For I have great joy and comfort in your love, because the saints are refreshed by you, brother.

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?

And thou, Lord, in the beginning didst build from its foundations the earth, and the heavens are works of thy hands;

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to serve on account of those who are about to inherit salvation?

For it became him, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, to perfect by sufferings the prince of their salvation, bringing many sons to glory.

For both he that sanctifies and the sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

but Christ as a son over his house, whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and rejoicing of the hope.

and there is nothing which is not manifest in his sight; for all things are naked and exposed to his eyes, to whom our discourse relates.

For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise with our infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, without sin.

For you who ought on account of the time to be teachers, have need that one should teach you again what are the first rudiments of the oracles of God, and have need of milk and not solid food.

But we are persuaded better things of you, beloved, and things pertaining to salvation, though we thus speak.

For he of whom these things are said belonged to another tribe, of which no one attended to the altar;

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.

which is a type of the time at hand, in which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshipper as to the conscience,

And almost all things, according to the law, are purified with blood, and without the pouring out of blood there is no forgiveness.

Saying before, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou didst not desire and wast not pleased with, which are offered according to the law,

henceforth waiting till his enemies are made his footstool.

not forsaking our own congregation as some are in the habit of [doing], but exhorting [others], and so much the more as you see the day approaching.

But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.

But if you are without correction of which all are partakers, then you are of foreign birth, and not sons.

and to the church of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to a judge the God of all, and to spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Be not carried about with various and strange doctrines; for it is good that the mind should be established with grace, not with aliments, in which those walking are not profited.

For the bodies of those animals whose blood is carried into the sanctuary by the chief priest are burnt without the encampment.

are you not condemned in yourselves and judges of evil thoughts?

And do they not blaspheme the good name by which you are called?

For he that said, You shall not commit adultery, said also, You shall not kill; and if you do not commit adultery, but kill, you are a transgressor of the law.

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;

For where envy and strife are, there are disorder and every evil work.

Speak not one against one another, brothers. He that speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

There is one law-giver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you that judge a neighbor?

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;

Come now, rich men, weep and lament for the miseries which are coming upon you.

Your riches have decayed, and your garments are moth-eaten,

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.

Behold, we account them blessed who are patient. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you know the purpose of the Lord, that he is very merciful and compassionate.

who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that you should declare the virtues of him who called you out of darkness into his glorious light;

who formerly were not a people, but now are a people of God, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

For what glory is it if when you sin and are punished you bear it patiently? But if you do well and suffer and bear it patiently, [this deserves thanks], for it is acceptable to God.

For you were like lost sheep, but are now returned to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.

but let the hidden man of the heart be adorned with the imperishable [ornaments] of a meek and quiet spirit, which are of great price before God.

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear.

not returning evil for evil or railing for railing, but on the contrary blessing [your enemies], because to this you are called, that you may inherit blessing.

for the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears attend to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

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

But even if you suffer on account of righteousness, you are blessed. But fear not with their fear, neither be troubled;

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

whom resist, firm in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished by your brothers in the world.

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

where the angels who are greater in strength and power do not bring against them a reproachful judgment;

These are fountains without water, clouds driven by a tempest, to which is reserved the blackness of darkness.

promising them liberty, when they themselves are servants of corruption; for by whatever a man is overcome, to this is he made a servant.

For if having escaped the defilements of the world by a knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome by them, the last state of those persons is worse than the first.

For of this they are willingly ignorant, that the heavens were of old, and the earth was made of water and by water by the word of God,

as also in all his epistles speaking of these things, in which are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest as they also do the other Scriptures to their destruction.

but whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.

I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God continues in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us they would have continued with us; but [they went out from us] that they might be manifest that they are not all of us.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be. We know, that if he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

By this are the children of God manifest, and the children of the devil; no one that does not righteousness is of God, and no one that loves not his brother.

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him;

and what we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things which are pleasing in his sight.

BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

They are of the world; therefore they speak of the world and the world hears them.

We are of God; he that knows God hears us, he that is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

By this is love perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that as he is we also are in this world.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous;

For there are three that testify; the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three are one.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding that we may know the true One; and we are in the true One, in his Son Jesus Christ; this is the true God, and eternal life.

JUDAS, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the beloved in God the Father, and the called who are kept by Jesus Christ.

as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them, committing fornication in the same manner as these and going after unnatural lewdness, are made an example, enduring the punishment of eternal fire.

These are breakers at your love-feasts, feasting with you without fear, feeding themselves, clouds without water driven about by winds, autumnal trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots,

These are complainers, censorious, walking after their inordinate desires, and their mouth speaks proud words, showing admiration of persons for the sake of gain.

These are they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

John, to the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peace be to you, from the Is and the Was and the Is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne,

Write therefore the things which you saw, and which are, and which are about to appear hereafter,

the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks the seven churches.

I know your works and your labor and your patience, and that you cannot bear the wicked, and you tried those who say they are apostles and are not, and found them false;

I know your affliction and poverty, but you are rich, and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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.

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things says he that has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars, I know your works, that you have a name to live, and are dead.

Be watchful, confirm the rest who are about to die. For I have not found your works perfect before my God.

But you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

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.

I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

Because therefore you are warm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spew you out of my mouth.

For you say, I am rich and have become rich and have need of nothing, and know not that you are miserable, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

And there proceeded from the throne lightnings and voices and thunders; and seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God,

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.

And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four cherubs and in the midst of the elders, a lamb standing as if killed, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.

And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and those which are on the sea, and all things in them, all heard I saying, To him that sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and power forever and ever.

And one of the elders answered and said to me, Who are those clothed with white robes, and whence did they come?

And I said to him, My Lord, you know. And he said to me, These are those who come out from great affliction, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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 saw, and heard an eagle flying in the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to those who live on the earth on account of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound.

These are the two olive trees, and the two lamps, which stand before the Lord of the earth.

These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins; these are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from men a first fruit to God and the Lamb,