Jude Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Jude, Jesus Christ’s servant, and brother of James, unto, the called, by God the Father, beloved, and, by Jesus Christ preserved,–– ² Mercy to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied!
³ Beloved! though I was using all diligence to be writing unto you concerning our common salvation, yet have I had necessity to write at once unto you, exhorting you to be earnestly contending for, the faith, once for all delivered unto the saints. ⁴ For there have crept in unobserved certain men, who, from of old, have been publicly notified for this sentence, ungodly, men, the favour of our God, turning into wantonness, and, our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ, denying. ⁵ I am minded, therefore, to put you in remembrance,––though ye know all things once for all, That the Lord, when a people out of Egypt he had saved, in, the next place, them that believed not, destroyed. ⁶ Messengers also, even them who had not kept their own principality, but had forsaken their proper dwelling, unto the judgment of the great day in perpetual bonds under thick gloom, hath he reserved. ⁷ As, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having in like manner to these given themselves over to fornication, and gone away after other kind of flesh, lie exposed as an example, a penalty of age–abiding fire, undergoing.
⁸ In like manner, nevertheless, even these, in their dreamings, flesh indeed defile, while lordship they set aside, and dignities they defame. ⁹ Whereas, Michael, the chief–messenger, when, with the adversary, disputing, he was reasoning about the body of Moses, durst not impose on him a defamatory sentence, but said––The Lord rebuke thee! ¹⁰ But, these, whatsoever things, indeed, they know not, they defame; but, whatsoever things, naturally, like the irrational creatures, they well understand, by these, are they, bringing themselves to ruin. ¹¹ Alas for them! because––in the way of Cain have they gone, and, in the error of Balaam’s wage, have they run riot, and, in the gainsaying of Korah, have they perished. ¹² These are they––who, in your love–feasts, are hidden rocks, as they fare sumptuously together, fearlessly, themselves, shepherding,––clouds without water, by winds swept along, trees autumnal, fruitless, twice dead, uprooted, ¹³ Wild waves of sea, foaming out their own infamies, wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness age–abiding hath been reserved. ¹⁴ But the seventh from Adam, Enoch, prophesied, even of these, saying––Lo! the Lord hath come with his holy myriads,––
¹⁵ To execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly––of all their works of ungodliness, which they committed in ungodliness, and of all the hard things which they have spoken against him––sinners, ungodly! ¹⁶ These, are murmurers, complainers, according to their covetings, going on,––and, their mouth, speaketh great swelling words,––holding persons in admiration, for profit’s sake. ¹⁷ But, ye, beloved! remember the things which were foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁸ How that they used to say to you––In the last time, there shall be mockers,––according to their own ungodly covetings, going on. ¹⁹ These, are they who make complete separation, mere men of soul, Spirit, not possessing. ²⁰ But, ye, beloved! building yourselves up in your most holy faith, in Holy Spirit, praying, ²¹ Yourselves, in God’s love, keep,––awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto age–abiding life. ²² And, on some, indeed, have mercy,––such as are in doubt, be saving, out of the fire, snatching them; ²³ But, on others, have mercy with fear, hating even, the garment, spotted by the flesh. ²⁴ Now, unto him who is able––to guard you from stumbling, and to set you in the presence of his glory, without blemish, with exultation,–– ²⁵ Unto God alone our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, greatness, dominion, and authority, before all the [by–gone] age, and now, and unto all the [coming] ages. Amen!

⁵ For God doth know, that, in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened,––and ye shall become like God, knowing good and evil.

³ So it came to pass, after certain days, that Cain brought in, of the fruit of the ground, a present to Yahweh: ⁴ Abel, also, even, he, brought in, of the firstlings of his sheep, and of their fat,––and Yahweh approved of Abel, and of his present; ⁵ but, of Cain and his present, he approved not,––and it angered Cain greatly, and his countenance fell.
⁶ So then Yahweh said unto Cain,––Wherefore hath it angered thee, and wherefore hath thy countenance fallen? ⁷ Shall it not, if thou do right, be lifted up? But, if thou do not right, at the entrance, a sin–bearer is lying,––Unto thee, moreover, shall be his longing, though, thou, rule over him.
⁸ And Cain said unto Abel his brother [Let us go into the field]. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
⁹ Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I? ¹⁰ And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed–blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground. ¹¹ Now, therefore, accursed, art thou,––from the ground, which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed–blood of thy brother at thy hand. ¹² Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee,––A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.
¹³ And Cain said unto Yahweh––Greater is my punishment than I can bear. ¹⁴ Lo! thou has driven me out, this day, from off the face of the ground, And, from thy face, shall I be hid,––So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth, And it shall come to pass, whosoever findeth me, will slay me.

¹⁸ And Jared lived, a hundred and sixty–two years, and begat Enoch;

²¹ And Enoch lived, sixty–five years,––and begat Methuselah; ²² and Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years,––and begat sons and daughters; ²³ and all the days of Enoch were, three hundred and sixty–five years; ²⁴ and Enoch walked with God,––and was not, for God had taken him.

¹³ Now, the men of Sodom, were base and sinful,––against Yahweh, exceedingly.

²⁰ So Yahweh said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah, because it hath become great,––And their sin, because it hath become exceeding grievous,

⁵ And they called unto Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who have come in unto thee, tonight? Bring them forth unto us, and let us know them!

²⁴ And, Yahweh, rained, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire,––from Yahweh, out of the heavens: ²⁵ so he overthrew these cities, and all the circuit,––and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the produce of the ground.
²⁶ But his wife looked from behind him,––and became––a pillar of salt.

⁸ And Moses said––In that Yahweh giveth you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning, to the full, in that Yahweh heareth your murmurings, wherewith, ye, are murmuring against him, what then are, we? Not against us, do ye murmur, but against Yahweh.

²⁸ God, shalt thou not revile,––and, a prince among thy people, shalt thou not curse.

⁴⁷ And, when, in a garment, there is a plague–spot of leprosy,––whether in a garment of wool, or a garment of flax; ⁴⁸ either in warp or in weft, made with flax, or with wool,––or in a skin, or in anything wrought of skin; ⁴⁹ and the spot cometh to be of a greenish yellow or reddish, in the garment or in the skin, whether in warp or in weft, or in any utensil of skin, the plague–spot of leprosy, it is,––and shall be shown unto the priest; ⁵⁰ and the priest shall view the spot,––and shall shut up him that is plagued, seven days; ⁵¹ then shall he view the spot, on the seventh day, if the spot hath spread in the garment, whether in warp or in weft, or in the skin, or anything which may be made of skin for service, the spot is, a fretting leprosy, unclean, it is. ⁵² Then shall he burn up the garment, whether it be in the warp or the weft, in wool or in flax, or any utensil of skin, wherein shall be the plague–spot,––for, a fretting leprosy, it is, in fire, shall it be burnt up. ⁵³ But, if the priest shall take a view, and lo! the spot has not spread, in the garment, either in warp or in weft,––or in any utensil of skin, ⁵⁴ then shall the priest give command, and they shall wash that wherein is the spot,––and he shall shut it up seven days, more; ⁵⁵ then shall the priest take a view, after the plagued garment hath been washed, and lo! if the spot hath not changed its look, then, though, the spot, hath not spread, yet, unclean, it is, in the fire, shalt thou burn it up,––a sunken spot, it is, in the back thereof, or in the front thereof. ⁵⁶ And, if the priest hath taken a view, and lo! the spot is, faint, since it hath been washed, then shall he rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, whether out of the warp or out of the weft; ⁵⁷ and, if it appear still in the garment––either in the warp or in the weft, or in any utensil of skin, a breaking out, it is,––in the fire, shalt thou burn up that wherein is the plague. ⁵⁸ But, as for the garment––whether the warp or the weft, or any utensil of skin which thou shalt wash, and the plague shall depart therefrom, then shall it be washed a second time, and shall be clean. ⁵⁹ This, is the law as to the plague–spot of leprosy, in a garment of wool or of flax, whether in the warp or the weft, or in any utensil of skin,––To pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

⁴⁷ And, he that lieth in the house, shall wash his clothes, and, he that eateth in the house, shall wash his clothes.

¹⁷ And, in the case of any garment or any skin whereupon there shall come to be an outflow of seed, then shall it be washed in water, and be unclean until the evening.

¹⁵ Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, Thou shalt neither respect the person of the poor, Nor prefer the person of the great,––In righteousness, shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

²² Verily, none of the men who have been beholding my glory and my signs, which I have done in Egypt, and in the desert,––and have put me to the proof these ten times, and have not hearkened unto my voice, ²³ shall see the land, which I sware to their fathers,––yea, none of my despisers, shall see it. ²⁴ But, my servant Caleb––because there was another spirit with him, and he followed me fully, therefore will I bring him into the land whereinto he entered, and, his seed, shall possess it. ²⁵ Now, the Amalekites and the Canaanites, are dwelling in the valley,––tomorrow, turn ye away; and set yourselves forward towards the desert, by the way of the Red Sea. ²⁶ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: ²⁷ How long, as regardeth this evil assembly, are, they, to be murmuring against me? The murmuring of the sons of Israel, which, they, have been murmuring against me, have I heard. ²⁸ Say unto them: As I live, is the oracle of Yahweh: Surely, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so, will I do unto you:–– ²⁹ In this desert, shall your dead bodies fall, And, none of you who were numbered, in all your counting, from twenty years old and upwards,––who have murmured against me, ³⁰ none of you, shall enter into the land, as to which I uplifted my hand, to give you an abode therein,––save Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, son of Nun: ³¹ whereas, your little ones, of whom ye said, they should become, a prey, I will bring them in, and they shall acknowledge the land which ye refused. ³² But, your own dead bodies, shall fall in this desert; ³³ and, your sons, shall be shepherds in the desert forty years, and shall bear your unchastities,––until your dead bodies are consumed in the desert. ³⁴ By the number of the days, wherein ye spied out the land––forty days, each day for a year, shall they bear your iniquities––forty years,––so shall ye know my opposition. ³⁵ I––Yahweh, have spoken, Verily, this, will I do to all this evil assembly, who have conspired against me,––In this desert, shall they be consumed, And, there, shall they die.
³⁶ Now, as for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land,––who returned and caused all the assembly to murmur against him, by giving out a rumour against the land,

³⁶ Now, as for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land,––who returned and caused all the assembly to murmur against him, by giving out a rumour against the land, ³⁷ they died––the men who gave out an evil rumor of the land,––by the plague, before Yahweh.

¹ Then took Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi,––and Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth, sons of Reuben; ² and rose up before Moses, with certain men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty,––princes of assembly, called to the stated meeting, men of renown; ³ and gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Too much for you, when, all the assembly, are, all of them, holy, and, in the midst of them, is Yahweh,––Wherefore, then, should ye set yourselves up, above the convocation of Yahweh?

³ and gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Too much for you, when, all the assembly, are, all of them, holy, and, in the midst of them, is Yahweh,––Wherefore, then, should ye set yourselves up, above the convocation of Yahweh? ⁴ And, when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face. ⁵ Then spake he unto Korah, and unto all his assembly, saying, In the morning, will Yahweh make known––who are his, and who is the holy one, and will cause him to come near unto himself,––yea, him whom he shall choose, will he cause to come near unto himself. ⁶ This, do,––Take to you censers, Korah, and all his assembly; ⁷ and place therein fire, and put thereon incense, before Yahweh, tomorrow, So shall it be––that, the man whom Yahweh shall choose, he, shall be the holy one. Too much for you, ye sons of Levi! ⁸ And Moses said unto Korah,––Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi! ⁹ Is it too small a thing for you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near unto himself,––to do the laborious work of the habitation of Yahweh, and to stand before the assembly, to wait upon them? ¹⁰ But, having brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, must ye seek, priesthood also? ¹¹ Wherefore, thou and all thine assembly, are conspiring against Yahweh,––But, Aaron, what is he, that ye should murmur against him?

¹¹ Wherefore, thou and all thine assembly, are conspiring against Yahweh,––But, Aaron, what is he, that ye should murmur against him?
¹² Then sent Moses, to call for Dathan and for Abiram, sons of Eliab,––and they said, We will not come up:

¹² Then sent Moses, to call for Dathan and for Abiram, sons of Eliab,––and they said, We will not come up: ¹³ Was it, a small thing, that thou didst bring us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the desert, but thou must, continue even to lord it, over us?

¹³ Was it, a small thing, that thou didst bring us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the desert, but thou must, continue even to lord it, over us? ¹⁴ Certainly, not into a land flowing with milk and honey, hast thou brought us, nor given unto us an inheritance of field and vineyard,––The eyes of those men, wilt thou dig out? We will not come up. ¹⁵ Then was Moses very angry, and he said unto Yahweh, Do not thou have respect unto their meal–offering. Not one ass, from them, have I taken, neither have I wronged one of them. ¹⁶ And Moses said unto Korah, Thou, and all thine assembly, come ye before Yahweh,––thou, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow. ¹⁷ And take ye each man his censer, and put thereon incense, then shall ye bring near before Yahweh, each man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers,––and, thou and Aaron, each man his censer. ¹⁸ So they took each man his censer, and put thereon fire, and placed thereon incense,––and took their stand at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. ¹⁹ And Korah gathered together against them all the assembly, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting,––then appeared the glory of Yahweh, unto all the assembly. ²⁰ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: ²¹ Separate yourselves out of the midst of this assembly,––that I may consume them in a moment. ²² And they fell upon their faces, and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh,––shall, one man, sin, and, against all the assembly, wilt thou be wroth.
²³ And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁴ Speak unto the assembly, saying,––Get ye up from round about the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. ²⁵ So Moses rose up, and went, unto Dathan and Abiram,––then went, after him, the elders of Israel. ²⁶ And he spake unto the assembly, saying––Remove, I pray you, from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them,––lest ye be carried off, in all their sins. ²⁷ So they went up from beside the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side,––and, Dathan and Abiram, came out and stationed themselves, at the entrance of their tents, with their wives and their sons, and their little ones. ²⁸ Then said Moses, Hereby, shall ye know, that, Yahweh, hath sent me, to do, all these works,––verily, not out of my own heart:–– ²⁹ If, as all human beings die, these, do die, and, the visitation of all human beings, be visited upon them, Yahweh, hath not sent me. ³⁰ But, if, a creation, Yahweh create, and the ground open wide her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that pertain unto them, and so they go down, alive, unto hades, then shall ye know, that these men have despised, Yahweh. ³¹ And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground which was under them, clave asunder; ³² and the earth opened, her mouth, and swallowed up them, and their households,––and all the human beings who pertained unto Korah, with all their goods: ³³ so, they, and all that pertained unto them, went down, alive, unto hades,––and the earth, closed upon them, and they perished out of the midst of the convocation. ³⁴ And, all Israel who were round about them, fled at their cry,––for they said, Lest the earth, swallow us up.
³⁵ Fire also, came forth, from Yahweh,––and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense.

¹ Then did the sons of Israel break up,––and encamp in the waste plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho. ² And Balak son of Zipper saw all that Israel had done unto the Amorites; ³ and Moab shrank with great fear from the presence of the people, because, many, they were,––and Moab was alarmed at the presence of the sons of Israel. ⁴ So Moab said unto the elders of Midian––Now, shall the gathered host lick up all that are round about us, as the ox doth lick up the verdure of the field. But, Balak son of Zippor, was king unto Moab at that time. ⁵ So he sent messengers unto Balaam son of Boor, to Pethor, which was by the river of the land of the sons of his people, to call him,––saying––Lo! a people, hath come forth out of Egypt, Lo! he hath covered the eye of the land, Yea, he, is tarrying over against me. ⁶ Now, therefore, do come, I pray thee, curse me this people, For, stronger, he is, than I, If peradventure I prevail, we shall smite him, That I may drive him out of the land,––For I know that, he whom thou dost bless, is to be blessed, And, he whom thou dost curse, is to be cursed. ⁷ And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian, went their way, with the rewards of divination in their hand,––so they came in unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. ⁸ And he said unto them––Tarry ye here for the night, and I will bring you back word, as Yahweh shall speak unto me. So the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. ⁹ And God came in unto Balaam,––and said, Who are these men, with thee? ¹⁰ Then said Balaam unto God,––Balak, son of Zipper, king of Moab, hath sent unto me: ¹¹ Lo! the people that hath come forth out of Egypt––he covereth the eye of the land. Now, do come, do revile me him, Peradventure I shall prevail in making war with him, And shall drive him out. ¹² And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them,––Thou shalt not curse the people, For, blessed, he is. ¹³ And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your own land,––For Yahweh hath refused, to let me go with you. ¹⁴ So the princes of Moab arose, and came in unto Balak,––and said, Balaam refused, to come with us.
¹⁵ Then added Balak again,––to send princes, more and weightier than these. ¹⁶ And they came in unto Balaam,––and said unto him––Thus, said Balak son of Zipper, Do not be withheld, I pray thee, from coming unto me: ¹⁷ For I will, honour, thee, exceedingly, and, all that thou shalt say unto me, will I do. Do come therefore, I pray thee, oh revile me this people. ¹⁸ And Balaam responded, and said unto the servants of Balak, Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh my God, to do less or more. ¹⁹ Now, therefore, abide here, I pray you, even, ye,––for the night,––that I may get to know what further Yahweh may be speaking with me. ²⁰ And God came in unto Balaam, by night, and said unto him––If, to call thee, the men have come in, arise, go with them,––But only, the thing that I shall speak unto thee, that, shalt thou do. ²¹ So Balaam arose, in the morning, and saddled his ass,––and went with the princes of Moab.
²² Then kindled the anger of God, because he, was going, and the messenger of Yahweh stationed, himself in the way, to withstand him,––as he was riding upon his ass, his two young men being with him. ²³ And the ass saw the messenger of Yahweh, stationed in the road, with his drawn sword in his hand, so the ass turned aside out of the road, and went into the field,––and Balaam smote the ass, to make her turn back into the road. ²⁴ But the messenger of Yahweh took his stand, in a hollow pass of the vineyards,––with a fence on this side, and a fence on that side.

⁹ and, the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram,––The same, Dathan and Abiram, notable men of the assembly, who contended against Moses, and against Aaron, in the assembly of Korah, when they contended against Yahweh; ¹⁰ and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up––with Korah also, when the assembly died,––when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a warning;

⁶⁴ And, among these, was there not found a man of them who had been numbered by Moses, and Aaron the priest,––when they numbered the sons of Israel, in the desert of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For Yahweh had said of them, They shall, surely die, in the desert. And there was not left of them a man, save only, Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.

¹⁶ Lo! they, became unto the sons of Israel, by the advice of Balaam, the cause of daring acts of treachery against Yahweh, over the affair of Peor,––and then came the plague against the assembly of Yahweh!

²⁷ and murmured in your tents, and said, Because Yahweh hated, us, hath he brought us forth out of the land of Egypt,––to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

¹⁵ Yea, even the hand of Yahweh, was against them, to destroy them out of the midst of the camp,––until they were consumed. ¹⁶ So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed, by dying, out of the midst of the people,

¹⁰ Then did Yahweh deliver unto me the two tables of stone, written with the finger of God,––and [there was], upon them, according to all the words which Yahweh had spoken with you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire, in the day of the convocation.

⁹ Thou, therefore shalt consume the guilt of shedding innocent blood out of thy midst,––when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

⁴ because they met you not with bread and water, in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt,––but hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

²³ brimstone and salt, burning up all the land thereof, it shall not be sown, neither shall it shoot forth, neither shall there come up thereon any herbage,––like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrow in his anger and in his wrath:

² And he said––Yahweh, from Sinai, came near,––Yea he dawned, out of Seir, upon them, He shone forth out of Mount Paran, Yea he came out of holy myriads,––Out of his right hand [proceeded] fire to guide them.

⁶ and he buried him, in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth–peor,––but no man hath known his burying–place, until this day.

⁹ Then rose up Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab, and made war with Israel,––and sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you; ¹⁰ but I was not willing to hearken unto Balaam,––so, he kept on blessing, you, and I rescued you out of his hand. ¹¹ Then passed ye over the Jordan, and came in unto Jericho, and, when they would have made war with you––even the lords of Jericho––the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, then delivered I them into your hand.

³ Do not multiply words, so loftily––loftily, Nor let arrogance proceed from your mouth,––For, a GOD of knowledge, is Yahweh, And, for himself, are great doings made firm.

⁵ When the breakers of death had encompassed me,––the torrents of perdition, made me afraid,––

¹ Adam, Seth, Enosh: ² Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared: ³ Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech:

¹⁷ And David went forth to meet them, and responded, and said to them, If, peaceably, ye are come unto me, to help me, I shall have towards you, a heart for unity,––but, if to betray me to mine adversaries, there being no violence in my hands, may the God of our fathers see and rebuke!

¹¹ Thine, O Yahweh, are Greatness, and Might, and Beauty, and Victory, and Majesty, nay! all in the heavens and in the earth,––thine, O Yahweh, is the kingdom, who art exalted above all,––as chief;

²⁰ then will I root you out from off the soil, which I have given to you, and, this house, which I have hallowed for my Name, will I cast off from before my face,––and will appoint it for a by–word and a mockery, among all the peoples;

²⁵ So I contended with them, and laid a curse upon them, and I smote, from among them, certain men, and pulled out their hair,––and I put them on oath by God, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take of their daughters, for your sons nor for yourselves.

¹⁴ If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come:––

⁴ For, their heart, hast thou kept back from understanding, On this account, thou wilt not exalt them. ⁵ He that, for a share, denounceth friends, even, the eyes of his children, shall be dim.

²⁵ But, I, know that, my redeemer, liveth, and, as the Last over [my] dust, will he arise; ²⁶ And, though, after my skin is struck off, this [followeth], yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD: ²⁷ Whom, I myself, shall see, on my side, and, mine own eyes, [shall] have looked upon, and not those of a stranger. Exhausted are my deepest desires in my bosom!

²¹ Let me be partial to no man, and, unto no son of earth, give flattering titles,

¹⁹ For he hath shewn no respect of persons unto princes, neither hath he recognised the rich rather than the poor? For, the work of his hands, are they all.

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¶ How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless,––and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

³ So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters,––that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.

¹ Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing? ² The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together,––against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]: ³ Let us break asunder their bonds,––and cast from us their cords! ⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh,––My Lord, will mock at them: ⁵ Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them: ⁶ Yet, I, have installed my king,––on Zion my holy mountain.

⁷ But, Yahweh, unto times age–abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne; ⁸ And, he, will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples, in uprightness.

³ May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things,––the tongue that speaketh swelling words; ⁴ Them who say––With our tongue, will we prevail, our lips, are our own, who is our master?

¹ [To the Chief Musician. David’s.]
The impious hath said in his heart––There is no God! They have acted corruptly, they have done an abominable deed, there is none that doeth good. ² Yahweh, out of the heavens, looked down over the sons of men,––to see whether there was one that showed wisdom, enquiring after God:––

⁴ Despised in his sight, is the reprobate, but, them who revere Yahweh, he doth honour, he hath sworn to his neighbour, and will not change;

¹⁰ Their own fat [heart], have they shut up,––With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.

⁶ For thou wilt appoint him blessings evermore, wilt cheer him with joy by thy countenance;

¹⁸ Let false lips be made dumb,––which are speaking––against a righteous one––arrogantly, with pride and contempt.

² For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.

⁶ So will he bring forth, as the light, thy righteousness, and thy vindication as the noonday.

⁴ That I may go in unto the altar of God, Unto GOD, mine exultant joy,––That I may praise thee with the lyre, O God––mine own God!

¹ [A Melody of Asaph.]
El, Elohim, Yahweh, hath spoken, and culled the earth, From the rising of the sun, unto the going in thereof: ² Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God, hath shone forth. ³ Let our God come, and let him not keep silence! A fire––before him, shall devour, And, around him, hath it become exceeding tempestuous:

³ Let our God come, and let him not keep silence! A fire––before him, shall devour, And, around him, hath it become exceeding tempestuous: ⁴ He calleth, Unto the heavens above, And unto the earth, That he may judge his people.

⁴ He calleth, Unto the heavens above, And unto the earth, That he may judge his people. ⁵ Gather yourselves unto me––ye my men of lovingkindness, Who have solemnised my covenant over sacrifice.

⁵ Gather yourselves unto me––ye my men of lovingkindness, Who have solemnised my covenant over sacrifice. ⁶ Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. [Selah.]

² Surely, he, is my rock and my salvation, My high tower––I shall not be greatly shaken!

⁷ Who stilleth, The noise of the seas, The noise of their rolling waves, and The tumult of races of men?

¹⁸ Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,––Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone; ¹⁹ And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times ago–abiding,––And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen!

⁹ They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth.

⁹ They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth. ¹⁰ Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained by them; ¹¹ And they say––How doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

²⁰ Lo! he hath smitten a rock, And waters, have gushed out, Yea, torrents, have rushed along,––Food also, can he give? Or provide flesh for his people?

²⁹ So they did eat and were abundantly filled, When, what they longed for, he had brought them:–– ³⁰ They had not turned away from what they had longed for, Yet was their food in their mouth, ³¹ When, the anger of God, mounted against them, And he slew of their vigorous youths, And, the choice young men of Israel, caused he to bow down in death.

³ The floods have lifted up, O Yahweh, The floods have lifted up––their voice, The floods have lifted up––their dashing waves. ⁴ With the sounds of many waters, Majestic are the breakers of the sea, Majestic on high, is Yahweh.

⁴ They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:

⁹ Before Yahweh, for he is coming––to judge the earth,––He will judge the world, in righteousness, And the peoples, with equity.

²⁴ How thy works abound, O Yahweh! All of them––in wisdom, hast thou made, The earth is full of thy possession:––

²⁵ But murmured in their tents,––They hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh. ²⁶ So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert;

⁵ Great is our Lord, and of abounding strength, And, his knowledge, cannot be expressed.

⁹ To execute upon them the sentence written, An honour, shall it be to all his men of lovingkindness. Praise ye Yah!

¹ A man seeketh, for satisfaction, going his own way, through all safe counsel, he breaketh.

¹⁴ Clouds and wind, when rain there is none, is the man who boasteth himself of a pretended gift.

²¹ To take note of faces [in judgment], is not good, and, for a bit of bread, a man will transgress.

¹¹ A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.

¹⁷ The eye that mocketh a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young of the eagle shall eat it.

²⁰ Even in thy thought, do not revile, the king, nor, within thy bed–chambers, revile thou the rich,––for, a bird of the heavens, might carry the voice, yea, an owner of wings, might tell the matter.

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou––in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes,––yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.

¹⁴ For, every work, will God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing,––whether good, or evil.

⁹ If, Yahweh of hosts, had not left us a very small remnant, Like Sodom, had we become, Gomorrah, had we resembled.

⁹ The show of their face, hath answered against them, And, their sin––like Sodom, have they told, they have not concealed it. Alas for their souls! For, they, have requited, to, themselves, calamity.

¹¹ Alas! for the lawless, it is ill, For, what his own hand hath matured, shall be done to him.

² Lo, GOD, is my salvation! I will trust, and not dread,––For, my might and melody, is Yah, Yahweh, And he hath become mine, by salvation.

¹⁹ Thus shall Babylon––The most lovely of kingdoms, The majestic beauty of the Chaldees––Become, as in the divine overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah.

²⁴ Then will they who erred in spirit, comprehend, And, the murmurers, accept instruction.

¹⁴ Terror–stricken in Zion,––are sinners, Shuddering hath seized, the impious,––Who, among us can sojourn with a fire that devoureth? Who, among us can sojourn with burnings age–abiding?

¹³ So then Rabshakeh took his stand, and cried out with a loud voice, in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: ¹⁴ Thus, saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive’ you,––for he shall not be able to deliver you. ¹⁵ Neither let Hezekiah cause you to trust in Yahweh’ saying, Yahweh, will certainly deliver, us,––this city’ shall not be given over, into the hand of the king of Assyria. ¹⁶ Do not hearken unto Hezekiah,––for, thus, saith the king of Assyria, Deal with me thankfully, and come out unto me, Then shall ye eat, Every one of his own vine, and, Every one of his own fig–tree, And drink, every one the waters of his own cistern: ¹⁷ Until I come and take you, into, A land like your own land,––A land of corn, and new wine, A land of bread, and vineyards:–– ¹⁸ Lest Hezekiah, persuade you, saying, Yahweh, will deliver us! Have the gods of the nations, delivered,––any one of them––his country, out of the hand of the king of Assyria? ¹⁹ Where, are the gods of Hamath, and Arpad? Where, are the gods of Sepharvaim? If indeed they had only delivered Samaria, out of my hand! ²⁰ Who, are they, among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand? That, Yahweh, should deliver, Jerusalem, out of my hand! ²¹ But they held their peace, and answered him not a word,––for, the command of the king, it was, saying,––Ye must not answer him.

³ and they said unto him, Thus, saith Hezekiah, A day of distress and rebuke and reviling, is this day,––For children are come to the birth, and, strength, is there none, to bring forth. ⁴ It may be, that Yahweh thy God will hear, the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his lord, hath sent, to reproach a Living God, and will rebuke the words, which Yahweh thy God hath heard,––Wherefore lift thou up a prayer, for the remnant that remaineth.

¹⁰ Thus, shall ye surely speak unto Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom, thou, art trusting, beguile, thee, saying,––Jerusalem, shall not be given over, into the hand of the king of Assyria. ¹¹ Lo! thou thyself, hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done, to all the lands, in devoting them to destruction,––and shalt, thou, be delivered? ¹² Did the gods of the nations, deliver them, whom my fathers destroyed,––Gozan, and Haran,––and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who were in Telassar? ¹³ Where, are the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim,––of Hena, and Ivvah? ¹⁴ And, when Hezekiah had received the letter at the hand of the messengers, and had read it, then went he up to the house of Yahweh, and Hezekiah, spread it out, before Yahweh. ¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed, unto Yahweh, saying: ¹⁶ O Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel––inhabiting the cherubim, Thou thyself, art GOD, even thou alone, for all the kingdoms of the earth: Thou, didst make, the heavens and the earth. ¹⁷ Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear––and hear, Open, O Yahweh, thine eyes––and see,––Yea hear thou all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent––to reproach a Living God. ¹⁸ Of a truth, O Yahweh,––the kings of Assyria have devoted to destruction all the countries, and their land; ¹⁹ and have put their gods in the fire,––for, no–gods, were they, but the work of the hands of men–wood, and stone, and so they destroyed them. ²⁰ Now, therefore, O Yahweh our God, save us, out of his hand,––That all the kingdoms of the earth, may know, That, thou, art Yahweh, thou alone.

²² this, is the word which Yahweh hath spoken concerning him,––The virgin daughter of Zion, laugheth thee to scorn––mocketh thee, The daughter of Jerusalem, after thee, doth wag her head! ²³ Whom, hast thou reproached, and insulted? And, against whom, hast thou lifted high thy voice? Yea thou hast proudly raised thine eyes, against the Holy One of Israel. ²⁴ Through thy servants, thou hast reproached My Lord, and hast said,––With my multitude of chariots, have I, ascended, The height of the mountains, The recesses of Lebanon, That I may cut down, Its tallest cedars, Its choicest firs, That I may enter, Its highest summit, Its thick garden forest: ²⁵ I, have digged, and drunk waters,––That I may dry up, with the soles of my feet, all the Nile–streams of Egypt. ²⁶ Hast thou not heard––That, long ago, that, is what I appointed, And, from days of old, devised? Now, have I brought it to pass, That thou mightest serve to lay waste, in desolate ruins, fortified cities; ²⁷ And, their inhabitants, being powerless, were overthrown, and put to shame––They became––Grass of the field, and, Young herbage, Grass on housetops, and, Seed parched before it came up. ²⁸ Howbeit, thine abode, and thy coming out and thy going in, I know,––and thy raging, against me. ²⁹ Because, thy raging against me, and thy contempt, have come up into mine ears, Therefore will I put, My ring in thy nose, and, My bit in thy lips, And will turn thee back, by the way by which thou camest. ³⁰ And, this, unto thee, is the sign, Eating, this year, the growth of scattered seeds, And, in the second year, that which shooteth up of itself,––Then, in the third year, Sow ye––and reap, and, Plant ye vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. ³¹ Then shall the escaped of the house of Judah that remain, again, Take root downward,––And bear fruit upward. ³² For, out of Jerusalem, shall come forth a remnant, And that which hath escaped, out of Mount Zion,––The jealousy of Yahweh of hosts, will perform, this. ³³ Therefore, thus, saith Yahweh, concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not enter this city, Nor shoot there, an arrow,––Nor attack it with shield, Nor cast up against it a mound: ³⁴ By the way that he came in, By the same, shall he return,––And, into this city, shall he not enter, Declareth Yahweh. ³⁵ Thus will I throw a covering over this city, to save it,––For mine own sake, And for the sake of David my servant. ³⁶ Then went forth the messenger of Yahweh, and smote––in the camp of the Assyrians––a hundred and eighty–five thousand,––and, when men arose early in the morning, lo! they were all, dead bodies!

¹⁷ Israel, hath been delivered by Yahweh, with an age–abiding deliverance,––Ye shall neither turn pale nor he put to shame, unto the ages of futurity.

²¹ Tell ye––and bring near, Yea let them take counsel, together,––Who, let this be known aforetime, In time past, declared it? Was it not, I––Yahweh? And there is none else that is God, besides me, A GOD, righteous and ready to save, There is none, besides, me! ²² Turn unto me––and be ye saved, all ye ends of the earth,––For, I, am GOD, and there is none else.

¹⁰ His watchmen, are blind, None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark,––Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber. ¹¹ And, the dogs, are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, Yea, they, are shepherds, who know not to discern,––All of them, unto their own way, have turned, Every man to his unjust gain, on every hand: ¹² Come ye! I will fetch wine, Let us fill ourselves with strong drink,––And, like this day, shall, tomorrow, be––Great beyond measure!

²⁰ But, the lawless, are like the sea when tossed,––For, rest, it cannot! But its waters toss out mire and dirt.

⁶ But we have become as one unclean, all of us, And, as a garment polluted, were all our righteous doings,––And so we faded like a leaf, all of us, And, our iniquity, as a wind, carried us away;

⁵ Who say––Draw near by thyself, Do not approach with me, For I am holier than thou! These, are, A smoke in my nostrils, A fire, burning all the day.

²² Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And, because of me, will ye not be pained? In that, though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age–abiding, and it should not pass beyond it,––When they would toss themselves, Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar, Then should they not pass beyond it, ²³ Yet, this people, hath an obstinate and rebellious heart,––They have turned aside, and gone their way;

³ Who have prepared their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land,––For, from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But, me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.

²⁷ Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, thine unchaste, wickedness, Upon the hills in the field, I have seen thine abominations! Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, Wilt thou not become pure? After how long, yet?

¹⁶ Making him very glad: Yea let that, man be––as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and repented not,––And let him hear, An outcry in the morning, and, A war–shout at broad noon!

²⁵ But, when the princes hear, that I have spoken with thee, and they come in unto thee and say unto thee––Do tell us, we pray thee, what thou didst speak unto the king, do not hide it from us, so will we not put thee to death,––and what spake, the king, unto thee? ²⁶ Then shalt thou say unto them,––I, was causing my supplication to fall prostrate before the king,––that he would not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan, to die there. ²⁷ Then came in all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him, and he told them, according to all these words which the king, had commanded,––so they turned in silence from him, for the matter, had not been reported. ²⁸ So Jeremiah remained in the guard–court, until the day when Jerusalem, was captured; thus, it fell out, when Jerusalem, was captured.

⁴⁰ Like the divine overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and her neighbours, Declareth Yahweh,––There shall not dwell there––a man, Nor sojourn therein––a son of the earth–born.

²⁵ Good is Yahweh, to them who wait for him, to the soul that will seek him; ²⁶ Good it is––both to wait and to be silent, for the deliverance of Yahweh;

⁶ And the punishment of the daughter of my people hath grown greater than the punishment of Sodom,––which was overthrown as in a moment, when no hands had been laid violently upon her.

¹⁴ They have wandered––blind––in the streets, have defiled themselves with blood; so that men may not touch their garments.

³ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Alas for the base prophets,––who follow their own spirit, and have seen, nothing.

⁷ For, what man soever of the house of Israel, Or of the sojourners who sojourn in Israel, Who shall estrange himself from following me, And who shall bring up his manufactured gods, on his heart, And, whose stumbling–block of iniquity, he shall set straight before his face, And then come in unto the prophet, to enquire by him of me, I, Yahweh, will myself answer him, on my own account;

⁴⁹ Lo! this, became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister,––Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security, came to her and to her daughters, And, the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not. ⁵⁰ So then they became haughty, and committed abomination before me,––And I took them away, when I saw [it],

⁹ Say thou, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Shall it thrive? Its roots, will he not tear up? Its fruit, will he not cut off, that it wither? All the fresh leaves it hath caused to spring forth, shall wither, without a strong arm, or many people, to pull it up by its roots.

² Son of man, Prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,––Prophesy, and thou shalt say unto them, even to the shepherds––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh––Alas! for the shepherds of Israel who have been tending, themselves, Is it not, the flock, that the shepherds should tend?

⁸ As I live,––Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely, because my flock became a prey, And my flock became food for every wild beast of the field, through having no, shepherd, Neither did my shepherds inquire after the flock,––But, the shepherds, tended, themselves, And, my flock, they tended not,

¹⁰ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! against the shepherds, So then I will require my flock at their hand, And will cause them to cease tending the flock, Neither shall, the shepherds, any longer, tend, themselves, But I will deliver my flock out of their mouth, that they may not be their, food.

¹⁷ And, as for you, O my flock, Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh: Behold me! judging between one kind of small cattle and another, as well the rams as the he–goats. ¹⁸ Is it too small a thing for you that, on the good pasture, ye feed, But, the remainder of your pastures, ye must needs trample down with your feet? Or that, of the pure waters, ye drink, But, the waters left remaining––with your feet, ye must needs foul?

³⁷ Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and extolling and honouring the King of the Heavens, all whose works, are truth, and, his ways, right; and, them who walk in pride, he is able to abase,

⁹ I continued looking, until that, thrones, were placed, and, the Ancient of days, took his seat,––whose, garment, like snow, was white, and, the hair of his head, like pure wool, his throne, was flames of fire, his wheels, a burning fire. ¹⁰ A stream of fire, was flowing on and issuing forth from before him, a thousand thousand, waited upon him and, ten thousand times ten thousand, before him, stood up,––Judgment, took its seat, and, books, were opened.

²⁰ also concerning the ten horns, which were in his head, and the other, which came up, and there fell––from among them that were before it––three,––and this horn which had, eyes, and, a mouth, speaking great things, and, his look, was more proud than his fellows:

¹³ But, the ruler of the kingdom of Persia, withstood me twenty–one days, but lo! Michael, one of the chief rulers, came in to help me,––and, I, left him there, beside the kings of Persia.

²¹ Howbeit I will tell thee that which is inscribed in the writing of truth,––but there is no one who holdeth strongly with me concerning these things, save Michael your ruler.

³⁶ And the king, will do according to his own pleasure, and will exalt himself, and magnify himself against every GOD, yea, against the GOD of GODS, will he speak wonderful things,––and will succeed, until exhausted is the indignation, for, what is decreed, must be done;

¹ And, at that time, will Michael, the great ruler who standeth for the sons of thy people, make a stand, and there will be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, up to that time,––and, at that time, shall thy people, be delivered, every one found written in the book;

¹⁴ I do not bring punishment upon your daughters when they become unchaste, nor upon your brides, when they commit adultery, for, the men themselves, with unchaste women, do seclude themselves, and, with the common women of the shrine, do offer sacrifice,––and, a people who will not discern, must be ruined.

⁴ What can I do unto thee, O Ephraim? What can I do unto thee, O Judah? for, your lovingkindness, is like a morning cloud, yea, like the dew, early departing!

¹⁰ Like grapes in the desert, found I Israel, like the first–ripe in the fig–tree when it is young, saw I your fathers,––they, entered Baal–peor, and devoted themselves to the Shameful Thing, Then became their abominations like their lusts.

⁸ How can I give thee up, Ephraim? abandon thee Israel? How can I make thee as Admah? set thee as Zeboim? Mine own heart, turneth against me, at once, are kindled my compassions.

¹¹ I have made an overthrew among you, like the divine overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye have become like a brand snatched out of the burning,––Yet hate ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.

⁵ O my people! remember, I pray you, what Balak king of Moab, counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor, answered him,––from the Acacias as far as Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Yahweh.

² Then said Yahweh unto the Accuser, Yahweh rebuke thee, O Accuser, Yea Yahweh rebuke thee, he who is choosing Jerusalem,––Is not, this, a brand snatched out of the fire?

² Then said Yahweh unto the Accuser, Yahweh rebuke thee, O Accuser, Yea Yahweh rebuke thee, he who is choosing Jerusalem,––Is not, this, a brand snatched out of the fire? ³ Now, Joshua, was clothed with filthy garments,––though standing before the messenger. ⁴ Then responded he and spake unto those who were standing before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from off him; and he said unto him, See! I have caused to pass from off thee, thine iniquity, And will cause thee to be clothed in robes of state. ⁵ Then said I, Let them put a clean turban upon his head,––So they put the clean turban upon his head, and clothed him with garments, and, the messenger of Yahweh, was standing up.

¹⁷ Alas! for my worthless shepherd, who forsaketh the flock, A sword upon his arm, and upon his right eye!––his arm, shall be, utterly withered, and, his right eye, shall be, wholly darkened.

¹⁰ But I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitant of Jerusalem, the spirit of favour, and of supplications, and they will look unto me, whom they have pierced,––and will wail over him, as one waileth over an only son, and will make bitter outcry over him, as one maketh bitter outcry over a firstborn.

⁵ Then shall ye flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains, shall reach, very near, Yea, ye shall flee, just as ye fled from before the earthquake, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah,––Then, shall arrive, Yahweh my God, All thy holy ones, with thee!

¹³ Stout against me, have been your words, saith Yahweh,––and yet ye say, What have we spoken, one to another, against thee? ¹⁴ Ye have said, Vain is it to serve God,––and, What profit when we have kept his charge, or when we have walked gloomily before Yahweh of hosts? ¹⁵ Now, therefore, we are pronouncing happy––the proud,––and, the doers of lawlessness have, even been built up, and, they who have put God to the proof, have even been delivered.

⁴ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant,––which I commanded him in Horeb, for all Israel, statutes and regulations.

¹² Rejoice and exult, because, your reward, is great in the heavens; for, so, persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.

²⁹ and lo! they cried aloud, saying, What have we in common with thee, O Son of God? Hast thou come hither, before the right time, to torment us?

³ Philip, and Bartholomew,––Thomas, and Matthew, the tax–collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thadaeus;

²¹ Alas for thee, Chorazin! Alas for thee, Bethsaida! Because, if, in Tyre and Zidon, had been done the works of power, which were done in you, of old, in sackcloth and ashes, had they repented.

²⁴ Moreover, I say unto you––For the land of Sodom, more tolerable, will it be in a day of judgment, than, for thee.

³¹ Wherefore, I say unto you, All sin and profane speaking, shall be forgiven unto men,––but, the speaking profanely of the Spirit, shall not be forgiven; ³² And, whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him,––but, whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or the coming. ³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree worthless, and its fruit worthless; for, from the fruit, the tree is known. ³⁴ Broods of vipers! How can ye speak, good things, being, evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ The good man, out of the good treasure, putteth forth, good things; and, the evil man, out of the evil treasure, putteth forth, evil things. ³⁶ But I say unto you, That, every useless expression that men shall utter, they shall render, concerning it, an account, in a day of judgment; ³⁷ For, by thy words, shalt thou be, justified, and, by thy words, shalt thou be condemned.

⁶ and, the sun arising, it was scorched, and, because it had no root, it withered away;

²⁵ and, while men were sleeping, his enemy came, and sowed over darnel, in among the wheat,––and away he went.

¹³ And, he, answering, said––Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, will be uprooted:

²⁷ For the Son of Man is destined to be coming, in the glory of his Father, with his messengers,––and, then, will he give back unto each one, according to his practice.

²⁸ And, Jesus, said unto them––Verily, I say unto you, As for you who followed me in the regeneration, When the Son of Man shall take his seat on his throne of glory, ye also, shall be seated upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹⁹ and, seeing one fig–tree by the way, he came up to it, and nothing, found he thereon, save leaves only,––and he saith unto it––No more, from thee, let fruit spring forth, unto times age–abiding,––and the fig–tree, instantly withered away. ²⁰ And the disciples, seeing it, marveled, saying––How instantly, did the fig–tree wither away.

¹³ But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye are locking up the kingdom of the heavens before men,––for, ye, are not entering, neither, them who are entering, suffer ye to enter. ¹⁴ <> ¹⁵ Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because ye compass sea and dry land, to make one convert––and, when it is done, ye make him a son of gehenna, twofold more than ye. ¹⁶ Alas for you, blind guides! that say––Whosoever shall swear by the Temple, it is, nothing, but, whosoever shall swear by the gold of the Temple, is bound:

³⁰ And, then, will be displayed––The sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and, then, will smite their breasts––all the tribes of the earth; and they will see the Son of Man––coming upon the clouds of heaven, with great power and glory. ³¹ And he will send forth his messengers, with a great trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen––Out of the four winds, from heavens’ bounds, unto their bounds.

⁴² Be watching, therefore, for ye know not, on what manner of day, your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But there is, one thing, ye know––That, if the householder, had known, in what watch, the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert, and not have suffered his house to be dug through. ⁴⁴ Wherefore, ye also, be getting ready, because, in what hour ye are, not thinking, The Son of Man doth come. ⁴⁵ Who then is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master hath appointed over his household, to give them food in season? ⁴⁶ Happy! that servant, whom his master, when he cometh, shall find so doing! ⁴⁷ Verily, I say unto you––Over all his substance, will he appoint him. ⁴⁸ But, if that wicked servant should say in his heart––My master, delayeth, ⁴⁹ And begin to be striking his fellow–servants, and eating and drinking with the drunken, ⁵⁰ The master of that servant, will have come, on a day when he is not expecting, and in an hour when he is not observing,–– ⁵¹ And will cut him asunder; and, his part, with the hypocrites, will appoint: There, shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth!

³¹ But, whensoever the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the messengers with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory;

⁴¹ Then, will he say unto those also, on his left hand: Depart ye from me, accursed ones! Into the age–abiding fire, which hath been prepared for the adversary and his messengers;

¹⁸ and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the zealot;

⁶ and, when the sun arose, it was scorched,––and, by reason of its not having root, it was dried up;

⁴³ And, if thy hand shall cause thee to stumble, cut it off,––it is, seemly, for thee, maimed, to enter into life, rather than having, the two hands, to depart into the gehenna, into the fire that is not quenched; ⁴⁴ <> ⁴⁵ And, if thy foot be causing thee to stumble, cut it off,––it is, seemly, for thee, to enter into life, lame, rather than having, the two feet, to be cast into the gehenna; ⁴⁶ <> ⁴⁷ And, if thine eye be causing thee to stumble, thrust it out,––it is, seemly, for thee, one–eye, to enter into the kingdom of God, rather than having, two eyes, to be cast into gehenna, ⁴⁸ Where, their worm, dieth not, and, the fire, is not quenched, ⁴⁹ For, everyone, with fire, shall be salted.

²⁰ And, passing by early, they saw the fig–tree, withered from its roots; ²¹ and, put in mind, Peter saith unto him––Rabbi! see! the fig–tree which thou didst curse, is withered.

²⁹ And, the passers–by, were reviling him, shaking their heads, and saying––Aha! thou who wast pulling down the shrine, and building one in three days!

³⁰ And the Pharisees and their Scribes began murmuring unto his disciples, saying––Wherefore, with the tax–collectors and sinners, are ye eating and drinking?

¹⁶ and Judas Iscariot, who became betrayer; ––

⁶ And, other, fell down upon the rock; and, growing, was withered, because it had not moisture.

²⁶ For, whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him, the Son of Man, will be ashamed, whensoever he shall come in his glory, and that of the Father, and of the holy messengers.

⁴² But alas for you, the Pharisees! because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every garden herb, and pass by justice, and the love of God. But, these things, it was binding to do, and, those, not to pass by. ⁴³ Alas for you, the Pharisees! because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market–places! ⁴⁴ Alas for you! because ye are as the secret tombs: even the men that are walking above them, know it not. ⁴⁵ And, making answer, one of the Lawyers saith unto him, Teacher! these things, saying, us also, dost thou insult! ⁴⁶ And, he, said––And, for you, the lawyers, alas! because ye lade men with burdens hard to be borne, and, yourselves, with one of your fingers, touch not the burdens. ⁴⁷ Alas for you! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers slew them!

¹⁹ and will say to my soul––Soul! thou hast many good things [lying by for many years: be taking thy rest, eat, drink,] be making merry! ²⁰ But God said unto him––Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

³⁶ And, ye yourselves, like unto men awaiting their own lord, once he may break up out of the marriage–feast,––that, when he cometh and knocketh, straightway, they may open unto him. ³⁷ Happy those servants, whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watching! Verily, I say unto you––he will gird himself, and make them recline, and, coming near, will minister unto them. ³⁸ And, if, in the second, or if, in the third, watch, he come and find, thus, happy, are, they! ³⁹ But, of this, be taking note––Had the householder known, in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not suffered his house, to be digged through. ⁴⁰ Ye, therefore, be getting ready, because, in what hour ye are not thinking, The Son of man cometh!

⁴⁵ But, if that servant should say in his heart––My lord delayeth to come! and should begin to be striking the youths and the maidens,––to be eating also, and drinking, and making himself drunk,

² and both the Pharisees and the Scribes were murmuring, saying, This man, unto sinners, giveth welcome, and eateth with them.

¹⁹ Now, a certain man, was rich, and he used to clothe himself with purple and fine linen, making merry day by day, brilliantly.

²⁹ But, on the day Lot came out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:––

⁷ And all, when they beheld, began to murmur, saying––With a sinful man, hath he gone in to lodge!

¹⁴ But, his citizens, hated him, and sent off an embassy after him, saying––We desire not, this, man, to be made king over us!

³⁴ But be taking heed unto yourselves, lest once your hearts be made heavy––with debauch and drunkenness and anxieties about livelihood, and that day come upon you suddenly,

³⁹ And, one of the suspended evil–doers, began to defame him––Art not, thou, the Christ? Save thyself and us! ⁴⁰ But the other, answering, rebuked him, and said––Neither fearest, thou, God, in that thou art, in the same judgment?

¹⁷ Because, the law, through Moses, was given, favour and truth, through Jesus Christ, came into existence.

⁵ Jesus answered––Verily, verily, I say unto thee: Except one be born of water and spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. ⁶ That which hath been born of the flesh, is, flesh, and, that which hath been born of the spirit, is, spirit.

²² Ye, worship, that which ye know not; We, worship, that which we know; because, salvation, is, of the Jews.

²² For neither doth, the Father, judge anyone,––but, all the judging, hath given unto the Son: ²³ That, all, may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father: he that doth not honour the Son, doth not, in fact, honour the Father who sent him.

²⁷ And, authority, hath he given him, to be executing, judgment,––because, Son of Man, is he!

⁴⁴ How can, ye, believe,––Glory from one another, receiving; and, the glory which is from the only God, are not seeking?

³⁹ And, this, is the will of him that sent me, That, of all that which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.

⁴¹ The Jews, therefore, began to murmur concerning him, because he said––I, am the bread that came down out of heaven;

⁶¹ But Jesus, knowing within himself that his disciples were murmuring concerning this, said unto them––Doth, this, cause, you, to stumble?

⁴⁴ Ye, are, of your father––the adversary, and, the covetings of your father, ye choose to be doing. He, was, a murderer, from the beginning, and, in the truth, he stood not; because truth is not in him: Whensoever he speaketh falsehood, of his own, he speaketh; because, false, he is, and, the father of it.

²⁸ And, I, give unto them life age–abiding, and in nowise shall they perish, unto times age–abiding; and no one shall carry them off out of my hand. ²⁹ What, my Father, hath given me, is, something greater than all, and, no one, can carry off out of the hand of my Father:–– ³⁰ I and the Father, are, one.

²⁶ If, with me, anyone be ministering, with me, let him be following; and, where, I, am, there, my minister also, shall be. If anyone, with me, be ministering, the Father, will honour him.

²¹ He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he, it is that loveth me; and, he that loveth me, shall be loved by my Father, and, I, will love him, and will manifest, myself, unto him. ²² Judas, not the Iscariot, saith unto him––Lord! what hath happened, that, unto us, thou art about to manifest thyself, and, not unto the world?

⁴ Abide in me, and, I, in you. Just as, the branch, cannot be bearing fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine, so, neither, ye, except, in me, ye abide. ⁵ I, am the vine: Ye, are the branches. He that abideth in me and, I, in him, the same, beareth much fruit; because, apart from me, ye can bring forth, nothing. ⁶ If one abide not me, he is cast out as the branch, and withered, and they gather them,––and, into fire, they cast them, and they are burned.

⁹ Just as the Father loved me, I also, loved you: Abide ye in my love. ¹⁰ If, my commandments, ye keep, ye shall abide in my love,––just as, I, the Father’s commandments, have kept, and abide in his love.

¹⁶ Not, ye, chose, me, but, I, chose you, and placed you, that ye should go your way and bear, fruit,––and, your fruit, should abide: that, whatsoever ye should ask the Father in my name, he might give unto you.

³ And, this, is the age–abiding life, That they get to know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ.

¹¹ And, no longer, am I in the world, and, they, are, in the world,––and, I, unto thee, am coming. Holy Father! Keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, as, we. ¹² When I was with them, I, kept them in thy name which thou hast given me,––And I kept watch, and, none from among them, went the destruction,––save the son of destruction, that, the Scripture, might be fulfilled.

¹⁵ I request not, that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but that thou wouldst keep them out of the evil:

¹⁷ Hallow them in the truth: Thine own word, is, truth:

¹⁹ And, on their behalf, I, hallow myself, that, they also, may have become hallowed in truth.

¹³ And, when they had entered, into the upper–story went they up, where remained behind––both Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the zealot, and Judas the son of James.

¹² And there is in no one else, salvation, for, neither is there any other name, under heaven, which hath been set forth among men, in which we must needs be saved.

⁸ Now, Stephen, full of favour and power, began to do great wonders and signs among the people. ⁹ But there rose up certain of those out of the synagogue which is called [the synagogue] of them of Libertium and Cyrene and Alexandria, and certain of them from Cilicia and Asia,––disputing with Stephen; ¹⁰ And they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking,

²⁷ But, he that was wronging his neighbour, thrust him away, saying––Who hath appointed, thee, to be ruler and judge over us?

³⁹ Unto whom, our fathers would not become obedient, but thrust him away, and turned in their hearts unto Egypt,

²² But, Saul, was the more gaining power; and was confounding the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, shewing, by comparison, that––This, is the Christ.

³¹ So then, the assembly throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, building itself up, and going on its way in the fear of the Lord; and, by the advocacy of the Holy Spirit, was being multiplied.

²³ Who, arriving, and seeing the favour which was of God, rejoiced, and went on to beseech all, with the purpose of their heart, to abide [in] the Lord;

⁴⁶ And Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly, said––Unto you, was it necessary, that the word of God should first be spoken: seeing ye are thrusting it from you, and, unworthy, are judging yourselves of the age–abiding life, lo! we turn unto the nations; ⁴⁷ For so hath the Lord commanded us––I have set thee for a light of nations, that thou mayest be for salvation unto the end of the earth.

⁹ and made no distinction at all betwixt us and them, by their faith, purifying their hearts.

²⁴ Inasmuch as we had heard that, certain from among us, had troubled you with words, dismantling your souls,––unto whom we had given no instructions,

³ opening up, and setting forth, that it was needful for, the Christ, to suffer, and to arise from among the dead; and [saying], This, is the Christ,––Jesus, whom, I, am declaring unto you.

³¹ inasmuch as he hath appointed a day, in which he is about to be judging the habitable earth in righteousness, by a man whom he hath pointed out,––offering faith unto all, by raising him from among the dead?

⁴ And he began reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, and was persuading both Jews and Greeks. ⁵ When, however, both Silas and Timothy had come down from Macedonia, Paul began to be urged on in the word, bearing full witness unto the Jews that, Jesus, was, the Christ. ⁶ But, as they began opposing and defaming, shaking out his garments, he said unto them––Your blood, be upon your own head! Pure, am, I: henceforth, unto the nations, will I go.

²⁸ for, with great force, began he confuting the Jews, publicly, shewing by the Scriptures that Jesus was, the Christ.

²⁷ for I have not shrunk from announcing all the counsel of God unto you.

²⁹ I, know, that there will enter, after my departure, grievous wolves into your midst, not sparing the little flock;

³² Now, therefore, I commend you unto the Lord, and unto his word of favour,––which is able to build up and give the inheritance among all the hallowed ones.

³⁵ In all things, I gave you to understand, that, thus toiling, it behoves to be helping the weak, also to be keeping in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, that, he himself, said––Happy is it, rather to give than to receive!

⁵ And Paul said––I was not aware, brethren, that he was high–priest; because it is written––Of a ruler of thy people, shalt thou not speak injuriously.

¹⁸ To open their eyes; that they turn from darkness unto light, and the authority of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among them who have been made holy by the faith respecting me.

²³ For there stood by me this night, belonging unto the God whose I am, unto whom also I am doing divine service, a messenger,

²⁸ Be it, known unto you, therefore, that, unto the nations, hath been sent forth this salvation of God: they, will also hear.

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated unto the glad–message of God––

⁷ Unto all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints, favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.

²¹ Inasmuch as, having come to know God, not, as God, did they glorify him, or give him thanks, but were made fruitless in their reasonings, and darkened was their undiscerning heart, ²² Professing to be wise, they were made foolish,

²⁶ For this cause, God gave them up unto dishonourable passions; for, even their females, exchanged away the natural use into that which is against nature,–– ²⁷ In like manner also, even the males, leaving the natural use of the female, flamed out in their eager desire one for another, males with males, the indecency, effecting,––and, the necessary recompence of their error, within themselves, duly receiving; ––

⁵ But, according to thy hardness, and [thine] impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself anger, in a day of anger and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,––

¹⁶ In the day on which God judgeth the secrets of men according to my glad–message through Christ Jesus.

¹⁹ Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God. ²⁰ Inasmuch as, by works of law, shall no flesh be declared righteous before him,––through law, in fact, is discovery of sin.

⁵ And, our hope, putteth not to shame. Because, the love of God, hath been poured out in our hearts, through the Holy Spirit that hath been given unto us:

²¹ In order that––just as sin reigned in death, so, also, favour, might reign through righteousness unto life age–abiding, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹ What then shall we say? are we still to continue in sin that favour may abound? ² Far be it! we who have died unto sin, how, any longer, shall we live therein?

²² Whereas, now, having been freed from sin, and made servants unto God, ye have your fruit for sanctification and, the end, life age–abiding. ²³ For, the wages of sin, is death; but, God’s gift of favour, is life age–abiding, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁹ But, ye, have not your being in flesh, but in spirit,––if at least, God’s Spirit, dwelleth in you; and, if anyone hath not Christ’s Spirit, the same, is not his; ––

¹⁵ For ye have not received a spirit of servitude, leading back into fear, but ye have received a spirit of sonship, whereby we are exclaiming––Abba! Oh Father!

²⁶ In the selfsame way moreover, even the Spirit, helpeth together in our weakness,––for, what we should pray for as we ought, we know not, but, the Spirit itself, maketh intercession with sighings unutterable, ²⁷ And, he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is preferred by the Spirit––that, according to God, he maketh intercession in behalf of saints;

³⁰ And, whom he fore–appointed, the same, he also called, and, whom he called, the same, he also declared righteous, and, whom he declared righteous, the same, he also made glorious:––
³¹ What, then, shall we say to a these things? If God [is] for us, who [shall be] against us?

³⁹ Nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

²¹ Or hath not the potter a right over the clay––out of the same lump, to make some, indeed, into a vessel for honour, and some for dishonour? ²² And, if God––wishing to shew his anger and to make known his power––bare, in much patience, with vessels of anger already fitted for destruction,

²⁴ Whom he also called, even us, not only from among Jews, but also from among the nations, [what then?]

¹⁴ If by any means I may provoke to jealousy my own flesh, and save some from among them; ––

³³ Oh! the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments! and untraceable his ways!

³⁶ Because, of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things:––unto him, be the glory, unto the ages. Amen!

⁴ Who art, thou, that judgest another’s domestic? To his own master, he standeth or falleth; he shall, however, be made to stand,––for his master is able to make him stand.

¹⁰ But, thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Aye! and thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For, all of us, shall present ourselves unto the judgment seat of God;

² Let, each one of us, unto his neighbour give pleasure––for what is good unto upbuilding;

¹⁵ Howbeit, the more boldly, have I written unto you,––in some measure, as bringing it back to your minds,––by reason of the favour given unto me from God,––

¹⁵ Howbeit, the more boldly, have I written unto you,––in some measure, as bringing it back to your minds,––by reason of the favour given unto me from God,–– ¹⁶ That I should be a public minister of Christ Jesus unto the nations, doing priestly service with the glad–message of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might prove to be acceptable, being hallowed in Holy Spirit:

¹⁸ For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly,––and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.

²⁵ Now, unto him who hath power to establish you, according to my glad–message––even the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of a sacred secret, in age–past times kept silent, ²⁶ But now made manifest, and through means of prophetic scriptures, according to the command of the age–abiding God, for obedience of faith unto all the nations made known, ²⁷ Unto a God, wise alone, through Jesus Christ, [unto whom] be the glory, unto the ages. Amen.

²⁷ Unto a God, wise alone, through Jesus Christ, [unto whom] be the glory, unto the ages. Amen.

² Unto the assembly of God which is in Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints,––with all who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in every place,––their Lord and ours:

⁸ Who will also confirm you unto the end, unaccusable in the day of our Lord Jesus [Christ]:

¹⁴ But, a man of the soul, doth not welcome the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, and he cannot get to know them, because, spiritually, are they examined;

¹⁵ If, anyone’s work, shall be burnt up, he shall suffer loss, but shall, himself, be saved––though, thus, as through fire.

¹⁷ If anyone doth mar the shrine of God, God, will mar him; for the shrine of God is holy,––and such are ye.

⁵ So then, not before the fitting time, be judging anything,––until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and, then, the praise shall come to each one, from God.

³ For, I, indeed,––being absent in the body, but present in the spirit, have already judged, as present, him who, thus, this thing hath perpetrated:–– ⁴ In the name of our Lord Jesus, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, ⁵ To deliver such a one as this, unto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh,––that, the spirit, may be saved in the day of the Lord.

⁹ I wrote unto you in my letter––not to be mixing yourselves up with fornicators; –– ¹⁰ Not at all, [meaning] the fornicators of this world, or the covetous and extortioners, or idolaters,––else had ye been obliged, in that case, to go out of the world! ¹¹ But, now, I have written unto you not to be mixing yourselves up,––if anyone named a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one as this, not so much, as to be eating together,

¹³ Whereas, them who are without, God, judgeth? Remove ye the wicked man from among, yourselves.

⁹ Or know ye not that, wrong–doers, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom? Be not deceiving yourselves:––neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

¹¹ And, these things, were some of you; but ye bathed them away,––but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified, in the name of [our] Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

¹⁹ Or know ye not that, your body, is, a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own; ––

¹ For I wish not ye should be ignorant, brethren, that, all our fathers, were, under the cloud, and, all, passed through the sea,–– ² And, all, immersed themselves into Moses, in the cloud, and in the sea; ³ And, all, did eat [the same] spiritual food, ⁴ And, all, drank, the same spiritual drink,––for they continued to drink of the spiritual rock that followed them, and, the rock, was the Christ:–– ⁵ Nevertheless, with the most of them, God, was not well–pleased, for they were strewed along in the desert.
⁶ But, in these things, they became, ensamples for us, to the end we should not be covetous of evil things, even as, they, also coveted; ⁷ Neither become ye, idolaters, as some of them,––as it is written––The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to be making sport; ⁸ Neither let us commit fornication, as, some of them, committed fornication, and there fell, in one day, three and twenty thousand; ⁹ Neither let us be putting the Lord to the test, as, some of them, put him to the test, and, by the serpents, were perishing; ¹⁰ Neither be ye murmuring, even, as some of them, murmured, and perished by the destroyer.

¹⁰ Neither be ye murmuring, even, as some of them, murmured, and perished by the destroyer. ¹¹ But, these things, by way of type, were happening unto them, and were written with a view to our admonition, unto whom, the ends of the ages, have reached along. ¹² So that, he that thinketh he is standing, let him take heed lest he fall.

²³ All things are allowable––but, not all things, are profitable,––all things are allowable––but, not all things, upbuild.

²⁰ When, therefore, ye come together into one place, it is not to eat, a supper unto the Lord; ²¹ For, each one, taketh beforehand, his own supper, in your eating, and, one, indeed, is hungry, whereas, another, is drinking to excess. ²² What! have ye not houses for your eating and drinking? or, the assembly of God, do ye despise, and, put to shame them who have nothing? What am I to say to you? Shall I praise you? In this, I praise you not.

⁴ He that speaketh with a tongue, buildeth up, himself, whereas, he that prophesieth, buildeth up, an assembly. ⁵ Howbeit I wish you all to speak with tongues, but, rather, that ye may prophesy,––moreover, greater, is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh with tongues,––unless indeed he translate, that, the assembly, may receive upbuilding.

¹⁵ What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray also with the mind,––I will strike the strings with the spirit, [but] I will strike the strings also with the mind.

²⁶ What, then, is it, brethren? Whensoever ye are coming together, each one, hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath a translation:––let, all things, be done, unto building up.

³ For I delivered unto you, among the first things, what also I received:––how that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures,

³³ Be not deceiving yourselves,––evil communications corrupt gentle manners:––

¹⁴ Knowing that, he who raised up [the Lord] Jesus, will raise up, us also, together with Jesus, and will present [us] together with you.

¹⁷ For, the momentary lightness of the tribulation, in a manner yet more and more excelling, is working out for us, an age–abiding weight of glory,––

¹⁰ For, grief according to God, worketh, repentance unto salvation, not to be regretted; although, the grieving of the world, worketh, death. ¹¹ For lo! this very thing––the being caused to grieve, according to God:––what manner of diligence it wrought out in you,––nay! defence,––nay! sore displeasure,––nay! fear,––nay! earnest desire,––nay! jealousy,––nay! avenging. In every way, ye shewed yourselves to be, chaste, in the matter.
¹² Hence, if I even wrote unto you, it was not for the sake of him that did the wrong, [nay] not even for the sake of him that suffered the wrong; but for the sake of your earnestness, which was on our account, being made manifest unto you, before God:––

² For I am jealous over you with a jealousy, of God; for I myself betrothed you unto one husband, to present, a chaste virgin, unto the Christ,––

⁴ But, [this was] because of the false brethren secretly introduced,––who, indeed, came in secretly to spy out our freedom, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:–– ⁵ Unto whom, not even for an hour, gave we place by the [required] submission,––in order that, the truth of the glad–message, might still abide with you.

²⁸ There cannot be Jew or Greek, there cannot be bond or free, there cannot be male and female, for, all ye, are one, in Christ Jesus:

⁶ And, because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, exclaiming, Abba! Oh Father!

²⁰ I could wish, however, to be present with you, even now, and to change my voice,––because I am perplexed regarding you.

¹³ For, ye, on a footing of freedom, were called, brethren,––only, [turn] not your freedom into an occasion to the flesh, but, by means of your love, be serving one another;

¹⁶ I say, moreover––by Spirit, be walking, and, fleshly coveting, ye will in nowise fulfill;

²⁴ And, they who are of Christ Jesus, have crucified, the flesh, with its susceptibilities and covetings.

¹ Brethren! if a man should even be overtaken in any fault, ye, the spiritual, be restoring such a one, in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself, lest, even thou, be put to the test.

¹¹ See! with what large letters, unto you, I have written, with my own hand:––

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, through God’s will, unto the saints who are [in Ephesus] and faithful in Christ Jesus,––

⁸ which he made to superabound towards us; in all wisdom and prudence,

²⁰ Having been built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, there being, for chief corner stone, Jesus Christ himself,––

¹⁰ In order that now, unto the principalities and the authorities in the heavenlies, might be made known, through means of the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,––

²⁰ Now, unto him who is able to do, above all things, exceeding abundantly above the things which we ask or conceive,––according to the power which doth energise itself within us,–– ²¹ Unto him, be the glory, in the assembly, and in Christ Jesus––unto all the generations of the age of ages; Amen:––

¹¹ And, he, gave––some, indeed, to be apostles, and some, prophets, and some, evangelists, and some, shepherds and teachers,–– ¹² With a view to the fitting of the saints for the work of ministering, for an upbuilding of the body of the Christ;

¹⁴ That we may, no longer, be infants––billow–tossed and shifted round with every wind of teaching,––in the craft of men, in knavery suited to the artifice of error;

¹⁶ Out of whom all the body––fitly framing itself together, and connecting itself, through means of every joint of supply, by way of energising in the measure of each single part––secureth the growing of the body, unto an upbuilding of itself in love.

²⁹ Let, no putrid discourse, out of your mouth, be going forth, but if anything is good––suited to the needful upbuilding,––that it may give benefit unto them that hear;

²⁶ That, her, he might sanctify, having purified [her] with the bath of water, in declaration, ²⁷ That, he, might present, unto himself, the assembly, all glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any of such things, but that she should be holy and blameless;

¹² Because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but, against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world–holders, of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies.

¹⁸ With all prayer and supplication, praying in every season, in spirit, and, thereunto, watching, with all perseverance and supplication, for all the saints,––

¹ Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ,––unto all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministers:––

²⁷ Only, in a manner worthy of the glad–message of the Christ, be using your citizenship; in order that––whether coming and seeing you, or being absent, I may hear of the things which concern you––that ye are standing fast in one spirit, with one soul, joining for the combat along with the faith of the glad–message;

¹⁴ All things, be doing, apart from murmurings and disputings;

¹⁹ Whose, end, is destruction, whose, God, is the belly, and [whose], glory, is in their shame, who, upon the earthly things, are resolved.

² Unto the holy and faithful brethren in Christ that are, in Colosse, favour unto you, and peace, from our God and Father.

²² In his body of flesh, through means of his death, to present you holy and blameless and unaccusable before him,––

²⁸ Whom we are declaring, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, in order that we may present every man complete in Christ;

⁷ Rooted, and being built up, in him, and making yourselves sure in your faith, even as ye have been taught,––surpassing therein with thanksgiving.

⁴ As soon as, the Christ, shall be made manifest––our life, then, ye also, together with him, shall be made manifest in glory;

² But, though we had previously suffered, and been insulted, even as ye know, in Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the glad–message of God with much conflict.

¹² To the end ye might be walking in a manner worthy of God, who is calling you unto his own kingdom and glory,

¹³ To the end he may confirms your hearts, faultless in holiness, before our God and Father, in the Presence of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

⁵ Not with a passion of coveting,––just as even the nations who know not God,––

⁸ Therefore, indeed, he that disregardeth––it is, not a man, he disregardeth, but God,––Who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.

¹⁶ Because, the Lord himself, with a word of command, with a chief–messenger’s voice, and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven,––and, the dead in Christ, shall rise, first,

¹⁶ Because, the Lord himself, with a word of command, with a chief–messenger’s voice, and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven,––and, the dead in Christ, shall rise, first, ¹⁷ After that, we, the living who are left, together with them, shall be caught away, in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:––and, thus, evermore, with the Lord, shall we be!

⁶ Hence, then, let us not be sleeping, as the rest, but let us watch and be sober:–– ⁷ For, they that sleep, by night, do sleep, and, they that drink, by night, do drink:––

¹¹ Wherefore be consoling one another, and building up, each the other,––even as ye are also doing.

²³ But, the God of peace himself, hallow you completely, and, entire, might your spirit, and soul, and body,––[so as to be] unblameable in the Presence of our Lord Jesus Christ,––be preserved!

⁷ And, unto you that are afflicted, release, with us,––by the revealing of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with his messengers of power, ⁸ In a fiery flame; holding forth vengeance––against them that refuse to know God, and them who decline to hearken unto the glad–message of our Lord Jesus,

¹³ But, we, are bound to give thanks unto God continually concerning you, brethren beloved by the Lord, for that God chose you, from the beginning, unto salvation, in sanctification of spirit and belief of truth,–– ¹⁴ Unto which he called you, through means of our glad–message, unto an acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ But may, the Lord, guide your hearts into the love of God, and into the endurance of the Christ.

¹⁴ And, if anyone be not giving ear unto our word through means of this letter, on this one, set a mark––not to be mixing yourselves up with him,––that he may be reproved;

² unto Timothy, my true child in faith: favour, mercy, peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁴ Not to be teaching otherwise, nor yet to be giving heed to stories and endless genealogies,––the which, bring, arguings, rather than that stewardship of God which is with faith; ––

⁹ Knowing this––that, to a righteous man, law, doth not apply, but to the lawless and insubordinate, ungodly and sinful, irreligious and profane, smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers, murderers, ¹⁰ fornicators, sodomites, man–stealers, liars, false–swearers,––and, if anything else, unto the healthful teaching, is opposed; ––

¹⁷ Now, unto the King of the ages,––incorruptible, invisible, alone God, be honour and glory, unto the ages of ages, Amen!
¹⁸ This charge, I commit unto thee, child Timothy, According to the prophecies, running before on thee, in order that thou mightest war, with them, the noble warfare.

³ This, is comely and acceptable before our Saviour God,

¹ Howbeit, the Spirit, expressly saith––that, in later seasons, some will revolt from the faith, giving heed unto seducing spirits, and unto teachings of demons–– ² in hypocrisy, speaking falsehood, [of demons] cauterised in their own conscience,––

¹⁶ Be giving heed to thyself, and to thy teaching,––abide still in them; for, this doing, both, thyself, shalt thou save, and them that hearken to thee.

⁶ Whereas, she that runneth riot, while living, is, dead:

⁵ incessant quarrellings of men wholly corrupt in their mind and bereft of the truth,––supposing godliness to be, a means of gain!

¹² Be contesting the noble contest of the faith,––lay hold of the age–abiding life––unto which thou wast called, and didst make the noble confession before many witnesses.

¹⁵ Which, in its own fit times, the happy and only Potentate will shew––the King of them that reign, and Lord of them that wield lordship, ¹⁶ Who alone hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable,––Whom no man hath seen––nor can see: unto whom, be honour and might age–abiding. Amen.

² Unto Timothy, my beloved child: Favour, mercy, peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁵ A reminder, having received, of the unfeigned faith, that is in thee,––such, as dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice,––I am persuaded, moreover, that [it dwelleth], in thee also.

⁹ Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to the peculiar purpose and favour––which was given to us in Christ Jesus before age–during times,

¹³ An outline, have thou, of healthful discourses which from me thou hast heard––with the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus:

¹⁶ The Lord grant mercy unto the house, of Onesiphorus, in that, ofttimes, hath he refreshed me, and, as regardeth my chain, hath not been put to shame,

¹⁸ The Lord grant him to find mercy from [the] Lord in, that, day; ––and, how many times, in Ephesus, he hath ministered, better art, thou, getting to know.

¹ But, of this, be taking note––that, in last days, there will set in perilous seasons; ² For men will be––fond of themselves, fond of money, ostentatious, arrogant, defamers, to parents, unyielding, unthankful, unkind, ³ without natural affection, accepting no truce, given to intrigue, without self–control, uncivilized, unfriendly to good men, ⁴ traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of godliness, but, the power thereof, denying! and, from these, turn away; ⁶ For, of these, are they who enter into the houses, and captivate silly women, [women] laden with sins, led on by manifold covetings,

¹³ Whereas, wicked men and howling impostors, will force their way to the worse, deceiving and being deceived.

³ For there will be a season––when, the healthful teaching, they will not endure, but, according to their own covetings, will, unto themselves, heap up teachers, because they have an itching ear,

⁷ The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept: ⁸ Henceforth, lieth by for me––the crown, of righteousness, which the Lord will render unto me in that, day,––The righteous judge,––Ye, not alone unto me, but unto all them also who have loved his forthshining.

⁸ Henceforth, lieth by for me––the crown, of righteousness, which the Lord will render unto me in that, day,––The righteous judge,––Ye, not alone unto me, but unto all them also who have loved his forthshining.

¹⁸ The Lord will rescue me from every wicked work, and will bring me safe into his heavenly kingdom: unto whom be the glory, unto the ages of ages. Amen.

¹ Paul, a servant of God––an apostle moreover of Jesus Christ,––according to the faith of the chosen ones of God, and the personal knowledge of the truth that is according to godliness,––

³ but hath manifested in its fitting seasons, even his word, in the proclamation with which entrusted am I––by injunction of our Saviour God: ⁴ Unto Titus, my true child according to a common faith,––favour and peace, from God [our] Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

⁴ Unto Titus, my true child according to a common faith,––favour and peace, from God [our] Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

¹⁵ All things, are pure, unto the pure, but, unto the polluted and faithless, nothing, is pure, but polluted are both their mind and conscience; ¹⁶ God, they confess that they know, but, by their works, they deny him, being, abominable, and obdurate, and, as to any good work, found, worthless.

¹⁰ not taking anything away, shewing, all good faith,––that, the instruction which is of our Saviour God, they may adorn in all things.
¹¹ For the favour of God, bringing salvation for all men, hath shone forth, ¹² Putting us under discipline––in order that,––denying ourselves of ungodliness and worldly covetings, in a soberminded and righteous and godly manner, we should live, in the present age, ¹³ Prepared to welcome the happy hope and forthshining of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Christ Jesus,––

¹³ Prepared to welcome the happy hope and forthshining of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Christ Jesus,–– ¹⁴ Who gave himself up in our behalf, that he might redeem us from all manner of lawlessness, and purify for himself a people as his own treasure––zealous of noble works.

⁴ But, when, the graciousness and affection for man of our Saviour God, shone forth,

¹ Whence, holy brethren, partners, in a heavenly calling, attentively consider the Apostle and High––priest of our confession––Jesus

¹⁶ For, who, though they heard, caused embitterment? Nay, indeed! did not all who come forth out of Egypt through Moses?

⁴ For it is impossible––as to these who have been, once for all, illuminated, who have tasted also of the heavenly free–gift, and have been made, partners, in a Holy Spirit, ⁵ And have tasted God’s utterance to be, sweet, mighty works also of a coming age, ⁶ And who have fallen away, again, to be remoulding them into repentance; seeing they are again crucifying unto themselves the Son of God, and holding him up as an example. ⁷ For, land, which hath drunk in, the rain, thereupon ofttimes coming, and which bringeth forth vegetation fit for them for whom it is even cultivated, partaketh of a blessing from God; ⁸ But, should it be bringing forth thorns and briars, it is disapproved, and, unto cursing, nigh,––whose end is for burning.

²⁸ Thus, the Christ also, once for all having been offered, for the bearing of the sins, of many, a second time, apart from sin, will appear, to them who for him are ardently waiting––unto salvation.

²⁵ Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, according to the custom of some, but exhorting, and by so much the more as this, by as much as ye behold, the day, drawing near.

²⁷ But some fearful reception of judgment and fiery jealousy, about to devour the opposers.

⁴ By faith, a fuller sacrifice, did Abel, offer unto God, than Cain,––through which, he received witness that he was righteous, there being a witnessing upon his gifts, by God; and, through it, though he died, he yet is speaking. ⁵ By faith, Enoch was translated, so as not to see death, and was not found, because that, God, had translated him; for, before the translation, he had received witness that he had become well–pleasing unto God; –– ⁶ But, apart from faith, it is impossible to be well–pleasing; for he that approacheth unto God––must needs have faith, that he is, and that, to them who seek him out, a rewarder he becometh.

¹⁵ Using oversight––lest any one be falling behind from the favour of God,––lest any root of bitterness, springing up above, be causing trouble, and, through it, the many, be defiled: ¹⁶ Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, like Esau,––who, for the sake of one meal, yielded up his own firstborn rights;

⁸ Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today, is the same,––and unto the ages.

¹⁷ Be yielding unto them who are guiding you, and submit yourselves; for they are watching over your souls, as having an account to render, that, with joy the same they may be doing, and not with sighing,––for, unprofitable unto you, were, this.

²⁰ But, the God of peace, He that led up from among the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of an age–abiding covenant,––our Lord Jesus, ²¹ Fit you, by every good work, for the doing of his will, doing within us, that which is well–pleasing, before him through Jesus Christ: to whom be the glory, unto the ages of ages. Amen. ²² Now I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation,––for, even with brief [words], have I sent unto you.

¹ James, a servant, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,––unto the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion, Wishes joy.

¹⁴ But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed, ¹⁵ Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full–grown, bringeth forth death.

¹ My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory. ² For, if there enter into your synagogue a man wearing gold rings in gay clothing, and there enter a destitute man also, in soiled clothing,–– ³ And ye eye him that hath on the gay clothing, and say, Thou, be sitting here, pleasantly,––and, unto the destitute man, say––Thou, stand, or sit there under my footstool, ⁴ Would ye not have been led to make distinctions among yourselves, and have become judges with wicked reasonings? ⁵ Hearken! my brethren beloved:––Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? ⁶ Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice? ⁷ Do not, they, defame the noble name which hath been invoked upon you?
⁸ If ye are, indeed, fulfilling, a royal law, according to the scripture––Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, nobly, are ye doing; ⁹ But, if ye are shewing respect of persons, sin, are ye working, being convicted by the law as transgressors!

²² Thou seest that, his faith, had been working together with his works, and by his works did his faith become full–grown,––

¹⁵ This wisdom is not one, from above, coming down, but is earthly, born of the soul, demoniacal!

⁵ Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;

¹⁹ My brethren! If one among you be led to err from the truth, and one turn him back, ²⁰ Be ye taking note––that, he that turneth back a sinner out of the error of his way––will save his soul out of death, and hide a multitude of sins.

² [Chosen] according to the fore–knowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of Spirit, unto obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, Favour unto you, and peace, be multiplied!

⁵ who, in God’s power, are being guarded through faith unto salvation––ready to be revealed in the last ripe time:

¹⁴ As obedient persons, not configuring yourselves unto your former covetings in your ignorance:

⁸ And a stone to strike against, and a rock to stumble over: Who stumble because, unto the word, they do not yield,––unto which also they have been appointed; ⁹ But, ye, are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a peculiar treasure, that, the excellences, ye may tell forth, of him who, out of darkness, hath called you into his marvelous light:––

¹¹ Beloved! I exhort you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly covetings, such as take the field against the soul;

¹⁶ As free, yet, not as a cloak of vice, holding your freedom, but, as God’s servants. ¹⁷ Unto all men, give honour, unto the brotherhood, shew love, unto God, give reverence, the king, hold in honour.

⁹ Not returning evil for evil, nor reviling for reviling, but, on the contrary, bestowing a blessing,––because, hereunto, have ye been called, in order that, a blessing, ye might inherit.

² To the end that, no longer, in men’s covetings, but in God’s will, ye may live, the still remaining time.

¹¹ If any one speaketh, as oracles of God, if any one ministereth, as of strength which, God, supplieth,––that, in all things, God may be glorified through Jesus Christ,––unto whom are the glory and the dominion, unto the ages of ages. Amen!

¹³ But, in so far as ye are taking fellowship in the Christ’s sufferings, rejoice! in order that, in the revealing of his glory also, ye may rejoice with exultation:

¹⁸ And, if, the righteous man, is, with difficulty, saved, where then shall, the ungodly and sinful man, appear?

¹⁰ Howbeit, the God of all favour––who hath called you unto his age–abiding glory in Christ––when, for a little, ye have suffered, Himself, will adjust, confirm, strengthen:––

¹⁰ Howbeit, the God of all favour––who hath called you unto his age–abiding glory in Christ––when, for a little, ye have suffered, Himself, will adjust, confirm, strengthen:–– ¹¹ Unto him, be the dominion, unto the ages. Amen! ¹² By Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I account him, have I briefly written, unto you, exhorting and adding testimony––that, this, is the true favour of God––within which, stand ye fast!

¹ Simon Peter, servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, unto them who have obtained, equally precious, faith, with us, in the righteousness of our God, and Saviour Jesus Christ, ² Favour unto you, and peace, be multiplied, in the personal knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; ––

¹² Wherefore, I shall be certain to be, always, putting you in remembrance concerning these things,––although, indeed, ye know them, and have become confirmed in the present truth;

¹² Wherefore, I shall be certain to be, always, putting you in remembrance concerning these things,––although, indeed, ye know them, and have become confirmed in the present truth; ¹³ Right, nevertheless, I account it––as long as I am in this tent, to be stirring you up by putting you in remembrance,

¹³ Right, nevertheless, I account it––as long as I am in this tent, to be stirring you up by putting you in remembrance, ¹⁴ Knowing that, speedy, is the putting off of my tent––even as, our Lord Jesus Christ also, made clear to me: ¹⁵ Yea, I will give diligence also, that, at every time, ye may be able, after my own departure, to be keeping up the remembrance of, these very things.

¹ But there arose false–prophets also among the people, as, among you also, there shall be, false–teachers,––men who will stealthily bring in destructive parties, even the Master that bought them, denying, bringing upon themselves speedy destruction;

¹ But there arose false–prophets also among the people, as, among you also, there shall be, false–teachers,––men who will stealthily bring in destructive parties, even the Master that bought them, denying, bringing upon themselves speedy destruction; ² And, many, will follow out their wanton ways,––by reason of whom, the way of truth, will be defamed,
³ And, in greed, with forged words, will they, of you, make merchandise: for whom, the sentence from of old, is not idle, and, their destruction, doth not slumber. ⁴ For––if, God, spared not, messengers, when they sinned, but, to pits of gloom, consigning them, in the lowest hades, delivered them up to be kept, unto judgment,–– ⁵ And, an ancient world, spared not, but, with seven others, preserved, Noah, a proclaimer, of righteousness, a flood, upon a world of ungodly persons, letting loose,–– ⁶ And, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing to ashes, he condemned, an example of such as should be ungodly, having set forth,––

⁶ And, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing to ashes, he condemned, an example of such as should be ungodly, having set forth,––

⁶ And, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing to ashes, he condemned, an example of such as should be ungodly, having set forth,––
⁷ And, righteous Lot, when getting worn out by the behaviour of them who were impious in wantonness, he rescued–– ⁸ For, in seeing and hearing, since he dwelt right among them, as a righteous man, he used to torment his soul, day by day, with their lawless deeds–– ⁹ [Then] the Lord knoweth how to rescue, the godly out of trial; but to keep, the unrighteous unto a day of judgment to be punished; ––

⁹ [Then] the Lord knoweth how to rescue, the godly out of trial; but to keep, the unrighteous unto a day of judgment to be punished; ––
¹⁰ Most of all, however, them who go their way, after the flesh, with a coveting of defilement, and who despise, lordship,––daring! willful! before dignitaries, they tremble not, defaming,

¹⁰ Most of all, however, them who go their way, after the flesh, with a coveting of defilement, and who despise, lordship,––daring! willful! before dignitaries, they tremble not, defaming, ¹¹ where, messengers, though, greater in might and power, are not bringing against them [before the Lord] a defamatory accusation,––

¹¹ where, messengers, though, greater in might and power, are not bringing against them [before the Lord] a defamatory accusation,–– ¹² These, however, as unreasoning creatures that have been bred as being, by nature, for capture and destruction, in the things they are ignorant of, uttering defamation, in their spoiling, shall also be made a spoil,––

¹² These, however, as unreasoning creatures that have been bred as being, by nature, for capture and destruction, in the things they are ignorant of, uttering defamation, in their spoiling, shall also be made a spoil,–– ¹³ Doing wrong themselves, for a reward of wrong, accounting, a delight, their day–time delicacy, spots and blemishes, indulging in delicacies with their stratagems, as they carouse together with you, ¹⁴ Having, eyes, full of an adulteress, and that cannot rest from sin, enticing unstable souls, having, a heart trained in greed,––children of a curse,–– ¹⁵ Forsaking a straight path, they have gone astray, following out the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved, a reward of wrong,

¹⁷ These, are fountains without water, and mists, by a tempest, driven along,––for whom, the gloom of darkness, hath been reserved;

¹⁷ These, are fountains without water, and mists, by a tempest, driven along,––for whom, the gloom of darkness, hath been reserved; ¹⁸ For, great swelling words of vanity, uttering, they entice with carnal covetings––in wanton ways––them who are, well–nigh, escaping from the men who, in error, have their behaviour;

¹⁸ For, great swelling words of vanity, uttering, they entice with carnal covetings––in wanton ways––them who are, well–nigh, escaping from the men who, in error, have their behaviour;

¹⁸ For, great swelling words of vanity, uttering, they entice with carnal covetings––in wanton ways––them who are, well–nigh, escaping from the men who, in error, have their behaviour; ¹⁹ Promising, freedom to them, they themselves, being all the while, slaves of corruption,––for, by whom one hath been defeated, by the same, hath he become enslaved,––

¹⁹ Promising, freedom to them, they themselves, being all the while, slaves of corruption,––for, by whom one hath been defeated, by the same, hath he become enslaved,–– ²⁰ For, if, having escaped from the defilements of the world by a personal knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but, by the same having again become entangled, they are defeated, the, last, state hath become, for them, worse than, the first;

²⁰ For, if, having escaped from the defilements of the world by a personal knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but, by the same having again become entangled, they are defeated, the, last, state hath become, for them, worse than, the first; ²¹ For, better, had it been for them––not to have obtained a personal knowledge of the way of righteousness, than, having obtained such knowledge, to turn back out of the holy commandment delivered unto them. ²² There hath befallen them the thing [spoken of] in the true proverb––A dog, turning back unto his own vomit, and––A sow, as soon as washed, unto wallowing in mire.

¹ This, already, beloved, is the second letter I am writing unto you; and, in these letters, I am stirring up––by way of calling to remembrance––your uncorrupted mind,

¹ This, already, beloved, is the second letter I am writing unto you; and, in these letters, I am stirring up––by way of calling to remembrance––your uncorrupted mind, ² To remember the fore–spoken declarations made by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour, by your apostles.

² To remember the fore–spoken declarations made by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour, by your apostles.
³ Of this, first, taking note––that there will come, in the last of the days, with scoffing, scoffers, after their own covetings, going on,

⁷ While, the heavens and the earth that now are, by the same word, have been stored with fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly men.

¹² Expecting and hastening the presence of the day of God, by reason of which, heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and, elements, becoming intensely hot, are to be melted;

¹⁸ But be growing in the favour and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ:––unto whom be the glory, both now and unto a day that abideth.

²² Who, is the False One; ––save he that denieth that, Jesus, is the Christ? The same, is the Antichrist,––he that denieth the Father and the Son.

¹² Not just as, Cain, was, of the wicked one, and slew his brother! And, for what cause, slew he him? Because, his works, were, wicked, whereas, those of his brother, were, righteous.

¹⁶ Hereby, have we come to understand love: in that, He, for us, his life laid down; and, we, ought, for the brethren, our lives to lay down. ¹⁷ But, whoso hath this world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother having, need, and shutteth up his tender affections from him, how, is, the love of God, abiding in him?

⁶ We, are, of God: he that is getting to understand God, hearkeneth unto us,––whoso is not of God, hearkeneth not unto us: from this, perceive we––the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

¹⁶ And, we, have come to understand and to trust the love which, God, hath, in us. God, is, love; and, he that abideth in love, in God, abideth, and, God, in him [abideth].

⁴ Because, whatsoever hath been born of God, overcometh the world; and, this, is the victory that hath overcome the world––our faith.

¹⁰ He that believeth on the Son of God, hath the witness, within himself: He that doth not believe God, false, hath made him,––because he hath not believed on the witness which, God, hath witnessed, concerning his Son–– ¹¹ And, this, is the witness:––that, life age–abiding, hath God given unto us, and, this life, is, in his Son:

¹⁶ If one should see his brother committing a sin, not unto death, he shall ask, and He will grant unto him life,––for them who are sinning, not unto death. There, is, a sin, unto death: not concerning that, am I saying, that he should make request. ¹⁷ All unrighteousness, is, sin, and there, is, a sin, not unto death.
¹⁸ We know that, whosoever hath been born of God, is not committing sin,––Nay, he that hath been born of God, He keepeth him, and, the wicked one, doth not touch him.

¹⁸ We know that, whosoever hath been born of God, is not committing sin,––Nay, he that hath been born of God, He keepeth him, and, the wicked one, doth not touch him.

²¹ Dear children! Guard yourselves from idols.

³ Beloved! though I was using all diligence to be writing unto you concerning our common salvation, yet have I had necessity to write at once unto you, exhorting you to be earnestly contending for, the faith, once for all delivered unto the saints. ⁴ For there have crept in unobserved certain men, who, from of old, have been publicly notified for this sentence, ungodly, men, the favour of our God, turning into wantonness, and, our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ, denying. ⁵ I am minded, therefore, to put you in remembrance,––though ye know all things once for all, That the Lord, when a people out of Egypt he had saved, in, the next place, them that believed not, destroyed. ⁶ Messengers also, even them who had not kept their own principality, but had forsaken their proper dwelling, unto the judgment of the great day in perpetual bonds under thick gloom, hath he reserved. ⁷ As, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having in like manner to these given themselves over to fornication, and gone away after other kind of flesh, lie exposed as an example, a penalty of age–abiding fire, undergoing.
⁸ In like manner, nevertheless, even these, in their dreamings, flesh indeed defile, while lordship they set aside, and dignities they defame. ⁹ Whereas, Michael, the chief–messenger, when, with the adversary, disputing, he was reasoning about the body of Moses, durst not impose on him a defamatory sentence, but said––The Lord rebuke thee!

⁹ Whereas, Michael, the chief–messenger, when, with the adversary, disputing, he was reasoning about the body of Moses, durst not impose on him a defamatory sentence, but said––The Lord rebuke thee! ¹⁰ But, these, whatsoever things, indeed, they know not, they defame; but, whatsoever things, naturally, like the irrational creatures, they well understand, by these, are they, bringing themselves to ruin.

¹⁰ But, these, whatsoever things, indeed, they know not, they defame; but, whatsoever things, naturally, like the irrational creatures, they well understand, by these, are they, bringing themselves to ruin. ¹¹ Alas for them! because––in the way of Cain have they gone, and, in the error of Balaam’s wage, have they run riot, and, in the gainsaying of Korah, have they perished. ¹² These are they––who, in your love–feasts, are hidden rocks, as they fare sumptuously together, fearlessly, themselves, shepherding,––clouds without water, by winds swept along, trees autumnal, fruitless, twice dead, uprooted, ¹³ Wild waves of sea, foaming out their own infamies, wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness age–abiding hath been reserved.

¹⁵ To execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly––of all their works of ungodliness, which they committed in ungodliness, and of all the hard things which they have spoken against him––sinners, ungodly! ¹⁶ These, are murmurers, complainers, according to their covetings, going on,––and, their mouth, speaketh great swelling words,––holding persons in admiration, for profit’s sake. ¹⁷ But, ye, beloved! remember the things which were foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁸ How that they used to say to you––In the last time, there shall be mockers,––according to their own ungodly covetings, going on.

²⁰ But, ye, beloved! building yourselves up in your most holy faith, in Holy Spirit, praying, ²¹ Yourselves, in God’s love, keep,––awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto age–abiding life.

²⁴ Now, unto him who is able––to guard you from stumbling, and to set you in the presence of his glory, without blemish, with exultation,––

⁴ John, unto the Seven Assemblies which are in Asia, Favour to you, and peace, from––Him who Is, and who Was, and who is Coming, and from––The Seven Spirits which are before his throne, ⁵ and from––Jesus Christ,––The Faithful Witness, The Firstborn of the Dead, and The Ruler of the Kings of the Earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us out of our sins with his blood,–– ⁶ and he hath made us [to be] a kingdom––priests unto his God and Father, Unto him, be the glory, and the dominion, unto the ages. Amen.

⁶ and he hath made us [to be] a kingdom––priests unto his God and Father, Unto him, be the glory, and the dominion, unto the ages. Amen. ⁷ Lo! he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, such also as pierced him; and all the tribes of the land shall smite themselves for him. Yea! Amen.

¹⁰ Do not fear the things which thou art about to suffer. Lo! the adversary is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried, and may have tribulation ten days. Become thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹⁴ Nevertheless, I have against thee, a few things,––that thou hast there, such as hold fast the teaching of Balaam,––who went on to teach Balak to throw a cause of stumbling before the sons of Israel, to eat idol–sacrifices and to commit lewdness:

⁴ Nevertheless, thou hast a few names, in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, because they are, worthy.

¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me, gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich,––and white raiment, that thou mayest array thyself, and, the shame of thy nakedness, may not be made manifest,––and eye–salve, to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

⁹ And, whensoever the living creatures shall give glory, and honour, and thanksgiving, unto him that sitteth upon the throne, unto him that liveth unto the ages of ages, ¹⁰ the four and twenty elders will fall down before him that sitteth upon the throne, and do homage unto him that liveth unto the ages of ages,––and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying–– ¹¹ Worthy, art thou, O Lord, and our God, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power: because thou didst create all things, and, by reason of thy will, they were, and were created.

¹³ And, every created thing which was in heaven, and upon the earth, and under the earth, and upon the sea, and, all the things in them, heard I, saying––Unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honour, and the glory, and the dominion, unto the ages of ages! ¹⁴ And the four living creatures continued saying––Amen! And, the elders, fell down and did homage.

¹⁰ And, the third messenger, sounded; and there fell, out of heaven, a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters. ¹¹ And, the name of the star, is called Wormwood; and the third of the waters became wormwood, and many of the men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

⁷ And there came to be war in heaven: Michael and his messengers [going forth] to war with the dragon; and, the dragon, fought, and his messengers;

¹¹ And, they, overcame him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of their witnessing word, and they loved not their life, even unto death.

⁵ And there was given unto him, a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and it was given unto him to act, forty and two months. ⁶ And he opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tent,––them, who, in heaven were tabernacling.

¹⁰ If anyone [carrieth] into captivity, into captivity, he goeth away. If anyone, with a sword, doth slay, he must, with a sword, be slain. Here, is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
¹¹ And I saw another wild–beast, coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns, like unto a lamb, and began speaking as a dragon.

⁵ and, in their mouth, was found no falsehood,––faultless, they are.

¹⁰ he also, shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared, unmixed, in the cup of his anger; ––and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone, before holy messengers and before the Lamb; ¹¹ And, the smoke of their torment, unto ages of ages, ascendeth; And they have no rest day or night, who do homage unto the beast and his image, or if anyone receiveth the mark of his name.

⁴ Who shall in anywise not be put in fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name,––because, alone, full of lovingkindness; because, all the nations, will have come, and will do homage before thee, because, thy righteous deeds, were made manifest?

¹⁰ and, the Adversary that had been deceiving them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where [were] both the wild–beast and the false–prophet; and they shall be tormented, day and night, unto the ages of ages.

⁸ But, as for the timid, and disbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the false, their part, is in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone,––which is the second death.

¹² Lo! I come speedily, and my reward is with me, to render unto each one as, his, work is. ¹³ I, am the A and the Z, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. ¹⁴ Happy, they who are washing their robes, that their right may be unto the tree of life and, by the gates, they may enter into the city. ¹⁵ Outside, are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the unchaste, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one loving and doing falsehood.

²⁰ He that beareth witness of these things, saith––Yea! I come, speedily. Amen! come, Lord Jesus!