Jude Cross References - Mace

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. ² mercy, peace and love be multiplied to you. 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. ⁴ For certain men have insinuated themselves among you, who were formerly proscrib'd to be punish'd; impious men, who pervert the divine favour to licentiousness, and renounce their only master, and Jesus Christ our Lord. 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. ⁶ and the angels which kept not their original dignity, but deserted their proper abode, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, to the judgment of the great day. ⁷ so it was with Sodom, Gomorrha, and the neighbouring cities, who abandoning themselves to the same licentiousness and abominable passions, were made examples by suffering the punishment of eternal fire. ⁸ yet these visionary debauchees despise princes, and traduce dignitys. ⁹ whereas Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, did not take the liberty to inveigh against him, but said, "the Lord rebuke thee." ¹⁰ As for these, they inveigh against what they do not understand: and abuse those natural instincts which regulate brute animals. ¹¹ unhappy creatures! they have followed the practices of Cain, they have addicted themselves to the mercenary illusions of Balaam, and perish in their rebellion like Core. ¹² they are a disgrace to your love-feasts, they indulge themselves at your festivals without reserve: clouds without water, transported with every wind: trees whose fruit soon withers and is useless, twice dead and rooted up: ¹³ raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame: wandering lights, to whom is reserv'd the thickest darkness for ever. ¹⁴ Of these did Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesy in these words, "see! the Lord is coming with ten thousand of his saints, ¹⁵ to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the impious among them, of all the impious actions they have committed, and of all the injurious expressions, which impious sinners have utter'd against him." ¹⁶ These are murmurers, complainers, who pursue their own passions: their language swells with flattery, which they offer to the personages of men from a prospect of gain. ¹⁷ As for you, my beloved, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ have formerly told you. ¹⁸ for they assur'd you, there would be impostors in the last days, who would follow their own impious passions. ¹⁹ these are they who distinguish themselves, though they are sensual, and have nothing that is spiritual. ²⁰ but you, my brethren, improve yourselves in your most holy faith, present your addresses by the holy spirit, ²¹ and thereby cultivate the divine favour, in the expectation of eternal life by the mercy of Jesus Christ our Lord. ²² Make use of your discernment; some reprove: ²³ of others be compassionately tender, snatching them, as it were, out of the fire: and avoid even the garment of the infected. ²⁴ Now to him that is able to keep you from falling, and make you appear in his glorious presence, without defect, and full of joy: ²⁵ to God only wise, our saviour, be glory, magnificence, power, and empire, both now and for ever.

³ James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the publican, James the son of Alpheus, and Labbeus, whose sirname was Thaddeus, Simon the zelot,

¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, Thaddeus, Simon the Canaanite,

¹⁶ Jude the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who prov'd the traitor.

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,

²⁸ it is I that give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any one force them out of my hand. ²⁹ my father who gave them me, is greater than all: so that no one is able to force them out of my father's hand. ³⁰ I and my father are one.

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.

²² Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, why Lord, will you show your self to us, and not to the world?

¹⁶ it was not you that chose me, but I that chose you, and establish'd you, that your travels may be fruitful, and your fruit be lasting: so that whatever ye shall ask of the father for my sake, he will give it you.

¹¹ and now I shall be no more in the world, but they will be in the world, when I am come to thee. holy father keep them by that authority, with which thou hast invested me, that they may be one, as we are. ¹² by your authority I have kept them, during my being with them in the world: those that you gave me I have kept, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition: according as the scripture foretold.

¹⁵ I do not pray you to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the malignity of it.

¹⁷ sanctify them by the truth: thy word is truth.

¹⁹ and for their sakes I consecrate myself, that they also might be consecrated by the truth.

¹³ When they were arrived there, they went up into an upper room, where Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zelot, and Judas the brother of James used to resort,

³² and now, my brethren, I recommend you to God, and to his gracious dispensation, which is able to improve you, and secure to you the inheritance with those who are sanctify'd.

²³ for an angel of that God, whose minister I am, and whom I serve, this night appear'd to me, and said, Paul, be not afraid:

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

²² but now being set free from sin, and actually in the service of God, the present advantage you reap is holiness, and the future everlasting life.

³⁰ but whom he predispos'd, he calls: and whom he has call'd, he justifies: and whom he has justified, he glorifies.

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

¹⁸ for such as these serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own selfishness; and by flourish and flattery, deceive the open-hearted simple.

² to the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who being sanctified by Christ Jesus, are saints by that vocation, to all that any where invoke the name of Jesus Christ, who is both their Lord and ours.

¹¹ and such were some of you: but you have been washed, you have been sanctified, you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the spirit of our God.

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

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

²³ Now may the God of peace make you intirely holy: may every part of you, your spirit, soul, and body be preserved irreprovable at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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.

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,

¹⁸ and the Lord will deliver me from every malicious design, and preserve me for his heavenly kingdom. to him be glory to endless ages. amen.

¹ Wherefore, christian brethren, you who are called to an heavenly inheritance, consider the apostle and high priest of the faith we profess, even Christ Jesus;

¹ James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the TWELVE TRIBES dispers'd thro' the world, sends greeting. 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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; ⁵ and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth: unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins by his own blood, ⁶ who hath made us kings and priests to his God and father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

¹² salvation is not to be had by any other: for there is no other name under heaven given to men whereby we can be saved.

⁸ Now Stephen full of grace and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. ⁹ when some out of the several synagogues, belonging to the freed men, to the Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and to those of Cilicia, and of Asia, came to dispute with Stephen. ¹⁰ but as they were not able to withstand the force of that sublime knowledge which appeared in his discourse,

²² however Saul still gain'd ground, and confounded the Jews of Damascus, proving that Jesus was the Messias.

⁴⁶ but Paul and Barnabas told them boldly, you indeed were the first, to whom the word of God was to be preach'd: but since you reject it, and judge your own selves unworthy of eternal life, be assur'd, we shall make the same offer to the Gentiles: ⁴⁷ for thus has the Lord commanded us, "I have appointed you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the remotest parts of the earth."

³ explaining them, and setting it to view, that the Messiah was to suffer and rise again from the dead: and that Jesus, whom he denounc'd to them, was that very Messiah.

⁴ and try'd to gain upon the Jews and the Greek proselytes: ⁵ and when Silas and Timothy were arriv'd from Macedonia, Paul with great concern remonstrated to the Jews, that Jesus was the Messiah: ⁶ but as they oppos'd him with invectives, he shook his garment, and said, "you your selves be answerable for your own destruction, I am clear: and for the future I shall address my self to the Gentiles."

²⁸ for he strenuously disputed with the Jews in publick, proving from the scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.

²⁷ for I have acquainted you with the whole dispensation of God without reserve.

²⁸ take notice therefore, that the offers of divine salvation are sent to the Gentiles, and they will receive them.

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, ¹⁶ to be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, officiating the gospel of God, that the Gentiles might be made an acceptable offering, being sanctified by the holy spirit.

³ I acquainted you chiefly with what I received myself, that Christ died for our sins, as the scriptures foretold:

⁵ I did not show them the lest compliance by way of submission, that the doctrine of the gospel might remain among you.

²⁸ there is now no distinction of Jew or Greek, of bond or free, of male or female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

¹¹ You see how long a letter I have writ to you with my own hand.

¹ Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the divine appointment to the converts which are at Ephesus, who stand firm in the faith of Christ Jesus:

¹ the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the christians that are at Philippi, to the bishops, and to the deacons.

²⁷ only conduct yourselves in a manner becoming the gospel of Christ, that whether I come to see you, or else am absent, I may have this account of you, that you are stedfastly of the same resolution, and unanimously contend for the faith of the gospel,

² to our faithful brethren the christian converts at Coloss. favour and peace be to you from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

² on the contrary, notwithstanding the outrages, you know we suffer'd at Philippi, we had still the resolution, by the divine assistance, to preach the gospel of God to you without reserve against all opposition.

¹⁸ This charge, my son Timothy, I recommend to you, agreeably to the prophetic gifts heretofore conferr'd on you, by virtue of which you might carry on a successful warfare,

¹² exert yourself in the glorious cause of faith, and secure the prize of eternal life, to which you were called, when you made that excellent profession of faith before so many witnesses.

¹³ Keep that form of sound doctrine you receiv'd from me, which consists in christian faith and charity:

⁷ I have struggled in a glorious cause: I have finish'd my career: I have stood to the faith: 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.

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

²² Pray, my brethren, favourably receive this exhortation, which I have writ to you in brief.

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.

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.

¹ This is the second letter I now write to you, my brethren, by which I would awaken your sincere attention, ² by admonishing you to be mindful of the predictions of the holy prophets, and of the directions of the apostles of our Lord and Saviour.

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

²⁰ but you, my brethren, improve yourselves in your most holy faith, present your addresses by the holy spirit,

¹⁰ fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

¹¹ they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word to which they gave testimony; for their lives they expos'd to the last.

²⁵ but while the people slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

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.

²³ who upon his arrival there, was glad to see such effects of the divine grace, and exhorted them all to remain firmly attach'd to the christian profession:

²⁴ Whereas we have been appriz'd, that some who went from us, have embarass'd you with their discourse, and unsettled your minds, maintaining, that you ought to be circumcised, and to observe the law, though we gave them no such injunction: after having been assembled,

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.

²¹ is not the potter the master of his own clay, of the same mass to make one vessel for use and ornament, and another for a meaner purpose? ²² if the divine Being has patiently bore with those objects of his displeasure, that had been working out their own destruction, why may he not reveal himself to make them feel his vindictive power,

⁴ and as to the false brethren, who insidiously crept in to spy out our liberty which we have by Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude;

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.

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:

¹⁵ whose advent HE will in his own time display, WHO is perfectly happy, who alone is omnipotent, the king of kings, and the lord of all that bear rule; ¹⁶ who alone is essentially immortal, dwelling in that inaccessible light, which no mortal ever saw, or can see: to whom belongs everlasting honour and empire. amen.

⁶ Of this number are they, who insinuate themselves into families, to make a prey of the weaker sex, who are inveigled by their vitious suggestions, abetted by their own subtle passions,

¹⁵ to the pure all things are pure: but to corrupt infidels nothing is pure; whose very mind and conscience is polluted. ¹⁶ they make a profession of knowing God; but in fact they deny him, being execrably incredulous, and utter strangers to all virtue.

¹¹ For the divine savour has display'd its salutary effects to all mankind: ¹² teaching us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and to practise temperance, justice and piety in this present world;

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. ¹⁶ let there be no licentious or profane person, such as Esau, "who sold his birth-right, for a single mess."

⁸ and which the architects rejected, will be an occasion to the incredulous of their stumbling, and bruising themselves thereby:

¹⁶ men. You are free, don't let your liberty serve as a pretext for vice: but act as the servants

¹⁸ if the virtuous escape with difficulty, what will become of impious transgressors?

¹ As there were false prophets among the people of Israel, there will likewise be false doctors among you, who by introducing pernicious sects, and by renouncing the Lord, who bought them, will bring upon themselves swift destruction. ² many will follow their destructive maxims, and by their means christianity will be traduc'd. ³ By their artful discourses they will make you the tools of their avarice; but their condemnation has been a long time advancing, and their ruin is far from lingring.

⁵ since he did not spare the old world, having preserved only eight persons, including Noah, that preacher of virtue, when he brought the deluge upon the impious world: ⁶ since he condemn'd the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to an entire subversion, and reduc'd them to ashes, to make them serve for examples to future impiety:

¹⁰ especially those, who prostitute themselves to sensual infamous passions: who despise magistrates, who being audacious, and insolent, intrepidly calumniate the higher powers;

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. ²¹ for it had been better for them, not to have made any profession of the gospel, than after they have embraced it, to abandon the holy injunction, that was delivered to them. ²² but the proverb is exactly verified in them, "the dog is return'd to his own vomit: the sow that was wash'd, is wallowing in the mire."

⁷ but the heavens and the earth now existing are kept in store by his Logos, reserv'd for the conflagration of doomsday, when the impious shall be involv'd in perdition.

²² who is so great an impostor as he, who denies that Jesus is the Christ? he is antichrist, that denies the father and the son.

¹⁵ to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the impious among them, of all the impious actions they have committed, and of all the injurious expressions, which impious sinners have utter'd against him."

⁴ who will not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: and all nations shall come to adore thee; because thy judgments have been display'd."

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 I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, that all our fathers were under the Cloud, all passed thro' the sea: ² and were all baptized into the Mosaical institution by the cloud, and by the sea; ³ they all eat the same spiritual meat, ⁴ and all drank the same spiritual drink: (for they drank of what flowed from the spiritual rock: and that rock was Christ.) ⁵ but with the greater part God was not well pleased: for their carcasses were strown in the wilderness. ⁶ now these things were examples to deter us from longing after things that are pernicious, as they did. ⁷ be not idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." ⁸ neither let us commit fornication, as some of them did, of whom three and twenty thousand fell in one day. ⁹ neither let us provoke Christ as some of them provoked him, and were destroyed by serpents. ¹⁰ neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and were slain by the destroying angel. ¹¹ All these things happened to them for examples: and are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. ¹² wherefore let him that thinks he stands firm, take heed lest he fall.

¹⁶ for some when they had heard his voice, did provoke him: however, not all that were brought out of Egypt by Moses did so.

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:

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

²⁹ and they roar'd out, Jesus, thou son of God, what injury have we done you? are you come here to torment us before the time?

⁴¹ then will he say to those on the left, depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.

⁴⁴ you, who have the devil for your father, will execute the designs of your father: he was a murderer from the beginning, and deserted the truth, since he has no love for the truth: when he lyes, he speaks like himself: for he is a lyar, and the father of a lyar.

¹² for our conflict is not barely with men, but with principalities, with potentates, with the princes of darkness, with wicked aereal spirits.

²⁷ and nothing is to be expected but that dreadful judgment, and fiery indignation, which shall devour all such adversaries.

⁴ for since God did not spare the angels, who had sinned, but having precipitated them to hell, confin'd them to chains of darkness, where they are reserv'd for judgment:

⁹ I say, the Lord will deliver those, who fear him, from their affliction, and reserve the wicked to be punish'd at the day of judgment.

¹⁰ the devil that seduced them, shall be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

²⁴ I tell you likewise, that in the day of judgment, Sodom shall be treated with less severity than you.

⁴³ if even thy hand should make thee transgress, saw it off, and cast it away, it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than to have both hands and go into Gehenna, the unextinguishable fire: ⁴⁴ where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished. ⁴⁵ and if thy foot make thee transgress, saw it off, it is better for you to enter into life, tho' lame, than to have both feet, and be thrown into Gehenna, the unextinguishable fire: ⁴⁶ where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished. ⁴⁷ and if your eye make you transgress, pull it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God, with but one eye, than to have two, and be thrown into the Gehenna of fire: where the worm does not die, ⁴⁸ and the fire is not extinguished. ⁴⁹ such a one shall be consumed by fire, but the offering that is salted shall be preserv'd from corruption.

²⁹ but the very day that Lot went out of Sodom, a storm of lightning and thunder fell from heaven and destroy'd them all.

²⁶ amen. for this cause God gave them up to infamous passions: for even the sex perverted the instinct of nature: ²⁷ and the men unnaturally leaving the sex, were inflamed with mutual passions, which they shamefully indulged, and received in their own persons, the retribution that was justly due to such enormities.

⁹ Know you not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? be not deceived: neither the licentious, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor the brutal,

⁶ since he condemn'd the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to an entire subversion, and reduc'd them to ashes, to make them serve for examples to future impiety:

¹⁴ but he being hated by the citizens, after he was gone, they sent a deputation to court, to make this protest, "we will not have him for our king."

²⁷ but he that did his neighbour the injury repelled Moses, saying, who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

³⁹ him our fathers would not obey, but rejected him, and they return'd to their Egyptian disposition.

⁵ Paul replied, I did not consider, brethren, that he was the high priest. it is indeed written, "thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people."

¹⁷ if any man divide the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for you, who are the temple of God, are consecrated to him.

⁸ he therefore that violates these precepts, does not despise man, but God, who has endued me with his holy spirit.

¹⁰ against licentiousness and unnatural passion, against men-stealers, lyars, perjured persons, and every thing that is inconsistent

¹⁷ Confide in your guides, and be respectful: that they who are vigilant, as being accountable for your souls, may discharge themselves with cheerfulness, and not with anxiety, which would be to your prejudice.

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

¹⁰ especially those, who prostitute themselves to sensual infamous passions: who despise magistrates, who being audacious, and insolent, intrepidly calumniate the higher powers; ¹¹ whereas the angels, who are of superiour power and dignity, don't inveigh against one another. ¹² But as for these, they have no more reason than brute beasts that are naturally made for hunting, and slaughter: so these who calumniate what they do not understand, shall receive the reward of their iniquity by perishing in their own corruption.

⁹ whereas Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, did not take the liberty to inveigh against him, but said, "the Lord rebuke thee." ¹⁰ As for these, they inveigh against what they do not understand: and abuse those natural instincts which regulate brute animals.

²⁹ besides the people that pass'd by, shook their heads, and impiously said: ah, you that can destroy the temple, and rebuild it in three days,

³⁹ Now one of the malefactors, that was crucified with him, impiously said, if thou art the Christ, save thy self, and us. ⁴⁰ but the other answered, and thus reprov'd him, art thou under no awe of God, thou that art condemned to the same punishment?

¹⁶ for the Lord himself will descend from heaven, and by the voice of the archangel, with the trumpet of God, resound the summons: they who died christians shall rise first:

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.

¹¹ whereas the angels, who are of superiour power and dignity, don't inveigh against one another.

⁷ Then there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; on the other side fought the dragon with his angels: but these were defeated,

²¹ because when they knew God, they did not with gratitude glorify him as God, but their reasoning became extravagance, and their minds, void of judgment, were involv'd in darkness. ²² pretending to be wise, they became fools:

¹² But as for these, they have no more reason than brute beasts that are naturally made for hunting, and slaughter: so these who calumniate what they do not understand, shall receive the reward of their iniquity by perishing in their own corruption.

²¹ wo unto thee, Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethsaida: for if the miracles which were done among you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

¹³ Wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who prey upon the estates of widows, under the pretext of making long prayers; therefore ye shall be punish'd with the greater severity. ¹⁴ wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye not only refuse to go in your selves, but hinder those that would. ¹⁵ wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who ransack sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gain'd, ye make him deserve Gehenna much more than your selves. ¹⁶ wo unto you, ye blind guides, who say, if any man swear by the temple he is under no obligation: but if he swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.

⁴² but wo unto you Pharisees: for you will pay the tythes of mint, and rue, and all sorts of herbs, but as for justice and true piety, those you neglect. these you ought to have practised, without omitting however the other. ⁴³ wo unto you Pharisees, for you affect to have the first rank in the synagogue, and to be complimented in publick places. ⁴⁴ wo unto you: for you resemble subterraneous monuments, which men walk over, without perceiving them. ⁴⁵ Then a doctor of the law objected to him, saying, master, your discourse is an insult upon us also. ⁴⁶ but Jesus said, wo unto you likewise, doctors of the law; for you load men with insupportable burthens, the least part of which you will not yourselves bear: ⁴⁷ wo unto you, for you rebuild the sepulchres of those prophets, whom your fathers put to death:

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.

¹⁵ and are gone astray to follow the practices of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity;

¹² not acting like Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother: but why did he slay him? because his own actions were evil, and his brother's were virtuous.

¹⁴ but I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there those that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who counselled Balac to ensnare the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

⁶ so that as the sun arose it was scorched, and for want of root, withered away.

¹³ but he answered, every plantation which my heavenly father hath not planted shall be rooted up.

¹⁹ when seeing a fig-tree by the way, he came to it, and finding nothing thereon, but bare leaves, said to it, may you never more bear fruit. and presently the fig-tree withered away. ²⁰ upon which the disciples said to one another, much surpriz'd, how came the fig-tree to wither away so suddenly?

⁶ but when the sun was up, it was scorched, and for want of root, withered away.

²⁰ In the morning as they were coming back, they saw the fig-tree withered away to the very roots. ²¹ Peter remembring the tree, said, master, see the fig-tree, which you cursed, is quite withered.

⁶ some fell upon very stony ground, which no sooner sprung up, but it wither'd away, for want of moisture:

¹⁹ then I will say to my soul, soul, you have many enjoyments in reserve for a number of years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry. ²⁰ but God said to him, thou fool, this night shall thy soul be required of thee: who then shall enjoy what thou hast provided?

⁴⁵ but if the servant should say within himself, my master delays his return; and fall a beating his fellow-servants, indulging himself in eating and drinking to excess.

¹⁹ There was a rich man, who used to dress in purple and fine linnen, and pass his days in pomp and luxury.

³⁴ set a guard upon yourselves, that ye be not stupified by surfeiting and drunkenness, or by the disquietudes of this life, and so that day come upon you with a surprize.

⁴ be attach'd to me, and I shall be so to you. as the branch cannot bear fruit of it self, except it be attach'd to the vine: so neither can you, except you continue attach'd to me. ⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for independent of me ye can do nothing. 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.

²⁰ when you thus assemble therefore, this is not eating the Lord's supper. ²¹ for in eating every one strives to take his own supper first, and while one is hungry, another is surfeited. ²² what, have you no houses to eat and drink in? or have ye a contempt for the church of God, or is it to insult those who are in want? what shall I say to you? shall I commend such behaviour? I do not approve of it.

¹⁹ who in the. end will be ruin'd, who place their religion in sensuality, their glory in that which is their shame, and fix their thoughts upon this earth.

⁶ therefore let us not sleep away our time like others, but be vigilant and temperate. ⁷ they that are sober take their rest in the night, whilst they that are sots, are drunk in the night:

⁶ the widow of pleasure is dead tho' she lives.

⁴ For it is impossible for those who were once enlightned, and have received the heavenly gifts, communicated by the holy spirit, ⁵ and have known by experience the truth of the divine promises, and the miracles of the age that was to come; it is impossible, ⁶ if they shall fall away, to re-instate themselves by repentance: seeing, as far in them lies, they crucify the son of God afresh, and expose him to open shame. ⁷ for the earth which drinks up the frequent show'rs that fall upon it, and produces plants fit for the use of him that cultivates it, is stiled heavenly land: ⁸ but that which bears thorns and briars, is look'd upon as lying under a curse; whose end will be to be burnt.

⁵ you have liv'd on the earth in voluptuousness and luxury: you have indulg'd your selves as in a day of sacrifice:

¹³ they place their felicity in daily pleasure: they are a vile scandal to religion: when they are present at your love-feasts they indulge their luxury: ¹⁴ their eyes are inflam'd with adultery, and unextinguishable vice: they insnare the souls of the inconstant. their minds are practis'd in the arts of avarice: an execrable race, who have deserted the right way,

¹⁷ These are wells without water; clouds agitated with a tempest, who are consigned to the obscurity of eternal darkness. 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.

¹³ as for these impious impostors, they will go on from bad to worse, seducing others, and deluding themselves.

¹⁷ These are wells without water; clouds agitated with a tempest, who are consigned to the obscurity of eternal darkness.

¹⁰ And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning like a flambeau, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters. ¹¹ the name of the star was wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

¹⁰ he shall drink of the wine of the divine vengeance, the strongest wine that can be poured out of the cup of his indignation; He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone, in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the lamb: ¹¹ the smoke of their torment shall ascend for ever and ever: they who worship the beast or his image, they who receive the mark of his name, shall have no rest either day or night."

⁸ but the fearful, and incredulous, the abominable, the murderer, the licentious, the poisoner, the idolater, and every lyar shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: this is the second death."

²⁷ for the son of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his angels; and then shall be make retribution to every man according to his works.

³⁰ then shall that sign, the son of man in the clouds of heaven, appear: and all the tribes of the land shall mourn, and they shall see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. ³¹ and he shall send his messengers, who with the shrill sound of a trumpet, shall gather together his select from the four winds, from one end of the heaven to the other.

³¹ When the son of man shall come in his majesty, accompanied with all his holy angels, he shall sit upon the throne of his glory.

¹³ that by the sanctity of your affections, you may stand unreprov'd in the presence of God our father, when our Lord Jesus Christ shall come with all his holy angels.

⁷ and that you, who are distress'd, should obtain your repose, together with us, when the Lord Jesus, with his angels, the ministers of his power, shall descend from heaven, ⁸ in flaming fire, to take vengeance on those, who know not God, and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

⁵ By faith Enoch was translated that he might avoid dying; and he could not be found, because God had translated him: for 'tis recorded, that before his translation he was approved by God. 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.

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.

³¹ wherefore I declare to you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but blaspheming the holy Spirit ³² shall not be forgiven them. and if any one speaks against the son of man, it may be forgiven him: but if any one speaks against the holy spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that to come. ³³ Either allow the tree to be good, and its fruit good; or else say the tree is corrupt, and its fruit corrrupt: for a tree is distinguished by its fruit. ³⁴ O degenerate race, how can ye, wicked as ye are, utter any thing that is good? for "'tis the overflowing of the heart that the mouth dischargeth." ³⁵ a good man out of the good treasure produces good things: and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, produces evil things. ³⁶ but I declare unto you, that men shall give an account at the day of judgment, of every scandalous expression they utter. ³⁷ for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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.

²⁷ and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the son of man.

³¹ because he has fix'd the day, when he will judge in equity, by that man, whom he has appointed thereto: of which he has given full proof to all the world, by having raised him from the dead."

⁵ however by your impenitence, and the insensibility of your heart, you treasure up for yourself wrath against the day of wrath, and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

¹⁶ in the day, when according to my gospel, God shall judge the secret actions of men by Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every one may be silenc'd, and all the world plead guilty before God. ²⁰ for by the observation of the law no one shall be justified in his sight, since it is the law that takes cognizance of sin.

¹⁰ why then dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou think contemptibly of thy brother? since we shall all of us be brought before the judgment-seat of Christ.

⁵ therefore suspend your judgment till the Lord comes, who will bring to light the secrets of darkness, and expose the counsels of mens hearts: and then shall every man have his due reward from God.

¹³ those that are without, God will judge. therefore expel the libertine from your community.

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,

⁶ since he condemn'd the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to an entire subversion, and reduc'd them to ashes, to make them serve for examples to future impiety: ⁷ since he deliver'd that just man Lot, who was grieved at the enormous practices of the licentious; ⁸ for whilst this good man was among them, it daily pierc'd his virtuous soul, to see and hear of their detestable behaviour: this consider'd, ⁹ I say, the Lord will deliver those, who fear him, from their affliction, and reserve the wicked to be punish'd at the day of judgment.

¹⁶ These are murmurers, complainers, who pursue their own passions: their language swells with flattery, which they offer to the personages of men from a prospect of gain.

⁵ there was given to him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemy; and power was given to him for two and forty months. ⁶ and he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and those that dwell in heaven,

¹¹ Then I beheld another beast coming out of the earth, it had two horns like a lamb, but it spake like a dragon.

¹² behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. ¹³ I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 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." ¹⁵ "but without are the execrable, the poisoners, the licentious, the murderers, the idolaters, and all who are pleas'd with, or practise deceit.

²⁰ he who testifieth these things, saith, "I come quickly." Amen. even so, come, Lord Jesus.

³⁰ but the Scribes and Pharisees of that place reproach'd his disciples, and said, why do ye eat and drink with publicans and scandalous people?

² at which the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, saying, this man gives access to men of bad character, and eats with them.

⁷ upon seeing this, they all murmur'd, saying, he is going to be treated by a dissolute person.

⁴¹ The Jews then murmured against him, for having said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven."

⁶¹ Jesus perceiving in himself, that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, doth this offend you?

¹⁰ neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and were slain by the destroying angel.

¹⁶ I say then, conduct yourselves by the spirit, and you will not then gratify the animal passions.

²⁴ now they who belong to Christ, have crucified the animal nature with the affections and passions thereof.

¹⁴ do every thing without murmuring and disputes:

⁵ person unsullied by the vices of the Gentiles, who know not God:

⁵ mischievous opinions, and a familiarity with pernicious ignorant impostors, who consider religion only as it makes for their gain.

³ for the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but get teachers of their own corrupt taste, to sooth their ears that itch for flattery:

¹⁴ a man is instigated, and drawn into the snare by his own vicious passions, which once indulg'd, are productive of sin, ¹⁵ and the genuine offspring of sin is death.

¹ My brethren, let not your christian profession be accompanied with partiality. ² when any one, adorn'd with a gold ring, and a splendid dress, enters into your assembly; and a poor man comes in meanly habited: ³ if you should respectfully say to the suit of fine cloths, sit you there, that's for quality; and to the poor man, stand thou there, or place your self at my feet: ⁴ have not you made an arbitrary distinction, don't your judgments flow from a vicious principle? ⁵ consider, my dear brethren, has not God chose the poor of this world to be rich by faith, and to inherit the kingdom he has promised to those who love him? ⁶ but you, who despise the poor, are not you oppress'd by the rich? is it not they who drag you to their tribunals? ⁷ they who blaspheme that sacred name by which you are distinguish'd? ⁸ If, agreeably to the scriptures, you observe that royal law, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self," you do well. ⁹ but partiality is iniquity; and the law will convict the offender of transgression.

¹⁴ as obedient children be no longer influenc'd by those passions, which were the effects of your former ignorance.

¹¹ but at present have obtain'd it. I exhort you, my dear brethren, as strangers and travellers to avoid all sensual passions, as destructive to your

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.

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:

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,

¹⁸ for they assur'd you, there would be impostors in the last days, who would follow their own impious passions.

³⁵ my constant example has shown you that the disabled should be assisted by your labours, remembring the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, "it is a greater happiness to give than to receive."

²⁰ being built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, whereof Jesus Christ himself is the main stone of the angle:

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

² by admonishing you to be mindful of the predictions of the holy prophets, and of the directions of the apostles of our Lord and Saviour.

⁶ we are of God: he that knoweth God, heareth us; he that is not of God, heareth not us. by this we distinguish the spirit of truth from the spirit of imposture.

²⁹ for I know when I am gone, you will be oppress'd by wolves, that will not spare the flock.

¹ Now the spirit says expresly, that in the latter times some shall abandon the faith, by giving credit to seducing spirits, and the doctrine concerning demons; ² broach'd by hypocrititical impostors, whose consciences are cauteriz'd,

¹ Take notice that in the latter days difficult incidents will arise; ² for men will be selfish, avaricious, vain, proud, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, ³ villainous, unnatural, perfidious, defamers, debauchees, ⁴ cruel, enemies to virtue, traitors, insolent, conceited, and more devoted to pleasure than to piety: ⁵ of which they wear the appearance, but disclaim its influence. have no intercourse with such.

¹ As there were false prophets among the people of Israel, there will likewise be false doctors among you, who by introducing pernicious sects, and by renouncing the Lord, who bought them, will bring upon themselves swift destruction.

⁵ Jesus answered, I tell thee, except a man be renewed by the spiritual baptism, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. ⁶ the cleansing of the body is only external, but the purification of the spirit is spiritual.

⁹ you are not in such a state, but in a spiritual one, provided the divine spirit dwell in you. now if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

¹⁴ but the animal man does not receive the effusions of the spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; neither can he understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

¹⁹ what! know ye not that your bodies are the temple of the holy spirit, which is in you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?

²⁵ as some do; but encourage one another: even so much the more, as you see the day approaching.

¹⁵ such wisdom is not derived from heaven; but is terrestrial, sensual, demoniacal.

³¹ Then the churches in all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, were unmolested and establish'd, and by their religious conduct, and the assistance of the holy spirit, grew more extensive.

⁹ making no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by the faith.

¹⁸ and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and partake of the inheritance of the saints, by believing on me."

¹⁵ for the spirit you have received is not servile to keep you still in fear; but it is the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, that is, father.

²⁶ The spirit likewise softens our afflictions: for being at a loss to apply for the most proper relief; the spirit it self affects us with those pious ejaculations, which we can't well express. ²⁷ and he that penetrates into the heart approves what the spirit desires, because what he demands for the saints is agreeable to the divine will.

² let every one of us consult the good of his neighbour to his edification.

⁸ and God will confirm you to the end, that ye may be unaccused in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²³ are all things lawful for me? yet all things are not expedient: are all things lawful for me? yet all things do not edify.

⁴ he that speaks in an unknown tongue, edifies himself alone: but he that expounds, edifies the church. ⁵ I wish you all had the gift of languages, but rather that you expounded: for greater is he that expounds, than he that speaks unknown languages, except he interpret what he says, that the church may be edified by it.

¹⁵ what then is to be done? why, I will pray by the spirit, but my prayer shall be intelligible: I will sing by the spirit, but my hymn shall be intelligible.

²⁶ what is then to be done, my brethren? when you come together, one of you with a psalm, another with a doctrine, another with a strange tongue, another with a revelation, another with an interpretation: let the whole be done to edification.

⁶ and because ye are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his son into your hearts, crying Abba, that is, father;

¹² thus fitly qualifying his servants for their respective offices, in order to build up the body of Christ:

¹⁶ from which the whole body fitly framed, and compacted by the entire adherence and contribution of every part performing its respective function, increases and improves itself by the mutual concern of the parts.

²⁹ let no obscene language defile your mouth, use only such as tends to edification, that it may be beneficial to the hearers.

¹⁸ Pour out your souls unto God upon all occasions, watching in prayer with all perseverance and supplication for all christians:

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.

¹¹ wherefore comfort and edify one another, as you have hitherto done.

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

²² don't you see his actions and his faith conspir'd, and that his faith had its perfect effect in his conduct?

⁴ for he that is a true christian, overcomes the world: by obtaining faith, we have gain'd a victory over the world.

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.

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.

⁴² watch therefore, for ye know not at what hour your Lord shall come. ⁴³ but this you conceive, that if a man knew at what hour of the night the thief would come, he would set a watch, and not suffer his house to be broke open. ⁴⁴ therefore be ye also prepar'd: for the son of man may come at an hour you least expect. ⁴⁵ If then there be a servant, appointed by his master to take care of his family, who faithfully and prudently distributes their allowance according to the establishment: happy is the servant, ⁴⁶ who shall be found so employed, at his master's return. ⁴⁷ I tell you, he shall make him steward of all his estate. ⁴⁸ but if he be dishonest, and says to himself, my Lord delays coming, ⁴⁹ and shall pretend to assault his fellow-servants, and spend his time with sots: ⁵⁰ the master of that servant will come in a day when he least expects it, and at an hour he is not aware of; ⁵¹ and shall turn him out of the family, and give him the reward due to such behaviour: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

³⁶ imitate those servants who stand waiting for their master's return from the wedding, to let him in as soon as he comes to the door. ³⁷ happy those servants, whom the master at his arrival shall find thus watching: I assure you, he shall gird himself, and make them sit at table, and will come to serve them. ³⁸ happy are the servants he finds in such a state, whether it be at the second or at the third watch of the night, when he comes. ³⁹ if the master of a house knew at what hour the thief would come, no doubt he would be on his guard, and not suffer him to break into his house. ⁴⁰ be ye therefore likewise prepar'd; for the son of man will come, when you least expect him.

¹⁷ the law indeed was delivered by Moses, but grace and truth was the dispensation of Jesus Christ.

²¹ he that hath received my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me, shall be beloved by my father, and I will love him, and shew my self unto him.

⁹ as the father has loved me, and I have loved you: so do you persevere in your love to me. ¹⁰ your love to me will be in keeping my commandments: even as I love my father by keeping his commandments.

⁵ now hope will not deceive us, because the love of God is diffused thro' our hearts, by the holy spirit which is given to us;

²¹ that as sin prevailed unto death, even so might the divine favour prevail by righteousness unto eternal life, thro' Jesus Christ our Lord.

²³ for the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

³⁹ neither the high, nor the low, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God by Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

² to Timothy my sincere convert, favour, mercy and peace from God our father, and Jesus Christ our Lord.

² to Timothy, my dear son, grace, mercy and peace from God the father, and from Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁶ the Lord be favourable to the family of Onesiphorus; for he often reliev'd me, and was not asham'd of my chains:

¹⁸ the Lord grant he may obtain mercy from him in that day, for you know very well what services de did me at Ephesus.

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.

¹³ in expectation of that desirable happiness, the glorious appearance of the supreme God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, to redeem us from all iniquity, and qualify us to be his peculiar people, passionately affected to virtue.

²⁸ so Christ being once offered up to take away the sins of many; he shall appear the second time, without making any further expiation to save those who expect him.

¹² expecting, and vehemently desiring the day of the Lord would come, when the heavens all on fire shall be dissolv'd, and the elements shall melt with intense heat.

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. ¹⁷ he that possesses the enjoyments of life, and seeing his brother in want, has no compassion for him, how can he be said to have any divine love?

¹⁶ and we have known, and are convinced that God hath loved us. God is love; and he that cultivates social affection, dwelleth in God, and God in him.

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. ¹¹ Now what is testified, is this, that God has given to us eternal life: and this life is by his son.

¹⁸ we know that a true christian will not commit such a sin, for he that is the child of God keeps upon his guard, so that the wicked spirit does not approach him.

²¹ dear children, keep yourselves from idols. AMEN.

²⁴ Now to him that is able to keep you from falling, and make you appear in his glorious presence, without defect, and full of joy:

²⁰ I wish I could be present this very moment with you, and suit my discourse accordingly, for I stand in doubt what to think of you.

¹ Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, do you, who are spiritual, restore him with all gentleness, taking heed lest you yourselves be overcome by temptation.

¹⁹ My brethren, when any of you deviates from the truth, whoever sets him right, may be assured, ²⁰ that the retrieving of a sinner from his erroneous habits, is saving a soul from ruin, and cancels a multitude of sins.

¹⁶ If any man see his brother commit a sin, which is not a mortal sin, let him pray to God, who will grant him life, for such as do not commit a mortal sin. there is a sin unto death: in which case I do not enjoin any prayer to be made. ¹⁷ every thing that is contrary to virtue, is a sin: but every sin is not a mortal sin: ¹⁸ we know that a true christian will not commit such a sin, for he that is the child of God keeps upon his guard, so that the wicked spirit does not approach him.

⁴ For certain men have insinuated themselves among you, who were formerly proscrib'd to be punish'd; impious men, who pervert the divine favour to licentiousness, and renounce their only master, and Jesus Christ our Lord. 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. ⁶ and the angels which kept not their original dignity, but deserted their proper abode, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, to the judgment of the great day. ⁷ so it was with Sodom, Gomorrha, and the neighbouring cities, who abandoning themselves to the same licentiousness and abominable passions, were made examples by suffering the punishment of eternal fire. ⁸ yet these visionary debauchees despise princes, and traduce dignitys. ⁹ whereas Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, did not take the liberty to inveigh against him, but said, "the Lord rebuke thee." ¹⁰ As for these, they inveigh against what they do not understand: and abuse those natural instincts which regulate brute animals. ¹¹ unhappy creatures! they have followed the practices of Cain, they have addicted themselves to the mercenary illusions of Balaam, and perish in their rebellion like Core. ¹² they are a disgrace to your love-feasts, they indulge themselves at your festivals without reserve: clouds without water, transported with every wind: trees whose fruit soon withers and is useless, twice dead and rooted up: ¹³ raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame: wandering lights, to whom is reserv'd the thickest darkness for ever.

¹⁴ if I could by any means excite the emulation of my dear countrymen, in order to save some.

¹⁵ if that man's work should be burnt, he will suffer loss: but should he himself escape, it will be as out of the fire.

³ as for me, though I am absent in person, yet being present by my authority, with regard to him that has committed this fact, I am come to the same resolution, as if I was present, ⁴ that is, when you are assembled, and I virtually there, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁵ to deliver him up to satan, to suffer corporal punishment, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹ When I formerly writ to you, not to keep company with the vicious: ¹⁰ I did not mean the vicious Gentiles, the misers, the raparees, or with idolaters; for then you must have gone out of the world. ¹¹ but my meaning was, not to keep company with any christian known to be vicious, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or rapacious, no not even to eat with such a one.

³³ be not deceived : "vicious conversation corrupts good morals."

¹⁰ for religious sorrow produces that salutary repentance, which we never regret: but worldly sorrow preys upon life. ¹¹ 'tis observable, even this religious sorrow which you had, what solicitude has it not wrought in you, what apologies, what indignation, what fear, what desire, what zeal, yea, what revenge! so that by your whole conduct, ye have shown your selves to be clear from guilt in this matter. ¹² wherefore, my writing to you so severely did not proceed from any prejudice to him, that had done the wrong, or from favour to him that suffered wrong, but to show my conscientious regard to your welfare.

¹⁴ and if any one should disregard what we have prescrib'd, signify it to us by letter, and don't converse with him, that he may be put to shame.

¹⁶ take care how you behave, and what you teach. persevere in these duties: for by the practice of them, you will save both yourself, and those who hear you.

⁴ thou hast a few persons in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

¹⁸ I counsel thee to purchase of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayst be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayst be cloathed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and an ointment for thine eyes to make you see clear.

¹² Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great will be your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

²⁸ Jesus reply'd, I declare unto you, that in the new age, when the son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye that have followed me shall likewise sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁶ for whoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my doctrine, of him shall the son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in the glory of his father, and of the holy angels.

³¹ What shall we conclude then from this? if God be for us, who can be against us?

⁴ who art thou that judgest the domestick of another? his staying or removal depends solely upon his master: yea, he shall be fixed: for God is able to establish him.

²⁵ Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, conformable to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret from antient times, but now is laid open, ²⁶ and by the writings of the prophets (according to the commandment of the eternal God) made known to all the Gentiles, to induce them to obey the faith: ²⁷ to God, I say, who is only wise, be glory thro' Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

¹⁴ knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise up me also by Jesus, and shall present me with you:

¹⁷ for the light affliction, which I at present suffer, will be infinitely over-ballanced by an eternal weight of glory;

² for I am jealous over you with religious jealousy: since I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

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

²⁷ that he himself might make her appear illustrious to his own eye, a church without spot, or any thing like a defect; so as to be holy and irreprehensible.

²² through his own death, to present you holy, and unblameable, and unreproveable in his own sight:

²⁸ he it is that we preach, exhorting, and instructing men in every part of divine knowledge, that they may all be perfectly acquainted with the doctrine of Christ Jesus.

⁴ Christ is your life, and when he shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory.

¹⁶ for the Lord himself will descend from heaven, and by the voice of the archangel, with the trumpet of God, resound the summons: they who died christians shall rise first: ¹⁷ then we, who shall be still alive, shall be convey'd together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall ever be with the Lord.

²⁰ May the God of peace, who has raised from the dead our Lord Jesus (who by the blood of the eternal covenant is become the grand pastor of ²¹ the sheep) make you perfect in every virtue, to the accomplishment of his will: effecting that in you by Jesus Christ, which is agreeable to him: to whom be glory thro' all ages.

¹³ on the contrary, rejoice at the share you have of sufferings, as well as Christ: that you may likewise triumph, when he shall appear in his glory.

²¹ and thereby cultivate the divine favour, in the expectation of eternal life by the mercy of Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁵ in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without defect.

¹³ and let us not be left under temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."

²² ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is from the Jews.

⁴⁴ how can you believe, who are catching at honour one from another, regardless of that glory that comes from God only?

³³ O the depth of the divine goodness, wisdom, and contrivance! how impenetrable are his decrees, and his ways past finding out!

³⁶ for of him, and through him, and in him are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

²⁷ to God, I say, who is only wise, be glory thro' Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

⁸ out of the over-flowing treasures of his comprehensive wisdom and contrivance.

¹⁰ that the manifold wisdom of God, in ordering his heavenly kingdom, might by his church be now made known, to princes and magistrates,

²¹ unto him be glory in the church, even by Christ Jesus, thro' all the successions of future ages. amen.

¹⁷ to the king of the world, the immortal, invisible, and the only God be honour and glory to endless ages. amen.

³ for such offices are commendable, and agreeable to God our saviour,

³ and has in due time manifested by the preaching of his word, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our saviour: ⁴ TO Titus my own convert to the common faith: grace and peace from God the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our saviour.

¹⁰ entirely obsequious without grumbling. not to pilfer, but to show the strictest fidelity; that they may do honour to the doctrine of God our saviour in all things.

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

⁴ but when the kindness and love of God our saviour display'd itself to mankind,

⁸ Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever. be not then misled by artful, novel doctrines:

¹¹ let a speaker deliver nothing but what is agreeable to the divine oracles: and let him that attends the poor, be active in proportion to the strength God has given him. amen.

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. ¹¹ to him belongs eternal glory and empire. amen.

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.

⁶ who hath made us kings and priests to his God and father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

⁹ and honour, and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the ¹⁰ four and twenty elders fell down before him that sat on the throne, and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, ¹¹ "thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power: for thou hast created all things, by thy WILL they subsist, and were created."

¹³ and every creature which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I, saying, "blessing, and honour, and glory, and power be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the lamb for ever and ever." ¹⁴ and the four animals said, amen. and the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.