Romans 15 Cross References - Murdock

¹ We then who are strong, ought to bear the infirmity of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ² But each of us should please his neighbor, in good things, as conducive to edification. ³ Because Messiah also did not please himself; but, as it is written: The reviling of thy revilers fell upon me. ⁴ For every thing written of old, was written for our instruction; that we, by patience and by the consolation of the scriptures, might possess hope. ⁵ And may the God of patience and of consolation, grant to you, to think in harmony one with another, in Jesus Messiah; ⁶ so that with one mind and one mouth, ye may glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Messiah. ⁷ Wherefore, receive ye and bear up one another, as also Messiah received you, to the glory of God. ⁸ Now I say, that Jesus Messiah ministered to the circumcision, in behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promise made to the fathers; ⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercies upon them, as it is written: I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing psalms. ¹⁰ And again he said: Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. ¹¹ And again he said: Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye nations. ¹² And again Isaiah said: There will be a root of Jesse; and he that shall arise, will be a prince for the Gentiles; and in him will the Gentiles hope. ¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace, by faith; that ye may abound in his hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁴ Now I am persuaded, my Brethren, even I, concerning you; that ye too are full of goodness, and are replenished with all knowledge, and are able also to instruct others. ¹⁵ Yet I have written rather boldly to you, my Brethren, that I might put you in remembrance; because of the grace which is given to me by God, ¹⁶ that I should be a minister of Jesus Messiah among the Gentiles, and should subserve the gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentiles might be acceptable, and be sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ I have therefore a glorying in Jesus Messiah, before God. ¹⁸ Yet I presume not to speak of any thing done for the obedience of the Gentiles, which Messiah hath not wrought by me, in word and in deeds, ¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem I have made a circuit quite to Illyricum, and have fulfilled the announcement of the Messiah; ²⁰ while I was careful not to preach where the name of Messiah had been invoked, lest I should build upon another man's foundation; ²¹ but, it is written: They, to whom mention of him had not been made, will see him; and they, who had not heard, will be obedient. ²² And on this account, I have been many times prevented from coming to you. ²³ But now, since I have no place in these regions, and as I have been desirous for many years past to come to you, ²⁴ when I go to Spain, I hope to come and see you; and that ye will accompany me thither, when I shall have been satisfied, in some measure, with visiting you. ²⁵ But I am now going to Jerusalem, to minister to the saints. ²⁶ For they of Macedonia and Achaia, have been willing to make up a contribution for the needy saints who are at Jerusalem. ²⁷ They were willing, because they were also debtors to them: for if the Gentiles have been participators with them in the Spirit, they are debtors to serve them also in things of the flesh. ²⁸ When therefore, I shall have accomplished this, and shall have sealed to them this fruit, I will pass by you into Spain. ²⁹ And I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Messiah. ³⁰ And I beseech you, my Brethren, by our Lord Jesus Messiah, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye labor with me in prayer to God for me; ³¹ that I may be delivered from them in Judaea, who believe not and that the ministration, which I carry to the saints in Jerusalem, may be well received; ³² and that, by the good pleasure of God, I may come to you with joy, and may take comfort with you. ³³ And may the God of peace be with you all: Amen.

²³ Behold, a virgin will conceive, and will bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Emmanuel, which is interpreted, Our God with us.

⁸ And when the multitudes saw it, they were struck with awe; and they praised God, who had given authority like this to men.

²⁵ It is sufficient for the disciple, that he be as his rabbi; and the servant, as his lord. If they call the lord of the house Beelzebub, how much more the children of his family?

⁴⁰ He that entertaineth you, entertaineth me: and he that entertaineth me, entertaineth him that sent me.

²⁸ Come unto me, all ye wearied and heavily burdened, and I will ease you. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you; and learn from me, that I am gentle and subdued in my heart: and ye will find rest for your souls: ³⁰ for my yoke is pleasant, and my burden is light.

²¹ And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

²⁸ But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, the kingdom of God hath come near to you.

²⁴ But he answered and said to them: I am not sent, except to the sheep that have strayed from the house of Israel.

²⁸ even as the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve; and to give his life a ransom for many.

⁴⁰ And the king will answer, and say to them: Verily I Say to you, That inasmuch as ye did so to one of these my little brothers, ye did so to me.

¹¹ For the poor ye have at all times with you; but I am not with you always

³⁹ And retiring a little, he fell on his face, and prayed, and said: My Father, if it can be so, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I choose, but as thou.

⁴² Again he went away the second time, and prayed, and said: My Father, if it cannot be that this cup pass, except I drink it, thy will be done.

¹⁸ And Jesus came near, and discoursed with them, and said to them: All authority is given to me, in heaven and on earth. And as my Father sent me, so also I send you. ¹⁹ Go ye, therefore, and instruct all nations; and baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. ²⁰ And teach them to observe all that I have commanded you. And, behold, I am with you always, unto the consummation of the worlds Amen. Completion of the Holy Gospel as published by Matthew; and which he published in Hebrew, in the land of the Palestineans.

²⁰ And teach them to observe all that I have commanded you. And, behold, I am with you always, unto the consummation of the worlds Amen. Completion of the Holy Gospel as published by Matthew; and which he published in Hebrew, in the land of the Palestineans.

³⁷ Whoever receiveth one in my name, like this child, he receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth not me only, but him that sent me.

²⁰ And they went forth, and preached everywhere: and our Lord aided them, and confirmed their discourses by the signs which they wrought. Completion of the Holy Gospels, the announcement of Mark; which he uttered and proclaimed in Latin at Rome.

⁵⁴ He hath aided Israel his servant, and remembered his mercy, ⁵⁵ (as he spoke with the fathers,) with Abraham and his seed, for ever. ⁵⁶ And Mary remained with Elisabeth about three months, and returned to her home.

⁷⁰ as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who were of old, ⁷¹ that he would redeem us from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us. ⁷² And he hath exercised his mercy to our fathers, and hath remembered his holy covenants, ⁷³ and the oath that he sware to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us,

²⁰ And he lifted his eyes upon his disciples, and said: Blessed are ye poor; for the kingdom of God is yours.

⁴⁸ and said to them: Whoever receiveth a child like this, in my name, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. For he that shall be least among you all, he will be the great one.

¹³ But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.

² And the Scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

¹¹ He came to his own people; and his own people received him not.

³⁴ Jesus said to them: My food is to do the pleasure of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

⁴⁸ Jesus said to him: Unless ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

³⁰ I can do nothing of my own pleasure; but as I hear, so I judge. And my judgment is just; for I seek not my own pleasure, but the pleasure of him that sent me.

³⁷ All that my Father gave me, will come to me: and him, that cometh to me, I will not cast out. ³⁸ For I came down from heaven, not to do my own pleasure, but the pleasure of him that sent me.

²⁹ And he that sent me, is with me; and my Father hath not left me alone, because I do, at all times, that which pleaseth him.

¹⁶ And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold: and them also I must bring; and they will hear my voice; and the whole will be one flock, and one shepherd.

²⁹ For my Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; nor can any pluck from my Father's hand. ³⁰ I and my Father are one.

²⁷ Behold, now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? My Father, deliver me from this hour? But for this very cause, came I to this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify thy name! And a voice was heard from heaven: I have glorified it; and I will glorify it again.

³⁴ A new commandment I give to you, that ye be affectionate to each other. As I have loved you, do ye also love one another.

¹ Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, and, believe in me.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. It is not as the world giveth, that I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor be afraid.

³⁰ Hereafter I shall not converse much with you; for the ruler of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. ³¹ But that the world may know, that I love my Father, and as my Father commanded me, so I do. Arise; let us go hence.

¹⁰ If ye shall keep my commands, ye will abide in the love of me, as I have kept the commands of my Father, and abide in his love.

²⁴ If I had not wrought before them works which no other person ever did, sin would not have been to them: but now they have seen, and have hated, both me and my Father;

¹⁷ Jesus said to her: Touch me not; for not yet have I ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren, and say to them: I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.

⁸ But when the Holy Spirit shall come upon you, ye will receive energy, and will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and also among the Samaritans, and unto the ends of the earth.

²⁵ Ye are the children of the prophets: and that covenant which God made with our fathers, when he said to Abraham, that in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed, ²⁶ he hath first established to you: and God hath sent his Son to bless you, if ye will be converted, and repent of your wickedness.

²⁴ And they, when they heard it, unitedly lifted up their voice to God and said: Lord, thou art God, who hast made heaven, and earth, and seas, and every thing in them.

³² And in the assembly of the persons that believed, there was one soul, and one mind: and no one of them said, of the property he possessed, that it was his own; but whatever was theirs, it was the community's.

¹⁵ The Lord said to him: Arise and go; for he is to me a chosen vessel, to carry my name to the Gentiles, and to kings, and among the sons of Israel.

²⁸ And he went in and out with them, at Jerusalem. ²⁹ And he spoke openly in the name of Jesus and disputed with those Jews who understood Greek. But they wished to kill him:

²⁷ In those days came prophets thither from Jerusalem. ²⁸ And one of them whose name was Agabus, stood up and informed them, by the Spirit, that there would be a great famine in all the country. And that famine occurred in the days of Claudius Caesar. ²⁹ And moreover the disciples, each of them according to his several ability, determined to send to the relief of the brethren who dwelt in Judaea. ³⁰ And they sent, by the hand of Barnabas and Saul, unto the Elders there.

² And while they were fasting and making supplication to God, the Holy Spirit said to them: Separate to me Saul and Barnabas, for the work to which I have called them.

⁴ And they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they went by sea as far as Cyprus. ⁵ And when they entered the city of Salamis, they announced the word of our Lord in the synagogues of the Jews. And John ministered to them.

¹⁴ And they departed from Perga, and came to Antioch, a city of Pisidia: and they entered the synagogue, on the sabbath day, and sat down.

⁴⁶ And Paul and Barnabas said openly: To you first, ought the word of God to be spoken; but because ye repel it from you, and decide, against yourselves, that ye are not worthy of life eternal, lo, we turn ourselves to the Gentiles.

⁵¹ And when they went out, they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and went to the city of Iconium.

⁶ And when they knew it, they departed and fled to the cities of Lycaonia and Lystra and Derbe, and to the villages around them;

¹⁰ he said to him, with a loud voice: In the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, I say to thee, Rise upon thy feet. And he sprang up, stood, and walked.

²⁰ And the disciples assembled around him; and he arose, and went into the city. And the next day, he departed from there, with Barnabas; and they came to the city of Derbe.

²⁵ And when they had spoken the word of the Lord in the city of Perga, they went down to Attalia.

²⁷ And when they had collected together the whole church, they narrated all that God had wrought with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

³ And the church waited on them, and sent them away; and they travelled through all Phenicia and the territory of the Samaritans, narrating the conversion of the Gentiles, and causing great joy to all the brethren. ⁴ And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the Elders, and by the legates; and they recounted all that God had wrought by them.

¹² And the whole assembly were silent, and listened to Paul and Barnabas, who related how God by their hands had wrought signs and prodigies among the Gentiles.

⁶ And they travelled through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia; and the Holy Spirit forbid them to speak the word of God in Asia. ⁷ And when they came into the region of Mysia, they were disposed to go from there into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus permitted them not. ⁸ And when they departed from Mysia, they came down to the region of Troas. ⁹ And in a vision of the night, there appeared unto Paul, a man of Macedonia, who stood and besought him, saying: Come to Macedonia and help us.

⁹ And in a vision of the night, there appeared unto Paul, a man of Macedonia, who stood and besought him, saying: Come to Macedonia and help us. ¹⁰ And when Paul had seen this vision, immediately we were desirous to depart for Macedonia; because we inferred, that our Lord called us to preach to them. ¹¹ And we sailed from Troas, and came direct to Samothrace; and from there, on the following day, we came to the city Neapolis. ¹² And from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of Macedonia, and is a colony. And we remained in that city certain days.

¹⁸ And this she did many days. And Paul was indignant; and he said to that spirit, I command thee, in the name of Jesus Messiah, that thou come out of her. And it came out the same hour.

¹⁰ And the brethren immediately, on the same night, sent away Paul and Silas to the city of Berea. And when they came there, they entered into the synagogue of the Jews.

¹⁵ And they who conducted Paul, went with him to the city of Athens. And when they departed from him, they received an epistle from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him speedily.

¹ And when Paul departed from Athens, he went to Corinth.

¹² And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews assembled together against Paul; and they brought him before the judgment-seat,

¹⁹ And they came to Ephesus; and Paul entered the synagogue, and discoursed with the Jews.

²¹ For he said: I must certainly keep the approaching feast at Jerusalem. But, if it please God, I will come again to you.

¹ And while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul travelled over the upper countries to Ephesus. And he inquired of the disciples whom he found there,

¹¹ And God wrought very great miracles by the hand of Paul: ¹² so that, from the clothes on his body, napkins and rags were carried and laid upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and demons also went out.

²¹ And when these things had been accomplished, Paul purposed in his mind, to make the circuit of all Macedonia and Achaia, and then go to Jerusalem. And he said: After I have gone thither, I must also see Rome.

¹ And after the tumult had subsided, Paul called the disciples to him, and comforted them, and kissed them, and departed, and went into Macedonia. ² And when he had travelled over those regions, and had comforted them with many discourses, he proceeded to the country of Greece.

⁶ And we departed from Philippi, a city of the Macedonians, after the days of unleavened bread; and proceeded by water and arrived at Troas in five days, and remained there seven days.

¹⁶ For Paul had determined with himself to pass by Ephesus, lest he should be delayed there; because he hasted on, if possible, to keep the day of pentecost in Jerusalem. And from Miletus, he sent and called the Elders of the church at Ephesus.

²⁰ and I shunned not that which was advantageous to your souls, that I might preach to you, and teach in the streets and in houses,

²² And now I am bound in spirit, and I go to Jerusalem; and I know not what will befall me there;

²⁴ But my life is accounted by me as nothing, so that I may but finish my course, and the ministration which I have received from our Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

³² And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all the saints.

⁵ And after those days, we departed and went on our way; and they all clung to us, they and their wives and their children, until we were without the city; and they fell on their knees by the seaside, and prayed.

¹⁷ And when we arrived at Jerusalem, the brethren received us joyfully. ¹⁸ And the next day, with Paul, we went unto James, when all the Elders were with him. ¹⁹ And we gave them salutation: and Paul narrated to them, with particularity what God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

¹⁹ And we gave them salutation: and Paul narrated to them, with particularity what God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. ²⁰ And when they heard it they glorified God. And they said to him: Our brother, Thou seest how many myriads there are in Judaea who have believed: and these are all zealous for the law. ²¹ And it hath been told them, of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews that are among the Gentiles to depart from Moses, by telling them not to circumcise their children, and not to observe the rites of the law. ²² Now, because they have heard that thou hast arrived here, ²³ do thou what we tell thee. We have four men, who have vowed to purify themselves. ²⁴ Take them, and go and purify thyself with them, and pay the expenses along with them, as they shall shave their heads; that every one may know, that what is said against thee is false, and that thou fulfillest and observest the law. ²⁵ As to those of the Gentiles who have believed, we have written, that they should keep themselves from an idol's sacrifice, and from whoredom, and from what is strangled, and from blood. ²⁶ Then Paul took those men, on the following day, and was purified with them; and he entered and went into the temple, manifesting to them the completion of the days of the purification, up to the presentation of the offering by each of them. ²⁷ And when the seventh day arrived, the Jews from Asia saw him in the temple: and they excited all the people against him, and laid hands on him, ²⁸ crying out and saying: Men, sons of Israel; help. This is the man, who teacheth in every place, against our people, and against the law, and against this place; and he hath also brought Gentiles into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. ²⁹ For they had previously seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian; and they supposed, that he had entered the temple with Paul. ³⁰ And the whole city was in commotion; and all the people assembled together, and laid hold of Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and instantly the gates were closed. ³¹ And while the multitude were seeking to kill him, it was reported to the Chiliarch of the cohort, that the whole city was in uproar.

¹⁷ And I returned and came hither to Jerusalem. And I prayed in the temple. ¹⁸ And I saw him in a vision, when he said to me: Make haste, and get thee out of Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. ¹⁹ And I said: My Lord, they well know that I have delivered up to prison, and have scourged in all synagogues, those who believed in thee. ²⁰ And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing with them, and performed the pleasure of his slayers, and took charge of the garments of those that stoned him. ²¹ But he said to me: Depart; for I send thee afar, to preach to the Gentiles.

²¹ But he said to me: Depart; for I send thee afar, to preach to the Gentiles.

²⁴ the Chiliarch gave orders, to carry him into the castle: and he commanded, that he should be examined with stripes; that he might know, for what cause they cried out against him.

¹² And when it was morning, several of the Jews assembled together, and bound themselves by imprecations that they would neither eat nor drink until they had slain Paul. ¹³ And they who had established this compact by oath, were more than forty persons. ¹⁴ And they went to the priests and Elders, and said: We have bound ourselves by imprecations, that we will taste of nothing, until we shall have slain Paul. ¹⁵ And now, do ye and the chiefs of the congregation request of the Chiliarch, that he would bring him unto you, as if ye were desirous to investigate truly his conduct: and we are prepared to slay him, ere he shall come to you. ¹⁶ And the son of Paul's sister, heard of this plot: and he went into the castle, and informed Paul. ¹⁷ And Paul sent and called one of the centurions, and said to him: Conduct this youth to the Chiliarch; for he hath something to tell him. ¹⁸ And the centurion took the young man, and introduced him to the Chiliarch, and said: Paul the prisoner called me, and requested me to bring this youth to thee, for he hath something to tell thee. ¹⁹ And the Chiliarch took the young man by his hand, and led him one side, and asked him: What hast thou to tell me? ²⁰ And the young man said to him: The Jews have projected to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow to their assembly, as if wishing to learn something more from him. ²¹ But be not thou persuaded by them: for, lo, more than forty persons of them watch for him in ambush, and have bound themselves by imprecations, that they will neither eat nor drink until they shall have slain him: and lo, they are prepared, and are waiting for thy promise ²² And the Chiliarch dismissed the young man, after charging him: Let no man know, that thou hast showed me these things. ²³ And he called two centurions, and said to them: Go and prepare two hundred Romans to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and shooters with the right hand two hundred; and let them set out at the third hour of the night. ²⁴ And provide also a saddle beast, that they may set Paul on it, and carry him safely to Felix the governor.

¹ And after five days, Ananias the high priest, with the Elders, and with Tertullus the orator, went down, and made a communication to the governor against Paul. ² And when he had been called, Tertullus began to accuse him, and to say: ³ Through thee, we dwell in much tranquillity; and many reforms have come to this nation, under thy administration; and we all, in every place, receive thy grace, excellent Felix. ⁴ But, not to weary thee with numerous particulars, I pray thee to hear our humbleness, in brief. ⁵ For we have found this man to be an assassin, and a mover of sedition among all Jews in the whole land: for he is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazareans. ⁶ And he was disposed to pollute our temple. And having seized him we wished to judge him according to our law. ⁷ But Lysias the Chiliarch came, and with great violence took him out of our hands, and sent him to thee. ⁸ And he commanded his accusers to come before thee. And if thou wilt interrogate him, thou canst learn from him respecting all these things of which we accuse him. ⁹ And the Jews also pleaded against him, saying that these things were so.

¹⁷ And, after many years, I came to the people of my own nation, to impart alms, and to present an offering.

² And the chief priests and the head men of the Jews made representations to him concerning Paul.

²⁴ And Festus said: King Agrippa, and all persons present with us; concerning this man whom ye see, all the people of the Jews applied to me, at Jerusalem and also here, crying out, that he ought no longer to live.

¹⁷ And I will deliver thee from the people of the Jews, and from other nations; to whom I send thee, ¹⁸ to open their eyes; that they may turn from darkness to the light, and from the dominion of Satan unto God; and may receive remission of sins, and a portion with the saints, by faith in me.

²⁰ but I preached from the first to them in Damascus, and to them in Jerusalem and in all the villages of Judaea; and I preached also to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and should turn to God, and should do the works suitable to repentance.

¹ And Festus commanded, respecting him, that he should be sent to Italy, unto Caesar. And he delivered Paul, and other prisoners with him, to a certain man, a centurion of the Augustan cohort, whose name was Julius.

⁴¹ And the ship struck upon a shoal between two channels of the sea, and stuck fast upon it. And the forward part rested upon it, and was immovable; but the after part was shattered by the violence of the waves. ⁴² And the soldiers were disposed to slay the prisoners; lest they should resort to swimming, and escape from them. ⁴³ But the centurion kept them from it, because he was desirous to preserve Paul. And those who were able to swim, he commanded to swim off first, and pass to the land.

¹⁵ And the brethren there, hearing of our approach, came out to meet us as far as the village called Appii Forum, and as far as the Three Taverns. And when Paul saw them, he gave thanks to God, and was encouraged. ¹⁶ And we went on to Rome. And the centurion allowed Paul to reside where he pleased, with a soldier who guarded him.

³⁰ And Paul hired a house, at his own cost, and resided in it two years; and there he received all that came to him. ³¹ And he preached concerning the kingdom of God, and taught boldly concerning our Lord Jesus Messiah, without hinderance. Completion of the Acts of the blessed Legates; that is, their Histories.

¹ PAUL, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called and sent; and separated unto the gospel of God,

⁵ by whom we have received grace, and a mission among all the Gentiles, to the end that they may obey the faith in his name;

¹⁰ And I likewise supplicate, that hereafter a door may be opened to me, by the good pleasure of God, to come unto you.

¹⁰ And I likewise supplicate, that hereafter a door may be opened to me, by the good pleasure of God, to come unto you. ¹¹ For I long much to see you; and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, whereby ye may be established;

¹¹ For I long much to see you; and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, whereby ye may be established; ¹² and that we may have comfort together, in the faith of both yourselves and me.

¹² and that we may have comfort together, in the faith of both yourselves and me.

¹² and that we may have comfort together, in the faith of both yourselves and me. ¹³ And I wish you to know, my brethren, that I have many times desired to come to you, (though prevented hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also; even as among other Gentiles,

¹³ And I wish you to know, my brethren, that I have many times desired to come to you, (though prevented hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also; even as among other Gentiles, ¹⁴ Greeks and barbarians, the wise and the unwise: for to every man am I a debtor, to preach to him. ¹⁵ And so I am eager to preach to you also who are at Rome. ¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the power of God unto life, to all who believe in it; whether first they are of the Jews, or whether they are of the Gentiles.

³ For if some of them have not believed, have they, by their not believing, made the faith of God inefficient?

²⁶ in the space which God in his long suffering gave to us, for the manifestation of his righteousness at the present time; that he might be righteous, and might with righteousness justify him who is in the faith of our Lord Jesus Messiah.

²⁹ For, is he the God of the Jews only, and not of the Gentiles? Nay: of the Gentiles also.

² But if Abraham was justified by works, he had ground of glorying; yet not before God.

¹⁶ Wherefore, it is by the faith which is by grace, that we are justified: so that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all:

²⁰ And he did not hesitate at the promise of God, as one lacking faith; but he was strong in faith, and gave glory to God;

²³ And not for his sake alone, was it written, that his faith was accounted for righteousness; ²⁴ but for our sakes also; because it is to be accounted so to us, who believe in him that raised our Lord Jesus Messiah from the dead;

² By whom we are brought by faith into this grace, in which we stand and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. ³ And not only so, but we also rejoice in afflictions; because we know that affliction perfecteth in us patience; ⁴ and patience, experience; and experience, hope: ⁵ and hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is diffused in our hearts, by the Holy Spirit who is given to us.

⁵ and hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is diffused in our hearts, by the Holy Spirit who is given to us.

¹⁷ But thanks be to God, that ye were once the servants of sin but have now from the heart obeyed that form of doctrine to which ye are devoted.

²⁴ Because we live in hope. But hope that is seen, is not hope: for if we saw it, how should we hope for it? ²⁵ But if we hope for that which is not seen, we are in patient waiting. ²⁶ So also the Spirit aideth our weakness. For we know not what to pray for, in a proper manner; but the Spirit prayeth for us, with groans not expressible: ²⁷ and the explorer of hearts, he knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit; because he prayeth for the saints, agreeably to the good pleasure of God.

⁴ who are sons of Israel, to whom belonged the adoption of sons, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law, and the ministration, and the promises, and the fathers; ⁵ and from among whom, Messiah appeared in the flesh, who is God over all; to whom be praises and benediction, for ever and ever; Amen.

²³ and made his mercy flow forth upon the vessels of mercy, which were prepared by God for glory; ²⁴ namely, upon us who are called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles:

¹³ But it is to you Gentiles, I am speaking: as I am a legate to the Gentiles, I honor my ministry;

¹⁷ And if some of the branches were plucked off; and thou, an olive from the desert, wast in-grafted in their place, and hast become a participator of the root and fatness of the olive-tree;

²² Behold now the benignity and the severity of God: on them who fell, severity; but on thee, benignity, if thou continuest in that benignity; and if not, thou also wilt be plucked off.

³⁰ For as ye too were formerly disobedient to God, and have now obtained mercy, because of their disobedience;

¹ I beseech you, therefore, my brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, by a rational service of him. ² And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed, by the renovation of your minds: and discern ye what is the good and acceptable and perfect pleasure of God. ³ And, by the grace given to me, I say to you all: Do not carry thoughts, beyond what ye ought to think; but think with modesty, as God hath distributed to each one his measure of faith.

⁶ But we have different gifts, according to the grace given to us. There is that of prophecy, according to the measure of his faith.

¹² Be joyful in your hope. Be patient under your afflictions. Be persevering in prayer.

¹⁶ What estimation ye make of yourselves, make also of your brethren. And indulge not high thoughts; but unite yourselves with the lowly minded. And be not wise in your own estimation.

¹ To him who is feeble in the faith, reach forth the hand. And be not divided in your thoughts.

¹ To him who is feeble in the faith, reach forth the hand. And be not divided in your thoughts. ² For one man believeth, that he may eat every thing: and he that is feeble, eateth herbs. ³ And he that eateth, should not despise him that eateth not; and he that eateth not, should not judge him that eateth, for God hath received him.

¹⁷ For the kingdom of God, is not food and drink; but is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ Now let us strive after peace, and after the edification of one another.

³ Because Messiah also did not please himself; but, as it is written: The reviling of thy revilers fell upon me.

⁵ And may the God of patience and of consolation, grant to you, to think in harmony one with another, in Jesus Messiah;

⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercies upon them, as it is written: I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing psalms.

⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercies upon them, as it is written: I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing psalms. ¹⁰ And again he said: Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. ¹¹ And again he said: Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye nations.

¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace, by faith; that ye may abound in his hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ that I should be a minister of Jesus Messiah among the Gentiles, and should subserve the gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentiles might be acceptable, and be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ Yet I presume not to speak of any thing done for the obedience of the Gentiles, which Messiah hath not wrought by me, in word and in deeds,

²³ But now, since I have no place in these regions, and as I have been desirous for many years past to come to you, ²⁴ when I go to Spain, I hope to come and see you; and that ye will accompany me thither, when I shall have been satisfied, in some measure, with visiting you.

²⁴ when I go to Spain, I hope to come and see you; and that ye will accompany me thither, when I shall have been satisfied, in some measure, with visiting you. ²⁵ But I am now going to Jerusalem, to minister to the saints. ²⁶ For they of Macedonia and Achaia, have been willing to make up a contribution for the needy saints who are at Jerusalem. ²⁷ They were willing, because they were also debtors to them: for if the Gentiles have been participators with them in the Spirit, they are debtors to serve them also in things of the flesh. ²⁸ When therefore, I shall have accomplished this, and shall have sealed to them this fruit, I will pass by you into Spain.

²⁸ When therefore, I shall have accomplished this, and shall have sealed to them this fruit, I will pass by you into Spain. ²⁹ And I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Messiah.

²⁹ And I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Messiah. ³⁰ And I beseech you, my Brethren, by our Lord Jesus Messiah, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye labor with me in prayer to God for me; ³¹ that I may be delivered from them in Judaea, who believe not and that the ministration, which I carry to the saints in Jerusalem, may be well received; ³² and that, by the good pleasure of God, I may come to you with joy, and may take comfort with you.

²⁰ And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Messiah, be with you.

²³ Gaius, hospitable to me and to all the church, saluteth you. Erastus, the steward of the city, and Quartus a brother, salute you.

²⁶ but is at this time revealed, by means of the scriptures of the prophets; and by the command of the eternal God, is made known to all the Gentiles, for the obedience of faith;)

⁵ that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all discourse, and in all knowledge;

¹⁰ And I beseech you, my Brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, that to you all there may be one language; and that there may be no divisions among you: but that ye may become perfectly of one mind, and of one way of thinking.

¹² And this I state: That one of you saith, I am of Paul; and another saith, I am of Apollos; and another saith, I am of Cephas; and another saith, I am of Messiah.

⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not with the persuasiveness of the discourses of wisdom; but with the demonstration of the Spirit, and with power:

⁵ For, who is Paul, or who is Apollos, but the ministers by whom ye believed, each one as the Lord gave to him? ⁶ I planted, and Apollos watered; but God produced the growth. ⁷ Not therefore he that planted, is to be accounted of, nor he that watered, but God who produced the growth. ⁸ And he that planted, and he that watered are on a par; each receiveth his reward, according to his labor. ⁹ For we labor with God: and ye are God's husbandry, and God's edifice.

⁹ For we labor with God: and ye are God's husbandry, and God's edifice. ¹⁰ According to the grace of God which was given me, I laid the foundation like a wise architect; and another buildeth on it. But let each one see, how he buildeth on it.

¹⁰ According to the grace of God which was given me, I laid the foundation like a wise architect; and another buildeth on it. But let each one see, how he buildeth on it. ¹¹ For any other foundation can no man lay, different from that which is laid, which is Jesus Messiah. ¹² And if any one buildeth on this foundation, either gold, or silver, or precious stones, or wood, or hay, or stubble; ¹³ the work of each will be exposed to view; for the day will expose it; because it is to be tested by fire; and the fire will disclose the work of each, of what sort it is. ¹⁴ And that builder whose work shall endure, will receive his reward. ¹⁵ And he, whose work shall burn up, will suffer loss; yet himself will escape; but it will be, as from the fire.

¹ Let us be so accounted of by you, as the servants of Messiah, and the stewards of the mysteries of God.

¹⁰ We are fools, on account of Messiah; but ye are wise in Messiah! We are feeble; but ye are strong! Ye are lauded, we are contemned.

¹⁹ But I will come to you speedily, if God be willing: and I will know, not the speech of them who exalt themselves, but their power:

¹⁹ Or know ye not, that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who abideth in you, whom ye have received from God? And ye are not your own.

¹ And concerning sacrifices to idols, we know, that in all of us there is knowledge; and knowledge inflateth, but love edifieth.

⁷ But there is not this knowledge in every man; for there are some, who, to the present time, in their conscience, eat it as an offering to idols; and because their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

¹⁰ For if one should see thee in whom there is knowledge, reclining in the temple of idols, will not his conscience, seeing he is a weak person, be encouraged to eat what is sacrificed?

⁹ For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that thresheth. Hath God regard for oxen? ¹⁰ But manifest it is, for whose sake he said it. And indeed, for our sakes it was written: because the plougher ought to plough in hope, and the thresher in hope of fruit. ¹¹ If we have sowed among you the things of the Spirit, is it a great matter, if we reap from you the things of the body?

¹⁹ Being free from them all, I have made myself servant to every man; that I might gain many: ²⁰ and with the Jews, I was as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; and with those under the law, I was as under the law, that I might gain them who are under the law; ²¹ and to those who have not the law, I was as without the law, (although I am not without law to God, but under the law of the Messiah,) that I might gain them that are without the law. ²² I was with the weak, as weak, that I might gain the weak: I was all things to all men, that I might vivify every one.

²² I was with the weak, as weak, that I might gain the weak: I was all things to all men, that I might vivify every one.

¹¹ All these things which befell them, were for an example to us; and they are written for our instruction, on whom the end of the world hath come.

¹⁹ What then do I say? That an idol is any thing? Or, that an idol's sacrifice is any thing? No.

²⁴ Let no one seek his own things, but also the things of his fellow-man.

²⁹ The conscience I speak of, is not your own, but his who told you. But why is my liberty judged of, by the conscience of others?

³³ even as I also, in every thing, please every man; and do not seek what is profitable to me, but what is profitable to many; that they may live.

⁴ Now there are diversities of gifts; but the Spirit is one. ⁵ And there are diversities of ministrations; but the Lord is one. ⁶ And there are diversities of energies; but God, who worketh all in all men, is one. ⁷ And to each man, there is given a manifestation of the Spirit, that it may aid him. ⁸ To one, by the Spirit, there is given a word of wisdom; and to another, by the same Spirit, there is given a word of knowledge:

⁸ To one, by the Spirit, there is given a word of wisdom; and to another, by the same Spirit, there is given a word of knowledge: ⁹ to another, by the same Spirit, faith: to another, by the same Spirit, gifts of healing: ¹⁰ and to another, miracles: and to another, prophecy: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, divers kinds of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But all these, worketh that one Spirit; and he distributeth to every one as he pleaseth.

²² But rather, those members which are accounted feeble, are indispensable. ²³ And those which we think dishonorable in the body, on them we heap more honor; and those that are uncomely, on them we put the more decoration. ²⁴ For the honorable members in us, have no need of honor: for God hath tempered the body, and given more honor to the member which is inferior;

² And if there should be in me the gift of prophecy, and I should understand all the mysteries, and every science; and if there should be in me all faith, so that I could move mountains, and love should not be in me, I should be nothing.

⁵ and doth nothing that causeth shame; and seeketh not her own; is not passionate; and thinketh no evil;

³³ Because, God is not the author of tumult, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace, that was in me, was not in vain; but I labored more than they all:-not I, but his grace that was with me.

¹⁹ And if, in this life only, we have hope in the Messiah, we are the most miserable of all men.

⁵⁰ But this I say, my brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven: neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

¹ And as to the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of the Galatians, so do ye. ² On each first day of the week, let every one of you lay aside and preserve at home, what he is able; that there may be no collections when I come. ³ And when I come, those whom ye shall select, I will send with a letter, to carry your bounty to Jerusalem.

⁵ And I will come to you, when I pass from Macedonia; for I am about to pass through Macedonia. ⁶ And perhaps I shall remain with you, or winter with you; that ye may accompany me whither I go. ⁷ For I am not disposed to see you now, as I pass along; because I hope to spend some time with you, if my Lord permit me.

¹⁵ I beseech you, my brethren, concerning the household of Stephanas; (for ye know, that they were the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to ministering to the saints;)

¹⁸ And they have refreshed my spirit, and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them who are such.

³ Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation;

³ Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation; ⁴ who comforteth us in all our afflictions, that we also might be able to comfort those who are in all afflictions, with the consolation wherewith we are comforted by God.

¹¹ by the aid of your prayers in our behalf; so that his gift to us may be a favor done for the sake of many, and many may praise him on our account.

¹⁶ and to pass by you into Macedonia, and again to come to you from Macedonia, and so ye would accompany me to Judaea.

²⁰ For all the promises of God in him, the Messiah, are Yes; for which cause, we through him give our Amen, to the glory of God.

¹⁴ But thanks be to God, who always procureth us a triumph in the Messiah, and manifesteth by us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place. ¹⁵ For, through the Messiah, we are unto God a sweet odor, in them that live and in them that perish: ¹⁶ to these, an odor of death unto death; and to those, an odor of life unto life. And who is adequate to these things!

¹ Do we begin again to show you who we are? Or do we, like others, need that letters recommendatory of us should be written to you? Or, that ye should write recommendations of us? ² Ye are our epistle, written on our hearts, and known and read by every man. ³ For ye know that ye are an epistle of the Messiah, ministered by us; not written with ink, but by the Spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on the tablets of the heart of flesh. ⁴ And such confidence have we in the Messiah towards God. ⁵ Not that we are sufficient to think any thing as of ourselves; but our efficiency is from God: ⁶ who hath fitted us to be ministers of the new Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

⁵ For it is not ourselves that we preach, but the Messiah, Jesus our Lord; and, as to ourselves, that we are your servants for Jesus' sake.

¹¹ For if we are delivered over alive unto death, for Jesus' sake, even so also will the life of Jesus be manifested in this our mortal body.

¹⁹ For God was in the Messiah, who hath reconciled the world with his majesty, and did not reckon to them their sins; and who hath placed in us the word of reconciliation. ²⁰ We are therefore ambassadors for the Messiah, and it is as if God was beseeching you by us. In behalf of the Messiah, therefore, we beseech you, be ye reconciled to God.

²⁰ We are therefore ambassadors for the Messiah, and it is as if God was beseeching you by us. In behalf of the Messiah, therefore, we beseech you, be ye reconciled to God.

¹ And as aiders we entreat of you, that the grace of God which ye have received, may not be ineffectual in you.

⁴ I have great assurance before you, and have much glorying in you; and I am full of comfort. And joy greatly aboundeth to me, in all my afflictions.

⁶ But God who comforteth the depressed, comforted us by the arrival of Titus.

¹³ Wherefore we were comforted; and with our consolation, we were the more joyful for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all:

¹ And, my brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which was conferred on the churches of the Macedonians; ² that in the great trial of their affliction, there was an abounding to their joy, and the depth of their poverty was exuberant in the riches of their liberality. ³ For I testify that, according to their ability, and beyond their ability, in the spontaneity of their mind, ⁴ they besought us, with much entreaty, that they might participate in the beneficence of the ministration to the saints.

⁴ they besought us, with much entreaty, that they might participate in the beneficence of the ministration to the saints. ⁵ And not only as we had expected, but they first gave themselves unto the Lord, and to us by the will of God.

⁵ And not only as we had expected, but they first gave themselves unto the Lord, and to us by the will of God. ⁶ So that we requested Titus, that as he had begun, so he would perfect in you also the same beneficence. ⁷ And as ye are enriched in every thing, in faith, and speech, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in our love towards you, so abound ye in this beneficence also. ⁸ I do not actually command you, but by the promptitude of your fellow disciples, I would test the sincerity of your love. ⁹ For ye know the goodness of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who when he was rich, for your sakes became poor, that by his poverty ye might be made rich.

⁹ For ye know the goodness of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who when he was rich, for your sakes became poor, that by his poverty ye might be made rich.

¹ And concerning the ministration by the saints, it would be superfluous for me to write to you: ² for I know the goodness of your mind; and therefore I gloried of you before the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath excited many.

⁸ For it is in the power of God, to make all good abound to you, so that ye may have, at all times, and in every thing, what is sufficient for you; and may abound in every good work.

¹² For the performance of this ministration, not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is also rich in many thanksgivings to God.

⁴ For the arms of our warfare are not those of the flesh, but those of the power of God; by which we subdue rebellious castles. ⁵ And we demolish imaginations, and every lofty thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and subjugate all reasonings to obedience to the Messiah.

¹³ But we will not glory beyond our measure, but within the measure of the limits which God hath imparted to us, that we should reach as far as you.

¹³ But we will not glory beyond our measure, but within the measure of the limits which God hath imparted to us, that we should reach as far as you. ¹⁴ For we do not stretch ourselves, as if not reaching to you; for we do reach as far as you in the annunciation of the Messiah.

¹⁴ For we do not stretch ourselves, as if not reaching to you; for we do reach as far as you in the annunciation of the Messiah. ¹⁵ And we do not glory beyond our measure, in the toil of others: but we have the hope, that when your faith shall mature, we shall be magnified by you, as being within our measure;

¹⁵ And we do not glory beyond our measure, in the toil of others: but we have the hope, that when your faith shall mature, we shall be magnified by you, as being within our measure; ¹⁶ and that we shall so abound also, as to make announcements beyond you. It is not in the measure of others, and in things ready prepared, that we will glory.

¹⁶ and that we shall so abound also, as to make announcements beyond you. It is not in the measure of others, and in things ready prepared, that we will glory. ¹⁷ But let him that will glory, glory in the Lord. ¹⁸ For not he who praiseth himself, is approved; but he whom the Lord praiseth.

¹⁶ Again I say, let no one think of me, as being a fool: or if otherwise, receive me as a fool, that I may glory a little. ¹⁷ What I am now saying, I say not in our Lord, but as in folly, in this matter of glorying. ¹⁸ Because many glory after the flesh, I also will glory. ¹⁹ For ye hear with indulgence them who lack reason, seeing ye are wise. ²⁰ And ye give ear to him, who putteth you in bondage; and to him, who devoureth you; and to him, who taketh from you; and to him, who exalteth himself over you; and to him, who smiteth you in the face. ²¹ I speak as if under contempt: I speak as if we were impotent, through deficiency of understanding; that in whatever thing any one is presuming, I also am presuming. ²² If they are Hebrews, so I also: or if they are Israelites, I also. If they are the seed of Abraham, I also. ²³ If they are ministers of the Messiah, (in defect of understanding, I say it,) I am superior to them: in toils more than they, in stripes more than they, in bonds more than they, in deaths many times.

²³ If they are ministers of the Messiah, (in defect of understanding, I say it,) I am superior to them: in toils more than they, in stripes more than they, in bonds more than they, in deaths many times. ²⁴ By the Jews, five times was I scourged, each time with forty stripes save one. ²⁵ Three times was I beaten with rods: at one time I was stoned: three times I was in shipwreck, by day and by night; I have been in the sea, without a ship. ²⁶ In journeyings many, in peril by rivers, in peril by robbers, in peril from my kindred, in peril from Gentiles: I have been in peril in cities; I have been in peril in the desert, in peril in the sea, in peril from false brethren. ²⁷ In toil and weariness, in much watching, in hunger and thirst, in much fasting, in cold and nakedness: ²⁸ besides many other things, and the thronging around me every day, and my anxiety for all the churches. ²⁹ Who becometh weak, and I become not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not? ³⁰ If I must glory, I will glory in my infirmities. ³¹ God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, blessed for ever and ever, he knoweth that I lie not.

¹ Glorying must be, but it is not profitable: so I proceed to visions and revelations of our Lord.

⁶ Yet if I were disposed to glory, I should not be without reason; for I declare the truth. But I refrain, lest any one should think of me, beyond what he seeth in me and heareth from me.

¹⁰ Therefore I have pleasure in infirmities, in reproach, in afflictions, in persecutions, in distresses, which are for the Messiah's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. ¹¹ Behold, I have become foolish in my glorying, for ye compelled me. For ye ought to bear witness for me; because I was inferior in nothing to those legates who most excel, although I was nothing. ¹² I wrought among you the signs of the legates, with all patience; and in prodigies, and in wonders, and in mighty deeds.

¹² I wrought among you the signs of the legates, with all patience; and in prodigies, and in wonders, and in mighty deeds. ¹³ For in what fell ye short of the other churches; except in this, that I was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this fault. ¹⁴ Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not burden you; for I seek not yours, but you: for children ought not to lay up treasures for the parents, but the parents for their children. ¹⁵ And cheerfully will I both pay my expenses, and also give myself for your souls; although the more I love you, the less ye love me. ¹⁶ But perhaps, though I was not burdensome to you, yet, like a cunning man, I filched from you by craftiness! ¹⁷ Was it by the hand of some other person whom I sent to you, that I pilfered from you? ¹⁸ I requested Titus, and with him I sent the brethren: did Titus pilfer any thing from you? Did we not walk in one spirit, and in the same steps? ¹⁹ Do ye again suppose, that we would apologize to you? Before God, in the Messiah we speak: and all these things, my beloved, are for the sake of your edification. ²⁰ For I fear, lest I should come to you and not find you such as I would wish; and lest I also should be found by you, such as ye would not wish; lest there should be contention, and envying, and anger, and obstinacy, and slandering, and murmuring, and insolence, and commotion; ²¹ lest, when I come to you, my God should humble me; and I should mourn over many, who have sinned, and have not repented of the impurity, the whoredom, and the lasciviousness, which they have committed.

¹¹ Finally, my brethren, rejoice, and be perfected, and be comforted: and may harmony and quietness be among you; and the God of love and of peace will be with you.

¹⁴ { (13:13) The peace of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.} { :}

¹⁵ But when it pleased him, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, ¹⁶ to reveal his Son by me, that I should proclaim him among the Gentiles; forthwith, I did not open it to flesh and blood;

⁷ But, otherwise; for they saw, that the gospel of the uncircumcision was intrusted to me, as to Cephas was intrusted that of the circumcision. ⁸ For he that was operative with Cephas in the legateship of the circumcision, was also operative with me in the legateship of the Gentiles.

⁸ For he that was operative with Cephas in the legateship of the circumcision, was also operative with me in the legateship of the Gentiles. ⁹ And James, Cephas, and John, who were accounted pillars, when they perceived the grace that was given to me, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship; that we should labor among the Gentiles, and they among the circumcision. ¹⁰ Only they desired that we would be mindful of the needy; and I was solicitous to do the same.

⁵ He therefore who giveth the Spirit in you, and who worketh miracles among you, doth he these things by the deeds of the law? or by the hearing of faith?

⁴ But when the consummation of the time arrived, God sent forth his Son; and he was from a woman, and was under the law; ⁵ that he might redeem them that were under the law; and that we might receive the adoption of sons.

²² But the fruits of the Spirit are, love, joy, peace, long suffering, suavity, kindness, fidelity, modesty, patience.

¹ My brethren, if one of you should be overtaken in a fault, do ye who are of the Spirit recover him, in a spirit of meekness: and be ye cautious, lest ye also be tempted. ² And bear ye one another's burdens, that so ye may fulfill the law of the Messiah.

⁶ And let him that heareth the word, communicate to him who instructeth him, in all good things.

⁶ And let him that heareth the word, communicate to him who instructeth him, in all good things. ⁷ Do not mistake; God is not deceived; for what a man soweth, that also will he reap. ⁸ He who soweth in the flesh, reapeth from the flesh corruption: and he who soweth in the Spirit, will from the Spirit reap life everlasting. ⁹ And while we do what is good, let it not be wearisome to us; for the time will come when we shall reap, and it will not be tedious to us. ¹⁰ Now, therefore, while we have the opportunity, let us practice good works towards all men, and especially towards them of the household of faith.

² Peace be with you, and grace from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah. ³ Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who hath blessed us with all blessings of the Spirit in heaven, by the Messiah:

⁶ that the glory of his grace might be glorified, which he poured upon us by his Beloved One; ⁷ by whom we have redemption, and the forgiveness of sins by his blood, according to the riches of his grace, ⁸ which hath abounded in us, in all wisdom and all spiritual understanding.

¹² that we should be they who first hoped in the Messiah, to the honor of his glory.

¹² that we should be they who first hoped in the Messiah, to the honor of his glory. ¹³ In whom, ye also have heard the word of truth, which is the gospel of your life, and have believed in him; and have been sealed with the Holy Spirit, who was promised,

¹⁸ and that the eyes of your hearts may be enlightened, so that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints;

¹² And ye were, at that time, without the Messiah; and were aliens from the regulations of Israel; and strangers to the covenant of the promise; and were without hope, and without God, in the world.

¹⁸ because, by him there is access for us both, by one Spirit, unto the Father.

²⁰ And ye are built upon the foundations of the legates and the prophets; and Jesus the Messiah hath become the head of the corner in the edifice. ²¹ And in him all the edifice is framed together, and groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; ²² while ye also are builded in him, for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

²² while ye also are builded in him, for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

⁷ of which I have been a minister, according to the gift of the goodness of God, which was imparted to me by the operation of his power: ⁸ to me, who am the least of all the saints, hath this grace been given, that I should announce among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Messiah,

⁸ to me, who am the least of all the saints, hath this grace been given, that I should announce among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Messiah,

¹⁹ and may know the greatness of the Messiah's love; and that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God.

¹³ until we all become one and the same, in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and one complete man according to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Messiah:

² and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.

⁹ For the fruits of the light are in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth.

¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness; but be ye filled with the spirit. ¹⁹ And converse with yourselves in psalms and hymns; and with your hearts sing to the Lord, in spiritual songs.

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in our Lord, and; in the energy of his power:

¹⁹ and also for me; that language may be given me, in the opening of my mouth; so that I may boldly proclaim the mystery of the gospel,

⁷ For thus it is right for me to think of you all, because ye are permanently in my heart, and because, both in my bonds and in the vindication of the truth of the gospel, ye are my associates in grace.

¹¹ and be full of the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus the Messiah, to the praise and glory of God. ¹² And I would that ye might know, my brethren, that the transaction in regard to me, hath eventuated rather for the furtherance of the gospel; ¹³ so that my bonds, on account of the Messiah, are matter of notoriety in all the court, and to all others. ¹⁴ And many of the brethren in our Lord have become confident, on account of my bonds, and are more bold to speak the word of God without fear.

²⁷ Let your conduct be as becometh the gospel of the Messiah; so that if I come I may see you, and if absent I may hear of you, that ye stand fast in one spirit and in one soul, and that ye strive together in the faith of the gospel.

¹ If, therefore, ye have consolation in the Messiah, or if a commingling of hearts in love, or if a fellowship of the Spirit, or if compassions and sympathies; ² complete ye my joy, by having one apprehension, and one love, and one soul, and one mind.

⁴ And let not each be solicitous only for himself, but every one also for his neighbor. ⁵ And think ye so in yourselves, as Jesus the Messiah also thought;

⁸ and he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

¹⁷ And if I should be made a libation upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and exult with you all.

³ For we are the real circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and glory in Jesus the Messiah, and place no reliance on the flesh.

¹⁶ Nevertheless, that we may attain to this, let us proceed on in one path, and with one consent.

² I beseech of Euodias and Syntyche, that they be of one mind in our Lord.

⁹ What things ye have learned, and received, and heard, and seen, in me, these do ye: and the God of peace will be with you.

¹⁷ Not that I desire a gift; but I wish fruits may multiply unto you. ¹⁸ I have now received all, and I abound, and am full: and I accepted all that ye sent to me by Epaphroditus, a sweet odor, and an acceptable sacrifice that pleaseth God.

⁶ which is announced to you, as also to all the world; and which groweth and yieldeth fruits, as it doth also among you from the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in reality:

⁸ and who hath made known to us your love in the Spirit.

⁸ and who hath made known to us your love in the Spirit. ⁹ Therefore we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray for you; and to ask that ye may be filled with a knowledge of the good pleasure of God, in all wisdom, and in all spiritual understanding; ¹⁰ that ye may walk as is right, and may please God with all good works, and may yield fruits, and grow in the knowledge of God;

²⁵ of which I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me among you, that I should fulfill the word of God,

¹ And I wish you to know, what a struggle I have for you, and for them of Laodicea, and for the others who have not seen my face in the flesh;

¹⁶ And let his word dwell in you richly, in all wisdom. And teach and admonish yourselves, by psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, and with grace in your hearts sing ye unto God. ¹⁷ And whatever ye do in word or act, do it in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and give thanksgiving through him to God the Father.

¹² Epaphras saluteth you, who is from among you, a servant of the Messiah, always laboring for you in prayer, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the good pleasure of God.

⁵ For our preaching among you, was not in words only; but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in genuine persuasion. Ye also know, how we were among you for your sakes.

² but we first suffered and were treated with indignity, as ye know, at Philippi; and then, in a great agony, with confidence in our God, we addressed to you the gospel of the Messiah.

⁹ For ye recollect, brethren, that we labored and toiled, working with our own hands, by night and by day, that we might not be chargeable to any one of you.

¹⁵ the persons who slew our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and persecuted their own prophets and us; and they please not God, and are made hostile to all men;

¹⁷ But we, my brethren, have been bereaved of you for a short time, (in visible presence, not in our hearts,) and have the more exerted ourselves, to behold your faces, with great affection. ¹⁸ And we purposed to come to you, I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered me.

⁶ But now, since Timothy hath come to us from among you, and hath informed us respecting your faith and your love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us at all times, and that ye desire to see us, even as we to see you; ⁷ therefore we are comforted in you, my brethren, amid all our straits and afflictions, on account of your faith. ⁸ And now, we live, if ye stand fast in our Lord. ⁹ For what thanks can we render to God in your behalf, for all the joy with which we are joyful on your account; ¹⁰ unless it be, that we the more supplicate before God, by night and by day, that we may see your faces, and may perfect what is lacking in your faith?

¹⁰ unless it be, that we the more supplicate before God, by night and by day, that we may see your faces, and may perfect what is lacking in your faith?

¹¹ Therefore comfort one another, and edify one another, as also ye have done.

¹⁴ And we entreat you, my brethren, that ye admonish the faulty, and encourage the faint-hearted, and bear the burdens of the weak, and be long suffering towards all men.

²³ And may the God of peace sanctify you all, perfectly, and keep blameless your whole spirit, and your soul, and your body, till the coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

²⁵ My brethren, pray for us.

¹⁰ when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to display his wonders in his faithful ones; for our testimony concerning you, will be believed, in that day. ¹¹ Therefore we pray for you, at all times; that God would make you worthy of your calling, and would fill you with all readiness for good deeds, and with the works of faith by power; ¹² so that the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, may be glorified in you, (and) ye also in him; according to the grace of God, and of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus the Messiah himself, and God our Father, who hath loved us, and given us everlasting consolation and a good hope through his grace, ¹⁷ comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word, and in every good work.

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

¹ Henceforth, brethren, pray ye for us, that the word of our Lord may, in every place, run and be glorified, as with you; ² and that we may be delivered from evil and perverse men; for faith is not in all.

¹⁶ And may the Lord of peace give you peace, always, in every thing. Our Lord be with you all.

¹ PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah, by the command of God our life-giver, and of the Messiah, Jesus our hope;

¹¹ namely that of the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I am intrusted.

¹¹ namely that of the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I am intrusted. ¹² And I thank him who strengthened me, even our Lord Jesus the Messiah; who accounted me faithful, and appointed me to his ministry; ¹³ me I say, who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a reviler; but I obtained mercy, because I did it while ignorant and without faith. ¹⁴ And in me the grace of our Lord abounded, and faith and love, which is in Jesus the Messiah.

⁷ of which I am constituted a herald and legate. I speak the truth, and do not lie, for I am the teacher of the Gentiles in the belief of the truth.

⁶ If thou shalt inculcate these things on thy brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Jesus the Messiah, being educated in the language of the faith, and in the good doctrine which thou hast been taught.

¹³ I charge thee, before God, who quickeneth all, and before Jesus the Messiah who attested a good testimony before Pontius Pilate, ¹⁴ that thou keep the injunction, without stain, and without blemish, until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah;

⁴ and I desire to see thee, and I call to mind thy tears; that I may be filled with joy, ⁵ by the recollection which I have, by thy genuine faith, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and also, I am persuaded, in thee. ⁶ Wherefore I remind thee, that thou excite the gift of God, that is in thee by the imposition of my hands.

¹¹ of which I am constituted a herald and a legate, and a teacher of the Gentiles. ¹² Therefore I suffer these things: and I am not ashamed; for I know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is competent to keep for me my deposit against that day.

¹⁶ May our Lord bestow mercy on the house of Onesiphorus; for, many times, he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of the chains of my imprisonment.

¹ Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace which is by Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁴ Of these things admonish thou them and charge them, before our Lord, that they dispute not, with unprofitable words, to the subversion of those who hear them.

¹¹ and my persecution, and my sufferings. And thou knowest what I endured at Antioch, and at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecution I endured: and from all these my Lord delivered me.

¹⁶ All scripture that was written by the Spirit, is profitable for instruction, and for confutation, and for correction, and for erudition in righteousness; ¹⁷ that the man of God may become perfect, and complete for every good work.

¹ I charge thee, before God, and our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who is to judge the living and the dead, at the manifestation of his kingdom,

¹⁷ But my Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fulfilled; and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion.

²² Our Lord Jesus the Messiah be with thy spirit. Grace be with thee. Amen.

³ And so also the elder women, that they be in behavior as becometh the fear of God; and not to be slanderers; and not to be addicted to much wine; and to be inculcators of good things, ⁴ making the younger women to be modest, to love their husbands and their children,

⁹ Let servants obey their masters in every thing, and strive to please them, and not contradict, nor pilfer; ¹⁰ but let them manifest that their fidelity, in all respects, is good: so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Life-giver, in all things.

¹ And admonish them to be submissive and obedient to princes and potentates; and that they be ready for every good work;

⁵ lo, from the time that I heard of thy faith, and of the love thou hast towards our Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints;

⁷ For we have great joy and consolation, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thy love.

¹⁹ I, Paul, have written it with my own hand, I will repay: not to say to thee, that to me thou owest thy ownself. ²⁰ Yes, my brother, let me be refreshed by thee in our Lord: refresh thou my bowels in the Messiah. ²¹ Being confident that thou wilt hearken to me, I have written to thee: and I know that thou wilt do more than I say.

⁴ while God gave testimony concerning them, by signs and wonders, and by various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit, which were given according to his pleasure?

¹⁷ Wherefore it was right, that he should be in all respects like his brethren; that he might be merciful, and a high priest faithful in the things of God, and might make expiation for the sins of the people.

¹ For every high priest, who is from among men, is established over the things of God, in behalf of men, that he may present the offering and the sacrifices for sin:

⁹ And thus he was perfected and became the cause of eternal life to all them who obey him.

¹² For ye ought to be teachers, seeing ye have been long in the doctrine. But now ye need to learn again the first lines of the commencement of the oracles of God: and ye have need of milk, and not of strong food.

⁹ But, in regard to you, my brethren, we are persuaded better things, and things pertaining to life, although we thus speak. ¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous, to forget your works, and your charity which ye have shown in his name, in that ye have ministered and do minister to the saints. ¹¹ And we desire, that each one of you may show this same activity, for the completion of your hope, even to the end:

¹¹ And we desire, that each one of you may show this same activity, for the completion of your hope, even to the end: ¹² and that ye faint not; but that ye be emulators of them who by faith and patience have become heirs of the promise. ¹³ For when God made the promise to Abraham, because there was none greater than himself by whom he could swear, he swore by himself; ¹⁴ and said: Blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. ¹⁵ And so he was patient, and obtained the promise. ¹⁶ For men swear by one greater than themselves: and in every controversy that occurs among them, the sure termination of it is by an oath. ¹⁷ Therefore, God, being abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise, that his promising was irreversible, bound it up in an oath; ¹⁸ so that, by two things which change not, and in which God cannot lie, we, who have sought refuge in him, might have great consolation, and might hold fast the hope promised to us; ¹⁹ which is to us as an anchor, that retaineth our soul, so that it swerveth not; and it entereth into that within the veil,

²⁴ And let us look on each other, for the excitement of love and good works. ²⁵ And let us not forsake our meetings, as is the custom of some; but entreat ye one another; and the more, as ye see that day draw near.

³⁵ Therefore cast not away your assurance which is to have a great reward. ³⁶ For ye have need of patience; that ye may do the pleasure of God, and may receive the promise.

⁸ By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed, and departed to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance: and he departed, while he knew not whither he was going.

¹⁶ And forget not commiseration and communication with the poor; for with such sacrifices a man pleaseth God.

²⁰ May the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the flock, by the blood of the everlasting covenant, namely Jesus the Messiah, our Lord,

²² And I beseech you, my brethren, that ye be patient under this word of exhortation; for it is in few words I have written to you.

²² But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only; and do not deceive yourselves.

⁵ Hear, my beloved brethren; hath not God chosen the poor of the world, but the rich in faith, to be heirs in the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him? ⁶ But ye have despised the poor man. Do not rich men exalt themselves over you, and drag you before the tribunals?

¹³ But what shall we say of those, who say: To-day or to-morrow we will go to such or such a city, and will abide there a year; and we will traffic, and get gain? ¹⁴ And they know not what will be to-morrow: for what is our life, but an exhalation that is seen a little while, and then vanisheth and is gone? ¹⁵ Whereas they should say: If the Lord please, and we live, we will do this or that.

¹⁵ Whereas they should say: If the Lord please, and we live, we will do this or that.

⁷ But, my brethren, be ye patient until the advent of the Lord; like the husbandman, who waiteth for the precious fruits of his ground, and is patient as to them, until he receive the early and the latter rain. ⁸ So also be ye patient, and fortify your hearts; for the advent of our Lord draweth nigh ⁹ Be not querulous one against another, my brethren, lest ye be judged: for lo, the judgment, standeth before the door. ¹⁰ For patience in your afflictions, my brethren, take to you the example of the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ For lo, we ascribe blessedness to them who have borne suffering. Ye have heard of the patience of Job; and ye have seen the result which the Lord wrought for him: for the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

³ Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, who in his great mercy hath begotten us anew, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, to the hope of life,

⁸ whom having not seen, ye love; and in the faith of whom ye rejoice, with joy that is glorious and ineffable,

¹² And it was revealed to them, in regard to all they were searching, that, not for themselves were they inquiring, but for us they were prophesying of those things, which are now manifested to you by means of the things we have announced to you, by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; which things the angels also desire to look into. ¹³ Wherefore, gird up the loins of your minds. and be awake perfectly, and wait for the joy, which will come to you at the revelation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,

²¹ who, by means of him, have believed in God, who raised him from the dead and conferred glory on him; that your faith and hope might be in God,

⁵ And ye also, as living stones, are builded and become spiritual temples, and holy priests, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices, acceptable before God, through Jesus the Messiah.

⁹ But ye are an elect race, officiating as priests of the kingdom; a holy people, a redeemed congregation; that ye should proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness to his precious light: ¹⁰ who formerly were not accounted a people, but now are the people of God; and also, there were once no mercies on you, but now mercies are poured out upon you.

⁸ The summing up, is, that ye all be in harmony, that ye be sympathetic with them who suffer, and affectionate one to another, and be merciful and kind.

²⁰ which were formerly disobedient, in the days of Noah, when the long suffering of God commanded an ark to be made, in hope of their repentance; and eight souls only entered into it, and were kept alive in the waters.

¹⁰ And let each of you minister to his associates the gift which he hath received from God; as being good stewards of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹ Whoever will speak, let him speak as the word of God: and whoever will minister, as of the ability that God hath given him: so that in all ye do, God may be glorified, through Jesus the Messiah; to whom belongeth glory, and honor, for ever and ever. Amen.

¹² These as I account them few things, I have written to you by Sylvanus, a faithful brother. And I would persuade, and would testify, that this is the true grace of God, this in which ye stand.

⁵ And, while ye apply all diligence in the matter, add to your faith moral excellence; and to moral excellence, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, perseverance; and to perseverance, patience; and to patience, the fear of God; ⁷ and to the fear of God, sympathy with the brotherhood; and to sympathy with the brotherhood, love. ⁸ For, while these are found in you, and abounding, they render you not slothful, and not unfruitful, in the recognition of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

¹² And for this reason I am not wearied in reminding you continually of these things; although ye know them well, and are established in this truth.

¹² And for this reason I am not wearied in reminding you continually of these things; although ye know them well, and are established in this truth. ¹³ And it seemeth right to me, so long as I am in this body, to excite you by monition; ¹⁴ since I know, that the demise of my body is speedy, as also my Lord Jesus the Messiah hath showed me. ¹⁵ And I am anxious, that, after my departure, ye too may have it always with you to make mention of these things.

²⁰ ye having the previous knowledge, that no prophecy is an exposition of its own text. ²¹ For at no time was it by the pleasure of man, that the prophecy came; but holy men of God spoke, as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

¹ This second epistle, my beloved, I now write to you; in both of which I stir up your honest mind by admonition: ² that ye may be mindful of the words which were formerly spoken by the holy prophets, and of the injunction of our Lord and Redeemer by the hand of the legates:

⁹ The Lord doth not procrastinate his promises, as some estimate procrastination; but he is long suffering, for your sakes, being not willing that any should perish, but that every one should come to repentance.

¹⁵ And account the long suffering of the Lord to be redemption; as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom conferred on him, wrote to you;

¹² I write to you, ye children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. ¹³ I write to you, ye fathers, because ye have known him who existed from the beginning. I write to you, ye young men, because ye have vanquished the evil one. ¹⁴ I have written to you, ye little ones, because ye have known the Father. I have written to you, ye fathers, because ye have known him who was from the beginning, I have written to you, ye young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God dwelleth in you, and ye have vanquished the evil one.

¹⁴ I have written to you, ye little ones, because ye have known the Father. I have written to you, ye fathers, because ye have known him who was from the beginning, I have written to you, ye young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God dwelleth in you, and ye have vanquished the evil one.

²¹ I have not written to you, because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no falsehood is of the truth.

¹⁸ My children, let us not love one another in words and in tongue, but in acts and in truth.

¹³ These things have I written to you, that ye may know that ye have life eternal, ye who believe in the name of the Son of God.

⁶ who have borne testimony to thy charity before the whole church, to whom thou doest good, as is pleasing to God.

³ My beloved, while I take all pains to write to you of our common life, it is needful for me to write to you, exhorting you to maintain a conflict for the faith which was once delivered to the saints. ⁴ For some have obtained entrance, who from the beginning were registered beforehand under this condemnation: wicked men, who pervert the grace of God to impurity, and deny him who is the only Lord God and our Lord, Jesus the Messiah. ⁵ And I wish to remind you, though ye all know it, that God, after once rescuing the people from Egypt, again destroyed them who believed not.

⁹ But Michael the archangel, who, in debate with the Accuser, contended about the body of Moses, did not venture to bring against him a reviling declaration; but said, The Lord will rebuke thee.

²⁰ But, my beloved, be ye built up anew, in your holy faith, through the Holy Spirit, while ye pray. ²¹ And let us keep ourselves in the love of God, while we wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus the Messiah unto our eternal life. ²² And some of them, snatch ye from the fire. ²³ And when they repent, have compassion on them, with fear, hating even the tunic that is defiled by the flesh.

⁶ and hath made us a kingdom sacerdotal to God and his Father: to whom be glory and power, for ever and ever. Amen.

⁵ And one of the Elders said to me, Weep not; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath been victorious: He will open the book, and its seven seals.

¹⁶ I Jesus have sent my angel, to testify to you these things before the churches. I am the root and offspring of David: like the splendid star of the morning.