Jude Cross References - Worrell

¹ Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: ² mercy, and peace, and love, be multiplied to you. ³ Beloved, while giving all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, I was constrained to write to you, exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. ⁴ For there crept in stealthily certain men, who of old were set forth for this condemnation, ungodly men, changing the grace of our God into lasciviousness; and denying the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁵ Now I wish to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who believed not. ⁶ And angels who kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, He hath kept in everlasting bonds, under darkness, for the judgment of the great day. ⁷ Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication, and going away after other flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire. ⁸ Yet, in like manner, these also, indulging in dreams, defile, indeed, the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities. ⁹ But Michael, the arch-angel, when contending with the Devil he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you." ¹⁰ But these rail at such things as they know not; and what they understand naturally, as the irrational animals, in these things they are corrupted. ¹¹ Woe to them, because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed on in the error of Balsam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah! ¹² These are the hidden rocks in your love-feasts, feasting sumptuously together, feeding themselves without fear; clouds without water, borne along by winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; ¹³ wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own ignominies; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of the darkness has been reserved forever. ¹⁴ And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with His holy myriads, ¹⁵ to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness, which in ungodliness they committed, and of all the hard things which, as ungodly sinners, they spake against Him." ¹⁶ These are murmurers, complainers, walking according to their own desires; and their mouth speaks great swelling words; admiring men's persons, for the sake of profit. ¹⁷ But do ye, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; ¹⁸ that they were wont to say to you: "In the last time there will be mockers, walking according to their own ungodly desires." ¹⁹ These are those who make separations; sensual, having not the Spirit. ²⁰ But do ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, ²¹ keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. ²² And on some have compassion, while contending with you, ²³ and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. ²⁴ Now to Him Who is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you without blemish, in gladness, before the presence of His glory, ²⁵ to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time, and now, and forever and ever. Amen.

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

¹³ And bring us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.'

²⁹ and, behold, they cried out, saying, "What is there to us and to Thee, O Son of God? Didst Thou come here to torment us before the time?"

³ Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-collector; James the son of Alpaeus, and Thaddeus;

²¹ "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! because, if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes;

²⁴ Nevertheless, I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you!"

³¹ Therefore, I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven. ³² And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in that which is to come. 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 yourselves evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. ³⁵ The good man, out of his good treasure, puts forth good things; and the evil man, out of his evil treasure, puts forth evil things. ³⁶ And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account concerning it in the day of judgment; ³⁷ for by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned."

⁶ And, the sun having risen, they were scorched; and, because they had no root, they withered away.

²⁵ and, while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away.

¹³ But He, answering, said, "Every plant which My Heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up.

²⁷ For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then will He render to each one according to his work.

²⁸ And Jesus said to them, "Verily I say to you, that ye who followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit upon the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹⁹ And, seeing one fig tree by the way, He came to it, and found nothing thereon except leaves only. And He saith to it, "No more may fruit come from you forever." And immediately the fig tree withered away! ²⁰ And the disciples, seeing it, wondered, saying, "How quickly the fig tree withered away!"

¹³ "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for ye do not enter, neither do ye suffer those who are entering in to enter. ¹⁴ OMITTED TEXT. ¹⁵ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and, when he is made such, ye make him a son of Hell twofold more than yourselves. ¹⁶ "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whosoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!'

³⁰ and then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven; and then will all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹ And He will send forth His angels, with the sound of a great trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

⁴² Watch ye, therefore, because ye know not in what day your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But know this, that, had the householder known at what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through. ⁴⁴ Therefore, be ye also ready; for, in an hour that ye think not, the Son of Man is coming. ⁴⁵ "Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his lord set over his household, to give them their food in season? ⁴⁶ Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he comes, shall find so doing. ⁴⁷ Verily I say to you, that he will appoint him over all his possessions. ⁴⁸ But, if that evil servant shall say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying,' ⁴⁹ and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; ⁵⁰ the lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not expecting him, and in an hour when he knows not, ⁵¹ and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!"

³¹ "And, when the Son of man cometh in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then will He sit on the throne of His glory;

⁴¹ Then will He say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, ye accursed! into the eternal fire which was prepared for the Devil and his angels;

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

⁶ and, when the sun rose, it was scorched; and, because it had no root, it was dried up.

⁴³ And, if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is good for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having the two hands to go into Hell--into the unquenchable fire! ⁴⁴ OMITTED TEXT. ⁴⁵ And, if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is good for you to enter into life lame, rather than having the two feet to be cast into Hell. ⁴⁶ OMITTED TEXT. ⁴⁷ And, if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is good for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into Hell, ⁴⁸ where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. ⁴⁹ For every one shall be salted with fire.

²⁰ And, passing by the next morning, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. ²¹ And Peter, calling to remembrance, says to Him, "Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which Thou didst curse has withered away!"

²⁹ And those passing by railed on Him, wagging their beads, and saying, "Aha! Thou Who destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days!

³⁰ And the Pharisees and their scribes were murmuring against the disciples, saying, "Why are ye eating and drinking with the tax-collectors and sinners?"

¹⁶ and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot who became a betrayer;

⁶ And another fell upon the rock; and, springing up, it was withered because of not having moisture.

²⁶ For whosoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when He cometh in His glory, and in that of the Father, and of the holy angels.

⁴² "But woe to you Pharisees! because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb; but ye pass by judgment and the love of God. Now these things it was needful to do, and not to leave those undone. ⁴³ "Woe to you Pharisees! because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces! ⁴⁴ Woe to you! because ye are as the unobserved tombs; and the men, walking over them, know it not." ⁴⁵ And one of the lawyers, answering, says to Him, "Teacher, in saying these things, Thou insultest us also!" ⁴⁶ And He said, "Woe to you lawyers, also! because ye burden men with burdens hard to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers! ⁴⁷ "Woe to you! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.' ²⁰ But God said to him, 'Senseless one! this night they require your soul of you; and the things you prepared, whose shall they be?'

³⁶ and yourselves like men waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may straightway open to him. ³⁷ Happy are those servants, whom their lord, when coming, shall find watching! Verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them recline; and, coming near, he will serve them. ³⁸ And, if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, happy are they! ³⁹ But know this, that, if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. ⁴⁰ Be ye also ready; because at an hour ye think not the Son of Man cometh."

⁴⁵ But, if that servant should say in his heart, My lord is delaying to come, and shall begin to beat the manservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

² And both the scribes and the Pharisees were murmuring, saying, "This Man receiveth sinners and eateth with them!"

¹⁹ "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day.

²⁹ but on the day on which Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:

⁷ And, seeing it, they were all murmuring, saying, "He went in to be guest with a sinful man!"

¹⁴ But his citizens were hating him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, 'We do not wish this man to be king over us.'

³⁴ "But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with gluttony and drunkenness, and anxieties pertaining to life, and that day come upon you suddenly as a snare;

³⁹ And one of the suspended malefactors kept reviling Him, saying, "Art not Thou the Christ? Save Thyself and us!" ⁴⁰ But the other, answering and rebuking him, said, "Do you not fear God, seeing that you are in the same condemnation?

¹⁷ because the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

⁵ Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say to you, unless one be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. ⁶ That which has been born of the flesh is flesh: and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.

²² Ye worship ye know not what; we know what we worship, because salvation is from the Jews.

²² For neither doth the Father judge any one, but all judgment He hath given to the Son; ²³ that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father Who sent Him.

²⁷ and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

⁴⁴ How can ye believe, who receive glory from one another, and the glory which is from God only ye seek not?

³⁹ And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that of all that He hath given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.

⁴¹ The Jews, therefore, were murmuring concerning Him, because He said, "I am the Bread that came down out of Heaven."

⁶¹ But Jesus, knowing in Himself that his disciples were murmuring about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?

⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the Devil; and the desires of your father ye wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own; because he is a liar, and the father of it.

²⁸ and I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one snatch them out of My hand. ²⁹ My Father, Who hath given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. ³⁰ I and the Father are One."

²⁶ If any one serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am there will also My servant be. If anyone serve Me, him will My Father honor.

²¹ He who has My commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves Me; and he that loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him." ²² Judas, not Iscariot, says to Him, "Lord, what has happened, that Thou art about to manifest Thyself to us, and not to the world?"

⁴ Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, unless ye abide in Me. ⁵ I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in Me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit; because, apart from Me, ye can do nothing. ⁶ Unless one abides in Me, he was cast forth as a branch, and withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

⁹ Even as the Father loved Me, I also loved you; abide in My love. ¹⁰ If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.

¹⁶ Ye did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you.

³ And this is the eternal life, that they know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom Thou didst send.

¹¹ And I am no longer in the world; and these are in the world, and I come to Thee. Holy Father, keep, in Thine Own name, those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, even as we are. ¹² While I was with them, I was keeping, in Thy name, those Whom Thou hast given Me; and I guarded them, and no one of them perished, except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

¹⁵ I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.

¹⁷ Sanctify them in the truth; Thy word is truth.

¹⁹ and in their behalf I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

¹³ And, when they entered, they went up into the upper-room, where they were abiding; 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 in no one else is there salvation; for neither is there any other name under Heaven, that has been given among men, in Which we must be saved."

⁸ And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. ⁹ But there arose some of those who were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen. ¹⁰ And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking.

²⁷ But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying, 'Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?

³⁹ to whom our fathers wished not to become obedient, but thrust him away, and in their hearts turned back again to Egypt;

²² But Saul was being more empowered, and was confounding the Jews who were dwelling in Damascus; proving that this is the Christ.

³¹ The assembly, therefore, throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, was having peace, being built up; and, walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the consolation of the Holy Spirit, was being multiplied.

²³ who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced, and was exhorting all that, with purpose of heart, they should cleave to the Lord;

⁴⁶ Speaking boldly, both Paul and Barnabas said, "It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Inasmuch as ye thrust it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the gentiles; ⁴⁷ for so hath the Lord commanded us, 'I have set Thee for a Light of the gentiles, that Thou mayest be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth.'"

⁹ and He made no distinction between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith.

²⁴ Forasmuch as we heard that some from among us troubled you with words, unsettling your souls—to whom we gave no directions;

³ opening and setting forth that it was necessary that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that "This Jesus Whom I am proclaiming to you, is the Christ."

³¹ inasmuch as He appointed a day in which He intendeth to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness, by a Man Whom He appointed, having given assurance to all by raising Him from the dead."

⁴ And he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, and was persuading Jews and Greeks. ⁵ And, when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was being constrained by the word, fully testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. ⁶ But, when they resisted, and blasphemed, he, shaking out his garments, said to them, "Your blood be upon your own head! I am pure! Henceforth I will go to the gentiles."

²⁸ for powerfully was he refuting the Jews publicly, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

²⁷ for I shrank not from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

²⁹ I know that, after my departure, grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

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

³⁵ In all things I showed you that, thus laboring, ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

⁵ And Paul said, "I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest; for it has been written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

²³ For there stood by me this night an angel of the God Whose I am, and Whom I serve,

²⁸ Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the gentiles was this salvation of God sent: they also will hear."

¹ Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated unto the Gospel of God,

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

²¹ because, having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor did they give thanks; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened. ²² Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

²⁶ For this cause, God gave them up to vile passions; for both their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature; ²⁷ and, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, burned in their desires one for another; men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error, which was due.

⁵ but, after your hardness and impenitent heart, you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

¹⁶ in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Gospel, through Jesus Christ,

¹⁹ Now we know that whatsoever the law says, it speaks to those under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may be under the sentence of God; ²⁰ because, by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the law is the knowledge of sin.

⁵ and hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the holy Spirit, Who was given to us.

²¹ that, as sin reigned in death, so also might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹ What, then, shall we say? Shall we persist in sin, that grace may abound? ² It could not be! How shall we, who died to sin, live any longer therein?

²² But now, having been made free from sin, and having been made slaves to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life; ²³ for the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus, our Lord.

⁹ But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if, indeed, the Spirit of God is dwelling in you. And, if any one has not the spirit of Christ, he is not His.

¹⁵ For ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, "Abba, Father."

²⁶ And, in like manner, the Spirit also helpeth our weakness; for we know not what to pray for as we ought; but the Spirit Himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. ²⁷ And He Who searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

³⁰ And whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. ³¹ What, then, shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

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

²¹ Or has not the potter a right over the clay, out of the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor? ²² And what if God, willing to show forth His wrath and to make known His power, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;

²⁴ whom He also called, not from Jews only, but also from gentiles?

¹⁴ if by any means I may excite to rivalry my flesh, and save some of them.

³³ O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past tracing out,

³⁶ Because, of Him, and through Him, and for Him, are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

⁴ Who are you that judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. But he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.

¹⁰ But you—why do you judge your brother? or you also—why do you despise your brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God.

² Let each one of us please his neighbor in that which is good for his edification;

¹⁵ But I wrote to you the more boldly in part, as reminding you again, because of the grace which was given to me from God,

¹⁵ But I wrote to you the more boldly in part, as reminding you again, because of the grace which was given to me from God, ¹⁶ that I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering up of the gentiles may become acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ For those who are such are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and, through their kind words and flattering speeches, they beguile the hearts of the simple.

²⁵ Now to Him Who is able to establish you, according to my Gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept in silence during eternal ages, ²⁶ but now made manifest, and through the prophetic Scriptures, according to the commandment of the eternal God, made known to all nations for obedience to the faith: ²⁷ to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.

²⁷ to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.

² to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called saints, with all, in every place, who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—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 natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

¹⁵ If any one's work shall be burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.

¹⁷ If any one destroys the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

⁵ Wherefore, judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, Who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then will each one have his praise from God.

³ For I, verily, being absent in the body, but present in the Spirit, have already, as if present, judged him who so wrought this; 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 to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

⁹ I wrote to you, in my letter, not to keep company with fornicators; ¹⁰ not at all meaning, with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or idolaters; since ye ought, in that event, to go out of the world; ¹¹ but, as it is, I wrote not to keep company, if anyone, called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—with such a one, not even to eat.

¹³ But those who are without God judgeth. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.

⁹ Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

¹¹ And such were some of you; but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

¹⁹ Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, Who is in you, Whom ye have from God, and that ye are not your own?

¹ For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; ² and were all immersed unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; ³ and all ate the same spiritual food; ⁴ and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was the Christ. ⁵ But in the most of them God took no pleasure; for they were overthrown in the wilderness. ⁶ Now these things became types for us, that we might not covet evil things, as they also coveted. ⁷ Neither become ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it has been written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." ⁸ Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. ⁹ Nor let us tempt the Lord, as some of them tempted Him, and perished by the serpents. ¹⁰ Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.

¹⁰ Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer. ¹¹ Now these things were happening to them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the ages have come. ¹² Wherefore, let him who thinks he is standing take heed, lest he fall.

²³ All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable; all things are lawful, but not all things build up.

²⁰ When, therefore, ye assemble yourselves together, it is not to eat a Supper of the Lord; ²¹ for, in your eating, each one takes his own supper before others; and one is hungry, and another is drunken! ²² What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the assembly of God, and put to shame those who have them not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.

⁴ He that speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies the assembly. ⁵ Now I wish you all to speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy; and greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interpret, that the assembly may receive edifying.

¹⁵ What is it, then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also; I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

²⁶ What is it, then, brethren? When ye come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edification.

³ For I delivered to you, among the first things, that which also I received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;

³³ Be not deceived; evil companionships corrupt good morals.

¹⁴ knowing that He Who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise up us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

¹⁷ For our momentary light tribulation is working out for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

¹⁰ For godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation, not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world works death. ¹¹ For, behold this very thing—that ye were made sorry after a godly manner—what diligence it wrought in you; yea, what defense of yourselves; yea, what indignation; yea, what fear; yea what earnest desire; yea, what zeal; yea, what avenging! In everything ye proved yourselves to be pure in the matter. ¹² So, although I wrote to you, it was not on account of him who did the wrong, nor of him who suffered wrong, but that your earnest care on our behalf might be manifested to you in the sight of God.

² For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy; for I espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a pure virgin to Christ;

⁴ and that was because of the false brethren secretly introduced, who, indeed, crept in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage; ⁵ to whom not even for an hour did we yield in subjection, that the truth of the Gospel might continue with you.

²⁸ There exists neither Jew nor Greek, there exists neither bond nor free, there exists neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

⁶ And, because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba," Father.

²⁰ And I was wishing to be present with you now, and to change my voice; because I am perplexed about you.

¹³ For ye were called to freedom, brethren; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love serve one another;

¹⁶ But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desire of the flesh.

²⁴ And those who are of Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with the passions and desires.

¹ Brethren, even if a man be caught in any trespass, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.

¹¹ See with what large letters I wrote to you with my own hand.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

⁸ which He made to superabound toward us in all wisdom and understanding;

²⁰ having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the chief corner-stone;

¹⁰ in order that now might be made known to the principalities and authorities in the heavenly places, through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

²⁰ Now to Him Who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us, ²¹ to Him be the glory in the assembly, and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations of the age of the ages. Amen.

¹¹ And He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; ¹² with a view to the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ;

¹⁴ that we may no longer be babes, billow-tossed, and carried about with every wind of teaching, in the sleight of men, in the craftiness suited to the artifice of error;

¹⁶ from Whom all the body, fitly framed and knit together through every joint of supply, according to the working in due measure of each single part, secures the growth of the body to the upbuilding of itself in love.

²⁹ Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for the supplying of the need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

²⁶ that He might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of the water in the word, ²⁷ that He might present to Himself the assembly, glorious, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it may be holy and without blemish.

¹² because to us the struggle is not against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

¹⁸ with all prayer and supplication praying at every opportunity in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;

¹ Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

²⁷ Only demean yourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ; that, whether coming and seeing you, or being absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye are standing fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the Gospel;

¹⁴ Do all things without murmurings and disputings;

¹⁹ whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who are thinking of earthly things.

² to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father.

²² yet now did He reconcile in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and without blemish, and irreproachable, before Him;

²⁸ Whom we proclaim, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

⁷ having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith as ye were taught, abounding with thanksgiving.

⁴ When Christ, our Life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with Him be manifested in glory.

² but, having suffered before, and having been shamefully treated, as ye know, in Philippi, we grew bold in our God to speak to you the Gospel of God in much conflict.

¹² that ye should walk worthily of God, Who is calling you into His own Kingdom and glory.

¹³ to the end that He may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.

⁵ not in passion of desire, even as the gentiles, who know not God;

⁸ Therefore, indeed, he that rejects, rejects not man, but God, Who giveth His Holy Spirit to you.

¹⁶ because the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven, with a shout, with a voice of an archangel, and with a trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

¹⁶ because the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven, with a shout, with a voice of an archangel, and with a trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; ¹⁷ after that we, the living who are left over, will be caught up together with them in clouds, into the air, to meet the Lord; and so shall we always be with the Lord.

⁶ So, then, let us not sleep as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. ⁷ For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunken are drunken at night.

¹¹ Wherefore, exhort one another, and build up one another, as also ye do.

²³ And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ and to you who suffer tribulation, relief with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from Heaven with the angels of His power, in flaming fire, ⁸ awarding vengeance to those who know not God, and to those who obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus;

¹³ But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord; because God, from the beginning, chose you to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of truth; ¹⁴ unto which He called you through our Gospel, to an obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵ And the Lord guide your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

¹⁴ And, if anyone obey not our word through this letter, note this one, not to associate with him, that he may be ashamed.

² to Timothy, a true child in faith: grace, mercy, peace, from God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁴ nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies; which, indeed, occasion disputes rather than God's dispensation, which is in faith, so do I now.

⁹ knowing this, that law is not enacted for a righteous man, but for lawless and unruly ones, for ungodly and sinful, for unholy and profane, for patricides, and matricides, for man-slayers, ¹⁰ for fornicators, for sodomites, for man-stealers, for liars, for false swearers; and whatever else is contrary to healthful teaching;

¹⁷ Now to the King of the ages, incorruptible, invisible, only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. ¹⁸ This charge I commit to you, child Timothy, according to the prophecies going before in respect to you, that you may war with these the noble warfare;

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

¹ But the Spirit expressly saith, that in later times, some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and to teachings of demons, ² in hypocrisy of men speaking lies, branded in their own conscience with a hot iron;

¹⁶ Take heed to yourself, and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

⁶ But she who lives in pleasure, though living, has died.

⁵ wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing godliness to be a source of gain.

¹² Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the eternal life, to which you were called, and confessed a good confession before many witnesses.

¹⁵ which in His own times the Happy and Only Potentate will show, the King of kings and Lord of lords, ¹⁶ Who only hath immortality, inhabiting light unapproachable, Whom no man ever saw or is able to see; to Whom be honor and dominion eternal. Amen.

² to Timothy, a beloved child: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁵ having a remembrance of the unfeigned faith which is in you; which, indeed, dwelt first in your grand-mother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and, I have become persuaded, in you also.

⁹ Who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose, and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before eternal ages,

¹³ Hold the pattern of healthful words which you heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; because he ofttimes refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

¹⁸ (the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that day); and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, you know very well.

¹ But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come; ² for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³ without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, intemperate, fierce, no lovers of good, ⁴ traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; ⁵ holding a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from these also turn away. ⁶ For of these are those who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, and led on by manifold desires,

¹³ But evil men and imposters will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

³ For there will be a time when they will not endure the healthful teaching; but, having itching ears, they will for themselves heap up teachers according to their own desires;

⁷ I have contended in the noble contest, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; ⁸ henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, will recompense to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those who have loved His appearing.

⁸ henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, will recompense to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those who have loved His appearing.

¹⁸ The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will bring me safe into His heavenly Kingdom; to Whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

¹ Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the full knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

³ but in His own seasons manifested His word in a proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior; ⁴ to Titus, a true child according to the common faith: grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

⁴ to Titus, a true child according to the common faith: grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

¹⁵ To the pure all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience have become defiled. ¹⁶ They profess to know God; but by their works they deny Him; being abominable, and disobedient, and for every good work worthless.

¹⁰ not keeping back anything, but showing forth all good faith; that they may adorn the teaching of our Savior God in all things. ¹¹ For the salvation-imparting grace of God appeared to all men, ¹² teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and righteously, and godly in the present age; ¹³ looking for the blissful hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;

¹³ looking for the blissful hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; ¹⁴ who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

⁴ But, when the kindness and the benevolence of God our Savior appeared,

¹ Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a Heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus,

¹⁶ For who, after having heard, did provoke? nay, did not all who came out of Egypt through Moses?

⁴ For as to those who were once enlightened, and tasted of the heavenly gift, and became partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the coming age, ⁶ and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying to themselves the Son of God afresh, and putting Him to open shame. ⁷ For the land which drank in the rain that often comes upon it, and brings forth an herb fit for those for whose sake also it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; ⁸ but, if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected, and is near to a curse; whose end is to be burned.

²⁸ so also Christ, having once for all been offered to bear the sins of many, will, to those who are eagerly waiting for Him; appear a second time apart from sin, unto salvation.

²⁵ not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as is the custom of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.

²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fierceness of fire about to devour the opposers.

⁴ By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he, being dead, is still speaking. ⁵ By faith Enoch was translated, so as not to see death; and he was not found, because God translated him; for, it has been witnessed to him that, before his translation, he had been well-pleasing to God. ⁶ And, apart from faith, it is impossible to please Him; for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He becomes a rewarder to those who seek after Him.

¹⁵ looking carefully, lest there be any one falling short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness, springing up, trouble you, and through it many be defiled; ¹⁶ lest there be any fornicator or profane person, as Esau, who, for one meal, yielded up his own birth-right.

⁸ Jesus Christ is yesterday and today the same—and forever.

¹⁷ Obey those who are your leaders, and submit to them; for they watch in behalf of your souls, as those who are to give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with sighing; for this would be unprofitable for you.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, Who brought up from the dead the Great Shepherd of the sheep, in virtue of the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus, ²¹ make you perfect in every good thing to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to Whom be the glory forever. Amen. ²² But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation; for, indeed, I wrote to you in few words.

¹ James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the Dispersion, greeting.

¹⁴ But each one is tempted, when by his own desire he is drawn away and enticed. ¹⁵ Then the desire, having conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when completed, brings forth death.

¹ My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. ² For, if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in splendid apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile apparel; ³ and ye show regard to him who is wearing the splendid apparel, and say, "Sit here in a good place"; and say to the poor man, "Stand, or sit under my footstool"; ⁴ do ye not make a distinction among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? ⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love Him? ⁶ But ye dishonored the poor man! Do not the rich oppress you, and do they not drag you before the judgment-seats? ⁷ Do they not blaspheme the worthy name by which ye were called? ⁸ If, however, ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," ye do well; ⁹ but, if ye show respect to persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

²² You see that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith perfected;

¹⁵ This wisdom is not the wisdom that comes down from above; but is earthly, soulish, demoniacal!

⁵ Ye lived luxuriously on the earth, and rioted in pleasure; ye nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

¹⁹ My brethren, if anyone among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him; ²⁰ let him know that he who converted a sinner from the error of his way, will save a soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.

² elect according to the fore-knowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: grace to you, and peace be multiplied.

⁵ who are being guarded by God's power, through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time;

¹⁴ as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance;

⁸ and "a stone of stumbling, and rock of offense"; who stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed. ⁹ But ye are "an elect race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation," a people for a possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

¹¹ Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly desires, which, indeed, war against the soul;

¹⁶ as free, and not holding your freedom as a cloak for wickedness, but as servants of God. ¹⁷ Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.

⁹ not returning evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but, on the contrary, blessing; because to this end ye were called, that ye might inherit a blessing.

² that ye no longer live the rest of your time in the flesh to the desires of men, but to the will of God.

¹¹ if anyone speaks, as uttering the oracles of God; if anyone ministers, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to Whom is the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

¹³ but, in so far as ye share in Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of His glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

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

¹⁰ And the God of all grace, Who called you into His everlasting glory in Christ, after ye have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, settle you.

¹⁰ And the God of all grace, Who called you into His everlasting glory in Christ, after ye have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, settle you. ¹¹ To Him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen. ¹² Through Sylvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I wrote to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God; within which stand ye.

¹ Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who obtained an equally precious faith with us, in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: ² grace to you, and peace be multiplied in a full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

¹² Wherefore, I shall be always ready to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and have become confirmed in the present truth.

¹² Wherefore, I shall be always ready to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and have become confirmed in the present truth. ¹³ And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by reminding you;

¹³ And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by reminding you; ¹⁴ knowing that speedy is the putting off of my tabernacle, as also our Lord Jesus Christ signified to me. ¹⁵ And I will also give diligence that at all times ye may be able, after my departure, to perpetuate the remembrance of these things.

¹ But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there will be false teachers, who, indeed, will stealthily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master Who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction:

¹ But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there will be false teachers, who, indeed, will stealthily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master Who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction: ² and many will follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth will be defamed; ³ and, in covetousness, will they, with feigned words, make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment from of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not. ⁴ For, if God spared not angels that sinned, but, hurling them down to Hell, delivered them up to pits of darkness, kept for judgment; ⁵ and spared not the old world; but preserved Noah, an eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing a flood upon a world of ungodly people; ⁶ and, turning to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, condemned them by an overthrow, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;

⁶ and, turning to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, condemned them by an overthrow, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;

⁶ and, turning to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, condemned them by an overthrow, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly; ⁷ and delivered righteous Lot, distressed by the conduct of those who were impious in lasciviousness, ⁸ (for this righteous man, dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, was torturing his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds): ⁹ the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous enduring punishment unto the day of judgment;

⁹ the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous enduring punishment unto the day of judgment; ¹⁰ but especially those who walk after the flesh in a desire for pollution, and despise dominion; daring, self-willed, they tremble not, when railing at dignities;

¹⁰ but especially those who walk after the flesh in a desire for pollution, and despise dominion; daring, self-willed, they tremble not, when railing at dignities; ¹¹ whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

¹¹ whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord. ¹² But these, as irrational creatures, born naturally for capture and destruction, railing in matters of which they are ignorant, shall in their destruction be also destroyed,

¹² But these, as irrational creatures, born naturally for capture and destruction, railing in matters of which they are ignorant, shall in their destruction be also destroyed, ¹³ suffering evil as wages of unrighteousness; accounting revelry in the daytime a pleasure; spots and blemishes; reveling in their deceivings, while feasting with you; ¹⁴ having eyes full of lustfulness, and that cannot cease from sin; enticing unstable souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; children of a curse; ¹⁵ leaving the right way, they were led astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

¹⁷ These are fountains without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved.

¹⁷ These are fountains without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved. ¹⁸ For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice, in desires of the flesh, by their lasciviousness, those just escaping from those who live in error;

¹⁸ For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice, in desires of the flesh, by their lasciviousness, those just escaping from those who live in error;

¹⁸ For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice, in desires of the flesh, by their lasciviousness, those just escaping from those who live in error; ¹⁹ promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what one is overcome by this he has become enslaved.

¹⁹ promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what one is overcome by this he has become enslaved. ²⁰ For if, after having escaped the defilements of the world in a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but, having again become entangled with these, they are overcome, the last state has become worse with them than the first.

²⁰ For if, after having escaped the defilements of the world in a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but, having again become entangled with these, they are overcome, the last state has become worse with them than the first. ²¹ For it were better for them not to have fully known the way of righteousness, than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²² It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A dog having returned to his own vomit"; and "A sow that was washed, to her wallowing in mire."

¹ This, a second letter, beloved, I now write to you, in both which I stir up your sincere mind by way of remembrance;

¹ This, a second letter, beloved, I now write to you, in both which I stir up your sincere mind by way of remembrance; ² that ye remember the words spoken before by holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Savior by your apostles.

² that ye remember the words spoken before by holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Savior by your apostles. ³ Knowing this first, that there will come in the last days scoffers with scoffing, walking after their own desires,

⁷ but the present heavens and the earth, by the same word, have been stored up for fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

¹² looking for, and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved; and the elements, being intensely hot, shall melt!

¹⁸ But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever.

²² Who is the liar, but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Anti-Christ, he that denies the Father and the Son.

¹² not as Cain who was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

¹⁶ In this we have known the love, that He laid down His soul in our behalf; and we ought to lay down our souls in behalf of the brethren. ¹⁷ But whosoever possesses the goods of the world, and beholds his brother having need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

⁶ We are of God; he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears us not: from this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

¹⁶ And we have known and believed the love which God hath in us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God abideth in him.

⁴ because all that has been begotten of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

¹⁰ He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that believes not God has made Him a liar; because he has not believed in the testimony that God testified concerning His Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those that sin not to death. There is a sin to death: I do not say that he shall make request concerning this. ¹⁷ All unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not to death. ¹⁸ We know that every one who has been begotten of God sins not; but he who was begotten of God keeps himself, and the evil one touches him not.

¹⁸ We know that every one who has been begotten of God sins not; but he who was begotten of God keeps himself, and the evil one touches him not.

²¹ Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

³ Beloved, while giving all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, I was constrained to write to you, exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. ⁴ For there crept in stealthily certain men, who of old were set forth for this condemnation, ungodly men, changing the grace of our God into lasciviousness; and denying the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁵ Now I wish to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who believed not. ⁶ And angels who kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, He hath kept in everlasting bonds, under darkness, for the judgment of the great day. ⁷ Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication, and going away after other flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire. ⁸ Yet, in like manner, these also, indulging in dreams, defile, indeed, the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities. ⁹ But Michael, the arch-angel, when contending with the Devil he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you."

⁹ But Michael, the arch-angel, when contending with the Devil he was disputing about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you." ¹⁰ But these rail at such things as they know not; and what they understand naturally, as the irrational animals, in these things they are corrupted.

¹⁰ But these rail at such things as they know not; and what they understand naturally, as the irrational animals, in these things they are corrupted. ¹¹ Woe to them, because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed on in the error of Balsam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah! ¹² These are the hidden rocks in your love-feasts, feasting sumptuously together, feeding themselves without fear; clouds without water, borne along by winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; ¹³ wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own ignominies; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of the darkness has been reserved forever.

¹⁵ to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness, which in ungodliness they committed, and of all the hard things which, as ungodly sinners, they spake against Him." ¹⁶ These are murmurers, complainers, walking according to their own desires; and their mouth speaks great swelling words; admiring men's persons, for the sake of profit. ¹⁷ But do ye, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; ¹⁸ that they were wont to say to you: "In the last time there will be mockers, walking according to their own ungodly desires."

²⁰ But do ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, ²¹ keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

²⁴ Now to Him Who is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you without blemish, in gladness, before the presence of His glory,

⁴ John to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from Him Who is, and Who was, and Who is coming; and from the seven Spirits Who are before His throne; ⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the First-born of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him Who loveth, and loosed us from our sins in His own blood, ⁶ and made us a kingdom, and priests to God and His Father; to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

⁶ and made us a kingdom, and priests to God and His Father; to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. ⁷ Behold, He cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall lament over Him! Even so. Amen.

¹⁰ Fear not the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹⁴ But I have a few things against you, because you have there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit fornication.

⁴ But you have a few names in Sardis, who did not defile their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, because they are worthy.

¹⁸ I counsel you to buy of Me gold refined by fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see!

⁹ And, when the living creatures shall give glory and honor and thanksgiving to Him Who sitteth on the throne—to Him Who liveth forever and ever, ¹⁰ the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him Who sitteth on the throne, and will worship Him Who liveth forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, ¹¹ "Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power; because Thou didst create all things; and, because of Thy will, they were, and were created."

¹³ And every created thing which is in Heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying, "To Him Who sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the might, forever and ever!" ¹⁴ And the four living creatures said, "Amen." And the elders fell down and worshiped.

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

⁷ And there was war in the heaven; Michael and his angels went forth to war with the dragon. And the dragon made war, and his angels;

¹¹ and they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they loved not their soul, even to death.

⁵ And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and authority was given him to work forty-two months. ⁶ And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name, and His Tabernacle, even those dwelling in Heaven.

¹⁰ If anyone is for captivity, into captivity he goes; if anyone shall kill with a sword, with a sword he must be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. ¹¹ And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he was speaking as a dragon.

⁵ And in their mouth was found no falsehood. They are without blemish.

¹⁰ he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which has been mingled undiluted in the cup of His anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and before the Lamb. ¹¹ And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receives the mark of his name.

⁴ Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou only art holy; because all the nations shall come, and worship before Thee; because Thy righteous acts were made manifest."

¹⁰ And the Devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also the beast and the false prophet were cast; and they shall be tormented, day and night, forever and ever.

⁸ But, for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part shall be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death."

¹² "Behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to render to each one according as his work is. ¹³ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. ¹⁴ Happy are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. ¹⁵ Without are the dogs and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one loving and acting a lie.

²⁰ He Who testifieth these things saith, "Yea; I come quickly." Amen; come, Lord Jesus!