for God did not design to make us the objects of his displeasure, but to effect our felicity by the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us,

Don't allow any one to return evil for evil, but strive to do all the good you can to one another, and to all the world.

We are oblig'd, my brethren, to render thanks to God continually upon your account, as it is but just; since your faith still improves, and your mutual love is always increasing.

but as for you, the Lord, who is faithful, will establish you, and protect you from the malicious one.

that we did not eat any man's bread for nothing: but with toil and fatigue work'd night and day to avoid being chargeable to any of you:

not, that we had no just claim, but to present ourselves as a pattern, which you should imitate,

however, don't treat him as an enemy, but reprove him as a brother.

it being plain, that the law was not design'd against the just, but against the lawless and refractory, against irreligion and vice, impiety and prophaneness, parricide and man-slaughter,

who was before a blasphemer, and a violent persecutor; but I obtained mercy, because I acted thro' ignorance in incrudelity.

but the favour of our Lord display'd itself by that faith and charity, which was wrought in me by Jesus Christ.

for there is but one God, and but one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

but, as becomes women, who make a profession of religion, to be adorn'd with virtue.

for I don't allow a woman to be a teacher, nor to dictate to her husband; but let her be silent.

Adam was not seduc'd, but the woman, who was the cause of his transgression.

a bishop therefore ought to be of an unspotted character, to have but one wife, to be sober, prudent, grave, hospitable, and qualified for teaching:

not given to wine or violence, but of a gentle temper, averse to contention and avarice: a master of economy,

but by their integrity maintain the reverence due to the gospel.

a deacon must have but one wife, and govern his children, and the rest of the family in a proper manner.

exercise yourself in piety: for those exercises which relate only to the body are of little consequence, but piety is of absolute use, having the promises both of the present life, and of the life that is to come.

don't give occasion to any to despise your youth: but be a pattern to believers in your discourse, in your behaviour, by your charity, faith and chastity.

Don't treat a senior with harsh reproof, but exhort him as a father, and the young men, as brethren:

Let none be put upon the list of widows, but such as are at least threescore years of age, and have been married but once:

besides, having nothing to do, they get the habit of rambling from one house to another, and are not only idling, but prattle and intermeddle, and utter what is not decent.

If any convert has widow-relations, let such relieve them, that the church may not be charged, but with the relief of such as are entirely destitute.

don't receive any accusation against a pastor, but upon the deposition of two or three witnesses.

let them not treat their christian masters, on pretence of being their brethren, with less respect: but be the more obsequious, because they are believers, and deserve to be belov'd, for the kind provision they make for them. let this be the subject of your instructions, and exhortation.

we ought to think that sufficient. but they who will be rich, expose

Charge those that are rich in this world, not to be elated, not to depend upon their perishable wealth, but upon the God of life, who furnishes us with every thing in plenty for our enjoyment;

for the spirit, which God has given us, is not a spirit of timidity, but of fortitude, of benevolence, and of moderation.

be not therefore asham'd of the testimony of the Lord, nor of me who am a prisoner upon his account. but share with me in the afflictions, which attend the gospel, supported as you are by the power of God,

who has saved us, and by the gospel hath called us to holiness, not in consideration of our works, but in pursuance of his own resolution, and the favour, which having been promised us by Jesus Christ several ages ago,

but when he was at Rome, he enquired for me very diligently, and found me.

for which I suffer even the chains of a malefactor: but the word of God is not so confin'd.

in a palace there are vessels not only of gold, and of silver, but of wood and of earth likewise: some are for honourable uses, and others for meaner purposes.

a christian must not be litigious, but easy to all men, qualify'd to instruct,

with great temper and meekness informing those, who differ in opinion; because he does not know, but God may change their minds, by convincing them of the truth.

of which they wear the appearance, but disclaim its influence. have no intercourse with such.

but they will be stop'd in their career; for they shall be expos'd to the world for impostors, as those magicians were.

my persecutions, and the sufferings that befel me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions did I endure? but the Lord deliver'd me out of them all: yes,

But be you attach'd to the doctrine you have learnt, with which you are intrusted, considering by whom you have been instructed:

for the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but get teachers of their own corrupt taste, to sooth their ears that itch for flattery:

I have nothing more to do, but to receive the crown of virtue reserv'd for me, which the Lord, the just judge, will give me in that day: and not only to me, but to those also, who have long'd for his appearance.

when you come, bring the cloke and books, but especially the roll, which I left with Carpus at Troas.

Erastus staid at Corinth: but Trophimus I left sick at Miletum.

to chuse such as are without reproach, married to but one wife, whose children are obedient, not accused of debauchery, nor unruly.

but a lover of hospitality, humane, prudent, just, holy, temperate;

to the pure all things are pure: but to corrupt infidels nothing is pure; whose very mind and conscience is polluted.

they make a profession of knowing God; but in fact they deny him, being execrably incredulous, and utter strangers to all virtue.

but what is agreeable to sound doctrine: advise the aged to be prudent, grave, temperate, sound in faith,

but to lectures on virtue, that they may teach the young women prudence, to love their husbands,

entirely obsequious without grumbling. not to pilfer, but to show the strictest fidelity; that they may do honour to the doctrine of God our saviour in all things.

but when the kindness and love of God our saviour display'd itself to mankind,

he saved us not in consideration of any virtuous actions which we had done, but out of his meer mercy, by the baptism of regeneration, he form'd us anew, by the plentiful effusion of the holy spirit,

but avoid frivolous enquiries about genealogies, and vexatious disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

'tis true he was formerly useless to you, but now he will be useful to us both:

but I would not do any thing without your consent; that your benefaction might not appear any ways forc'd, but perfectly voluntary.

not as a slave, but in another quality, as a dear brother whom I particularly value, but much more should you, both as he is your servant, and as he is a christian.

but to the son he saith, "God is thy throne for ever and ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of equity.

they shall perish, but thou shalt remain: and they all shall come to an end like an old garment;

as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall never end."

But to which of the angels did he ever say, "sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?"

but Jesus, who was for a while inferior to the angels by his sufferings and death, we see was crown'd with glory and honour; when by the divine goodness, he had pass'd thro' death for every man.

for he is not the deliverer of angels; but the deliverer of Abraham's posterity.

but as the architect is of much greater dignity than the house he has made; so the glory which Christ received was greater than that of Moses.

but Christ govern'd his own house in quality of son and heir, and 'tis we that are his house, provided we stedfastly persevere unto the end in the publick profession of that hope, in virtue of which we glory.

but exhort one another daily while the day lasts, lest any of you be hardned through the deceitfulness of sin.

but with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with those that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the desert?

and who were they, who, he sware, should not enter into his rest, but those that did not believe? so we see that they could not enter in,

for to us was the good promise made, as well as to them: but the word address'd to them was not effectually receiv'd with faith by those that heard it.

but in this place 'tis said, "they shall not enter into my rest."

so that there is not a creature that is concealed from his view: but all is naked and open to the eyes of him of whom we speak. Having then so great a high priest,

Wherefore Christ himself did not assume the character of an high priest; but it was confirm'd by him that said, "thou art my son, to-day have I begotten thee."

but that which bears thorns and briars, is look'd upon as lying under a curse; whose end will be to be burnt.

But though we speak in this manner, my dear brethren, we expect better things of you, and such as are more suitable to your salvation.

but we desire that every one of you may shew the same concern, continuing to discharge the condition upon which your hopes are founded: that ye be not unactive,

but imitate the example of those who by faith and patience have obtain'd the inheritance that was promis'd to them.

that by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to deceive us, we, who have no other refuge to fly to, but to maintain our present hopes,

without father, without mother, without genealogy; his days have no beginning, and his life no end; but like the son of God, he was a perpetual priest.

but he who was not of their pedigree, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him to whom the promises were made.

besides here they that receive tithes are men who die: but there 'twas he of whom it is testified that he liveth.

who was not establish'd by virtue of a temporary law, but with the power of being a perpetual priest.

for the law made no man perfect, but this was effected by introducing a better hope, which brings us nearer to the divine presence.

Besides those priests were establish'd without any oath: but this with an oath,

but he, by virtue of his immortal state, hath a priesthood that does not pass by succession.

for the law appointed frail mortals to be high priests, but the oracle pronounc'd with an oath, which was since the law, established the son, who is crown'd with immortal perfections.

but this is the alliance that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

now by stiling the second a new alliance, he has antiquated the first. but to be antiquated and obsolete is next to being abolished.

These things being thus disposed, the priests went at all times into the first part of the tabernacle, to officiate the divine service. but into the other part,

the high priest only enter'd, and that but once every year, when he carried the blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people.

but Christ, the high priest of a better dispensation that was to come, having appeared, is enter'd into the holy of holys by a nobler and more perfect tabernacle, not the effect of human art, but of a higher nature;

nor with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood he enter'd once for all into the holy of holys, after having obtained for us an eternal redemption.

It was therefore necessary that what was only a type of the heavenly sanctuary, should be purified by such sacrifices; but the heavenly sanctuary itself, by a more excellent sacrifice.

for Christ is not entred into a sanctuary made by human art, such as is only representative of the true one, but into heaven itself, to appear from henceforth in the presence of God on our behalf:

as then it is appointed that men should die but once, after which the judgment ensues;

wherefore at his appearing in publick, he saith, "sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

as some do; but encourage one another: even so much the more, as you see the day approaching.

and nothing is to be expected but that dreadful judgment, and fiery indignation, which shall devour all such adversaries.

only wait but a little while, and he that is to come, will come without delay.

the just shall have life by trusting in me, but if he revolt, he will be the object of my displeasure.

as for us, we are not such as desert to their own destruction; but such as persevere in the faith, to the saving of our souls.