see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,

for which also we do pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfil all the good pleasure of goodness, and the work of the faith in power,

to which He did call you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;

The salutation by the hand of me, Paul, which is a sign in every letter; thus I write;

from which certain, having swerved, did turn aside to vain discourse,

according to the good news of the glory of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

having faith and a good conscience, which certain having thrust away, concerning the faith did make shipwreck,

in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle -- truth I say in Christ, I do not lie -- a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.

I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

but -- which becometh women professing godly piety -- through good works.

and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God -- a pillar and foundation of the truth,

These things placing before the brethren, thou shalt be a good ministrant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, which thou didst follow after,

for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;

and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses.

which in His own times He shall shew -- the blessed and only potentate, the King of the kings and Lord of the lords,

which certain professing -- concerning the faith did swerve; the grace is with you. Amen.

For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands,

to which I was placed a preacher and an apostle, and a teacher of nations,

for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard -- to that day.

The pattern hold thou of sound words, which from me thou didst hear, in faith and love that is in Christ Jesus;

in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

And thou -- be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn,

and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise -- to salvation, through faith that is in Christ Jesus;

And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

(and He manifested in proper times His word,) in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Saviour,

this testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

which He poured upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour,

Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit --

whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

For to which of the messengers said He ever, 'My Son thou art -- I to-day have begotten thee?' and again, 'I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son?'

And unto which of the messengers said He ever, 'Sit at My right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool?'

how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving -- to be spoken through the Lord -- by those having heard was confirmed to us,

For not to messengers did He subject the coming world, concerning which we speak,

for both he who is sanctifying and those sanctified are all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;

who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death -- with strong crying and tears -- having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,

through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered -- the obedience,

and that which is bearing thorns and briers is disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end is for burning;

in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,

that through two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,

which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and entering into that within the vail,

to whom also a tenth of all did Abraham divide, (first, indeed, being interpreted, 'King of righteousness,' and then also, King of Salem, which is, King of Peace,)

for it is evident that out of Judah hath arisen our Lord, in regard to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

(for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.

of the holy places a servant, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord did set up, and not man,

and now he hath obtained a more excellent service, how much also of a better covenant is he mediator, which on better promises hath been sanctioned,

for a tabernacle was prepared, the first, in which was both the lamp-stand, and the table, and the bread of the presence -- which is called 'Holy;'

having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid all round about with gold, in which is the golden pot having the manna, and the rod of Aaron that budded, and the tables of the covenant,

and over it cherubim of the glory, overshadowing the mercy-seat, concerning which we are not now to speak particularly.

and into the second, once in the year, only the chief priest, not apart from blood, which he doth offer for himself and the errors of the people,

which is a simile in regard to the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which are not able, in regard to conscience, to make perfect him who is serving,

saying above -- 'Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering Thou didst not will, nor delight in,' -- which according to the law are offered --

in the which will we are having been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once,

which way he did initiate for us -- new and living, through the vail, that is, his flesh --

of how much sorer punishment shall he be counted worthy who the Son of God did trample on, and the blood of the covenant did count a common thing, in which he was sanctified, and to the Spirit of the grace did despite?

And call to your remembrance the former days, in which, having been enlightened, ye did endure much conflict of sufferings,

Ye may not cast away, then, your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward,

by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

By faith Noah, having been divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world, and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.

and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,

By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;

and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.

and straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of sayings, which those having heard did entreat that a word might not be added to them,

for they were not bearing that which is commanded, 'And if a beast may touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or with an arrow shot through,'

wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;

with teachings manifold and strange be not carried about, for it is good that by grace the heart be confirmed, not with meats, in which they who were occupied were not profited;

we have an altar, of which to eat they have no authority who the tabernacle are serving,

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this is unprofitable to you.

make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;

in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

concerning which salvation seek out and search out did prophets who concerning the grace toward you did prophecy,

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.

and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence -- who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, -- to which also they were set;

having your behaviour among the nations right, that in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, of the good works having beheld, they may glorify God in a day of inspection.

whose adorning -- let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

but -- the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,

who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah -- an ark being preparing -- in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

also to which an antitype doth now save us -- baptism, (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the question of a good conscience in regard to God,) through the rising again of Jesus Christ,

in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

if any one doth speak -- 'as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister -- 'as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.

Through Silvanus, to you the faithful brother, as I reckon, through few words I did write, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God in which ye have stood.

through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.

And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise -- in your hearts;

This, now, beloved, a second letter to you I write, in both which I stir up your pure mind in reminding you,