My brothers, if any one of you strays from the truth, and some one brings him back,

In the same way you wives must be submissive to your own husbands; so that if some of them will not believe the message, they may apart from the message be won over by the behavior of their wives,

Do not think it strange, beloved, that a fiery ordeal has come to test you, as though some surprising thing had befallen you.

The Lord does not loiter over his promise, as some men esteem loitering; but he is longsuffering toward you, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should pass on to repentance.

It is the same in all his letters when he speaks of these things. There are indeed some things in his letters hard to understand, which the ignorant and the shifty wrest, as also they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

I am greatly rejoiced to find some of your children leading their lives in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

And now I am entreating you, Lady, not as though I were writing some new commandment to you, but one which we have had from the beginning, let us love one another.

Pity some who are wavering, and save by dragging them out of the fire;

Fear not what you are about to suffer! Behold, the devil is indeed going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested, and you will have persecution for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat food offered to idols, and to practise immorality.

So you have also some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

It had the glory of God. Its light was like some precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal;