Now if the first-fruits be holy, so is the whole heap: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou a wild-olive wert grafted in among them, and art made a partaker together with them of the root and fatness of the olive; boast not against the branches:

and if thou boastest, remember thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

And again Esaias saith, "There shall be a root of Jesse, and one that shall rise to rule over the Gentiles: in Him shall the Gentiles trust."

I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.

I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I admonish you:

What do ye chuse? that I should come to you with a rod? or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

I wrote to you in an epistle, not to associate with whoremongers:

Now as to the things concerning which ye wrote to me: it were good for a man not to touch a woman.

If any one seem to be a prophet, or acted by the Spirit, let him acknowlege that what I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.

The salutation of me Paul I write with my own hand.

For we write no other things to you, but what ye own and acknowledge, and I hope ye will always acknowledge.

And I wrote this to you, that when I come I may not have grief from those of whom I ought to receive joy, being persuaded concerning all of you, that my joy is the joy of you all.

For through much affliction and distress of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that ye might be grieved, but that ye might know the love with which I abound towards you.

For to this end also did I write, that I might have proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

Ye are our epistle, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by all men:

But to this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.

by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, with the armour of righteousness on the right and on the left; through honor and dishonor,

Wherefore if I wrote in such a manner to you, it was not merely on his account who had done the wrong, nor for his sake who had been injured; but that our care for you in the sight of God might be manifested among you.

looking to things that are right not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

Now concerning the relief intended for the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

I said before, and I again tell you beforehand, as if I were present the second time; and being absent I now write to those who have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare:

Therefore I write these things while absent, that when present I may not use severity, according to the power which the Lord hath given me for edification, and not for destruction.

(Now in what I write to you, behold, before God, I do not lie.)

and knowing the grace which was given to me; James, and Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars of the church, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go to the gentiles, and they to the circumcision.

which He exerted in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at his own right hand in heavenly places,

that by immediate revelation He made known to me the mystery, (as I wrote before in brief, by which,

when ye read it, ye may perceive my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,)

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not irksome to me, and for you it is safe.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.

And when this letter has been read amongst you, cause it to be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; that ye may also read that from Laodicea.

But as to brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

I adjure you by the Lord, that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.

The salutation of me Paul by my own hand, which is the token in every epistle; for so I write,

These things I write unto thee, hoping to come to thee shortly.

For the love of money is the root of all evils, which some coveting after have been led astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Who being the refulgence of his glory and the imprest image of his person, and sustaining all things by his powerful word, having by Himself performed the purging away of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high.

But to which of the angels hath He ever said, "Sit thou at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?"

Now the sum of the things that have been said is this, that we have such an high-priest, who is sat down at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens;

and the ark of the covenant which was overlaid all round with gold, and in which was the golden pot with the manna in it, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

but He having offered one sacrifice for sins, is for ever sat down at the right hand of God;

By faith they passed through the Red-sea, as by dry land, which the Egyptians attempting to do were drowned.

looking unto Jesus the leader and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

looking to it, least there be any one falling short of the grace of God, least any root of bitterness springing up should be troublesome, and by it many be defiled:

We have an altar, of which those who perform service in the tabernacle have no right to eat.

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

in which they think it strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, and therefore speak evil of you:

who account it a pleasure to riot even in the day; spots and disgraces; revelling in their frauds, while they partake of your feasts:

who have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity;

This second epistle, my beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your sincere mind in remembrance,

And these things we write unto you, that your joy may be complete.

My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Brethren, I write not a new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning:

though I write it again as a new commandment, which is truth in Him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

I write unto you, little children, because for his sake your sins are forgiven you:

I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning: and I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. Yea I have written to you, little children, because ye have known the Father:

Having many things to write unto you, I would not with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full.

I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, who affects the pre-eminence among them, doth not receive us.

I had many things to write: but I would not write to thee with pen and ink;

Beloved, having an earnest desire to write to you concerning the common salvation, I was under a necessity of writing to exhort you that ye would strive earnestly for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.

saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last; and, What thou seest write in a book, and send it to the seven churches in Asia, to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

and He had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun when he shineth in his strength.

And when I saw Him, I fell at his feet as dead; and He laid his right hand upon me, and said to me, "Fear not,

Write what thou hast seen, the things which are, and which are to be hereafter."

As to the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks; the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

To the angel of the church at Ephesus write, These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead and is alive;

And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, These things saith He, who hath the sharp two-edged sword;

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, These things saith the Son of God, who hath eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet like fine brass; I know thy works,

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken in pieces; as I also have received of my Father;

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things saith He that hath the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead:

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, These things saith the holy One, He that is true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth and no one shutteth, and shutteth and no one openeth:

Him, that overcometh, I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, (the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God,) and my own new name.

And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot:

And I saw on the right hand of Him that sat on the throne a book written within and without, sealed with seven seals:

and I wept much because no one was found worthy to open and read the book, nor to look into it.

And one of the elders said to me, Weep not;---Behold the lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose its seven seals.

And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne.

And there came out another horse, which was red: and it was given to him, that sat upon it, to take peace from the earth, that they should kill one another: and there was given him a great sword.

And I saw when He opened the sixth seal, and behold there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sack-cloth of hair, and the moon was red as blood;

And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left upon the earth.

And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was going to write: but I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up what the seven thunders spake, and write them not.

And there was given me a reed like a measuring rod; and the angel stood and said, Rise and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the extent of those that worship at it.

And there appeared another sign in heaven, and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns; and upon his heads seven crowns.

And she brought forth a male child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

And he maketh all, both small and great, rich and poor, free-men and slaves, to receive a mark on their right hand, or on their foreheads: and that no one might buy or sell,

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord, from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them.

And he said unto me, Write, Happy they who are invited to the marriage-supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me, These are the true words of God.

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that He may smite the nations therewith: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron: and He treadeth the wine-press of the indignation and wrath of God almighty.

And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and it's gates, and it's wall.

And the city was four-square, it's length being as much as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

Happy are they that do his commandments, so shall they have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

I Jesus have sent my messenger to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am both the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.