1 Timothy 5 Cross References - NSB

¹ Do not rebuke (censure) (criticize) an elder, but appeal to him as a father, the younger men as brothers. ² Treat the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with much honor. ³ Honor widows that are truly widows. ⁴ But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show righteousness towards their own family, and to repay their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God. ⁵ Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in supplications and prayers day and night. ⁶ But she that gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives. ⁷ Command these things that they may be without reproach. ⁸ If any do not provide for his own, and specially his own household, he denies the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever. ⁹ Let a widow be put on the list if she is under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man, ¹⁰ having a good reputation for good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the holy ones, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work. ¹¹ Refuse younger widows: for when their sexual impulses come between them and Christ, they desire to marry. ¹² They have judgment, because they have rejected their first pledge. ¹³ They also learn to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but gossipers and busybodies, speaking things that they should not. ¹⁴ I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling. ¹⁵ Some have already turned aside after Satan. ¹⁶ If any woman that believes has dependant widows, she must assist them and not let the congregation be burdened. Then it can assist those who are actually widows. ¹⁷ Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. ¹⁸ For the scripture said: »You must not muzzle the bull while he is threshing. The workman is worthy of his wages.« ¹⁹ Do not offer an accusation against an elder, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses. ²⁰ Reprove the sinner in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear. ²¹ I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these [principles] without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality. ²² Do not lay your hands hastily on any man, neither be a partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure. ²³ Do not drink water any longer, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your many infirmities. ²⁴ Some men's sins are known publicly, leading to judgment; and some men’s sin becomes known later. ²⁵ In like manner some good works are known publicly, and other works will be known, for they cannot be kept hidden.

⁴ »Please. Let a little water be brought. Wash your feet and rest under the tree.

⁶ Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said: »Quick! Make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.«

⁹ Then they said to him: »Where is Sarah your wife«? He responded: »Here, in the tent.«

² »My lords,« he said, »come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may get up in the morning as early as you like and be on your way again.« »Oh no,« they said, »We will spend the night out here in the city square.«

³² The man went into the house. Laban unloaded the camels and gave them straw and fodder. Then he brought water for Abraham’s servant and his men to wash their feet.

³⁰ »The little that you had before I came has grown to a large amount. Jehovah has blessed you wherever I have been. When may I do something for my own family?«

¹⁰ »‘»Live in the land of Goshen. You will be near me. Live there with your children and your grandchildren, as well as your flocks, your herds, and everything you have. ¹¹ »‘»I will provide for you in Egypt. For there will be five more years of famine. Then you, your family, and all who belong to you will not lose all that you have.«’

¹² Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all the rest of his father’s family, including the very youngest.

²⁸ Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, until he was a hundred and forty-seven years old.

¹² »Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you.

⁹ »Never drink beer or wine when you or your sons enter the sacred tent. If you do, you will die right there! This is a long lasting law from generation to generation. ¹⁰ »You must learn the difference (distinction) between what is holy and what is not holy and between the clean and the unclean. ¹¹ »You must also teach the people of Israel everything that I commanded Moses to say to them.«

¹³ »‘Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.

¹⁵ »‘Do no injustice in judgment. Do not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great. Judge your neighbor fairly. ¹⁶ »‘Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor's life. I am Jehovah. ¹⁷ »‘Never hate your brother in your heart. Be sure to correct your neighbor so that you will not be guilty of sinning along with him.

³² »‘Show respect to the elderly, and honor older people. In this way you show respect for your God. I am Jehovah.

³⁵ »‘If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, you should help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home.

⁷ »Leave this place and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and all the places near there in the plain, in the hills, and in the valley and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and to Lebanon, to the great river, the river Euphrates.

¹⁸ »He executes justice for the orphan and the widow. He shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

¹¹ »All Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.

²⁹ »This food is for the Levites, since they own no property, and for the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. They are to come and get all they need. Do this, and Jehovah your God will bless you in everything you do.

¹¹ »Enjoy yourselves in the presence of Jehovah your God along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites who live in your cities, the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you. Enjoy yourselves at the place Jehovah your God will choose as a dwelling for his name.

¹⁴ »Enjoy yourselves at the festival along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities.

²¹ »All the men of his city shall stone him to death. In that way you will remove the evil from your midst. All Israel will hear about it and fear.

¹⁹ »‘Cursed is he who withholds justice due an alien, orphan, and widow. The people all say: Amen.

⁵⁴ »The kindest and most sensitive man among you will become stingy toward his brother, the wife he loves, and the children he still has left.

⁵⁶ »The kindest and most sensitive woman among you, so sensitive and tender that she would not even step on an ant, will become stingy toward the husband she loves or toward her own son or daughter.

¹⁵ »Jeshurun (Israel) grew fat and disrespectful. You got fat! You were stuffed! You over eat! He abandoned the God who made him and scornfully treated the rock of his salvation.

⁹ »Who said of his father and mother: ‘I have not seen them; and he did not acknowledge his brothers, nor did he regard his own sons. They observed your word and kept your covenant.’

⁶ »On the evidence and testimony of two witnesses or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. He shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.

¹³ »Then all the people will hear and be afraid. They will not act presumptuously again.

¹⁵ »One witness is not enough to convict someone of a crime, offense, or sin he may have committed. Cases must be settled based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

¹⁸ »The judges must make a thorough investigation. If it is found that the witness lied when he testified against the other Israelite, ¹⁹ do to him what he planned to do to the other person. Get rid of this evil. ²⁰ »When other people hear about this, they will be afraid. Never again will such an evil thing be done among you.

¹⁴ »Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns. ¹⁵ »Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets. He is poor and sets his heart on it. He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin.

⁴ »Do not muzzle the bull while he is threshing.

¹⁴ The men sampled their provisions but did not ask for counsel from Jehovah.

¹⁴ He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years,

² Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi: »Now let me go into the fields and pick up the heads of grain after anyone in whose eyes I find favor.« She said to her: »Go, my daughter.«

¹² »May Jehovah reward you for what you have done. May you have a full reward from Jehovah the God of Israel, to whom you have come for protection!«

¹⁸ She carried it back to town to show her mother-in-law what she gathered. She kept enough for herself and gave Naomi the rest.

³² »Bring me King Agag of the Amalekites,« Samuel said. Agag came to him trembling. »Surely, the bitterness of death is past,« Agag said.

⁶ »Say to him: ‘May you live long! May you, your home, and all you have prosper!

³ David went from there to Mizpah in Moab. He said to the king of Moab: »Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.« ⁴ He left them with the king of Moab. So they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

¹⁴ »You have shown total contempt for Jehovah by this affair. Therefore the son that is born to you must die.«

⁹ Elijah said to Elisha: »Tell me what you want me to do for you before I am taken from you.« Elisha answered: »Let me receive a double share of your spirit (power).«

¹¹ »They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance around. ¹² »They sing to the tambourine and the lyre, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. ¹³ »They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to the grave. ¹⁴ »They say to God: ‘Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.’ ¹⁵ »Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what do we gain if we pray to him?

¹⁹ »He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.

¹³ »The blessing of the wretched came upon me. I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

¹⁶ »If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

⁵ Dedicate your life to Jehovah. Trust him, and he will act on your behalf. ⁶ He will cause your righteousness to shine like a light, your just cause like the noonday sun.

⁵ In his holy habitation God is a father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows.

⁵ They have no drudgery in their lives like ordinary people. They are not plagued with problems like mankind. ⁶ That is why arrogance is their necklace and violence covers them like clothing. ⁷ Their eyes stand out with fatness, and their heart’s imagination run wild.

⁴ He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge. His truth is your shield and armor.

⁶ They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans.

¹⁵ And wine which makes man's heart glad. That he may make his face shine with oil, and food, which sustains man's heart.

⁴³ Let those who think they are wise pay attention to these things so they will understand the loving kindness of Jehovah.

⁴ You have ordained your precepts that we should keep them diligently.

³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may observe your law and keep it with all my heart.

⁹ He who walks with integrity walks safely. He who perverts his ways will be found out.

⁹ Jehovah protects the strangers. He supports the fatherless and the widow, but he overthrows the way of the wicked.

¹ Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her own hands.

⁵ It is not good to accept the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

¹⁹ A gossip reveals secrets. So avoid a man who speaks flattering words.

²¹ The man who (carefully) brings up (pays close attention to) (nourishes) his servant from childhood will in the future have him become like his son.

⁴ It is not for kings, O Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to desire strong drink. ⁵ They will drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. ⁶ Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter. ⁷ Let him drink and forget his poverty. Let him remember his misery no more.

²⁷ She watches over her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

²⁷ She watches over her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. ²⁸ Her children arise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her.

²⁸ Her children arise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her. ²⁹ Many daughters have done well, but you are above them all.

¹⁶ Jehovah also said: »Because the daughters of Zion are proud and walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, and go along with mincing steps and tinkle the bangles on their feet,

²⁶ Her (Zion’s) gates will lament and mourn and she will sit on the ground deserted.

² »Truly God is my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid. Jehovah… Jehovah is my strength and my song! He has become my salvation.«

²² Jehovah of Hosts declares: »I will attack Babylon and bring it to ruin. I will leave nothing! There will be no children, no survivors at all. I, Jehovah, have spoken.

¹³ Instead there was joy and festivity, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. »Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.«

¹⁷ »Learn to do good (well) (right). Seek justice. Correct oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows.«

² »Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed. Her sin has been paid for and she has received double for all her sins from Jehovah’s hand.«

²¹ »‘You will think in your heart: ‘Who brought these children to birth? I am barren (sterile) and bereaved of my children. I am an exiled wonderer. Who gave birth to these? From where did these come?’

¹⁰ Who among you respects Jehovah and obeys his servant? Let those who walk in darkness and have no light trust the name of Jehovah and depend upon their God.

¹ »Sing joyfully, O barren woman, you who never bore a child! Burst into song and shout for joy, you who were never in labor! More are the children of the desolate woman than of the woman, who has a husband,« proclaims Jehovah.

¹ »Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

⁷ »Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into the house? When you see the naked, should you cover him and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

³⁴ »You have bloodstains from innocent poor people on your clothes. You did not kill them for breaking in to your home.

² I will destroy the beautiful and luxurious one, the daughter of Zion.

¹⁸ »First, I will have them pay twice as much for their wickedness and their sin, because they have polluted my land. They have filled my property with the lifeless statues of their detestable and disgusting idols.

¹⁸ Let those who persecute me be put to shame. Do not let me be put to shame. Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring on them a day of disaster. Crush them with twofold destruction!

⁵ Those used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets. Those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.

¹¹ »Abandon your orphans, and I will keep them alive. Your widows can trust me.«

¹³ »He sends fire into my bones from on high. It overcomes them. His net is stretched out for my feet. He turns me back. He made me waste and feeble all the day.

²¹ »‘None of the priests may drink wine when they enter the inner courtyard.

⁴ Then the commissioners and the governors sought to find a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom. They could find no charge, nor error, nor fault, for he was faithful. ⁵ »You sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David you improvise on musical instruments. ⁶ »You drink wine in bowls, and anoint yourselves with the finest oils. But you are not grieved because of the affliction of Joseph.

⁶ »When I fed you, you were full. When you were full, you became arrogant. That is why you forgot me.

¹² »Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. I declare today: I shall repay you a double portion.

⁹ »I caused you to be despised and low before all the people. You are contemptible and do not keep my ways. You show partiality when applying the law.«

¹⁶ »Likewise, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

³ »When you give gifts, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. ⁴ »Your giving will be in secret and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. ⁵ »Do not pray like the hypocrites! They want everyone to see them in the houses of worship and on the street corners. I assure you they have been paid in full. ⁶ »Go to your room and close the door. Privately pray to your Father. When your Father sees you he will reward you.

¹¹ »Even though you are a sinner, you know how to give good gifts to your children. Think how much more your Father in heaven gives good things to those who ask him!

²² But Jesus said to him: »Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.«

³⁷ Jesus said to his disciples: »The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few. ³⁸ »Pray that the Lord of the harvest will send out workers into his harvest.«

¹⁰ »Take no extra clothes, not even two coats, no extra shoes or walking stick for the laborer is worthy of his food.

⁵⁰ »For everyone who does the will of my Father who is in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.«

¹⁰ »Go away, Satan!« demanded Jesus. »It is written, »It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.’« (Deuteronomy 6:13-15)

⁴ »God said, ‘Honor your father and mother.’ ‘He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.’ ⁵ »You teach that a man should tell his father or mother that what he has that could help them, is given to God. ⁶ »You say there is no need for him to give honor to his father. You have invalidated the word of God because of your tradition!

⁶ »You say there is no need for him to give honor to his father. You have invalidated the word of God because of your tradition!

¹⁵ »If your brother does wrong to you, go to him in private. Clearly explain his error between you and him. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother back. ¹⁶ »If he does not listen to you, take one or two more people with you. Two or three witnesses may prove every case.

¹⁶ »If he does not listen to you, take one or two more people with you. Two or three witnesses may prove every case. ¹⁷ »If he will not listen to them, let it come to the attention of the congregation. If he will not listen to the congregation, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector.

¹⁷ »If he will not listen to them, let it come to the attention of the congregation. If he will not listen to the congregation, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector.

⁸ »Do not be called Rabbi (master) (teacher) (leader), for only one is your teacher. You are all brothers.

¹³ »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You close the kingdom of heaven to people. You do not invite others to enter nor do you enter.

²⁵ »Remember, I told you before it happens.

⁴¹ »Then he will tell those on his left: ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels.

²⁷ »The Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels. He will then reward each man according to his deeds.

²⁰ »Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.«

¹¹ »But you say: ‘If a man says to his father or his mother that which would benefit you is a gift to God, ¹² he no longer has to do anything for his father or mother.’ ¹³ »You make the word of God invalid by your tradition.«

³⁶ Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher was a very old prophetess. ³⁷ She had been a widow eighty-four years. She never left the temple. She worshipped and fasted with supplications day and night.

³⁷ She had been a widow eighty-four years. She never left the temple. She worshipped and fasted with supplications day and night.

⁵¹ He went with them to Nazareth. He remained subject to them. His mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

¹² When he came near the gate of the city he saw people carrying a dead person. It was the only son of a widow. Many people were with her.

²⁵ »What did you go to see, a man clothed in fancy clothes? Only kings dress in fancy clothes.

³⁸ Standing by his feet weeping, she wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with the hair of her head. Then she kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

⁴⁴ Turning to the woman, he said to Simon: »See this woman? I entered into your house and you gave me no water for my feet. She watered my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.

¹ The Lord appointed seventy disciples and sent them in groups of two into every city and place where he was about to go. ² He said to them: »The harvest indeed is great but the laborers are few. Pray that the Master (Controller) (Lord) of the harvest will send laborers into his harvest.

⁷ »Remain in that house eating and drinking what they give you. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not stay in different houses.

¹¹ »What father would give his son a stone when he asked for a loaf? What father would give a serpent when his son asked for a fish? ¹² »If he asked for an egg would he give a scorpion? ¹³ »If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?«

³³ »No man lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a bushel. He puts it on a table so those who enter may see the light.

¹⁹ »I will say to my self: ‘You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.’

⁴² The Lord said: »Who is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master shall appoint over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?

⁴⁷ »The unfaithful servant who knew what his master wanted and did not do it will be beaten. ⁴⁸ »He who did not know and did things unacceptable will receive a lesser punishment. To whom much is given, much will be required and to whom they commit much they will demand even more.

¹³ »In a short time the younger son sold his share of the property. He left home with the money and traveled to a far away country where he wasted his money in reckless living.

²⁴ »‘My son was dead. Now he is alive. He was lost. Now he has been found. The feasting began.’

³² »‘We had to celebrate and be happy. Your brother was dead. Now he is alive! He was lost and now he has been found!’«

¹⁹ »A rich man dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.

¹ He spoke an illustration to them emphasizing the need to pray and not become tired:

⁷ »Should God avenge his chosen that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?

²¹ »Teacher,« they said, »we know that you are right in what you say and teach. You are not partial and do not play favorites. Rather you teach the way of God truthfully.«

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him. He said: »Look an Israelite indeed. There is no deceit in him!«

³⁸ »I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Other men labored and you entered into their labors.«

³⁵ The people stood watching while the rulers scoffed at him, saying: »He saved others let him save himself if this is his chosen, the Christ of God.« ³⁶ The soldiers mocked him and offered him vinegar, ³⁷ saying: »If you are the King of the Jews save yourself.« ³⁸ There was a superscription over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. ³⁹ One of the criminals who were hanged complained bitterly to him saying: »Are you the Christ? Save yourself and us.« ⁴⁰ The other rebuked him saying: »Do you not respect God, seeing you are also condemned? ⁴¹ »We are indeed justly condemned for we receive the due reward of our deeds. But this man has done nothing wrong.«

¹⁷ »It is written in your law that the witness of two men is true.

⁵ Then he poured water into the basin and washed the disciples’ feet. He wiped them with the towel he was wearing. ⁶ When he approached, Simon Peter said: »Lord do you wash my feet?« ⁷ »You do not know what I do now,« Jesus said: »but you will understand later.« ⁸ Peter said: »You will never wash my feet.« Jesus answered him: »If I do not wash you; you have no part with me.« ⁹ Simon Peter replied: »Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.« ¹⁰ Jesus responded: »He that is bathed must wash his feet. He is clean everywhere and you are clean, but not all.« ¹¹ He knew who would betray him. That is why he said you are not all clean. ¹² After he washed their feet he put his outer garments on and sat down. He asked: »Do you know what I have done to you? ¹³ »You call me Teacher and Lord and you are right for I am. ¹⁴ »If the Teacher and Lord washed your feet you should wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵ »I have given you an example. You should also do as I have done to you.

²² »If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin!

²⁹ Pilate went to them and asked: »What accusation do you make against this man?«

²⁶ Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved. He said to his mother, »Woman, look, your son!« ²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, »Look, your mother!« That hour forward the disciple took her to his home.

¹⁶ »Brothers, the Scripture needed to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who guided those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷ »He was numbered among us, and shared in this ministry. ¹⁸ »This man obtained a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open and all his intestines spilled out. (Matthew 27:5 says he hanged himself. The rope broke or the branch on which it was tied broke. Then he fell to the ground and burst open.) ¹⁹ »It became known to all who live in Jerusalem that the field was called the field of blood, in their language; Akeldama. ²⁰ »It is written in the book of Psalms: ‘Let his habitation be made desolate and let no man dwell there. Let another take his office.’ (Psalm 109:8)

¹ But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. ² They kept back part of the money. His wife was also knowledgeable of the transaction. They brought part of the funds to the apostles. ³ Peter said: »Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the money from the land sale? ⁴ While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your power? Why did you conceive this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.« ⁵ Hearing these words Ananias fell down and died. Great fear came over all those who heard these things.

⁵ Hearing these words Ananias fell down and died. Great fear came over all those who heard these things. ⁶ The young men arose, covered him up, and carried him out, and buried him. ⁷ About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. ⁸ Peter said to her: »Tell me whether you sold the land for such a price?« And she said: »Yes, we did.«

¹⁸ When Simon saw the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

³⁶ A disciple named Tabitha was at Joppa. Her name, when translated means Dorcas. This woman did many good works and gave gifts of mercy.

³⁹ Peter went to them right a way. When he arrived they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

⁹ Then Peter said: »How is it that you have agreed together to put Jehovah’s Spirit to the test? Look, those who buried your husband are at the door to carry you out.« ¹⁰ Then she fell down at his feet and died. The young men came in, and found her dead. They carried her out to be buried by her husband. ¹¹ Great fear came upon the entire congregation who heard these things.

¹¹ Great fear came upon the entire congregation who heard these things.

¹ The number of disciples increased at that time. A murmuring arose on the part of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution.

³ »Therefore brothers select seven men who have a good reputation. Men who are full of spirit and wisdom that we may appoint to take care of this business.

⁶ whom they set before the apostles. After they prayed, they laid their hands on them.

²² They said: »We come from Cornelius the centurion, a righteous man who respects God. He has a good reputation among all the nation of the Jews. A holy angel told him to have you come to his house so he could hear what you have to say.«

²³ When they had ordained elders in every congregation they prayed with fasting. They commended them to God, on whom they believed.

⁴ Then they went to Jerusalem where the apostles and elders and congregation greeted them. They declared all the things that God had done for them.

⁶ The apostles and elders came together to consider this matter.

³⁷ Barnabas decided to take John, whose surname was Mark, with them. ³⁸ Paul did not think it a good idea to take him with them. So he left them at Pamphylia.

¹ Paul arrived at Derbe and Lystra where he saw a disciple named Timothy. He was the son of a Jewish woman, and his father was a Greek. ² The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. ³ Paul wanted to have him travel with him. So he had him circumcised because of the Jews who were in the area. For they knew that his father was a Greek.

¹⁴ A woman named Lydia who was a seller of purple came from Thyatira. She worshipped God because God opened her heart to listen to the things spoken by Paul. ¹⁵ When she and her household were baptized she came to us saying, »If you judge me to be faithful to God, come to my house, and stay there.« She absolutely insisted that we come.

⁶ When they opposed Paul and treated him abusively he shook out his garment and said to them: »Your blood is upon your own heads. I am clean. From now on I will go to the people of the nations.«

¹⁷ This became known to all both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. They were all afraid. The name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

¹⁷ At Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the congregation to him.

²⁰ »I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house.

²⁶ »I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

³⁰ »Such men will arise from among you speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them.

³⁵ »In all things I gave you an example. You by laboring should help the weak. Remember the words of the Lord Jesus: It is more blessed to give than to receive.«

¹² »A man named Ananias was in that city. He is a religious man who obeyed our Law and was highly respected by all the Jews living there.

¹⁶ »I told them it is not the Roman practice to deliver any man to die before his accusers face him. He should answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

⁷ »Our twelve tribes served God day and night with the promise and hope of what was to come. It is because of this hope that the Jews accuse me, King Agrippa.

³⁰ They sent it to the elders through Barnabas and Saul.

³ After they fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them away.

² Tertullus presented his case: ³ »We have seen peace under your rule. Excellent accomplishments have come to this nation due to your forethought. We acknowledge this with profound gratitude, most excellent Felix. ⁴ »That I not hinder you more, I request that you to hear us briefly in fairness. ⁵ »We have found this man to be a troublemaker who stirs up sedition (resists lawful authority) among all the Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. ⁶ »He even tried to desecrate the temple. So we captured him according to our law. ⁷ »But the Roman commander Lysias came to us with the use of force and snatched him from our hands. ⁸ »He commanded his accusers to come to you. Examine him yourself and you will learn the truth about these charges we bring against him.« ⁹ The Jews also joined in accusing him, saying that these things were true. ¹⁰ The governor motioned for Paul to speak. He said, »I know that you have been a judge for this nation for many years. For this reason I cheerfully make my defense. ¹¹ You can easily verify that it was no more than twelve days ago that I went to worship in Jerusalem. ¹² »They did not find me in the Temple, in the synagogues nor in the city disputing with any man. Neither did I cause a riot with the people. ¹³ »Neither can they prove the things for which they now accuse me.

¹⁰ They honored us with many gifts. When we were going to set sail, they put whatever we needed on board.

⁵ Through whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, respecting his name.

¹² that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

²⁰ His invisible attributes are clearly seen since the creation of the world. The things made prove His eternal power and divine nature. Mankind has no excuse, ²¹ for when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God. They did not thank him and were vain in their reasoning, for their foolish hearts were darkened.

¹⁷ The scripture says to Pharaoh: »For this reason I have raised you up, that I might through you, show my power and declare my name in all the earth.«

¹¹ The scripture says: »No one believing on him shall be disappointed.« (Isaiah 28:16)

² God has not rejected his people whom he first knew. Do you remember what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he made intercession to God against Israel?

⁸ or he who exhorts; on exhortation; he who gives let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

¹³ Contribute to the needs of the holy ones and practice hospitality.

⁷ Render therefore to all their due. Provide tribute to whom tribute is due. Give custom to whom custom is owed. Render fear to whom fear is owed and offer honor to whom honor is deserved.

¹² Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord.

³ For what does the scriptures say? »Abraham believed Jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness.« (Genesis 15:6)

¹³ Let us not judge one another any more. Let no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

²⁷ It pleased them to do so and they are debtors for this. If the nations have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in physical things.

⁹ For we are fellow workers together with God. You are God's field under cultivation. You are God's building.

⁸ I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they stay unmarried like me. ⁹ But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. It is better to marry than to be inflamed [with lust]. ¹⁰ To the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord commands do not let the wife depart from her husband. ¹¹ If she leaves, let her remain unmarried or become reconciled to her husband. A husband should not divorce his wife.

³² I want you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

³⁴ There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. She who is married cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

³⁹ The wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord. ⁴⁰ But she is happier if she remains as she is. This is my opinion and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

³⁴ If any man is hungry let him eat at home. That way you come together without condemnation. I will give direction to care for other matters when I come.

¹⁰ By the divine influence of God I am what I am. His grace was not given to me in vain for I labored more than all of them. Yet it was not I. It was the divine influence and favor of God in me.

¹⁵ For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God. We are an aroma for those who are saved and those who perish. ¹⁶ To the one an aroma of death leading to death and to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

¹⁴ For the love of Christ compels us to judge, that one died for all and therefore all died. ¹⁵ He died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for their sakes and rose again. ¹⁶ From now on we know no man according to the flesh: even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.

¹ Working together with him we plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain (to no purpose) (in emptiness).

¹⁵ And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

⁵ Do we have a right to lead a sister as a wife just like other apostles, and as brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? ⁶ Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to refrain from secular work? ⁷ Does a soldier serve at his own expense? Does the one who plants a vineyard not eat of the fruit it produces? Who shepherds a flock and does not eat some of the milk from the flock?

⁷ Does a soldier serve at his own expense? Does the one who plants a vineyard not eat of the fruit it produces? Who shepherds a flock and does not eat some of the milk from the flock? ⁸ I say this from a human point of view. Does the law say the same thing?

⁸ I say this from a human point of view. Does the law say the same thing? ⁹ It is written in the Law of Moses: You should not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads (threshes) out the grain. Does God care only about oxen?

⁹ It is written in the Law of Moses: You should not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads (threshes) out the grain. Does God care only about oxen? ¹⁰ Or did he say it for our benefit? This is written for our benefit without a doubt! He who plows should plow in hope. Likewise he who threshes in hope should be a partaker of his hope.

¹⁰ Or did he say it for our benefit? This is written for our benefit without a doubt! He who plows should plow in hope. Likewise he who threshes in hope should be a partaker of his hope. ¹¹ If we sow spiritual seed in you, is it too much if we reap material things? ¹² If others are partakers of the right over you, should we also partake? Nevertheless we have not used this power! We suffer all things, lest we should hinder the good news of Christ. ¹³ Do you not know that they who minister about holy things live off the things of the temple? And they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? ¹⁴ Even so, has the Lord ordained that they who preach the good news should earn their living from the good news?

¹⁴ Even so, has the Lord ordained that they who preach the good news should earn their living from the good news?

¹⁶ That you submit yourselves to such, and to every one that helps with us, and labors.

¹² But what I do, I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion; that in whatever matter they boast, they may be found equal with me.

¹¹ When Cephas came to Antioch, I openly resisted him because he was completely wrong. ¹² He ate with the people of the nations until some men James sent arrived. When they arrived, he drew back and separated himself. He feared those who were of the circumcised people. ¹³ The rest of the Jews were hypocrites with him, so much that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. ¹⁴ I saw that they did not walk uprightly according to the truth of the good news. Therefore I said to Cephas, in front of them all: »If you, being a Jew, live as the nations do and not as the Jews, why do you compel the people of the nations to live like the Jews?«

⁸ The Scripture revealed ahead of time, that God justified the people of the nations by faith. He preached the good news beforehand to Abraham. He said: »In you will all the nations be blessed.«

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wrath, contentions, divisions, sects, ²¹ envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of God. ²² The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, ²³ meekness (mildness), self-control; against such there is no law.

¹ Brothers, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing, those of you who are spiritual should set him right. But you must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourselves, so that you will not be tempted, too.

⁶ But let him that is orally taught in the word share all good things.

¹⁰ So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

¹ You were once dead because of your trespasses and sins.

⁵ even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. For by grace (loving-kindness) you have been saved.

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship created with Christ Jesus for good works. God prepared these works in advance that we should walk in them.

¹¹ Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.

¹⁴ For this reason it says: »Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.«

¹⁸ Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a public act of violence, but be filled with the Spirit.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. ² Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise. ³ Then it will go well with you, and you may live long on the earth.

²⁹ Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy. Hold such in honor

¹⁸ Many live as enemies of the stake of Christ. I often wept as I told you about them. ¹⁹ Their end is destruction. Their god is their belly. Their glory is in their shame. They set their mind on earthly things.

³ Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the good news, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

⁸ Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

¹⁰ Walk worthily of God, fully pleasing him. Bear fruit in every good work, and increase in the knowledge (Greek: epignosis: full discernment, recognition) of God.

¹⁴ Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you. I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. The children should not provide for the parents, but the parents for the children.

¹ This is now the third time that I am coming to visit you. The testimony of two or three witnesses must uphold an accusation. (Deuteronomy 19:15)

⁶ I am amazed that you so quickly turned away from the One who called you by the grace of Christ. You turned to different good news.

¹⁸ With prayer and supplication pray at all times in the Spirit. Watch with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones.

¹¹ Be filled with the fruits of righteousness through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. (John 15:5) (Galatians 5:22, 23)

¹⁶ Hold fast to the word of life so I may rejoice in the day of Christ. That way I will not have labored in vain.

¹³ You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.

⁶ We did not try to get praise from anyone, either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ we could have made demands on you.

¹² We ask you, brothers, to appreciate those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you. ¹³ To esteem them very highly in love because of the work they do. And be at peace among yourselves.

²² Abstain from all appearance of evil.

²⁷ I charge you by the Lord that this letter is to be read to all the brothers.

³ They will forbid marrying, [and command] to abstain from food, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. ⁴ For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

⁶ If you tell the brothers about these things, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed until now.

¹⁰ This is why we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. ¹¹ Command and teach these things. ¹² Let no man look down on your youth. Be an example to the believers in speech and conduct, in love, in faith and chasteness.

¹⁴ Do not neglect the spiritual gift in you. It was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

¹⁶ Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things. When you do this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

² Treat the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with much honor. ³ Honor widows that are truly widows.

³ Honor widows that are truly widows.

³ Honor widows that are truly widows. ⁴ But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show righteousness towards their own family, and to repay their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

⁴ But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show righteousness towards their own family, and to repay their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God. ⁵ Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in supplications and prayers day and night.

⁸ If any do not provide for his own, and specially his own household, he denies the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever. ⁹ Let a widow be put on the list if she is under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

⁹ Let a widow be put on the list if she is under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man, ¹⁰ having a good reputation for good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the holy ones, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work. ¹¹ Refuse younger widows: for when their sexual impulses come between them and Christ, they desire to marry.

¹¹ Refuse younger widows: for when their sexual impulses come between them and Christ, they desire to marry.

¹⁴ I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling.

¹⁶ If any woman that believes has dependant widows, she must assist them and not let the congregation be burdened. Then it can assist those who are actually widows.

¹⁶ If any woman that believes has dependant widows, she must assist them and not let the congregation be burdened. Then it can assist those who are actually widows. ¹⁷ Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

¹⁷ Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

¹⁹ Do not offer an accusation against an elder, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses. ²⁰ Reprove the sinner in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

²⁵ In like manner some good works are known publicly, and other works will be known, for they cannot be kept hidden.

¹ Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the teachings will not be blasphemed.

¹³ I charge you in the sight of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession:

¹⁷ Command those who are rich in this present system not to be high-minded (arrogant), not to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. ¹⁸ They should do good works and be rich in good works, that they are ready to distribute, willing to communicate.

⁵ I am mindful of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well. ⁶ For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God that is in you because of the laying on of my hands.

¹⁵ You know that all that are in Asia turned away from me. This includes Phygelus and Hermogenes.

² What you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.

⁶ The hard-working farmer should be first to receive his share of the crops.

¹⁴ Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to argue about words. This is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers.

¹⁸ These men have gone astray from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they upset the faith of some.

²¹ If anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. ²² Flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, with those who call on the Lord with a clean heart.

²⁴ The Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind (gentle) to all, able to teach, and patient when wronged. ²⁵ He should instruct those who oppose using meekness. Perhaps God will give them repentance that they may know the truth.

⁵ having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Stay away from people like this!

¹⁵ From childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to make you wise to salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁷ Thus the man of God may be completely equipped for every good work.

¹ I solemnly charge you in the sight (presence) of God, and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: ² preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching.

¹⁰ For Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

⁶ Our friends, we command you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to keep away from all believers who walk disorderly and who do not follow the instructions that we gave them. ⁷ You know what you must do to imitate us. We lived a disciplined life among you. ⁸ We did not eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, we worked hard and struggled night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you. ⁹ It is not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to imitate us. ¹⁰ While we were with you, we used to tell you: »Whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat.« ¹¹ We say this because we hear that there are people among you who are lazy and who do nothing except meddle in other people’s business.

³ As I urged you to stay at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that you might command certain men not to teach strange doctrines.

²⁰ Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander. I handed them over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme.

³ This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior.

⁸ I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.

¹⁰ but that which becomes a woman professing godliness through good works.

² The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach; ³ not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

⁵ if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the congregation of God? ⁶ He should not be a new believer, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the Devil. ⁷ He must have a good reputation with those outside the congregation, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the Devil. ⁸ Ministerial servants should likewise be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain.

¹⁰ Let these be tested first. Then let them serve as servants, if they are blameless.

¹² Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

⁵ I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you should correct the things that were defective, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave you orders.

⁵ I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you should correct the things that were defective, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave you orders. ⁶ A blameless man will be the husband of one wife. He will have children that believe and who are not accused of violence and disobedience.

⁶ A blameless man will be the husband of one wife. He will have children that believe and who are not accused of violence and disobedience.

⁶ A blameless man will be the husband of one wife. He will have children that believe and who are not accused of violence and disobedience. ⁷ The overseer must be blameless as God's steward. He must not be self-willed, not prone to anger, not a brawler, and not violent (quarrelsome) (pugnacious), not greedy of dishonest gain.

⁷ The overseer must be blameless as God's steward. He must not be self-willed, not prone to anger, not a brawler, and not violent (quarrelsome) (pugnacious), not greedy of dishonest gain. ⁸ but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled; ⁹ holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to reprove (refute) (rebuke) those who contradict.

¹¹ They must be stopped. Their mouths must be shut up, for they subvert entire households. They teach things that should not be taught, for the sake of dishonest gain.

¹³ This testimony is true. For this cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

¹⁶ They profess that they know God; but deny him by their works! They are detestable, disobedient, and not approved for any good work.

² Aged men should be temperate, serious, sound in mind, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. ³ Aged women likewise should be reverent in behavior and teachers of that which is good. They should not be slanderers nor enslaved to too much wine.

⁵ to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God will not be (defamed) dishonored. ⁶ Urge the younger men to be sound in mind. ⁷ Be an example of good works in all things, showing no corruption in your doctrine. ⁸ Have sound speech that cannot be condemned so the man opposing us may be ashamed and have nothing bad to say about us.

¹⁴ He (Jesus Christ) gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify a people for himself, who are special people, zealous for good works. ¹⁵ Speak and exhort and reprove these things with all authority. Let no man despise you.

¹ Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, and to be ready to do every good work,

⁸ Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

¹⁴ Help our people learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they are not unfruitful.

⁹ Because of love I appeal to you, since I am Paul, the aged. I am also a prisoner of Christ Jesus. ¹⁰ I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my imprisonment.

² We should not repeat the basic teachings about baptisms, and of the laying on of hands (setting apart for holy tasks), and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

²⁴ Let us consider one another to encourage love and good works:

²⁸ He that despised Moses’ Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses.

² Show hospitality to strangers, for some have entertained angels without knowing it.

⁴ Let marriage be honorable among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled: for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

⁷ Remember those who are taking the lead among you, men that spoke the Word of God to you. Consider their behavior and imitate their faith.

¹⁷ Obey those who lead you. Submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your lives and must account for this. Obey them that their work may be a joy and not a burden; that would be without gain for you.

²¹ make you perfect (mature) in every good thing. May you do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

²⁴ Greet all those who rule over you, and all the holy ones. They in Italy greet you.

⁵ You lived in luxury on the earth, and take your pleasure; you nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

¹⁴ Is any among you sick? Let him call the elders of the congregation. Let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of God.

¹² Maintain fine behavior among the nations. That way when they speak badly about you, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation (inspection).

¹⁷ Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Reverence and respect God. Honor the king.

¹ There arose false prophets among the people. There will be false teachers among you! They will privately bring in destructive heresies (contrary doctrines), denying even the Master who bought them. They bring swift destruction on themselves. ² Many will follow their lascivious (filthy sensual) deeds. The way of the truth will be maligned.

⁴ God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to captivity in pits of darkness reserved for judgment!

¹⁸ For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.

²⁰ After they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome; the last state is worse with them than the first.

²⁰ After they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome; the last state is worse with them than the first. ²¹ For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

²¹ For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²² It happened to them according to the true proverb: »The dog returns to his own vomit, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.«

¹⁶ He spoke about these things in his letters. Some things are hard to understand. The untaught and unstable distort them as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

²⁷ Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.

¹ My brothers, keep the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. Do not favor one person over the other. ² A man wearing a gold ring and fine clothes and a poor man in shabby clothes comes into your synagogue. ³ You pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes, and say: »Sit here in a good place.« Then you say to the poor man: »Stand there,« or »Sit under my footstool.« ⁴ Do not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts.

¹ Many of you should not be teachers, my brothers. You know that we will receive a heavier (stricter) judgment.

¹⁰ Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth! My brothers, these things should not be.

¹⁷ But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable (yielding), full of mercy and good fruits, without discord (partiality), without hypocrisy.

⁵ Or do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the attitude of the heart (mental disposition) that he induced to live in us cause us to envy?

⁵ The holy women of old, who hoped in God, adorned themselves this way, being submissive to their own husbands.

⁷ In the same way, you husbands live with your wives in an understanding way. Honor the woman as the weaker vessel. For you are joint-heirs of the grace of life. May your prayers not be hindered (cut-off) (blocked).

⁹ Be hospitable to one another without complaining.

¹⁴ If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. ¹⁵ Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people’s business.

¹⁵ Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people’s business.

¹⁷ For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God. If it begins with us first what will it be like in the end for those who do not obey the good news of God?

¹ I exhort the elders among you. I too am an older man and a witness of the sufferings of Christ. I am also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed.

⁵ Likewise, you younger men, be subject to the older men. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and serve one another. God resists the proud, but gives loving kindness to the humble. ⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you at the proper time.

¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us. If they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they went out that it made it plain that they all are not of us.

⁴ »'However I have this against you: you do not love me now as you did at first. ⁵ »'Think how far you have fallen! Turn from your sins (repent) and do what you did at first. If you do not turn from your sins, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place.

¹³ »'I know where you live and where the throne of Satan is. You cling to my name and have not denied my faith, even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness. He was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

¹ »To the angel of the congregation in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says these things: 'I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, and you are [really] dead.

⁸ »'I know your works (deeds) (acts). Pay attention, I set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name.

⁴ Around the throne were twenty-four elders sitting on thrones. They were dressed in white with crowns of gold on their heads.

⁷ War broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. ⁸ The dragon lost and no place in heaven was found for him any longer. ⁹ The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him.

⁹ The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him.

¹⁰ »the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

⁴ I heard another voice from heaven, say: »Come out of her, my people, that you do not partake of her sins, and that you do not receive her plagues!

⁷ »To the extent she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to that extent give her much torment and sorrow. She says in her heart: 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no sorrow.'

¹ The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all who know the truth.

¹¹ He who greets him partakes of his evil works.

¹ The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love. That righteous man that dwelled among them was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.

¹⁰ If I come, I will remind you of what he does. He unjustly accuses us with wicked words and is never satisfied. He does not allow the brothers to greet one another and he throws them out of the congregation.

¹² Demetrius has the witness of all men, and of the truth itself. Yes, we also testify and you know our witness is true.

⁴ Certain men crept in unnoticed. They were appointed long ago for this condemnation. These ungodly men turned the grace of our God into loose conduct. They deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

⁴ Certain men crept in unnoticed. They were appointed long ago for this condemnation. These ungodly men turned the grace of our God into loose conduct. They deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. ⁵ I want to remind you though you once knew this, that Jehovah (God), having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. ⁶ Angels who did not keep their position left their proper habitation. He has kept them in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.