2 Peter Cross References - Riverside

¹ SIMON PETER, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been allotted a faith as precious as ours: ² Grace be to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. ³ Since his divine power has given us all things helpful to life and piety through the knowledge of him who has called us by his own glory and virtue, ⁴ and thereby great and precious promises have been granted to us, that through them you may escape the corruption that is in the world through passion and become sharers in the divine nature, ⁵ for this very reason make it your whole endeavor to supply to your faith virtue, and to your virtue knowledge, ⁶ and to your knowledge self-control, and to your self-control endurance, and to your endurance reverence, ⁷ and to your reverence brotherliness, and to your brotherliness love. ⁸ For when you have these in abundance they make you to be neither idle nor fruitless regarding the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he who lacks these is blind, dim-sighted, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. ¹⁰ Therefore endeavor more earnestly, brethren, to make sure that you have been called and chosen. For while doing these things you will never stumble. ¹¹ For so entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you. ¹² For this reason I shall always keep reminding you of these things, although you know them and are steadfast in the truth that you have. ¹³ I think it right so long as I am in this tent to arouse you by reminding you, ¹⁴ since I know that the laying aside of my tent will come soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made plain to me. ¹⁵ I will endeavor also on every occasion to make it so that after my going you shall have these things in memory. ¹⁶ For we were not following cunningly devised myths when we told you of the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷ For he received from God the Father honor and glory when such words as these were borne to him from the majestic glory, "This is my Son, the Beloved; in him I delight." ¹⁸ And this voice we heard borne from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain. ¹⁹ Thus have we the words of the prophets confirmed, and you will do well to give attention to them as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; ²⁰ since you know this first, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from any one's private interpretation, ²¹ for prophecy never came by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ A voice from the heavens said, "This is my Son, the beloved in whom I delight."

¹⁶ the people that sat in darkness saw a great light and upon those sitting in the land and shadow of death light dawned."

¹⁸ As he was walking along the shore of the lake of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen;

²⁴ "Every one, therefore, who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; ²⁵ and the rain descended and the rivers rose and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house; but it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

² The names of the twelve apostles are these: Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother,

²⁵ At that time Jesus said, "I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to babes. ²⁶ Yes, Father, I thank thee that such was thy good pleasure. ²⁷ "All things have been delivered tome by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father but the Son and he to whom the Son may choose to reveal him.

¹⁸ "Behold my servant whom I have chosen, the Beloved in whom my soul delights. I will put my spirit upon him and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

²² He who received seed among thorns is he who hears the message, but the care of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the message and it becomes fruitless.

²⁸ I tell you truly there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste of death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

³ Then appeared to them Moses and Elijah talking with him.

⁵ While he was speaking, a bright cloud suddenly overspread them and a voice issued from the cloud, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight. Hear him." ⁶ The disciples on hearing this fell on their faces in great terror.

³ He went out about nine o'clock and saw others standing in the market-place idle

⁶ About five o'clock he went out and found others standing and said to them, 'Why have you been standing the whole day idle?'

³ While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us when these things will be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?"

²⁷ For as the lightning comes out of the east and shines across to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

²⁶ His master replied, 'You wicked and idle servant. Did you know that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not thresh?

³⁴ Then will the King say to those on his right hand, 'Come, you who have been blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!

¹⁸ Jesus came to them and talked with them. He said, "To me has been given all authority in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹ Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

¹¹ And there was a voice from the heavens, "Thou art my Son, my Beloved; in thee I am well pleased."

¹ HE said further to them, "I tell you truly that there are some of those who are standing here, who will not taste of death until they see the kingdom of God already here in power." ² Six days later, Jesus took Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain. They were all alone. There in their presence he became transfigured.

⁷ Then a cloud overshadowed them and there came a voice out of the cloud, "This is my beloved son, hear him."

²¹ Jesus looking at him loved him and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go sell all that you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come follow me."

³⁶ David himself, guided by the Holy Spirit, said, 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand till I put your enemies under your feet.'

⁴⁷ And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior;

⁷⁰ As he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets of old,

⁷⁸ Through the tender compassion of our God, With which the sunrise from on high will shine upon us; ⁷⁹ To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the path of peace."

²² and the Holy Spirit in bodily form like a dove descended upon him, and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art my Son, the Beloved. In thee I delight."

⁴⁷ Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you whom he is like. ⁴⁸ He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood came, the river dashed against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁴⁹ But he who hears and does not do is like a man building a house on the earth without foundation, against which the river dashed, and at once it fell, and the wreck of that house was great."

¹⁵ That in the good ground means those who with a noble and good heart hear the message and hold it fast and bear fruit in patience.

²⁸ About eight days after this conversation, Jesus took with him Peter and John and James and went up the mountain to pray. ²⁹ While he was praying, the appearance of his face changed and his clothing became radiant white. ³⁰ Suddenly two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah, ³¹ who appeared in glory and spoke of his passing which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

³¹ who appeared in glory and spoke of his passing which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. ³² Peter and his companions had been weighed down with sleep, but becoming fully awake they saw his glory and the two men who were standing with him.

³⁴ While he was saying it there came a cloud and over-shadowed them. They were frightened as they entered the cloud. ³⁵ Then a voice came from the cloud saying, "This is my Son, the Chosen, listen to him."

²² "All things have been committed to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, or who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son may will to reveal him."

⁴⁹ Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute.'

²⁶ Moreover, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who wish to cross from here to you cannot, nor can any cross from there to us.'

²⁹ Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.' ³⁰ But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will have a change of heart.' ³¹ Abraham replied, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rises from the dead.'

²² On hearing that, Jesus said to him, "You lack still one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven, and then come and follow me."

¹⁹ By your endurance you will win your lives.

³¹ Simon, Simon, Satan has begged to be allowed to sift all of you like wheat. ³² But I have prayed for thee that thy faith may not fail. And when you come back to yourself, strengthen your brothers." ³³ Peter said to him, "Master, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death." ³⁴ Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow to-day before you three times deny that you know me."

²¹ But we were hoping that he was the one who was to redeem Israel. But now, however, the third day is passing since these things took place.

⁷ He came for testimony, to testify about the Light, that all might believe through him. ⁸ He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. ⁹ The true Light, which enlightens every man, was coming into the world.

¹² All who received him — to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, ¹³ who were born not of blood nor of the will of flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. ¹⁴ The Word became flesh and tented among us, and we looked upon his glory, glory as of an only son from a father, full of grace and truth.

⁴² He led him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, "You are Simon, the son of John. You shall be called Cephas" (which is in Greek, Peter, that is, Rock).

³⁵ The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hand.

²¹ For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. ²² Neither does the Father judge any one, but he has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³ that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself.

³⁵ He was the burning and shining light and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light. ³⁶ But I have testimony greater than John's. For the works which the Father has granted to me to accomplish — the very works that I do — witness for me that the Father has sent me. ³⁷ The Father who sent me — he has witnessed regarding me. You have neither heard his voice nor seen his form,

³⁹ You search the Scriptures because you think that you have in them life eternal, and it is they that testify of me,

⁴² but I know that you have not the love of God within you.

²⁷ Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of Man will give you. For him God the Father has sealed."

³⁷ All that the Father gives me will come to me, and him who comes to me I will not cast away;

³⁹ and this is the will of him who sent me, that of the whole that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise all up on the last day.

¹² Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

⁴⁰ Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, "Are we blind also?" ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains with you."

¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly.

¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

³⁶ do you say to him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, 'You speak profane words,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

²⁶ If any one is serving me, let him follow me and where I am there my servant shall be. If any one is serving me, him my Father will honor.

²⁸ Father, glorify thy name!" There came a voice from heaven, "I have glorified it and will again glorify it." ²⁹ The crowd that was standing there and heard said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel spoke to him."

¹ BEFORE the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that the hour had come for him to pass from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world loved them to the end. ² During supper, the Devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him, ³ Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he had come from God and was going to God,

³⁴ A new command I give you, to love one another, as I have loved you — that so you love one another. ³⁵ By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love to one another."

⁶ Jesus said to him, "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

⁸ Philip said to him, "Master, show us the Father and we shall be satisfied." ⁹ Jesus said, "Have I been so much time with you and you have not known me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

¹¹ Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me. But if not, believe on account of the works themselves.

² Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every one that bears fruit he cleanses, that it may bear more fruit.

⁶ If any one does not abide in me, he is cast out like a branch and withers, and they gather them and throw them into the fire and they are burned. ⁷ If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask what you will and it will be done for you. ⁸ By this is my Father glorified — by your bearing much fruit and becoming my disciples.

² as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that he may give life eternal to all that thou hast given him.

² as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that he may give life eternal to all that thou hast given him. ³ This is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ.

³ This is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ.

²¹ that all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, that they may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou didst send me.

¹⁷ Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'

²¹ He said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sent me forth so I am sending you."

¹⁵ When they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." ¹⁶ He said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Shepherd my sheep." ¹⁷ He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Master, you know all things. You know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep. ¹⁸ Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked about wherever you wished. When you are old, you will stretch out your hands and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish." ¹⁹ This he said, indicating the kind of death by which he would glorify God. After saying this he said to him, "Follow me."

¹⁶ "Brethren, it was necessary that the Scripture should be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became guide to those who arrested Jesus.

¹⁸ God in this way fulfilled what he had predicted through the mouths of all the prophets that his Christ should suffer.

⁸ And God, who knows all hearts, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us. ⁹ He made no difference between us and them in cleansing their hearts by faith.

¹⁴ Symeon has told how first God graciously visited the Gentiles and took a people for his name.

²⁹ to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from strangled things, and from unchastity. If you keep yourselves from these you will do well. Farewell."

⁵ So the churches grew firmer in faith and increased in numbers from day to day.

¹¹ These people were nobler than those in Thessalonica. They welcomed the message with all readiness and examined the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

²⁴ But I do not hold my life as of any account if only I may finish my race and the service which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of the grace of God. ²⁵ And now I know that you all, among whom I have gone about heralding the kingdom, will never see my face again.

²⁵ And now I know that you all, among whom I have gone about heralding the kingdom, will never see my face again.

²⁵ While Paul was reasoning about righteousness and self-discipline and the judgment that is to come, Felix became alarmed and said," Go for the present. When I find a convenient time I will send for you."

²⁵ They dispersed, disagreeing with one another, after Paul had said one word, "Well said the Holy Spirit through Isaiah, the prophet, to your fathers,

¹ PAUL, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart to bear the good news of God,

⁴ and was with power proved to be the Son of God according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead);

⁷ to all who are in Rome, beloved by God, called to be holy: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹² that is, that I may be encouraged with you and by you through our mutual faith, yours and mine.

¹⁷ For a righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, as it is written, "He who is righteous by faith shall live."

⁷ To those who by constancy in good work seek for glory and honor and immortality he will award life eternal.

²¹ But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, confirmed by the Law and the Prophets — ²² a righteousness from God through faith in Jesus Christ for all believers. For there is no difference. ²³ All have sinned and have come short of the glory of God. ²⁴ All are pronounced righteous by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God has set forth as a propitiation by his blood through faith, for the manifestation of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previous sins in the forbearance of God — ²⁶ for a manifestation at the present time of his righteousness, that he may himself be righteous and may accept as righteous him who has faith in Jesus.

³ Not only so, but we also exult in trials, knowing that trial develops endurance, ⁴ and endurance develops a tested character, and a tested character develops hope,

¹ WHAT shall we say then? Shall we remain in sin so that grace may be great? ² Never. How shall we who died to sin still live in it? ³ Are you ignorant that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴ We were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

⁶ For we know this, that our old-time humanity was crucified with him, in order that the sinful body might be made powerless, that we might no longer be slaves of sin.

¹¹ So you must think yourselves dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.

²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not see, we patiently wait for it.

²⁸ We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

²⁸ We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹ For those whom he foreknew he also predetermined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren.

²⁹ For those whom he foreknew he also predetermined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren. ³⁰ And those whom he predetermined he also called, and those whom he called he also pronounced righteous, and those whom he pronounced righteous he also glorified.

³⁰ And those whom he predetermined he also called, and those whom he called he also pronounced righteous, and those whom he pronounced righteous he also glorified. ³¹ What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us? ³² He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how shall he not with him graciously give us all things?

⁴ who are Israelites, whose is the sonship and the glory and the covenants and the reception of the law and the worship and the promises;

²⁴ called us not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

⁶ Having gifts differing according to the grace given to us, if it is prophecy, let us use it according to the proportion of our faith;

¹⁰ Have brotherly love toward one another like family affection, in honor preferring one another, ¹¹ never flagging in zeal, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,

¹¹ Live thus because you know this crisis, for it is already time for you to awake from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we became believers.

⁴ All that was written of old was written for our instruction, in order that by patience and by the encouragement of the Scriptures we may have hope.

⁶ so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ I am persuaded, my brethren — yes, I myself — regarding you, that you are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able to instruct one another. ¹⁵ But I have written rather boldly to you, partly to remind you, because of the grace given to me from God,

⁷ and so that you are not lacking in any gift while waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.

⁹ God is faithful, and it is by him that you have been called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁷ For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the good news — not in wisdom of words, that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of meaning.

²³ but we proclaim Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, to Gentiles folly,

³⁰ By God's act you are in Christ Jesus, who has become to us wisdom from God and righteousness and holiness and deliverance,

¹ AND I in coming to you, brethren, did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.

⁴ and my speech and my proclamation were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but with spiritual and powerful proof,

²¹ Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours — ²² Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come — all are yours ²³ and you are Christ's and Christ is God's.

⁴ When you assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit was also present with the power of our Lord Jesus,

¹ AM I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

²⁵ Every one who contends in the games practices self-restraint in all things. They do it to win a fading crown, but we for an unfading one.

¹ IF I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. ² And if I have the power of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. ³ And if I distribute all that I have to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. ⁴ Love is longsuffering, love is kind, is not jealous, love does not boast, is not conceited, ⁵ does not behave unbecomingly, does not seek her own interest, is not irritable, does not count up her wrongs, ⁶ does not rejoice in wickedness, but rejoices with the truth, ⁷ excuses all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. ⁸ Love never fails; but if there are prophetic powers, they will become useless; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will become useless.

²⁰ Brethren, be not children in intelligence, but be babes in wickedness. In intelligence be adults.

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles and am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

⁵⁸ So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; since you know that your labor is not fruitless in the Lord.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of loving kindness and the God of all encouragement,

²⁰ For all the promises of God, however many, have their yes in him. Therefore also through him is the Amen to the glory of God through us.

¹⁷ For we are not, like the most, adulterating the message of God for gain, but in sincerity, as from God, in the presence of God, we speak in Christ.

¹⁸ And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same likeness from glory to glory as by the Spirit of the Lord.

² but we have renounced shameful secret things, not living in craftiness nor adulterating God's message, but by the openness of truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. ³ If our good news is veiled, it is veiled to those who are going to ruin, ⁴ in whom the god of this world has blinded the thinking of the unbelieving so that the light of the glorious good news of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine in.

⁴ in whom the god of this world has blinded the thinking of the unbelieving so that the light of the glorious good news of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine in. ⁵ For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. ⁶ Because it is the God who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts bringing the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

⁶ Because it is the God who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts bringing the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

¹³ Having the same spirit of faith, as it is written, "I believed, therefore I spoke," we too believe and therefore speak,

¹ FOR we know that if this tent, our earthly home, is thrown down, we have a building of God, a home not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.

¹ FOR we know that if this tent, our earthly home, is thrown down, we have a building of God, a home not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. ² For in this we sigh in earnest desire to put on our dwelling that comes from heaven, ³ since if we put that on we shall not be found naked. ⁴ For while we are in this tent we sigh being burdened, not that we wish to be unclothed, but to put on the other, that what is mortal may be swallowed up in life.

⁸ I say we are of good courage and wish rather to live in the land foreign to the body and be at home with the Lord.

¹³ For if we were out of our minds it was for God, and if we are sane it is for you. ¹⁴ For the love of Christ impels us, convinced of this, that if one died for all, then all died, ¹⁵ and he died for all that the living may no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and was raised again. ¹⁶ So we, from now on, know no man according to the flesh. Even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no more. ¹⁷ So if any one is in Christ he is a new creature. The old things have passed away, they have become new.

²¹ Him who knew no sin God made sin for our sake that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

⁴ but in everything we commend ourselves as God's servants in great patience, in distresses, in necessities, in hardships,

¹⁷ Therefore come out from the midst of them and be separate, says the Lord, and do not touch an unclean thing, and I will receive you

² that in a great trial of distress their abundant joy and their deep poverty have abounded in the wealth of their liberality.

⁷ But as you excel in every way, in faith and speech and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love you learned from us, be sure to excel in this grace also.

¹⁴ In their prayers in your behalf they pour out their longing love for you because of the surpassing grace of God that is upon you.

³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows, he who is blessed forever, that I am not lying.

⁹ But he has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you; for power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly then will I boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may abide upon me.

¹⁶ Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you. But being crafty I caught you with cunning? ¹⁷ Did I take advantage of you through any one of those I sent to you?

⁵ Test yourselves whether you are in the faith, put yourselves to the proof. Are you not conscious that Jesus Christ is in you? He is, unless you cannot stand the test.

⁸ for he who had worked in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcision had worked in me for the Gentiles,

¹⁶ But the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, "and to offsprings," as meaning many, but as if meaning one, "and to your offspring," who is Christ.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither has circumcision any value nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

¹³ For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not let your freedom be an opportunity for the flesh, but in love be servants to one another.

²³ gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.

⁸ For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap decay; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap life eternal.

¹⁰ So then as we have opportunity let us work for the good of all men, and especially of those who belong to the household of the faith.

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father most glorious, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of himself, ¹⁸ enlightening the eyes of your heart, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the glorious wealth of his inheritance in the holy, ¹⁹ and what the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe according to the inworking of his vast might, ²⁰ which he put forth in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his own right hand in the heavenly heights, ²¹ far above every archangel and authority and power and lordship and every name that is named not only in this world but also in the world to come.

⁵ a mystery which was not disclosed in other generations to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit,

²⁰ To him who is able to do far beyond all we ask or think by the power that works in us,

¹ I, THE prisoner of the Lord, beg you, then, to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called with one hope that belongs to your calling, ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

¹¹ And he "gave" to some to be apostles, some prophets, some tellers of the good news, some shepherds and teachers,

¹⁴ Then we shall be no longer children tossed and borne about by every wind of teaching through the trickery of men and craftiness in the devices of deceit,

²³ and that you should be made new in the spirit of your minds ²⁴ and put on the new man formed as God approves in the righteousness and holiness of truth.

⁷ Do not, then, be partakers with them. ⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light —

¹⁷ Therefore do not be thoughtless, but understand what is the Lord's will.

²⁶ that he might make it holy, cleansing it by the washing with water according to his word,

⁹ And this is my prayer that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and all insight,

²⁹ because it has been graciously allowed you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for his sake,

⁵ Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

¹² So then, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with reverence and awe.

¹ TO conclude, my brethren: rejoice in the Lord. To repeat to you the same things is not tiresome to me and it is safe for you.

⁸ Yes, I count all to be loss because of the surpassing worth of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having my own righteousness that was from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God and rests on faith,

²¹ He will transform the body we have in our low estate into the likeness of the body he has in glory by the power by which he can subject all things to himself.

⁸ To conclude, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is dignified, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovable, whatever is highly spoken of — if there is any virtue or any praise — think of that.

⁹ For this reason we also, from the day we heard it, never cease praying for you and asking that you may have full knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual insight,

¹¹ May you be strengthened with all strength according to his glorious power, so as to have all patience and endurance.

¹⁶ for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, both visible and invisible, whether thrones or lordships or archangels or powers — all things have been created through him and for him,

³ In him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge lie hidden.

⁷ rooted and built up in him, growing strong in the faith as you have been taught, and overflowing with thanksgiving.

¹⁰ and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed into knowledge in the image of its Creator.

¹⁴ Above all these, clothe yourselves with love, which is the perfect bond of union.

¹⁶ The message of Christ must dwell in you richly, as you teach in all wisdom and admonish one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs and sing with grace in your hearts to God.

³ unceasingly remembering your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ before God our Father.

³ unceasingly remembering your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ before God our Father. ⁴ We know, brethren beloved by God, that he has chosen you

¹² to live lives worthy of the God who is calling you into his own kingdom and glory.

¹⁹ For what is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?

¹² The Lord make you to abound and overflow in love toward one another and toward all men, just as we do toward you,

¹ TO conclude, brethren, we beg of you and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live to please God, and are living, you will excel still more.

⁷ God has not called us to live in impurity, but in holiness.

⁹ Regarding brotherly love you have no need for me to write to you. For you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, ¹⁰ and you do the same to all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to excel still further

¹⁵ Take care that no one repays evil with evil, but always seek eagerly what is good in dealing with one another and with every one.

³ We ought always to thank God for you, brethren, as is fitting, since your faith is growing greatly and the love of each and all of you toward one another is increasing, ⁴ so that we ourselves glory in you among the churches of God because of your endurance and faith in all of your persecutions and in the distresses you are bearing.

⁹ For his coming will be when Satan is active in every sort of power and in false signs and wonders

¹³ We ought always to thank God for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's making you holy and your own faith in the truth. ¹⁴ To this he called you through the good news that we brought, so that you may share the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ To this he called you through the good news that we brought, so that you may share the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ The Lord guide your hearts in the love of God and the patience of Christ.

⁴ nor give attention to myths and endless genealogies, which promote disputes rather than God's plan in the faith, so I beg you now.

⁹ But we know this: that law is not laid down for a righteous man, but for the lawless and the insubordinate, the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

² in behalf of kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all piety and sobriety.

¹⁰ but — as is becoming for women professing piety — with good deeds.

¹⁶ Confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: "Who was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory."

⁶ In teaching this to the brethren you will be a noble servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and of the excellent teaching which you have followed. ⁷ But avoid profane and old-womanish myths. Exercise yourself in godliness.

⁷ But avoid profane and old-womanish myths. Exercise yourself in godliness. ⁸ Bodily exercise is useful to a small degree, but godliness is useful for everything. "It has the promise of the present life and of the life that is to come."

⁸ Bodily exercise is useful to a small degree, but godliness is useful for everything. "It has the promise of the present life and of the life that is to come."

¹³ At the same time they learn to be idle, going around from house to house, and not only idle, but gossips, and busybodies, saying what they should not.

³ If any one teaches otherwise and does not agree to wholesome words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to religious teaching,

⁶ Religion with contentment is a great source of gain.

¹¹ But you, O man of God, must shun this. Pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.

⁵ I remember the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and then in your mother Eunice, and I am confident that it lives in you also. ⁶ For this reason let me remind you to kindle anew the gift of God that is in you by the laying on of my hands.

⁹ It is he who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our deeds but according to his own purpose and grace, given to us in Christ Jesus ages ago

² and the things you heard from me, which came through many witnesses, you must commit to trustworthy men who will be able to teach others also.

¹⁹ However, God's solid foundation stands, with this inscription, "The Lord knows his own," and, "Let every one who names the Lord's name turn from wickedness."

⁵ They will have a form of religion, but will cast off its power. Avoid such people.

¹⁵ and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which can give you wisdom to gain salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ All Scripture is divinely inspired and is useful for teaching, for proof, for correction of error, for education in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

⁶ For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is near.

⁸ Now the crown of righteousness is awaiting me. The Lord the righteous judge will give it to me on that day, and not only to me but to all those who have loved his appearing.

¹ PAUL, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to promote the faith of God's chosen and their knowledge of the truths of religion,

⁴ to Titus my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus, our Savior.

⁸ but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, just, holy, temperate,

¹⁴ not giving attention to Jewish myths and rules laid down by men who are turning away from the truth.

² Tell the older men to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

¹³ waiting for the blessed hope, the glorious appearing of the great God and of our Savior Christ Jesus, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all sin and purify us as his own people earnest in honorable work.

¹⁴ Our people too must learn to give attention to honorable work, so as to be able to meet pressing needs, that they may not be fruitless.

⁶ I pray that your fellowship in the faith may become effective in the knowledge of all the good there is in us in our relation to Christ.

³ who is the reflection of his glory and the expression of his nature and sustains all things by his word of power, and who, when he had made purification from sins, took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

⁷ Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "To-day if you will hear his voice,

¹¹ But we desire to have each one of you show to the end the same earnestness for the fulfillment of our hope, ¹² that you may not be dull, but imitators of those who through faith and patience are inheriting the promises.

¹⁵ And so after patient waiting Abraham obtained what was promised.

¹⁷ In this case God being abundantly willing to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable purpose of his will gave the surety of an oath,

¹⁹ We have this hope as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, and it enters into the tent within the curtain

⁶ But now Christ has obtained a ministry as much more excellent as the covenant of which he is mediator is better and based upon better promises. ⁷ For if that first covenant had been faultless a place would not have been sought for a second. ⁸ But finding fault with it he says, "The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make for the house of Israel and for the house of Judah a new covenant, ⁹ not in the manner of the covenant which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not abide by my covenant and I ceased to care for them, says the Lord. ¹⁰ This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds and will write them upon their hearts and I will be their God and they will be my people. ¹¹ They shall not teach each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother saying, 'Know the Lord'; for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest of them, ¹² and I will be merciful to their wrong-doings and their sins I will remember no more."

⁸ The Holy Spirit shows this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been made plain while the first Tent is standing.

¹⁴ how much more will the blood of Christ, who through an eternal Spirit offered himself an unblemished sacrifice to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works for the service of the living God. ¹⁵ For this reason he is the mediator of a better covenant that, a death having taken place for redemption from sins under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the eternal inheritance promised to them.

¹⁵ The Holy Spirit testifies this to us; for after having said,

³² Remember the early days in which, after being enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings,

³⁶ You have need of patience so that after doing the will of God you may gain the promised blessing.

⁴ By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, for which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God testifying to his gifts, and by it, though dead, he still speaks.

⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please him. For he who comes to God must have faith that he exists and that he becomes the rewarder of those who seek him.

¹ THEREFORE, surrounded as we are by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us,

¹⁰ For they for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may share his holiness.

¹⁵ Be on your guard that no one shall fail of the grace of God, that no bitter root shall sprout up and trouble you and through it many be stained,

¹ LET brotherly love continue.

³ Keep in mind the prisoners, as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are suffering hardships, since you yourselves are also in the body.

⁹ Do not be carried away with all sorts of foreign teachings. It is well to have the heart strengthened by grace, not by special kinds of food. Those who live in that way are not profited.

³ since you know that the testing of your faith brings out endurance.

³ since you know that the testing of your faith brings out endurance. ⁴ Let endurance do its complete work, that you may be complete and perfect, lacking in nothing.

⁸ If you keep the royal law according to the Scripture, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," you do well.

¹⁴ Of what use is it, my brethren, for any one to say that he has faith, if he has not works? Can faith save him? ¹⁵ If a brother or sister is naked and lacks food for the day ¹⁶ and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and fed," but you do not give them what the body needs, what is the good of it? ¹⁷ Just so faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. ¹⁸ But some one will say, "You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith without your works and I will show you my faith by my works." ¹⁹ You have faith that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons have that faith, and they shudder. ²⁰ Are you willing to learn, O vacant-minded man, that faith without works is useless? ²¹ Was not Abraham, our father, pronounced righteous because of works when he laid Isaac his son on the altar? ²² You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was made perfect ²³ and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham had faith in God and it was credited to him for righteousness" and he was called "God's friend." ²⁴ You see that a man is pronounced righteous because of works and not because of faith alone. ²⁵ In the same way was not Rahab, the prostitute, pronounced righteous because of works when she had received the messengers and sent them out by a different road? ²⁶ For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.

¹ WHENCE come wars and whence come strifes among you? Is it not from your pleasures which carry on war in your members? ² You long for something and do not have it. You murder and envy and cannot obtain it. You battle and war. You do not have, because of your not asking. ³ You ask and do not receive, because you ask wickedly to waste it on your pleasures.

⁷ Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient over it until he receives the early and the late rains. ⁸ You too must be patient. Keep your hearts steadfast, for the coming of the Lord is near. ⁹ Do not fret at one another, brethren, and then you will not be judged. The Judge is standing before your doors. ¹⁰ Take, brethren, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of patience in suffering evil.

¹ PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the Chosen Ones of the scattered Jews in foreign lands who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia — ² chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and made holy by the Spirit to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace be to you and peace be multiplied.

⁵ who are guarded by the power of God through faith for the salvation which is ready to be revealed on the last day.

⁷ so that your tested faith, much more precious than gold that perishes though tested by fire, may be found to your praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed,

¹⁰ Regarding this salvation the prophets who foretold the grace that was to come to you ¹¹ inquired and searched, trying to find out what time, or what sort of time, the Spirit of Christ which was in them was disclosing when it witnessed beforehand regarding the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

¹⁵ but, like the Holy One who has called you, become yourselves holy in all your way of life,

²² Now that you have made your souls holy by obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, you must love one another steadily from your hearts,

⁷ To you who have faith is the "honor," but to the unbelieving "the stone which the builders rejected — that has become the corner stone,

⁹ But you are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may proclaim the virtues of him who called you from darkness into his wonderful light.

¹⁷ Honor all men, love the brotherhood, reverence God, honor the king.

²¹ For to this you were called, because Christ too suffered for you, leaving you an example that you might follow in his foot-steps.

⁷ In the same way, you husbands must live with your wives wisely, since woman's sex is weaker, but you must give them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. ⁸ Finally, all must be like-minded, sympathetic, full of brotherly love, compassionate, humble-minded, ⁹ not repaying evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but rather blessing, for that is what you were called for — to inherit a blessing.

²¹ This is a type of baptism, which now saves us — not the putting off of soil from the flesh, but the endeavor for a good conscience toward God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

² so that he does not go on living what remains of his time in the flesh according to human passions, but according to God's will. ³ The time that has passed was enough to spend doing the will of the Gentiles, when you went on in indecencies, passions, hard drinking, revelries, carousings, and lawless idolatries.

¹ THE elders among you I beg — I who am a fellow elder and a witness to the sufferings of Christ and a sharer in the glory soon to be revealed —

¹⁰ The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little will equip, establish and strengthen you.

¹² By Silvanus, your faithful brother, as I esteem him, I am writing to you briefly, to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Take your stand in it.

¹ SIMON PETER, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been allotted a faith as precious as ours: ² Grace be to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

² Grace be to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. ³ Since his divine power has given us all things helpful to life and piety through the knowledge of him who has called us by his own glory and virtue,

³ Since his divine power has given us all things helpful to life and piety through the knowledge of him who has called us by his own glory and virtue, ⁴ and thereby great and precious promises have been granted to us, that through them you may escape the corruption that is in the world through passion and become sharers in the divine nature,

⁴ and thereby great and precious promises have been granted to us, that through them you may escape the corruption that is in the world through passion and become sharers in the divine nature, ⁵ for this very reason make it your whole endeavor to supply to your faith virtue, and to your virtue knowledge,

⁵ for this very reason make it your whole endeavor to supply to your faith virtue, and to your virtue knowledge, ⁶ and to your knowledge self-control, and to your self-control endurance, and to your endurance reverence, ⁷ and to your reverence brotherliness, and to your brotherliness love. ⁸ For when you have these in abundance they make you to be neither idle nor fruitless regarding the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ Therefore endeavor more earnestly, brethren, to make sure that you have been called and chosen. For while doing these things you will never stumble.

¹² For this reason I shall always keep reminding you of these things, although you know them and are steadfast in the truth that you have. ¹³ I think it right so long as I am in this tent to arouse you by reminding you, ¹⁴ since I know that the laying aside of my tent will come soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made plain to me. ¹⁵ I will endeavor also on every occasion to make it so that after my going you shall have these things in memory.

¹⁸ For by speaking great empty swelling words they entrap in the passions of the flesh — wanton excesses — those who are nearly escaping from those who live in error. ¹⁹ While they promise them liberty they themselves are the slaves of corruption; for by whatever any one is overcome to that he is enslaved. ²⁰ For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they have been again entangled and overcome, their last state has become worse than the first.

²⁰ For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they have been again entangled and overcome, their last state has become worse than the first.

¹ THIS second letter, beloved, I am writing you. In both I have tried, by awakening your memory,

³ First you should know this, that in the last days scoffers will come with their scoffing, living according to their own passions

³ First you should know this, that in the last days scoffers will come with their scoffing, living according to their own passions ⁴ and saying, "Where is his promised coming? for since the fathers fell asleep all things remain as they have been since the beginning of the creation?"

¹¹ Since all of these things are to be dissolved, what sort of persons ought you to be in holy lives and piety,

¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, since you expect this, endeavor earnestly to be found by him in peace, spotless and faultless,

¹⁷ You, then, beloved, since you know these things beforehand, be on your guard not to be led away by the error of the lawless and fall from your own steadfastness, ¹⁸ but grow in grace and in knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and to the day of eternity!

¹ WHAT was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and our hands touched — it is about the Word of Life ² (the Life appeared and we saw and testify to it and tell you of the Life eternal which was with the Father and appeared to us) — ³ what wo have seen and heard we are telling you also, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

⁷ If we live in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁹ He who says that he is in the light and hates his brother is in darkness still. ¹⁰ He who loves his brother remains in the light and there is no stumbling block in him. ¹¹ He who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness and knows not where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

¹⁵ Do not love the world nor the things that are in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him; ¹⁶ for all that is in the world, the passions of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the show and pride of life, is not from the Father, but from the world.

²¹ I am not writing to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it and know that no lie is from the truth.

²⁵ And this is the promise that he has promised us — the life eternal.

² Beloved, we are now children of God and it is not yet plain what we shall be. But we know that if he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death into life because we love the brethren. Whoever does not love remains in death.

¹⁶ By this we have come to know love — that Christ laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

¹⁹ By this we shall know that we are of the truth and shall give confidence to our hearts in his presence, ²⁰ because if our hearts condemn us God is greater than our hearts and knows all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us we have confidence toward God,

¹⁴ We have seen and we bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

²¹ This command we have from him, that he who loves God shall love his brother also.

¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony within himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar; because he has not believed the testimony which God has borne regarding his Son.

²⁰ We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true and in his Son, Jesus Christ. This is the true God and life eternal. ²¹ Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

² for the sake of the truth which remains in us and will be with us forever: ³ Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

⁶ and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to help them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God.

¹ JUDE, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who are in God the Father, beloved, kept for Jesus Christ and called: ² Mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you. ³ Beloved, although I have been making every effort to write to you regarding our common salvation, I now find it necessary to write and urge you to contend vigorously for the faith that was once for all delivered to the holy.

⁵ I wish to remind you, although you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people from the land of Egypt, then destroyed those who had no faith;

¹⁴ Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these men when he said, "See, the Lord has come with ten thousand of his holy ones

¹⁷ But you, beloved, remember the words which were long ago spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁴ John to the seven Churches in Asia: Grace be to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne,

⁷ He is coming with clouds and every eye will see him, even of those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will beat their breasts because of him. Yes, Amen.

⁹ I, John, your brother and fellow sharer in the distresses and the kingdom and the endurance in Jesus, came to the island called Patmos, for the sake of the message of God and the testimony of Jesus.

² I know your works and your labor and your endurance, and that you cannot bear wicked people, and you have tried those who say that they are apostles though they are not, and you have found them liars.

²⁸ And I will give him the morning star.

¹⁰ Because you have kept my command of patient endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which is about to come on all the world, to try the inhabitants of the earth. ¹¹ I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may take your crown.

¹⁷ Because you say, 'I am rich and have grown wealthy and lack nothing,' and do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,

²¹ He who conquers — to him I will grant to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

¹⁰ and hast made them a kingdom of priests to our God, and they shall be kings on the earth."

¹⁰ If any one is destined to captivity, into captivity he will go. If any one is to be killed by the sword, by the sword must he be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the holy.

¹² Here is the endurance of the holy who keep the commands of God and the faith of Jesus.

¹⁰ Then I fell down at his feet and worshiped him. But he said to me, "No, no. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren who hold the testimony to Jesus. Worship God. For testimony to Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

¹⁴ Blessed will those be who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter by the gates into the city.

¹⁶ "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright morning Star."