and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which voice they who heard, entreated that no more should be spoken to them;

for they could not bear that which was commanded, "If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;" and,

and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant; and to a sprinkling with that blood which speaketh something better than Abel.

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;

And this expression, "Yet once more," signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, in order that those things which are not shaken may abide.

so that we boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; what shall man do to me?"

Be not carried aside with various and strange teachings; for it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with meats, in which those who walked were not profited.

Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.

for here we have no abiding city, but are seeking that which is to come.

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.

Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.

Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring in all things to conduct ourselves well;

but I the more earnestly entreat you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

make you perfect in every good work, to do his will, doing in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever. Amen.

Know that the brother Timothy hath been set at liberty, with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.

But let endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting in nothing.

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.

For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,

Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted;

but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

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.

Of his own will he begot us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this mans religion is vain.

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?

So speak, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

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?

Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well; the demons also believe, and tremble.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is idle?

Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect.

Ye see that by works a man is accounted as righteous, and not by faith only.

My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

For when we put the bits into the horses mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about also their whole body.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity! The tongue among our members is that which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.

This wisdom is not that which descendeth from above, but earthly, sensual, devilish.

Whence are wars and whence are fightings among you? Are they not hence, from your lusts that war in your members?

ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore chooseth to be a friend of the world, becometh an enemy of God.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, "Zealously doth the Spirit, which made its abode in us, long for us"?

Speak not against one another, brethren; he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

One is the Lawgiver and Judge, he who is able to save, and to destroy; but who art thou, that judgest thy neighbor?

Come now, ye that say, Today and tomorrow we will go into such a city, and spend a year there and traffic, and get gain,

(whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? Ye are even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away;)

instead of saying, If the Lord will, we shall both live and do this or that;

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

Come now, ye rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that are coming upon you.

Murmur not against each other, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the Judge standeth before the door.

Behold, we count those happy who have endured. Ye have heard of the patience of Job; behold also the end of the Lord, that he is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under condemnation.

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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;

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.

that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold which perisheth, but is tried with fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the manifestation of Jesus Christ;

Concerning which salvation the prophets sought earnestly and searched earnestly, who prophesied of the grace that was to come to you;

searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them signified, when it testified beforehand the sufferings to come upon Christ, and the glories that were to follow;

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they were ministering the things, which have now been announced to you by them that have brought the glad tidings to you by the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope undoubtingly for the grace that is to be brought to you at the manifestation of Jesus Christ;

knowing that not with perishable things, silver or gold, were ye redeemed from your vain manner of life received by tradition from your fathers,

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.

as newborn babes, desire the spiritual, pure milk, that ye may grow thereby to salvation;

if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

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;

having your manner of life among the gentiles honorable; that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

For so is the will of God, that with welldoing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men;

For to this ye were called; because even Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps;

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

who himself bore our sins in his own body on the cross, that we, having died to our sins, should live to righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be won by the behavior of the wives,

but the hidden man of the heart, in that which is imperishable, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Dwell likewise, O husband, with thy wife according to knowledge, as with the weaker vessel, giving her honor as being heir with thee of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but, on the contrary, blessing the evildoer; because for this end ye were called, that ye might inherit blessing.

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

And who is he that shall harm you, if ye are followers of that which is good?

but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts. And be ready always to give an answer to every one that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, but with meekness and fear;

having a good conscience, that, wherein ye are evil spoken of, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ.

For it is better, if it be the will of God, that ye suffer for welldoing, than for evildoing.

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous one for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

who were disobedient in times past, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, wherein a few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water;

Christ then having suffered in the flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

that ye may no longer live the remaining time in the flesh after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.

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

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

For to this end was the gospel preached also to the dead, that they might indeed be judged according to men in the flesh, but might live according to God in the spirit.

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, in so far as ye share in Christs sufferings, rejoice; that also at the manifestation of his glory ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellowelder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a sharer in the glory that is to be revealed;

and when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye will receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being accomplished in your brethren in the world.

By Silvanus, the faithful brother as I think, I have written to you in few words, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you all that are in Christ.

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;

through which he hath given us exceedingly great and precious promises, that by these ye may become partakers of the Divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world through lust;

But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

Wherefore I shall be careful always to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth that is with you.

knowing that I must soon put off my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ declared to me.

Moreover I shall endeavor that at all times ye may be able, after my departure, to call these things to mind.