To him, therefore, who knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

Behold, the hire of the workmen who mowed down your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.

Behold, we pronounce those happy who endured: ye heard of the patience of Job; and ye saw the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

let him know that he who converted a sinner from the error of his way, will save a soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.

Blessed be the God and Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His abundant mercy, begat us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

who are being guarded by God's power, through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time;

Whom, not having seen, ye love; on Whom, though now not seeing Him, yet believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and full of glory;

concerning which salvation the prophets earnestly sought and diligently searched, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you;

searching as to what time or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ Who was in them was pointing to, when testifying beforehand the sufferings destined for Christ, and the subsequent glories;

to whom it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to you they were ministering them; which things now were reported to you through those who proclaimed the Gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent forth from Heaven; into which things angels desire to look carefully.

but, according as He Who called you is holy, do ye yourselves become holy in all your conduct;

And, if ye call on Him as Father, Who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear;

who through Him believe in God, Who raised Him from the dead, and gave Him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

to Whom coming, a Living Stone, rejected, indeed, by men, but with God Elect, Precious,

Because it is contained in Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a Chief Corner-Stone, Elect, Precious; and he who believes on Him shall in nowise be put to shame."

To you, therefore, who believe is the preciousness; but to those who disbelieve, a stone which the builders rejected, this was made into a head of a corner,"

and "a stone of stumbling, and rock of offense"; who stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed.

But ye are "an elect race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation," a people for a possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

who once were not a people, but are now God's people; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

or to governors, as sent through him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for praise to those who do well;

Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth;

Who, when reviled, reviled not again; when suffering, was not threatening, but committed Himself to Him Who judgeth righteously;

Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by Whose bruise ye were healed.

For thus, in former times, the holy women also, who hoped in God, were wont to adorn themselves, submitting themselves to their own husbands;

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, of whom ye became children; if ye do good, and fear no alarm.

For, "He who wishes to love life, and to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile;

because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears are toward their supplication; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

And who is he that will harm you, if ye become zealous for that which is good?

but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready always for an answer to every one who asks of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear;

having a good conscience; that, in whatever ye are spoken against, those who revile your good conduct may be put to shame.

in Whom, also, going, He preached to the spirits in prison,

who were once disobedient, when the long-suffering of God was waiting in the days of Noah, while an ark was being prepared, entering into which, a few, that is, eight, souls were saved through water;

Who is on the right hand of God, having gone into Heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

Christ, therefore, having suffered in flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind; because he who suffered in flesh has ceased from sin;

who shall render an account to Him Who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

if anyone speaks, as uttering the oracles of God; if anyone ministers, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to Whom is the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Because it is the time for judgment to begin at the house of God; and, if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the Gospel of God?

Wherefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a Faithful Creator.

The elders, therefore, I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of Christ's sufferings, also a partaker of the glory about to be revealed;

Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the Devil, as a roaring lion, is going about, seeking whom he may devour;

whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same kinds of sufferings are being accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

And the God of all grace, Who called you into His everlasting glory in Christ, after ye have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, settle you.

Salute ye one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ.

Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who obtained an equally precious faith with us, in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

since His divine power has given to us all things pertaining to life and godliness, through the full knowledge of Him Who called us through His glory and virtue;

for he to whom these things are lacking is blind, seeing dimly, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.

For He received from God the Father honor and glory, when such a voice was borne to Him from the Excellent Glory, "This is My Son, the Beloved, in Whom I took delight";

But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there will be false teachers, who, indeed, will stealthily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master Who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction:

and many will follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth will be defamed;

and, in covetousness, will they, with feigned words, make merchandise of you; for whom the judgment from of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

and, turning to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, condemned them by an overthrow, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;

and delivered righteous Lot, distressed by the conduct of those who were impious in lasciviousness,

but especially those who walk after the flesh in a desire for pollution, and despise dominion; daring, self-willed, they tremble not, when railing at dignities;

leaving the right way, they were led astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

These are fountains without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved.

For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice, in desires of the flesh, by their lasciviousness, those just escaping from those who live in error;

(and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you The Eternal Life; Who, indeed, was with the Father, and was manifested to us);

He who says, "I have known Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

He who says that he is abiding in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked.

He who says that he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

I write to you, fathers, because ye have known Him Who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have conquered the evil one. I wrote to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have known Him Who is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have conquered the evil one.

Who is the liar, but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Anti-Christ, he that denies the Father and the Son.

Every one who denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.

These things I wrote to you concerning those who would deceive you.

Every one who commits sin commits lawlessness also; and sin is lawlessness.

not as Cain who was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

And he that keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him; and in this we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit Whom He gave to us.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He Who is in you, than he that is in the world.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment; and he who fears is not made perfect in love.

If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God Whom he has not seen.

And this commandment we have from Him, that he who loves God loves his brother also.

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten of God; and every one who loves Him Who begat loves him also that has been begotten of Him.

And who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This is He Who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ; not in the water only, but in the water and in the blood.

And the Spirit is He Who beareth witness, because the Spirit is the Truth:

because there are Three Who bear witness; the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the Three agree in one.

These things I wrote to you who believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life.

We know that every one who has been begotten of God sins not; but he who was begotten of God keeps himself, and the evil one touches him not.

The elder to an elect lady and her children whom I love in truth??nd not I only, but also all who know the truth??2 for the truth's sake which abides in us, and will be with us forever:

Because many deceivers went out into the world, who confess not Jesus Christ as coming in flesh. This is the deceiver and the Anti-Christ.

Every one who leads forward, and abides not in the teaching of Christ, has not God. He that abides in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

who testified to your love before the assembly; whom sending forward worthily of God, you will do well;

I wrote to the assembly; but Diotrephes, who loves to have preeminence among them, receives us not.

For there crept in stealthily certain men, who of old were set forth for this condemnation, ungodly men, changing the grace of our God into lasciviousness; and denying the only Master and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now I wish to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who believed not.

And angels who kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, He hath kept in everlasting bonds, under darkness, for the judgment of the great day.

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own ignominies; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of the darkness has been reserved forever.

These are those who make separations; sensual, having not the Spirit.

Now to Him Who is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you without blemish, in gladness, before the presence of His glory,

who testified of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, whatsoever things he saw.

Happy is he that reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written therein; for the time is near.

John to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from Him Who is, and Who was, and Who is coming; and from the seven Spirits Who are before His throne;

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the First-born of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him Who loveth, and loosed us from our sins in His own blood,

Behold, He cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall lament over Him! Even so. Amen.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," saith the Lord God, Who is, and Who was, and Who is coming, the Almighty.

"To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write these things," saith He Who holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, He Who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:

"I know your works and your toil, and your patience, and that you cannot bear evil men; and you tried those who call themselves apostles, and are not, and found them false;