“Blessed [inwardly peaceful, spiritually secure, worthy of respect] are the gentle [the kind-hearted, the sweet-spirited, the self-controlled], for they will inherit the earth.

And Jesus went forth and saw much people: and his heart did melt upon them, and he healed of them those that were sick.

And Jesus answering said to them, See that no one mislead you.

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall mislead many.

and many false prophets shall arise and shall mislead many;

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

And some fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much mold, and immediately it sprung up, because it had no depth of earth:

And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any one mislead you.

For many shall come in my name, saying, It is I, and shall mislead many.

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear, and will produce signs and wonders in order to mislead, if possible, the elect.

And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.

After three months we set sail on a ship that had spent the winter on the island [of Melita]. This ship had originated from Alexandria and was designated as "Twin Brothers" [Note: The ship may have been named this because of its prow containing the figures of the mythical twin gods of sailors, Castor and Pollux].

“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”

But thanks be unto God, that - whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient out of the heart unto the mould of teaching into which ye were delivered;

Stop living in accordance with the customs of this world, but by the new ideals that mold your minds continue to transform yourselves, so as to find and follow God's will; that is, what is good, well-pleasing to Him, and perfect.

Which would you chuse, that I should come to you arm'd with resentment? or, in a mild and benevolent temper?

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have any share in God's kingdom? Do not let anyone mislead you. People who are immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or given to unnatural vice

The enmity, in his flesh - the law of commandments in decrees - bringing to nought, - that, the two, he might create in himself, into one man of new mould, making peace.

This is so God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.

So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] doctrine, by the cunning and trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by the deceitful scheming of people ready to do anything [for personal profit].

And were to put on the man of new mould, who, after God, hath been created in his truthful righteousness and loving kindness.

let no man mislead you by vain reasonings: for it is for these vices, that the wrath of God lights upon the incredulous.

I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive [but thoroughly deceptive] arguments.

not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,

The servant of the Lord must not participate in quarrels, but must be kind to everyone [even-tempered, preserving peace, and he must be], skilled in teaching, patient and tolerant when wronged.

who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be mild, shewing all meekness towards all men.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, mild, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

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

but in the internal qualities of the mind, in that purity, in that mild and dispassionate temper, which is so acceptable to the divine being.

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

Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness,

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

In writing thus to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.

My Children, do not let any one mislead you. He who lives righteously is righteous--as Christ is righteous.