1 Corinthians 4 Cross References - Etheridge

¹ Thus let us be accounted of you as ministers of the Meshiha, and stewards of the mysteries of Aloha. ² So now is it required of a steward that he be one found faithful. ³ But to me it is a little thing to be Judged by you, or by any man; neither do I judge myself, ⁴ for of nothing in myself am I conscious; but not by this am I justified, but my judge is the Lord. ⁵ Therefore, do not judge before the time, until the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the thoughts of hearts. Then will there be praise to each man from Aloha. ⁶ BUT these things, my brethren, for your sakes I have applied to the person of myself and of Apolo, that through us you may learn not to think of us beyond what is written; and that one above his neighbour may not be exalted on account of any thing. ⁷ For who distinguisheth thee? Or, what hast thou which thou hast not received? And if thou hast received, why dost thou boast as if thou hadst not received? ⁸ Now you are satiated, and are rich, and without us have reigned. But I would that you did reign, that we might also reign with you! ⁹ But I consider that us, the apostles, Aloha hath set last, as unto death, to be a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men, ¹⁰ We are fools for the sake of the Meshiha, but we are wise in the Meshiha; we are the weak, but you are the mighty; you are glorified, and we abased. ¹¹ Until this hour we hunger and thirst, we are naked and beaten and have no fixed dwelling; ¹² and we labour, working with our hands. They revile us, and we bless; they persecute us, and we endure; ¹³ they maltreat us, and we pray for them; as the refuse of the world are we made and the execration* of all men until now. [* Kuphoro. Piaculum; flagitium expiatione dignum.] ¹⁴ Not as to shame you write I these things, but as my beloved children I admonish (you). ¹⁵ For if you have ten thousand teachers in the Meshiha, yet not many fathers; for in Jeshu Meshiha I have begotten you through the gospel. ¹⁶ I entreat then of you that you be like me. ¹⁷ WHEREFORE I have sent to you Timotheos, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, that he may remind you of my ways in the Meshiha, according to that which I teach in all the churches. ¹⁸ But as if I were not coming to you, some of you are inflated. ¹⁹ But if the Lord will, quickly come I unto you; and I will know not the words of them who exalt themselves, but their power. ²⁰ For the kingdom of Aloha is not in word, but in power. ²¹ How are you willing? with a rod shall I come to you, or with love and with the spirit of kindliness?

¹¹ Blessed are you when they treat you with reviling, and persecute you, and say concerning you every evil word, for my sake, in falsity.

⁴⁴ But I say unto you, Love your enemies; bless them who execrate you; do that which is good to him who hateth you; and pray for them who lead you with a chain, and persecute you.

¹ JUDGE not, that you be not judged. ² For with the judgment that you judge, you shall be judged; and with the measure that you mete, it shall be measured to you.

²⁰ Jeshu saith to him, The foxes have their dens, and the fowls of heaven a bower, but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

²² And you shall be abhorred by all men on account of my name: but he who shall persevere until the end, he shall be saved.[Shall live.] ²³ When they persecute you in this city, escape to the other; for, Amen I say unto you, that you shall not have completed all the cities of the house of Isroel, till the Son of man shall come. ²⁴ The disciple is not greater than his master, nor the servant than his lord. ²⁵ It sufficeth the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If the master of the house they have called Beelzebub, how much more his house-sons!

¹¹ He replied and said to them, Because unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given.

⁸ But be you not called Râbi: for One is your Master; but all ye are brethren. ⁹ And call no man Abâ [Father.] to you upon earth: for One is your Father, who is in heaven. ¹⁰ Neither be ye called Medabronee : [Guides.] for One is your Guide, - the Meshicha.

⁹ Then shall they deliver you to affliction, and shall kill you; and you shall be hated of all peoples on account of my name.

³⁰ And then shall be seen the standard of the Son of man in heaven, and then all the generations of the earth [Or, tribes of the land.] shall wail, and they shall see the Son of man coming upon the clouds of heaven, with great power and glory.

⁴⁵ WHO is the servant faithful and wise whom his lord shall appoint over the children of his house, to give every one his meat in his time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant, who, when cometh his lord, shall be found doing so.

¹⁴ FOR as a man who journeyed called his servants, and delivered to them his property: ¹⁵ To one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, each man according to his faculty; and forthwith went away.

²¹ His lord said to him, It is well, good and faithful servant; over a little thou hast been faithful, over much I will establish thee: enter into the joy of thy lord.

²³ His lord saith to him, It is well, servant good and faithful; over a little thou hast been faithful, over much will I establish thee: enter into the joy of thy lord.

¹¹ And Jeshu said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those without every thing is in parables:

⁵¹ He hath wrought victory with his arm; ⁵² He hath scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He hath overturned the mighty from their thrones, and hath exalted the humble. ⁵³ The hungry he hath satisfied with good things, and the rich he hath sent away empty.

²² Blessed are you when the sons of man hate you, and separate you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man.

²⁵ Woe to you (who are) full, for you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall weep and lament.

²⁸ and bless those who execrate you, and pray for those who lead you by violence.[Or, with a chain.]

³⁷ JUDGE not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned; release,[Or, absolve.] and you shall be released;

¹⁰ But he said to them, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Aloha; but to those who are the rest in similitudes is it spoken; that while seeing they may not see, and while hearing they may not understand.

¹⁶ He that you heareth, me heareth; and he who you rejecteth, me he rejecteth; and he who me rejecteth, he rejecteth him who sent me.

¹ AND when (there) had gathered (by) myriads great assemblies, so that they would have trodden upon one another, Jeshu began to say to his disciples, Beware for yourselves before all things [Luq'dam, imprimis, chiefly.] of the leaven of the Pharishee, which is hypocrisy. ² For nothing is hidden which shall not be revealed, and nothing secreted which shall not be made known. ³ For all that you say in darknesses in the light shall be heard, and what you whisper in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

⁴² Jeshu said to him, Who then is that steward, faithful and wise, whom his lord hath established over his service, to give the portion in its time?

¹ AND he spake a parable to his disciples: There was a certain rich man who had a house-chief;[Rab-baitho.] and he was accused to him that his substance he wasted. ² And his lord called him, and said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? give me the account of thy house-headship; for thou canst no longer be house-chief unto me. ³ And the house-chief said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh from me the house-headship. I cannot dig, and to beg I am ashamed.

¹⁰ Whoever in the little is faithful, in the great also is faithful; and he who in the little is unjust, in the great also is unjust. ¹¹ If, therefore, in the wealth of unrighteousness you have not been faithful, the truth to you who will confide? ¹² And if in that which is not yours you are not found faithful, your own who will give to you?

⁹ And he spake this parable against some who trusted in themselves that they were just, and despised all (men):

¹³ And he called his ten servants, and gave to them ten minin,* and said to them, Trade till I come. [* The mani (Heb. maneh) is said to have been equal to sixty shekels, or nine pounds English.]

³⁴ BUT Jeshu himself said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. [Aba shebuk lehun, lo gir yodin mono obdin.] And they divided his garments, and cast for them lots.

¹⁶ And from his fulness we all have received, and grace for grace.

²⁶ And they came to Juchanon, and said to him, Raban, he who was with thee at the passage of Jurdan, (and) concerning whom thou didst give witness, he also baptizeth, and many come to him. ²⁷ Juchanon answered and said to them, A man cannot receive of his own will any thing, unless it be given to him from heaven.

²⁷ Juchanon answered and said to them, A man cannot receive of his own will any thing, unless it be given to him from heaven.

⁴⁴ How can you believe, who glory one from another are receiving, and the glory which is from one, Aloha, you seek not?

²⁴ Judge not with acceptance of persons,[With acceptance of faces.] but righteous judgment judge you.

⁴ and when his flock hath gone forth, he goeth before it, and his sheep follow him, because they know his voice. ⁵ But after a stranger the flock goeth not, but it fleeth from him; for it knoweth not the voice of a stranger.

²⁰ Remember the word which I spake with you, That there is no servant who is greater than his lord. If me they have persecuted, you also will they persecute; and if my word they had kept, yours also would they keep.

¹⁷ Jeshu saith to him again the third time, Shemun bar Jona, lovest thou me? And it grieved Kipha that he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, My Lord, all things thou understandest, thou knowest that I love thee. Jeshu saith to him, Feed my sheep.

²² Jeshu saith to him, If I will that this wait until I come, what (is that) to thee? Come thou after me.

⁶⁰ And kneeling down, he cried with a high voice, and said, Our Lord, let not this sin arise against them. And when this he had said, he slept.

¹⁶ For I will show him what he is to suffer on account of my name.

²² But all the people exclaimed, and said, These are the words [Benoth kolee, "voices."] of a god, and not of a man. ²³ And on this account, because he gave not the glory to Aloha, in that hour the angel of the Lord smote him, and he was corroded with worms, and died.

¹⁹ But there came thither Jihudoyee from Ikanon and from Antiokia, and stirred up against them the people; and they stoned Paulos, and dragged him out of the city, because they thought that he was dead.

²³ And when they had scourged them much, they cast them into the house of the bound, and commanded the keeper of the house of the bound to keep them watchfully.

¹⁸ and the philosophers also who were of the doctrine of Epikuros, and others who were called Estoiku, disputed with him. And some of them said, What willeth this accumulator of words? And others said, He preaches foreign gods; because Jeshu and his resurrection he preached unto them.

³² And when they heard of resurrection from among the dead, (some) of them mocked, and (some) of them said, At another time we will hear thee concerning this.

³ (and) because he was a son of their art, he dwelt with them and wrought with them: but in their art they were tentmakers. ⁴ And he discoursed in the synagogue every shabath, and persuaded the Jihudoyee and the Heathens. ⁵ And when from Makedunia Shilo and Timotheos had come, Paulos was constrained in his speech, because the Jihudoyee arose against him and blasphemed, while he testified to them that Jeshu is the Meshiha. ⁶ And he shook his garments and said to them, From now I am clean: I go unto the Gentiles. ⁷ And he went forth from thence, and entered into the house of a man named Titos, who worshipped Aloha; and his house adjoined the synagogue. ⁸ And Krispos, master of the synagogue, believed in our Lord, he and all the sons of his house. And many of the Kurinthoyee heard and believed in Aloha, and were baptized. ⁹ And the Lord said in a vision unto Paulos, Fear not, but speak and be not silent; ¹⁰ for I am with thee, and no man can do thee harm; and I have much people in this city. ¹¹ But he abode a year and six months in Kurinthos, and taught them the word of Aloha.

²¹ for he said, It behoveth me faithfully to perform the feast which cometh at Urishlem; and if Aloha willeth, I will come again to you.

²¹ But when these were fulfilled, Paulos set in his mind to itinerate throughout all Makedunia and Akaia, and to go into Urishlem. And he said, When I shall have gone thither, it behoveth me Ruma also to see.

²¹ But when these were fulfilled, Paulos set in his mind to itinerate throughout all Makedunia and Akaia, and to go into Urishlem. And he said, When I shall have gone thither, it behoveth me Ruma also to see. ²² And he sent two men of those who ministered to him to Makedunia, Timotheos and Aristos; but he remained a time in Asia.

²⁹ And the whole city was perturbed, and they ran together and came to the theatre; and seizing, they led with them Gaios and Aristarkos, men of Makedunia, companions of Paulos.

³¹ And the chiefs of Asia, because they were his friends, sent, praying of him not to deliver [Or, give his life.] himself by going into the theatre.

² And when he had itinerated those regions, and had consoled them with many words, he came into the country of Hales,[Quasi dicat, HELLAS, Greece.]

²⁹ For I know that after I shall have gone, there will enter with you furious wolves which will not spare the flock. ³⁰ And also from you, of yourselves, will men arise speaking perverse things to turn away disciples to go after them. ³¹ On account of this be watchful, and remember, that for three years I ceased not by night and by day with tears to instruct every one of you.

³⁴ and you know to the necessity of myself, and of those who are with me, these hands have ministered.

²² And when they had heard Paulos until this word, they lifted up their voice, and cried, Take from the earth one like this; for he ought not to live.

¹ And Paulos, looking upon their assembly, said, Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have conversed before Aloha, unto this day. ² And Hanania the priest commanded them who stood by him to smite Paulos upon his mouth.

²⁴ AND as Paulos was thus making defence, Festos cried with a high voice, Thou art mad, Paulos; much learning [Or, many books.] hath made thee mad!

²⁹ And Paulos said, I would from Aloha that in little and in much, not only thou, but also all who hear me to-day, were as I am, except these bonds.

⁵ by whom we have received grace and apostleship among all nations, that they should become obedient unto the faith of his name:

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of Aloha for the salvation of all who believe in him, whether of the Jihudoyee first, or of the Aramoyee:

¹ Wherefore thou hast no excuse, O man, who judgest thy neighbour; for in that for which thou judgest thy neighbour, thou condemnest thyself; for in those which thou judgest, thou also art conversant.

⁷ To them who seek, in perseverance of good works, glory and honour and incorruption, he giveth eternal life;

¹³ For not the hearers of the law are righteous before Aloha, but the doers of the law are justified.

¹⁶ in the day when Aloha judgeth the secrets of men according to my gospel by Jeshu Meshiha.

²⁹ but he is a Jihudoya who is one in inwardness; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not from the sons of men, but from Aloha.

¹⁹ BUT we know that whatever the law saith, to them who are under the law it saith: that every mouth may be shut, and all the world be guilty unto Aloha. ²⁰ Because by the works of the law no flesh is justified before him; for from the law sin is known.

² For if Abraham by works was justified, he had cause for boasting; but not with Aloha.

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Meshiha? Affliction, or sorrow, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? ³⁶ As it is written: For thee all the day long are we killed, we are reckoned as sheep for the slaughter.

¹⁶ Therefore it is not by him who willeth, nor by him who runneth, but by Aloha the Merciful. ¹⁷ For it is said in the scripture to Pherun, For this I have raised thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. ¹⁸ Then upon whom he willeth he is merciful, and whom he willeth he hardeneth.

³ But I tell you all through the grace which is given to me, that you are not to think beyond what it is proper to think; but that you think with sobriety, every man as Aloha hath divided to him faith in measure.

⁶ But we have various gifts according to the grace that is given to us: is it prophecy? (let him who has received it) prophesy according to the measure of the faith.

¹⁴ Bless your persecutors; bless, and curse not. ¹⁵ Rejoice with them who rejoice, and weep with them who weep. ¹⁶ And what you think of yourselves, (that) also think of your brethren; nor think with a high mind, but incline to them who are humble; and be not wise in the conceit of your own mind.

²⁰ And if thy adversary hunger, feed him; and if he thirst, give him drink: and if these things thou do unto him, coals of fire thou wilt heap upon his head.

⁴ Who art thou that judgest a servant who is not thine? who, if he stand, unto his Lord he standeth, and if he fall, falleth unto his Lord. But standing, he standeth; for there is power in the hands of his Lord to make him stand.

¹⁰ But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Or thou, also, why despisest thou thy brother? For we shall all stand before the tribunal of the Meshiha: ¹¹ as it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, unto me every knee shall bow, and to me shall every tongue confess. ¹² Therefore, every one of us the answer for himself shall give unto Aloha. ¹³ Then judge not one another, but this determine [Or, judge.] rather, to lay not a stumbling-block for thy brother.

¹⁷ For the kingdom of Aloha is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Spirit of Holiness.

¹⁹ with the power of signs and miracles, and with the power of the Spirit of Aloha; as that I have itinerated from Urishlem unto Illyrikum, to fulfil the preaching of Meshiha; ²⁰ being anxious to preach, not where the name of Meshiha had been called, that I might not build upon another foundation,

³² and I may come to you with joy in the will of Aloha, and be rested with you.

²⁵ but is revealed in this time by means of the scriptures of the prophets, and by the commandment of the Everlasting Aloha is made known to all the nations for the obedience of faith;

¹ PAULOS the called, and the apostle of Jeshu Meshiha by the will of Aloha, and Sosthenis a brother, ² to the church of Aloha which is in Kurinthos, the called, and the saints who in Jeshu Meshiha are sanctified; and to all them who invoke the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha in every place, theirs and ours: ³ Grace be with you and peace from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

⁵ because in every thing you are enriched in him in all utterance and in all knowledge,

⁷ That you may not be deficient in one of his gifts, but be expecting the revelation of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha,

¹² For this I say, that there are some of you who say, I am of Paulos; and some who say, I am of Apollo; and some who say, I am of Kipha; and some who say, I am of the Meshiha!

¹⁸ FOR the doctrine of the cross to those who perish is foolishness, but to us who are saved it is the power of Aloha. ¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will take away the understanding of the prudent.

¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will take away the understanding of the prudent. ²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Or where is the disputer of this world? Hath not . Aloha made foolish the wisdom of this world?

²⁴ but to them who are called, Jihudoyee and Aramoyee, the Meshiha is the power of Aloha, and the wisdom of Aloha.

²⁶ For you see also your calling, my brethren, that not many among you are wise after the flesh, and not many among you are powerful, and not many among you are of noble birth; [Or, sons of a great family.] ²⁷ but Aloha hath chosen the simple of the world, to shame the wise, and he hath chosen the weak of the world, to shame the mighty, ²⁸ and he hath chosen those of low birth [Or, mean family.] in the world, and the outcasts, and those who are nothing, to bring to nothing those who are;

³¹ according as it is written, He who boasteth, in the Lord let him boast.

³ And I in much fear and trembling was with you. ⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not with the persuasion of the words of wisdom, but with the demonstration of the Spirit and of power;

⁶ But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this world, nor the authorities of this world, which are abolished; ⁷ but we speak the wisdom of Aloha in the mystery which was hidden, and which Aloha predetermined from before the worlds unto our glorification;

¹⁴ For the man who is animal receiveth not spirituals, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know them, because they by the Spirit are judged of; ¹⁵ but the spiritual judgeth of every thing, and he of man is not judged.

¹ AND I, my brethren, could not speak with you as with the spiritual, but as with the carnal, and as with babes in the Meshiha. ² I have sustained you with milk,[Or, have given you milk to drink.] and have not given you meat; for as yet you could not, nor can you now, (bear it).

² I have sustained you with milk,[Or, have given you milk to drink.] and have not given you meat; for as yet you could not, nor can you now, (bear it).

⁴ For while some of you say, I am of Paulos, and another, I am of Apollo, are you not carnal? ⁵ For who is Paulos, or who Apollo, but ministers by whom you have believed and each as the Lord gave to him?

⁵ For who is Paulos, or who Apollo, but ministers by whom you have believed and each as the Lord gave to him? ⁶ I have planted, and Apollo watered, but Aloha made to increase.

⁶ I have planted, and Apollo watered, but Aloha made to increase. ⁷ He then who planteth is not any thing nor he who watereth; but Aloha who maketh to increase. ⁸ But he who planteth and he who watereth are one, (and) each according to his labour his recompence receiveth.

¹⁰ And according to the grace of Aloha which is given to me, I have laid the foundation as a wise architect; but another hath built upon it. But let every man beware how he buildeth upon it.

¹³ the work of every one shall be revealed, for that day shall reveal it; for by the fire shall it be revealed, and the work of every man as it is the fire shall distinguish.

¹⁸ Let no man deceive himself. Whoever among you supposeth himself wise in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is folly with Aloha; for it is written, He hath taken the wise in their own craftiness.

²¹ On this account let no one boast in men: for every thing is yours;

² So now is it required of a steward that he be one found faithful.

⁵ Therefore, do not judge before the time, until the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the thoughts of hearts. Then will there be praise to each man from Aloha. ⁶ BUT these things, my brethren, for your sakes I have applied to the person of myself and of Apolo, that through us you may learn not to think of us beyond what is written; and that one above his neighbour may not be exalted on account of any thing. ⁷ For who distinguisheth thee? Or, what hast thou which thou hast not received? And if thou hast received, why dost thou boast as if thou hadst not received? ⁸ Now you are satiated, and are rich, and without us have reigned. But I would that you did reign, that we might also reign with you!

⁸ Now you are satiated, and are rich, and without us have reigned. But I would that you did reign, that we might also reign with you!

¹³ they maltreat us, and we pray for them; as the refuse of the world are we made and the execration* of all men until now. [* Kuphoro. Piaculum; flagitium expiatione dignum.]

¹⁵ For if you have ten thousand teachers in the Meshiha, yet not many fathers; for in Jeshu Meshiha I have begotten you through the gospel.

¹⁷ WHEREFORE I have sent to you Timotheos, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, that he may remind you of my ways in the Meshiha, according to that which I teach in all the churches. ¹⁸ But as if I were not coming to you, some of you are inflated.

¹⁸ But as if I were not coming to you, some of you are inflated. ¹⁹ But if the Lord will, quickly come I unto you; and I will know not the words of them who exalt themselves, but their power.

²¹ How are you willing? with a rod shall I come to you, or with love and with the spirit of kindliness?

² And you are inflated; but should you not rather sit in grief that he who hath wrought this work might be put away from you?

⁵ and you deliver this (man) to Satana for the destruction of his body, that in spirit he may be saved in the day of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha. ⁶ MY brethren, your boasting is not seemly. Know you not that a little leaven the whole mass leaveneth?

⁵ But to your reproach am I to say to you, So there is not among you even one wise man, who is able to adjust between a brother and his brother?

⁷ For I would that all men were as I am, in chastity. But every man hath the gift given to him from Aloha, this one thus, and the other thus.

¹⁷ But (according as) the Lord hath distributed to every one, as Aloha hath called, so let him walk; and thus in all the churches, so I direct.

²⁵ BUT respecting virginity, a commandment from Aloha I have not received; but I give counsel as a man who hath had grace from Aloha to be faithful.

¹ RESPECTING the sacrifices of idols, we know that in all of us there is knowledge; and knowledge inflateth, but love buildeth up.

¹ Am I not a son of freedom? am I not an apostle? or have I not seen Jeshu Meshiha our Lord? or are not you my work in my Lord? ² And if to others I be not an apostle, yet am I (such) to you; and the seal of my apostleship are you.

⁴ Have we not authority to eat and to drink?

⁶ Or have I only, and Bar Naba, not authority to forbear from labour?

¹² And if others have this power over you, much more have we. But we are not used in this power; but we bear all, lest in any thing we should hinder the gospel of the Meshiha.

¹⁴ So also our Lord hath commanded, that they who his gospel preach, by his gospel shall live. ¹⁵ But I am not used in one of these; nor on this account have I thus written, that so it should be done unto me: for it were better for me that dying I should die, than that any man my glorying should make void. ¹⁶ Yet also in preaching I have no cause to glory: for necessity lieth upon me; for woe to me unless I preach! ¹⁷ For if with my will I do this, I have a reward. But if without my will, (yet) a stewardship is confided to me. ¹⁸ What, then, is my reward? That while preaching without expenses I may perform the annunciation of the Meshiha, and not abuse the power that is given to me in the gospel.

¹⁸ What, then, is my reward? That while preaching without expenses I may perform the annunciation of the Meshiha, and not abuse the power that is given to me in the gospel.

²³ But this I do that I may be a participator in the gospel.

¹² Whoever then thinketh he standeth, let him beware that he fall not.

¹⁴ WHEREFORE, my beloved, flee from the worship [Or, service.] of idols. ¹⁵ As to the wise I speak; judge what I say.

¹ Be imitators of me, as I am of the Meshiha. ² But I commend you, my brethren, that in every thing you remember me; and that as I have delivered to you precepts, you hold them.

¹⁶ But if any man contendeth about these things, we have no such usage as this, neither the church of Aloha.

²⁶ For whensoever you eat this bread, and drink this cup, the death of our Lord you commemorate until his advent.

³⁴ But whoever hungereth, in his (own) house let him feed; that you may not assemble unto condemnation. Concerning the rest, when I come I will direct you.

⁴ Now, there are distributions of gifts, but one is the Spirit; ⁵ and there are distributions of ministries, but one is the Lord; ⁶ and distributions of powers, but one is Aloha, who worketh all in every man. ⁷ But to each is given (such) a revelation of the Spirit as is profitable to him. ⁸ To one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, but to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; ⁹ and to another, faith by the same Spirit; and to another, the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; ¹⁰ but to another, powers; to another, prophecy; to another, the discernment of spirits; but to another, kinds of tongues; and to another, the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But all these one Spirit effecteth, and divideth unto every man as he willeth.

⁴ LOVE is patient and benign; love envieth not; love is not tumultuous, nor inflated;

⁵ But I would that all of you could speak with tongues, but especially that you could prophesy. For greater is he who prophesieth than he who speaketh with tongues, unless he interpret. But if he interpret, he edifieth the church.

³³ Because Aloha is not of tumult, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

¹⁰ but by the grace of Aloha I am what I am; and his grace in me was not in vain; but more than all have I laboured, (yet) not I, but his grace which is with me.

²³ every one in his order: the first-fruits was the Meshiha; afterward they who are of the Meshiha at his coming.

³⁰ And why also every hour are we standing in peril? ³¹ I asseverate, by your glorying, my brethren, which is mine in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, that daily I die! ³² If as among men I have been thrown to beasts at Ephesus, what have I profited if the dead do not arise? Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die...

³⁴ AWAKEN your hearts rightly, and sin not; for there are some who have not the knowledge of Aloha; to your shame I say it.

¹ BUT concerning what is [to be] collected for the saints, as I have instructed the churches of Galatia, so also do you.

⁵ But I will come to you when I shall have passed (round) from Makedunia: for I pass unto it, unto Makedunia.

¹⁰ But if Timotheos come among you, see that he may be with you without fear; for he doeth the work of the Lord, as I [do].

⁸ FOR I would have you to know, my brethren, of the affliction that befell us in Asia: for we were greatly pressed beyond our strength, until our life was nigh to be dissolved, ⁹ and because of these we had concluded (for) death;[Phasakan mautho.] that we should not have hope in ourselves, but in Aloha, who raiseth the dead: ¹⁰ who from deaths of violence delivered us, and who will again, we trust, deliver us,

¹² For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and purity, and by the grace of Aloha, we are conversant in the world; and not with the wisdom of the flesh, and especially with you yourselves.

¹⁵ And in this confidence I have willed from the first to come to you, that doubly you may receive benefit, ¹⁶ and that I may pass by you to Makedunia, and again from Makedunia I may come to you, and you may lead me forth unto Jihud. ¹⁷ This then that I have purposed, have I purposed boastingly? or are they things of the flesh that I purpose, that I should have in them Yes, yes, or No, no?

²³ BUT I testify to Aloha on my soul that because I am sparing of you, I have not come to Kurinthos.

¹ But I have determined this in myself, that I will not with sorrow again come to you.

¹ But I have determined this in myself, that I will not with sorrow again come to you. ² For if I grieve you, who shall refresh me, but he whom I had grieved? ³ And I have written to you this very [epistle], lest when I come they grieve me, they who ought to refresh me. But I confide in you, that my joy is that of all of you.

¹⁷ For we are not as the rest who commix the word of Aloha; but as in truth, and as from Aloha, before Aloha in the Meshiha do we speak.

¹ Do we begin again anew to show who we are? or do we need as others to write epistles of commendation to you concerning ourselves, or that you should write to commend us? ² But you yourselves are our epistle, written in our hearts, and known and read of every man. ³ For you know that you are an epistle of the Meshiha, who hath been ministered by us; written, not with ink but by the Spirit of Aloha the Living; not on tablets of stone, but on the fleshly tablets of the heart.

¹⁰ For that which was glorified had no glory, in comparison of this excelling glory.

² But we have rejected the secrets of shamefulness; and walk not with craft, nor deal deceitfully (with) the word of Aloha; but by the revelation of the truth make we ourselves manifest to the minds of all men before Aloha.

⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but the Meshiha, Jeshu our Lord; but ourselves that we are your servants for the sake of Jeshu.

⁸ But in every thing we are afflicted, yet not strangled; we are beaten, yet not condemned;

⁸ But in every thing we are afflicted, yet not strangled; we are beaten, yet not condemned; ⁹ persecuted, yet not forsaken; cast down, yet we perish not. ¹⁰ In all time the dying of Jeshu in our bodies we bear, that the life also of Jeshu might in our bodies be revealed. ¹¹ For if we, the living, unto death are delivered on account of Jeshu, so also will the life of Jeshu be revealed in this our body of death. ¹² Now death in us worketh earnestly, but life in you.

¹⁵ For every thing is for your sake, that grace, abounding by many, may multiply praise to the glory of Aloha.

¹⁰ For we are all to stand before the tribunal of the Meshiha, that every man may be recompensed in his body (for) that which is done in it, whether of good or of evil.

⁴ but in every thing will we demonstrate ourselves that we are the ministers of Aloha; by much patience, by afflictions,

⁴ but in every thing will we demonstrate ourselves that we are the ministers of Aloha; by much patience, by afflictions, ⁵ by necessity, by imprisonments, by stripes, by chains, by tumults, by labour, by watching, by fasting,

⁹ as unknown, and yet we are known; as dead, yet, lo, we live; as chastened, yet we die not;

¹¹ OUR mouth is opened to you, Kurinthoyee, and our heart expanded. ¹² You are not constrained [Or, contracted, cramped.] in us, but you are constrained [Or, contracted, cramped.] in your own bowels. ¹³ But as unto (my) children, I say to you, Render to me my gains which are with you, and expand your love towards me.

³ I speak not to your condemnation; for I have said already, that you are laid up in our hearts to die together and to live.

¹ BUT I Paulos beseech of you by the peacefulness and humility of the Meshiha, (I) who also in presence am humble with you, but while far off am confident over you, ² beseech of you, that when I come I may not be constrained with the confidence I have to be bold, as I think, over those men who imagine that we walk in the flesh.

⁴ For the armour of our warfare is not of the flesh, but of the power of Aloha; and by it we cast down the strong-holds of rebels, ⁵ and demolish reasonings and every lofty thing that is exalted against the knowledge of Aloha, and captivate all thoughts unto the obedience of the Meshiha. ⁶ And we are prepared to execute the punishment of those who obey not, when your obedience shall be fulfilled. ⁷ Do we regard persons? If any man confide in himself that he is of the Meshiha, let this one know of himself, that as he is of the Meshiha, so also are we. ⁸ For if I should boast somewhat more of the authority which our Lord hath given me, I should not blush; because for your edification he gave it to me, and not for your destruction.

¹⁰ For there are men who say, His epistles are weighty and forcible; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

¹² For we dare not value or compare ourselves with those who glorify themselves; but because they compare themselves with themselves, they do not understand.

¹⁵ Neither boast we beyond our measure in the labour of others; but we have hope, that with the increase of your faith, we shall be enlarged according to our measure;

¹⁸ For it is not he who glorifieth himself who is approved, but he who is glorified of the Lord.

¹ BUT I could desire that you could tolerate me a little that I may speak foolishly. Nevertheless tolerate me,

⁴ For if he who hath come to you shall preach to you another Jeshu, whom we have not preached, or you receive another Spirit which you have not received or another gospel which you have not accepted, you would have been well persuaded.

¹¹ Why? because I love you not? Aloha himself knoweth! ¹² But I do this, and also will do it, to cut off the occasion of them who seek an occasion, that in the thing in which they boast they may be found as we are. ¹³ For these are apostles of falsehood and workers of deceits, assimilating themselves to the apostles of the Meshiha. ¹⁴ Nor in this may we wonder, if Satana himself be transformed into an angel of light. ¹⁵ Nor is it a great thing if his ministers also are transformed into ministers of righteousness;-whose end will be according to their works.

¹⁹ For you are content to listen to the feebleminded, you yourselves being wise.

²³ if they are ministers of the Meshiha, - I speak with defectiveness of mind, - I exceed then! In labours I exceed them, in stripes I exceed them, in chains I exceed them, in deaths many times.

²³ if they are ministers of the Meshiha, - I speak with defectiveness of mind, - I exceed then! In labours I exceed them, in stripes I exceed them, in chains I exceed them, in deaths many times. ²⁴ From the Jihudoyee, five times, forty (stripes) wanting one have I devoured; ²⁵ three times with staves have I been beaten, once was I stoned, three times have I been in shipwreck, a day and a night without a ship have I been in the sea. ²⁶ In journeys many, in danger of rivers, in danger of robbers, in danger from my own race, in danger from the Gentiles; I have been in danger in cities, I have been in danger in the waste, in danger by sea, in danger from false brethren; ²⁷ in labour and weariness, in much watching, in hunger and thirst, in much fasting, in cold and in nakedness;

²⁹ Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I burn not?

⁶ Yet if I willed to boast, I should not be a fool, for I say the truth; but I spare, lest any one think of me beyond that which he seeth me (to be), and what he heareth of me.

⁹ And he said to me, My grace sufficeth thee; for my power in weakness is perfected. Gladly therefore will I boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Meshiha may overshadow me. ¹⁰ For this cause I am willing in infirmities, in reviling, in affliction, in persecutions, in distresses, for the sake of the Meshiha; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

¹⁴ Behold, this is three times that I prepare to come to you, and not to burden you; for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasures for the parents, but the parents for their children. ¹⁵ But I gladly the expenses will spend, and also myself will I give for the sake of your souls: though, while the more I love you, you the less love me.

¹⁹ DO you again consider that we apologize to you? Before Aloha in the Meshiha do we speak; and all, my beloved, for the sake of your up-building. ²⁰ For I fear lest, when I come to you, I should not find you as I wish, but should find you what you would not wish: lest there be contention and envy, and wrath and angry talk, and accusations and murmurings, and pompousness and agitation: ²¹ and lest, when I come to you, my God may humiliate me, and I may have to lament over many who have sinned, and have not repented of the uncleanness and of the fornication and of the lasciviousness which they have committed.

¹ This is the third time that I prepare to come to you; and in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. ² I have foretold you, and again I foretell you; as also twice while I was with you I told you, (so) now also being distant I write to those who have sinned, and to the rest of the others; that if I come again I will not spare.

² I have foretold you, and again I foretell you; as also twice while I was with you I told you, (so) now also being distant I write to those who have sinned, and to the rest of the others; that if I come again I will not spare. ³ Inasmuch as you demand the proof of the Meshiha who speaketh in me, (of) Him who is not weak among you, but is mighty among you: ⁴ - for though he was crucified in weakness, yet he liveth with the power of Aloha: - so also we are weak with you, but we live with him through the power of Aloha which is among you.

⁹ For we rejoice when we are weak, and you are strong: but this also we pray, that you may be perfect. ¹⁰ Therefore while distant I write these (things), that when I am come I may not act severely, according to the power which my Lord hath given me for your edification, and not for your destruction.

¹⁹ MY children, with whom I travail afresh until the Meshiha be formed in you,

³ For if a man consider that he is something, while he is not, he deceiveth himself.

⁹ and hath made known to us the mystery of his will, which before he had determined in himself should be done:

³ that by revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I have written to you in few (words);

³ that by revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I have written to you in few (words); ⁴ so that while you read you are able to understand my knowledge of the mystery of the Meshiha,

⁴ so that while you read you are able to understand my knowledge of the mystery of the Meshiha, ⁵ which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to his holy apostles and to his prophets by the Spirit;

⁵ which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to his holy apostles and to his prophets by the Spirit; ⁶ that the Gentiles should be sons of his inheritance and partakers of his body, and in the promise which is given concerning him by the gospel, ⁷ of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of Aloha, which he hath given me by the operation of his power. ⁸ To me, who am the least of all the saints, is given this grace, that I should preach among the Gentiles the riches of the Meshiha, which are not searched; ⁹ and to bring to light unto all men what is the dispensation of the mystery which was hidden from the ages in Aloha, who created all:

¹⁹ and for me also, that the word may be given me with openness of my mouth, that I may boldly proclaim the mystery of the gospel,

²¹ But that you may know also what relateth to me, and what I am doing, behold, Tykikos, a brother beloved, and a faithful minister of our Lord, will make known to you;

²⁷ As it becometh the gospel of the Meshiha, so have your conversation; that if coming I see you, or absent, I may hear of you, that you stand in one spirit and in one soul, conquering together for the faith of the gospel;

²⁹ And this from Aloha hath been given to you, not only believing to believe in the Meshiha, but also for his sake to suffer, ³⁰ and to sustain a conflict, as you have seen in me, and now hear concerning me.

¹² WHEREFORE, my beloved, as you have all time obeyed, not while I am near you only, but now that I am far from you, the more with fear and trembling work the work of your salvation;

¹⁹ But I hope in our Lord Jeshu to send Timotheos to you soon, that I also may have quietness when I learn concerning you.

¹⁷ Be like me, my brethren, and consider them who so walk according to the pattern you have seen in us.

⁹ These which you have learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these perform; and the God of peace will be with you.

¹² I know (how) to be abased, I know also how to abound in all; and in every thing I am trained with sufficiency and with hunger, with abundance and with destitution [to be satisfied]:

⁷ as you learned from Epaphra our beloved companion, who is himself for you a faithful minister of the Meshiha,

²⁵ of which I am made a minister according to the dispensation of Aloha, which was given to me for you, to accomplish the word of Aloha; ²⁶ that mystery which was hidden from ages and generations, but now hath been revealed unto his saints. ²⁷ To whom Aloha hath willed to make known what is the opulence of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is, The Meshiha, who in you (is) the hope of glory; ²⁸ whom we proclaim, and (concerning whom) we teach and inform every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Jeshu Meshiha;

² that their hearts may be comforted, and that they may approach in love to all the riches of assurance, and to the understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of Aloha the Father and of the Meshiha,

¹⁸ And lest any man wish by abasement of mind to fetter you to be subject to the worship of angels, intruding* upon that which he hath not seen, and vainly inflated in his fleshly mind;[* Or, adventuring; perhaps better, presuming.]

³ praying also for us, that Aloha may open to us the gate of the word, to speak the mystery of the Meshiha, for the sake of which I am bound,

⁷ What concerneth me will Tykikos, a beloved brother and faithful minister, and our companion in the Lord, make known to you:

⁹ with Onesimos, the faithful and beloved brother who is of you. These will make you know what concerneth us.

¹⁷ And say to Arkipos, Be vigilant in the ministry which thou hast received in our Lord, that thou fulfil it.

⁵ because our preaching was not in words only with you, but with power, and with the Spirit of Holiness, and with the persuasion of truth. Also you know how we were among you, on account of you; ⁶ and you became imitators of us and of our Lord, and you received the word in great affliction, and with the joy of the Spirit of Holiness,

⁷ but we were humble among you, and, as a nurse who loveth her children,

⁹ Remember, therefore, my brethren, how we laboured and toiled in the work of our hands by night and by day, that we might not be a burden on one of you.

¹¹ As you know how every one of you, as a father his children, we exhorted, and spoke with your hearts;

¹⁹ For what is our hope and our joy, and the crown of our glorying, but you, before our Lord Jeshu at his coming? ²⁰ For you are our glory and our joy.

² and to send to you Timotheos our brother, a minister of Aloha and our helper in the gospel of the Meshiha, to fortify you, and inquire of you concerning your faith, ³ that none of you should be slain through these afflictions; for you know that to this we are set.

³ that none of you should be slain through these afflictions; for you know that to this we are set.

⁶ but now when Timotheos came to us from among you, and gave us intelligence of your faith and of your love, and that you have a good remembrance of us in every season, and desire to see us as we also (to see) you; ⁷ on this account we were comforted in you, my brethren, in all our anxieties and our afflictions because of your faith. ⁸ And now we live, if you are established in our Lord. ⁹ For what thanks giving can we render on account of you to Aloha, over all the joy with which we rejoice on your behalf,

⁸ Therefore, whoever despiseth, not man he despiseth, but Aloha, who hath ingiven you his Holy Spirit.[Da-yahab becun.]

² for you truly know that the day of our Lord as a thief in the night so cometh.

⁹ For Aloha hath not appointed us to wrath, but to the possession of salvation in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, ¹⁰ who died on our behalf, that, whether we wake or sleep, together with him we may live.

¹⁴ And I entreat of you, my brethren, (to) admonish the offenders, and encourage the little of soul, and bear the burden of the weak, and prolong your spirit toward every man.

¹² and all of them will be judged who have not believed in the truth, but have had pleasure in unrighteousness. ¹³ But we are bound to give thanks unto Aloha at all time for you, our brethren, beloved in our Lord, because Aloha hath chosen you from the beginning unto salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit, and by the belief of the truth. ¹⁴ For unto these Aloha called you by our preaching, that you should be the glory of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

⁸ Neither did we eat bread for nothing from any one of you; but with labour and weariness by night and by day we wrought, that upon no one of you we might be burdensome. ⁹ Not because we had not power, but because in ourselves we would give you an example, that you may imitate us.

² to Timotheos, my true son in the faith: grace and mercy and peace from Aloha our Father and Jeshu Meshiha our Lord.

¹² And I thank him who hath empowered me, our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, who accounted me faithful, and constituted me his minister; ¹³ me, who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious; but I received mercy, because while ignorant I did it, without faith. ¹⁴ But in me hath abounded the grace of our Lord, and faith and love which are in Jeshu Meshiha. ¹⁵ Faithful is the word, and worthy of reception that Jeshu the Meshiha came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am first.

⁶ Neither shall his discipleship be recent, lest he be lifted up, and fall into the judgment of Satana.

⁹ But they shall hold the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.

¹⁶ And truly great is this mystery of righteousness,[Kinutho.] which was revealed in the flesh, and justified by the Spirit, and seen of angels, and preached among the peoples, and believed in the world, and taken up into glory.

¹⁰ for on this account we labour and are reproached, because we hope in Aloha the Living, who is the Saviour of all men, and especially of the believers.

² to Timotheos my beloved son: grace and mercies and peace from Aloha our Father, and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

² And those (doctrines) which thou hast heard from me by many witnesses, them commit to faithful men, who are also able to teach others.

¹⁰ Therefore I endure every thing on account of the elect, that they also may find salvation in Jeshu Meshiha, with the glory that is eternal. ¹¹ Faithful is the word: for if we be dead with him, with him also we shall live; ¹² and if we endure, we shall also reign with him; but, if we deny him, he also will deny us!

¹⁰ BUT thou hast followed [Ath ethaith bothar.] my doctrine and my manners, and my purpose, and my faith, and my prolongedness of mind, and my charity, and my patience, ¹¹ and my persecution, and my sufferings. And thou knowest what things I endured in Antioch, and in Ikonion, and in Lystra, what persecution I endured; and out of all these my Lord delivered me.

³ For the time will come, when sound doctrine they will not hear; but according to their desires will multiply to themselves teachers, in the itching of their hearing.

⁴ To Titos, my true son in the common faith. Grace and peace from Aloha the Father and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha our Saviour.

⁷ For a presbyter is bound to be without blame, as the steward of Aloha; he shall not be led by the will of self, nor be irascible, nor a transgressor over wine, neither shall his hand be hasty to strike, nor shall he be a lover of sordid gains.

³ For we also were afore-time without understanding, and disobedient and erring, and were subjected to various lusts; and in malice, and in envy we conversed, and were hateful, and also hating one another. ⁴ But when appeared the goodness and mercy of Aloha our Saviour, ⁵ not by works of righteousness which we had done, but by his own mercy he saved us, by the laving of the birth which is afresh, by the renewing of the Spirit of Holiness, ⁶ which he shed upon us abundantly, by Jeshu Meshiha our Saviour; ⁷ that by his grace we might be justified, and be made heirs according to the hope of the life which is eternal.

¹⁰ And I entreat of thee for my son, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimos, ¹¹ who once was of no use to thee, but (who will) now to thee, as also to me, be greatly useful; and I have sent him to thee. ¹² But thou, as (one) who is my offspring, so receive him.

¹⁹ I, Paulos, have written with my hands, I will repay thee; for I will not tell thee that thou owest thyself to me.

¹⁴ Are not all they spirits of ministration, who (are) sent forth in service on behalf of those who are hereafter to inherit salvation?

¹³ Neither is there any creature that is concealed from before him; but every thing (is) naked and manifest before his eyes, to whom they shall give account.[D'leh yohbin pethgomo, to whom giving the answer.]

³ If the Lord permit, we will do this.

³³ and when ye were made gazing-stocks, and were associated with men who also endured these (things).

³⁶ But others went through mockings and scourgings; others unto chains and imprisonments were given up,

⁷ Remember your leaders; those who have spoken to you the word of Aloha: reflect on the consummation of their course, and imitate their faith.

¹⁷ every good gift and perfect from above descendeth, from the Father of lights, with whom is no alteration, nor the shadow of vicissitude. ¹⁸ He willed, and begat us by the word of truth, that we might be the first-ones of his creatures.

¹⁷ But the wisdom that is from above is pure, and full of peace, and meekness, and obedience, and full of mercies and good fruits, and is without division, and faces accepteth not.

¹¹ Speak not against one another, my brethren; for he who speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law. And if the law thou judgest, thou art not a doer of the law, but the judge of it.

¹⁵ For instead they should say, If the Lord will, and we live, we will do this or that.

⁷ BUT you, my brethren, prolong your spirit until the coming of the Lord; as the husbandman who expecteth the precious fruits of his lands, and prolongeth his spirit for them, until he receive the rain the early and the latter;

⁷ that the proof of your faith may be seen, which is more precious than gold refined which is proved in fire, unto praise and unto honour and unto glory, at the revelation of Jeshu Meshiha;

²³ as men who are regenerated, not by a perishable seed, but by that which is imperishable, by the living word of Aloha which abideth for ever.

²³ who was reviled and reviled not, and suffered and threatened not, but delivered his cause to the Judge of righteousness;

⁹ and let no man render evil for evil, nor invective for invective, but, that which is contrary to them, bless: for unto this are you called, that the blessing you may inherit.

¹⁴ And (yet) if you suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are happy. And you will not fear them who would make you afraid, nor be shaken.

¹⁰ And every man of you the gift which he hath received from Aloha, let him minister thereof unto his neighbours as good stewards of the various grace of Aloha.

¹² My beloved, be not amazed at the temptations which you have, as that something strange happeneth to you, because for your probation they have been; ¹³ but rejoice that you are partakers of the sufferings of the Meshiha, that so also at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice and exult. ¹⁴ And if you be reviled for the sake of the name of the Meshiha, you are happy; for the Spirit of the glory of Aloha resteth upon you.

¹⁴ And if you be reviled for the sake of the name of the Meshiha, you are happy; for the Spirit of the glory of Aloha resteth upon you.

¹⁹ Wherefore, let them who suffer according to the will of Aloha commend to him their souls in good works, as unto the Faithful Creator.

³ not as lords of the flock, but that you may be to them a goodly example; ⁴ that when the Chief of pastors [Rab Roauthö.] shall be revealed, you may receive from him a crown of glory which fadeth not.

⁴ and saying, Where is the promise of his advent? for, since our fathers have slept, every thing (abideth) as from the beginning of the creation.

¹² and in the fear of Aloha; expecting and desiring the coming of the day of Aloha; that (day) in which the heavens, tried with fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements burning shall melt?

²⁰ And if our heart condemn us, how much (more) Aloha, who is greater than our heart, and knoweth every thing! ²¹ My beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have openness of face before Aloha.

⁴ And greater joy than this I have not (than) when I hear that my sons walk in the truth.

⁹ Yet Mikael, chief of angels, when, with the accuser speaking, he contended on account of the body of Musha, dared not bring against him a reviling judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

¹⁴ But Hanuk also, who was the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying,

⁷ Behold, he cometh with clouds, and all eyes shall see him, and they also who transfixed [Dadaqruhi.] him; and for him shall mourn all the tribes of the earth. Yes, Amen!

¹⁰ Fear not any thing of those that thou art to suffer; for, behold, it will be that the accuser will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried; and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give thee the crown of life

¹³ I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, where (is) the throne of Satana; and thou hast held my name, and not denied my faith in those days when my witness was exposed,* my faithful one, who was killed with you where dwelleth Satana. [* Or, became a spectacle. But, instead of ETHCHAZAITH, spectaculum factus est, the Polyglots read ETHCHARITH AM; "Thou wast in conflict along with my witness, my faithful one."]

¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have become opulent, and of nothing have need; and knowest not that thou art infirm, and miserable, and needy, and blind, and naked;

¹⁰ And thou hast made them [Enun.] to our God kings and priests, and reigning upon the earth.

⁹ And when he had opened the FIFTH SEAL, I saw under the altar the souls of them who had been killed for the word of Aloha, and for the testimony of the Lamb, which had been theirs. ¹⁰ And they cried with a great voice, saying, Until when, O Lord, holy (and) true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth? ¹¹ And there was given to each of them the white robe; and it was told them, that they should rest yet a little time, until should be completed their fellow-servants, their brethren who would be killed as also they.

¹¹ And all the angels stood around the throne, and the presbyters, and the four living-ones; and they fell before his throne upon their faces, and worshipped Aloha, ¹² saying, Amen. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and might, and power, to our God, for ever and ever. Amen. ¹³ And one of the presbyters answered and said to me: These, who are arrayed in white robes, who are they? and from whence do they come? ¹⁴ And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who have come from great affliction, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

⁶ And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jeshu; and I wondered, when I saw, with great wonder. ⁷ And the angel said to me, Why wonderest thou? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast of prey which beareth her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns.

¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is (the Book) of Life. And the dead were judged from the (records) which are written in the books according to their works.