And there shall be no night there, neither is there need of a lamp, or of the light of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light, and they shall reign for ever.