58:005:002 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
58:005:003 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
58:005:004 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
58:005:005 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
58:005:006 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
58:005:007 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
58:005:008 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
58:005:009 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
58:005:010 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
58:005:011 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
58:005:012 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.
58:005:013 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
58:005:014 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.
58:006:001 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
58:006:002 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
58:006:003 And this will we do, if God permit.
58:006:004 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
58:006:005 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
58:006:006 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
58:006:007 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:
58:006:008 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
58:006:009 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
58:006:010 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
58:006:011 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
58:006:012 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
58:006:013 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
58:006:014 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
58:006:015 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
58:006:016 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
58:006:017 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
58:006:018 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:
58:006:019 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
58:006:020 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
58:007:001 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
58:007:002 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
58:007:003 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
58:007:004 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
58:007:005 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
58:007:006 But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
58:007:007 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
58:007:008 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
58:007:009 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
58:007:010 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
58:007:011 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical 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 not be called after the order of Aaron?
58:007:012 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
58:007:013 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
58:007:014 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
58:007:015 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
58:007:016 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
58:007:017 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
58:007:018 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
58:007:019 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
58:007:020 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
58:007:021 (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 priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
58:007:022 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
58:007:023 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
58:007:024 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
58:007:025 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.
58:007:026 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
58:007:027 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.
58:007:028 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.
58:008:001 Now 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 the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
58:008:002 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
58:008:003 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
58:008:004 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
58:008:005 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
58:008:006 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
58:008:007 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
58:008:008 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
58:008:009 Not according to the covenant that I made 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.
58:008:010 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
58:008:011 And 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.
58:008:012 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
58:008:013 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.
58:009:001 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
58:009:002 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
58:009:003 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
58:009:004 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
58:009:005 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
58:009:006 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
58:009:007 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
58:009:008 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
58:009:009 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;
58:009:010 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
58:009:011 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
58:009:012 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
58:009:013 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
58:009:014 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
58:009:015 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 which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
58:009:016 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
58:009:017 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
58:009:018 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
58:009:019 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
58:009:020 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
58:009:021 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
58:009:022 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
58:009:023 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
58:009:024 For Christ is not entered 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:
58:009:025 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
58:009:026 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
58:009:027 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
58:009:028 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
58:010:001 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
58:010:002 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
58:010:003 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
58:010:004 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
58:010:005 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
58:010:006 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
58:010:007 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
58:010:008 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
58:010:009 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
58:010:010 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
58:010:011 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
58:010:012 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
58:010:013 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
58:010:014 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
58:010:015 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
58:010:016 This is the covenant 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;
58:010:017 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
58:010:018 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
58:010:019 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
58:010:020 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
58:010:021 And having an high priest over the house of God;
58:010:022 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.
58:010:023 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
58:010:024 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
58:010:025 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
58:010:026 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
58:010:027 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
58:010:028 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
58:010:029 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
58:010:030 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
58:010:031 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
58:010:032 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
58:010:033 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
58:010:034 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.
58:010:035 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
58:010:036 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
58:010:037 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
58:010:038 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
58:010:039 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
58:011:001 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
58:011:002 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
58:011:003 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
58:011:004 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
58:011:005 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
58:011:006 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.
58:011:007 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
58:011:008 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
58:011:009 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
58:011:010 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
58:011:011 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.
58:011:012 Therefore sprang there even 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 innumerable.
58:011:013 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
58:011:014 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
58:011:015 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
58:011:016 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
58:011:017 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
58:011:018 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
58:011:019 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
58:011:020 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
58:011:021 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
58:011:022 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
58:011:023 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
58:011:024 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
58:011:025 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
58:011:026 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
58:011:027 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
58:011:028 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
58:011:029 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
58:011:030 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
58:011:031 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
58:011:032 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
58:011:033 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
58:011:034 Quenched 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.
58:011:035 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
58:011:036 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
58:011:037 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
58:011:038 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
58:011:039 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
58:011:040 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
58:012:001 Wherefore 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 race that is set before us,
58:012:002 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
58:012:003 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
58:012:004 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
58:012:005 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
58:012:006 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
58:012:007 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
58:012:008 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
58:012:009 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
58:012:010 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
58:012:011 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
58:012:012 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
58:012:013 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
58:012:014 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
58:012:015 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;
58:012:016 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
58:012:017 For ye know how 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.
58:012:018 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
58:012:019 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
58:012:020 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
58:012:021 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
58:012:022 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
58:012:023 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
58:012:024 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
58:012:025 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
58:012:026 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
58:012:027 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
58:012:028 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
58:012:029 For our God is a consuming fire.
58:013:001 Let brotherly love continue.
58:013:002 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
58:013:003 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
58:013:004 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
58:013:005 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
58:013:006 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
58:013:007 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
58:013:008 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
58:013:009 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
58:013:010 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
58:013:011 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
58:013:012 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
58:013:013 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
58:013:014 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
58:013:015 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
58:013:016 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
58:013:017 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for 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 unprofitable for you.
58:013:018 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
58:013:019 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
58:013:020 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
58:013:021 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
58:013:022 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
58:013:023 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
58:013:024 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
58:013:025 Grace be with you all. Amen.
Book 59 James
59:001:001 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
59:001:002 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
59:001:003 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
59:001:004 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
59:001:005 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
59:001:006 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
59:001:007 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
59:001:008 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
59:001:009 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
59:001:010 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
59:001:011 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
59:001:012 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
59:001:013 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
59:001:014 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
59:001:015 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
59:001:016 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
59:001:017 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
59:001:018 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
59:001:019 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
59:001:020 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
59:001:021 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
59:001:022 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
59:001:023 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
59:001:024 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
59:001:025 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
59:001:026 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
59:001:027 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
59:002:001 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
59:002:002 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
59:002:003 And ye have 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 thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
59:002:004 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
59:002:005 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
59:002:006 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
59:002:007 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
59:002:008 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
59:002:009 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
59:002:010 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
59:002:011 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
59:002:012 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
59:002:013 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
59:002:014 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
59:002:015 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
59:002:016 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
59:002:017 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
59:002:018 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
59:002:019 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
59:002:020 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
59:002:021 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
59:002:022 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
59:002:023 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
59:002:024 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
59:002:025 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
59:002:026 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
59:003:001 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
59:003:002 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.
59:003:003 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
59:003:004 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.
59:003:005 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
59:003:006 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
59:003:007 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:
59:003:008 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
59:003:009 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
59:003:010 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
59:003:011 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
59:003:012 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
59:003:013 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
59:003:014 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
59:003:015 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
59:003:016 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
59:003:017 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
59:003:018 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
59:004:001 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
59:004:002 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
59:004:003 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
59:004:004 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
59:004:005 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
59:004:006 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
59:004:007 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
59:004:008 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
59:004:009 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
59:004:010 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
59:004:011 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
59:004:012 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
59:004:013 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 and sell, and get gain:
59:004:014 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
59:004:015 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
59:004:016 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
59:004:017 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
59:005:001 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
59:005:002 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
59:005:003 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
59:005:004 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
59:005:005 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
59:005:006 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
59:005:007 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
59:005:008 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
59:005:009 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
59:005:010 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
59:005:011 Behold, we 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 very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
59:005:012 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
59:005:013 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
59:005:014 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
59:005:015 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
59:005:016 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
59:005:017 Elias was a man subject 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 three years and six months.
59:005:018 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
59:005:019 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
59:005:020 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Book 60 1 Peter
60:001:001 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
60:001:002 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
60:001:003 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
60:001:004 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
60:001:005 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
60:001:006 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
60:001:007 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
60:001:008 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
60:001:009 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
60:001:010 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
60:001:011 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
60:001:012 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
60:001:013 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
60:001:014 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
60:001:015 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
60:001:016 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
60:001:017 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
60:001:018 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
60:001:019 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
60:001:020 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
60:001:021 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
60:001:022 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
60:001:023 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
60:001:024 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
60:001:025 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
60:002:001 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,
60:002:002 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
60:002:003 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
60:002:004 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
60:002:005 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
60:002:006 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
60:002:007 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
60:002:008 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
60:002:009 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
60:002:010 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
60:002:011 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
60:002:012 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
60:002:013 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
60:002:014 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
60:002:015 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
60:002:016 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
60:002:017 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
60:002:018 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
60:002:019 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
60:002:020 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
60:002:021 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
60:002:022 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
60:002:023 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
60:002:024 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
60:002:025 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
60:003:001 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
60:003:002 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
60:003:003 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
60:003:004 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
60:003:005 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
60:003:006 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
60:003:007 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
60:003:008 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
60:003:009 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
60:003:010 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
60:003:011 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
60:003:012 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
60:003:013 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
60:003:014 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
60:003:015 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
60:003:016 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
60:003:017 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
60:003:018 For Christ also hath once suffered 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 Spirit:
60:003:019 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
60:003:020 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
60:003:021 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
60:003:022 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
60:004:001 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
60:004:002 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
60:004:003 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
60:004:004 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
60:004:005 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
60:004:006 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
60:004:007 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
60:004:008 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
60:004:009 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
60:004:010 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
60:004:011 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
60:004:012 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
60:004:013 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
60:004:014 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, 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 he is glorified.
60:004:015 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 matters.
60:004:016 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
60:004:017 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
60:004:018 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
60:004:019 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
60:005:001 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
60:005:002 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
60:005:003 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
60:005:004 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
60:005:005 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
60:005:006 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
60:005:007 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
60:005:008 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
60:005:009 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
60:005:010 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
60:005:011 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
60:005:012 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
60:005:013 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
60:005:014 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.