For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,

This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:

Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

whom I have sent you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;

how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

as ye know how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging you , and testifying,

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also to see you;

for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:

For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;

let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.

For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.

For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith;'so do I now .

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed until now :

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.

but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some unto honor, and some unto dishonor.

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

But they shall proceed no further. For their folly shall be evident unto all men, as theirs also came to be.

At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.

For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.

These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

who once was unprofitable to thee, but now is profitable to thee and to me:

no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him.

Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;

For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?

Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

And no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron.

but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.

Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?

For he of whom these things are said belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar.

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.

Now in the things which we are saying the chief point is this : We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.

For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.

In that he saith, A new covenant he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.

Now even a first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world.

and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us: