but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

But if thou art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God,

For circumcision indeed profits if thou keep the law; but if thou be a law-transgressor, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.

Far be the thought: but let God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment.

who against hope believed in hope to his becoming father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be:

According as it is written, For thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.

But what says it? The word is near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:

that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from among the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and I have been left alone, and they seek my life.

For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou make little of thy brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment-seat of God.

For if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer according to love. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ has died.

It is right not to eat meat, nor drink wine, nor do anything in which thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.

and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the nations, and will sing to thy name.

For what knowest thou, O wife, if thou shalt save thy husband? or what knowest thou, O husband, if thou shalt save thy wife?

and the weak one, the brother for whose sake Christ died, will perish through thy knowledge.

Since otherwise, if thou blessest with the spirit, how shall he who fills the place of the simple Christian say Amen, at thy giving of thanks, since he does not know what thou sayest?

Where, O death, is thy sting? where, O death, thy victory?

But to Abraham were the promises addressed, and to his seed: he does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed; which is Christ.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.

Drink no longer only water, but use a little wine on account of thy stomach and thy frequent illnesses.

earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

calling to mind the unfeigned faith which has been in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Take thy share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

But thou, be sober in all things, bear evils, do the work of an evangelist, fill up the full measure of thy ministry.

Against whom be thou also on thy guard, for he has greatly withstood our words.

hearing of thy love and the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus, and towards all the saints,

in such sort that thy participation in the faith should become operative in the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in us towards Christ Jesus.

For we have great thankfulness and encouragement through thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.

but I have wished to do nothing without thy mind, that thy good might not be as of necessity but of willingness:

but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Thou hast loved righteousness and hast hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with oil of gladness above thy companions.

And, Thou in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.

and as a covering shalt thou roll them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the Same, and thy years shall not fail.

But as to which of the angels said he ever, Sit at my right hand until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet?

Thou hast made him some little inferior to the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, and hast set him over the works of thy hands;

saying, I will declare thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly will I sing thy praises.

Then I said, Lo, I come (in the roll of the book it is written of me) to do, O God, thy will.

then he said, Lo, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first that he may establish the second;

as to whom it had been said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

If indeed ye keep the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.

But some one will say, Thou hast faith and I have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and I from my works will shew thee my faith.

One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who judgest thy neighbour?

I rejoiced greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father.

Beloved, I desire that in all things thou shouldest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers.

For I rejoiced exceedingly when the brethren came and bore testimony to thy holding fast the truth, even as thou walkest in truth.

(who have witnessed of thy love before the assembly,) in setting forward whom on their journey worthily of God, thou wilt do well;

I know thy works and thy labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil men; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;

but I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love.

Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works: but if not, I am coming to thee, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou shalt repent.

I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich; and the railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan.

I know thy works, and love, and faith, and service, and thine endurance, and thy last works to be more than the first.

And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, which are about to die, for I have not found thy works complete before my God.

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opened door, which no one can shut, because thou hast a little power, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Behold, I make them of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews, and are not, but lie; behold, I will cause that they shall come and shall do homage before thy feet, and shall know that I have loved thee.

I come quickly: hold fast what thou hast, that no one take thy crown.

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot.

I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

Thou art worthy, O our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honour and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy will they were, and they have been created.

And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

And I went to the angel, saying to him to give me the little book. And he says to me, Take and eat it up: and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.

saying, We give thee thanks, Lord God Almighty, He who is, and who was, that thou hast taken thy great power and hast reigned.

And the nations have been full of wrath, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the recompense to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those who fear thy name, small and great; and to destroy those that destroy the earth.

And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send thy sickle and reap; for the hour of reaping is come, for the harvest of the earth is dried.

And another angel came out of the altar, having power over fire, and called with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Send thy sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripened.

And they sing the song of Moses bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, O King of nations.

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and do homage before thee; for thy righteousnesses have been made manifest.

And I heard the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

standing afar off, through fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour thy judgment is come.

And the ripe fruits which were the lust of thy soul have departed from thee, and all fair and splendid things have perished from thee, and they shall not find them any more at all.

and light of lamp shall shine no more at all in thee, and voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more at all in thee; for thy merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by thy sorcery have all the nations been deceived.

And I fell before his feet to do him homage. And he says to me, See thou do it not. I am thy fellow-bondman, and the fellow-bondman of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Do homage to God. For the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus.

And he says to me, See thou do it not. I am thy fellow-bondman, and the fellow-bondman of thy brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Do homage to God.