John 16 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ I have told you all this, to keep you from being repelled. ² They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God. ³ This they will do to you, because they have not known the Father nor me. ⁴ I have told you all this, so that when the time for it arrives, you may remember what I said to you. I did not tell you about this at the beginning, because I was with you then; ⁵ but now I am going to him who sent me. And yet not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?' ⁶ No, your heart is full of sorrow at what I have told you. ⁷ Yet — I am telling you the truth — my going is for your good. If I do not depart, the Helper will not come to you; whereas if I go, I will send him to you. ⁸ And when he comes, he will convict the world, convincing men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment: ⁹ of sin, because they do not believe in me; ¹⁰ of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you see me no more; ¹¹ of judgment, because the Prince of this world has been judged. ¹² I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it just now. ¹³ However, when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all the truth; for he will not speak of his own accord, he will say whatever he is told, and he will disclose to you what is to come. ¹⁴ He will glorify me, for he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you. ¹⁵ All that the Father has is mine; that is why I say, 'he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you.' ¹⁶ In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me." ¹⁷ So some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me'? and, 'I go to the Father'?" ¹⁸ They said, "What is the meaning of 'In a little'? We do not understand what he is saying." ¹⁹ Jesus knew they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, "Is this what you are discussing together, why I said, 'In a little while, you will not see me: then, after a little, you shall see me'? ²⁰ Truly, truly I tell you, you will be wailing and lamenting while the world is rejoicing; you will be sorrowful, but then your sorrow will be changed into joy. ²¹ When a woman is in labour she is sorry, for her time has come; but when the child is born she remembers her anguish no longer, for joy that a human being has been born into the world: ²² So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice — with a joy that no one can take from you. ²³ And on that day you will not ask me any questions. Truly, truly I tell you, whatever you ask the Father, he will give you in my name; ²⁴ hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask and you will receive, that your joy may be full. ²⁵ I have told you this in figures, but the time is coming when I shall speak to you in figures no longer; I shall let you know plainly about the Father. ²⁶ On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you I will ask the Father on your behalf; ²⁷ for the Father loves you himself, because you have loved me and believed that I came forth from God. ²⁸ From the Father I came and I entered the world; again, I leave the world and I go to the Father." ²⁹ His disciples said, "Now, you are talking plainly at last, not speaking in figures. ³⁰ Now we are sure you know everything, and need no one to put questions to you. This makes us believe you have come forth from God." ³¹ Jesus replied, "You believe it, at last? ³² Behold, the time is coming, it has come already, when you will be scattered to your homes, everyone of you, leaving me alone. But I am not alone, for the Father is with me. ³³ I have said all this to you that in me you may have peace; in the world you have trouble, but courage! I have conquered the world.

⁴ Blessed are the mourners! they will be consoled.

⁸ you must not copy them; your Father knows your needs before you ask him. ⁹ Let this be how you pray: 'our Father in heaven, thy name be revered,

⁷ Ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;

⁷ Ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you; ⁸ for every one who asks receives, the seeker finds, the door is opened to anyone who knocks.

⁴ Jesus saw what they were thinking and said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?

¹⁵ Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding mourn so long as the bride groom is beside them? A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast.

⁷ And preach as you go, tell men, 'The Reign of heaven is near.'

²⁸ Have no fear of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul: rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me:

⁶ And blessed is he who is repelled by nothing in me!"

²⁷ All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father — nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

¹⁸ Here is my servant whom I have selected, my Beloved in whom my soul delights; I will invest him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim religion to the Gentiles.

³⁶ I tell you, men will have to account on the day of judgment for every light word they utter;

¹⁰ Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak in parables?" ¹¹ He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people.

²¹ he has no root in himself, he does not last, but when the word brings trouble or persecution he is at once repelled.

³⁴ Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable — ³⁵ to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.

⁵⁷ So they were repelled by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never goes without honour except in his native place and in his home."

⁹ Do you not understand even yet? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? ¹⁰ And the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up? ¹¹ Why do you not see that I was not speaking to you about bread? No, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

²² All that ever you ask in prayer you shall have, if you believe."

³⁸ But when the vinedressers saw his son they said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him and seize his inheritance!'

⁹ Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name. ¹⁰ And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another.

²⁵ (I am telling you this beforehand.)

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted over me to-night, for it is written, I will strike at the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted over me to-night, for it is written, I will strike at the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. ³² But after my rising I will precede you to Galilee." ³³ Peter answered, "Supposing they are all disconcerted over you, I will not be disconcerted."

⁵⁶ However, this has all happened for the fulfilment of the prophetic scriptures!" Then all the disciples left him and fled;

³⁹ Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision ⁴⁰ and calling, "You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! Save yourself, if you are God's Son! Come down from the cross!" ⁴¹ So, too, the high priests made fun of him with the scribes and the elders of the people. ⁴² "He saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself! He the 'king of Israel'! Let him come down now from the cross; then we will believe in him! ⁴³ His trust is in God? Let God deliver him now if he cares for him! He said he was the Son of God!" ⁴⁴ The robbers who were crucified with him also denounced him in the same way.

⁶² Next day (that is, on the day after the Preparation) the high priests and Pharisees gathered round Pilate ⁶³ and said, "We remember, sir, that when this impostor was alive he said, 'I will rise after three days.' ⁶⁴ Now then, give orders for the tomb to be kept secure till the third day, in case his disciples go and steal him and then tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' The end of the fraud will then be worse than the beginning of it." ⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers, go and make it as secure as you can." ⁶⁶ So off they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the boulder and setting the guard.

⁸ Then they ran quickly from the tomb in fear and great joy, to announce the news to his disciples.

¹⁸ Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth;

¹⁹ Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding fast while the bridegroom is beside them? As long as they have the bridegroom beside them they cannot fast.

¹³ And he said to them, "You do not understand this parable? Then how are you to understand the other parables?

³³ In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it;

¹⁰ This order they obeyed, debating with themselves what 'rising from the dead' meant.

³² But they did not understand what he said, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant. ³³ Then they reached Capharnahum. And when he was indoors he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?" ³⁴ They said nothing, for on the road they had been disputing about which of them was the greatest.

²³ Now take care! I am telling you of it all beforehand.

²⁷ Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted, for it is written: I will strike at the shepherd, and, the sheep will be scattered.

⁵⁰ Then they left him and fled, all of them;

⁷² At that moment the cock crowed for the second time. Then Peter remembered how Jesus had told him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me thrice;" and he burst into tears.

²⁹ Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision and calling, "Ha! You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! ³⁰ Come down from the cross and save yourself!" ³¹ So, too, the high priests made fun of him to themselves with the scribes; "he saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself! ³² Let 'the Christ,' 'the king of Israel' come down now from the cross! Let us see that and we will believe!" Those who were crucified with him also denounced him.

¹⁰ She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept;

¹⁶ he who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who will not believe shall be condemned.

¹⁹ Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God,

⁵⁷ Now the time for Elizabeth's delivery had elapsed, and she gave birth to a son. ⁵⁸ When her neighbours and kinsfolk heard of the Lord's great mercy to her they rejoiced with her,

¹⁴ "Glory to God in high heaven, and peace on earth for men whom he favours!"

²⁵ I tell you for a fact, In Israel there were many widows during the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land:

²¹ Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh. ²² Blessed are you when men will hate you, when they will excommunicate you and denounce you and defame you as wicked on account of the Son of man;

²⁷ I tell you plainly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Reign of God."

⁴⁴ "Let these words sink into your ears: 'the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men.'" ⁴⁵ But they did not understand this saying — indeed it was kept a secret from them, to prevent them from fathoming it — and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

⁴⁵ But they did not understand this saying — indeed it was kept a secret from them, to prevent them from fathoming it — and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

⁵¹ As the time for his assumption was now due, he set his face for the journey to Jerusalem.

¹⁸ He said to them, "Yes, I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.

²² "All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

⁴² Mary has chosen the best dish, and she is not to be dragged away from it."

²⁵ But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, you got all the bliss when you were alive, just as Lazarus got the ills of life; he is in comfort now, and you are in anguish.

³⁴ However, they did not understand a word of this; indeed the saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what he meant.

²⁶ 'I tell you, to everyone who has shall more be given, but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken.

³⁸ saying, "Blessed be the king who comes in the Lord's name! Peace in heaven and glory in the High places!"

¹² But before all that, men will lay hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and prisons; you will be dragged before kings and governors for the sake of my name. ¹³ That will turn out an opportunity for you to bear witness.

⁴⁵ Then rising from prayer he went to the disciples, only to find them asleep from sheer sorrow.

⁶² And he went outside and wept bitterly.

²⁷ He was followed by a large multitude of the people and also of women who beat their breasts and lamented him;

⁴⁷ When the army-captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent." ⁴⁸ And when all the crowds who had collected for the sight saw what had happened, they turned away beating their breasts. ⁴⁹ As for his acquaintances, they were all standing at a distance to look on, with the women who had accompanied him from Galilee.

¹⁷ He said to them, "What is all this you are debating on your walk?" They stopped, looking downcast,

²¹ Our own hope was that he would be the redeemer of Israel; but he is dead, and that is three days ago!

²⁵ He said to them, "O foolish men, with hearts so slow to believe, after all the prophets have declared!

⁴¹ Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?"

⁴⁹ And I will send down on you what my Father has promised; wait in the city till you are endued with power from on high."

⁵¹ And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

⁵¹ And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven]. ⁵² They [worshipped him and] returned with great joy to Jerusalem, ⁵³ where they spent all their time within the temple, blessing God.

²⁴ Jesus, however, would not trust himself to them; he knew all men, ²⁵ and required no evidence from anyone about human nature; well did he know what was in human nature.

¹³ And yet the Son of man, descended from heaven, is the only one who has ever ascended into heaven. ¹⁴ Indeed the Son of man must be lifted on high, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,

¹⁸ He who believes in him is not sentenced; he who will not believe is sentenced already, for having refused to believe in the name of the only Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil; ²⁰ for anyone whose practices are corrupt loathes the light and will not come out into it, in case his actions are exposed, ²¹ whereas anyone whose life is true comes out into the light, to make it plain that his actions have been divinely prompted.

²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is heartily glad at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. Such is my joy, and it is complete.

³² He] is testifying to what he has seen and heard, and yet no one accepts his testimony.

³⁵ the Father loves the Son and has given him control over everything.

¹⁴ but anyone who drinks the water I shall give him will never thirst any more; the water I shall give him will turn into a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

²¹ "Woman," said Jesus, "believe me, the time is coming when you will be worshipping the Father neither on this mountain nor at Jerusalem.

²³ But the time is coming, it has come already, when the real worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and in reality; for these are the worshippers that the Father wants.

²⁰ The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he is doing himself. He will show him still greater deeds than these, to make you wonder;

²² Indeed the Father passes judgment on no one; he has committed the judgment which determines life or death entirely to the Son, ²³ that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father. (He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.) ²⁴ Truly, truly I tell you, he who listens to my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life; he will incur no sentence of judgment, he has already passed from death across to life. ²⁵ Truly, truly I tell you, the time is coming, it has come already, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live;

²⁵ Truly, truly I tell you, the time is coming, it has come already, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live; ²⁶ for as the Father has life in himself, so too he has granted the Son to have life in himself, ²⁷ and also granted him authority to act as judge, since he is Son of man. ²⁸ Do not wonder at this; for there is a time coming when all who are in the tombs will listen to his voice

³² I have Another to bear testimony to me, and I know the evidence he bears for me is valid.

⁴⁰ but you refuse to come to me for life. ⁴¹ I accept no credit from men, ⁴² but I know there is no love to God in you; ⁴³ here am I, come in the name of my Father, and you will not accept me: let someone else come in his own name, and you will accept him! ⁴⁴ How can you believe, you who accept credit from one another instead of aiming at the credit which comes from the only God?

⁶² Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he formerly existed?

¹⁶ Jesus told them in reply, "My teaching is not my own but his who sent me; ¹⁷ anyone who chooses to do his will, shall understand whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am talking on my own authority. ¹⁸ He who talks on his own authority aims at his own credit, but he who aims at the credit of the person who sent him, he is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him.

²⁹ but I know Him, because I have come from Him and He sent me."

³³ Then said Jesus, "I will be with you a little longer, then I go to Him who sent me;

³⁹ (he meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive: — as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus had not been glorified yet).

⁹ And on hearing what he said, they went away one by one, beginning with the older men, till Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

¹⁴ Jesus replied to them, "Though I do testify to myself, my evidence is valid, because I know where I have come from and where I am going to — whereas you do not know where I have come from or where I am going to.

¹⁶ and though I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not by myself — there is myself and the Father who sent me.

¹⁹ "Where is your Father?" they said. Jesus replied, "You know neither me nor my Father; if you had known me you would have known my Father also."

²³ He said to them, "You are from the world below, I am from the world above: you belong to this world, I do not belong to this world. ²⁴ So I told you, you would die in your sins; for unless you believe who I am, you will die in your sins."

²⁹ He who sent me is at my side; he has not left me alone; for I always do what pleases him."

³⁸ I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you act as you have learned from your father."

⁴² Said Jesus, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came here from God; I did not come of my own accord, I was sent by him.

⁴² Said Jesus, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came here from God; I did not come of my own accord, I was sent by him. ⁴³ Why do you not understand my speech? Because you are unable to listen to what I am saying. ⁴⁴ You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. ⁴⁵ It is because I tell the truth, that you do not believe me.

⁴⁵ It is because I tell the truth, that you do not believe me. ⁴⁶ Which of you can convict me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

⁴⁶ Which of you can convict me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

⁴⁶ Which of you can convict me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? ⁴⁷ He who belongs to God listens to the words of God; you do not listen to them, because you do not belong to God."

⁵⁵ but you do not understand him. I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I would be a liar like yourselves; but I do know him and I hold to his word.

²² (His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed him to be Christ should be excommunicated.

³⁴ They retorted, "And so you would teach us — you, born in utter depravity!" Then they expelled him.

⁶ Jesus told them this allegory, but they did not understand what he was saying to them;

²⁹ My Father who gave me them is stronger than all, and no one can snatch anything out of the Father's hand. ³⁰ I and my Father are one — ."

⁵⁰ you do not understand it is in your own interests that one man should die for the People, instead of the whole nation being destroyed." ⁵¹ (He did not say this simply of his own accord; he was high priest that year, and his words were a prophecy that Jesus was to die for the nation, ⁵² and not merely for the nation but to gather into one the scattered children of God.)

¹⁶ (His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered this had been written of him and had happened to him.)

²³ And Jesus answered, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.

³¹ Now is this world to be judged; now the Prince of this world will be expelled.

³⁵ Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

⁴² Still, a number even of the authorities believed in him, though they would not confess it on account of the Pharisees, in case of being excommunicated;

⁴⁷ If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, it is not I who judge him; for I have not come to judge the world but to save the world. ⁴⁸ He who rejects me and will not receive my words has indeed a judge: the word I have spoken will judge him on the last day, ⁴⁹ for I have not spoken of my own accord — the Father who sent me, he it was who ordered me what to say and what to speak.

¹ Now before the passover festival Jesus knew the time had come for him to pass from this world to the Father. He had loved his own in this world and he loved them to the end;

³ the Father had put everything into his hands — knowing that he had come from God and was going to God,

¹⁹ I am telling you this now, before it occurs, so that when it has occurred you may believe who I am.

³³ My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer; then you will look for me, and, as I told the Jews I tell you now, where I go you cannot come.

³⁶ "Lord," said Simon Peter, "where are you going?" Jesus replied, "I am going where you cannot follow me at present; later on you will follow me."

³⁶ "Lord," said Simon Peter, "where are you going?" Jesus replied, "I am going where you cannot follow me at present; later on you will follow me." ³⁷ "Lord," said Peter, "why cannot I follow you just now? I will lay down my life for you." ³⁸ Jesus replied, "Lay down your life for me? Truly, truly I tell you, before the cock crows, you will have disowned me thrice over.

¹ Let not your hearts be disquieted; you believe — believe in God and also in me.

³ And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am. ⁴ And you know the way to where I am going." ⁵ "Lord," said Thomas, "we do not know where you are going, and how are we to know the way?"

⁵ "Lord," said Thomas, "we do not know where you are going, and how are we to know the way?" ⁶ Jesus said to him, "I am the real and living way: no one comes to the Father except by means of me.

⁶ Jesus said to him, "I am the real and living way: no one comes to the Father except by means of me.

¹⁰ Do you not believe I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you all I do not speak of my own accord; it is the Father who remains ever in me, who is performing his own deeds. ¹¹ Believe me, I am in the Father and the Father is in me: — or else, believe because of the deeds themselves.

¹³ and I will do whatever you ask in my name, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; ¹⁴ I will do whatever you ask me in my name.

¹⁶ and I will ask the Father to give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

¹⁶ and I will ask the Father to give you another Helper to be with you for ever, ¹⁷ even the Spirit of truth: the world cannot receive him, because it neither sees nor knows him, but you know him, because he remains with you and will be within you.

¹⁷ even the Spirit of truth: the world cannot receive him, because it neither sees nor knows him, but you know him, because he remains with you and will be within you. ¹⁸ I will not leave you forlorn; I am coming to you. ¹⁹ A little while longer and the world will see me no more; but you will see me, because I am living and you will be living too.

¹⁹ A little while longer and the world will see me no more; but you will see me, because I am living and you will be living too. ²⁰ You will understand, on that day, that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

²⁰ You will understand, on that day, that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you. ²¹ He who possesses my commands and obeys them is he who loves me, and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and appear to him."

²¹ He who possesses my commands and obeys them is he who loves me, and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and appear to him." ²² "Lord," said Judas (not Judas Iscariot), "why is it that you are to appear to us, and not to the world?"

²² "Lord," said Judas (not Judas Iscariot), "why is it that you are to appear to us, and not to the world?" ²³ Jesus answered, "If anyone loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up our abode with him.

²³ Jesus answered, "If anyone loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up our abode with him. ²⁴ He who does not love me does not obey my word; and what you hear me say is not my word but the word of the Father who sent me.

²⁶ but the Helper, the holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and recall to you everything I have said. ²⁷ Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; I give it not as the world gives its 'Peace!' Let not your hearts be disquieted or timid.

²⁷ Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; I give it not as the world gives its 'Peace!' Let not your hearts be disquieted or timid. ²⁸ You heard me tell you I was going away and coming back to you; if you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father — for the Father is greater than I am.

²⁸ You heard me tell you I was going away and coming back to you; if you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father — for the Father is greater than I am. ²⁹ I tell you this now, before it occurs, so that, when it does occur, you may believe. ³⁰ I will no longer talk much with you, for the Prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me;

⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then ask whatever you like and you shall have it.

¹¹ I have told you this, that my joy may be within you and your joy complete.

¹⁵ I call you servants no longer, because a servant does not know what his master is doing: I call you friends, because I have imparted to you all that I have learned from my Father.

¹⁵ I call you servants no longer, because a servant does not know what his master is doing: I call you friends, because I have imparted to you all that I have learned from my Father. ¹⁶ You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit — fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.

¹⁸ If the world hates you, remember it hated me first.

¹⁸ If the world hates you, remember it hated me first. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, the world would love what it owned; it is because you do not belong to the world, because I have chosen you from the world, that the world hates you.

¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, the world would love what it owned; it is because you do not belong to the world, because I have chosen you from the world, that the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours.

²⁰ Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours. ²¹ They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me.

²¹ They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me.

²¹ They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me. ²² They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin —

²² They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin — ²³ he who hates me hates my Father also.

²³ he who hates me hates my Father also.

²³ he who hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴ They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen — and they have hated — both me and my Father.

²⁴ They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen — and they have hated — both me and my Father. ²⁵ It is that the word written in their Law may be fulfilled: they hated me for no cause.

²⁵ It is that the word written in their Law may be fulfilled: they hated me for no cause. ²⁶ When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me;

²⁶ When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me; ²⁷ and you too are witnesses, for you have been with me from the very beginning.

¹ I have told you all this, to keep you from being repelled. ² They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God.

⁴ I have told you all this, so that when the time for it arrives, you may remember what I said to you. I did not tell you about this at the beginning, because I was with you then; ⁵ but now I am going to him who sent me. And yet not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?' ⁶ No, your heart is full of sorrow at what I have told you.

⁹ of sin, because they do not believe in me; ¹⁰ of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you see me no more;

¹⁰ of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you see me no more; ¹¹ of judgment, because the Prince of this world has been judged. ¹² I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it just now.

¹⁶ In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me."

¹⁶ In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me." ¹⁷ So some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me'? and, 'I go to the Father'?"

¹⁷ So some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me'? and, 'I go to the Father'?"

¹⁷ So some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me'? and, 'I go to the Father'?" ¹⁸ They said, "What is the meaning of 'In a little'? We do not understand what he is saying." ¹⁹ Jesus knew they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, "Is this what you are discussing together, why I said, 'In a little while, you will not see me: then, after a little, you shall see me'?

¹⁹ Jesus knew they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, "Is this what you are discussing together, why I said, 'In a little while, you will not see me: then, after a little, you shall see me'? ²⁰ Truly, truly I tell you, you will be wailing and lamenting while the world is rejoicing; you will be sorrowful, but then your sorrow will be changed into joy.

²⁰ Truly, truly I tell you, you will be wailing and lamenting while the world is rejoicing; you will be sorrowful, but then your sorrow will be changed into joy. ²¹ When a woman is in labour she is sorry, for her time has come; but when the child is born she remembers her anguish no longer, for joy that a human being has been born into the world: ²² So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice — with a joy that no one can take from you.

²² So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice — with a joy that no one can take from you. ²³ And on that day you will not ask me any questions. Truly, truly I tell you, whatever you ask the Father, he will give you in my name;

²⁵ I have told you this in figures, but the time is coming when I shall speak to you in figures no longer; I shall let you know plainly about the Father. ²⁶ On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you I will ask the Father on your behalf; ²⁷ for the Father loves you himself, because you have loved me and believed that I came forth from God. ²⁸ From the Father I came and I entered the world; again, I leave the world and I go to the Father."

²⁸ From the Father I came and I entered the world; again, I leave the world and I go to the Father."

²⁸ From the Father I came and I entered the world; again, I leave the world and I go to the Father." ²⁹ His disciples said, "Now, you are talking plainly at last, not speaking in figures. ³⁰ Now we are sure you know everything, and need no one to put questions to you. This makes us believe you have come forth from God."

³³ I have said all this to you that in me you may have peace; in the world you have trouble, but courage! I have conquered the world.

² since thou hast granted him power over all flesh to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given to him. ³ And this is eternal life, that they know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou hast sent, even Jesus Christ. ⁴ I have glorified thee on earth by accomplishing the work thou gavest me to do; ⁵ now, Father, glorify me in thy presence with the glory which I enjoyed in thy presence before the world began.

⁷ They know now that whatever thou hast given me comes from thee, ⁸ for I have given them the words thou gavest me, and they have received them; they are now sure that I came from thee and believe that thou didst send me.

⁸ for I have given them the words thou gavest me, and they have received them; they are now sure that I came from thee and believe that thou didst send me. ⁹ I pray for them — not for the world but for those whom thou hast given me do I pray; for they are thine ¹⁰ (all mine is thine and thine is mine), and I am glorified in them. ¹¹ I am to be in the world no longer, but they are to be in the world; I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one. ¹² When I was with them, I kept them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me; I guarded them, and not one of them perished — only the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I come to thee (I speak thus in the world that they may have my joy complete within them).

¹³ But now I come to thee (I speak thus in the world that they may have my joy complete within them).

¹⁹ and for their sake I consecrate myself that they may be consecrated by the truth.

²³ I in them and thou in me — that they may be made perfectly one, so that the world may recognize that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. ²⁴ Father, it is my will that these, thy gift to me, may be beside me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me, because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. ²⁵ O just Father, though the world has not known thee, I have known thee, and they have known that thou hast sent me;

²⁵ O just Father, though the world has not known thee, I have known thee, and they have known that thou hast sent me; ²⁶ so have I declared, so will I declare, thy Name to them, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them."

²⁵ Now beside the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. ²⁶ So when Jesus saw his mother and his favourite disciple standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, there is your son!" ²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, "And, there is your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his home.

¹⁰ Then the disciples returned home; ¹¹ but Mary stood sobbing outside the tomb. As she sobbed, she glanced inside the tomb ¹² and noticed two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. ¹³ "Woman," they said to her, "why are you sobbing?" She said, "Because they have taken away my master, and I do not know where they have put him!" ¹⁴ With these words she turned round and noticed Jesus standing — though she did not know it was Jesus. ¹⁵ "Woman," said Jesus, "why are you sobbing? Who are you looking for?" Supposing he was the gardener, she said, "Oh, sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you put him, and I will remove him."

¹⁹ On the evening of that same day — the first day of the week — though the disciples had gathered within closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!"

¹⁹ On the evening of that same day — the first day of the week — though the disciples had gathered within closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!" ²⁰ So saying he showed them his hands and his side; and when the disciples saw the Lord, they rejoiced.

²⁰ So saying he showed them his hands and his side; and when the disciples saw the Lord, they rejoiced.

²⁰ So saying he showed them his hands and his side; and when the disciples saw the Lord, they rejoiced. ²¹ Jesus then repeated, "Peace be with you! As the Father sent me forth, I am sending you forth." ²² And with these words he breathed on them, and added, "Receive the holy Spirit! ²³ If you remit the sins of any, they are remitted: if you retain them, they are retained." ²⁴ Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called 'the Twin,' was not with them when Jesus came; ²⁵ and when the rest of the disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord," he said, "Unless I see his hands with the mark of the nails, and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe it." ²⁶ Eight days afterwards his disciples were together again, and Thomas with them. Though the doors were closed, Jesus entered and stood among them, saying, "Peace be with you!" ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, "Look at my hands, put your finger here; and put your hand here into my side; cease your unbelief and believe." ²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" ²⁹ Jesus said to him, "You believe because you have seen me? Blessed be those who believe though they have never seen me."

¹ After that, Jesus disclosed himself once more to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. It was in this way. ² Simon Peter, Thomas (who was called 'the Twin'), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the two sons of Zebedaeus, and two other disciples of his, were all together. ³ Simon Peter said to them, "I am going to fish." They said, "We are coming with you too." Off they went and embarked in the boat, but that night they caught nothing. ⁴ Now at break of day Jesus was standing on the beach (though the disciples did not know it was Jesus). ⁵ "Lads," said Jesus, "have you got anything?" "No," they answered. ⁶ So he told them, "Throw your net on the right of the boat, and you will have a take." At this they threw the net, and now they could not haul it in for the mass of fish. ⁷ So the disciple who was Jesus' favourite said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Hearing it was the Lord, Simon Peter threw on his blouse (he was stripped for work) and jumped into the water,

⁷ So the disciple who was Jesus' favourite said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Hearing it was the Lord, Simon Peter threw on his blouse (he was stripped for work) and jumped into the water, ⁸ while the rest of the disciples came ashore in the punt (they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards), dragging their netful of fish. ⁹ When they got to land, they saw a charcoal fire burning, with fish cooking on it, and some bread. ¹⁰ Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught." ¹¹ So Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty three of them; but for all their number the net was not torn. ¹² Jesus said, "Come and breakfast." (Not one of the disciples dared to ask him who he was; they knew it was the Lord.) ¹³ Jesus went and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish too. ¹⁴ This was the third time, now, that Jesus appeared to the disciples after rising from the dead. ¹⁵ Then after breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others do?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," said Jesus.

¹⁵ Then after breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others do?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," said Jesus. ¹⁶ Again he asked him, for the second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," said Jesus.

¹⁶ Again he asked him, for the second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," said Jesus. ¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep. ¹⁸ Truly, truly I tell you, you put on your own girdle and went wherever you wanted, when you were young; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands for someone to gird you, and you will be taken where you have no wish to go" ¹⁹ (he said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God); then he added, "Follow me." ²⁰ Peter turned round and saw that the favourite disciple of Jesus was following, the disciple who had leant on his breast at supper and put the question, "Lord, who is to betray you?"

²⁰ Peter turned round and saw that the favourite disciple of Jesus was following, the disciple who had leant on his breast at supper and put the question, "Lord, who is to betray you?" ²¹ So, on catching sight of him, Peter said to Jesus, "And what about him, Lord?"

²¹ So, on catching sight of him, Peter said to Jesus, "And what about him, Lord?" ²² Jesus replied, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you? Follow me yourself." ²³ This started the report among the brotherhood that the said disciple was not to die. Jesus, however, did not say he was not to die; what he said was, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you?"

³ After his sufferings he had shown them that he was alive by a number of proofs, revealing himself to them for forty days and discussing the affairs of God's Realm. ⁴ Also, as he ate with them, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father promised — "for what you have heard me speak of," said he; ⁵ "for John baptized with water, but not many days after this you shall be baptized with the holy Spirit."

⁹ On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight. ¹⁰ As he went up, their eyes were fixed on heaven; but just then two men stood beside them dressed in white, ¹¹ who said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven? This Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back, just as you have seen him depart to heaven."

¹⁷ In the last days, saith God, then will I pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams: ¹⁸ on my very slaves and slave-girls in those days will I pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

²² Men of Israel, listen to my words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man accredited to you by God through miracles, wonders, and signs which God performed by him among you (as you yourselves know), ²³ this Jesus, betrayed in the predestined course of God's deliberate purpose, you got wicked men to nail to the cross and murder; ²⁴ but God raised him by checking the pangs of death. Death could not hold him. ²⁵ For David says of him, I saw the Lord before me evermore; lest I be shaken, he is at my right hand. ²⁶ My heart is glad, my tongue exults, my very flesh will rest in hope, ²⁷ because thou wilt not forsake my soul in the grave, nor let thy holy one suffer decay. ²⁸ Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with delight in thy presence. ²⁹ Brothers, I can speak quite plainly to you about the patriarch David; he died and was buried and his tomb remains with us to this day. ³⁰ (He was a prophet; he knew God had sworn an oath to him that he would seat one of his descendants on his throne; ³¹ so he spoke with a prevision of the resurrection of the Christ, when he said that he was not forsaken in the grave nor did his flesh suffer decay. ³² This Jesus God raised, as we can all bear witness.

³² This Jesus God raised, as we can all bear witness.

³² This Jesus God raised, as we can all bear witness. ³³ Uplifted then by God's right hand, and receiving from the Father the long-promised holy Spirit, he has poured on us what you now see and hear.)

³³ Uplifted then by God's right hand, and receiving from the Father the long-promised holy Spirit, he has poured on us what you now see and hear.)

³³ Uplifted then by God's right hand, and receiving from the Father the long-promised holy Spirit, he has poured on us what you now see and hear.) ³⁴ For it was not David who ascended to heaven; David says, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand,

³⁴ For it was not David who ascended to heaven; David says, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, ³⁵ till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet'.

³⁵ till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet'. ³⁶ So let all the house of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this very Jesus whom you have crucified."

³⁶ So let all the house of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this very Jesus whom you have crucified." ³⁷ When they heard this, it went straight to their hearts; they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what are we to do?"

³⁷ When they heard this, it went straight to their hearts; they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what are we to do?" ³⁸ "Repent," said Peter, "let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit.

⁴⁶ Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart,

⁴⁶ Day after day they resorted with one accord to the temple and broke bread together in their own homes; they ate with a glad and simple heart, ⁴⁷ praising God and looked on with favour by all the people. Meantime the Lord added the saved daily to their number.

¹⁴ but you repudiated the Holy and Just One; the boon you asked was a murderer,

¹⁴ but you repudiated the Holy and Just One; the boon you asked was a murderer, ¹⁵ and you killed the pioneer of Life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can bear witness. ¹⁶ (He it is who has given strength to this man whom you see and know, by faith in His name; it is the faith He inspires which has made the man thus hale and whole before you all.) ¹⁷ Now I know, brothers, that you acted in ignorance, like your rulers — ¹⁸ though this was how God fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the lips of all the prophets, namely the sufferings of his Christ. ¹⁹ Repent then, and turn to have your sins blotted out, so that a breathing-space may be vouchsafed you,

¹⁰ you and the people of Israel must all understand that he stands before you strong and well, thanks to the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead. ¹¹ He is the stone despised by you builders, which has become head of the corner. ¹² There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation."

³³ When they heard this, they were so furious that they determined to make away with the apostles.

⁴¹ The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;

¹³ They also brought forward false witnesses to say, "This fellow is never done talking against this holy Place and the Law! ¹⁴ Why, we have heard him say that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this Place and change the customs handed down to us by Moses!"

⁵¹ Stiff-necked, uncircumcised in heart and ear, you are always resisting the holy Spirit! As with your fathers, so with you! ⁵² Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Just One. And here you have betrayed him, murdered him! —

⁵² Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Just One. And here you have betrayed him, murdered him! — ⁵³ you who got the Law that angels transmitted, and have not obeyed it!" ⁵⁴ When they heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.

⁵⁶ "Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of man standing at God's right hand!"

¹ (Saul quite approved of his murder.) That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone, with the exception of the apostles, was scattered over Judaea and Samaria.

¹ Meanwhile Saul still breathed threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest ² and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus empowering him to put any man or woman in chains whom he could find belonging to the Way, and bring them to Jerusalem.

¹⁶ I will show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my Name."

³¹ Now, all over Judaea, Galilee, and Samaria, the church enjoyed peace; it was consolidated, inspired by reverence for the Lord and by its invocation of the holy Spirit, and so increased in numbers.

³⁴ Then Peter opened his lips and said, "I see quite plainly that God has no favourites,

⁴⁰ but God raised him on the third day, and allowed him to be seen ⁴¹ not by all the People but by witnesses whom God had previously selected, by us who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead, ⁴² when he enjoined us to preach to the People, testifying that this was he whom God has appointed to be judge of the living and of the dead.

²⁸ one of whom, named Agabus, showed by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to visit the whole world (the famine which occurred in the reign of Claudius).

⁵² As for the disciples, they were filled with joy and the holy Spirit.

²² strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."

²⁵ But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing to God, while the prisoners listened,

²⁹ So calling for lights he rushed in, fell in terror before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ and brought them out (after securing the other prisoners). "Sirs," he said, "what must I do to be saved?"

³⁰ Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent, ³¹ inasmuch as he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world justly by a man whom he has destined for this. And he has given proof of this to all by raising him from the dead."

³¹ inasmuch as he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world justly by a man whom he has destined for this. And he has given proof of this to all by raising him from the dead."

²³ Only, I know this, that in town after town the holy Spirit testifies to me that bonds and troubles are awaiting me.

²³ Only, I know this, that in town after town the holy Spirit testifies to me that bonds and troubles are awaiting me. ²⁴ But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

⁹ and had four unmarried daughters who prophesied). We stayed with him. ¹⁰ While we remained there for a number of days, a prophet called Agabus came down from Judaea. ¹¹ He came to us, took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands, saying, "Here is the word of the holy Spirit: 'So shall the Jews bind the owner of this girdle at Jerusalem and hand him over to the Gentiles'."

³ "I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel in all the strictness of our ancestral Law, ardent for God as you all are to-day. ⁴ I persecuted this Way of religion to the death, chaining and imprisoning both men and women,

¹⁹ 'But, Lord,' I said, 'they surely know it was I who imprisoned and flogged those who believed in you throughout the synagogues, ²⁰ and that I stood and approved when the blood of your martyr Stephen was being shed, taking charge of the clothes of his murderers!' ²¹ But he said to me, 'Go; I will send you afar to the Gentiles — — '" ²² Till he said that, they had listened to him. But at that they shouted, "Away with such a creature from the earth! He is not fit to live!" ²³ They yelled and threw their clothes into the air and flung dust about,

¹¹ On the following night the Lord stood by Paul and said, "Courage! As you have testified to me at Jerusalem, so you must testify at Rome."

²⁵ but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"

⁹ I once believed it my duty indeed actively to oppose the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

⁹ I once believed it my duty indeed actively to oppose the name of Jesus the Nazarene. ¹⁰ I did so in Jerusalem. I shut up many of the saints in prison, armed with authority from the high priests; when they were put to death, I voted against them;

¹⁰ I did so in Jerusalem. I shut up many of the saints in prison, armed with authority from the high priests; when they were put to death, I voted against them; ¹¹ there was not a synagogue where I did not often punish them and force them to blaspheme; and in my frantic fury I persecuted them even to foreign towns.

¹⁸ that their eyes may be opened and that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, to get remission of their sins and an inheritance among those who are consecrated by faith in me.'

²² I now bid you cheer up. There will be no loss of life, only of the ship.

²⁴ saying, 'Have no fear, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And God has granted you the lives of all your fellow-voyagers.' ²⁵ Cheer up, men! I believe God, I believe it will turn out just as I have been told.

¹⁷ God's righteousness is revealed in it by faith and for faith — as it is written, Now by faith shall the righteous live.

² 'We know the doom of God falls justly upon those who practise such vices.' ³ Very well; and do you imagine you will escape God's doom, O man, you who judge those who practise such vices and do the same yourself? ⁴ Or are you slighting all his wealth of kindness, forbearance, and patience? Do you not know his kindness is meant to make you repent?

¹⁶ on the day when God judges the secret things of men, as my gospel holds, by Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ Whatever the Law says, we know, it says to those who are inside the Law, that every mouth may be shut and all the world made answerable to God; ²⁰ for no person will be acquitted in his sight on the score of obedience to law. What the Law imparts is the consciousness of sin. ²¹ But now we have a righteousness of God disclosed apart from law altogether; it is attested by the Law and the prophets, ²² but it is a righteousness of God which comes by believing in Jesus Christ. And it is meant for all who have faith. No distinctions are drawn. ²³ All have sinned, all come short of the glory of God, ²⁴ but they are justified for nothing by his grace through the ransom provided in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God put forward as the means of propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to demonstrate the justice of God in view of the fact that sins previously committed during the time of God's forbearance had been passed over; ²⁶ it was to demonstrate his justice at the present epoch, showing that God is just himself and that he justifies man on the score of faith in Jesus.

¹ As we are justified by faith, then, let us enjoy the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ² Through him we have got access to this grace where we have our standing, and triumph in the hope of God's glory.

² Through him we have got access to this grace where we have our standing, and triumph in the hope of God's glory. ³ Not only so, but we triumph even in our troubles, knowing that trouble produces endurance,

¹¹ Not only so, but we triumph in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we now enjoy our reconciliation.

¹⁷ For if the trespass of one man allowed death to reign through that one man, much more shall those who receive the overflowing grace and free gift of righteousness reign in life through One, through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ Well then, as one man's trespass issued in doom for all, so one man's act of redress issues in acquittal and life for all. ¹⁹ Just as one man's disobedience made all the rest sinners, so one man's obedience will make all the rest righteous. ²⁰ Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far, ²¹ so that, while sin had reigned the reign of death, grace might also reign with a righteousness that ends in life eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁹ I lived at one time without law myself, but when the command came home to me, sin sprang to life and I died;

³ For God has done what the Law, weakened here by the flesh, could not do; by sending his own Son in the guise of sinful flesh, to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

²⁸ We know also that those who love God, those who have been called in terms of his purpose, have his aid and interest in everything.

³³ Who is to accuse the elect of God? When God acquits, ³⁴ who shall condemn? Will Christ? — the Christ who died, yes and rose from the dead! the Christ who is at God's right hand, who actually pleads for us!

³⁴ who shall condemn? Will Christ? — the Christ who died, yes and rose from the dead! the Christ who is at God's right hand, who actually pleads for us! ³⁵ What can ever part us from Christ's love? Can anguish or calamity or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or the sword? ³⁶ (Because, as it is written, For thy sake we are being killed all the day long, we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.)

³⁶ (Because, as it is written, For thy sake we are being killed all the day long, we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.) ³⁷ No, in all this we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

³⁷ No, in all this we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am certain neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, ³⁹ no powers of the Height or of the Depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to part us from God's love in Christ Jesus our Lord.

² I can vouch for their zeal for God; only, it is not zeal with knowledge. ³ They would not surrender to the righteousness of God, because they were ignorant of his righteousness and therefore essayed to set up a righteousness of their own.

³ They would not surrender to the righteousness of God, because they were ignorant of his righteousness and therefore essayed to set up a righteousness of their own. ⁴ Now Christ is an end to law, so as to let every believer have righteousness.

¹⁰ So why do you criticize your brother? And you, why do you look down upon your brother? All of us have to stand before the tribunal of God — ¹¹ for it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, every tongue shall offer praise to God. ¹² Each of us then will have to answer for himself to God.

²¹ the right course is to abstain from flesh or wine or indeed anything that your brother feels to be a stumbling-block.

²⁰ The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

³⁰ This is the God to whom you owe your being in Christ Jesus, whom God has made our 'Wisdom,' that is, our righteousness and consecration and redemption;

⁸ None of the Powers of this world understands it (if they had, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory).

⁸ None of the Powers of this world understands it (if they had, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory). ⁹ No, as it is written, what no eye has ever seen, what no ear has ever heard, what never entered the mind of man, God has prepared all that for those who love him. ¹⁰ And God has revealed it to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit fathoms everything, even the depths of God.

¹⁰ And God has revealed it to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit fathoms everything, even the depths of God. ¹¹ What human being can understand the thoughts of a man, except the man's own inner spirit? So too no one understands the thoughts of God, except the Spirit of God. ¹² Now we have received the Spirit — not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may understand what God bestows upon us. ¹³ And this is what we discuss, using language taught by no human wisdom but by the Spirit. We interpret what is spiritual in spiritual language.

¹ But I could not discuss things with you, my brothers, as spiritual persons; I had to address you as worldlings, as mere babes in Christ. ² I fed you with milk, not with solid food. You were not able for solid food, and you are not able even now;

⁵ So do not criticize at all; the hour of reckoning has still to come, when the Lord will come to bring dark secrets to the light and to reveal life's inner aims and motives. Then each of us will get his meed of praise from God.

¹³ when defamed, we try to conciliate. To this hour we are treated as the scum of the earth, the very refuse of the world!

³ Do you not know we are to manage angels, let alone mundane issues? ⁴ And yet, when you have mundane issues to settle, you refer them to the judgment of men who from the point of view of the church are of no account!

³ so I tell you now, that no one is speaking in the Spirit of God when he cries, 'Cursed be Jesus,' and that no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except in the holy Spirit.

²⁴ Whereas, if everybody prophesies, and some unbeliever or outsider comes in, he is exposed by all, brought to book by all;

⁵ and that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve; ⁶ after that, he was seen by over five hundred brothers all at once, the majority of whom survive to this day, though some have died; ⁷ after that, he was seen by James, then by all the apostles, ⁸ and finally he was seen by myself, by this so-called 'abortion' of an apostle. ⁹ For I am the very least of the apostles, unfit to bear the name of apostle, since I persecuted the church of God.

¹⁴ and if Christ did not rise, then our preaching has gone for nothing, and your faith has gone for nothing too. ¹⁵ Besides, we are detected bearing false witness to God by affirming of him that he raised Christ — whom he did not raise, if after all dead men never rise. ¹⁶ For if dead men never rise, Christ did not rise either; ¹⁷ and if Christ did not rise, your faith is futile, you are still in your sins. ¹⁸ More than that: those who have slept the sleep of death in Christ have perished after all. ¹⁹ Ah, if in this life we have nothing but a mere hope in Christ, we are of all men to be pitied most! ²⁰ But it is not so! Christ did rise from the dead, he was the first to be reaped of those who sleep in death.

⁴⁷ Man the first is from the earth, material; Man the second is from heaven.

²² 'If any one has no love for the Lord, God's curse be on him! Maran atha!

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort,

¹² Such being my hope then, I am quite frank and open — ¹³ not like Moses, who used to hang a veil over his face to keep the children of Israel from gazing at the last rays of a fading glory. ¹⁴ Besides, their minds were dulled, for to this very day, when the Old Testament is read aloud, the same veil hangs. Veiled from them the fact that the glory fades in Christ! ¹⁵ Yes, down to this day, whenever Moses is read aloud, the veil rests on their heart; ¹⁶ though whenever they turn to the Lord, the veil is removed. ¹⁷ (The Lord means the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is open freedom.) ¹⁸ But we all mirror the glory of the Lord with face unveiled, and so we are being transformed into the same likeness as himself, passing from one glory to another — for this comes of the Lord the Spirit.

² I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God. ³ Even if my gospel is veiled, it is only veiled in the case of the perishing; ⁴ there the god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, to prevent them seeing the light thrown by the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God.

⁴ there the god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, to prevent them seeing the light thrown by the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God. ⁵ (It is Christ Jesus as Lord, not myself, that I proclaim; I am simply a servant of yours for Jesus' sake.) ⁶ For God who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," has shone within my heart to illuminate men with the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Christ.

⁶ For God who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," has shone within my heart to illuminate men with the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Christ.

¹⁷ The slight trouble of the passing hour results in a solid glory past all comparison,

¹⁰ for we have all to appear without disguise before the tribunal of Christ, each to be requited for what he has done with his body, well or ill. ¹¹ If I 'appeal to the interests of men,' then, it is with the fear of the Lord before my mind. What I am is plain to God without disguise, plain also, I trust, to your own conscience.

¹⁴ for I am controlled by the love of Christ, convinced that as One has died for all, then all have died,

²¹ For our sakes He made him to be sin who himself knew nothing of sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

¹⁰ grieved but always glad, a 'pauper', but the means of wealth to many, without a penny but possessed of all.

⁴ I have absolute confidence in you, I am indeed proud of you, you are a perfect comfort to me, I am overflowing with delight, for all the trouble I have to bear.

¹¹ Now brothers, goodbye; mend your ways, listen to what I have told you, live in harmony, keep the peace; then the God of love and peace will be with you.

⁴ who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil world — by the will of our God and Father,

¹³ You know the story of my past career in Judaism; you know how furiously I persecuted the church of God and harried it, ¹⁴ and how I outstripped many of my own age and race in my special ardour for the ancestral traditions of my house.

⁴ but when the time had fully expired, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,

²⁷ For it is written, Rejoice, O thou barren who bearest not, break into joy, thou who travailest not; for the children of the desolate woman are far more than of the married.

⁵ for it is by faith that 'we' wait in the Spirit for the righteousness we hope for;

²² But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,

¹⁴ But no boasting for me, none except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I crucified to the world.

¹⁶ I never cease to give thanks for you, when I mention you in my prayers. ¹⁷ May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, grant you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation for the knowledge of himself,

² in which you moved as you followed the course of this world, under the sway of the prince of the air — the spirit which is at present active within those sons of disobedience

¹⁴ For he is our peace, he who has made both of us a unity and destroyed the barrier which kept us apart; ¹⁵ in his own flesh he put an end to the feud of the Law with its code of commands, so as to make peace by the creation of a new Man in himself out of both parties, ¹⁶ so as himself to give the death-blow to that feud by reconciling them both to God in one Body through the cross; ¹⁷ he came with a gospel of peace for those far away (that is, for you) and for those who were near, ¹⁸ for it is through him that we both enjoy our access to the Father in one Spirit.

¹⁴ For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father ¹⁵ from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name and nature, ¹⁶ praying Him out of the wealth of his glory to grant you a mighty increase of strength by his Spirit in the inner man. ¹⁷ May Christ dwell in your hearts as you have faith! ¹⁸ May you be so fixed and founded in love that you can grasp with all the saints what is the meaning of 'the Breadth,' 'the Length,' 'the Depth' and 'the Height,' ¹⁹ by knowing the love of Christ which surpasses all knowledge! May you be filled with the entire fulness of God! ²⁰ Now to him who by the action of his power within us can do all things, aye far more than we ever ask or imagine,

⁷ But each one of us is granted his own grace, as determined by the full measure of Christ's gift.

⁷ But each one of us is granted his own grace, as determined by the full measure of Christ's gift. ⁸ Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men.

⁸ Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men.

⁸ Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men. ⁹ What does he ascended mean, except that he first descended to the nether regions of the earth?

⁹ What does he ascended mean, except that he first descended to the nether regions of the earth?

⁹ What does he ascended mean, except that he first descended to the nether regions of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is he who ascended above all the heavens to fill the universe;

¹⁰ He who descended is he who ascended above all the heavens to fill the universe;

¹⁰ He who descended is he who ascended above all the heavens to fill the universe; ¹¹ he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

¹¹ he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

¹¹ he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach, ¹² for the equipment of the saints, for the business of the ministry, for the upbuilding of the Body of Christ,

¹² for the equipment of the saints, for the business of the ministry, for the upbuilding of the Body of Christ, ¹³ till we should all attain the unity of the faith and knowledge of God's Son, reaching maturity, reaching the full measure of development which belongs to the fulness of Christ —

¹³ till we should all attain the unity of the faith and knowledge of God's Son, reaching maturity, reaching the full measure of development which belongs to the fulness of Christ — ¹⁴ instead of remaining immature, blown from our course and swayed by every passing wind of doctrine, by the adroitness of men who are dexterous in devising error; ¹⁵ we are to hold by the truth, and by our love to grow up wholly into Him. For He, Christ, is the head, and under him,

²⁴ Grace be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ so that you may be transparent and no harm to anyone in view of the day of Christ,

⁶ in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness. ⁷ But for Christ's sake I have learned to count my former gains a loss; ⁸ indeed I count anything a loss, compared to the supreme value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything (I count it all the veriest refuse) in order to gain Christ ⁹ and be found at death in him, possessing no legal righteousness of my own but the righteousness of faith in Christ, the divine righteousness that rests on faith.

⁷ so shall God's peace, that surpasses all our dreams, keep guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

¹⁹ For it was in him that the divine Fulness willed to settle without limit, ²⁰ and by him it willed to reconcile in his own person all on earth and in heaven alike, in a peace made by the blood of his cross.

³ in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge lie hidden!

⁹ It is in Christ that the entire Fulness of deity has settled bodily,

¹⁵ when he cut away the angelic Rulers and Powers from us, exposing them to all the world and triumphing over them in the cross.

⁶ and you started to copy us and the Lord, welcoming the word, though it brought you heavy trouble, with a joy inspired by the holy Spirit.

¹⁵ who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, who harassed ourselves, who offend God and oppose all men ¹⁶ by hindering us from speaking words of salvation to the Gentiles. So they would fill up the measure of their sins to the last drop! But the Wrath is on them to the bitter end!

⁴ for we told you beforehand, when we were with you, that "we Christians are to have trouble" — and, as you know, it has been so.)

⁷ then, amid all my own distress and trouble, I was cheered — this faith of yours encouraged me.

⁷ then, amid all my own distress and trouble, I was cheered — this faith of yours encouraged me. ⁸ It is life to me now, if you stand firm in the Lord. ⁹ How can I render thanks enough to God for you, for all the joy you make me feel in the presence of our God?

¹¹ May our God and Father and our Lord Jesus direct my way to you! ¹² And may the Lord make you increase and excel in love to one another and to all men (as is my love for you), ¹³ so as to strengthen your hearts and make them blameless in holiness before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. [Amen.]

³ when 'all's well' and 'all is safe' are on the lips of men, then all of a sudden Destruction is upon them, like pangs on a pregnant woman — escape there is none.

² grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸ in flaming fire, to inflict punishment on those who ignore God, even on those who refuse obedience to the gospel of our Lord Jesus,

³ Let nobody delude you into this belief, whatever he may say. It will not come till the Rebellion takes place first of all, with the revealing of the Lawless One, the doomed One,

¹⁰ and with the full deceitfulness of evil for those who are doomed to perish, since they refuse to love the Truth that would save them. ¹¹ Therefore God visits them with an active delusion, till they put faith in falsehood, ¹² so that all may be doomed who refuse faith in the Truth but delight in evil.

¹² so that all may be doomed who refuse faith in the Truth but delight in evil.

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope,

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope, ¹⁷ graciously encourage your hearts and strengthen them for all good in deed and word.

¹⁶ May the Lord of peace himself grant you peace continually, whatever comes. The Lord be with you all.

¹³ though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;

¹⁵ It is a sure word, it deserves all praise, that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"; and though I am the foremost of sinners,

⁵ For "there is one God" and "one intermediary between God and men, ⁶ the man Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all": — in due time this was attested,

¹⁶ And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? — it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."

¹ But in later days, the Spirit distinctly declares, certain people will rebel against the faith; they will listen to spirits of error and to the doctrines that daemons teach ² through plausible sophists who are seared in conscience — ³ men who prohibit marriage and insist on abstinence from foods which God created for believing men, who understand the Truth, to partake of with thanksgiving.

¹ Mark this, there are hard times coming in the last days. ² For men will be selfish, fond of money, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreverent, ³ callous, relentless, scurrilous, dissolute, and savage; they will hate goodness, ⁴ they will be treacherous, reckless and conceited, preferring pleasure to God — ⁵ for though they keep up a form of religion, they will have nothing to do with it as a force. Avoid all such.

¹² Yes, and all who want to live the religious life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

¹⁶ The first time I had to defend myself, I had no supporters; everyone deserted me. God grant it may not be brought up against them! ¹⁷ But the Lord supported me and gave me strength to make a full statement of the gospel and let all the heathen hear it. I was rescued from the jaws of the lion.

³ He, reflecting God's bright glory and stamped with God's own character, sustains the universe with his word of power; when he had secured our purification from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high;

¹⁴ Since the children then share blood and flesh, he himself participated in their nature, so that by dying he might crush him who wields the power of death (that is to say, the devil)

¹² Brothers, take care in case there is a wicked, unbelieving heart in any of you, moving you to apostatize from the living God.

¹³ And no created thing is hidden from him; all things lie open and exposed before the eyes of him with whom we have to reckon. ¹⁴ As we have a great high priest, then, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession; ¹⁵ for ours is no high priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every respect like ourselves, yet without sinning. ¹⁶ So let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in the hour of need.

¹¹ On this point I have a great deal to say, which it is hard to make intelligible to you. For you have grown dull of hearing. ¹² Though by this time you should be teaching other people, you still need someone to teach you once more the rudimentary principles of the divine revelation. You are in need of milk, not of solid food.

¹² Though by this time you should be teaching other people, you still need someone to teach you once more the rudimentary principles of the divine revelation. You are in need of milk, not of solid food. ¹³ (For anyone who is fed on milk is unskilled in moral truth; he is a mere babe. ¹⁴ Whereas solid food is for the mature, for those who have their faculties trained by exercise to distinguish good and evil.)

² with instruction about ablutions and the laying on of hands, about the resurrection of the dead and eternal punishment.

¹⁸ so that by these two solid facts (the Promise and the Oath), where it is impossible for God to be false, we refugees might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us,

² who had a tenth part of everything assigned him by Abraham — this Melchizedek is primarily a king of righteousness (that is the meaning of his name); then, besides that, king of Salem (which means, king of peace).

²⁵ Hence for all time he is able to save those who approach God through him, as he is always living to intercede on their behalf. ²⁶ Such was the high priest for us, saintly, innocent, unstained, lifted high above the heavens, far from all contact with the sinful,

²⁷ And just as it is appointed for men to die once and after that to be judged,

⁵ Hence, on entering the world he says, Thou hast no desire for sacrifice or offering; it is a body thou hast prepared for me — ⁶ in holocausts and sin-offerings thou takest no delight. ⁷ So I said, 'Here I come — in the roll of the book this is written of me — I come to do thy will, O God.' ⁸ He begins by saying, thou hast no desire for, thou takest no delight in, sacrifices and offerings and holocausts and sin-offerings (and these are what are offered in terms of the Law); ⁹ he then adds, Here I come to do thy will. He does away with the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰ And it is by this will that we are consecrated, because Jesus Christ once for all has offered up his body. ¹¹ Again, while every priest stands daily at his service, offering the same sacrifices repeatedly, sacrifices which never can take sins away — ¹² He offered a single sacrifice for sins and then seated himself for all time at the right hand of God, ¹³ to wait until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet.

¹⁹ Brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy Presence in virtue of the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the fresh, living way which he has inaugurated for us through the veil (that is, through his flesh), ²¹ and since we have a great Priest over the house of God, ²² let us draw near with a true heart, in absolute assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from a bad conscience, and our bodies washed in pure water; ²³ let us hold the hope we avow without wavering (for we can rely on him who gave us the Promise);

²⁸ Anyone who has rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy, on the evidence of two or of three witnesses. ²⁹ How much heavier, do you suppose, will be the punishment assigned to him who has spurned the Son of God, who has profaned the covenant-blood with which he was sanctified, who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

³⁴ for you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you took the confiscation of your own belongings cheerfully, conscious that elsewhere you had higher, you had lasting, possessions.

²⁵ ill-treatment with God's people he preferred to the passing pleasures of sin,

² our eyes fixed upon Jesus as the pioneer and the perfection of faith — upon Jesus who, in order to reach his own appointed joy, steadily endured the cross, thinking nothing of its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

⁶ for the Lord disciplines the man he loves, and scourges every son he receives.

²⁰ May the God of peace who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of the eternal covenant, ²¹ furnish you with everything for the doing of his will, creating in your lives by Jesus Christ what is acceptable in his own sight! To him be glory for ever and ever: Amen.

² Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial,

² You crave, and miss what you want: you envy and covet, but you cannot acquire: you wrangle and fight — you miss what you want because you do not ask God for it; ³ you do ask and you do not get it, because you ask with the wicked intention of spending it on your pleasures.

⁶ You will rejoice then, though for the passing moment you may need to suffer various trials; ⁷ that is only to prove your faith is sterling (far more precious than gold which is perishable and yet is tested by fire), and it redounds to your praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ⁸ You never knew him, but you love him; for the moment you do not see him, but you believe in him, and you will thrill with an unspeakable and glorious joy

⁸ You never knew him, but you love him; for the moment you do not see him, but you believe in him, and you will thrill with an unspeakable and glorious joy

¹⁰ Even prophets have searched and inquired about that salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that was meant for you; ¹¹ the Spirit of messiah within them foretold all the suffering of messiah and his after-glory, and they pondered when or how this was to come; ¹² to them it was revealed that they got this intelligence not for themselves but for you, regarding all that has now been disclosed to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the holy Spirit sent from heaven. The very angels long to get a glimpse of this!

⁷ Now you believe, you hold him 'precious,' but as for the unbelieving — the very stone the builders rejected is now the cornerstone, ⁸ a stone over which men stumble and a rock of offence; they stumble over it in their disobedience to God's word. Such is their appointed doom.

¹⁸ Christ himself died for sins, once for all, a just man for unjust men, that he might bring us near to God; in the flesh he was put to death but he came to life in the Spirit.

¹³ You are sharing what Christ suffered; so rejoice in it, that you may also rejoice and exult when his glory is revealed. ¹⁴ If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you.

⁹ Resist him; keep your foothold in the faith, and learn to pay the same tax of suffering as the rest of your brotherhood throughout the world.

¹⁴ since I know my tent must be folded up very soon — as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

¹ Still, false prophets did appear among the People, as among you also there will be false teachers, men who will insinuate destructive heresies, even disowning the Lord who ransomed them; they bring rapid destruction on themselves, ² and many will follow their immorality (thanks to them the true Way will be maligned); ³ in their lust they will exploit you with cunning arguments — men whose doom comes apace from of old, and destruction is awake upon their trail. ⁴ For if God did not spare angels who had sinned, but committing them to pits of the nether gloom in Tartarus, reserved them under punishment for doom:

⁴ For if God did not spare angels who had sinned, but committing them to pits of the nether gloom in Tartarus, reserved them under punishment for doom: ⁵ if he did not spare the ancient world but kept Noah, the herald of righteousness, safe with seven others, when he let loose the deluge on the world of impious men:

⁵ if he did not spare the ancient world but kept Noah, the herald of righteousness, safe with seven others, when he let loose the deluge on the world of impious men: ⁶ if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorra to ashes when he sentenced them to devastation, and thus gave the impious an example of what was in store for them,

⁶ if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorra to ashes when he sentenced them to devastation, and thus gave the impious an example of what was in store for them, ⁷ but rescued righteous Lot who was sore burdened by the immoral behaviour of the lawless

⁷ but rescued righteous Lot who was sore burdened by the immoral behaviour of the lawless ⁸ (for when that righteous man resided among them, by what he saw and heard his righteous soul was vexed day after day with their unlawful doings) —

⁸ (for when that righteous man resided among them, by what he saw and heard his righteous soul was vexed day after day with their unlawful doings) — ⁹ then be sure the Lord knows how to rescue pious folk from trial, and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment till the day of doom,

⁹ then be sure the Lord knows how to rescue pious folk from trial, and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment till the day of doom, ¹⁰ particularly those who fall in with the polluting appetite of the flesh and despise the Powers celestial. Daring, presumptuous creatures! they are not afraid to scoff at the angelic Glories; ¹¹ whereas even angels, superior in might and power, lay no scoffing charge against these before the Lord. ¹² But those people! — like irrational animals, creatures of mere instinct, born for capture and corruption, they scoff at what they are ignorant of; and like animals they will suffer corruption and ruin, ¹³ done out of the profits of their evil-doing. Pleasure for them is revelling in open daylight — spots and blots, with their dissipated revelling, as they carouse in your midst! — ¹⁴ their eyes are full of harlotry, insatiable for sin; their own hearts trained to lust, they beguile unsteady souls. Accursed generation! ¹⁵ they have gone wrong by leaving the straight road, by following the road of Balaam son of Bosor, who liked the profits of evil-doing — ¹⁶ but he got reproved for his malpractice: a dumb ass spoke with human voice and checked the prophet's infatuation. ¹⁷ These people are waterless fountains and mists driven by a squall, for whom the nether gloom of darkness is reserved. ¹⁸ By talking arrogant futilities they beguile with the sensual lure of fleshly passion those who are just escaping from the company of misconduct — ¹⁹ promising them freedom, when they are themselves enslaved to corruption (for a man is the slave of whatever overpowers him). ²⁰ After escaping the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, if they get entangled and overpowered again, the last state is worse for them than the first. ²¹ Better had they never known the Way of righteousness, than to know it and then turn back from the holy command which was committed to them. ²² They verify the truth of the proverb: "The dog turns back to what he has vomited, the sow when washed will wallow in the mire."

⁷ but the present heavens and earth are treasured up by the same word for fire, reserved for the day when the impious are doomed and destroyed.

³ it is of what we heard and saw that we bring you word, so that you may share our fellowship; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. ⁴ We are writing this to you that our own joy may be complete.

¹ My dear children, I am writing this to you that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father in Jesus Christ the just;

²⁰ Now, you have been anointed by the holy One, and you all possess knowledge.

²⁷ but the unction you received from him remains within you, and you really need no teaching from anyone; simply remain in him, for his unction teaches you about everything and is true and is no lie — remain in him, as it has taught you to do.

¹ 'Born of him!' Think what a love the Father has for us, in letting us be called 'children of God!' That is what we are. The world does not recognize us? That is simply because it did not recognize him.

⁸ he who commits sin belongs to the devil, for the devil is a sinner from the very beginning. (This is why the Son of God appeared, to destroy the deeds of the devil.)

²³ Now this is what he commands, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do;

⁴ My dear children, you belong to God, and you have conquered all such, for He who is within you is greater than he who is in the world.

⁶ we belong to God — he who knows God listens to us, he who does not belong to God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

⁸ he who does not love, does not know God, for God is love.

¹³ This is how we may be sure we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us a share in his own Spirit; ¹⁴ and we have seen, we can testify, that the Father has sent the Son as the Saviour of the world.

¹⁹ We love, because He loved us first.

⁴ for whatever is born of God conquers the world. Our faith, that is the conquest which conquers the world.

⁶ Jesus Christ, he it is who came by water, blood, and Spirit — not by the water alone, but by the water and the blood.

¹⁴ Now the confidence we have in him is this, that he listens to us whenever we ask anything in accordance with his will; ¹⁵ and if we know he listens to whatever we ask, we know we obtain the requests we have made to him. ¹⁶ If anyone notices his brother committing a sin which is not deadly, he will ask and obtain life for him — for anyone who does not commit a deadly sin. There is such a thing as deadly sin; I do not mean he is to pray for that.

²⁰ We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.

¹² I have a great deal to write to you, but I do not mean to use ink and paper; I hope to visit you and have a talk with you, so that your joy may be unimpaired.

¹⁵ to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the impious of all the impious deeds they have committed, and of all the harsh things said against him by impious sinners.

²⁰ But do you, beloved, build up yourselves on your most holy faith and pray in the holy Spirit, ²¹ so keeping yourselves within the love of God and waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that ends in life eternal.

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from slipping and to make you stand unblemished and exultant before his glory —

¹ A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God granted him for his servants, to show them what must come to pass very soon; he disclosed it by sending it through his angel to his servant John,

⁷ Lo, he is coming on the clouds, to be seen by every eye, even by those who impaled him, and all the tribes of earth will wail because of him: even so, Amen.

¹⁹ Write down your vision of what is and what is to be hereafter.

²³ and her children I will exterminate. So shall all the churches know that I am the searcher of the inmost heart; I will requite each of you according to what you have done.

⁹ Lo, I will make those who belong to that synagogue of Satan, who style themselves Jews (no Jews are they, but liars!) — lo, I will have them come and do homage before your feet and learn that I did love you.

¹⁹ I reprove and discipline those whom I love; so be in warm earnest and repent.

²¹ 'The conqueror I will allow to sit beside me on my throne, as I myself have conquered and sat down beside my Father on his throne.'

¹ And when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, I looked, and I heard one of the four living Creatures calling like thunder, "Come." ² So I looked, and there was a white horse, its rider holding a bow; he was given a crown, and away he rode conquering and to conquer. ³ And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living Creature calling, "Come." ⁴ And away went another red horse; its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other; he was given a huge sword. ⁵ And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living Creature calling, "Come." So I looked and there was a black horse; its rider held a pair of scales in his hand, ⁶ and I heard like a voice in the midst of the four living Creatures saying, "A shilling for a quart of wheat, a shilling for three quarts of barley; but harm not oil and wine!" ⁷ And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living Creature calling, "Come." ⁸ So I looked, and there was a livid horse; its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. They were given power over the fourth part of the earth, to kill men with sword and famine and plague and by the wild beasts of the earth. ⁹ And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for adhering to God's word and to the testimony which they bore;

⁹ And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for adhering to God's word and to the testimony which they bore; ¹⁰ and they cried aloud, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long wilt thou refrain from charging and avenging our blood upon those who dwell on earth?" ¹¹ But they were each given a white robe, and told to remain quiet for a little longer, until their number was completed by their fellow-servants and their brothers who were to be killed like themselves. ¹² And when he opened the sixth seal, I looked; and a great earthquake took place, the sun turned black as sackcloth, the full moon turned like blood, ¹³ the stars of the sky dropped to earth as a fig tree shaken by a gale sheds her unripe figs, ¹⁴ the sky was swept aside like a scroll being folded up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. ¹⁵ Then the kings of the earth, the magnates, the generals, the rich, the strong, slaves and freemen everyone of them, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains, ¹⁶ calling to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall upon us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb; ¹⁷ for the great Day of their anger has come, and who can stand it?"

¹⁴ I said to him, "You know, my lord." So he told me, "These are the people who have come out of the great Distress, who washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁴ I said to him, "You know, my lord." So he told me, "These are the people who have come out of the great Distress, who washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ For this they are now before the throne of God, serving him day and night within his temple. and he who is seated on the throne shall overshadow them. ¹⁶ Never again will they hunger, never again will they thirst, never shall the sun strike them, nor any scorching heat;" ¹⁷ for the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, guiding them to fountains of living water; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

¹⁰ and the dwellers on earth will gloat over them and rejoice, sending presents to congratulate one another — for these two prophets were a torment to the dwellers on earth.

² she was with child, crying in the pangs of travail, in anguish for her delivery. ³ Then another portent was seen in heaven! There was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and seven horns and seven diadems upon his heads; ⁴ his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and flung them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was on the point of being delivered, to devour her child as soon as it was born. ⁵ She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron flail; her child was caught up to God and to his throne,

⁷ And war broke out in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting with the dragon; the dragon and his angels also fought, ⁸ but he failed, and there was no place for them in heaven any longer. ⁹ So the huge dragon was thrown down — that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, the seducer of the whole world — thrown down to the earth, and his angels thrown down along with him. ¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now it has come, the salvation and power, the reign of our God and the authority of his Christ! — for the Accuser of our brothers is thrown down, who accused them before God day and night. ¹¹ But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they had to die for it, but they did not cling to life.

⁷ As she gloried and played the wanton, so give her like measure of torture and tears. Since in her heart she vaunts, 'A queen I sit, no widow I, tears I shall never know,'

¹⁰ Then I fell before his feet to worship him; but he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers, who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God" (for the testimony borne by Jesus is the breath of all prophecy).

² he gripped the dragon, that old serpent (who is the devil and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years, ³ flinging him into the abyss and shutting and sealing it on the top of him, to prevent him seducing the nations again until the thousand years were completed — after which he has to be released for a little while.

¹⁰ and their seducer, the devil, was flung into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the false Prophet also lie, to be tortured day and night for ever and ever. ¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne, and One who was seated thereon; from his presence earth and sky fled, no more to be found. ¹² And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne, and books were opened — also another book, the book of Life, was opened — and the dead were judged by what was written in these books, by what they had done. ¹³ The sea gave up its corpses, Death and Hades gave up their dead, and all were judged by what each had done. ¹⁴ Then Death and Hades were flung into the lake of fire, ¹⁵ and whoever was not found enrolled in the book of Life was flung into the lake of fire — which is the second death, the lake of fire.

¹ Then he showed me the river of the water of Life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb ² through the streets of the City; on both sides of the river grew the tree of Life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, each month having its own fruit; and the leaves served to heal the nations. ³ None who is accursed will be there; but the throne of God and the Lamb will be within it, his servants will serve and worship him, ⁴ they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ Night there shall be none; they need no lamp or sun to shine upon them, for the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign for ever and ever. ⁶ [vss 6,7 relocated between vss 9 & 10] And he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and genuine, for the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his angel to show his servants what must very soon come to pass. ⁷ Lo, I am coming very soon; blessed is he who lays to heart the words of the prophecy of this book!" ⁸ I John saw and heard all this; and when I heard and saw it, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me it all. ⁹ But he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers the prophets, who lay to heart the words of this book. Worship God." ¹⁰ He said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near: ¹¹ Let the wicked still be wicked, let the filthy still be filthy, let the righteous still do right, let the holy still be holy! ¹² [Relocated to follow vss 16 & 13] Lo, I am coming very soon, with my reward, to requite everyone for what he has done." ¹³ [Relocated to follow vs 16] I am the alpha and the omega, the First and the Last, the beginning and the end. ¹⁴ Blessed are those who wash their robes, that theirs may be the right to the tree of Life, the right to enter the gates of the City! ¹⁵ Begone, you dogs, you sorcerers, you vicious men, you murderers, you idolaters, you who love and practise falsehood, everyone of you!" ¹⁶ "I Jesus have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches; I am the Scion and offspring of David, the bright star of the morning. ¹⁷ "Come," say the Spirit and the Bride: let the hearer too say, "Come"; and let the thirsty come, let anyone who desires it, take the water of Life without price. ¹⁸ [I adjure all who hear the words of the prophecy of this book: "If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book; ¹⁹ and if anyone removes any words written in this book, God will remove his share in the tree of Life and in the holy City described in this book."] ²⁰ He who bears this testimony says, "Even so: I am coming very soon." Amen, Lord Jesus, come! ²¹ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.