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LOADING S-@@W ,4 AT0@@91@d}@4$6K-@@"-  CANNOT RUN 7 APpA BK AS D8:MENU.2@91@g00016Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of f} it.For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed wi g}th faith in them that heard it.For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if th h}ey shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.For he spake in a certain pla i}ce of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.And in this place again, If they sha j}ll enter into my rest.Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached ent k}ered not in because of unbelief:Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is sa l}id, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward h m}ave spoken on another day.There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.For he that is entered into his rest, he al n}so hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall af o}ter the same example of unbelief.For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing e p}ven to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of thethoughts and intents q}of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the e r}yes of him with whom we have to do.Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the s}Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our i t}nfirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of gr u}ace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. n.Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of gr H00014For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both giftw}s and sacrifices for sins:Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself x}also is compassed with infirmity.And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.Ay}nd no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.So also Christ glorified not himself tz}o be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.As he saith also in anothe{}r place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Mel-chis'e-dec.Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up p|}rayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he}} feared;Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;And being made perfect, he became th~}e author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;Called of God an high priest after the order of Mel-chis'e-dec.Of} whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.For when for the time ye ought to be} teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as }have need of milk, and not of strong meat.For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is} a babe.But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised }to discern both good and evil. th to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised  00020Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundati}on of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God.Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of res}urrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.And this will we do, if God permit.For it is impossible for those who were o}nce enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,And have tasted the good wo}rd of God, and the powers of the world to come,If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they cru}cify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh }oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:But that which bearet}h thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.But, beloved, we are persuaded better t}hings of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and l}abour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.And we desire} that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:That ye be not slothful, but fo}llowers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could s}wear by no greater, he sware by himself,Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.And} so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmati}on is to them an end of all strife.Wherein God willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of} his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have} a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:Which hope we have as an anchor of t}he soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even} Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Mel-chis'e-dec. veil;Whither the forerunner is for us entered, evenI00028For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the k}ings, and blessed him;To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, an}d after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beg}inning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.Now consider how great this} man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, wh}o receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of the}ir brethren, though theycome out of the loins of Abraham: But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of A}braham, and blessed him that had the promises.And without all contridiction the less is blessed of the better.And here men }that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.And as I may so say, Levi also,} who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.If there}fore perfection were by the Le-vit'i-cal priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there }that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and notbe called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthoo}d being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to an}other tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.For it is evident that out Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe} Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec ther}e ariseth another priest,Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.For} he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.For there is verily a disannulling of the commandm}ent going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a be}tter hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:(For those priests} were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a p}riest for ever after the order of Melchisedec;)By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.And they truly were} many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:But this man because he continueth ever, hath a}n unchangeable priesthood.Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever }liveth to make intercession for them.For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinn}ers, and made higher than the heavens;Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own} sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.For the law maketh men high priests which} have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. s whichv00013Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of th}e throne of the Majesty in the heavens;A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and }not man.For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have som}ewhat also to offer.For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts accor}ding to the law:Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about t}o make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the patternshewed to thee in the mount. Bu}t now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was establi}shed upon better promises.For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the secon}d.For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the hou}se of Israel and with the house of Judah:Not according to the covenant that I make with their fathers in the day when I took} them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not,}saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will p}ut my laws into their minds, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to thema God, and they shall be to me a people: A}nd they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from} the least to the greatest.For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remem}ber no more.In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to} vanish away. that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to00028Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.For there was a tabernac }le made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.And after t }he second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant o }verlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the }covenant;And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.Now when the }re things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.But into t }he second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of }the people:The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the firs }t tabernacle was yet standing:Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, } that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;Which stood only in meats and drinks, } and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.But Christ being come an high pri }est of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this buildi }ng;Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained et }ernal redemption for us.For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifie }th to the purifying of the flesh:How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself wit }hout spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?And for this cause he is the mediator of the } new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they wh }ich are calledmight receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be th }e death of the testator.For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the test }ator liveth.Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.For when Moses had spoken every precept to al }l the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sp }rinkled both the book, and allpeople. Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.Moreover }he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.And almost all things are by the law purged } with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the hea }vens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.For Christ is not e }ntered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the }presence of God for us:Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every yea }r with blood of others;For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of th }e world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after }this the judgment:So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the s }econd time without sin unto salvation. fered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the s (00039For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrific$}es which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.For then would they not have ceased to be o$}ffered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience sins.But in those sacrifices there is a $}remembrance again made of sins every year.For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.$}Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared m$}e:In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it$} is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for si$}n thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O$} God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of$} the body of Jesus Christ once for all.And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrific$}es, which can never take away sins:But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right$} hand of God;From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.For by one offering he hath perfected for eve$}r them that are sanctified.Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,This is the co$}venant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds $}will I write them;And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.Now where remission of these is, there is no more o$}ffering for sin.Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,By a new and living wa$}y, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;And having an high priest over the house of$} God;Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and$} our bodies washed with pure water.Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that p$}romised;)And let us consider one another to provoke unto Love and to good works:Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves t$}ogether, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.For if we $}sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,But a certain fe$}arful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.He that despised Moses' law died wit$}hout mercy under two or three witnesses:Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodd$}en under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, anunholy thing, and h$}ath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, sa$}ith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge hispeople. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.But$} call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;Partly, w$}hilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that wer$}e so used.For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that %}ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of%} reward.For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.For yet a litt%}le while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, m%}y soul shall have no pleasure in him.But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the sa%}ving of the soul. o pleasure in him.But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the sa$00040Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.For by it the elders obtained a good r)}eport.Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not mad)}e of things which do appear.By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witnes)}s that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.By faith E'noch was translated th) }at he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimo) }ny, that he pleased God.But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,) } and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, mo) }ved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righte) }ousness which isby faith. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an i)}nheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a stran)}ge country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:For he looked for a city wh)}ich hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and)} was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.Therefore sprang there eve)}n of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore in)}numerable.These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of th)}em, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on theearth. For they that say such things declar)}e plainly that they seek a country.And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might)} have had opportunity to have returned.But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not asha)}med to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and )}he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be call)}ed:Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.By faith )}Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph;)} and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the child)}ren of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his paren)}ts, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.By faith Moses, when he was c)}ome to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God)}, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egyp) }t: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he)!} endured, as seeing him who is invisible.Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destr)"}oyed the firstborn should touch them.By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying t)#}o do were drowned.By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.By faith the harlot R)$}ahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.And what shall I more say? for the)%} time would fail me to tell of Ged'e-on, and of Ba'rak, and of Samson, and of Jeph'tha-e; of David also, and Samuel, and of t)&}he prophets:Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,Quenc)'}hed the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to )(}flight the armies of the aliens.Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deli))}verance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover o)*}f bonds and imprisonment:They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered ab)+}out in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in ),}deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, re)-}ceived not the promise:God having provided some better things for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. , re(y00029Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the-/} sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the racethat is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the autho-0}r and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down -1}at the right hand of thethrone of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye -2}be wearied and faint in your minds.Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.And ye have forgotten the exho-3}rtation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou ar-4}t rebuked of him:For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.If ye endure chastening,-5} God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?But if ye be without chastisement, whe-6}reof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, -7}and we gave them reverance: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?For they verily f-8}or a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.Now n-9}o chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of ri-:}ghteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;And mak-;}e straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.Follow peace w-<}ith all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God;-=} lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;Lest there be any fornicator, or profane ->}person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.For ye know that afterward, when he would have inherited the-?} blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.For ye are not com-@}e unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,And the sou-A}nd of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any-B} more:(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned,-C} or thrust through with a dart:And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)But ye are com-D}e unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,To t-E}he general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits-F} of just men made perfect.And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh bette-G}r things than that of Abel.See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on e-H}arth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:Whose voice then shook the earth: bu-I}t now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.And this word, Yet once more, sign-J}ifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may-K} remain.Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with -L}reverence and godly fear:For our God is a consuming fire. ved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with ,<00025Let brotherly love continue.Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares1N}.Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.1O}Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.Let your conversation 1P}be without convetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake 1Q}thee.So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.Remember them which ha1R}ve the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation1S}.Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it i1T}s a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied1U} therein.We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.For the bodies of those beasts, who1V}se blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.Wherefore Jesus also, that he1W} might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp1X}, bearing his reproach.For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.By him therefore let us offer the sacri1Y}fice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.But to do good and to communicat1Z}e forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for1[} they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unp1\}rofitable foryou. Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.But I beseech1]} you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead 1^}our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,Make you perfect in every go1_}od work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ev1`}er and ever. Amen.And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few w1a}ords.Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.Salute all them that1b} have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.Grace be with you all. Amen. ou.Salute all them that0e00027James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.My bre5d}thren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.B5e}ut let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.If any of you lack wisdom, let him5f} ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.But let him ask in faith, nothi5g}ng wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.For let not that man think that 5q} b%DOS SYSb)AUTORUN SYSb:+MENU beHEBREWS 4 bvHEBREWS 5 bHEBREWS 6 bHEBREWS 7 bHEBREWS 8 bHEBREWS 9 b#HEBREWS 10 b)HEBREWS 11 b.HEBREWS 12 bMHEBREWS 13 bcJAMES 1 bJAMES 2 bJAMES 3 bJAMES 4 bJAMES 5 bIPETER 1 bIPETER 2 bIPETER 3 bIPETER 4 b1IPETER 5 b?IIPETER 1 bUIIPETER 2 bqIIPETER 3 b IJOHN 1 bIJOHN 2 bIJOHN 3 he shall receive any thing of the Lord.A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.Let the brother of low degree rejoic5r}e in that he is exalted:But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.For the5s} sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the5t} fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in hisways. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for 5u}when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.Let no man say when5v} he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:But every man is tempt5w}ed, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when i5x}t is finished, bringeth forth death.Do not err, my beloved brethren.Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, a5y}nd cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.Of his own will begat he u5z}s with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every5{} man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.Wherefore lay5|} apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted work, which is able to save you5}}r souls.But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.For if any be a hearer of the word, an5~}d not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and s5}traightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, h5}e being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.If any man among you seem to b5}e religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.Pure religion and undefil5}ed before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted f5}rom the world. d the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted f400026My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.For if there come9} unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;And ye have9} respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand th9}ou there, or sit here under my footstool:Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?Hear9}ken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath pr9}omised to them that love him?But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment se9}at?Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture,9} Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of9} the law as transgressors.For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.For he t9}hat said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a9} transgressor of the law.So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.For he shall have judgm9}ent without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.What doth it profit, my brethren, though 9}a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food9},And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which9} are needful to the body; what doth it profit?Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.Yea, a man may say,9} Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.Thou beli9}evest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.But wilt thou know, O vain man, that fait9}h without works is dead?Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?See9}st thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, A9}braham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.Ye see then how that9} by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had 9}received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without work9}s is dead also. engers, and had sent them out another way?For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without work800018My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.For in many things we offend =}all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.Behold, we put bits in=} the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.Behold also the ships which though they be so=} great and are driven of fierce winds yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.E=}ven so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!And the t=}ongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fir=}e the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things=} in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly p=}oison.Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.Out o=}f the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.Doth a fountain send forth at=} the same place sweet water and bitter?Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fou=}ntain both yield salt water and fresh.Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conv=}ersation his works with meekness of wisdom.But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not a=}gainst the truth.This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.For where envying and strife is, =}there is confusion and every evil work.But the wisdom that is from above if first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to =}be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.And the fruit of righteousness is sow=}n in peace of them that make peace. fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.And the fruit of righteousness is sow<%00017From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?Ye lusA}t, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.Ye asA}k, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye notA} that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.A}Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?But he giveth more grace. WhereA}fore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the deviA}l, and he will flee from you.Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify yourA} hearts, ye double minded.Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heavinA}ess.Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that sA}peaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the laA}w, thou art not a doerof the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that A}judgest another?Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy A}and sell, and get gain:Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appA}eareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, orA} that.But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth A}is not, to him it is sin. n your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth @00020Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.Your riches are corrupted, and your gE}arments are motheaten.Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat yE}our flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaE}ped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into thE}e ears of the Lord of Sab'a-oth.Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as iE}n a day of slaughter.Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.Be patient therefore, brethren, untoE} the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, uE}ntil he receive the early andlatter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.E}Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.Take, my brethreE}n, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.Behold, weE} count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is verE}y pitiful, and of tender mercy.But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neitheE}r by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.Is any among you afflicted? E}let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let thE}em pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord sE}hall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.Confess your faults one to another, and pray onE}e for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.E-li'as was a man subjecE}t to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of E}three years and six months.And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.Brethren, iE}f any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of E}his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. he which converteth the sinner from the error of DK00025Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Gala'tia, Cap-pa-do'ci-a, Asia, and BiI}-thyn'i-a,Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sI}prinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace,be multiplied. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord JI}esus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus ChrI}ist fromthe dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,Who I}are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Wherein ye greatly rejoice, I}though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:That the trial of your faith, being muI}ch more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory aI}t the appearing of Jesus Christ:Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoiceI} with joy unspeakable and full of glory:Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.Of which salvatioI}n the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:Searching what, I}or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of ChrI}ist, and the glory that should follow.Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister theI} things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down fromheI}aven; which things the angels desire to look into. Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end foI}r the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of JesusChrist; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselvesI} according to the former lusts in your ignorance:But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conI}versation;Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judI}geth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeI}emed with corruptible things, silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;But with I}the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:Who verily was foreordained before the foundatioI}n of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead,I} and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth througI}h the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:Being born again,I} not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.For all flesh is as grI}ass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:But the word I}of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. of falleth away:But the word H_00025Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking,As newborn babiesM}, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.To whom cM}oming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,Ye also, as lively stones, are builM}t up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.Wherefore alM}so it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on hiM}m shall not be confounded.Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone whiM}ch the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even toM} them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.But ye are a chosen generation, a royM}al priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darM}kness into his marvellous light:Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained M}mercy, but now have obtained mercy.Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, whicM}h was against the soul;Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoersM}, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day ofvisitation. Submit yourselves to every ordiM}nance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king as supreme;Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him M}for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye M}may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as theM} servants of God.Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.Servants, be subject to your masters with M}all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward GM}od endure grief, suffering wrongfully.For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patienM}tly? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.For even hereunto were yeN} called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:Who did no sin, neitherN} was guile found in his mouth:Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committeN}d himself to him that judgeth righteously:Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead toN} sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returnN}ed unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. stripes ye were healed.For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returnL000022Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the woR}rd be won by the conversation of the wives;While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.Whose adorning let R}it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;But let it be the R}hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sighR }t of God of great price.For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, bR }eing in subjection unto their own husbands:Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long asR } ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honR }our unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindR }ered.Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:Not rendeR}ring evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should iR}nherit a blessing.For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that theR}y speak no guile:Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensure it.For the eyes of the Lord are over the R}righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.And who is he thaR}t will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and beR} not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an anR}swer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:Having a good conscience; that,R} whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.FR}or it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.For Christ also hath once suffR}ered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the R}Spirit:By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsufR}fering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by wateR}r.The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answR}er of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand oR}f God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. t:Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand oPG00019Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hatV}h suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts ofV} men, but to the will of God.For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we V }walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:Wherein they think it stV!}range that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:Who shall give account to him that is readyV"} to judge the quick and the dead.For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be jV#}udged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.But the end of all things is at hand: be ye theV$}refore sober, and watch unto prayer.And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the V%}multitude of sins.Use hospitality one to another without grudging.As every man hath received the gift, even so minister theV&} same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; iV'}f any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus CV(}hrist, to whom bepraise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial whichV)} is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferiV*}ngs; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.If ye be reproached for the name of ChriV+}st, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part hV,}e is glorified.But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's mV-}atters.Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.For the time isV.} come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end of them that obey not theV/} gospel of God?And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?Wherefore let them thaV0}t suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. haT{00014The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a paZ2}rtaker of the glory that shall be revealed:Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by coZ3}nstraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensZ4}amples to the flock.And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.LikewiZ5}se, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: foZ6}r God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he Z7}may exalt you in due time:Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversaZ8}ry the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that tZ9}he same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.But the God of all grace, who hath called us untZ:}o his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.Z;}To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.By Sil-va'nus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have writtZ<}en briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.The church that is at Babylon, eleZ=}cted together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with yZ>}ou all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. d so doth Marcus my son.Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with yX(00021Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through t^@}he righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, an^A}d of Jesus our Lord,According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, throug^B}h the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promis^C}es: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust^D}.And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;And to knowledge temperance; and ^E}to patience godliness;And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.For if these things be in you,^F} and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.But he t^G}hat lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.Wherefor^H}e the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall^I}:For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Chris^J}t.Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be establishe^K}d in the present truth.Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembranc^L}e;Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.Moreover I will ende^M}avour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.For we have not followed cunningly dev^N}ised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.^O}For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is ^P}my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy ^Q}mount.We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a d^R}ark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture i^S}s of any private interpretation.For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they ^T}were moved by the Holy Ghost. .For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they \00022But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shallbV} bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring uponthemselves swift destruction. And many shbW}all follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.And through covetousness shall bX}they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumberbY}eth not.For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darknessbZ}, to be reserved unto judgment;And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, b[}bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them wb\}ith an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;And delivered just Lot, vexed with the fb]}ilthy conversation of the wicked:(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soub^}l from day to day with their unlawful deeds);The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve thb_}e unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and b`}despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.Whereas angels, which ba}are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.But these, as natural brute beastsbb}, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own cobc}rruption;And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots theybd} are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast withyou; Having eyes full of adultery, anbe}d that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed childrenbf}:Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Ba'laam the son of Bo'sor, who loved the wagesbg} of unrighteousness;But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophbh}et.These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest: to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.bi}For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, thobj}se that were clean escaped from them who live in error.While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of bk}corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.For if after they have escaped the pollutionbl}s of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, thbm}e latter end is worse with themthan the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousnesbn}s, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.But it is happened unto them accordbo}ing to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.bp} ng to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.`00018This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:Thatfr} ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of tfs}he Lord and Saviour:Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,And ft}saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the begifu}nning of the creation.For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the eartfv}h standing out of the water and in the water:Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:But thefw} heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment andfx} perdition of ungodly men.But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand yearsfy}, and a thousand years as one day.The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsufffz}ering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.But the day of the Lord will cof{}me as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with ferf|}vent heat, the earth also and the worksthat are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissof}}lved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,Looking for and hasting unto the coming of~}f the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?Nevertf}heless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherin dwelleth righteousness.Wherefore, beloved,f} seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.And accof}unt that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given untof} him hath written unto you;As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to bf}e understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures,unto their own destructf}ion. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicf}ked, fall from your own stedfastness.But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him bef} glory both now and for ever. Amen. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him bed%00010That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, anj}d our hands have handled, of the Word of life;(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew j}unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)That which we have seen and heard declarej} we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Cj}hrist.And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.This then is the message which we have heard of him, anj}d declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walkj} in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with aj}nother, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,j} and the truth is not in us.If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from aj}ll unrighteousness.If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not is us. d to cleanse us from ahg00029My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Fan}ther, Jesus Christ the righteous:And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of thn}e whole world.And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.He that saith, I know him, and keepeth non}t his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfn}ected: hereby know we that we are in him.He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.Bn}rethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is n}the word which ye have heard from the beginning.Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and inn} you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother,n} is in darkness even until now.He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in hn}im.But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that dan}rkness hath blinded his eyes.I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.I wrn}ite unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have oven}rcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye haveknown the Father. I have written unto you, fathers, n}because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the wordn} of God abideth in you,and ye have overcome the wicked one. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. Ifn} any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the ln}ust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.And the world passeth away, and the lust tn}hereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that an}ntichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrist; whereby we know that it is the last time.They went out from us, bun}t they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they mn}ight be made manifest that they were not all ofus. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.I have n}not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.Who is a liar bun}t he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.Whosoever denieth the Son,n} the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.Let that therefore abide in you, whin}ch ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continn}ue in the Son, and in theFather. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.These things have I wrn}itten unto you concerning them that seduce you.But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need nn}ot that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it n}hathtaught you, ye shall abide in him. And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confin}dence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righten}ousness is born of him. before him at his coming.If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth rightel00024Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the wr}orld knoweth us not, because it knew him not.Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall br}e: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.And every man that hath this r}hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgr}ression of the law.And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.Whosoever abideth in him r}sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth rr}ighteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the ber}ginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.Whosoever is born of Gr}od doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.In this the children of r}God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not r}his brother.For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.Not as Cain, who was r}of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's rightr}eous.Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the br}rethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.Whosoever hateth his borther is a murderer: and ye know that no murr}derer hath eternal life abiding in him.Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we oughr}t to lay down our lives for the brethren.But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up r}his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?My little children, let us not love in word, neither r}in tongue; but in deed and in truth.And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.Forr} if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things.Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then r}have we confidence toward God.And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those thingr}s that are pleasing in his sight.And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, anr}d love one another, as he gave us commandment.And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And herebr}y we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. ommandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And herebpH