By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with them that believed not, having received the spies with peace.

others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

(Of whom the world was not worthy) they wandered in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.

did not receive the promise, God having provided some better thing for us, that they might not be perfected without us.

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

And yet ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh to you as to sons, My son, despise not thou the chastning of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.

If ye endure chastning, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he, whom his father chastneth not?

But if ye are without chastning, of which all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.

Moreover we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we reverenced them: Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?

Now all chastning for the present is assuredly not joyous, but grievous; yet afterwards it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them that are exercised thereby.

For ye are not come to the mountain that could be touched, and the burning fire,

and blackness, and darkness, and tempest, And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they that heard intreated that the word might not be spoken to them any more.

For they could not bear that which was commanded, If even a beast touch the mountain, let it be stoned.

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh:

for if they escaped not who refused him that delivered the oracle on earth, much more shall not we, who turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.

And this word, Yet once more, sheweth the removal of the things which are shaken, as being made, that the things which are not shaken may remain.

Forget not to entertain strangers, for hereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Let your disposition be without covetousness: be content with the things that are present; for he hath said, No, I will not leave thee: verily I will not forsake thee.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear what man can do unto me.

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines; for it is good, that the heart be stablished with grace, not with meats, in which they that have walked have not been profited.

But to do good, and to distribute, forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves; for they watch over your souls, as they that must give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with groans: for that is unprofitable for you.

If any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.

Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above,

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves:

For if any one be an hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass.

But whoso looketh diligently into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and continueth therein, this man being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the word, this man shall be happy in his doing.

If any one be ever so religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring,

Stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool, Ye distinguish not in yourselves, but are become evil-reasoning judges.

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?

Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to the judgment-seats? Do not they blaspheme that worthy name, by which ye are called?

For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. If then thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

What doth it profit, my brethren, tho' a man say he hath faith, and have not works?

and want daily food, And one of you say to them, Depart in peace; be ye warmed and filled, but give them not the things needful for the body, what doth it profit?

So likewise faith, if it hath not works, is dead in itself.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

Ye see then, that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive greater condemnation.

For in many things we offend all. If any one offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

But if ye have bitter zeal and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, animal, devilish.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? Is it not hence, from your pleasures that war in your members?

Ye desire and have not, ye kill, and envy, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may expend it on your pleasures.

Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not, that the friendship of the world is enmity against God? Whosoever therefore desireth to be a friend of the world, is an enemy of God.

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 judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Who know not what shall be on the morrow; for what is your life? It is a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away:

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just: he doth not resist you.

Murmur not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned; behold the judge standeth before the door.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.

Elijah was a man of like passions with us; and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the land for three years and six months.

To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, tho' now for a little while (if need be) ye are in heaviness thro' manifold temptations.

Whom having not seen, ye love: in whom tho' ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

To whom it was revealed, that not for themselves, but for us they ministered the things which have been now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven: which things angels desire to look into.

As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to your former desires, in your ignorance;

Seeing ye know ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation delivered by tradition from your fathers,

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever.

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.

Therefore to you who believe, he is precious: but to them who believe not, The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner.

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, to them who stumble, not believing the word, whereunto also they were appointed.

But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a purchased people, that ye may shew forth the virtues of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Who in time past were not a people, but now are the people of God;

who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

yet not having your liberty for a cloak of wickedness, but as the servants of God.

Honour the king, Servants be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

Who when he was reviled, reviled not again, when he suffered he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

In like manner, ye wives, be subject 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,

Whose adorning let it not be the outward adorning of curling the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on apparel, But the hidden man of the heart,

being subject to their own husbands, As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children ye are while ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

In like manner, ye husbands, dwell according to knowledge with the woman, as the weaker vessel; giving them honour, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing, but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are called to this, to inherit a blessing.

But even if ye do suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye; and be not afraid of their terror, neither be ye troubled, But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:

The antitype whereof, baptism, now saveth us, (not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Wherein they think it strange, that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot,

Beloved, wonder not at the burning which is among you, which is for your trial, as if some strange thing befell you: But as ye partake of the sufferings of Christ,

Yet if any suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

For the time is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: but if it begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Feed the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it not by constraint, but willingly, not for filthy gain, but of a ready mind,

And when the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.

But he that wanteth these is blind, not able to see afar off, having forgotten the purification from his old sins.

Wherefore I will not neglect always to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth,

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty.

And through covetousness will they with feigned speeches make merchandize of you, whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, delivered them to chains of darkness,

to be reserved to judgment, And spared not the old world, (but he saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness) bringing a flood on the world of the ungodly;

But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise government: presumptuous, self-willed; they are not afraid to rail at dignities:

Whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, bring not a railing accusation against them before the Lord.

But these, as natural brute beasts, born to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things they understand not, and shall perish in their own corruption,

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin; beguiling unstable souls, having hearts exercised with covetousness, accursed children:

For it had been better for them, not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

But, beloved, be not ye ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise (tho' some men count it slowness) but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, the elements shall melt with fervent heat, and the earth, and the works that are therein, shall be burnt up.

If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth.