2 Peter 1 Cross References - Mace

¹ Simon Peter the servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who equally share with us in the advantages of faith, thro' the veracity of our God, and of Jesus Christ. ² may the divine favour and felicity be poured upon you, by the knowledge of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ. ³ It is thus his divine power has given us every thing conducive to life and piety, by making us acquainted with him, who has called us by his illustrious power; ⁴ by which we have receiv'd the most inestimable promises, that thereby you might become partakers of the divine perfections, after having escap'd from the corruption of a sensual world. ⁵ Do you on your part employ all your care in adding to your faith, fortitude: to fortitude, knowledge: ⁶ to knowledge, temperance: to temperance, patience: to patience, piety: ⁷ to piety, fraternal affection: and to fraternal affection, universal benevolence. ⁸ for if you are possess'd of these virtues and improve therein, they will prevent the knowledge you have of our Lord Jesus Christ from being useless to others, and unprofitable to yourselves. ⁹ but he that is destitute of them is blind or short-sighted, having forgot he was purified from his past sins. ¹⁰ Wherefore be the more diligent, my brethren, to secure your vocation and election by your virtuous actions, for by so doing, you will never relapse: ¹¹ and thus you will have a free admittance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. ¹² for this reason I shall never omit to put you in mind of these things, however knowing you are already, and settled in the truth. ¹³ whilst I am alive, I think it my duty to awaken you by my admonitions: ¹⁴ knowing that I must soon leave this tabernacle, as our Lord Jesus Christ has signify'd to me. ¹⁵ However, I shall inculcate these things so as to make you continually remember them, even after my departure. ¹⁶ for, the information we gave you of the powerful advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, did not proceed from any artfully contriv'd fables, we our selves having been spectators of his majesty. ¹⁷ for he received this honourable and glorious testimony from his father, when the voice broke out from the magnificent splendor, in these words, "this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased." ¹⁸ we our selves heard this voice, that came from heaven, when we were with him upon the holy mountain. ¹⁹ Besides, we have the more authentic accounts of the prophets, to which you do well in giving your attention, as to a lamp shining in an obscure place, till the day dawn, and the morning-star arises in your hearts. ²⁰ But you must above all consider, that no prophecy of the scripture did proceed ²¹ from the prophet's OWN MOTION; but the holy men of God spoke by the IMPULSE of the holy spirit.

¹⁸ Now as Jesus was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting their net into the sea: for they were fishermen.

² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; the first is Simon, who is called Peter, then Andrew his brother,

⁴⁷ and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my saviour,

⁴⁹ agreeably to this, in the Wisdom of God 'tis said, "I will send them prophets and apostles: some they will kill, and others they will persecute:

³¹ Then said Jesus, Simon, Simon, satan has demanded to shake you, and my disciples, like wheat in a sieve. ³² but as for thee, I have pray'd that you faith may not fail. do you in return establish thy brethren. ³³ Peter answer'd, Lord, I am ready to accompany you both to prison, and to death. ³⁴ but Jesus said, before the cock proclaims the day, you will thrice deny that ever you knew me.

⁴² and he brought him to Jesus. and when Jesus beheld him, he said, "thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas," which is by interpretation, a stone.

²⁶ if any man would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my servant be: whoever serves me, him will my father reward.

²¹ then said Jesus to them again, "peace be with you: as my father hath sent me, even so send I you."

¹⁵ So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me more than these do? yes, Lord, said he, you know that I love you. Jesus reply'd, feed my lambs. ¹⁶ then he ask'd him the second time, Simon son of Jonas do you love me? yes, Lord, said he; you know that I love you. Jesus reply'd, feed my sheep. ¹⁷ Jesus said to him the third time, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved at his asking him the third time, "do you love me?" and he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, feed my sheep.

⁸ God who knows their hearts has granted them a testimonial, by giving them the holy spirit, even as he did to us: ⁹ making no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by the faith.

¹⁴ Simon has related how God began to visit the Gentiles, to chuse from among them a people consecrated to his name.

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, chosen to declare the gospel dispensation,

¹² or indeed that we may have mutual consolation from the faith which is in common to you and to me.

¹⁷ There it is that divine justification is revealed to be wholly by faith: as it is written, " the just shall live by faith."

²¹ but the divine justification certified by the law and the prophets, is now clearly proposed independently of the law: ²² that divine justification, which by faith in Jesus Christ is extended to all, that believe; for there is no distinction: ²³ for all having sinned, all have forfeited eternal glory: ²⁴ being justified by his unmerited favour through the redemption that is by Jesus Christ: ²⁵ whom God had ordained, thro' faith, to be the propitiatory victim by his blood, for the manifestation of his goodness, by patiently passing over their past transgressions: to manifest, ²⁶ I say, his goodness at this time: that he might appear to be just, and the justifier of him who believes in Jesus.

³⁰ for from him it is that ye believe in Christ Jesus, whom God has made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that,

¹ Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not you become christians by my labour?

⁹ for I am the meanest of the apostles, not worthy the name of an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

¹³ Having by the same spirit the same faith as David had when he said, "I believed, and therefore have I spoken:" I also believe, and therefore I speak;

²¹ for he hath made him who knew no sin to be a sin-offering for us, that we might be justified by God thro' him.

⁸ (for he that had wrought powerfully in Peter with respect to his apostleship among the Jews, had also wrought powerfully in me upon account of the Gentiles:) and when James,

⁵ which preceeding was not discover'd to men, as now it is to his holy apostles and prophets by the spirit; to wit,

⁵ there is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

¹¹ It is he then that made some, apostles: some, prophets: some, evangelists: and others, pastors, and teachers:

²⁹ for it is a favour bestowed upon you, that you not only believe on Christ, but suffer also for his sake,

⁹ and be his true disciple, not professing that justification, which is derived from the law, but that which is from the gospel,

⁵ especially when I reflect upon the sincerity of your faith, and the attachment your grand-mother Lois first show'd, and then your mother Eunice, examples which I am persuaded you will follow.

¹ Paul a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to declare the faith which recommends men to the divine favour, and to convince them of that truth, which leads to piety,

⁴ TO Titus my own convert to the common faith: grace and peace from God the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our saviour.

¹³ in expectation of that desirable happiness, the glorious appearance of the supreme God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ,

¹ PETER an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the foreigners dispers'd thro' Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, whom God the father has chosen in pursuance of his decree,

⁷ that your faith being put to a more advantageous proof, than that of gold, which loses by the essay, may redound to your praise and highest honour at the appearance of Jesus Christ:

⁷ trusts thereon shall not be confounded. it will prove an honour to you, who believe; but to the incredulous, the same stone, which is the chief of the angle,

¹ I address myself to you pastors, as being a pastor myself, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and as one who is to partake of the glory, that shall hereafter be made manifest;

⁴ by which we have receiv'd the most inestimable promises, that thereby you might become partakers of the divine perfections, after having escap'd from the corruption of a sensual world.

²² the management of every thing is committed to me by my father: no one knows what character the son is invested with, except the father; nor who the father is, except the son, and he to whom the son shall please to reveal it.

³ and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent.

⁷ to all the beloved of God, the saints by this vocation, who are in Rome, grace to you, and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁶ for God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to enlighten others in the knowledge of the glory of God, which shines in the person of Jesus Christ.

⁸ nay I think them disadvantages when put in competition with the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whose sake I abandon all these things, and count them as straw, that I may gain Christ,

² to sanctify them by his spirit, that by their obedience they might be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. may the divine savour make you continually prosper. ³ It is thus his divine power has given us every thing conducive to life and piety, by making us acquainted with him, who has called us by his illustrious power;

⁸ for if you are possess'd of these virtues and improve therein, they will prevent the knowledge you have of our Lord Jesus Christ from being useless to others, and unprofitable to yourselves.

²⁰ As for those who have renounc'd the pollutions of the world, by their owning Jesus Christ for their Lord and saviour, if they are prevail'd upon to be entangled therein again, their last state is worse than the first.

¹⁸ on the contrary, may you increase in the favour, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! to him be glory both now and for ever. AMEN.

²⁰ We know that the son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding to know him that is true: and we are with him that is true, by his son Jesus Christ. "he is the true God, who is the author of eternal life." ²¹ dear children, keep yourselves from idols. AMEN.

² mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you.

⁴ JOHN to the seven churches which are in Asia: favour and peace be with you from him WHO IS, WHO WAS, WHO WILL BE; and from the seven spirits who are before his throne;

¹⁸ and Jesus came, and said to them, all power has been given me in heaven and in earth.

² for thou hast given him power over all men, that he might give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. ³ and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent.

²⁸ We know too, that all things co-operate for the good of those who love God, who, pursuant to his purpose, has now called them: ²⁹ for whom he before approv'd, he predispos'd to follow the example of his son, who was to conduct them all as their elder brother; ³⁰ but whom he predispos'd, he calls: and whom he has call'd, he justifies: and whom he has justified, he glorifies.

³² he that spared not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, will he not with him likewise freely give us all things?

²⁴ to such as we, whom he has called, both from among the Jews, and from among the Gentiles.

⁹ for he, who has called you to the communication of his son Jesus Christ our Lord, will make good his promise.

²¹ therefore, let no one glory in men: for all 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 are yours; and you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

⁹ but he said to me, "my favour is sufficient for thee: for my strength is shown to be perfect by thy weakness." with pleasure therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may be seen to dwell in me.

¹⁹ and how exceedingly great that power is, which he has employ'd upon us who believe, a power corresponding to that energy of his mighty strength; ²⁰ which he exerted in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at the head of his heavenly kingdom, ²¹ far above all the principalities, all the powers, all the potentates, all the dominations, and whatever order can be named, not only in this age, but also in the age to come:

¹ I therefore the prisoner for the Lord, beseech you to live suitably to the offers that have been made to you:

⁴ Being one body, acted by one spirit, since you all have but one expectation in view;

⁸ Finally, my brethren, whatever has the character of truth, of dignity, of justice, of chastity, whatever can procure you esteem and reputation, in a word, if there be any thing virtuous or praise-worthy, let that be the object of your enquiry.

¹⁶ for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are on earth, both visible and invisible, the thrones, and the sovereigntys, the principalitys, and the powers: all were created by him, and for him: he is before all things,

¹² conjuring you to live suitably to the favour of God, who has called you to his kingdom and glory.

⁷ for God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness:

¹⁴ to this he has called you, to a life of glory with our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸ exercise yourself in piety: for those exercises which relate only to the body are of little consequence, but piety is of absolute use, having the promises both of the present life, and of the life that is to come.

⁹ who has saved us, and by the gospel hath called us to holiness, not in consideration of our works, but in pursuance of his own resolution, and the favour, which having been promised us by Jesus Christ several ages ago,

³ who being the radiation of his glory, and the imprest image of his substance, and governing all things by his powerful command, after having himself made expiation for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the divine majesty in the highest heavens.

⁵ whom the divine power preserves through faith for that salvation, which is going to be made manifest in the latter time.

¹⁵ but as he, who has called you, is holy: let your whole conduct be an imitation of his holiness.

⁹ and this they were destin'd to. but you are the chosen race, you are kings and priests, the holy nation, the peculiar people, that you might display his glory, who called you out

²¹ this will conciliate the divine favour. and this is the condition of your vocation, since Christ himself has suffer'd for us,

⁹ don't return evil for evil, nor calumny for calumny; on the contrary, bestow your benedictions, considering that your vocation obliges you thereto, as a means to obtain the divine blessing.

¹⁰ but may the all-gracious God, who has called us to eternal glory, perfect, confirm, fortify, and settle you, during the short interval of your sufferings.

² may the divine favour and felicity be poured upon you, by the knowledge of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ Do you on your part employ all your care in adding to your faith, fortitude: to fortitude, knowledge:

¹² but to as many as received him, and believed on him, he granted the privilege of being the sons of God. ¹³ a birth which they had not from circumcision, nor from the constitution of the body, nor the institution of man, but from God.

⁴ who are Israelites; who had the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the law, the form of divine worship, and the promises;

²⁰ for all the promises of God do center in him, and are verifyed by him to the glory of God by our preaching.

¹⁸ but as we lay aside the veil, the divine light gradually informs the mind, according as we attend to that spiritual sense, which points out the Lord.

¹⁷ wherefore come out from among them, be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

¹⁶ now to Abraham and his offspring were the promises made. he does not say, "to offsprings," as if he spoke of many; but as speaking of one, "and to thy offspring," which means Christ.

⁸ he that soweth to his vices, shall reap the deadly fruit of his vices; but he that sows to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap everlasting life.

²³ and to be renewed in your mind, by living like men formed anew, ²⁴ after the image of God, in justice, sanctity, and truth.

¹⁰ improv'd by knowledge into a resemblance of him, who made this change:

⁶ Our high priest then has obtained a priesthood so much the more excellent, as he is the mediator of a better alliance, established upon better promises. ⁷ for if the first alliance had been without defect, there could have been no occasion for the second. ⁸ nor for that reproach, which was made to our fathers, where 'tis said, "behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new alliance with the house of Israel, and with the house of Juda: ⁹ not according to the alliance that I made with their fathers, when I took them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they have not kept my alliance, wherefore I have rejected them, saith the Lord. ¹⁰ but this is the alliance that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ¹¹ they shall no longer instruct every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. ¹² for I will pardon their iniquity, and their sins and their trangressions will I remember no more."

¹⁵ and for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that, the transgressions that were unexpiated by the first testament, being expiated by his death, they who are called might receive the eternal inheritance, which was promised.

¹⁰ their discipline was temporary, and the effect of humour; whereas God chastises us for our advantage, to make us partakers of his holiness.

¹ you breathe slaughter and revenge for what you cannot obtain. ² you quarrel and go to war, but without success, because you don't petition for it: and if you did, ³ you would not obtain it, because you wickedly request to have your passions gratified.

² so that for the future he does not pass the rest of this life in gratifying his sensual passions, but in conformity to the divine precepts. ³ for the time past of your lives may suffice, to have liv'd in conformity to the Gentile customs, in impurity, licentiousness, sottishness, in dissolute festivals, and the criminal rites of idolaters.

¹ Simon Peter the servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who equally share with us in the advantages of faith, thro' the veracity of our God, and of Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ when their language swells with vanity, by applying to the sensual passions of the licentious, they allure those who were escap'd for a while, from such deceivers: ¹⁹ whilst they promise others liberty, they themselves are slaves to their corrupt passions. for he that is vanquished, is a slave to the conqueror. ²⁰ As for those who have renounc'd the pollutions of the world, by their owning Jesus Christ for their Lord and saviour, if they are prevail'd upon to be entangled therein again, their last state is worse than the first.

¹⁵ Love not the world, nor let worldly things engage your affections. he that is worldly affected is a stranger to divine love. ¹⁶ for what the world is so full of, sensuality, avarice, and pride, is not deriv'd from the creator, but is the offspring of a vicious world.

²⁵ and this is the reward that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

² beloved, we are now the sons of God, tho' it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know, that when this change shall be, his immediate presence will give us a divine resemblance.

²⁶ besides this, there is an unalterable chasm between us and you, so that the passage from one place to the other is impracticable to those who should attempt it.

²¹ though we expected he would have been the Messiah, that was to deliver Israel: and besides all this, it is now three days since these things were done.

²⁷ work not for the food which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto everlasting life, and which the son of man shall give unto you, for to him it is that the father, that is God, has given his credentials.

²⁰ Brethren, be not childish in understanding: be as innocent as babes, but use your understanding like men.

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, whereby ye may know him: ¹⁸ an enlightned understanding, that ye may see what great expectations he has called you to, and what abundant glory it is to the saints to be the lot of his inheritance.

¹⁷ wherefore be not imprudent, but consider what is agreeable to the divine will.

⁹ and the favour I ask of him is this, that your kindness to me may be crown'd with farther improvements in knowledge and all prudence;

¹² Wherefore, my beloved, as you have always obey'd the gospel, not only when I was with you, but much more now while I am absent, continue the work of your own salvation, whatever persecutions you apprehend:

⁹ For this cause, ever since we heard of it, we incessantly pray for you, requesting that you may be endued with respect to the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual discernment:

³ in whom are reserv'd all the treasures of wd om and knowledge.

¹¹ but we desire that every one of you may shew the same concern, continuing to discharge the condition upon which your hopes are founded: that ye be not unactive,

⁶ now without faith it is impossible to be acceptable to him: for he that presents himself to God, cannot but believe he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who make their addresses to him.

¹⁵ take care not to deprive yourselves of the divine favour: and that no poisonous root spring up, and spread a general infection among you.

⁷ You husbands, do you on your part behave with prudence towards your wives: who being of a more delicate make, ought to be treated with the greater tenderness: and consider they are equally intitled to the evangelical gifts, that your prayers may not be frustrated.

² may the divine favour and felicity be poured upon you, by the knowledge of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ. ³ It is thus his divine power has given us every thing conducive to life and piety, by making us acquainted with him, who has called us by his illustrious power;

¹⁰ Wherefore be the more diligent, my brethren, to secure your vocation and election by your virtuous actions, for by so doing, you will never relapse:

¹⁴ since then, my dear brethren, your expectations are such, take care to appear before him, without any defect or blemish, in order to be happy; and be persuaded,

¹⁵ but by the good ground is meant such persons as have received the doctrine with simplicity and sincerity, abide by it, and practise it with perseverance.

¹⁹ by your perseverance you will save your souls.

²⁵ but as he was treating of justice, temperance, and a future judgment, Felix greatly alarm'd, said, "withdraw for the present; and when I am at leisure, I will send for you."

⁷ who by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory, honour, and immortality;

³ and not only so, but we triumph in tribulation also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, probation; ⁴ and probation, hope:

²⁵ but if we hope for what is yet to come, our patience does necessarily intervene.

⁴ now whatever was heretofore writ, was writ for our instruction; that we through patience and the comfortable promises of the scriptures might have hope.

²⁵ every one that strives for the mastery, is extremely temperate: now, they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one.

⁴ but in all things I approve myself as the minister of God, by great constancy in afflictions, in torments, in distresses, from stripes,

²³ against such there is no law.

¹¹ being fortified in so effectual a manner, as to sustain your trials with constancy and joy:

³ never forgetting the effects of your faith, your charitable offices, and the constancy of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ; of which God is our witness. ⁴ so that you are the subject of our glorying in the churches of God, for the constancy of your faith, under all the persecutions and afflictions you endure from men,

⁵ may the Lord qualify your hearts with divine affection, and a patient expectation of Jesus Christ.

² for kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in the practice of all piety and virtue;

¹⁰ but, as becomes women, who make a profession of religion, to be adorn'd with virtue.

¹⁶ the mystery of piety is the pillar and basts of truth; and certainly most extraordinary. God has appear'd in the flesh, been justified by the spirit, seen by angels, proclaim'd to the Gentiles, believ'd by the world, and assum'd into glory.

⁷ as for prophane and groundless fables, reject them. ⁸ exercise yourself in piety: for those exercises which relate only to the body are of little consequence, but piety is of absolute use, having the promises both of the present life, and of the life that is to come.

³ If any one deviate from this doctrine, not adhering to the wholesome instructions of our Lord Jesus Christ, the true doctrine of piety,

⁶ Religion indeed with contentment leads to great gain.

¹¹ As for you the minister of God, avoid those things: adhere to justice, piety, faith, charity, patience, and benignity of temper.

⁵ of which they wear the appearance, but disclaim its influence. have no intercourse with such.

⁸ but a lover of hospitality, humane, prudent, just, holy, temperate;

² but what is agreeable to sound doctrine: advise the aged to be prudent, grave, temperate, sound in faith,

¹² but imitate the example of those who by faith and patience have obtain'd the inheritance that was promis'd to them.

¹⁵ and after he had patiently waited, he obtained what was promised.

³⁶ for it is necessary you should persevere, that after having perform'd what God has commanded, you may receive what he has promised.

¹ Wherefore, since we are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin which does so easily embarrass us, and let us pursue with constancy the course that is proposed to us:

³ that the bringing your faith to the test, produces constancy. ⁴ but constancy should be brought to its perfection, that you may be entirely accomplished, without any defect.

⁷ As for you, my brethren, bear your sufferings with constancy, till the advent of the Lord. the farmer, from the prospect of a golden crop, patiently expects the showers of the spring and the autumn. ⁸ be you equally patient, and exercise your fortitude, for the advent of the Lord is nigh. ⁹ don't repine, my brethren, against one another, for fear you should be condemn'd. behold, the judge is at the gate. ¹⁰ let the prophets, my brethren, who were commission'd by the Lord, be your examples; suffer persecution with constancy like them.

¹¹ Since then this whole system is to be destroyed, how holy should your conduct be, and how ardent your piety?

⁹ I JOHN, who am your brother, and partake in the tribulation, in the reign, and in the patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony I gave of Jesus Christ.

² I know thy works, thy labour, and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear those who are evil: thou hast tried those who say they are apostles, but are not; and hast found them lyars:

¹⁰ he hath leadeth into captivity, shall be led into captivity: he that killeth with the sword, shall perish by the sword. here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹² here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

³⁴ a new commandment I give unto you, "that ye love one another; that you would have the same love for one another as I have had for you." ³⁵ by this mutual love shall all men know that you are my disciples.

¹⁰ in brotherly kindness be passionately affected to one another; in honour prefer one another:

¹ For tho' I should speak with the eloquence of men, and of angels, and not have social affection, I should be like sounding brass, or a noisy cymbal. ² and tho' I should have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and tho' I had all the faith necessary to remove mountains, and had no benevolence, it would signify nothing. ³ and tho' I distribute my whole substance to the poor, and give my body to be burned, and have not social affection, it profits me nothing. ⁴ Social affection is patient, is kind; is a stranger to envy; is not insolently vain, nor arrogant: does not behave indecently, ⁵ is not self-interested, is not easily provoked, nor suspects any ill; ⁶ it does not countenance injustice, but smiles upon virtue; ⁷ it excuses all things, believes what is favourable, hopes for the best, and suffers the worst. ⁸ Social affection will never fail: but as for prophecies, they shall be out of use; as for languages, they shall cease; as for knowledge, it shall vanish away.

¹⁰ therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good offices to all men, especially to the family of believers.

¹⁴ to all this add love, which is the band of perfect union:

¹² may the Lord make you increase and abound in mutual love, in love towards all men, as we do towards you:

⁹ As to brotherly love, I have no occasion to write about it, God himself having instructed you to love one another. ¹⁰ this indeed you practise towards all our brethren in Macedonia; and we only exhort you to advance more and more therein:

¹⁵ Don't allow any one to return evil for evil, but strive to do all the good you can to one another, and to all the world.

¹ Let brotherly love still reign.

²² You that have purified your souls by the holy spirit, in obeying the gospel, which obliges you to an undisguised benevolence, let your hearts be mutually affected with the most disinterested ardour;

¹⁷ of God. Be respectful to all, love your brethren, fear God, and honour the king.

⁸ In a word, live all of you in perfect agreement and sympathy, be full of fraternal love, compassion, and affability.

¹⁴ as for us, we know, that we have passed from a state of death to that of life, because we love our brethren: he that does not love his brother, is in a destructive state.

¹⁶ this is the proof of the divine love, Christ expos'd his life for us: and we ought to expose our lives for the brethren.

²¹ besides, 'tis a commandment we have receiv'd from him, that he who would love God, must love his brother also.

²² he that is meant by the thorny ground, where other seed fell, is one that heareth the word: which by cares of this life, and the deceitful love of riches, is soon stifled, and becomes unfruitful:

³ he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place, and said to them,

⁶ at last, about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, why do you stand idling thus all day long?

²⁶ his lord answered and said unto him, thou vile slothful wretch, you knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not scatter'd:

⁴² for this I know of you, that you are not possess'd with any love for God.

² every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he takes away: as for the branch that bears fruit, he prunes it clean, to make it more fruitful.

⁶ if a man abide not in me, he is cast away as withered branches that are gather'd up to be thrown into the fire, where they are burned. ⁷ if ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask what ye will, and you shall obtain it. ⁸ my father will be honour'd by your bearing much fruit, and you will have the honour of being my disciples.

¹¹ in business be not slothful, but of an active mind, making the best use of every incident.

⁵⁸ therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye inflexibly steady, and continually surpass others in the work of the Lord, knowing that he will not leave your christian labour unrewarded.

¹³ for if I glory even to transport, my glorying is in God: if I am moderate, my glorying is for your service. ¹⁴ to this I am urg'd by the love I bear to Christ, persuaded as I am, that if one died for all, then were all in a dying state: and that he died for all, ¹⁵ that they who are in a state of life should not live at their own discretion, but to the service of him who died for them, and rose again. ¹⁶ Wherefore, henceforth I have no regard to any man for his external appearance: for tho' I formerly look'd for worldly grandeur in the Messiah, yet now I see things in another light. ¹⁷ therefore, if any man be a christian, he is in a new creation: the old state of things is chang'd to one entirely new.

² who tho' labouring under great trial of affliction, and extreme poverty, have notwithstanding with exceeding cheerfulness contributed very liberally: being forward of themselves to the utmost of their power,

⁷ that as you excel in every thing, in faith, in language, mystical knowledge, in all virtue, and in your affection to us; I hope you will excel too in this charitable disposition.

¹⁴ and you will have the advantage of their earnest prayers, for the exceeding favour God has bestowed upon them by you:

⁵ Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; bring yourselves to the proof; are you so little acquainted with yourselves, as not to know whether Jesus Christ be in you? but if you are destitute of proofs,

⁵ for the same temper of mind ought to be in you as was in Christ Jesus:

⁷ being firmly attach'd to, and founded upon him: establishing yourselves in the faith you have been taught, and being thankful for the improvement you make therein.

¹⁶ Let the christian doctrine be the familiar subject of your entertainment: in all wisdom instructing and exhorting one another, in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, melodiously tuning your grateful praises to God.

¹ Finally, my brethren, we intreat and conjure you by the Lord Jesus Christ, to observe the instructions we gave you about your religious conduct, and to make continual progress therein.

³ We are oblig'd, my brethren, to render thanks to God continually upon your account, as it is but just; since your faith still improves, and your mutual love is always increasing.

¹³ besides, having nothing to do, they get the habit of rambling from one house to another, and are not only idling, but prattle and intermeddle, and utter what is not decent.

¹⁴ Let our brethren too learn some honest profession to supply their occasions, that they may not be destitute of an income.

⁶ so that the christian faith, which you have in common with us, displays itself to the observation of all good men about you.

²¹ then Jesus looking upon him with a favourable eye, said, there is one thing still to be done; go, sell all your estate, and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; then come, take up the cross, and follow me.

²² upon hearing that, Jesus said to him, one thing you have yet to do: sell all you have, and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: then come, and follow me.

⁴⁰ some of the Pharisees who were then present hearing this, said to him, are we likewise blind? ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, if you were blind, you would be excusable; but since you own that you see, you stand convicted.

¹ Do we then conclude thus, let us continue in sin, that the divine favour may be more fully display'd? ² God forbid, that we who have died to sin should live any longer therein. ³ don't you know that when we were all baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, we were plunged into a state figurative of his death. ⁴ therefore we are buried with him by being plunged into a sort of death: that as Christ was raised up from the dead into a state of glory with the father, even so we also should proceed to a new state of life.

¹¹ in like manner consider your selves as dead to sin; but alive to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

³ but if our gospel be obscure, it is so only to those who are lost: ⁴ to those unbelievers, whose minds the God of this world has so blinded, that the glorious lustre of the gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them.

⁶ for in the christian-dispensation, neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but an active benevolent faith.

¹³ for, brethren, you have been called to liberty. only abuse not this freedom as a pretext to vice, but in offices of love be as servants one to another.

²⁶ to sanctify and purify her by the ablution of his word,

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, to redeem us from all iniquity, and qualify us to be his peculiar people, passionately affected to virtue.

¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the holy spirit offered himself a spotless victim to God, purify our souls from deadly sins, to serve the living God?

¹⁴ What advantage is it, my brethren, for a man to say he has faith, if he has no beneficence? can such a faith save him? ¹⁵ suppose one of your brethren should be destitute of cloths, and of his daily nourishment, ¹⁶ and one of you should thus address him; "go and prosper, I wish you a warm fire, and a full meal:" without relieving his wants, would he be the better for your wish? ¹⁷ just so faith, if it be not operative, is intirely lifeless. ¹⁸ it will be said, "you have a speculative faith, but mine is practical. where is your faith, if no effects appear? as for me, my actions will vouch for my faith. ¹⁹ you believe there is but one God, very well: the demons believe as much, and tremble." ²⁰ Vain man, must I show you how lifeless a thing faith is, without its effects? ²¹ was not our father Abraham treated as just, in consequence of his actions, when he had attempted to sacrifice his son upon the altar? ²² don't you see his actions and his faith conspir'd, and that his faith had its perfect effect in his conduct? ²³ it was then, that those words of scripture were accomplished, "Abraham believed God, and he was regarded for it as a man of virtue, and was the favourite of God." ²⁴ you see then, that a man is accounted just for his actions, and not for his bare faith. ²⁵ was it not likewise for her actions, that Rahab, formerly a loose liver, was accounted as just, for having entertain'd the messengers of Joshuah, and dismiss'd them the securest way? ²⁶ as the body then without the soul is a meer carcase, so faith without its effects is lifeless.

²¹ thus baptism, which corresponds to the deluge, does now save us, not as it is a cleansing from external filth, but as it is an engagement to lead a divine life, from the belief of the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

⁴ by which we have receiv'd the most inestimable promises, that thereby you might become partakers of the divine perfections, after having escap'd from the corruption of a sensual world. ⁵ Do you on your part employ all your care in adding to your faith, fortitude: to fortitude, knowledge: ⁶ to knowledge, temperance: to temperance, patience: to patience, piety: ⁷ to piety, fraternal affection: and to fraternal affection, universal benevolence.

⁷ but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have society one with another, and the blood of his son Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.

⁹ he that says, he is in the light, and yet hates his brother, is still in darkness. ¹⁰ he that loves his brother, abides in the light, and will be secure from stumbling. ¹¹ but he that hates his brother, is in darkness, he walks in darkness, and knows not whither he is going, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

¹⁷ you say you are rich, and have increased your gain, and have need of nothing; but you do not consider that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.

²⁴ therefore, whoever heareth these instructions of mine, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the prudent man, who built his house upon a rock: ²⁵ the rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, and beat upon that house: but it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.

⁴⁷ I will show you, who that man is like, who comes to me, and practises what I prescribe. ⁴⁸ he is like a man who in building a house, digg'd deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: an inundation came, the current beat impetuously upon that house, but could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. ⁴⁹ but he that does not practise what he hears, is like a man who built his house upon the loose earth without any foundation: the current beat impetuously against it: in the instant down it fell, and great were its ruins.

²⁴ things that little affect me, nor is life so much my concern, as to finish my course, and the charge I receiv'd from the Lord Jesus, to attest the declaration of the divine favour. ²⁵ and now I am persuaded you will none of you see my face any more: whilst I have been among you, I have proclaim'd the kingdom of the Messias:

²⁸ We know too, that all things co-operate for the good of those who love God, who, pursuant to his purpose, has now called them: ²⁹ for whom he before approv'd, he predispos'd to follow the example of his son, who was to conduct them all as their elder brother; ³⁰ but whom he predispos'd, he calls: and whom he has call'd, he justifies: and whom he has justified, he glorifies. ³¹ What shall we conclude then from this? if God be for us, who can be against us?

³ never forgetting the effects of your faith, your charitable offices, and the constancy of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ; of which God is our witness. ⁴ for we are persuaded, my brethren, that you are the peculiar objects of divine favour;

¹³ As for you, my brethren, the favourites of the Lord, we are oblig'd to render perpetual thanks to God, for having chosen you from the beginning, in purifying you by his spirit, upon your believing the gospel. ¹⁴ to this he has called you, to a life of glory with our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ however, the foundation of the divine architect is still immoveable, having this inscription, " the Lord discerns who are his." and, " let every one that invokes the name of the Lord, depart from iniquity."

¹⁹ might have strong consolation to serve as a sure and stedfast anchor to the soul: till it arrives within the veil,

¹⁷ Do you then, my dear brethren, being thus forewarn'd, take care not to be seduc'd by those prophane impostors, and so lose the reward of your constancy.

¹⁹ Hereby we shall know that we are true professors, and set our consciences securely at rest. ²⁰ for if our conscience condemn us, God knows us better than we do our selves, he knoweth all things. ²¹ beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we may securely confide in God.

¹⁰ because you have kept my precept about patience, I also will keep you in the time of persecution, which shall happen to all the world, to try the inhabitants of the earth. ¹¹ behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, let no man take your crown.

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

³⁴ the king shall 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.

¹⁰ the thief comes only to steal, to kill, and destroy: but I am come that they might have life, and have it with all its advantages.

¹ For I know, that if my body, which is but a tent for my sojourning upon earth, were dissolved, I have what is not fram'd by human art, but by the divine architect, a mansion eternal in the heavens.

²⁰ Now unto him that is able to do infinitely above what we ask or comprehend, by his power operating in us,

⁸ I have nothing more to do, but to receive the crown of virtue reserv'd for me, which the Lord, the just judge, will give me in that day: and not only to me, but to those also, who have long'd for his appearance.

¹⁷ wherefore God was willing to give the heirs of promise a stronger proof of the immutability of his counsel, by the intervention of an oath:

²¹ to him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my father in his throne.

¹⁰ and hast made us kings and priests unto our God: and we shall reign on the earth."

⁵ thus were the churches established in the faith, and daily grew more numerous.

¹⁴ As to myself, I am persuaded, my brethren, that you abound in goodness, and in variety of knowledge, and are able to instruct one another. ¹⁵ nevertheless, brethren, I have writ to the Gentile part of you, and admonish'd you with the greater freedom by virtue of the commission that God has given me,

¹ Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. it is not uneasy to me to write what I have already said, and it is an advantage to you.

⁶ If you represent these things to the brethren, you will appear to be a true minister of Jesus Christ, brought up in the institutions of faith, and the true doctrine to which you were attach'd.

⁶ For which reason I remind you to exert the divine gifts you received, when I gave you the imposition of hands.

³² Call to remembrance the former times, in which after ye were illuminated, you were forc'd to struggle with sufferings,

⁹ for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd.

¹² I formerly writ to you a short epistle, by Silvanus, I think, a faithful brother, to declare and testify to you, that the true dispensation of God is that to which you are attach'd.

¹³ whilst I am alive, I think it my duty to awaken you by my admonitions:

¹⁵ However, I shall inculcate these things so as to make you continually remember them, even after my departure.

¹ This is the second letter I now write to you, my brethren, by which I would awaken your sincere attention,

²¹ I have not written to you, as to people unacquainted with the truth of the gospel: but as to such who know it, and know that it cannot give rise to any imposture.

² in consideration of the true doctrine, we all profess, and in which we shall for ever persevere. ³ My beloved, as I was strongly bent upon writing to you of our common salvation, I thought it necessary to write to you at present, and exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith, which was once delivered to the saints.

⁵ Now, I would call to your remembrance what you once were inform'd of, that when the Lord had delivered the people from the land of Egypt, he afterward destroyed those that were disobedient.

¹⁷ As for you, my beloved, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ have formerly told you.

¹ For I know, that if my body, which is but a tent for my sojourning upon earth, were dissolved, I have what is not fram'd by human art, but by the divine architect, a mansion eternal in the heavens. ² while I am thus incas'd, I groan with desire to have that celestial vehicle superinduc'd: ³ tho' should I be divested of this body, I shall not even then be destitute of one. ⁴ we that are in this tabernacle do groan under the burden of it: not that we desire to be divested of it, but we desire to have our celestial body, that this mortal state may vanish into immortality.

⁸ ) in this assurance, I say, I think it best to be quit of this body, and be present with the Lord.

³ remember those that are in chains, as if you were confin'd with them; and those who suffer adversity, as being your selves of the same body.

¹² for this reason I shall never omit to put you in mind of these things, however knowing you are already, and settled in the truth.

¹⁴ knowing that I must soon leave this tabernacle, as our Lord Jesus Christ has signify'd to me.

¹⁸ I tell you for certain, tho' when you was a youth you girded your self, and rambled where you had a mind: yet when you are old, your hands shall be stretch'd out, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee where you will be unwilling to go. ¹⁹ this he said to signify to Peter by what death he should glorify God. and when he had spoken this, he said to him, follow me.

²⁵ and now I am persuaded you will none of you see my face any more: whilst I have been among you, I have proclaim'd the kingdom of the Messias:

⁶ as for me, my blood will soon be pour'd out, and the time of my departure draws nigh:

³¹ who discours'd about the exit, he was to make at Jerusalem;

² and what you heard me deliver in the presence of many, intrust to such persons of integrity as are qualified to instruct others

⁴ 'Twas by faith that Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he was declared righteous, God himself having testified that he accepted his offering, and after he died for his faith, he was not silent.

²⁸ I declare unto you, some are here present, who shall not die, till they have seen the son of man enter into his kingdom.

³ And when he was upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him in private, and said, tell us when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of this age?

²⁷ for as the lightning darts from the east in an instant to the west: such shall the advent of the son of man be.

¹ I declare unto you, said he, that some of you here present shall not die, till they see the kingdom of the Messiah usher'd in with power. ² Six days after Jesus took Peter, James and John, and accompanied them up a high mountain in private; and was transfigured in their presence.

²⁸ About eight days after this discourse, he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up a mountain to pray. ²⁹ as he was praying, the appearance of his countenance was quite chang'd, and his raiment was of a splendid white: ³⁰ two persons of a glorious form were seen talking with him; they were Moses, and Elias, ³¹ who discours'd about the exit, he was to make at Jerusalem; ³² while Peter, and the others with him, were overwhelm'd with sleep: but when they wak'd, they observed his glory, and the two persons present with him,

¹⁴ The Logos became incarnate, and had his tabernacle among us, being full of grace and truth; and we contemplated his glory, such glory as the Monogenes derived from the father.

² for thou hast given him power over all men, that he might give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

⁴ but as to his holy spirit miraculously declared to be the son of God, by his resurrection from the dead:

⁷ so that you will be deficient in no gift; during your expectation of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

¹⁷ for Christ did not send me to baptize: but to preach the gospel: tho' not with the preaching of the wise, lest the cross of Christ should have been hinder'd in its efficacy.

²³ we preach Christ crucified, an obstacle to the Jews indeed, and to the Gentiles foolishness: but to those who believe,

¹ As for me, my brethren, when I appear'd among you, it was not to represent to you the divine mystery in sublime language, and with human literature.

⁴ my discourse, and my preaching did not consist in the persuasive reasonings of human wisdom, but in demonstrating the spiritual meaning of the scriptures:

⁴ that is, when you are assembled, and I virtually there, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁷ for we are not like others, who adulterate the word of God; but we preach the pure gospel of Christ, as I receiv'd it from God, and as in the presence of God.

² renouncing all secret dishonesty, and void of all artifice, I deliver the word of God unadulterated, and recommend my self by urging the truth home to every man's conscience, as in the presence of God.

¹⁶ 'tis own'd I did not put you to any charges myself: but was so crafty, as to over-reach you, by others. ¹⁷ what, did I make a gain of you by any body I sent to you?

¹⁴ that we should be no longer children, fluctuating, and carried about with every empty doctrine, by men vers'd in sleight and the crafty arts of deceit:

²¹ it is he, that will change our vile body into a like form with his glorious body, by displaying that power which is able to subdue all things unto himself.

¹⁹ for what can be our hope, or joy, what can crown our pretensions, unless it be you, when we shall appear before the Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

⁹ who by the instigation of satan will make his parade with various arts, with fallacious signs and prodigies,

⁴ or trouble their heads with fables and endless genealogies, which rather promote disputes than the gospel-dispensation:

⁷ as for prophane and groundless fables, reject them.

¹⁴ not doating on Jewish Fables, and the tenets of men, that deviate from the truth.

³ Above all things you are to know, that in these last times, impostors will appear, who will abandon themselves to their own sensual passions, whose cry will be, ⁴ "where is the promise of his coming? for since our fathers are dead, the state of things is the same it has ever been since the beginning of the world."

¹ Concerning the Logos, the author of Life, we declare what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have consider'd, and what has been the object of our touch. ² for the life was manifested, we have seen it, we testify of it, and denounce unto you, that eternal life which was with the father, and was manifested unto us. ³ what we have seen and heard, we declare unto you, that ye also may be of the same society with us: and truly associated with the father, and with his son Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ and we have seen, and do testify, that the father hath sent the son to be the saviour of the world.

¹⁴ Of these did Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesy in these words, "see! the Lord is coming with ten thousand of his saints,

⁷ See! he is coming on the clouds; and every eye shall see him, even they who pierced him: then all the tribes of the earth will smite their breasts at the sight: even so it will be.

¹⁷ of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: at the same time a voice was heard from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

²⁵ At the same time Jesus, continuing his discourses, said, "I thank thee, O father, Lord of heaven and earth, for having revealed unto babes what thou hast hid from the wise and prudent. ²⁶ even so it is, father, for such has been thy will. ²⁷ my father has instructed me in every thing: and no one knoweth the son, except the father: nor does any one know the father, except the son, and he to whom the son is pleased to reveal him."

¹⁸ "behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew justice to the nations.

³ and presently they saw Moses and Elias conversing with him.

⁵ while he was speaking, a bright cloud surrounded them: and suddenly a voice broke out of the cloud, saying, "this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him."

¹⁹ go and instruct all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the holy ghost:

¹¹ when this voice from heaven was heard, "thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased."

⁷ then a cloud surrounded them, and a voice from the cloud, said, "this is my beloved son, hear him."

²² and the holy spirit descended upon him in a corporeal form like a dove. and a voice came from heaven, which said, thou art my beloved son, in thee I am well pleased.

³⁴ while he was speaking, there came a cloud and over-shadowed them, who were seized with fear, at their vanishing in the cloud, ³⁵ from whence a voice issued out, saying, "this is my beloved son, obey him."

³⁵ the father loveth the son, and hath given all things into his hand.

²¹ for as the father raiseth up the dead, and restores them to life: even so the son gives life to whom he will. ²² besides, the father judgeth no man; but hath committed the full power of judging unto the son: ²³ that all men should honour the son, even as they honour the father. he that honoureth not the son, honoureth not the father who hath sent him.

²⁶ for as the father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the son, to have life in himself;

³⁶ but I have a better witness than that of John: for the works which my father hath order'd me to finish, those very works that I do, bear me witness, that 'tis the father who sent me. ³⁷ and the father who sent me, hath himself born witness of me. his voice you have never heard, nor ever seen his appearance,

³⁷ all those whom my father gives me, shall come to me; and I will not reject any that come to me.

³⁹ and the will of him who sent me is this, that I should not lose any one of those he has given me, but should raise them again at the last day: this,

¹⁵ (as the father and I are known to one another:) and I lay down my life for them.

³⁶ how can you say that I blaspheme, I whom the father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, because I said I am the son of God?

²⁸ father, glorify thy name." then there came this voice from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." ²⁹ the people therefore present who heard the noise, said it was thunder: others said, an angel spake to him.

¹ Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus perceiving that his hour was come, when he was to pass out of this world, and go to the father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. ² while they were at supper, (the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him) Jesus, ³ though he knew that the father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and was going to God,

⁶ Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man can come to the father, but by me.

⁸ Philip said to him, Lord shew us the father, and we are satisfied. ⁹ Jesus said to him, have I been with you so long, and don't you know me yet? Philip, he that hath seen me, hath seen the father; why then do you say, shew us the father?

¹¹ believe me, I am in the father, and the father in me: at least believe me upon account of the very works.

²¹ that they all may be one, as thou, father, art in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

¹⁷ that is to say, master! Jesus said to her, touch me not: for I am not yet ascended to my father: but go to my brethren, and say to them, "I ascend unto my father and your father, even my God and your God."

⁶ that ye may unanimously with one voice glorify God, even the father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ Blessed be the God, and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of mercies, and the God of all consolation:

³¹ the ever-blessed God, and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, knows that I speak truth.

³ Grace, mercy, and peace be with you from God the father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ the son of the father, in consequence of your sincere piety, and social virtue.

¹ Jude the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those that are sanctified by God the father, and by their vocation are reserved for Jesus Christ.

⁶ and when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were in a terrible fright.

¹⁶ the people which sat in darkness, saw a great light: and to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up."

⁷⁸ through the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun has visited us from on high, ⁷⁹ to enlighten those, who are in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and to direct our steps into the ways of peace."

²⁹ but Abraham replied, they have Moses and the prophets, let them mind them. ³⁰ no, father Abraham, said he, they will not: but if any of the dead went to them, they will certainly repent. ³¹ Abraham replied, if they disregard Moses and the prophets, they will not believe any one, though he rose from the dead.

⁷ he came as a witness, to represent what he knew of the light, that by his means all might be convinc'd. ⁸ he was not that Light, but was sent to testify of that light. ⁹ HE was the true Light who came into the world, to enlighten every man.

³⁵ he was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing to be entertain'd for a while with his light.

³⁹ You search the scriptures, for you think by their means to have eternal life, and they are the very writings which do testify of me.

¹² Jesus then having reassumed his discourse, said to them, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me, shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

²⁹ that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the flesh of strangled animals, and from fornication: you will do well to preserve your selves from these practices. farewel.

¹¹ the Jews there were of a more generous temper than those of Thessalonica: for they very readily embrac'd their doctrine, and daily examin'd, whether it was conformable to the scriptures.

⁴ to those unbelievers, whose minds the God of this world has so blinded, that the glorious lustre of the gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them. ⁵ for we preach not our selves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, professing our selves your servants for his sake. ⁶ for God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to enlighten others in the knowledge of the glory of God, which shines in the person of Jesus Christ.

⁷ don't you therefore be concern'd with them. ⁸ you were heretofore altogether in the dark, but now being enlightned by the Lord, behave as children of light:

⁸ If, agreeably to the scriptures, you observe that royal law, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self," you do well.

¹⁰ 'Twas this salvation, that employ'd the most profound enquiries of those, who predicted the dispensation that was to be in your behalf:

¹⁰ he that believeth on the son of God, hath the testimony of God thereto: he that does not believe God, impeaches his veracity, because he does not believe the testimony that God gave of his son.

⁶ they have made a publick declaration of your charity, and you will do well to accompany them in the most effectual manner.

²⁸ I will even give him the lustre of the morning-star.

¹⁶ "I Jesus have sent my angel to testify these things to the churches. I am the shoot, the offspring of David, the splendid morning star.

⁶ considering this, that our vicious passions were crucified with him, that the body of sin being destroyed, we might not any longer be vassals to sin.

⁶ having then different gifts, according to the respective favour bestowed upon us; if it be prophecy, let him prophesy according to the proportion of his gift.

¹¹ Consider likewise the present season, that now it is high time to rouse out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.

⁹ it being plain, that the law was not design'd against the just, but against the lawless and refractory, against irreligion and vice, impiety and prophaneness, parricide and man-slaughter,

³ that the bringing your faith to the test, produces constancy.

³ Above all things you are to know, that in these last times, impostors will appear, who will abandon themselves to their own sensual passions, whose cry will be,

³⁶ for David himself, who was inspired by the holy spirit, has this expression, "the Lord said to my Lord, sit thou at my right hand till I make thy enemies thy foot-stool."

⁷⁰ according to the antient promise he made by the mouth of the holy prophets,

¹⁶ and said, men and brethren, the prediction which the holy ghost made, by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to those that seiz'd Jesus, must have been accomplished.

¹⁸ but thus it is that God has accomplished what he had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer.

²⁵ so not being able to agree, they retir'd, upon Paul's having told them, that the holy spirit had very justly said to our fathers by the prophet Esaias,

¹⁵ and that from your infancy you were acquainted with the sacred writings, which point you the way to salvation, by believing in Christ Jesus: ¹⁶ for all divinely inspired writings are conducive to instruction, to conviction, to reformation, and the practice of virtue; ¹⁷ that the minister of God may be perfectly accomplished for every office of religion.

⁷ Wherefore as the holy spirit saith, "since to-day you hear his voice,

⁸ the holy spirit showing thereby, that the way to the holy of holys, was not yet open, while the first tabernacle was standing.

¹⁵ and this is what the holy spirit declares, when after having said,

¹¹ when the spirit of Christ inform'd the minds of the prophets of his future sufferings, and of the glorious consequences, they were solicitous to know the circumstances of the times pointed at:

¹⁰ then I fell at his seet to worship him: but he said to me, "forbear: I am the servant of God, as you and your brethren are, that bear testimony to Jesus: worship God: for to give testimony to Jesus, is the very design of prophecy."