1 Thessalonians Cross References - Worsley

¹ Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ² We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers. ³ Incessantly remembering your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father: ⁴ knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. ⁵ For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much certainty; as ye know what sort of persons we were among you for your sakes. ⁶ And ye became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word tho' in much affliction, yet with joy of the holy Ghost. ⁷ So that ye became examples to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸ For the word of the Lord sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia; but also in every place your faith towards God is spread abroad, so that we have no need to say any thing of it. ⁹ For they themselves declare concerning us what kind of entrance we had among you, and how ye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God; ¹⁰ and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivereth us from the wrath to come.

²¹ And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.

⁷ But when he saw many of the pharisees and sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

²⁴ Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any one is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me:

²⁹ And Jesus answered and said, Verily I tell you, there is no one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, ³⁰ or lands for my sake and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold: now in this time indeed, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands with persecutions; but in the world to come life everlasting.

²⁰ And they went forth and preached every where, the Lord co-operating with them, and confirming the word by miracles following upon it. Amen.

²⁵ And there was a man at Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and he was a just and a religious man, who expected the consolation of Israel; and the holy Spirit was upon him.

⁷ Therefore said he to the multitudes that came to be baptised by him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

²⁷ Labour not so much for the meat that perisheth, but rather for that food which endureth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give you: for Him hath God the Father sealed. ²⁸ Therefore said they unto Him, What should we do, that we may work the works approved of God? ²⁹ Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him, whom He hath sent.

¹² Then spake Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he, that followeth me, shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

¹³ Ye call me, Master, and Lord; and ye say well; for so I am. ¹⁴ If I then your Lord and Master have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.

¹⁵ If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, ¹⁶ and He will give you another comforter to abide with you for ever: ¹⁷ even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him, because He abideth with you, and shall be in you. ¹⁸ I will not leave you orphans: I will come to you.

²¹ He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest my self to him. ²² Judas (not the Iscariot) saith unto Him, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thy self to us, and not to the world? ²³ Jesus answered and said unto him, If any one love me, he will observe my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and will make our abode with him.

¹⁰ and if ye keep my commandments ye will continue in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and continue in his love.

⁷ Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I should go away; for if I go not away, the comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you. ⁸ And when He comes, He will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement: ⁹ of sin, because they believe not on me; ¹⁰ of righteousness, because I am going to my Father and ye shall see me no more; ¹¹ and of judgement, because the prince of this world is judged. ¹² I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now. ¹³ But when the Spirit of truth is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He will not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that will He speak, and will shew you things to come. ¹⁴ He shall glorify me, for He shall take of mine and shew it unto you. ¹⁵ All that the Father hath are mine: therefore I said, that He shall take of mine and shew it unto you.

¹⁵ Now when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these? He saith unto Him, Yes, Lord, Thou knowest that I love Thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ He saith to him again the second time, Simon son of Jonas, dost thou love me? He saith unto Him, Yes, Lord, Thou knowest that I love Thee. ¹⁷ He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon son of Jonas, dost thou love me? Peter was grieved, that He said to him the third time, Dost thou love me? And he said unto Him, Lord, Thou knowest all things, Thou knowest that I love Thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

¹¹ who said, Ye men of Galilee, why do ye stand gazing up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in the manner ye have seen Him going into heaven.

¹³ And when they were come in to the city, they went up into an upper room, where Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude the brother of James, usually abode.

²⁴ Whom God hath raised up again, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

³³ Therefore being exalted by the right hand of God, and having received of the Father the promise of the holy Spirit, He hath poured forth this gift, which ye now see and hear.

¹⁵ and put to death the prince of life; whom God hath raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

¹⁹ Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out: that seasons of refreshing may come upon you from the presence of the Lord;

²¹ whom heaven must indeed receive till the times of settling all things, of which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning.

¹⁰ by what means he is cured, be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, but whom God hath raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole.

³⁰ The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. ³¹ Him hath God exalted with his right hand as a prince and saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins:

⁴¹ And they departed from the presence of the council rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer disgrace for his name.

³¹ Then the churches throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had rest, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord; and through the consolation of the holy Spirit were multiplied.

³¹ and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are remembered before God.

⁴⁰ Him God raised up the third day, and gave Him to be seen openly; not to all the people, ⁴¹ but to witnesses before appointed by God, even to us, who did eat and drink with Him, after He rose from the dead.

⁴⁴ While Peter was yet speaking these words, the holy Spirit fell upon all them that heard the word. ⁴⁵ And those of the circumcision that were believers, who came with Peter, were astonished, that the gift of the holy Spirit was conferred upon the Gentiles also: ⁴⁶ for they heard them speaking in divers languages, and glorifying God.

¹⁵ And when I began to speak, the holy Spirit fell on them, even as it did upon us at the beginning. ¹⁶ Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the holy Spirit. ¹⁷ As therefore God gave to them the like gift that He did to us, upon our believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I should be able to withstand God? ¹⁸ And when they heard these things they acquiesced, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God given to the Gentiles also repentance unto life.

²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

⁵² And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the holy Spirit.

¹⁵ crying out, and saying, "Sirs, why do ye these things? we also are men subject to the like infirmities with you, and we preach the gospel unto you, that ye may turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea,

²⁷ We have therefore sent with them Judas and Silas, to tell you the same things also by word of mouth.

³² And Judas and Silas being prophets also themselves, exhorted and established: the brethren by many discourses. ³³ And after some time, they were dismissed with peace from the brethren to the apostles.

⁴⁰ being recommended to the grace of God.

¹ Then he came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold there was a certain disciple there, named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewess, but of a Grecian father. ² Who was well spoken of by the brethren at Lystra and Iconium: ³ wherefore Paul was desirous that he should go forth with him, and took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

¹² and from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a Roman colony. And we staid some time in this city.

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a purple-seller of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things that were spoken by Paul.

¹⁹ And he came out that instant. And when her masters saw, that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the court to the magistrates.

²⁵ Now in the middle of the night Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, and the prisoners heard them.

²⁹ Then he called for lights, and sprang in, and being in a tremor fell down before Paul and Silas:

¹ Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. ² And according to his custom Paul went in among them, and for three sabbath-days discoursed to them from the scriptures; ³ opening them and shewing, that the Messiah was to suffer and rise again from the dead: and that this is the Christ even, Jesus, whom, said he, I preach unto you. ⁴ And some of them believed and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and a great number of the devout Greeks, and of the women of distinction not a few. ⁵ But the unbelieving Jews being filled with envy, collected some loose profligate fellows, and making a tumult set all the city in an uproar: and assaulting Jason's house, they sought for them in order to bring them out to the populace.

⁵ But the unbelieving Jews being filled with envy, collected some loose profligate fellows, and making a tumult set all the city in an uproar: and assaulting Jason's house, they sought for them in order to bring them out to the populace. ⁶ But not finding them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, these men that have turned the world upside down,

⁶ But not finding them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, these men that have turned the world upside down, ⁷ are come hither also, and Jason has privately received them. And they all act contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, there is another king, one Jesus.

⁷ are come hither also, and Jason has privately received them. And they all act contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying, there is another king, one Jesus. ⁸ And they alarmed the people, and the rulers of the city upon hearing these things:

⁸ And they alarmed the people, and the rulers of the city upon hearing these things: ⁹ but they taking security of Jason and the rest, let them go.

⁹ but they taking security of Jason and the rest, let them go. ¹⁰ And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who, when they were come thither, went into the synagogue of the Jews. ¹¹ These were more ingenuous than those at Thessalonica; for they received the word with all readiness of mind, searching the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

¹³ But when the Jews of Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came thither also, to stir up the people. ¹⁴ Then the brethren immediately sent away Paul towards the sea: but Silas and Timothy remained there. ¹⁵ And they that conducted Paul attended him to Athens: and receiving an order to Silas and Timothy, to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.

³¹ Because He hath fixed a day, in which He will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom He hath appointed thereto; having given assurance of it to all men, by raising Him from the dead.

¹ After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth.

⁵ And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was very urgent in spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

²² So he sent into Macedonia two of those that ministred to him, Timothy and Erastus, but he himself stayed some time in Asia.

⁴ And there accompanied him to Asia, Sopater the Berean, and of the Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy: and the Asiatics,

¹⁸ And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know in what manner I behaved among you all the time, from the first day that I came into Asia. ¹⁹ Serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and trials which befel me by the ambushes of the Jews.

³³ I have coveted no one's silver, or gold, or apparel: ³⁴ and ye yourselves know that these hands have ministred to my necessities, and to those that were with me. ³⁵ I have shewed you in all things, that by labouring thus ye ought to support the infirm; and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

¹⁷ delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send thee, ¹⁸ to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of satan unto God; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

⁴ but powerfully declared to be the Son of God, according to the spirit of holiness, by his resurrection from the dead, even Jesus Christ our Lord;

⁷ to all that are in Rome beloved of God, called and holy: grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ⁸ And first I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is celebrated through the whole world:

⁸ And first I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is celebrated through the whole world: ⁹ for God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how incessantly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, both Jew and Greek:

⁷ to them, who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, and honor, and immortality, eternal life:

¹⁶ in the day when God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

²⁵ who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

³ And not only so, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation worketh patience, ⁴ and patience experience, ⁵ and experience hope, and this hope maketh us not ashamed; because the love of God is diffused in our hearts by the holy Spirit that is given to us.

⁹ Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through Him. ¹⁰ For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more being reconciled shall we be saved by his life.

¹⁷ But thanks be to God, that ye who were servants of sin, have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered to you:

¹⁶ So that the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. ¹⁷ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and co-heirs with Christ: if so be we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him. ¹⁸ And I account the sufferings of this present time not worthy to be set against the glory that shall be revealed to us.

²³ And not only others, but those also who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit the redemption of our body. ²⁴ For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen, is not hope; for what any one sees, how doth he yet hope for? ²⁵ but if we hope for what we see not, then we wait for it with patience.

²⁸ And we know that all things co-operate for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose; ²⁹ for those whom he foreknew, He also predetermined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be as the first-born among many brethren: and whom He before ordained, these He also called; ³⁰ and whom He called, these he also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

³⁴ Who is he that condemneth? Is it Christ, that died for us? yea rather, that is risen again, who is also at the right hand of God, and who maketh intercession for us?

²⁵ As He saith also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved. ²⁶ And in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called the children of the living God.

¹⁴ But how shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe on him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? ¹⁵ and how shall they preach unless they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good tidings of peace, who bring the good tidings of good things? ¹⁶ But all have not obeyed the gospel: for Esaias saith, "Lord, who hath believed our report?" ¹⁷ So that faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. ¹⁸ But I say, Have they not heard? Verily their sound is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

⁵ And so in the present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. ⁶ And if by grace, it is no more of works: for then grace is no longer grace. But if of works, it is no more grace: for then work is no longer work. ⁷ What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he sought: but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded,

¹² Rejoicing in hope, patient under affliction, persevering in prayer,

⁴ For whatever things were written heretofore, were written for our instruction; that we through patience and the consolation of the scriptures might have hope.

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy Spirit.

¹⁸ For I shall not go about to speak of any thing, but what Christ hath wrought by me, (to gain the obedience of the Gentiles,) both in word and deed: ¹⁹ through the efficacy of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round as far as to Illyricum, I have fully declared the gospel of Christ:

⁶ Salute Mary, who took much pains on our account.

¹⁹ For your obedience is come to the knowledge of all: and therefore I rejoice on your account; but yet I would have you wise to that which is good, and simple as to that which is evil.

²⁶ but is now manifested, and made known to all nations by the writings of the prophets, according to the appointment of the eternal God,

² even to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is both their Lord and ours;

⁴ I always give thanks unto my God, on your account, for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus; that ye are enriched by Him with every gift,

⁷ so that ye are deficient in no gift, expecting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:

²⁴ both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

² for I did not think it meet to know any thing among you, but Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. ³ And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. ⁴ And my discourse, and my preaching was not with the persuasive words of human wisdom, but in the demonstration of the Spirit and of power; ⁵ that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

⁶ I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase.

¹⁶ Do ye not know that ye are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

⁹ For it seems to me that God hath as it were exhibited us the apostles last upon the stage as appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels and to men. ¹⁰ We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ: we are weak, but ye are strong: ye are honoured, but we are despised. ¹¹ Even to this present time we suffer both hunger, and thirst, and nakedness, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling: ¹² and we labour working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless: when persecuted, we bear it: when defamed, we intreat. ¹³ We are made as the filth of the world, and the refuse of all things to this day.

¹⁶ I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

²⁰ for the kingdom of God consisteth not in speech, but in power.

¹⁹ For though I am free from all, yet I have made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more. ²⁰ And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; that is, to those, who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law: ²¹ and to those without the law as without the law, (not being without law to God, but under the law to Christ) that I might gain those who are without the law. ²² To the weak I became as the weak, that I might gain the weak: I became all things to all men, that I might by every means save some. ²³ And this I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a fellow partaker of it.

³³ Even as I also endeavour to please all men in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

¹ Be ye then imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.

² Ye know that ye were Gentiles, drawn aside after dumb idols, just as ye were led: wherefore,

⁷ But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the advantage of all. ⁸ For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; ¹⁰ to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another the discerning of spirits; to another various kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: ¹¹ but all these worketh that one and the same Spirit distributing to every one in particular as He sees fit.

⁴ Charity beareth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity is not insolent, is not puffed up, ⁵ doth not behave indecently, is not selfish, is not easily provoked, ⁶ suspecteth no evil, rejoiceth not at injustice, but rejoiceth in the truth: ⁷ covereth all faults, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

¹³ And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three graces; but the greatest of these is love.

³⁶ Did the word of God come out first from you? or did it come to you only?

⁴ and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day, according to the scriptures. ⁵ And that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve: ⁶ after that He appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain yet alive, but some are fallen asleep. ⁷ Afterwards He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. ⁸ And last of all He appeared to me also, as one born out of due time: for I am the lest of the apostles, ⁹ not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his favor to me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. ¹¹ Whether therefore I or they laboured most, thus we preach, and thus ye believed. ¹² Now if it be preached that Christ is risen from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead? ¹³ for if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. ¹⁴ And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. ¹⁵ Yea, and we are found false witnesses concerning God, for we have testified of God, that He raised up Christ; whom He did not raise up, if indeed the dead do not rise. ¹⁶ For if the dead rise not, then Christ is not raised: ¹⁷ and if Christ be not risen, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. ¹⁸ Then they also that sleep in Christ, are perished. ¹⁹ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. ²⁰ But now Christ is risen from the dead, and is become the first-fruits of them that slept: ²¹ for as by man came death, by man cometh also the resurrection of the dead.

⁵⁸ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

¹ Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, and all the saints that are in Achaia:

¹⁹ For Jesus Christ the Son of God, who was preached among you by us, even by me, and Silvanus, and Timothy, was not yea and nay,

¹⁷ For we are not like many who adulterate the word of God: but as with sincerity, but as from God, and in the sight of God, we speak concerning Christ.

⁴ And such confidence have we through Christ towards God:

⁶ Who hath also fitted us to be ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

¹ Therefore having received this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we are not disheartened: ² but have rejected shameful disguises, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth, recommending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God. ³ And if our gospel also be veiled, it is to those that perish;

¹⁴ For the love of Christ constraineth us, being fully persuaded of this, that if One died for all, then were all dead. ¹⁵ And He died for all, that those who live might no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.

³ We give no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: ⁴ but in every thing approving ourselves as the ministers of God; by much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits, ⁵ in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; ⁶ by purity, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the holy Spirit, ⁷ by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, with the armour of righteousness on the right and on the left; through honor and dishonor, ⁸ through evil report and good report; ⁹ as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, but not put to death; ¹⁰ as sorrowing, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.

¹⁶ and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God: as God hath said, "I will dwell in them, and I will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." ¹⁷ Wherefore, "come out from the midst of them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch no unclean thing," and I will receive you:

¹ Now we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God conferred on the churches of Macedonia: ² how in a great trial of affliction, their abundant chearfulness and their deep poverty, hath munificently shewn the riches of their bounty.

⁵ And this they did not merely as we hoped, but first gave themselves unto the Lord, and to us by the will of God.

⁷ And as ye abound in every other grace, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, that ye may abound in this grace also. ⁸ I speak not by way of command, but to prove the sincerity of your love also, by means of the forwardness of others. ⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye by his poverty might be rich.

² for I know your readiness of mind, which I boast of concerning you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath excited many.

⁴ (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the demolishing of bulwarks:) ⁵ destroying false reasonings, and every height that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and captivating every thought to the obedience of Christ.

⁹ And when I was present among you, and in want, I was chargeable to no one. For the brethren that came from Macedonia supplied my want: and in every thing I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself. ¹⁰ As the truth of Christ is in me, this boast shall not be taken from me in the regions of Achaia.

² and all the brethren that are with me, to the churches of Galatia:

⁴ who gave himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from the present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:

⁸ But tho' we or an angel from heaven should preach to you any other gospel than what we have preached to you; let him be accursed. ⁹ I say it again, if any one preach to you any other gospel than what ye have received, let him be accursed. ¹⁰ For do I now persuade you to obey men or God? Or do I seek to please men? if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. ¹¹ But I assure you, brethren, that the gospel preached by me is not of human invention. ¹² For I neither received it, nor was taught it by man, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

²² and was not known in person to the churches of Judea, which were in Christ.

² But I went up according to a divine revelation, and laid before them the gospel which I preach among the gentiles: though privately to those of note, least I should run, or had run in vain.

² This only would I learn of you, Did ye receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? ³ Are ye so void of understanding? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? ⁴ have ye suffered so many things in vain? if indeed in vain. ⁵ He therefore that imparteth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doth he it by the works of the law, or by the doctrine of faith?

¹³ Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, having been made a curse for us: for it is written, "Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:"

⁸ But then indeed, when ye knew not God, ye served those which in reality are no gods. ⁹ But now that ye know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that ye turn again to the poor weak elements, to which ye desire again to be in bondage as before?

⁵ For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. ⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.

¹³ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only abuse not this liberty for an occasion to indulge the flesh, but by mutual love serve one another.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering,

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, ²³ gentleness, goodness, fidelity, meekness, temperance: against such things there is no law.

⁹ And let us not be weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

² grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

⁴ according as he hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unblameable before Him in love:

¹⁵ Wherefore I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, ¹⁶ and your love to all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; ¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation to the knowledge of Him, ¹⁸ and enlighten the eyes of your understanding; that ye may know, what is the hope of his calling, and how rich the glory of his inheritance in the saints; ¹⁹ and what the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the energy of his mighty strength; ²⁰ which He exerted in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at his own right hand in heavenly places,

⁴ But God being rich in mercy, through his great love wherewith He loved us, ⁵ hath made us alive in Christ, even when we were dead in trespasses, (for by grace ye are saved) and hath raised us up together,

¹⁰ created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God before prepared us, that we might walk in them.

²⁰ Now to Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to the power operating in us,

¹ Be ye therefore imitators of God as his dear children; and walk in love,

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

³ I give thanks unto my God upon every mention of you, ⁴ (always making supplication for you all with joy

⁶ being confident of this, that He who hath begun a good work in you will continue to perfect it till the day of Jesus Christ. ⁷ As it is just for me to think this of you all, because ye have me in your heart, both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, being all of you partakers of the same grace with me.

¹³ for it is God that worketh in you both to will, and to work, out of his own good-pleasure.

¹⁷ Brethren, be imitators of me, and observe those that walk as ye have us for an example.

²⁰ from whence also we expect the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ: who will change our vile body,

⁹ and what ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these practise; and the God of peace will be with you.

¹ Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God,

³ We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always in our prayers for you:

¹⁸ And He is the head of the body, which is the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things He might have the pre-eminence.

² that their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all the riches of a full assurance of understanding in these things, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of our God and Father, and of Christ:

¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God holy and beloved, bowels of mercy, benignity, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;

³ Incessantly remembering your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father:

⁵ For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much certainty; as ye know what sort of persons we were among you for your sakes. ⁶ And ye became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word tho' in much affliction, yet with joy of the holy Ghost. ⁷ So that ye became examples to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸ For the word of the Lord sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia; but also in every place your faith towards God is spread abroad, so that we have no need to say any thing of it.

¹ For ye yourselves, brethren, know our entrance among you, that it was not in vain.

¹ For ye yourselves, brethren, know our entrance among you, that it was not in vain. ² But though we had suffered before and been injuriously treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we spake boldly in the name of our God to declare unto you the gospel of God with much conflict. ³ For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of impurity, nor in guile: ⁴ but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts. ⁵ For neither at any time used we flattering speech, as ye know, nor covetous pretence, God is witness: ⁶ nor sought we glory of men, neither of you, nor of others: though we might have expected maintenance, as the apostles of Christ. ⁷ But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

⁷ But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: ⁸ so we, being affectionately desirous of you, were willing to impart to you, not only the gospel of God, but even our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. ⁹ For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for working night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God. ¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and unblameably we behaved towards you that believe: ¹¹ as ye know likewise, how we exhorted and comforted every one of you, as a father his children;

¹³ For this also we thank God continually, that when ye received the word of God, which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which also worketh effectually in you that believe.

¹³ For this also we thank God continually, that when ye received the word of God, which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which also worketh effectually in you that believe. ¹⁴ For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God, which are in Judea, in Christ Jesus, in that ye also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, as they have from the Jews:

¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, thus going on to fill up their sins perpetually: but wrath is coming upon them to extremity.

² and sent Timothy our brother, and a minister of God, and our fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you concerning your faith; ³ that no one might be shaken by these afflictions: for ye yourselves know that we are appointed hereunto. ⁴ For when we were with you, we told you before that we should be afflicted, as it came to pass, and ye know.

⁶ But now Timothy being come back to us from you, and having brought us good tidings concerning your faith and love, and that ye have always a good remembrance of us, greatly desiring to see us, as we indeed do to see you;

¹⁰ And indeed ye do it to all the brethren, that are in all Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound in it more and more:

¹⁶ For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with acclamation, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; ¹⁷ then we who are living and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we for ever be with the Lord.

⁹ For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹ Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ;

³ We ought always to give thanks to God on your account, my brethren, as it is fit; because your faith increaseth greatly, and the love of every one of you towards each other aboundeth: ⁴ so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God, for your patience and faith under all your persecutions and afflictions which ye endure.

¹¹ Wherefore we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

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

¹ As for the rest, my brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run, and be glorified, as it is among you:

⁷ For ye know how ye ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you; ⁸ neither did we eat any one's bread for nothing; but with labor and toil, working night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you. ⁹ Not that we have not power, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you to imitate us.

⁹ Not that we have not power, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you to imitate us.

² to Timothy my true son in the faith, be grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour:

¹⁰ For to this end we both labour and suffer reproach, because we have hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.

¹² Let no one have cause to despise thy youth; but he thou an example to believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

¹² Let no one have cause to despise thy youth; but he thou an example to believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. ¹³ Till I come attend to reading, to exhortation, and teaching. ¹⁴ Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. ¹⁵ Meditate on these things, be wholly in them, that thy proficiency may be manifest in all. ¹⁶ Take heed to thyself, and to thy doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this, thou wilt both save thyself and those that hear thee.

² to Timothy my beloved son, grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord. ³ I give thanks to God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience, having remembrance of thee continually in my prayers night and day; ⁴ greatly desiring to see thee, (for I remember thy tears,) that I may be filled with joy: ⁵ keeping in memory the unfeigned faith, that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice: and I am persuaded that it dwells in thee also;

⁹ who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose, and grace bestowed upon us through Christ Jesus, before the world was, ¹⁰ but now made manifest by the appearance of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light by the gospel: for which I was appointed an herald,

⁸ Remember Jesus Christ of the seed of David, who was raised from the dead, according to my gospel:

¹⁰ Therefore I submit to every thing for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is by Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

¹ I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing, in his kingdom;

⁷ in all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works, with uncorruptness in teaching, gravity, sound doctrine that cannot be condemned;

¹³ looking for the blessed hope, and glorious appearance of the great God, and our Saviour, Jesus Christ:

⁴ But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour towards man appeared, ⁵ not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Spirit;

⁵ not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the holy Spirit; ⁶ which He hath plentifully shed upon us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour:

⁴ I thank my God always making mention of thee in my prayers, ⁵ (hearing of the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and of thy love to all the saints,) ⁶ that the communication of thy faith may become effectual in the acknowledgement of all the good that is in you towards Christ Jesus: ⁷ for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because by thee, dear brother, the bowels of the saints are refreshed.

³ how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which began to be declared by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard Him; ⁴ God also testifying together with them by signs, and wonders, and divers miracles, and gifts of the holy Spirit, according to his own will.

¹¹ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, least any one fall after the same example of unbelief.

¹⁰ For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have shewn to his name, by having ministred to the saints, and yet ministring. ¹¹ And we desire that every one of you would shew the same diligence to acquire the full assurance of hope even unto the end:

¹¹ And we desire that every one of you would shew the same diligence to acquire the full assurance of hope even unto the end:

¹⁵ And thus waiting patiently he obtained the promise.

¹⁸ that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to fail, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us; ¹⁹ which we have as an anchor of the soul safe and stedfast, and which entereth within the veil.

²⁸ so Christ, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear the second time without sin, to those who are waiting for Him, unto salvation.

²² let us draw near with sincerity, in the full assurance of faith, having our hearts cleansed from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

²⁷ but a dreadful expectation of judgement, and a fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

³⁴ for ye sympathized with me in my bonds, and ye took joyfully the plundering of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

³⁶ For ye have need of patience, that having done the will of God ye may receive the promise.

⁷ By faith Noah being warned by God of things which were not yet seen, moved with pious fear, prepared an ark for the safety of his family; whereby he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. ⁸ By faith Abraham when called to go out to a place which he was afterwards to receive for an inheritance obeyed: and went out, though he knew not whither he was going.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he who had received the promises, offered up his only son;

²⁴ By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; ²⁵ chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have the temporary enjoyment of sin: ²⁶ esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he looked to the recompence of reward. ²⁷ By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he continued firm as seeing Him who is invisible. ²⁸ By faith he observed the passover and sprinkling of the blood, that he, who destroyed the first-born of the Egyptians, might not touch them. ²⁹ By faith they passed through the Red-sea, as by dry land, which the Egyptians attempting to do were drowned. ³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encompassed seven days. ³¹ By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with the unbelievers, having received the spies with peace. ³² And what need I say more? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and Barak, and Sampson, and Jephthah, and David, and Samuel, and of the prophets: ³³ who by faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made powerful, became strong in battle, and turned to flight the armies of their enemies.

²² but ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,

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

²³ Know that our brother Timothy is set at liberty, with whom (if he come soon) I will see you.

³ knowing this, that the trial of your faith worketh patience; ⁴ but let patience have it's perfect work, that ye may be entirely perfect, failing in nothing.

¹⁶ Be not therefore deceived, my beloved brethren: for every good gift, ¹⁷ and every perfect gift, but no evil one, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, nor shadow of turning: ¹⁸ who hath of his own will begotten us by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures.

¹⁷ so faith, if it have not works, being alone, is dead. ¹⁸ But one may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith by thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. ¹⁹ Thou believest that there is one God; thou dost well: the devils also believe and tremble. ²⁰ But desirest thou to know, O vain man, that faith without works, is dead? ²¹ consider, Was not our father Abraham justified by works, when he offered his son Isaac upon the altar? ²² Thou seest that faith co-operated with his works, and that by his works his faith was perfected. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God. ²⁴ Ye see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. ²⁵ And in like manner also was not the harlot Rahab justified by works, when she entertained the spies, and let them out another way? ²⁶ For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

⁷ Wait patiently therefore, my brethren, till the coming of the Lord: behold the husbandman expecteth the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it, till he receive the former and the latter rain. ⁸ Be ye also patient, establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is near.

² Asia, and Bithynia, chosen according to the fore-knowledge of God, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience, and to the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ,---may grace and peace be multiplied unto you. ³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy hath regenerated us to a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

⁶ In which ye rejoice, tho' now for a little while, if need be, ye are grieved through various trials.

⁸ whom having not seen ye love; in whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing ye rejoice with joy ineffable and full of glory; receiving the end of your faith,

¹² to whom it was revealed, that it was not to themselves, but to us they ministered these things, which are now declared unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you, through the holy Spirit sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

²¹ who through Him trust in God that raised Him from the dead, and gave Him glory, that your faith and hope might be fixed in God.

²¹ For unto this are ye called; because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye might follow his steps.

⁴ but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

¹³ And who will hurt you, if ye be imitators of Him that is good?

¹⁸ As Christ also once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust (that He might introduce us to God) being indeed put to death in the flesh, but raised to life by the Spirit:

³ nor as lording it over the people, but being examples to the flock.

¹² Thus I have written briefly by Silvanus, a faithful brother to you (as I judge) exhorting and testifying, that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

¹⁰ Wherefore, my brethren, be the more diligent thus to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things ye shall never fall.

¹⁹ We have also the more sure word of the prophets, to which ye do well to attend, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till the day dawn, and the morning-star rise in your hearts:

¹² expecting and hastening on the coming of the day of God, whereby the heavens being set on fire shall be dissolved, and the burning elements shall be melted.

¹⁴ Wherefore, beloved, seeing ye expect these things, give diligence to be found of Him in peace, spotless and blameless;

³ and was manifested unto us) what we have seen and heard we declare unto you, that ye also may have communion with us: and our communion is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

³ And every one, that hath this hope in Him, purifieth himself, even as He is pure.

¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word, or in tongue only, but in deed and in truth.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God:

³ For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

¹¹ Beloved, do not thou follow that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doth good is of God: but he, that doth evil, hath not seen God. ¹² A good testimony is borne to Demetrius by all men, and by the truth itself: yea, and we also bear him like witness, and ye know that our testimony is true.

¹ Jude a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified in God the Father, and who are preserved and called in Jesus Christ;

⁷ Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye shall see Him, even they that pierced Him: and all the tribes of the earth shall lament before Him. Even so, Amen!

¹⁸ I am the first and the last, who live, though I was dead; and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, Amen, and have the keys of hades and of death.

² I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear those that are evil: and thou hast tried those who say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars; and hast borne trouble, and hast patience; ³ and for my name's sake thou hast laboured, and hast not fainted. ⁴ Yet I have somewhat against thee; for thou hast left thy first love.

¹⁹ and thy love, and thy service, and thy faith, and thy patience, and that thy last works are more than the first.

¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which is to come upon the whole world, to try those that dwell upon the earth.

⁶ And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel, to preach to those that dwell upon the earth, to every nation, and tribe, and tongue,

² with whom the kings of the earth have committed whoredom, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her whoredom.

¹⁷ And the Spirit and the bride say, Come; and let him that heareth say, Come. And let him, that thirsteth, Come. And let him, that desireth it, take the water of life freely.