The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever; amen.

but without your consent I will do nothing, that your service may not be compulsory but voluntary;

I, Paul, have written with my hand; I will pay; not to tell you that you owe yourself to me.

I have written to you, having confidence in your obedience, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

For to which of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, to-day have I begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me a Son?

God bearing them witness with signs and prodigies, and various mighty works and gifts of the holy Spirit, according to his will.

saying, I will declare thy name to my brothers, in the midst of the assembly will I sing to thee.

And again, I will trust in him. And again, Behold me and the children which God gave me.

Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says, To-day if you will hear his voice,

It was said, To-day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation;

again he defines a certain day, To-day, saying in David, after so long a time, as it was said before, To-day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

And this we will do if God permits.

saying, Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you;

And as he was not [constituted] without swearing,??21 for they were made priests without swearing, but he with swearing by him who says to him, The Lord swore, and he will not change, You are a priest forever;??22 by so much is Jesus the pledge of a better covenant.

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

This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their minds, and will write them in their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

For I will be merciful to their wickedness, and their sins and transgressions will I remember no more.

then I said, Behold, I come,??n the volume of the book it is written of me,??o do thy will, O God.

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

by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all.

This is the covenant which I will make with them after those days, the Lord says, I will put my laws in their hearts, and in their minds will I write them,

and their sins and transgressions will I remember no more.

of how much greater punishment do you suppose he will be thought worthy, who has trodden down the Son of God, and accounted defiled the blood of the covenant with which he was purified, and treated injuriously the Spirit of grace.

For we know him that said, Judgment belongs to me, I will repay. And again, The Lord will judge his people.

For you have need of patience, that having done the will of God you may receive the promise.

For yet a very little while, and he that is to come will come and will not delay;

whose voice then shook the earth, but now it has been promised, saying, Hereafter once for all I will shake not only the earth, but also heaven.

Marriage is honorable in all, and married life without blame; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Let your life be without avarice, and be contented with what you have; for he said, I will never leave you, I will never forsake you;

so that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; what can man do to me?

perfect you in every good work to do his will, doing in you that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever; amen.

Know that brother Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes soon, I will see you.

Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruit of his creatures.

But some one will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by works.

But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

behold also the ships, though of so great size and driven by powerful winds, are directed by a very small helm wherever the will of the pilot chooses;

Be subject therefore to God; resist the devil and he will flee from you;

draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, purify your hearts, double-minded.

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

Come now, you that say, To-day and to-morrow we will go to such a city and engage in business there a year, and trade and make profits,

who know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes away;

your gold and silver are destroyed with rust, and their rust will be a witness against you, and consume your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasures for the last days.

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

for this is the will of God, that by well-doing you may silence the ignorance of foolish men;

For he that will love life and see good days, let him withhold his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,

And who is he that will injure you if you are followers of what is good?

For it is better to suffer doing good, if the will of God allows, than doing evil.

that you may no longer live the rest of your time in the flesh according to the desires of men, but according to the will of God.

For the time past is sufficient for us to have performed the will of the gentiles, walking in lewdness, inordinate desires, drunkenness, revellings, drinkings and unlawful idolatries,

For it is time for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it first begins with us, what will the end be of those that obey not the gospel of God?

And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?

Let those therefore who suffer by the will of God, commit their souls to him in well doing as a faithful creator.

For if these are in you and abound, they will make you not inactive nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Wherefore I will not neglect always to remind you of these things, although you have known them, and have been established in the present truth.

But I will also be diligent and especially that you may be able to make mention of these things after my departure.

And we have the more sure prophetic word, to which you will do well to attend, as to a light shining in a dark place, till the day dawns and the day-star arises in your hearts,

For prophecy was never brought by the will of man, but moved by the Holy Spirit men spoke from God,

and with covetousness they will make a gain of you with feigned words, whose judgment a long time lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

but these, like irrational animals, brutes made to be taken and destroyed, reviling things which they do not understand, will also be destroyed in their depravity,

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with a crash, and the elements be melted with heat, and the earth and the works in it be consumed.

expecting and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being burnt up will be dissolved and the elements be melted with heat.

And the world passes away, and its desires; but he that does the will of God continues for ever.

And this is the confidence which we have in respect to him, that if we ask any thing according to his will he hears us.

If any one sees his brother commit a sin, not to death, he shall ask, and he will give him life, for those who sin not to death. There is a sin to death; I say not that you should pray for it.

who testified of your love before the church, whom you will do well to send forward worthily of God.

Therefore if I come I will remember his works which he performs, prating against us with evil words, and not being satisfied, in addition to these [things] he does not receive the brothers, and forbids and casts out of the church those wishing to do it.

but hope soon to see you, and we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends salute you; salute the friends by name.

wild waves of the sea foaming with their own shame, wandering stars to which is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Remember therefore whence you have fallen, and change your minds, and do the first works, otherwise I will come to you and remove your candlestick from its place, unless you change your minds.

Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that conquers will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of my God.

Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Change your minds therefore; otherwise I will come to you quickly, and fight with them with the sword of my mouth.

Let him that has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that conquers will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white token, and on the token a new name engraved, which no one knows but he that receives it.

And I gave her time to change her mind, and she will not change her mind from her fornication.

Behold, I will cast her on a [sick] bed, and those committing adultery with her into great affliction, unless they change their minds from her works.

And her children will I kill with pestilence, and all the churches shall know that I am he that searches the minds and hearts, and I will give you each one according to your works.

But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira who have not this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden;

And to him that conquers and keeps my works till the end, I will give power over the nations,

and I will give him the star of the morning.

Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and watch, and change your minds. If therefore you do not watch, I will come as a thief, and you shall not know at what hour I will come upon you.

He that conquers shall be clothed in white robes, and I will not obliterate his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but lie, behold, I will make them come and worship at your feet, and they shall know that I have loved you.

Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which is to come on all the world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out of it no more, and I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one shall hear my voice and open the door, I will enter in to him, and feast with him, and he with me.

To him that conquers will I give to sit down with me on my throne, as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

AFTER this I saw, and behold, a door was opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard was of a trumpet speaking to me, saying, Come up hither, and I will show you things that must occur hereafter.

Thou art worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou hast created all things, and on account of thy will they are and were created.

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

And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take and eat it, and it will embitter your stomach, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.

And I will give charge to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy twelve hundred and sixty days [three years and a half] clothed with sackcloth.

And if any one will injure them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their adversaries; and if any one will injure them, he must thus be killed.

These have power to shut heaven, that it may not rain in the days of their prophecy, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to smite the earth with every plague as often as they will.

AND one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke to me, saying, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,

And the angel said to me, Why did you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast which carries her, having the seven heads and ten horns.

The beast which you saw was and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss, and goes to destruction; and those who live on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder, when they see the beast that he was and is not and is to come.

These have one will, and give their power and their authority to the beast.

for God has put it into their hearts to do his will and to have one will and give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God are finished.

And I heard a loud voice from heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them, their God,

and he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, nor shall lamentation nor crying nor pain be any more, for the former things have passed away.