But we are persuaded better things about you, beloved, and things that have salvation, even though we speak this way.

And this way, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, having met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, also blessed him.

And notice how great this man was, to whom also the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the best spoils.

Who has no need to offer up sacrifices each day, as those high priests, first for his own sins, then for those of the people, for this he did, once, when he offered up himself.

For every high priest is appointed in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices, whereupon it is necessary for this man also have something that he may offer.

Because this is the covenant that I will ordain with the house of Israel after those days, says Lord, giving my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be to them for a God, and they will be to me fo

this signifying from the Holy Spirit, the way into the holy things is not yet to be made known while the first tabernacle still remains.

But Christ, having arrived a high priest of the good things that are coming, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

And because of this he is mediator of a new covenant, so that a death having occurred for the redemption of the transgressions against the first covenant, those who are called might take the promise of the eternal inheritance.

saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God made for you.

And inasmuch as it is reserved to men once to die, and after this, judgment,

But this man, having offered one sacrifice on behalf of sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,

This is the covenant that I will ordain with them after those days, says Lord, giving my laws on their hearts, and on their minds I will write them,

For by this the ancients were well reported.

Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,

Do not forget love for strangers, for by this some lodged heavenly agents, unaware.

Have confidence in those who lead you, and yield yourselves, for they watch for your souls as men who will render account, so that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this is unprofitable for you.

But I urge you to do this even more, so that I may be restored to you sooner.

Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this resembles a man observing his natural face in a mirror.

But he who stooped to look into the perfect law, the one of liberty, and who remained, this man, who did not become a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, this man will be blessed in his doing.

If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.

Pure religion and undefiled from God and the Father is this, to go help the orphaned and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way.

This wisdom is not descending from above, but is earthly, world-soul, demonic.

Go now, men who say, Today and tomorrow we will go into this city, and will operate one year there, and will engage in trade and will get gain--

in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.

but the word of Lord endures into the age. And this is the word, the good-news that was preached to you.

To you therefore who believe is the preciousness, but for men who disobey, A stone that the builders rejected, this became the head of the corner,

Because this way is the will of God, doing good to muzzle the ignorance of the foolish men.

For this is graciousness, if, because of consciousness of God, any man endures sorrows, suffering wrongfully.

For what kind of credit is it, if, sinning and being beaten, ye will endure? But if, doing good and suffering, ye will endure, this is graciousness with God.

For ye were called for this. Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that ye should follow his footsteps.

For this way formerly also, the holy women, trusting in God, adorned themselves, being subordinate to their own husbands,

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.

For good-news was preached even to the dead for this, so that they might indeed be judged according to men in flesh, but live according to God in spirit.

But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this regard.

By Silvanus, the faithful brother to you, as I reckon, I wrote because of a few things, exhorting and testifying this to be the TRUE grace of God in which ye stand.

Now this same thing also, having applied all eagerness, furnish in your faith, virtue, and in virtue, knowledge,

But I think it right, inasmuch as I am in this tent, to arouse you in memory.

For having received from God the Father honor and glory from a voice of such kind brought to him from the Majestic Glory, This is my Son, the beloved in whom I am well pleased.

And we heard this voice, which was brought out of heaven, being with him on the holy mountain.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture comes to pass of a personal interpretation.

promising them freedom, while they themselves are bondmen of corruption, for by what any man has been overcome, of this he has also been enslaved.

I write to you now this second letter, beloved, in which I arouse your sincere mind by a reminder,

Knowing this first, that there will come at the end of the days, scoffers, proceeding according to their own desires,

and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For, from since the fathers became asleep, all things continue this way from the beginning of creation.

For this is willfully ignored by them, that long ago there were heavens, and an earth that came together out of water and by water by the word of God,

But beloved, this one thing you should not ignore, that one day with Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

And this is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this man.

But whoever keeps his word, truly in this man the love of God is fully perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

Who is the liar if not he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

And this is the promise that he promised us: the eternal life.

Behold what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we may be called children of God. Because of this the world does not know you, because it did not know him.

And every man who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as that man is pure.

He who is doing sin is of the devil, because the devil sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was made known for this, so that he might destroy the works of the devil.

By this the children of God are visible, and the children of the devil. Every man not doing righteousness is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother.

Because this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love each other.

By this we know love, because that man laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and will assure our hearts before him.

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love each other, just as he gave command.

And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, from the Spirit that he gave us.

By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ having come in flesh is of God,

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ has come in flesh is not of God. And this is that of the antichrist, which ye have heard that it comes, and is now in the world already.

They are of the world. Because of this they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

We are of God. He who knows God hears us. He who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

By this the love of God was made known in us, because God sent his Son, the only begotten, into the world so that we might live through him.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son, an atonement for our sins.

In this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us from his Spirit.

By this love has been fully perfected with us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because just as that man is, we also are in this world.

And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

For this is the love of God, that we may keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

Because everything that has been begotten from God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And it is the Spirit that testifies, because the Spirit is truth.

If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. Because this is the testimony of God that he has testified about his Son.

And this is the testimony, that God gave eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son.

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

And we know that the Son of God comes, and has given us understanding, so that we may know the true. And we are in the true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the TRUE God, and the eternal life.

And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

Because many deceivers have gone forth into the world, those not acknowledging Jesus Christ coming in flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Every man transgressing, and not abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, does not have God. The man abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, this man has both the Father and the Son.

If any man comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into a house, and do not speak to him to rejoice.

Because of this, if I come, I will remember his works that he does, prating against us with evil words. And not being satisfied in these, he himself does not even accept the brothers, and he forbids those who would, and expels them

For certain men have sneaked in, those written about formerly for this condemnation, irreverent men, perverting the grace of our God into licentiousness, and denying our only Master God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now I want to remind you, ye having known this once, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

But this thou have, that thou hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

But I say to you, to those remaining in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, who do not know, as they say, the deep things of Satan, I do not cast upon you another burden.

He who overcomes, this man will be clothed in white garments, and I will, no, not erase his name out of the book of life. And I will acknowledge his name before my Father, and before his agents.

And after this I saw four agents standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth, so that wind would not blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.

Because of this they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. And he who sits on the throne will dwell among them.

And if any man wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies. And if any man wants to harm them, he must be killed this way.

Rejoice because of this, O heavens, and ye who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has little time.

Because of this her plagues will come in one day, death, and grief, and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, because strong is Lord, the God who judged her.

The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.

And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

in the middle of its thoroughfare. And on this side of the river and on that was a tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit according to each month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.