By faith Noah, being divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go forth into the place which he was about to receive for an inheritance; and he went forth, not knowing whither he was going.

These all died according to faith, not having obtained the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

But now they long for a better country, that is, a heavenly one; wherefore, God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for He prepared for them a city.

By faith Moses, when born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a comely child; and they were not afraid of the king's command.

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

By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disbelieved; having received the spies with peace.

Women received their dead by a resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

And these all, having received a good report through faith, obtained not the promise;

God having provided something better concerning us, that, apart from us, they should not be made perfect.

Not yet did ye resist unto blood, contending against sin;

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which, indeed, reasons with you as with sons: "My son, do not lightly regard the chastening of the Lord; neither faint, when reproved by Him;

For chastening endure ye: God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chastens not?

But, if ye are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Furthermore, we used to have the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of our spirits, and live?

All chastening, indeed, for the present seems not to be joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained thereby.

and make straight paths for your feet, that the lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.

For ye have not come to a mount that is touched and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

for they could not bear that which was being commanded: "And, if a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned";

See that ye refuse not Him Who speaketh; for, if those escaped not, when refusing him who warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape, who turn away from Him Who warneth us from Heaven;

Whose voice then shook the earth, but now hath He promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake, not only the earth, but also the heaven."

But the expression, "Yet once more," signifies the removal of the things shaken, as of things that have been made, that the things that are not shaken may remain.

Do not forget to show love for strangers; for thereby some entertained angels unawares.

So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my Helper, I will not be afraid; what shall man do to me?"

Jesus Christ is yesterday and today the same??nd forever.

Be not carried away by manifold and strange teachings; for it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods, in which those who occupied themselves were not profited.

For we have not here an abiding city, but we are seeking for the one about to come.

But, of well-doing, and contributing, be not forgetful; for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

Obey those who are your leaders, and submit to them; for they watch in behalf of your souls, as those who are to give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with sighing; for this would be unprofitable for you.

But, if any of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask from God, Who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him;

For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.

for man's wrath works not God's righteousness.

And become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.

Because, if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror;

But he who looks carefully into a perfect law??hat of liberty??nd remains by it, becoming not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work??his man shall be happy in his doing.

If anyone thinks that he is religious, while he bridles not his own tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

do ye not make a distinction among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

Hearken, my beloved brethren, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love Him?

But ye dishonored the poor man! Do not the rich oppress you, and do they not drag you before the judgment-seats?

Do they not blaspheme the worthy name by which ye were called?

For He Who said, "Do not commit adultery," said also, "Do not kill." Now, if you do not commit adultery, but kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

What profit is it, my brethren, if anyone says he has faith, but has not works; can such faith save him?

and one of you say to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," but ye give them not the things needful for the body, what does it profit?

Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead in itself.

Was not Abraham, our father, justified by works, when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

And, in like manner, was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out by another way?

My brethren, become not many of you teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone stumbles not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to restrain also the whole body.

Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing! My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

But, if ye have bitter jealousy and contention in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.

This wisdom is not the wisdom that comes down from above; but is earthly, soulish, demoniacal!

Whence are wars, and whence are battles among you? Are they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

Ye desire, and have not; ye kill, and envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight, and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it on your pleasures.

Adulteresses! know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever, therefore, purposes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaks against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law; but, if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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

Ye condemned, ye killed the righteous one; he does not resist you.

Murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye be not judged: behold, The Judge has taken His stand before the doors!

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by Heaven, or by earth, or by any other oath; but let yours be "the yes, yes," and "the no, no"; that ye fall not under condemnation.

Elijah was a man of like nature with us; and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months;

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

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.

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance;

knowing that, not with perishable things, with silver or gold, were ye redeemed from your vain course of life handed down from your fathers;

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the word of God, that lives and abides.

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

as free, and not holding your freedom as a cloak for wickedness, but as servants of God.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the perverse.

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

In like manner, ye wives, be subject to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they may, without the word, be gained through the conduct of their wives,

whose adorning, let it not be the outward one of braiding of hair and of wearing of golden ornaments, or of putting on apparel;

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with them according to knowledge, assigning honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

not returning evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but, on the contrary, blessing; because to this end ye were called, that ye might inherit a blessing.

But, if ye should even suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye. But fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

which, in its anti-type, immersion, now saves you also (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the requirement of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

at which they are surprised, since ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you;

Beloved, be not surprised at the fiery-test taking place among you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened to you;

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

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?

feed the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it, not by constraint, but willingly; nor yet for base gain, but of a ready mind;

For, not as having followed after cunningly-devised stories, did we make known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but as having been made spectators of His majesty.

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.

For, if God spared not angels that sinned, but, hurling them down to Hell, delivered them up to pits of darkness, kept for judgment;

and spared not the old world; but preserved Noah, an eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing a flood upon a world of ungodly people;

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;

whereas angels, though greater in might and power, bring not a railing judgment against them before the Lord.

For it were better for them not to have fully known the way of righteousness, than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

But, beloved, let not this one thing escape you, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

The Lord is not slow respecting the promise, as some account slowness; but He is long-suffering toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and are walking in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;

If we say, "We have no sin," we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we say, "We have not sinned," we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin. And, if any one sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous.

And He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

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