that no one should go beyond and overreach his brother in the matter; because the Lord is the avenger in respect to all these things, as we also told you before and solemnly testified.

And we beseech you, brethren, to know those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

In all

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or gainsay.

But we do speak wisdom among the perfect; not, however, the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought;

For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;

and account the longsuffering of our Lord salvation; as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,

We may

in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;

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

that he himself might present to himself the church, glorious, having no spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Perfect

and ye are made full in him, who is the head of all principality and power;

But from him it is that ye are in Christ Jesus, who from God was made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption;

for the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministration, for the building up of the body of Christ;

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever those who are sanctified.

make you perfect in every good work, to do his will, doing in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever. Amen.