2 Peter Cross References - Godbey

¹ Simon Peter, the servant of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those receiving like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. ² Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ, our Lord. ³ As His divine power having given unto us all things which appertain to life and godliness, through the perfect knowledge of the one having called us to his own glory and virtue: ⁴ through which precious and greatest promises have been given unto us; that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust. ⁵ And in harmony with this same thing also, add to your faith heroism; and to heroism, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge holiness; and to holiness patience; and patience, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness divine love. ⁸ For these things, being in you and overflowing, render you neither barren nor unfruitful in the perfect knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; ⁹ for he unto whom these things are not present is blind, not seeing afar off, having received the forgetfulness of his purgation from his old sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brethren, be the more diligent to make your calling and election sure: for doing these things you can never fall. ¹¹ For in this way an entrance will be administered unto you abundantly into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. ¹² Therefore I will be about to always remind you concerning these things, even though knowing them, and being established in the present truth. ¹³ But I consider it righteous, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by remembrance; ¹⁴ knowing that the laying aside of my tabernacle is swift, as our Lord Jesus Christ also showed to me. ¹⁵ And I will endeavor to have each one of you after my departure make mention of these things. ¹⁶ For not having followed cunningly devised fables, have we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having been eyewitnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷ For having received from God the Father the honor and glory of such a voice having been borne to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ¹⁸ We, being with him in the holy mount, heard this voice borne from heaven. ¹⁹ And we have the more certain word of prophecy; to which you do well giving heed, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day may dawn, and the morning-star may rise in your hearts: ²⁰ know this in the first place, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation. ²¹ For in the olden time prophecy did not come by the will of man: but men moved by the Holy Ghost spoke from God.

¹⁷ And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying; This is my beloved Son in whom I delight.

¹⁶ the people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in the valley and shadow of death, light sprang up.

¹⁸ And He walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting their net into the sea; for they were fishers.

²⁴ Then every one who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. ²⁵ And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and fell against that house; and it did not fall; for it was founded upon the rock.

² And these are the names of the apostles: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

²⁵ At that time Jesus responding said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and reveal them unto babes. ²⁶ Yea, Father, because it was so well pleasing in thy sight. ²⁷ All things were delivered unto me by my Father: and no one perfectly knows the Son, except the Father; neither does any one perfectly know the Father, except the Son; and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him.

¹⁸ Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul took delight: I will place my Spirit upon Him, and He will proclaim judgment to the Gentiles.

²² But the one sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word; and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke out the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

²⁸ Truly I say unto you, There are some of those standing here, who may not taste of death, until they may see the Son of man coming in His kingdom.

³ And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared unto them, talking with Him.

⁵ He still speaking, behold, a white cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am delighted; hear ye Him. ⁶ And the disciples, hearing, fell on their face, and feared exceedingly.

³ And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the forum:

⁶ And about the eleventh hour having gone out, he found others standing; and says to them, Why stand ye here idle all the day?

³ And He sitting upon the Mount of Olives; the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when these things shall be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the age?

²⁷ For as the lightning comes from the east, and shines even unto the west; so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.

²⁶ And his Lord responding said to him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, didst thou know that I gather where I have not sown, and reap where I have not strewn?

³⁴ Then the King will say to those on His right, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

¹⁸ And Jesus having come spoke to them, saying, All authority is given unto me in heaven and upon earth. ¹⁹ Going, disciple all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost:

¹¹ And there was a voice from the heavens: Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

¹ And He said to them, Truly I say unto you, that there are certain ones of those standing here, who may not taste of death, until they may see the kingdom of God, having come with power. ² After six days Jesus takes Peter, and John, and James, and carries them up into an exceedingly high mountain privately alone; and was transfigured before them:

⁷ And there was a cloud overshadowing them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear ye Him.

²¹ Jesus looking on him loved him, and said to him, One thing is wanting to thee: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

³⁶ For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, the Lord said unto my Lord; Sit thou on my right hand, until I may make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet!

⁴⁷ and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,

⁷⁰ As he spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from the beginning;

⁷⁸ through the bowels of mercy of our God, in which the dayspring from on high looked upon us, ⁷⁹ to appear unto those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet in the way of peace.

²² and the Holy Spirit in bodily appearance like a dove descended on Him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying; Thou art my beloved Son, I am delighted in Thee.

⁴⁷ Every one coming to me, and hearing my words, and doing the same, I will show you to whom he is like. ⁴⁸ He is like unto a man building a house, who dug and went down deep, and laid the foundation upon the rock: and there being a flood, the river broke against that house, and it was not able to shake it; for it was founded on the rock. ⁴⁹ But the one hearing and not doing, is like unto a man building his house upon the ground without a foundation; against which the river broke, and it fell immediately, and great was the fall of that house.

¹⁵ And that which is in the good ground, are those whosoever hearing the word in a beautiful and good heart, retain it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

²⁸ And it came to pass after these discourses, about eight days, and taking Peter and John and James, He went up into the mountain to pray. ²⁹ And it came to pass while He was praying, the appearance of His countenance was changed, and His raiment shining white. ³⁰ And behold two men were talking with Him, who were Moses and Elijah: ³¹ who being seen in glory, was speaking of His departure which He was about to perfect in Jerusalem.

³¹ who being seen in glory, was speaking of His departure which He was about to perfect in Jerusalem. ³² And Peter and those who were along with Him, were burdened with sleep. And having watched through the night, they saw His glory and the two men who were standing with him.

³⁴ And he speaking these things there was a cloud, and it overshadowed them; and they were afraid while they were entering into the cloud. ³⁵ And there was a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear ye Him. And while the voice is heard, Jesus is found alone.

²² And turning to His disciples, He said, All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, except the Father; and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom He may wish to reveal Him.

⁴⁹ Therefore the wisdom of God said, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will slay and persecute.

²⁶ And in addition to all these things, there is a great gulf fixed between us and you, in order that those wishing to go hence to you may not be able, neither can they come thence to us.

²⁹ But Abraham says, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. ³⁰ But he said, No, father Abraham: but if one may go to them from the dead, they will repent. ³¹ But he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if one may rise from the dead.

²² And Jesus hearing these things, said to him, Still one thing is lacking to thee: Sell all things whatsoever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

¹⁹ In your patience gain your souls.

³¹ Simon, Simon, behold, Satan sought you out, to sift you as wheat: ³² but I prayed for you, that your faith may not fail you: and thou, when having turned, strengthen thy brethren: ³³ but he said to Him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee to prison and to death. ³⁴ And He said; I say unto thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

²¹ But we were hoping that He is the one about to redeem Israel: but truly in addition to all these things, this is the third day from which these things took place.

⁷ The same came for a witness, that he might bear witness concerning the light, in order that all through him might believe. ⁸ He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness concerning the light. ⁹ That was the true light, which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

¹² But so many as received Him, to them gave He the right to become the children of God, to those believing on His name: ¹³ who were born not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. ¹⁴ The Word was made flesh, and tented among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten with the Father), full of grace and truth.

⁴² He led him to Jesus. Jesus looking upon him said; Thou art Simon the Son of Jonah, thou shalt be called Cephas (which is interpreted, Peter).

³⁵ The Father loves the Son, and has given all things in His hands.

²¹ For as the Father raiseth up the dead and createth life in them, so the Son also createth life in whom He will. ²² For the Father judgeth no one, for He hath given all judgment to the Son; ²³ in order that all may honor the Son, as they may honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father who sent Him.

²⁶ For as the Father hath life in Himself, so also He has given to His Son to have life also in Himself.

³⁵ He was a bright and shining light: and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in that light. ³⁶ But I have a testimony greater than that of John: for the works that the Father hath given me that I may perfect them, these works which I do, testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me. ³⁷ And the Father having sent me, He hath testified concerning me: never have you heard His voice, neither have you seen His face:

³⁹ Search the Scriptures, because in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify concerning me;

⁴² but I know you that you have not the love of God in you.

²⁷ Labor not for the food that perishes, but the food that abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man gives to you: for this God the Father hath sealed.

³⁷ Everything which the Father giveth unto me shall come to me; and him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out.

³⁹ And this is the will of the One having sent me, that everything that the Father has given unto me I shall lose nothing of it, but I shall raise it up in the last day.

¹² Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: the one following me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of the life.

⁴⁰ And those of the Pharisees being with Him heard, and said to Him, Whether are we also blind? ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would not have sin: but now you say that, We see: your sin remaineth.

¹⁰ The thief does not come, but that he may steal, and slay, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.

¹⁵ as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father; and I lay down My soul for the sheep.

³⁶ whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, do you say; Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

²⁶ If any one may minister unto me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my minister be: if any one may minister unto me, the Father will honor him.

²⁸ Father, glorify thy name. Then a voice came from heaven, I have indeed glorified thee, and will glorify thee again. ²⁹ Then the multitudes standing, hearing, said, That it was thunder; others said, An angel has spoken to Him.

¹ And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that the hour has come when He must depart out of this world to His Father, having loved His own who were in the world, with divine love, He loved them perfectly. ² And the supper being on hand, the devil already having entered into the heart, that Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, should betray Him, ³ knowing that the Father has given all things into His hands, and He came out from God, and is going away to God,

³⁴ I give unto a new commandment, That you must love one another with divine love; as I have loved you with divine love, that you must also love one another with divine love: ³⁵ in this shall all know that you are my disciples, if you may have divine love one with another.

⁶ Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh to the Father, but through me.

⁸ Philip says to Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. ⁹ Jesus says to Him, Am I so long time with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? The one having seen me hath seen the Father: how do you say, Show us the Father?

¹¹ Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or if not, believe for the sake of the works themselves.

² Every branch in me not producing fruit, He takes it away: and every one producing fruit, He purifies it, that it may produce more fruit.

⁶ If any one may not abide in me, he is cast out as a branch, and withered; and they gather it, and cast it into the fire, and it is burnt. ⁷ If you may abide in me, and my words may abide in you, ask whatsoever you may wish, and it shall be done unto you. ⁸ In this my Father is glorified, that you may bear much fruit; and ye shall be my disciples.

² as thou didst give Him authority over all flesh, in order that whatsoever thou hast given unto Him, He may give unto them eternal life.

² as thou didst give Him authority over all flesh, in order that whatsoever thou hast given unto Him, He may give unto them eternal life. ³ But this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou didst send.

³ But this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou didst send.

²¹ that they may all be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

¹⁷ Jesus says to her, Cling not to me; for I have not ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and tell them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

²¹ And Jesus said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, I also send you.

¹⁵ Then when they took breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter; Simon, the son of Jonah, dost thou love me with divine love more than these? He says to Him, Yes, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee as a friend. He says to him; Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ Again He says to him a second time, Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me with divine love? He says to Him; Thou knowest that I love thee as a friend. He says to him; Shepherdize my sheeplings. ¹⁷ He says to him a third time; Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me as a friend? Peter was grieved, because He said to him the third time, Do you love me as a friend? And he says to Him, Lord, thou knowest all things; and thou dost understand that I love thee as a friend. He says to Him, Feed my sheeplings. ¹⁸ Truly, truly, I say unto you, When you were young, you girded yourself, and walked about where you wished: but when you get old, you will reach forth your hands, and another will lead you, where you do not wish. ¹⁹ And He spoke this, signifying by what death he shall glorify God. And having spoken this, He says to him, Follow me.

¹⁶ Men, brethren, it behooved the scripture which the Holy Ghost predicted through the mouth of David concerning Judas, the one becoming leader to those arresting Jesus, to be fulfilled;

¹⁸ and those things which God proclaimed through the mouth of all the prophets that his Christ should suffer, he hath thus fulfilled.

⁸ And God, who knows the heart, witnessed to them, giving to them the Holy Ghost, as also to us; ⁹ and made no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

¹⁴ Symeon hath related how God in the first place interposed to take a people from the Gentiles, in His name.

²⁹ to abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which keeping yourselves, you will do well. Fare ye well.

⁵ Then the churches were indeed strengthened in faith, and abounded in number daily.

¹¹ but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all enthusiasm, searching the scriptures daily, if these things are so.

²⁴ But I consider my life worthy of no consideration to myself, so as to finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God. ²⁵ And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I came preaching the gospel of the kingdom, shall see my face no more.

²⁵ And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I came preaching the gospel of the kingdom, shall see my face no more.

²⁵ And he reasoning concerning righteousness and temperance and the coming judgment, Felix, being alarmed, responded, Go thy way for this time; and having received an opportunity, I will call for thee:

²⁵ and they being disharmonious to one another, dispersed, Paul saying one word, that truly the Holy Ghost spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your fathers, saying,

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, having been separated unto the gospel of God,

⁴ having been ordained the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, from the resurrection of the dead, of Jesus Christ our Lord:

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

¹² but this is the consolation among you through faith in one another, both of you and me.

¹⁷ For the righteousness of God is revealed in him from faith to faith: as has been written, But the just shall live by faith.

⁷ to those indeed who with patience of good work are seeking glory and honor and immortality, eternal life:

²¹ And now the righteousness of God without law has been made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; ²² but the righteousness of God through faith of Jesus Christ is unto all who believe: for there is no difference, ²³ for all sinned, and come short of the glory of God; ²⁴ being freely justified by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus: ²⁵ whom God sent forth an expiation through faith in his blood, unto the manifestation of His righteousness through the remission of the sins which are passed, ²⁶ in the forbearance of God; unto the manifestation of his righteousness at the present time, so that he is just, and justifying him who is of the faith of Jesus.

³ And not only so, but let us also rejoice in tribulation; knowing that tribulation works out endurance; ⁴ and endurance, approval; and approval, hope:

¹ Then what shall we say? must we abide in sin, in order that grace may abound? ² It could not be so. How shall we, who are dead unto sin, live any longer in it? ³ Whether do you not know, that so many of us as were baptized unto Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? ⁴ Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death: in order that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so must we also walk in newness of life.

⁶ knowing this, that our old man is crucified along with him, in order that the body of sin may be destroyed, that we may no longer serve sin;

¹¹ So you also thus reckon yourselves dead unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ.

²⁵ But if we hope for that which we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

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

²⁸ But we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose. ²⁹ Because whom he did foreknow, he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

²⁹ Because whom he did foreknow, he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: ³⁰ and whom He did foreknow, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them He also glorified.

³⁰ and whom He did foreknow, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them He also glorified. ³¹ Then what shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? ³² Indeed he who spared not his own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not with him, freely give us all things?

⁴ who are Israelites, of whom is the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises:

²⁴ whom he called, even us, not only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles:

⁶ But having gifts differing according to the grace given unto us, whether prophecy, it is according to the analogy of faith;

¹⁰ kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another; ¹¹ not slothful in business; boiling over in spirit; serving the Lord;

¹¹ And recognizing this time, that it is already the hour we should wake out of sleep: for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

⁴ For so many things as were previously written were written for our instruction, in order that through the patience and through the consolation of the scriptures we may have hope.

⁶ In order that you may with one accord with one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ But I am indeed persuaded, my brethren, concerning you, that you are also full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, being able also to admonish one another. ¹⁵ But I have written unto you more boldly in part, as reminding you, on account of the grace which has been given unto me from God,

⁷ so that you are deficient in no spiritual gift; awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁹ God is faithful, through whom you have been called unto the fellowship of His Son our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with the wisdom of speech, in order that the cross of Christ may not be made of none effect.

²³ but we preach Christ having been crucified, to the Jews indeed a stumbling block, and to the Gentiles foolishness;

³⁰ But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God was made unto us wisdom, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

¹ And I, brethren, having come unto you, came not in the excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming unto you the testimony of God.

⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not in the persuasive words of wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and the power:

²¹ So let no one boast among men; for all things are yours; ²² whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. ²³ All things are yours; and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

⁴ in the name of the Lord Jesus, you and my spirit being assembled, with the power of the Lord Jesus,

¹ Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen the Lord Jesus? are you not my work in the Lord?

²⁵ But every one contesting is abstinent in all things, they indeed also that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

¹ If I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not divine love, I have become a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. ² And if I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not divine love, I am nothing. ³ And if I give all my goods to feed the poor, and if I may give my body that I shall be burnt, and have not divine love, I am profited as to nothing. ⁴ Divine love suffers long; divine love is kind; divine love envies not; does not make a display of itself, is not puffed up, ⁵ does not behave itself uncomely, seeks not its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; ⁶ it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but it rejoices in the truth; ⁷ it bears all things, it believes all things, it hopes all things, it endures all things. ⁸ Divine love never falls: but whether there are prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there are tongues, they shall cease; whether there is knowledge, it shall vanish away.

²⁰ Brethren, be not children in intellect: but be infants in evil, but be perfect in intellect.

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

⁵⁸ So, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation;

²⁰ For so many promises of God, in Him are yes; therefore indeed through him they are Amen unto the glory to God through us.

¹⁷ For we are not as many, corrupting the word of God: but as of purity, but as from God, we speak in Christ, in the presence of God.

¹⁸ But we all, with unveiled face beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

² but we lay aside the hidden things of disgrace, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but in the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men, before God. ³ But if indeed our gospel is hidden, it is hidden with those who are lost: ⁴ in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who believe not, in order that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine on them.

⁴ in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who believe not, in order that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine on them. ⁵ For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. ⁶ Because God is the one, having said; Out of the darkness the light shall shine, which shone in our hearts, to the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

⁶ Because God is the one, having said; Out of the darkness the light shall shine, which shone in our hearts, to the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

¹³ But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which has been written, I believed, therefore I also spoke; and we believe, therefore we also speak;

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

¹ For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle may be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. ² For in this we groan, longing to be invested with our house which is from heaven: ³ if indeed having been invested, we shall not be found unclothed. ⁴ For indeed being in this tabernacle we groan, being burdened; not that we wish to be divested, but invested, that mortality may be swallowed up of life.

⁸ but we are confident and delighted rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord.

¹³ For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we have our right minds, it is for you. ¹⁴ For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead; ¹⁵ and he died for all, in order that those living may not live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and is risen. ¹⁶ So that we from now know no man after the flesh: if indeed we have known Christ after the flesh, but we now know him no more. ¹⁷ So if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, they have become new.

²¹ He made him sin in our behalf, who knew no sin; in order that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

⁴ but in everything commending ourselves, as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulations, in straits, in difficulties,

¹⁷ Therefore come out from the midst of them, and be ye separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

² because in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

⁷ But as in every thing you abound, in faith, and in word, and knowledge, and in all zeal, and in divine love from you in us, that you may also abound in this philanthropy.

¹⁴ and through their prayer in your behalf, earnestly longing to see you on account of the grace of God superabounding unto you.

³¹ The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one being blessed forever, knows that I lie not.

⁹ And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most delightfully I will glory the more in my infirmities, in order that the power of Christ may abide on me.

¹⁶ But let it he so, I did not burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile. ¹⁷ Which one of those whom I sent unto you, did I fleece you through him?

⁵ Prove your own selves, if you are in the faith; examine yourselves; whether do you not know yourselves, that Christ Jesus is in you? unless indeed you are reprobates.

⁸ for the one having wrought with Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision also wrought with me unto the Gentiles:

¹⁶ But the promises were spoken to Abraham and his seed. He does not say, And unto seeds, as of many; but as of one; And thy seed, which is Christ.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision or uncircumcision avails anything; but faith working through divine love.

¹³ For you were called unto liberty, brethren; only use not the liberty unto an occasion to the flesh, but through divine love serve one another.

²³ meekness, holiness; against such things there is no law.

⁸ because the one sowing to his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but the one sowing to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

¹⁰ Then therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

¹⁷ in order that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may grant unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the perfect knowledge of himself; ¹⁸ the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints, ¹⁹ and what the excellent majesty of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of the power of his might ²⁰ which he has wrought in Christ, raising him from the dead, and seating him on his right hand in the heavenlies, ²¹ above all government, and authority, and power, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but in the age to come:

⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets through the Spirit;

²⁰ And to him who is able to do exceedingly above all things which we ask or think, according to the power working in us,

¹ Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling with which you are called,

⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, as ye indeed are called in one hope of your calling; ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

¹¹ And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

¹⁴ in order that we may be no longer infants, tossed by the waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, in the caprice of the people, in their craftiness, pursuant to their method of delusion;

²³ and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴ and to put on the new man, who has been created in harmony with God in the righteousness and holiness of the truth.

⁷ Therefore be not partakers along with them. ⁸ For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

¹⁷ Therefore be not unwise, but understand whatsoever is the will of the Lord.

²⁶ in order that he might sanctify her, having purified her by the washing of water through the word,

⁹ And I pray this, that your divine love may yet more and more abound in perfect knowledge and all understanding;

²⁹ because the blessing is conferred on you in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but indeed to suffer for him:

⁵ Think the same thing among yourselves, which is also in Christ Jesus:

¹² So, my beloved brethren, as you have always harkened, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

¹ Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you indeed is not burdensome to me, but it is safe to you.

⁸ Yes truly, I even counted all things loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I suffer the loss of all things, and I consider them but excrements, that I may gain Christ, ⁹ and may be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith of Christ, the righteousness of God through faith:

²¹ who will transform the body of our humility, similitudinous to the body of his own glory, according to the energy by which he is able indeed to subdue all things to himself.

⁸ Finally, brethren, so many things as are true, so many things as are noble, so many things as are righteous, so many things as are pure, so many things as are lovely, so many things as are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.

⁹ Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding,

¹¹ being impowered with all power, according to the might of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy;

¹⁶ because in him all things are created, in the heavens and upon the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All things were created by him, and unto him;

³ in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

⁷ having been rooted and grounded in him, and confirmed in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

¹⁰ and having put on the new man, who is renewed into perfect knowledge according to the image of him who created him:

¹⁴ and in all these things put on divine love, which is the bond of perfection.

¹⁶ Let the word of God dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another, in all wisdom, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with grace making melody in your hearts to God;

³ incessantly remembering your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God even our Father;

³ incessantly remembering your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God even our Father; ⁴ knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

¹² and testifying, that you walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing, except you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

¹² and the Lord fill you and cause you to superabound in divine love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also do towards you;

¹ Finally therefore, brethren, we pray you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how it behooves you to walk about and to please God, as you do indeed walk about, in order that you may abound more and more.

⁷ For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

⁹ But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another with divine love; ¹⁰ for you indeed are doing the same thing unto all the brethren in all Macedonia. And we exhort you, brethren, that you abound more and more;

¹⁵ See that no one may return evil for evil to any one; but always pursue good toward one another, and toward all.

³ We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as it is worthy, because your faith increases, and the divine love of each one of you all towards one another abounds more and more; ⁴ so that we ourselves rejoice over you in the churches of God, on account of your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations which you endure;

⁹ whose coming is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

¹³ But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth; ¹⁴ unto which He also called you through our gospel, unto the possession of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ unto which He also called you through our gospel, unto the possession of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and the patience of Christ.

⁴ nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which present questions, rather than the economy of God which is in faith:

⁹ knowing this, that the law is not made for the righteous, but for the unrighteous and disorderly, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and the profane, for patricides, matricides and homocides,

² for kings and all who are in authority; in order that we may lead a peaceable and quiet life in all godliness and honesty.

¹⁰ but whatsoever becomes women professing godliness, through good works.

¹⁶ And assuredly great is the mystery of godliness; Who is manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen of angels, was preached among the Gentiles, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

⁶ Submitting these things to the brethren, you will be a beautiful minister of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of faith, and the beautiful teaching which you have followed; ⁷ but reject the unsanctified and silly stories: but exercise yourself unto godliness.

⁷ but reject the unsanctified and silly stories: but exercise yourself unto godliness. ⁸ For bodily exercise is profitable unto little; but godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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

¹³ and at the same time they learn to be idle, going about houses; and not only idle, but also loquacious even busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

³ If any one teaches another doctrine, and does not give heed to the sound words which belonged to our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

⁶ Godliness with contentment is great gain,

¹¹ But you, O man of God, fly from these things; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, divine love, patience, meekness.

⁵ having received the remembrance of the unhypocritical faith which is in you; which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded that it is in you also. ⁶ On account of which cause I remind you to revive and refire the gift of God which is in you by the laying on of my hands.

⁹ the one having 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 to us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times,

² and whatsoever things thou hast heard with me through many witnesses, commit thou the same to faithful men, who will be able also to teach others.

¹⁹ The foundation of God stands solid indeed, having this seal, The Lord knows them that are his: and; Let every one naming the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.

⁵ having a form of godliness, but denying the power of the same: and from these turn away.

¹⁵ and that from an infant thou hast known the holy scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ All scripture is God-breathed and profitable unto teaching, unto conviction, unto correction, unto instruction which is in righteousness: ¹⁷ in order that the man of God may be perfect, having been thoroughly perfected unto every good work.

⁶ For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

⁸ finally there is a crown of righteousness laid up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me in that day: not only to me, but to all those who with divine love, do love his appearing.

¹ Paul, the servant of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God, and the perfect knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

⁴ to Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Saviour.

⁸ but hospitable, loving the good, prudent, righteous, holy, temperate;

¹⁴ not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men turning away from the truth.

² That the elderly men be sober, grave, prudent, sound in faith, in divine love, in patience:

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

¹⁴ And let our people indeed learn to excel in good works for necessary uses, in order that they may not be unfruitful.

⁶ in order that the fellowship of your faith may be efficient in the perfect knowledge of every good thing which is in you toward Christ.

³ who being the brightness of his glory, and the character of his person, and holding up all things by the word of his power, having made purgation of the sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

⁷ Therefore as the Holy Spirit says, This day if you hear his voice,

¹¹ But we desire each one of you to exhibit the same diligence unto the full assurance of hope unto the end: ¹² in order that you may not be dull, but imitators of those who through faith and longsufferings do inherit the promises.

¹⁵ and thus having waited long, he received the promise.

¹⁷ but God, in this wishing more abundantly to show forth to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

¹⁹ which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is in the veil,

⁶ but now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, insomuch that he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been founded on better promises. ⁷ For if that first covenant had been faultless, a place would not have been sought for the second. ⁸ For finding fault with them, he says, Behold the days are coming, says the Lord, and I will perfect upon the house of Israel and upon the house of Judah, a new covenant: ⁹ not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they abode not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, says the Lord. ¹⁰ Because this is my covenant which I will establish with the house of Israel after these days, says the Lord; having given my laws in their mind, I will also write them on their heart; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be unto me a people. ¹¹ And they shall no longer teach each one his neighbor, each one his brother, saying, Know ye the Lord: because all shall know me, from their small even unto the great. ¹² Because I will be merciful unto their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.

⁸ the Holy Spirit showing this, the way of the holies has not yet been made manifest, the first tabernacle yet standing:

¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered up himself without spot to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God? ¹⁵ And on this account he is mediator of the new covenant, since there being death, unto the redemption of the transgressions unto the first covenant, those having been called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

¹⁵ And the Holy Ghost truly does witness to us: for afterward he said,

³² But remember the former days, in which, you being illuminated by the Spirit, endured a great fight of afflictions;

³⁶ For you have need of patience, in order that, having done the will of God, you will inherit the promise.

⁴ By faith Abel offered up to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he received the witness that he was righteous, God witnessing to his gifts: and through it he having died is still speaking.

⁶ but without faith it is impossible to please him: for it behooves the one coming unto God to believe that he is, and he is a rewarder unto them who seek him out.

¹ Therefore let us indeed, having around us so great a cloud of witnesses, having laid aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, run with patience the race which is set before us,

¹⁰ For they indeed for a few days were accustomed to chastise us according to that which seemed right to them; but he made unto our profit, in order that we might partake his holiness.

¹⁵ looking diligently lest any one may fail from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up may trouble you, and through it many may be defiled;

¹ Let brotherly love continue.

³ Remember those bound, as having been bound along with them; those suffering persecutions, as you yourselves being also in the body.

⁹ Be not carried away with fantastical and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, in which those going round were not profited.

³ Knowing that the trial of your faith works out endurance.

³ Knowing that the trial of your faith works out endurance. ⁴ But let endurance have its perfect work, in order that you may be perfect and whole in every part, lacking in nothing.

⁸ If indeed you keep the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor with divine love as thyself, you do well.

¹⁴ But what is it profitable, my brethren, if one may say he has faith, but has not works? whether is faith able to save him? ¹⁵ If a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you may say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed, and be ye fed; and give them not the necessaries of the body; what profit is it? ¹⁷ So indeed faith, if it may not have works, is dead, as to itself. ¹⁸ But one will say, You have faith, and I have works: Show me your faith apart from works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ¹⁹ Do you believe that there is one God? you do well: the demons also believe and tremble. ²⁰ Do you wish to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is inefficient? ²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works, having offered up his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You see that faith wrought with his works, and by works the faith was made perfect; ²³ and the scripture was fulfilled, saying, And Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of God. ²⁴ You see that a man is justified by works, and not only by faith. ²⁵ And likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, having received the spies, and sent them out by another way? ²⁶ For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith also apart from works is dead.

¹ Whence come wars and whence come battles within you? are they not from thence, from your pleasures warring in your members? ² You lust, and you have not: you murder, and you strive, and you are not able to obtain: you fight and you war; and have not, because you do not ask: ³ you ask, and you receive not, because you ask wickedly, that you may expend it in your pleasures.

⁷ Therefore, O brethren, suffer long, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer receives the precious fruit of the earth, waiting for it, until he may receive the former and latter rain: ⁸ you also suffer long; establish your hearts; because the coming of the Lord is nigh. ⁹ Do not complain against one another, brethren, in order that you may not be judged: behold, the judge stands before the doors. ¹⁰ Brethren, receive the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering evil and longsuffering.

¹ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, ² according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied.

⁵ who are preserved by the power of God through faith unto the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

⁷ that the trial of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, however being tried by the fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor in the revelation of Jesus Christ:

¹⁰ Concerning which salvation the prophets, who prophesied concerning the grace towards you, sought out and investigated, ¹¹ searching into what, or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ who was in them, witnessing the sufferings towards Christ, and the glories after these, did show:

¹⁵ but according to the Holy One who has called you. Be ye also holy in all your deportment;

²² Having purified your souls through obedience of the truth unto unhypocritical, brotherly love, fervently from the heart love one another with divine love:

⁷ Therefore to you who believe he is precious: but to the unbelievers, the stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner, and the stone of stumbling, and the rock of offence,

⁹ But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people unto conquest; in order that you may proclaim the virtues of the one having called you out of darkness unto his own marvelous light:

¹⁷ Honor all people; love the brotherhood with divine love; fear God; honor the king.

²¹ For unto this you have been called: because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you may follow in his steps:

⁷ Likewise, ye husbands, dwelling with the wife according to knowledge, as the weaker vessel, extending to them honor, as indeed the equal heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers should not be hindered. ⁸ And finally, all being like-minded, sympathetic, loving the brethren, merciful, humble: ⁹ not giving evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary blessing; because unto this you have been called, that you may inherit the blessing.

²¹ Which antitype baptism does even now save you, not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the seeking after a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

² that he may no longer live the remaining time in carnality according to the lusts of men, but in the will of God. ³ For the past time is sufficient to have wrought the will of the heathens, walking in impurities, in lusts, in wine-drinkings, in revelries, in intemperance, and in unlawful idolatries:

¹ Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you:

¹⁰ But the God of all grace, the one having called you into his own eternal glory in Christ, will himself make you perfect, having suffered a little while, will establish you, will strengthen you, will settle you.

¹² Through Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I consider, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and witnessing that this same grace of God is true in which you may stand.

¹ Simon Peter, the servant of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those receiving like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. ² Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

² Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ, our Lord. ³ As His divine power having given unto us all things which appertain to life and godliness, through the perfect knowledge of the one having called us to his own glory and virtue:

³ As His divine power having given unto us all things which appertain to life and godliness, through the perfect knowledge of the one having called us to his own glory and virtue: ⁴ through which precious and greatest promises have been given unto us; that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust.

⁴ through which precious and greatest promises have been given unto us; that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust. ⁵ And in harmony with this same thing also, add to your faith heroism; and to heroism, knowledge;

⁵ And in harmony with this same thing also, add to your faith heroism; and to heroism, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge holiness; and to holiness patience; and patience, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness divine love. ⁸ For these things, being in you and overflowing, render you neither barren nor unfruitful in the perfect knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

¹⁰ Therefore, brethren, be the more diligent to make your calling and election sure: for doing these things you can never fall.

¹² Therefore I will be about to always remind you concerning these things, even though knowing them, and being established in the present truth. ¹³ But I consider it righteous, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by remembrance; ¹⁴ knowing that the laying aside of my tabernacle is swift, as our Lord Jesus Christ also showed to me. ¹⁵ And I will endeavor to have each one of you after my departure make mention of these things.

¹⁸ For speaking swelling words of vanity, in the lusts of the flesh they beguile with their impurities, those that have but partially escaped, who are still moving about in their delusion; ¹⁹ promising them liberty, they themselves being the slaves of corruption: for to whatsoever any one has been subordinated, to this he has become enslaved. ²⁰ For if having escaped the pollutions of the world through the perfect knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and having again become entangled in these things, they are overcome, the last state has to them become worse than the first.

²⁰ For if having escaped the pollutions of the world through the perfect knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and having again become entangled in these things, they are overcome, the last state has to them become worse than the first.

¹ I indeed, beloved, write unto you this second epistle; in which I stir up your pure mind by remembrance:

³ knowing this first, that at the last days mockers will come forth in scoffing, walking according to their own lusts,

³ knowing this first, that at the last days mockers will come forth in scoffing, walking according to their own lusts, ⁴ and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the day when the fathers fell asleep, all things remain as from the beginning of creation.

¹¹ Then all these things being dissolved, what kind of people does it behoove you to be in holy deportment and godliness,

¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, looking for these things, be diligent to be found spotless and blameless unto him in peace:

¹⁷ Then you, beloved, foreknowing watch, lest, having been led away by the delusion of the ungodly, you may fall from your own stedfastness: ¹⁸ but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and unto the day of the age.

¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have beheld, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of the life; ² and the life was made manifest, and we have seen, and we testify, and we proclaim to you the life which is eternal, which was with the Father, and has been made manifest unto us; ³ that which we have seen and heard we also proclaim to you, in order that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

⁷ but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁹ The one saying that he is in the light, and hating his brother, is in the darkness until now. ¹⁰ The one loving his brother with divine love abides in the light, and there is no stumbling in him. ¹¹ But the one hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and does not know whither he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

¹⁵ Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him: ¹⁶ because this is all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.

²¹ I have not written unto you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

²⁵ This is the message which he proclaimed unto you, eternal life.

² Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he may be made manifest, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of the death into the life, because we love the brethren with divine love; the one loving not with divine love, abides in the death.

¹⁶ In this we know the divine love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

¹⁹ And in this we shall know that we are of the truth, and we shall assure our hearts before him; ²⁰ because if our heart may condemn us, it is because God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God:

¹⁴ And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent forth his Son the Saviour of the world.

²¹ And we have this precept from him, that the one loving God with divine love also loves his brother with divine love.

¹⁰ The one believing on the Son of God has the witness in himself: the one not believing God has made him a liar; because he has not believed in the testimony which God has testified concerning his Son.

²⁰ But we know that the Son of God has come and has given unto us intelligence, that we know the truth. And we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ; he is the true God, and eternal life. ²¹ Little children, keep yourselves from the idols.

² on account of the truth which abides in us, and shall be with us forever. ³ Grace, mercy, peace, shall be with us from God our Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and in divine love.

⁶ who have witnessed to thy divine love before the church: whom you will do well, having sent forth worthily of God.

¹ Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called beloved in God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ. ² Mercy to you, and peace, and divine love be multiplied. ³ Beloved, making all haste to write to you concerning our common salvation, I had need to write to you, exhorting you to agonize for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

⁵ But I wish you to remember, once having known all these things, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, destroyed them that believed riot, the second time:

¹⁴ And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied against these, saying, Behold, the Lord came with his myriads of saints,

¹⁷ But you, beloved, remember the words which have hitherto been spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁴ John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from the one who is, and who was, and who is coming; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

⁷ Behold, he is coming with clouds; and every eye shall behold him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will wail at him; yes, Amen.

⁹ I John, your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and in patience in Jesus, was in the island which is called Patmos, on account of the word of God, and on account of the testimony of Jesus.

² I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and that you are not able to bear the wicked; and you have tried those who say they are apostles, and are not, and have found them to be liars:

²⁸ and I will give unto him the morning star.

¹⁰ Because you have kept the word of my patience, and I will keep you from the hour of temptation, which is about to come upon the whole world, to try those dwelling upon the earth. ¹¹ I am coming quickly: hold fast that which you have, that no one may take your crown.

¹⁷ Because you are saying, That I am rich, and have increased in riches, and have need as to nothing, and do you not know that you are miserable, and pitiful, and poor, and blind, and naked?

²¹ The one conquering, I will give unto him to sit with me on my throne, as I indeed have conquered, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

¹⁰ and didst make them a kingdom and priests unto our God: and they shall reign on the earth.

¹⁰ If any one leads into captivity he goes into captivity: if any one kills with a sword, it behooves him to be killed with a sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹² Here is the faith of the saints: who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

¹⁰ And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he says to me; See that you do it not: I am your fellow-servant, and one of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

¹⁴ Happy are those who wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and enter in through the gates into the city.

¹⁶ I Jesus sent my angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and offspring of David, the bright and morning-star.