(even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you;)

Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

Now as the people were in suspense, and were all thinking in their hearts concerning John, whether he were the Christ or not,

for He taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, (who is an idolater,) hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.

Behold, he is in the desert, go not out: behold, he is the secret chambers, believe them not:

And I saw on the right hand of Him that sat on the throne a book written within and without, sealed with seven seals:

for which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God which is in thee through the imposition of my hands.

And they were all amazed and wondered, saying to one another, Behold, are not all these, that are speaking, Galileans?

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

and if they had been mindful of that from which they came, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

As to what remains therefore, my brethren, we intreat and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received instructions from us, how ye ought to walk and to please God, ye would abound therein more and more.

Then Peter filled with the holy Spirit said unto them, Ye rulers of the people,

Quench not the Spirit.

And he said unto them, To you it is granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto them that are without all things are delivered in parables:

which is his body, the complete work of Him, who filleth all in all.

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, not to lay a stumbling-block or scandal before a brother.

Whose adorning, let it not be that without, of plaiting the hair, and putting on of gold, or wearing fine clothes;

Jesus having said these things was troubled in spirit, and He openly testified and said, Verily, verily I tell you, that one of you will betray me.

But wo to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people,

Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the pretorium: (now it was morning) and they themselves went not in to the court, least they should be defiled, and so might not eat of the passover.

and he told us how he had seen an angel in his house, standing and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and fetch hither Simon,

Then the pharisees went and consulted how they might insnare Him in his discourse.

for He knew all men, and He had no need that any should testify concerning man; for He knew what was in man.

And thou Capernaum, which art exalted even to heaven, shalt be cast down to hell.

For such an high-priest was meet for us, who was holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and higher than the heavens;

having a good conversation among the Gentiles; that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of their visitation, on account of the good works which they behold in you.

They profess to know God, but in works deny Him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every thing that is good void of understanding.

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you set apart something, putting it into the treasury, according as he is prospered: that there may be no need of collections, when I come.

but to be gentle towards all men, ready to teach, patient under injuries,

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our several parts, defiling the whole body, inflaming the course of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

And after these things I heard a loud voice as of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Alleluia; salvation, and glory, and honor, and power to the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgements;

For this we tell you in the word of the Lord, that we who shall be living and remain to the coming of the Lord, shall not be before those that are asleep.

And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

For there have crept in some men, who have been of old described as under this condemnation, impious people, that turn the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and deny God the only Lord, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Remember what I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have observed my word, they will also observe yours.

separated unto the gospel of God, (which He had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures) concerning his Son,

For the promise made to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, was not by the law, but by the righteousness of faith:

Wherefore it is necessary that one of these men, who have been conversant with us all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and out among us,

And being in agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was like clotted blood falling down upon the ground.

And the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, (and made four parts, to each soldier a part,) and his coat. Now the coat had no seam in it, being woven from the top throughout:

Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go?

The day of unleavened bread being come, on which the paschal-lamb was to be slain,

and all men shall see the salvation of God."

Though it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than one tittle of the law to fail.

that it may be made like his glorious body, according to the energy of his ability to subdue all things to Himself.

but God hath chosen things that are foolish in the eye of the world to put it's wise men to confusion; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the mighty;

and his feet like fine brass, as if they were glowing in a furnace: and his voice as the sound of many waters:

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the passover.

Be ye also patient, establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is near.

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

I wish thou wert cold or hot.

every branch in me that beareth not fruit He taketh away, and every one that beareth fruit, He purgeth, that it may bear more fruit.

Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;

And may the God of patience and consolation grant you the like mutual affection to each other, according to the example of Christ Jesus:

If I then your Lord and Master have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to imagine that the Deity is like to gold, or silver, or stone, carved by the art and device of man.

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Now there were at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.

who will also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Therefore being a prophet; and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Messiah, to sit on his throne;

The other disciples therefore told him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and my hand into his side, I will not believe.

I extol my office, that if possible I may excite to emulation my brethren according to the flesh, and may save some of them:

Now this expression "He ascended" what does it mean, but that He descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

Tell me, you that are so desirous to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

Then Herod, when he saw that he was baffled by the wise-men, was very much enraged; and he sent and slew all the male-children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly inquired of the wise-men.

"But, say you, if the truth of God hath abounded unto his glory through my falshood, why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I to this hour.

for he that would save his life, shall lose it; but he that would lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, shall save it.

He is not here, for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay:

And he brought Him to Jerusalem, and set him on a battlement of the temple, and said to Him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence;

And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split:

With it we bless God even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God:

And he went through the cities and villages teaching, as He journeyed towards Jerusalem.

For, since in the wisdom of God the world by it's wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by what they called the folly of preaching to save those that believe.

And the apostles; when they were returned, told Him all that they had done: and He took them and retired privately into a desert place belonging to the city Bethsaida.

But what think ye of this? There was a man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go, work to day in my vineyard:

And if Christ be in you, the body indeed is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

Now Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of the things which were to be spoken:

For ye see by your calling, brethren, that not many wise men according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called:

and ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus,

nor is He served by the hands of men, as needing any thing: for He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

the former preach Christ out of contention, not sincerely, thinking to add affliction to my bonds;

and whom He called, these he also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

For to you it is granted as a favor from Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for his sake:

And Jesus answered and said, Verily I tell you, there is no one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children,

and that because of the false brethren clandestinely introduced, who had crept in as spies upon our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ hath received us, to the glory of God.

According to the declaration which He made to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

but as He liveth, He liveth unto God.

The Jews answered Him, saying, We do not go about to stone thee for a good work, but for blasphemy; and because thou being a man makest thyself God.

that in the dispensation of the fulness of times, He might reduce all things, both in heaven and on earth, under one head in Christ:

Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard Him, said, This discourse is hard to be understood, who can take it in?

By faith Noah being warned by God of things which were not yet seen, moved with pious fear, prepared an ark for the safety of his family; whereby he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

It were better for him that a milstone were hung about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to offend.

But I say unto you, Whosoever shall own me before men, the Son of man will also own him before the angels of God.

not having my own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is by the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: that I may know Him,

Be not deceived, bad conversations corrupt good morals.

that all men may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father: he, that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father that sent Him.

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was passing by, coming out of the country, to carry his cross:

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

And they departed from thence and passed through Galilee, and He was not willing that any should know it;

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

So these vile dreamers also defile the flesh, despise authority, and speak evil of dignities.

approving what is well-pleasing to the Lord.

I have confidence in you however through the Lord,

And after these things Joseph of Arimathea (who was a disciple of Jesus, but a concealed one for fear of the Jews) petitioned Pilate, that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave: he came therefore and took away the body of Jesus.

that ye may walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

then we who are living and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we for ever be with the Lord.

Judge in yourselves, Is it decent for a woman to pray to God uncovered?

And God wrought extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul:

The eye is the light of the body: if therefore thine eye be clear, thy whole body will be light;

for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou dost evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is also the minister of God, as an avenger to execute his wrath upon the malefactor.

For what is it that ye were inferior in to the rest of the churches, unless it be that I myself was not burdensome to you?--- Forgive me this injury.

He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

but we will constantly attend to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

To him that overcometh I will grant to sit with me on my throne, as I also have overcome, and am set down with my Father on his throne.

and well-pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to dwell with the Lord.

let him turn away from evil, and do good:

But the rest of the dead lived not again till the thousand years be finished.

(Now all the Athenians, and strangers sojourning among them, spent their time in nothing else, but to tell or to hear something new.)

who will render to every one according to his works:

What then availeth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come, to whom the promise was made; and it was delivered by angels in the hand of a mediator.

The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

but in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the injunctions of men.

"I desire mercy rather than sacrifice:" for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this scripture, preached unto him Jesus.

And the four animals had each of them six wings round about, and within were full of eyes; and they cease not day and night saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.

Thus, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God over one repenting sinner.

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

Philip meeting Nathaniel, saith unto him, We have found Him, of whom Moses in the law, and of whom the prophets also wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Jeseph.

But wo to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days.

This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a man, who is preferred before me: for He was before me.

Pilate therefore went into the palace again, and called Jesus and said to Him, Art thou the king of the Jews?

and hast made us to our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

For John was not yet cast into prison.

Sell what ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a never-failing treasure in the heavens, where no thief approacheth nor moth corrupteth:

in that day, when He shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe; because our testimony among you was believed.

These things teach and exhort. If any one teach otherwise, and adhere not to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the doctrine which is according to godliness;

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

from whom the whole body being fitly joined together and compacted by the aid of every joint, according to the operation proportioned to every part, maketh an increase to the edification of itself in love.

and how shall they preach unless they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good tidings of peace, who bring the good tidings of good things?

Servants, be obedient in all things to your lawful masters, not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in uprightness of heart, fearing God; and whatever service ye do,

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings,

Be watchful, stand fast in the faith, behave like men, be strong:

for this command, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet, and every other social precept, is summed up in this, namely, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

And as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth; being men of corrupt minds, and of no judgement in the faith.

Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites; who are like whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful without, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and all manner of filthiness;

From this time many of his disciples went away, and walked no more with Him.

And as they were bawling out, and throwing off their clothes, and casting up dust into the air,

And Andrew brought him to Jesus: and Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas; which is interpreted a stone.

Stand therefore having your loins girt about with truth, and putting on the breast-plate of righteousness:

for behold he is praying, and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in and putting his hand upon him, that he might recover his sight.

And He was casting out a demon, and it was dumb: and when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the people wondered.

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and I staid with him fifteen days.

Then some of the scribes and pharisees answered Him, saying, Master, we should be glad to see a sign from thee:

and some women that had been cured of evil spirits and other infirmities, as Mary Magdalene, out of whom were cast seven demons,

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words cannot pass away.

For there are many disorderly persons, vain-talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision; whose mouths must be stopped:

But by thy hardness and impenitence of heart thou art treasuring up to thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgement of God,

And they beckoned to their partners that were in the other ship, to come and help them; and they came, and filled both the ships, so that they were even sinking: and when Simon Peter saw it,

What is then to be done, my brethren? when ye come together, if any of you hath a psalm, a doctrine, a tongue, a revelation, an interpretation,---let all be done for edification.

And departing again out of the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came to the sea of Galilee thro' the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

Whomsoever I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore and repent.

for as I was passing along, and looking at what ye worshipped, I found an altar on which there was inscribed, "To the unknown God." Whom therefore ye worship unknown, Him do I declare unto you.

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with discretion to know how ye ought to answer every one.

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

which is according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I was intrusted.

foreseeing this he spake of the resurrection of Christ, when he said, that his soul was not left in the invisible state, nor did his flesh see corruption.

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by some of Chloe's family, that there are contentions among you.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and ye would not?

Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water: and they filled them up to the brim.

And John testified saying, I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it abode upon Him.

As Thou hast sent me into the world, so have I also sent them into the world.

If ye know these things, happy are ye, if ye do them.

And after eight days his disciples were again within, and Thomas with them: and Jesus came (the doors being shut as before) and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be to you.

And as He was sitting at table in the house of Matthew, behold, several publicans and notorious sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

But Jesus did not trust Himself to them;

but he said to them, Be not affrighted, ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified, He is risen, He is not here, see the place where they laid Him.

for He did us good, in giving us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."

And when He was in one of the cities of that country, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus, fell prostrate to Him, and besought Him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.

and let not him that is at the top of the house come down into the house, nor go in to fetch any thing out of his house:

and He will send forth his messengers with a trumpet of a loud voice, and they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Let no one deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Do ye not yet know, that whatever goeth into the mouth passeth to the belly and is discharged downwards?

Now upon the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, came the disciples to Jesus, saying, where wouldest thou have us make preparation for thee to eat the passover?

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food;

and He had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun when he shineth in his strength.

And one of the elders said to me, Weep not;---Behold the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose its seven seals.

and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a long robe, and girded about the breasts with a golden girdle.

And that by the law no one is justified before God is evident; for it is written "The just shall live by faith:"

communicating to the necessities of the saints, given to hospitality.

This is the stone that was set at nought by you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

And the scribes and pharisees brought to Him a woman taken in adultery;

as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them, in like manner with them committing lewdness, and going after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of perpetual fire.

And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted by the Jews? for then the offence of the cross is ceased.

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name; I have preserved those whom Thou gavest me, and none of them is lost; except the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

If any man would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: and if any one serve me, him will my Father honour.

And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and carry it to the master of the feast. And they carried it to him.

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not irksome to me, and for you it is safe.

and sheep, and doves, and the money changers sitting:

to take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas is fallen by his transgression, that he might go to his own place.

Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

Now Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him, and therefore said unto them, Are ye enquiring among each other about this, that I said, A little while and ye shall not see me, and again a little while and ye shall see me?

And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said, He is in league with Beelzebub, and casts out demons by the help of the prince of demons.

And He said to them, Why did ye so seek me? Did not ye know that I ought to be in my Father's house?

but firm food is for persons come to age, who by habit have their senses exercised to a discernment both of good and evil.

Cast not away therefore your couragious profession, which hath a great recompence of reward.

but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts.

Wherefore, "come out from the midst of them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch no unclean thing," and I will receive you:

Wherefore let him, that thinks he standeth, take heed least he fall.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Wherefore upon his coming into the world He saith, "Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, but a body hast thou prepared me:

For we are of the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit, rejoicing in Christ Jesus, and having no confidence in the flesh.

For I am now going to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution is near.

Be grieved, and mourn, and weep: let your mirth be turned into mourning, and your joy to sadness.

In which ye also formerly walked, when ye lived among them.

And I myself am indeed persuaded concerning you, my brethren, that ye are full of goodness, being filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another.

Let us then pursue peace, and mutual edification.

that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in Him, according to the grace of our God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And if our gospel also be veiled, it is to those that perish;

but declared first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and turn unto God, performing works suitable to repentance.

He first meeteth with his own brother Simon, and telleth him, "We have found the Messiah, which is to say, the Christ."

O king Agrippa, believest thou the prophets?

It is written in the prophets, "And they shall all be taught of God." Every one therefore that hath heard and learned from the Father, cometh unto me.

Then Peter said unto her, Wherefore have ye agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold the feet of those, who have been burying thy husband, now at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

Jesus therefore said unto them again, "I am going away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: where I go ye cannot come."

The woman saith unto Him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.

and at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known to Pharaoh.

And when the day began to decline, the twelve came and said to Him, Dismiss the people, that they may go into the villages and country-places round about, and bait, and get food: for here we are in a desert place.

And after these days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and retired five months,

He appoints a certain day, called To-day, saying by David so long after, (as it is recorded) "To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts."

However, the foundation of God standeth firm, having this inscription, The Lord knoweth them that are his; and, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

I must acquaint you, that no one speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth Jesus a curse: and no one can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the holy Ghost.

(This He spake of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive; for the holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

As Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness:

But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, in like manner as they.

and the angels that kept not their primitive state, but left their proper abode, hath He reserved in everlasting chains, under darkness, to the judgement of the great day:

to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach Him among the gentiles; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

and coming into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshipped Him: and when they had opened their treasures, they brought Him presents, of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

And after Paul had staid there yet a considerable time, he took leave of the brethren, and sailed from thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, after he had shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

So he, that loveth his life, shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it unto life eternal.

Write what thou hast seen, the things which are, and which are to be hereafter."

But whilst I am declaring this, I do not commend you, that ye assemble together not for the better, but for the worse.

None taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.

and He appointed twelve to be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach the gospel,

and ye shall be hated by all men for professing my name; but he that perseveres to the end shall certainly be saved.

having made known to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure, which He had before purposed in Himself:

I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another should come in his own name, him ye will receive.

For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when He comes in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.

Let us behave decently as being in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lasciviousness, not in strife and envying.

At the same time came some of the pharisees, and said to Him, Go out and depart hence, for Herod intends to kill thee.

and they were baptized by him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

And when Jesus heard it, He departed from thence in a ship to a solitary place of retirement: but the people hearing where He was followed Him on foot from the cities:

Now as he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him.

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

Then desire having conceived bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.

Neither yield your bodies as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.

but He having offered one sacrifice for sins, is for ever sat down at the right hand of God;

And there is no creature concealed from his sight: but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him, to whom we are to give an account.

Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but bear thy part in the afflictions of the gospel, according to the power of God;

Dare any of you, having a matter of complaint against another, try it before the unjust, and not before the saints?

Yet we speak true wisdom among the perfect: though not the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.

What then? yet every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached: and in this I rejoice, yea and I will rejoice;

Wo unto them; for they have gone in the way of Cain, and been carried away by Balaam's error, the love of lucre, and perished as in the contradiction of Korah.

If ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to them that ask Him?

Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias, and he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

Hitherto ye have asked for nothing in my name: ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

But Crispus the ruler of the synagogue believed on the Lord with all his house: and many of the Corinthians hearing the word believed, and were baptized.

but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

And they asked Him, saying, Master, we know that thou speakest and teachest rightly, and acceptest not the person of any, but teachest the way of God in truth:

and they testify of me: and yet ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

As He was speaking these things to them, behold there came a ruler and worshipped Him, saying, My daughter is at the point of death: but come, I pray Thee, and put thy hand upon her, and she shall live:

so Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he

But now I am going away to Him that sent me, and yet none of you asketh me, Whither art thou going? but because I have said these things to you,

And He took the twelve with Him and said to them, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

And he came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He asked them, What were ye disputing about among yourselves by the way?

because thou sayst, I am rich, and wealthy, and have want of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

knowing this, that the trial of your faith worketh patience;

(for the world was subjected to vanity, not willingly, but through him who made it subject:)

But not as the offence, so also is the free gift: for if through the offence of one many died, much more hath the grace of God, and the gift bestowed by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to fail, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us;

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four animate beings saying, as with a voice of thunder, Come and see.

but I did not mean not at all with the whoremongers of this world, or the covetous, or rapacious, or idolaters: since ye must then go out of the world.

Now all these things happened to them as examples: and are written for our admonition, on whom the last ages are come.

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy, having espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Love worketh no evil to our neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

So Joses who was by the apostles sirnamed Barnabas, which is a son of consolation,

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

And finding there a certain Jew, named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who was lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, (because Claudius Cesar had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome,) he went to them;

He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

And now, Lord, behold their threatenings; and give unto thy servants to speak thy word with all freedom, while Thou art stretching forth thy hand to heal,

But they shall not proceed far: for their folly shall be evident to all, as theirs also was.

But may the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered a little while, make you perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

but if ye forgive not men their transgressions, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

The pharisees therefore said to Him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy testimony is not true.

But pray that your flight may not be in the winter;

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him: and the impure spirit threw him into convulsions,

And as some were speaking of the temple; how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts, He said, As for these things which ye see,

But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear:

And He came down to Capernaum a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath-days,

And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round the throne and the animals and the elders: and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands;

Wherefore judge nothing before the time; even until the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every one have praise from God.

Elias was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not upon the land for three years and six months:

Ye who are servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and mild, but also to the morose:

And the rest were slain with the sword of Him that sitteth upon the horse, the sword that cometh out of his mouth: and all the fowls of heaven were satiated with their flesh.

for this is the injunction which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another: not as Cain who was of the evil one, and slew his brother;

He became the author of eternal salvation to all that obey Him:

But be thou watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, give full proof of thy ministry.

Be alike affected to each other: not aiming at high things, but accommodating yourselves to persons of low rank. Be not wise in your own conceit.

Who shall lay any accusation against the elect of God? will God, who justifieth us?

looking to it, least there be any one falling short of the grace of God, least any root of bitterness springing up should be troublesome, and by it many be defiled:

the others out of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

and an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles:

And He said unto them, Ye justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

if by any means I may attain to the resurrection of the dead:

So that every one of us shall give an account of himself to God.

However, now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance; for ye were grieved after a godly manner, so that ye received no damage from us.

And Ananias went away and came into the house; and putting his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to thee on the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the holy Spirit."

And knowing Peter's voice, through excess of joy she did not open the door, but ran in and told them, that Peter was standing at the door.

be ye therefore merciful as your heavenly Father also is merciful.

And considering with himself, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, who was sirnamed Mark, where many were gathered together and praying.

And He said unto them, this day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

Jesus answered them and said, The doctrine that I teach is not mine, but his that sent me.

And the father of the child immediately cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe, help thou my unbelief.

Do ye think that I am come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, nay; but rather division.

for there are some eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb; and there be some, who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that can receive this saying, let him receive it.

And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your own people cast them out? wherefore they shall be your judges.

Neither call any man upon earth Father; for one is your Father, who is in heaven:

Bring him here to me. And when Jesus rebuked him, the demon departed out of him, and the child was cured from that time.

and seeing a fig-tree at a distance, with leaves, He went to see if He might find any thing upon it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves; (for the time of gathering figs was not yet come:) And Jesus spake and said unto it,

And the evening being now come, (because it was the preparation,

He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

iniquitous deeds) then the Lord knoweth how to deliver the pious from temptation, and to reserve the wicked to the day of judgement to be punished:

Now when Jesus heard that John was imprisoned, He departed into Galilee:

Behold, we account those happy, that are patient. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

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

As often then as ye eat of this bread, and drink of this cup, ye commemorate the Lord's death till he come.

So the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them and said, It is not seemly that we should leave the word of God and attend at tables.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts: and by it, though dead, he yet speaketh.

When Christ, who is your life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.

And (as one may say) even Levi, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham:

that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly regions;

and sinneth as being self-condemned.

saying, What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and loseth one of them, doth not leave the ninety-nine in the field, and go after that which was lost, till he find it?

But Paul, knowing that the one part were sadducees, and the other pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, "Brethren, I am a pharisee, the son of a pharisee: for the hope of a resurrection of the dead I am now prosecuted."

If ye ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers hath glorified his son Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied before Pilate, when he determined to release Him.

And as the disciples of John, and of the pharisees used to fast, they came to Him, saying, Why do the disciples of John and of the pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

And there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers could not find sustenance.

And He said unto her, What dost thou desire? She saith unto Him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on the left in thy kingdom.

And some of the Sadducees (who deny a resurrection) came to Him and asked Him,

For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote concerning me:

That the proof of your faith, which is much more precious than of gold, (that perisheth, though tried by fire) may be found unto praise, and honor, and glory, when Jesus Christ shall be revealed:

that ye may be blameless and inoffensive, the children of God without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as lights in the world,

And when Jesus had finished these discourses, He departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea, beyond Jordan:

Remember those that are in bonds, as if bound with them: and those that suffer evil as being yourselves also in the body.

He that overcometh shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name from the book of life; but I will own his name before my Father, and before his angels.

The deacons should likewise be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain,

On me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace bestowed, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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:

(for then He must indeed have suffered often since the foundation of the world) but now once at the conclusion of the ages He hath been made manifest for the abolishing of sin by the sacrifice of himself.

not slothful in business: fervent in spirit: serving the Lord.

Christ is become nothing to you, whosoever of you are seeking to be justified by the law: ye are fallen from the grace of the gospel.

He shall glorify me, for He shall take of mine and shew it unto you.

Do thou therefore endure hardship, as becomes a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

that thou keep this commandment, unspotted and blameless, till the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ;

For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he himself says, "The Lord said to my Lord,

Believe me therefore that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: at lest, believe me for the very works.