For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and those that are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then also will God, through Jesus, bring again with him those who have fallen asleep.

who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should together live with him.

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.

Now we beseech you, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being assembled together unto him,

For also when we were with you, this we commanded you: If any one will not work, neither let him eat.

And if any one obey not our word by this epistle, mark that man; and keep no company with him, that he may be shamed;

yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

And I thank him who gave me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, that he accounted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, t

But for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me especially Christ Jesus might show forth all his longsuffering, as an example to those who should hereafter believe in him to life everlasting.

And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness, in him who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.

Do not sharply rebuke an aged man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men, as brethren;

The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day: and what services he rendered me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

No one serving as a soldier entangleth himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.

True is the saying: for if we died with him, we shall also live with him;

if we endure, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for the ministry.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; the Lord will reward him according to his works;

They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and for every good work reprobate.

whom I have sent back; and do thou [receive] him, that is, my own flesh.

For perhaps he was separated from thee for a season to this end, that thou shouldst receive him back as thine for ever;

If thou then regardest me as a partner, receive him as myself.

For to which of the angels did he ever say: "Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee?" and again: "I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?"

And again, when he hath brought in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith: "And let all the angels of God pay him homage."

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which at the first was spoken through the Lord, and was confirmed to us through those who heard him,

But one in a certain place bore testimony, saying, "What is man, that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man, that thou carest for him?

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honor;

thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that he put all things in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.

But we see him who was made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, on account of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor; that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

And again, "I will put my trust in him;" and again, "Behold, I, and the children which God gave me."

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner shared in the same, that through death he might bring to nought him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil,

Whence it was right for him to be in all respects made like to his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful highpriest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.

and there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and laid open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Thus Christ did not glorify himself to be made highpriest, but he who said to him, "Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee;"

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard by reason of his godly reverence,

and being perfected became the author of everlasting salvation to all who obey him,

and have fallen away, should again be renewed to repentance, since they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to open shame.

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,

but he whose descent is not reckoned from them took tithes of Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

for he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

For it is testified of him, "Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek."

for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him who said to him, "The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever,"

wherefore he is able also to save to the utmost those who come to God through him, since he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

so also Christ having been once offered up to bear the sins of many, will appear the second time, without sin, for the salvation of those who are waiting for him.

For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongeth to me, I will recompense, saith the Lord;" and again, "The Lord will judge his people."

Now my righteous man shall live by faith; but if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him."

By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him; for before his translation he had the testimony that he pleased God.

But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

By faith he sojourned in the land of the promise, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;

Through faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive, even when she was past age, because she accounted him faithful who had promised.

Wherefore there sprang even from one, and him become as dead, a race like the stars of heaven in multitude, and like the sand by the seashore which cannot be numbered.

accounting that God is able even to raise from the dead; whence also he did figuratively receive him back.

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.

looking to the author and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider him that endured such contradiction by sinners against him, lest ye faint in your souls, and become weary.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation, which reasoneth with you as with sons: "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;

See that ye refuse not him who speaketh. For if they did not escape, who refused him who spoke his will on earth, much more shall not we, if we turn away from him who speaketh from heaven;

Let us then go forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach;

Through him therefore let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips giving thanks to his name.

But if any one of you is wanting in wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.

But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting; for he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.

and ye have respect to him that weareth the splendid apparel, and say, Sit thou here in a good place, and say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or, Sit under my footstool,

Hearken, my beloved brethren. Did not God choose the poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

For the judgment shall be without mercy to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glorieth against judgment.

What doth it profit, my brethren, if any one say that he hath faith, and have not works? Can his faith save him?

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

Who is wise and endued with knowledge among you P let him show out of a good course of conduct his works in meekness of wisdom.

Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.

Is any sick among you? let him call to him the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; even if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.

Brethren, if any one among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him,

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

whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

And if ye call him Father who without respect of persons judgeth according to each ones work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear;

who through him have faith in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Because it is contained in the Scripture: "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, honored; and he that believeth in him shall not be put to shame."

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye may show forth the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light;

or to governors, as being sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and the praise of those who do well.

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously;

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose daughters ye have become, if ye do well, and fear no alarm.

"For he that would love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile;

let him turn away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it.

who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.

If any one speak, let him speak as uttering the oracles of God; if any minister, let him do it as from the ability which God giveth; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

but if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.

Wherefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in welldoing, as to a faithful Creator.

casting all your care upon him, because he careth for you.

To him be the dominion for ever. Amen.

Seeing that his Divine power hath given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness;

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when such a voice as this was borne to him from the excellent glory: "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

And this voice we heard borne from heaven when we were with him in the holy mount.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, be diligent that ye may be found without spot and blameless before him in peace,

and account the longsuffering of our Lord salvation; as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you,

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, both now and for ever.

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.