But when the time was full come, God sent his son - born of a woman, and made bond unto the law -

to redeem them which were under the law: that we through election might receive the inheritance that belongeth unto the natural sons.

Because ye are sons, God hath sent the spirit of his son into our hearts, which crieth "Abba, father."

Wherefore now art thou not a servant, but a son. If thou be the son, thou art also the heir of God through Christ.

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman.

Nevertheless, what saith the scripture? "Put away the bondwoman and her son. For the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman."

which mystery in times past was not opened unto the sons of men as it is now declared unto his holy apostles and prophets by the spirit:

till we, everyone - in the unity of faith, and knowledge of the son of God - grow up unto a perfect man, after the measure of age which is of the fullness of Christ:

that ye may be faultless, and pure, and the sons of God; without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and a perverse nation, among which see that ye shine as lights in the world,

Ye know the proof of him, how that as a son with the father, so with me bestowed he his labour upon the gospel.

Which hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear son,

Aristarchus my prison fellow saluteth you; And Mark, Barnabas' sister's son: touching whom, ye received commandments. If he come unto you receive him:

and for to look for his son from heaven, whom he raised from death: I mean Jesus, which delivereth us from wrath to come.

Let no man deceive you by any means, for the Lord cometh not, except there come a departing first, and that that sinful man be opened, the son of perdition;

Unto Timothy, his natural son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God our father, and from Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord.

This commandment commit I unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which in time past were prophesied of thee, that thou in them shouldest fight a good fight,

To Timothy, his beloved son. Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the father, and from Jesus Christ our Lord.

Thou, therefore, my son be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

To Titus, his natural son in the common faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ our saviour.

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I begat in my bonds,

but in these last days he hath spoken unto us by his son, whom he hath made heir of all things: by whom also he made the world.

Which son, being the brightness of his glory, and very image of his substance, bearing up all things with the word of his power, hath in his own person purged our sins, and is sitten on the righthand of the majesty on high,

For unto which of the angels said he at any time, "Thou art my son, this day begat I thee?" And again, "I will be his father, and he shall be my son."

And again when he bringeth in the first begotten son into the world, he saith, "And all the angels of God shall worship him."

But unto the son he saith, "God, thy seat shall be forever, and ever. The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

but one in a certain place witnessed, saying, "What is man, that thou art mindful of him: other the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For it became him - for whom are all things, and by whom are all things - after that he had brought many sons unto glory, that he should make the Lord of their salvation perfect through suffering.

But Christ, as a son, hath rule over the house, whose house we are, so that we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of that hope, unto the end.

Seeing, then, that we have a great high priest which is entered into heaven - I mean Jesus the son of God - let us hold our profession.

Even so, likewise, Christ glorified not himself, to be made the high priest: but he that said unto him. "Thou art my son, this day begat I thee."

And though he were God's son, yet learned he obedience, by those things which he suffered,

if they fall away, should be renewed again unto repentance: Forasmuch as they have, as concerning themselves, crucified the son of God afresh, making a mock of him.

without father, without mother, without kin, and hath neither beginning of his time, neither yet end of his life: but is likened unto the son of God, and continueth a priest forever.

For the law maketh men priests, which have infirmity: but the word of the oath that came since the law, maketh the son priest, which is perfect for evermore.

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be counted worthy, which treadeth underfoot the son of God: and counteth the blood of the testament as an unholy thing, wherewith he was sanctified, and doth dishonour to the spirit of grace.

By faith Abraham offered up Isaac, when he was tempted, and he offered him being his only begotten son, which had received the promises:

By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and bowed himself toward the top of his scepter.

By faith Moses, when he was of a great age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

And ye have forgotten the consolation which speaketh unto you, as unto children, "My son despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him:

For whom the Lord loveth, him he chasteneth: yea, and he scourgeth every son that he receiveth."

If ye shall endure chastening, God offereth himself unto you, as unto sons. What son is that whom the father chasteneth not?

If ye be not under correction - whereof all are partakers - then are ye bastards and not sons.

and unto the congregation of the first born sons, which are written in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of just and perfect men:

Was not Abraham our father justified through works when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

The companions of your election that are of Babylon, saluteth you, and Mark my son.

Even then, verily, when he received of God the father honour and glory, and when there came such a voice to him from that excellent glory. "This is my dear beloved son, in whom I have delight" -

and have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, which loved the reward of unrighteousness:

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye may have fellowship with us, and that our fellowship may be with the father, and his son Jesus Christ.

but and if we walk in light even as he is in light, then have we fellowship together, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin.

Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is Christ? The same is the antichrist that denieth the father and the son.

Whosoever denieth the son, the same hath not the father.

Let therefore abide in you that same which ye heard at the beginning. If that which ye heard at the beginning shall remain in you, then ye also shall continue in the son, and in the father.

Behold what love the father hath showed on us, that we should be called the sons of God. For this cause the world knoweth you not; because it knoweth not him.

Dearly beloved, now are we the sons of God, and yet it doth not appear what we shall be. But we know that when it shall appear, we shall be like him. For we shall see him as he is.

He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth since the beginning. But for this cause appeared the son of God, even to destroy the works of the devil.

And hereby are the sons of God known, and also the sons of the devil. All that work not righteousness, are not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother.

And this is his commandment, that we believe on the name of his son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave commandment.

Herein appeared the love of God to us ward, because that God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we should live through him.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his son to make a satisfaction for our sins.

And we have seen and do testify that the father hath sent his son, which is the saviour of the world.

Whosoever confesseth that Jesus is the son of God, in him dwelleth God, and he in God.

In this we know that we love the sons of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

Who is it that overcometh the world: but he which believeth that Jesus is the son of God?

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God, that God hath born of his son.

He that believeth in the son of God hath the witness in himself. He that believeth not God, maketh him a liar, because he doth not believe the witness that God hath testified of his son.

And this is the witness: how that God hath given unto us eternal life, and this life is in his son.

He that hath the son, hath life: and he that hath not the son of God, hath not life.

These things have I written unto you that believe in the name of the son of God, that ye may know how that ye have everlasting life, and that ye may believe in the name of the son of God.

We know that the son of God is come, and hath given us understanding, to know him that is true: and we be in the truth through his son Jesus Christ. He is very God, and eternal life.

With you be grace, mercy, and peace from God the father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the son of the father, in truth and love.

Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that endureth in the doctrine of Christ, hath both the father, and the son.

The sons of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. {Here ends the Second General Epistle of John}

I have no greater joy than for to hear how that my sons walk in verity.

And in the midst of the candlesticks, one like unto the son of man clothed with a linen garment down to the ground, and gird about the paps with a golden girdle.

"And unto the messenger of the congregation of Thyatira write, 'This saith the son of God, which hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, whose feet are like brass:

and they sung a new song saying, "Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof, for thou wast killed, and hast redeemed us by thy blood, out of all kindreds, and tongues, and people, and nations,

And she brought forth a man child, which should rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her son was taken up unto God, and to his seat.

And they sang as it were a new song, before the seat, and before the four beasts, and the elders and no man could learn that song, but the hundred and forty four thousand which were redeemed from the earth.

And I looked and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sitting like unto the son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

and they sang the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the lamb, saying,

He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.