Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; may the Lord reward him according to his work.

And do you beware of him, for he greatly opposed our words.

They profess to know God, but by works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and as to every good work reprobate.

whom I have sent back. And do you receive him, that is, my soul,

for perhaps he has been separated from you for a time that you may have him back forever,

If therefore you regard me as a friend receive him as myself.

For to which of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, to-day have I begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me a Son?

And again, when be brings the first-born into the world he says, And let all the angels of God worship him.

But one somewhere testified, saying, What is man that thou art mindful of him, or a son of man that thou visitest him?

Thou didst make him a little lower than angels, thou didst crown him with glory and honor,

thou didst subject all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing not subjected to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

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

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

Since then the children have partaken of blood and flesh, he in like manner also partook of them, that through death he might destroy him that has the power of death, that is the devil,

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

So also Christ did not put on himself the honor of being made a chief priest, but he that said to him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee;

Who in the days of his flesh having offered both prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, with loud cries and tears, [and being heard and delivered] from fear,??8 although he was a Son, learned obedience from what he suffered,

and being made perfect became to all who obey him an author of eternal salvation,

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

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

for he was yet in his father when Melchisedec met him.

And as he was not [constituted] without swearing,??21 for they were made priests without swearing, but he with swearing by him who says to him, The Lord swore, and he will not change, You are a priest forever;??22 by so much is Jesus the pledge of a better covenant.

whence also he is able to save forever those who come to God through him, always living to intercede for them.

so also Christ having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time without sin, to those who look for him for salvation.

For we know him that said, Judgment belongs to me, I will repay. And again, The Lord will judge his people.

but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he draws back my soul takes no pleasure in him.

By faith Enoch was translated without seeing death, and was not found because God translated him. For before the translation he was said to have pleased God;

but without faith it is impossible to please; for he that comes to God, must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that seek him.

By faith also Sarah herself received power to become a mother, even beyond the usual age, because she regarded him faithful that promised.

judging that God was able to raise even from the dead; whence also in a figure he received him.

By faith he left Egypt, not having feared the displeasure of the king; for he endured as seeing him that is invisible.

looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God.

For consider him that has endured such a contradiction from sinners, that you may not become faint and weary in your minds.

And you have forgotten the exhortation which says to you as to sons, My son, despise not the correction of the Lord and faint not when rebuked by him,

See that you refuse not him that speaks; for if they did not escape who refused him that gave answers on earth, much more shall we [not escape] who turn ourselves away from him in heaven;

Let us therefore go out to him without the encampment, bearing his reproach;

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

And if any one of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and upbraids not, and it shall be given him.

But let him ask in faith, not doubting; for he that doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind and agitated.

Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

and you look upon him who wears the splendid clothing, and say to him, Sit here in a good place, and say to the poor man, Stand there, or sit under my footstool,

Hear, my beloved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

What is the profit, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has not works? Can faith save him?

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, And Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him a righteousness, and he was called God's friend.

What wise and intelligent man is there among you? Let him show his works by good conduct, in the meekness of wisdom.

He therefore that knows how to do good and does it not, to him it is sin.

If any one among you is afflicted, let him pray; if any one is happy, let him sing psalms;

if any one is sick among you, let him send for the elders of the church, and let them pray for him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

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

Brothers, if any one among you errs from the truth, and one converts him,

let him know that he who converts a sinner from an error of [his] way, shall save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sins.

whom not having seen you love, in whom believing though now you see him not you rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorious,

who through him believed in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope may be in God.

for it is said in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious, and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that you should declare the virtues of him who called you out of darkness into his glorious light;

to governors, sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and the praise of those who do well;

who being reviled reviled not, suffering threatened not, but committed himself to him that judges righteously,

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear.

For he that will love life and see good days, let him withhold his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,

let him abstain from evil and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it,

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

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

If any one speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God, if any one serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the power for ever and ever; amen.

but as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, let him glorify God on this account.

Let those therefore who suffer by the will of God, commit their souls to him in well doing as a faithful creator.

casting all your care upon him, for he cares for you.

To him be the glory and the power for ever; amen.

As his divine power has given us all things which pertain to life and piety, through the knowledge of him that has called us to his own glory and virtue,

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when this voice was brought to him from the magnificent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

And this voice we heard brought from heaven when we were with him on the holy mount.

Wherefore, beloved, looking for these things, be diligent that you may be found in him without a spot and blemish, in peace,

and consider the long-suffering of the Lord our salvation; as also our beloved brother Paul according to the wisdom given to him wrote to you,

but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever.

And this is the message which we have heard from him and declare to you, That God is light, and with him there is no darkness.

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie and observe not the truth;

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.

He that says, I have known him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

but whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

He that says he continues in him, ought also himself so to walk as he walked.

Again, a new commandment I write you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past and the true light now appears.

He that loves his brother continues in the light, and there is no offense in him;

I write to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I wrote to you, little children, because you have known the Father.

I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God continues in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him;

And the anointing which you received from him continues in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; but as his anointing teaches you of all things, and is true and is not a lie, even as it has taught you, continue in him.

And now, little children, continue in him, that when he shall appear we may have boldness, and not be put to shame by him at his coming.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one who does righteousness has been born of him.

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. The world therefore knows us not, because it knew him not.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. We know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, as he is pure.

And we know that he was manifested to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

No one that continues in him sins; no one that sins has seen him, or known him.

No one that has been born of God commits sin, for his seed continues in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

not as Cain was of the evil one and killed his brother; and why did he kill him? because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

Every one that hates his brother is a murderer; and we know that no murderer has eternal life continuing in him.

And whoever has the goods of the world and sees his brother have need, and withholds his compassions from him, how continues the love of God in him?

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him;

and what we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things which are pleasing in his sight.

And he that keeps his commandments continues in him and he in him; and by this we know that he continues in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.