1 Peter 5 Cross References - Haweis

¹ THE presbyters among you I exhort, who am a co-presbyter and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed: ² feed the flock of God which is among you, exercising your pastoral office not of necessity, but of choice, not for base gain, but with alacrity of mind; ³ not as domineering over your allotted congregations, but as being examples of the flock. ⁴ And when the arch Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that will never fade away. ⁵ In like manner, ye who are younger persons, be in subjection to your elders: but all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed from head to foot with humility: for God sets himself in opposition to the proud, but he giveth grace to the lowly. ⁶ Humble yourselves therefore beneath the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due season: ⁷ casting all your anxiety upon him; for he careth for you. ⁸ Be sober, be vigilant; for your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, prowleth around, seeking whom he may devour: ⁹ against whom stand fast, firm in the faith, knowing that the very same sufferings are fully endured by the brotherhood which is in the world. ¹⁰ But the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered a little while, himself perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. ¹¹ To him be glory and might for ever and ever. Amen. ¹² By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I think, I have written to you a few words, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye are standing fast. ¹³ She who is co-elect at Babylon, saluteth you, and my son Mark. ¹⁴ Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

⁴⁸ And ye are the witnesses of these things.

²⁶ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: ²⁷ and ye too shall bear your testimony, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

⁸ But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, both in Jerusalem, and throughout all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the extremity of the earth.

²² beginning from his baptism by John, until the day in which he was taken up from us, must there be chosen with us a witness of his resurrection, even one of these.

³² This very Jesus hath God raised up, of which we all are witnesses.

¹⁵ but ye slew the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead: of which we are witnesses.

³⁰ The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom ye had killed, suspending him on a tree. ³¹ Him hath God exalted at his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance unto Israel, and remission of sins. ³² And we are witnesses of these things; and the Holy Ghost also, which God hath given to those who obey him.

³⁹ And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the region of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they killed suspending him on a tree: ⁴⁰ him God raised up the third day, and ordained that he should be visibly manifested; ⁴¹ not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he was arisen from the dead.

³⁰ which also they did, sending it off to the presbyters by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

²³ Then appointing them presbyters in every city, by prayer with fastings they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

⁴ Then when they arrived at Jerusalem, they were cordially received by the church, and the apostles and presbyters, and they related how great things God had done by them.

⁶ Then the apostles and presbyters were assembled to consider of this matter.

²² Then it was determined by the apostles and presbyters with the whole church, to send select men from themselves unto Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren; ²³ writing a letter by their hand, in these words: The apostles and presbyters and the brethren, to the brethren from among the Gentiles which are at Antioch, and in Syria, and Cilicia, greeting:

¹⁷ So he sent to Ephesus from Miletus, and called the presbyters of the church to attend him.

²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed as shepherds the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.

¹⁸ And on the morrow Paul went in with us unto James: and all the presbyters were present.

¹⁷ But if children, then heirs; heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be we suffer with him, that we may also together with him be glorified. ¹⁸ For I reckon that the sufferings of the present moment are not worthy to be placed against the future glory that shall be revealed to us.

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

⁸ We are confident indeed, and with pleasure expect to go out from the body, and to dwell within with the Lord:

¹⁹ For I know that this shall issue in my salvation through your prayers, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. ²² But if it be his will, that I should live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my travail: and what to chuse I know not. ²³ For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, far better:

³ For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ shall appear, who is our life, then shall you also with him be manifested in glory.

¹ REBUKE not harshly an aged man, but admonish him as a father; the younger men as brethren;

¹⁹ Against a presbyter receive not an accusation, except it be from two or three witnesses.

⁸ henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: yet not to me only, but also to all who have loved his appearing.

⁵ For this purpose I left thee behind me at Crete, that thou mightest direct the regulations which remained to be executed, and that thou shouldest appoint presbyters in every city, as I charged thee to do:

⁹ I rather for love's sake entreat, being such as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner for Jesus Christ.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto an animating hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ for an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you, ⁵ who are guarded by the omnipotence of God, through faith to obtain the salvation which is ready to appear at the last time.

⁷ that the test of your faith (much more precious than that of gold, which is of a perishing nature, though proved by fire) may be found unto praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

¹² To whom it was revealed, that not for themselves, but for us were their ministrations employed in the things which are now declared unto you by those who have preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; on which things the angels bending forwards eagerly desire to gaze.

⁴ And when the arch Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that will never fade away.

² Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet evident what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.

¹ THE presbyter to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all who have known the truth: ² because of the truth which abideth in us, and shall be with us for ever: ³ grace, mercy, peace be with you from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. ⁴ I rejoiced greatly that I found thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father. ⁵ And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we should love one another. ⁶ And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, as ye have heard from the beginning, That ye should walk in it. ⁷ For many deceivers are gone out into the world, who do not confess Jesus the Messiah as come in the flesh. Such a one is a deceiver and an antichrist. ⁸ Take heed to yourselves that we lose not the things which we have wrought, but receive a full reward. ⁹ Every one that transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, this man holdeth both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If any person come unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into the house, nor say to him, Welcome. ¹¹ He that biddeth him welcome, takes part in his wicked works. ¹² Having many things to write unto you, I would not do it with paper and ink; but I hope to come unto you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be complete. ¹³ The children of thy elect sister salute thee. Amen.

¹ THE presbyter to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. ² Beloved, above all things I pray that thou mayest prosper, and be in sound health of body, even as thy soul prospereth. ³ I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came, and bore witness to thy truth, even as thou walkest in the truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than these tidings, that I hear my own children are walking in the truth. ⁵ Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever services thou performest for the brethren, and for strangers; ⁶ who have borne testimony to thy love before the church; to whom thou wilt perform a good act of service in forwarding them on their journey, in a manner worthy of God. ⁷ For on account of his name they went forth, receiving nothing from the heathen. ⁸ We therefore ought to assist such men, that we may become fellow-labourers in the truth. ⁹ I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who affects pre-eminence over them, receiveth us not. ¹⁰ Therefore if I come I will remember his works which he doth, with wicked words prating against us; and not content with these things, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those who are willing he hindereth, and casteth them out of the church. ¹¹ Beloved, be not an imitator of what is evil, but of that which is good. He that doeth good is of God, but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. ¹² Demetrius hath a good testimony from all men, and from the truth itself: and we also bear our testimony, and ye know that our testimony is true. ¹³ I had many things to write; but I would not write to thee with ink and pen: ¹⁴ but I hope shortly to see thee, and we shall speak mouth to mouth. Peace be to thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.

⁹ I John, your brother and companion also with you in the tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island which is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

³² Fear not, little flock! for your Father takes delight in giving you the kingdom.

¹⁵ When therefore they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord! thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yes, Lord! thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. ¹⁷ He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee! Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep.

²⁶ Wherefore I appeal to you this day as witnesses that I am pure from the blood of all men. ²⁷ For I have concealed nothing, so as not repeatedly to declare to you the whole counsel of God. ²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed as shepherds the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.

³³ The silver, or gold, or apparel of no man have I coveted: ³⁴ but ye yourselves know that these hands have by labour furnished necessaries for my own wants, and for those who were with me.

¹³ But Paul replied, Why do ye thus—weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁵ So, as far as is in my power, I am desirous to preach the Gospel to you that are at Rome also.

⁷ Who goeth at any time to war at his own expences? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit of it? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

¹⁶ For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me, yea verily woe is to me if I preach not the gospel. ¹⁷ For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with the dispensation [of it].

¹⁴ Lo! I hold myself ready the third time to come unto you, and I will not burden you; for I seek not yours but you: for the children ought not to lay up treasure for their parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ And I will most cheerfully spend and be spent for your souls, though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

³ not addicted to wine, not using hard words or blows, not greedy of base gain; but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;

⁸ The deacons also in like manner must be grave, not doubletongued, not addicting themselves to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

⁷ For a bishop ought to be irreproachable, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not irritable, not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy of filthy lucre;

¹¹ whose mouths ought to be muzzled, who pervert whole families, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain.

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.

¹ REMIND them to be subject to princes and those invested with authority, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every good work,

¹⁴ but without thy consent would I do nothing; that this good deed of thine might not be as of necessity, but from thy own choice.

¹⁵ carefully observing lest any of you fail of attaining the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and by it many be defiled;

³ And with plausible speeches will they avariciously make gain of you whose condemnation from of old lingereth not, and their perdition doth not slumber.

¹² the merchandise of gold and of silver, and of precious stones, and of pearl, and of fine linen, and of purple, and of silk, and of scarlet, and every sweet scented wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of gold, and of iron, and of marble, ¹³ and cinnamon, and perfumes, and myrrh, and libanum, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and the souls of men.

²⁵ But Jesus, calling them to him, said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority among them. ²⁶ But thus shall it not be with you. But whosoever will be a great man among you, let him be your servant;

⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your leader, the Messiah; and ye all are brethren. ⁹ And call no man your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven. ¹⁰ And be not called leaders; for one is your leader, the Messiah.

⁴² But Jesus called them, and said to them, Ye know that they who appear to rule over the Gentiles, lord it over them; and their great men exercise dominion over them. ⁴³ But it shall not be so with you: but whosoever will be great among you let him be your servant: ⁴⁴ and whosoever will be first, let him be the servant of all. ⁴⁵ For the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to be a servant, and to give his life a ransom for many.

²⁴ Now it came to pass, that there was also a contention among them, even which of them should be accounted to be the greatest. ²⁵ And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they who exercise authority over them are called benefactors. ²⁶ But ye shall not act thus: but the superior among you, let him be as the junior; and he that presideth, as he that serveth. ²⁷ For which is the greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that waits? is not he that sitteth at table? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.

⁵ Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but the ministers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each [of us]?

⁹ For we are God's fellowlabourers: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

¹¹ Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man in the Lord.

²⁴ not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow-helpers of your joy; for by faith ye stand.

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

¹⁷ Be ye imitators, brethren, of me, and eye attentively those who walk so as ye have us for an example.

⁹ Whatsoever things also ye have learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these practise, and the God of peace shall be with you.

⁵ For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in great fulness of assurance; as ye know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes. ⁶ And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, receiving the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost;

⁹ not that we have not such power, but that we might be ourselves an example for you to imitate.

¹² Let no man despise thy youth; but be a pattern of the faithful, in discourse; in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

⁷ In all things approving thyself as a pattern of good works: in thy teaching, shewing integrity, gravity, incorruptibility,

⁹ But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired by purchase; that ye should publish abroad the excellencies of him, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

⁹ I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who affects pre-eminence over them, receiveth us not. ¹⁰ Therefore if I come I will remember his works which he doth, with wicked words prating against us; and not content with these things, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those who are willing he hindereth, and casteth them out of the church.

³¹ But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: ³² and before him shall all the nations be gathered together; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats: ³³ and he shall place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. ³⁴ Then shall the King say to those on his right-hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; ³⁵ for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye received me hospitably: ³⁶ naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye took care of me: I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ When indeed saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ When indeed saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? ⁴⁰ And the king answering shall say to them, Verily I tell you, for as much as ye have done it to one of these my brethren, the very least of them, ye have done it unto me. ⁴¹ Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: ⁴² for I was hungry, and ye gave me nothing to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me nothing to drink: ⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye did not clothe me: sick, and in prison, and ye took no care of me. ⁴⁴ Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? ⁴⁵ Then shall he reply to them, saying, For as much as ye have not done it to one of the least of these, neither have ye done it to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

¹¹ I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

²⁵ And every one who contendeth [in the games] is temperate in all things: they indeed therefore do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

⁷ and to you who are troubled, rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ from heaven with his mighty angels, ⁸ in a flame of fire, taking vengeance of them that know not God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: ⁹ who shall receive punishment, even eternal perdition, from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power: ¹⁰ when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired by all those who believe; because our testimony was believed among you in that day.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great pastor of the sheep, by the blood of the everlasting testament,

¹² Blessed is the man who patiently supports temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to those who love him.

⁴ for an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,

²⁵ For ye were as sheep wandering astray; but are now returned unto the pastor and bishop of your souls.

² feed the flock of God which is among you, exercising your pastoral office not of necessity, but of choice, not for base gain, but with alacrity of mind;

⁷ Behold! he is coming with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall lament bitterly, smiting their bosoms, because of him: even so! Amen.

¹⁰ Fear nothing from the things which thou shalt suffer: lo! the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have a ten day's tribulation: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

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

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and one sat upon it, from whose presence fled the earth and the heaven, and no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works.

¹⁰ In brotherly affection be tenderly attached to each other; in honour preferring one another:

¹⁴ But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to gratify its passions.

²¹ being subject one to another in the fear of God.

³ Let nothing be done contentiously or vain-gloriously; but in humility reckoning others superior to yourselves.

¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;

¹⁷ Obey your presidents, and be subject to them: for they are vigilant for your souls, as being to render an account, that they may do it with joy, and not groaning: for that would be disadvantageous for you.

⁶ But he giveth mightier grace. Wherefore he saith, "God sets himself against the proud, but giveth grace to the lowly."

³ Whose adorning let it not be that exterior one of braided locks, and golden trimmings, and dresses put on with nicety; ⁴ but let it be the hidden man of the heart, with that incorruptible ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God highly valuable.

¹ CHRIST then having suffered for us in the flesh, be ye also in mind armed for the same conflict: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sinning;

⁵ who shall give an account to him, who holds himself ready to judge the living and the dead.

¹² For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and whosoever abaseth himself shall be exalted.

⁵² He hath cast down potentates from the throne, and hath exalted the lowly.

¹¹ For every one who exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

¹⁴ I say to you, Went this man down to his house justified, or the other? for every one who exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

⁶ For even then when we were without strength, Christ died in due time for the ungodly.

²² Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony to be born in his appointed times;

³ but hath manifested in his own appointed season his word by the preaching, with which I have been entrusted, according to the command of our Saviour God;

⁹ Let the brother low in station rejoice in his elevation: ¹⁰ but the rich, in his abasement: for as the flower of grass he shall pass away.

¹⁰ Be humbled in the presence of God, so he will exalt you.

¹⁰ My brethren, take a pattern for suffering affliction, and patience from the prophets, who have spoken to you in the name of the Lord.

²⁵ For this cause I tell you, Be not anxious about your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life of more value than meat, and the body than raiment? ²⁶ Look on the birds of the air: for they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not of more value than they?

³³ But seek ye, in the first place, the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be given you over. ³⁴ Be not therefore anxious about to-morrow: for tomorrow will provide for its own wants. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

³⁸ and he was in the stern, sleeping on a pillow: and they awoke him, and say unto him, Master, is it no concern to thee that we are perishing?

¹¹ And when they shall bring you before the synagogues, and magistrates, and the ruling powers, be under no anxiety how or what defence ye shall make, or what ye shall say: ¹² for the Holy Ghost will teach you at that very hour what ye ought to say.

²² Then said he to his disciples, For this reason I tell you, Be under no anxiety about your life, what ye shall eat, nor for your body, how ye shall be clothed.

³⁰ For after all these things are the nations of the world seeking; and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. ³¹ But seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be given you over. ³² Fear not, little flock! for your Father takes delight in giving you the kingdom.

¹³ Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

⁶ Be not anxious about any thing, but in every case by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known unto God.

⁵ Let the tenor of your life be divested of the love of money; content with your present possessions: for he hath said, "I will in no wise leave thee, neither will I in any case forsake thee." ⁶ So that we may with confidence say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

¹ THEN was Jesus led away by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.

¹¹ Then the devil leaveth him, and lo! angels came and ministered unto him.

³⁹ the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

⁴² Watch therefore: for ye know not at what hour your Master cometh.

⁴⁸ But if that wicked servant say in his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes; ⁴⁹ and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; ⁵⁰ the master of that servant will come in a day that he doth not expect him, and at an hour which he knoweth not.

⁴¹ Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

⁴⁵ But if that servant say in his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes; and shall begin to beat the men and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink, and to get drunk; ⁴⁶ the master of that servant will come in a day when he doth not expect him, and at an hour which he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and give him his portion with the unfaithful.

³⁴ But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts should be overloaded with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the anxious cares of life, and that day should come upon you unawares.

³⁶ Watch therefore, praying at every proper opportunity, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are ready to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

³¹ And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, lo! Satan hath earnestly sought you, that he might sift you as wheat:

⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will practise. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not fast in the truth, because truth was not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh what is peculiarly his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

¹¹ And thus do, knowing the time; for the hour is come that we should awake from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. ¹² The night is far advanced, the day approaches: let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. ¹³ Let us walk becomingly as in the face of day, not in revels and drunkenness, not in impurities and wantonness, not in strife and envy.

²⁷ nor give place to the devil.

¹¹ Be clothed in the panoply of God, that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

⁶ Let us not then sleep as do others; but let us watch and be sober. ⁷ For they who sleep, sleep in the night, and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night; ⁸ but let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

⁹ in like manner also that the women dress themselves in decent apparel, with modesty and sobriety; not with plaited tresses, or gold, or pearls, or very costly clothing,

¹⁵ But she shall be saved through childbearing, if they abide in faith, and love, and holiness with sobriety.

² A bishop then must be irreprehensible, the husband of one wife, temperate, sagacious, respectable, hospitable, well qualified for teaching;

¹¹ Their wives in like manner must be grave women, not addicted to scandal, sober, faithful in all things.

¹⁷ but the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might be fully discharged, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was snatched out of the lion's mouth.

⁸ but the stranger's host, the good man's friend, grave, just, holy, temperate;

² that the elder men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

⁴ that they instruct the young women to be discreet, to love their husbands, to love their children,

⁶ The younger men in like manner exhort to be sober minded.

¹² instructing us, that denying ungodliness and worldly affections, we should live soberly and righteously, and godly in the present day;

⁷ Be in subjection then to God. Resist the devil, and he will fly from you.

¹³ Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, vigilant, wait with assured hope for the grace, which shall be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

⁷ But the end of all things is near: be ye therefore sober-minded, and vigilant in prayers.

⁸ he that practises sin is of the devil; for from the beginning the devil sinneth. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. ⁹ Every one who is born of God, doth not practise sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. ¹⁰ By this the children of God are manifestly seen, and the children of the devil. Every one that doth not practise righteousness, is not of God, and he that loveth not his brother.

⁹ And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the Devil, and Satan, who deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

¹² Therefore be exceeding glad ye heavens, and ye who dwell in them. Wo to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.

² and he seized on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

¹⁰ And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

³ And the devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become a loaf. ⁴ And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God." ⁵ And the devil taking him up into an exceeding high mountain, displayed before him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time: ⁶ and the devil said unto him, I will give thee all this authority, and the glory of these; for to me it is delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I give it. ⁷ If therefore thou wilt worship before me, all shall be thine. ⁸ And Jesus answering him, said, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and to him alone shalt thou pay divine honour." ⁹ And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a wing of the temple, and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thy self down from hence: ¹⁰ for it is written, "He shall give his angels a charge over thee, to guard thee safely; ¹¹ and that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone." ¹² And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

³² but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail: and when thou art returned, stablish thy brethren.

³³ These things have I spoken to you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.

²² strengthening the souls of the brethren, exhorting them to abide firm in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must pass into the kingdom of heaven.

¹³ No temptation hath overtaken you, but what is common to men. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to bear; but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear up under it.

¹¹ Be clothed in the panoply of God, that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹² For our conflict is not merely against flesh and blood, but against principalities, and against powers, and against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against wicked spirits in the aerial regions. ¹³ Therefore take the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all things to stand.

¹⁶ and over all lifting up the shield of faith, with which ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

⁵ For though I am absent from you in person, yet I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing and beholding your regular order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

¹⁵ who both murdered the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are in opposition to all mankind; ¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up the measure of their iniquities always: but wrath is coming upon them to the extremity.

³ that no man might be shaken by these tribulations; for ye yourselves know that thereunto we are appointed.

¹² Strain every nerve in the noble conflict of faith, lay fast hold on eternal life, unto which also thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

¹² And all indeed who will live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

⁷ I have struggled hard in the honourable contest, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith:

³³ who by faith vanquished kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

⁶ Wherein ye exult, though yet for a little space, (if it must be so,) ye are in sorrow through various trials:

²¹ For hereunto have ye been called, because Christ also hath suffered for you, leaving you a pattern, that ye should follow his steps;

¹⁴ But if ye should even suffer for righteousness, blessed are ye: be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled,

¹³ but as ye share in the sufferings of Christ rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory also ye may hail him with exultations.

¹¹ And to each of them were given white robes, and it was told them that they should wait yet a little longer space, until the number of their fellow-servants and their brethren, who should be slain as well as they, should be completed.

¹⁴ And I said to him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are persons who are come out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.

²⁰ But the law was introduced, that the offence might be more abundant. But where sin had abounded, there hath grace abounded more exceedingly: ²¹ that as sin had reigned by death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto life eternal by Jesus Christ our Lord.

²⁸ But we know that to those who love God all things work together for good, even to those who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹ For whom he foreknew, he predestinated also to a conformity with the image of his Son, that he might be the first-begotten among many brethren. ³⁰ But whom he predestinated, those also he called: and whom he called, those also he justified: but whom he justified, those also he glorified.

¹¹ (though the children were not yet born, nor had done any thing good or evil, that according to the election of God the purpose might abide, not from works, but from him who called;)

²⁴ even us, whom he hath called, not only out of the Jews, but out of the Gentiles?

⁵ Now the God of patience and consolation give you to be like-minded among each other, according to Christ Jesus:

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

²⁵ Now to him that is able to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, agreeable to the revelation of the mystery; which was concealed from all former ages,

⁹ Faithful is God, by whom ye have been called into communion with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁷ For our momentary light affliction worketh for us a transcendently far more exceeding eternal weight of glory;

¹¹ Finally, brethren, rejoice: be perfectly united together, be comforted, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

¹³ I am enabled for all things by Christ who strengtheneth me.

²² by the body of his flesh, through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and irreprehensible in his presence: ²³ if ye abide in faith grounded and firm, and never moved aside from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached to the whole creation which is under heaven, of which I Paul am a minister.

⁷ rooted and built up on him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

¹² that ye should walk worthy of God, as calling you into his kingdom and glory.

¹⁴ whereunto also he called you by our gospel, in order to your acquisition of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

³ But the Lord is faithful, who will stablish you, and keep you from the wicked one.

⁹ who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before time had a beginning;

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

¹⁵ And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that, death being suffered for the redemption of transgressions committed against the first testament, they who are called might receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great pastor of the sheep, by the blood of the everlasting testament, ²¹ make you fit for every good work to do his will, producing in you that which is acceptable in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory unto the everlasting ages. Amen.

⁶ Wherein ye exult, though yet for a little space, (if it must be so,) ye are in sorrow through various trials: ⁷ that the test of your faith (much more precious than that of gold, which is of a perishing nature, though proved by fire) may be found unto praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

¹⁵ but as he who hath called you is holy, be ye holy also in all your conduct:

¹¹ If any man speak, let it be agreeably to the oracles of God; if any man act as a deacon, let it be from the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory and might for ever and ever. Amen.

³ as his divine power hath freely given us all things tending to life and godliness, through the acknowledgment of him who hath called us to glory and fortitude:

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

²⁴ Now to him who is able to guard you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with exultation,

³⁶ Because by him, and through him, and for him, are all things, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

⁶ and made us kings and priests to his God and Father; to him be glory and might for ever and ever. Amen.

¹³ And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and those who are on the sea, and all things which are therein, heard I, saying, To him who is seated on the throne, and to the lamb, be blessing, and honour, and glory, and might for ever and ever.

²¹ Peter looking at him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and what will become of this man?

²³ Who, when he arrived there, and beheld the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all, with full purpose of heart to adhere to the Lord.

²⁴ Yet I make no account of any [suffering], nor regard my life as of any value to myself, farther than as I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord, to testify fully the Gospel of the grace of God.

² by whom also we have had an introduction through faith into this grace in which we have stood fast, and are rejoicing in hope of the glory of God.

¹ NOW I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I have preached unto you, and which ye have received, in which also ye have stood fast;

¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timotheus—was not yea and nay, but there was yea in him;

⁸ But though even we, or an angel from heaven, preach unto you another gospel, different from that which we have preached to you, let him be an anathema. ⁹ As we have before spoken, and I now repeat it again, If any man preach a gospel different from that ye have received, let him be anathema.

³ that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote unto you before briefly;

²¹ But that ye also may know the things which concern me, and what I am doing, Tychicus will inform you of the whole, a beloved brother, and faithful in the Lord:

⁷ even as ye have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-labourer, who is a faithful minister of Christ for you;

⁷ All my affairs will Tychicus make known unto you, a beloved brother, and faithful minister, and fellow-servant in the Lord:

⁹ with Onesimus, that faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you: they will make known unto you all things that have passed here.

¹ PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ: grace unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ:

²² But I entreat you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation; for I have written to you in few words.

¹² Wherefore I will not be negligent continually to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth.

¹⁵ who forsaking the strait road are gone out of the way, following the path of Balaam the son of Bosor who loved the wages of iniquity.

⁹ If we receive the testimony of man, the testimony of God is stronger: for this is the testimony of God which he testified concerning his Son. ¹⁰ He that believeth on the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he that believeth not God, hath made him a liar, because he hath not believed on the testimony which God testified of his Son.

¹² Demetrius hath a good testimony from all men, and from the truth itself: and we also bear our testimony, and ye know that our testimony is true.

³ Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you concerning the common salvation, I held it necessary to write unto you, exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered unto the saints.

¹² And after considering with himself, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, who is surnamed Mark; where many were thronged together, and praying.

²⁵ Then Barnabas and Saul departed from Jerusalem, having completed the distribution [of the sum entrusted with them]; and they took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

¹³ The children of thy elect sister salute thee. Amen.

⁵ And upon her forehead was there a name written, Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother or harlots, and of the abominations of the earth.

² And he cried mightily with a great voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of demons, and the hold of every impure spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I to you. Let not your heart be agitated, nor shrink back through fear.

¹⁹ When the evening therefore was come, on the same first day of the week, and the doors being fastened where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be to you.

²⁶ And eight days after, his disciples were again within, and Thomas with them: Jesus cometh, though the doors were fastened, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

⁷ To all that are at Rome, beloved of God, called saints, grace unto you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ THERE is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

¹⁶ Salute one another with the holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

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

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

¹⁷ Wherefore if any person be in Christ, he is a new creation: the old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

¹² Salute one another with a holy kiss.

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

²⁶ Salute all the brethren with an holy kiss.

² elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, that they might be brought to the obedience, and sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ: grace unto you and peace be multiplied.