1 Peter 5 Cross References - Worrell

¹ The elders, therefore, I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of Christ's sufferings, also a partaker of the glory about to be revealed; ² feed the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it, not by constraint, but willingly; nor yet for base gain, but of a ready mind; ³ neither as lording it over the allotted charges, but becoming examples to the flock; ⁴ and, when the Chief Shepherd is manifested, ye will obtain the unfading crown of glory. ⁵ Likewise, ye younger, be subject to the elder; yea, all of you gird on the lowly mind to serve one another; because "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the lowly." ⁶ Be humbled, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due season; ⁷ having cast all your anxiety on Him, because He careth for you. ⁸ Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, is going about, seeking whom he may devour; ⁹ whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same kinds of sufferings are being accomplished in your brethren who are in the world. ¹⁰ And the God of all grace, Who called you into His everlasting glory in Christ, after ye have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, settle you. ¹¹ To Him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen. ¹² Through Sylvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I wrote to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God; within which stand ye. ¹³ The assembly in Babylon, elected with you, and Mark my son, salute you. ¹⁴ Salute ye one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ.

¹ Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to he tempted by the Devil.

¹¹ Then the Devil leaves Him; and, behold, angels came and were ministering to Him.

²⁵ Therefore, I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink; nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? ²⁶ Behold the fowls of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your Heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye much more valuable than they?

³³ But seek ye first His Kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. ³⁴ Be not, therefore, anxious for the morrow; for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its evil.

³⁹ and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil; and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.

²⁵ But Jesus, calling them near, said, "Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them. ²⁶ Not so shall it be among you;

⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and all ye are brethren. ⁹ And call no one your father on the earth; for One is your Father, the Heavenly. ¹⁰ Neither be ye called leaders; because One is your Leader, the Christ.

¹² And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

⁴² Watch ye, therefore, because ye know not in what day your Lord is coming.

⁴⁸ But, if that evil servant shall say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying,' ⁴⁹ and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; ⁵⁰ the lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not expecting him, and in an hour when he knows not,

³¹ "And, when the Son of man cometh in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then will He sit on the throne of His glory; ³² and there will be gathered before Him all the nations; and He will separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; ³³ and He will set the sheep, indeed, on His right hand, but the goats on the left. ³⁴ "Then will the King say to those on His right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of My Father! inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world: ³⁵ for I hungered, and ye gave Me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took Me in; ³⁶ naked, and ye clothed Me; I was sick, and ye looked after Me; I was in prison, and ye came to Me.' ³⁷ "Then will the righteous answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see Thee hungering, and fed Thee? or thirsting, and gave Thee drink? ³⁸ And when did we see Thee a stranger, and took Thee in; or naked, and clothed Thee? ³⁹ And, when did we see Thee sick, or in prison, and came to Thee?' ⁴⁰ "And, answering, the King will say to them, 'Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of My brethren, even the least, ye did it to Me.' ⁴¹ Then will He say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, ye accursed! into the eternal fire which was prepared for the Devil and his angels;

⁴¹ Then will He say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, ye accursed! into the eternal fire which was prepared for the Devil and his angels; ⁴² for I hungered, and ye did not give Me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave Me no drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and ye did not look after Me.' ⁴⁴ "Then will they also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see Thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to Thee?' ⁴⁵ "Then will He answer them, saying, 'Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of these least, ye did it not to Me!' ⁴⁶ "And these shall go away into age-lasting punishment, but the righteous into age-lasting life."

³⁸ And He Himself was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion; and they awake Him, and say to Him, "Teacher, is it no concern to Thee that we perish?"

⁴² And Jesus, calling them to Him, saith to them, "Ye know that those thinking to rule over the gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them; ⁴³ but it is not so among you; but whosoever wishes to become great among you shall be your minister; ⁴⁴ and whosoever wishes to be first among you shall be servant of all: ⁴⁵ for even the Son of Man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his soul a ransom for many."

⁵² He deposed potentates from thrones, and exalted the lowly.

³ And the Devil said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, command this stone, that it become bread." ⁴ And Jesus made answer to him, "It has been written, 'Not on bread alone shall man live.'" ⁵ And, leading Him up, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in a moment of time. ⁶ And the Devil said to Him, "To Thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them; because to me it has been delivered, and to whomsoever I will I give it. ⁷ If Thou, therefore, wilt worship before me, it shall all be Thine." ⁸ And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'" ⁹ And he led Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, cast Thyself down hence; ¹⁰ for it has been written, 'He will command His angels concerning you, to keep watch over you; ¹¹ and on their hands they shall bear you up, lest haply you dash your foot against a stone.'" ¹² And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

¹¹ And, when they bring you in before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say; ¹² for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say."

²² And He said to His disciples, "Therefore, I say to you, be not anxious for your soul, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on;

³⁰ for after all these things are the nations of the world seeking; and your Father knoweth that ye need these things. ³¹ But seek ye His Kingdom, and these things shall be added to you. ³² "Fear not, little flock; because your Father delighted to give you the Kingdom.

³² "Fear not, little flock; because your Father delighted to give you the Kingdom.

⁴⁵ But, if that servant should say in his heart, My lord is delaying to come, and shall begin to beat the manservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; ⁴⁶ the lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not expecting him, and in an hour which he knows not, and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

¹¹ because every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

¹⁴ I say to you, this man went down justified to his house, rather than the other; because every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

³⁴ "But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with gluttony and drunkenness, and anxieties pertaining to life, and that day come upon you suddenly as a snare;

³⁶ But watch ye at every season, praying that ye may have full strength to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man."

²⁴ And there arose also a contention among them as to which of them seemed to be greatest. ²⁵ But He said to them, "The kings of the gentiles exercise lordship over them; and those having authority over them are called 'Benefactors.' ²⁶ But ye are not so; but let the greater among you become as the younger, and he who leads as he who serves. ²⁷ For who is greater, he who reclines at table, or he who serves? Is not he who reclines? But I am in the midst of you as One Who serveth.

³¹ "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for you, to sift you as the wheat; ³² but I prayed for you, that your faith fail not; and, when once you have turned again, establish your brethren."

⁴⁸ Ye are witnesses of these things,

⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the Devil; and the desires of your father ye wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own; because he is a liar, and the father of it.

¹¹ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his soul for the sheep.

¹³ because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.

²⁷ "Peace I leave for you; My own peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled; neither let it be fearful.

²⁶ "When the Advocate shall come, Whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, Who proceedeth from the Father, He will testify concerning Me; ²⁷ and ye also testify, because ye are with Me from the beginning."

³³ These things have I spoken to you, that in Me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

¹⁹ When, therefore, it was evening, on that day, the first day of sabbaths; and, when, through fear of the Jews, the doors were shut, where the disciples were; Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, "Peace be to you!"

²⁶ And, after eight days, again His disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace be to you!"

¹⁵ So, when they breakfasted, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He says to Him, "Yea, Lord, Thou knowest that I fondly love Thee." He saith to him, "Feed My lambs." ¹⁶ He saith to him again a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" He says to Him, "Yea, Lord, Thou knowest that I fondly love Thee." He saith to him, "Feed My sheep." ¹⁷ He saith to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you fondly love Me?" Peter was grieved, because He said to him the third time "Do you fondly love Me?" and he said to Him, "Lord, Thou knowest all things; Thou knowest that I do fondly love Thee." Jesus saith to him, "Feed My sheep.

²¹ Peter therefore, seeing him, says to Jesus, "Lord, and what will this man do?"

⁸ but ye shall receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and Samaria, and to the utmost limit of the earth."

²² beginning from the immersion of John, until the day on which He was taken up from us—should become a witness, with us, of His resurrection."

³² "This Jesus God raised up; of which fact we all are witnesses.

¹⁵ and the Prince of life ye killed; Whom God raised from the dead—of which fact we are witnesses.

³⁰ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, Whom ye slew, having suspended Him on a tree: ³¹ This One God exalted as a Prince and Savior, with His right hand, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins. ³² And we are witnesses of these things; also the Holy Spirit, Whom God gave to those who obey Him."

³⁹ And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; Whom they also slew, hanging Him on a tree. ⁴⁰ Him God raised on the third day, and gave Him to become manifest; ⁴¹ not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God—to us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

²³ who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced, and was exhorting all that, with purpose of heart, they should cleave to the Lord;

³⁰ which also they did, sending it to the elders through the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

¹² And, having considered it, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who is surnamed Mark; where many were gathered together and were praying.

²⁵ And Barnabus and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having fulfilled their ministry, taking with them John who was surnamed Mark.

²² confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the Kingdom of God. ²³ And, having appointed elders for them in every assembly; and, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord on Whom they had believed.

⁴ And, having come to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the assembly and apostles and elders; and they rehearsed as many things as God wrought with them.

⁶ And the apostles and the elders were assembled together to see about this matter.

²² Then it seemed good to the apostles and elders, with the whole assembly, to send men, chosen from themselves, to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas who is surnamed Barsabas, and Silas—leading men among the brethren; ²³ having written through their hand thus: "The apostles, and the elders, brethren, to the brethren from the gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

¹⁷ And, having sent from Miletus to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly.

²⁴ But I make not my soul of any value as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify the Gospel of the grace of God.

²⁶ Wherefore, I testify to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men; ²⁷ for I shrank not from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. ²⁸ Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit appointed you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

²⁸ Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit appointed you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

³³ I coveted no one's silver, or gold, or apparel. ³⁴ Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me.

¹³ Then Paul answered, "What are ye doing, weeping and crushing my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus."

¹⁸ And, on the following day, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.

⁷ to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ so, as much as in me is, I am ready to proclaim the Gospel to you also who are in Rome.

² through Whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we have been standing; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

⁶ For, while we were yet weak, Christ, in due season, died for the ungodly.

²⁰ And the law entered, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did super-abound; ²¹ that, as sin reigned in death, so also might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹ Consequently, there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.

¹⁷ and, if children, heirs also; heirs, indeed, of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if, indeed, we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him. ¹⁸ For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with the glory about to be revealed for us.

²⁸ And we know that all things are working together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose; ²⁹ because whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren. ³⁰ And whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

¹¹ (for, the children being not yet born, nor having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him Who calleth),

²⁴ whom He also called, not from Jews only, but also from gentiles?

³⁶ Because, of Him, and through Him, and for Him, are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

¹⁰ in brotherly love being tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor, preferring one another;

¹¹ And this, knowing the season, that it is time already for you to be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when ye believed. ¹² The night was far spent, and the day has drawn near; let us, therefore, put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy; ¹⁴ but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill its desires.

⁵ Now the God of patience and of consolation grant you to be of the same mind one with another, according to Christ Jesus:

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound In hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the assemblies of Christ salute you.

²⁵ Now to Him Who is able to establish you, according to my Gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept in silence during eternal ages,

⁹ God is faithful, through Whom ye were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

³⁰ But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, Who was made to us wisdom from God, also righteousness, and holiness, and redemption;

⁵ What, then, is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and as the Lord gave to each.

⁹ For we are God's fellow-workers; ye are God's husbandry, God's building.

⁷ Who ever serves as a soldier at his own charges; Who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?

¹⁶ For, if I proclaim the Gospel, it is not to me a matter of boasting; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is to me, if I proclaim not the Gospel. ¹⁷ For, if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

²⁵ And every one who strives in the games exercises self restraint in all things; they, indeed, therefore, to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

¹³ A temptation has not taken you, except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

²² Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?

¹¹ Nevertheless, neither is woman apart from man, nor man apart from woman, in the Lord.

¹ Now I make known to you, brethren, the Gospel which I proclaimed to you, which also ye received, in which also ye have been standing;

²⁰ All the brethren salute you. Salute one another with a holy kiss.

¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, Who was preached among you through us—through me and Sylvanus and Timothy—was not "Yea" and "Nay," "Nay," but in Him is "Yea."

²⁴ Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith ye have been standing.

⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;

¹⁷ For our momentary light tribulation is working out for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

¹ For we know that, if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

⁸ we are of good courage, I say, and are well pleased to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

¹⁷ Wherefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, they have become new.

¹⁴ Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you; for I seek not yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved the less?

¹¹ Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfected, be comforted, think the same thing; be at peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. ¹² Salute one another with a holy kiss.

⁸ But even if we or an angel out of Heaven should proclaim a Gospel to you other than that which we delivered to you, let him be accursed! ⁹ As we have said before, even now also I say again, if any one is delivering a Gospel to you, contrary to that which ye received, let him be accursed.

³ that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief;

²⁷ neither give place to the Devil.

²¹ submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ;

¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil;

¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil; ¹² because to us the struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. ¹³ On this account, take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day; and, having fully accomplished all, to stand.

¹⁶ withal having taken up the shield of faith, with which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

²¹ But, that ye also may know my affairs, what I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you;

²³ Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ For I know that this will turn out for my salvation, through your supplication and a supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ;

²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²² But if it be to live in flesh, this is to me a fruit of labor; and what I shall choose I know not; ²³ but I am constrained by the two; having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for it is far better;

³ doing nothing through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind, each esteeming others better than himself;

¹⁷ Brethren, become imitators together of me, and mark those who so walk, as ye have us as an example.

⁶ Be anxious for nothing; but, in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God:

⁹ The things also, which ye learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, these practice; and the God of peace will be with you.

¹³ I am strong enough for all things in Him Who strengtheneth me.

⁷ even as ye learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for us a faithful minister of Christ,

²² yet now did He reconcile in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and without blemish, and irreproachable, before Him; ²³ if, at least, ye continue in the faith, founded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

⁵ for even if I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the Spirit, rejoicing, and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

⁷ having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith as ye were taught, abounding with thanksgiving.

³ for ye died, and your life has been hid with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, our Life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with Him be manifested in glory.

¹² Put on, therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;

⁷ All the things relating to me Tychicus will make known to you, the beloved brother, and faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord;

⁹ together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is from among you; they will make known to you all things here.

¹ Paul, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you, and peace.

⁵ because our Gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we became toward you, for your sake. ⁶ And ye became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit;

¹² that ye should walk worthily of God, Who is calling you into His own Kingdom and glory.

¹⁵ who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men; ¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the gentiles, that they might be saved, for the filling up of their sins always; and the wrath came upon them to the uttermost.

³ that no one should be shaken in these tribulations; for ye yourselves know that for this we are appointed.

⁶ So, then, let us not sleep as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. ⁷ For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunken are drunken at night. ⁸ But let us, being of the day, be sober, having put on a breast-plate of faith and love; and, as a helmet, a hope of salvation;

²⁶ Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.

¹ Paul, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians, in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

⁷ and to you who suffer tribulation, relief with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from Heaven with the angels of His power, in flaming fire, ⁸ awarding vengeance to those who know not God, and to those who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus; ⁹ who, indeed, shall pay a penalty, eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might, ¹⁰ when He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be marveled at in all who believed (because our testimony to you was believed), in that day.

¹⁴ unto which He called you through our Gospel, to an obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ comfort your hearts, and establish, you in every good work and word.

³ But the Lord is faithful, Who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

⁹ not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves as a model to you, that ye might imitate us.

⁶ Who gave Himself a ransom for all, the testimony for its own times,

⁹ in like manner, that women adorn themselves in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety, not with braided hair, and gold, or pearls, or costly raiment,

¹⁵ But she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they abide in faith, and love, and holiness, with sobriety.

² It is needful, therefore, that the bishop be irreproachable, a husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, hospitable, apt to teach, ³ not given to wine, not a striker, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

⁸ It is needful that deacons, in like manner, be grave, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy of base gain;

¹¹ It is needful that their wives, in like manner, be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

¹² Let no one despise your youth; but become a model for believers, in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

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

¹⁹ Against an elder receive not an accusation, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

¹² Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the eternal life, to which you were called, and confessed a good confession before many witnesses.

⁹ Who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose, and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before eternal ages,

¹⁰ Therefore, I suffer all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

¹² Yea, and all who wish to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

⁷ I have contended in the noble contest, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; ⁸ henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, will recompense to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those who have loved His appearing.

¹⁷ The Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the proclamation might be fully announced, and that all the gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion.

³ but in His own seasons manifested His word in a proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

⁵ For this cause I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

⁷ For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain; ⁸ but hospitable, a lover of good, sober-minded, righteous, pious, temperate;

¹¹ whom it is needful to reduce to silence: who, indeed, are overthrowing whole houses, teaching what they ought not, for the sake of base gain.

² that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

⁴ that they may train the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

⁶ The younger men, in like manner, exhort to be sober-minded; ⁷ in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in teaching, showing incorruptness, gravity,

¹² teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and righteously, and godly in the present age;

¹⁴ who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

¹ Remind them to submit to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work;

⁹ yet for love's sake I rather exhort, being such a one as Paul an aged man, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus:

¹⁴ but, without your consent, I was willing to do nothing; that your beneficence might not be by necessity, but by choice.

¹⁵ And, for this cause, He is the Mediator of a new covenant, that, death having taken place for redemption from the transgressions against the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

³³ who, through faith, subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,

¹⁵ looking carefully, lest there be any one falling short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness, springing up, trouble you, and through it many be defiled;

⁵ Let your disposition be without fondness for money; content with the present things; for He Himself hath said, "I will in nowise leave you, neither will I in any wise forsake you." ⁶ So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my Helper, I will not be afraid; what shall man do to me?"

¹⁷ Obey those who are your leaders, and submit to them; for they watch in behalf of your souls, as those who are to give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with sighing; for this would be unprofitable for you.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, Who brought up from the dead the Great Shepherd of the sheep, in virtue of the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,

²⁰ Now the God of peace, Who brought up from the dead the Great Shepherd of the sheep, in virtue of the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus, ²¹ make you perfect in every good thing to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to Whom be the glory forever. Amen. ²² But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation; for, indeed, I wrote to you in few words.

⁹ But let the lowly brother glory in his high station; ¹⁰ and the rich, in his humiliation; because, as a flower of grass, he shall pass away.

¹² Happy is a man who endures temptation; because, when he becomes approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him.

⁶ But He giveth more grace Wherefore, the Scripture says, "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble." ⁷ Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. But resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

¹⁰ Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.

² elect according to the fore-knowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: grace to you, and peace be multiplied. ³ Blessed be the God and Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His abundant mercy, begat us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead, ⁴ to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading; kept in Heaven for you,

⁴ to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading; kept in Heaven for you, ⁵ who are being guarded by God's power, through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time; ⁶ in which ye exult, though now, for a little while, if necessary, made sorrowful in manifold temptations;

⁶ in which ye exult, though now, for a little while, if necessary, made sorrowful in manifold temptations; ⁷ that the proving of your faith—being much more precious than gold that perishes, but is proved through fire—may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

⁷ that the proving of your faith—being much more precious than gold that perishes, but is proved through fire—may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

¹² to whom it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to you they were ministering them; which things now were reported to you through those who proclaimed the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from Heaven; into which things angels desire to look carefully. ¹³ Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly for the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

¹⁵ but, according as He Who called you is holy, do ye yourselves become holy in all your conduct;

⁹ But ye are "an elect race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation," a people for a possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

²¹ For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps;

²⁵ For, as sheep, ye were going astray; but now ye returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

³ whose adorning, let it not be the outward one of braiding of hair and of wearing of golden ornaments, or of putting on apparel; ⁴ but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.

¹⁴ But, if ye should even suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye. But fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

¹ Christ, therefore, having suffered in flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind; because he who suffered in flesh has ceased from sin;

⁵ who shall render an account to Him Who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

⁷ But the end of all things has drawn near; be ye, therefore, of sound mind, and be sober unto prayers;

¹¹ if anyone speaks, as uttering the oracles of God; if anyone ministers, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to Whom is the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

¹³ but, in so far as ye share in Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of His glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

² feed the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it, not by constraint, but willingly; nor yet for base gain, but of a ready mind;

⁴ and, when the Chief Shepherd is manifested, ye will obtain the unfading crown of glory.

³ since His divine power has given to us all things pertaining to life and godliness, through the full knowledge of Him Who called us through His glory and virtue;

¹² Wherefore, I shall be always ready to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and have become confirmed in the present truth.

³ and, in covetousness, will they, with feigned words, make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment from of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

¹⁵ leaving the right way, they were led astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

²⁵ And this is the promise which He Himself promised us, the eternal life.

² Beloved, now are we children of God, and never yet was it manifested what we shall be. We know that, if He shall be manifested, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

⁸ He that commits sin is of the Devil; because the Devil sins from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that He might destroy the works of the Devil. ⁹ Whosoever has been begotten of God sins not; because His seed abides in him, and he cannot sin because he has been begotten of God. ¹⁰ In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the Devil: every one that does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that does not love his brother;

⁹ If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; because this is the testimony of God, that He hath testified concerning His Son. ¹⁰ He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that believes not God has made Him a liar; because he has not believed in the testimony that God testified concerning His Son.

¹ The elder to an elect lady and her children whom I love in truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth— ² for the truth's sake which abides in us, and will be with us forever: ³ Grace, mercy, peace, shall be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. ⁴ I rejoiced exceedingly, because I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father. ⁵ And now I beseech you, lady, not as writing a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. ⁶ And this is love, that we walk according to His commandment. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it. ⁷ Because many deceivers went out into the world, who confess not Jesus Christ as coming in flesh. This is the deceiver and the Anti-Christ. ⁸ Take heed to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we wrought, but that ye receive a full reward. ⁹ Every one who leads forward, and abides not in the teaching of Christ, has not God. He that abides in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If anyone comes to you, and brings not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and say not to him, "Greeting," ¹¹ for he that says to him, "Greeting," partakes in his evil works. ¹² Having many things to write to you, I was not willing to write them with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you, and speak mouth to mouth, that your joy may be made full. ¹³ The children of your elect sister salute you.

¹³ The children of your elect sister salute you.

¹ The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth. ² Beloved, I pray that, in all things, you may be prosperous, and be in health, even as your soul prospers. ³ For I rejoiced exceedingly, when brethren came and testified to your truth, even as you walk in truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. ⁵ Beloved, you do a faithful work, in whatsoever you do to the brethren, and that to strangers, ⁶ who testified to your love before the assembly; whom sending forward worthily of God, you will do well; ⁷ for on behalf of His name they went forth, taking nothing from the gentiles. ⁸ We ought, therefore, to welcome such persons, that we may become fellow-workers for the truth. ⁹ I wrote to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have preeminence among them, receives us not.

⁹ I wrote to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have preeminence among them, receives us not. ¹⁰ On this account, if I come, I will remember his works which he is doing, prating against us with evil words; and not content with these things, he neither himself receives the brethren, and those wishing to do so he forbids, and casts them out of the assembly.

¹⁰ On this account, if I come, I will remember his works which he is doing, prating against us with evil words; and not content with these things, he neither himself receives the brethren, and those wishing to do so he forbids, and casts them out of the assembly. ¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate the evil, but the good. He that does good is of God; the evil-doer has not seen God. ¹² To Demetrius testimony has been borne by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.

¹² To Demetrius testimony has been borne by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear testimony, and you know that our testimony is true. ¹³ Many things I had to write to you; but I wish not to write to you with ink and pen; ¹⁴ but I hope shortly to see you, and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace be to you. The friends salute you. Salute the friends by name.

³ Beloved, while giving all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, I was constrained to write to you, exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints.

²⁴ Now to Him Who is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you without blemish, in gladness, before the presence of His glory,

⁶ and made us a kingdom, and priests to God and His Father; to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. ⁷ Behold, He cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall lament over Him! Even so. Amen.

⁹ I, John, your brother, and fellow-sharer in the tribulation, and kingdom, and patience in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

¹⁰ Fear not the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹¹ I am coming speedily; hold fast that which you have, that no one take your crown.

¹³ And every created thing which is in Heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying, "To Him Who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the might, forever and ever!"

¹¹ And a white robe was given to each one of them; and it was said to them, that they should rest yet a little time, until their fellow-servants and their brethren, who were about to be slain, as they also had been, should fulfill their course.

¹⁴ And I have said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are those who come out of the great tribulation; and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

⁹ And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole habitable earth; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

¹² On this account, rejoice, ye Heavens, and ye who dwell in them! Woe to the earth, and to the sea! because the Devil went down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a little time.

⁵ and upon her forehead a name written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."

² And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Babylon the great fell, fell, and became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird;

¹² merchandise of gold, and of silver, and of precious stone, and of pearls, and of fine linen, and of purple, and of silk, and of scarlet, and of every kind of fragrant wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of brass, and of iron, and of marble, ¹³ and cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of slaves, and souls of men.

² And he seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

¹⁰ And the Devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also the beast and the false prophet were cast; and they shall be tormented, day and night, forever and ever. ¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and Him Who was sitting thereon, from Whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of the things that were written in the books, according to their works.