Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.

Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.

Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.

But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind.

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.

Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.

Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.

My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:

And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:

Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

And those of the rulers who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of those who do well.

Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.

And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;

But they will have to give an account of themselves to him who is ready to be the judge of the living and the dead.

If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.

Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.

Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.

Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;

For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

And sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, burning them up with fire as an example to those whose way of life might in the future be unpleasing to him;

But his wrongdoing was pointed out to him: an ass, talking with a man's voice, put a stop to the error of the prophet.

Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.

For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him;

This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.

And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:

But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.

Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.

I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.

And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.

And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.

Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.

Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.

Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.

But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?

In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;

He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.

And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.

And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:

If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.

And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:

For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works.

Now when Michael, one of the chief angels, was fighting against the Evil One for the body of Moses, fearing to make use of violent words against him, he only said, May the Lord be your judge.

To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,

The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John;

John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and was and is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his high seat;

And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;

And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.

See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it.

And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not come under the power of the second death.

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.

He who overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him I will give rule over the nations,

And I will give him the morning star.

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the house of my God, and he will go out no more: and I will put on him the name of my God, and the name of the town of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.

See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.

To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.

And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever,

The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying,