whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

that I may manifest it, as it behoveth me to speak;

Remember me to the brothers in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church that meets at her house.

They forbid me to speak to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation. They continue always to fill up the measure of their sins; but the wrath of God is come upon them to the full!

night and day praying exceedingly for me to see your face and to perfect the things lacking in your faith?

About brotherly love: You don’t need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

not to let your minds get easily unsettled or excited by any spirit of prophecy or any declaration or any letter purporting to come from me, to the effect that the Day of the Lord is already here.

I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his'service;

I transmit these instructions to you, Timotheus my son, in accordance with what the prophets said who first directed me to you; fight the good fight on these lines,

For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart is at hand.

and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save me -- to his heavenly kingdom; to whom is the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen.

Remember me to Prisca and Aquila, and to the members of the household of Onesiphorus.

but at the proper time revealed [it] through the message entrusted to me to proclaim, by the commandment of God our Savior.

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.

All who are with me wish to be remembered to you. Remember me to all believers who love me. God bless you all.

Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

If therefore thou holdest me to be a partner with thee, receive him as me;

At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.

When your fathers put me to the test, and saw my works for forty years.

above this were the cherubims of the Glory, overshadowing the mercy seat ??matters which it is impossible for me to discuss at present in detail.

saying, “This is the blood of the covenant [that seals and ratifies the agreement] which God ordained and commanded [me to deliver to] you.”

Therefore, when Christ enters into the world, He says,

“Sacrifice and offering You have not desired,
But [instead] You have prepared a body for Me [to offer];

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

We know who it was that said-- 'It is for me to avenge, I will requite'; and again-- 'The Lord will judge his people.'

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:

Give words of love from me to those who are rulers over you, and to all the saints. Those who are in Italy send you their love.

For I know that the time for me to lay aside my body is now rapidly drawing near, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has revealed to me.

It is an intense joy to me to have found some of your children living true Christian lives, in obedience to the command which we have received from the Father.

I hope to see you very soon and we will talk face to face. Goodbye. Our friends wish to be remembered to you. Remember me to our friends, every one.

Peace be to you. The friends [here] greet you. Greet the friends [personally] by name.

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

And when the seven peals of thunder had spoken, I was about to write down what they had said; but I heard a voice from Heaven which told me to keep secret all that the seven peals of thunder had said, and not write it down.

Then a reed was given me to serve as a measuring rod; and a voice said, "Rise, and measure God's sanctuary--and the altar--and count the worshipers who are in it.

One of its heads seemed to me to have been mortally wounded, but its deadly wound had been healed. The whole earth followed the Beast, wondering;

Then, under the power of the Holy Spirit, the angel transported me to a desert, and [there] I saw a woman sitting on a red beast. It was covered with names that cursed God and it had seven heads and ten horns.

So in the Spirit he carried me to the top of a vast, lofty mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God,

I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.