and that they may escape out of the snare of the devil, who have been captured by him for his will.

BUT this know, that in the last days distressing times will come.

For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, vainglorious, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

And all indeed who will live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

But wicked men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and deceived.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own inclinations will set up a herd of teachers for themselves, having the itch of hearing;

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and listen unto fables.

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and preserve me for his celestial kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

I Paul have given it under my own hand, I will repay it, not to say to thee, that thou owest even thine own self unto me.

Having confidence in thy obedience, I have written unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do more than I say.

For to which of the angels ever said he, "My Son art thou, I have to-day begotten thee?" And again, "I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?"

They will be destroyed, but thou remainest; and they all will grow old as a garment,

and as a cloak thou wilt wrap them up, and they will undergo a change: but thou art the same, and thy years will never end."

God superadding his testimony with them, by signs, and wonders, and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

saying, "I will declare thy name to my brethren, in the midst of the church I will sing hymns to thee."

And again, "I will place my confidence in him." And again, "Behold! Here am I, and the children which God hath given me."

Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

while it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation.

again he limiteth a certain day, saying by David, To-day, after so long a time; as it is said, "To-day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts."

And so we will do, if God permit.

but if it produceth thorns and thistles, it is abandoned, and near the curse [of barrenness], whose end will be for burning.

saying, "Verily, blessing, I will bless thee, and multiplying, I will multiply thee."

And thus God, designing more abundantly to demonstrate to the heirs of promise the immutability of his will, pledged himself by oath,

(for they indeed were made priests without an oath; but he with an oath, by him who said unto him, "The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:")

For finding fault with them, he saith, "Behold, the days are coming, saith the Lord; and I will accomplish for the house of Israel and for the house of Judah a new covenant:

For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; giving my laws to their understanding, even on their hearts will I inscribe them: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

For I will be placable to their unrighteousnesses and their sins, and their iniquities I will never more remember."

so Christ having been once offered in sacrifice to bear the sins of men, will appear the second time without sin, to those who expect him, for their salvation.

then I said, Here am I; (in the volume of the book it is written of me) I come to do thy will, O God."

he then added, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He abolishes the first that he may establish the second.

By the which will we are sanctified through the oblation of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all.

"This is the testament which I will appoint to them after those days, saith the Lord; giving my laws to their hearts, even on their minds will I inscribe them;"

[he adds,] "and their sins and their iniquities I will in no wise remember any more."

For we know him who declares, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord." And again, "The Lord will judge his people."

For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

For yet a little, very little while, and he that is coming will come, and will not delay.

"The just man then will live by faith;" and if he draw back, my soul shall have no delight in him.

Marriage is honourable for all persons, and the marriage bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Let the tenor of your life be divested of the love of money; content with your present possessions: for he hath said, "I will in no wise leave thee, neither will I in any case forsake thee."

So that we may with confidence say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

make you fit for every good work to do his will, producing in you that which is acceptable in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory unto the everlasting ages. Amen.

Know that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

Perhaps a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith by thy works, and I will shew thee by my works my faith.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

For every species of wild beasts, and also of birds, of reptiles, and even of fishes, is tamed, and hath also been tamed by human ingenuity:

Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity against God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is set down an enemy to God.

Be in subjection then to God. Resist the devil, and he will fly from you.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Make clean your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

Be humbled in the presence of God, so he will exalt you.

Come now, ye that talk, To-day or to-morrow we will go to such a town, and do business there during one year, and traffic, and make great profits:

Instead of your saying, If the Lord pleases, and we are alive, then we will do this or that thing.

and the prayer of faith shall recover the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he hath committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

let him know, that he that converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.

For such is the will of God, that by well doing ye hold under restraint the ignorance of foolish men:

And who will do you harm if ye be imitators of him that is good?

For it is better (if it be God's will) to suffer as well doers than as evil doers.

that he might not spend the remaining space of life in the flesh after human passions, but the divine will.

For the time past of life is enough for us to have wrought the will of the heathen, when we walked in all impurities, lewd appetites, excess of wine, revels, drinking-bouts, and abominable idolatries;

For to this end was the gospel preached to those that are dead, that they might be judged indeed in the flesh according to the will of men, but live in spirit according to the will of God.

But above all things have fervent love towards each other: for love will conceal a multitude of faults.

For now is the time when judgment is commencing at the house of God; and if it begin with us, what will be the end of those who obey not the gospel of God?

Wherefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to him in well-doing as to the faithful Creator.

And when the arch Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that will never fade away.

For if these things are in your possession, and abounding, they will render you neither inactive nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

but an entrance will thus be richly afforded you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Wherefore I will not be negligent continually to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth.

I will endeavour then that even after my decease, ye may always have wherewith to preserve the remembrance of these things.

For prophecy in old time came not by the will of man: but the holy men of God spake under the impulse of the Holy Ghost.

BUT there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers also among you, who wickedly introduce damnable heresies, and deny the sovereign Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

And many will go out of the way after their fatal errors; by means of whom the way of truth will be injuriously reviled.

And with plausible speeches will they avariciously make gain of you whose condemnation from of old lingereth not, and their perdition doth not slumber.

But these men, as the naturally irrational brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil of the things of which they are ignorant, will perish by their own corruption;

knowing this principally, that in the last of the days there will come scoffers, walking after their own lewd passions,

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief by night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a rushing noise, and the first principles of matter in flames dissolve, and the earth and all the works upon it be burnt up.

And the world is passing away, and the lust thereof, but he who doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

And this is the confidence that we have towards him, that whatsoever we ask according to his will, he heareth us.

If any person see his brother committing a sin not unto death, he shall request, and God will grant him life for those that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I say not that he should request for that.

who have borne testimony to thy love before the church; to whom thou wilt perform a good act of service in forwarding them on their journey, in a manner worthy of God.

Therefore if I come I will remember his works which he doth, with wicked words prating against us; and not content with these things, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those who are willing he hindereth, and casteth them out of the church.

how they told you that in the last time there will be scoffers, walking after their own ungodly passions.

Remember then from whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and practise thy first works; but if not, I am coming to thee quickly, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou repent.

He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches, To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Fear nothing from the things which thou shalt suffer: lo! the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have a ten day's tribulation: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Repent! but if not, I am coming to thee quickly, and will war against them with the sword of my mouth.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches, To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white pebble, and upon the pebble a new name inscribed, which no man knoweth except the person who receiveth it.

And I will slay her children by death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the reins and the hearts: and I will give to you, even to every one, according to your works.

But to you I say, and to the rest that are at Thyatira, as many as do not hold this doctrine, and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak, I will lay upon them no other burden.

And he who overcometh, and perseveres in my works unto the end, to him will I give authority over the nations;

and I will give him the star of the morning.

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and observe, and repent. If then thou art not found watching, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou shalt in no wise know at what hour I will come upon thee.

He that overcometh, this man shall be clothed in white robes; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Behold, I give thee out of Satan's synagogue those who say they are Jews, yet they are not, but do lie. Lo! I will make them that they shall come and prostrate themselves at thy feet, and they shall know that I have loved thee.

Because thou hast keep the word of my patience, I also will preserve thee from the hour of temptation, which is coming upon the whole habitable globe to try the dwellers upon earth.

He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall never more go out from thence: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.

I wish thou wert cold or hot. So because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit thee out of my mouth:

Lo! I stand at the door, and knock: if any person hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and I will sup with him, and he with me.

He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit on my throne, as I also have overcome, and have sat down with my Father on his throne.

AFTER these things I beheld, and, lo! a door was opened in heaven, and a voice, the first which I heard, as of a trumpet, speaking to me, said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee what things will be after these.

Worthy art thou, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power; for thou hast created all things, and by thy will they exist, and were created.

And I looked, and lo! a pale coloured horse, and one sat on it, whose name was Death, and the grave followed after him: and power was given to them to kill the fourth part of the earth with the sword, and with famine, and with death, and with the wild beasts of the earth.