If, therefore, any one will cleanse him self from these strifes about words, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, highly useful to the master, prepared for every good work.

and that they may awake to sobriety out of the snare of the devil, after having been taken captive by him according to his will.

But know this, that in the last days trying times will come.

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, revilers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so these also will withstand the truth; men corrupt in mind, rejected as it respects the faith.

And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.

But evil men and impostors will become worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

I charge you, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom,

For the time will come when they will not endure sound teaching, but according to their own desires they will pro cure for themselves an abundance of teachers to gratify their itching ears:

and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and be turned to fables.

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me at that day; and not to me only, but to all those who love his appearing.

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory from age to age. Amen.

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said: The Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.

This saying is true, and in respect to these things, I will that you affirm strongly, in order that those who have believed in God may be careful to practice good works: these are the things that are honorable and profitable for men.

but, without your consent, I was not willing to do any thing, that your good deed might not be as a matter of necessity, but one of free-will.

I, Paul, do write it with my own hand, I will repay it; that I may not say to you, that you owe to me even yourself besides.

Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

For to which of the angels did he at any time say: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again: I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

God also bearing testimony with them by signs and wonders, and by various mighty deeds, and by distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.

I will declare thy name among my brethren; in the midst of the assembly, will I sing hymns to thee.

And again: I will put my trust in him. And again: Behold, I, and the children that God has given me.

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

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

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

And this we will do, if God permit.

saying: Most surely will I abundantly bless you, and abundantly multiply you.

(for those priests were made such without an oath, but this one with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec;)

For, finding fault with them, he says: Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will ratify a new covenant for the house of Israel, and for the house of Judah:

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord; putting my laws into their understanding, I will also write them upon their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people;

because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.

how much more will the blood of the Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works, in order that you may serve the living God?

so the Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to those who look for him he will appear the second time, without a sin-offering, in order to salvation.

Then, said I, Behold, I come, (in the roll of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, 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 are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; putting my laws in their hearts, I will also write them in their understandings:

he adds, And their sins and iniquities I will remember no more.

but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and a fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.

For we know him who has said, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge his people.

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

For yet a very, very little while, and He that comes will come, and will not delay.

But the just by faith shall live; and if he draw back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.

whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I will shake not the earth only, but also the heaven.

Marriage is honorable among all men, and the bed undefiled; but lewd men and adulterers God will judge.

Let there be no money-loving disposition; be content with such things as you have. For he has said: I will never leave you, nor will I ever forsake you.

So, then, we may boldly say: The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man will do to me.

perfect you in every good work, in order that you may do his will, working in you that which is acceptable in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory from age to age. Amen.

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

Of his own will, he begot us with the word of truth, in order that we might be, as it were, the first-fruits of his creatures.

But some one will say, You have faith, and I have works; show me your faith by your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

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

Behold also the ships, which are very great, and are driven by violent winds; yet they are turned about by a very small helm, to whatever point the will of him that directs it may determine.

Adulterers and adulteresses, know you not that the friend ship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world, is an enemy of God.

Submit yourselves, therefore, to God; resist the devil, and he will flee from you;

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

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

and yet you know not what will take place to-morrow. For what is your life? Is it not, indeed, a vapor, that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away?

Instead of that, you ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and their rust will be a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. You have heaped up treasures in 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.

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

For such is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men;

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking guile:

And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good?

For it is better, if such be the will of God, that you suffer for doing good, than for doing evil.

so that he no longer lives the rest of his time in the flesh, according to the desires of men, but according to the will of God.

For the time past of our life should be enough for us to have worked the will of the Gentiles, while we walked in licentiousness, lusts, drunkenness, revelings, drinkings, and unlawful idolatries.

For this cause, indeed, even those who have died had the gospel preached to them, that though they might be judged according to the will of men in the flesh, yet they might live according to the will of God in the spirit.

But, above all things, have fervent love one for another; for love will cover a multitude of sins.

Wherefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God, by doing good, commit their souls to him as to a faithful Creator.

Wherefore, brethren, give the greater diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you will never fall.

For thus will an entrance be given you abundantly into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Wherefore, I will not neglect to remind you always of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth.

But I will earnestly endeavor that you may be able, even after my decease, to have these things always in remembrance.

for the prophecy came not at any time by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers also among you; and these will stealthily introduce ruinous sects, and deny the Lord that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction:

and many will follow their dissolute ways, on account of whom the way of truth will be reviled;

and, with delusive words, they will, through covetousness, make gain of you: the condemnation, long ago denounced against these, delays not, and their destruction does not slumber.

knowing this first, that there will come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, and the earth, and the works that are on it, shall be burned up.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

And the world and its desire passes away: but he that does the will of God, abides forever.

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

If any one see his brother sinning 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 do not say concerning this, that he should ask.

we all love you, on account of the truth that dwells in us, and which will be with us forever:

who have testified to your love before the church: if you conduct these on their journey, in a manner worthy of God, you will do well:

Therefore, if I come, I will remember his works which he does, prating against us with malicious words: and not content with these things, he does not himself receive the brethren, but both for bids those who are willing, and casts them out of the church.

I had many things to write, but I will not communicate them to you with ink and pen.

{ But I trust that I shall shortly see you, and we will speak mouth to mouth. Peace be to you. Our friends here salute you. Salute our friends with you by name.}

Remember, therefore, whence you have fallen, and repent, and do your first works; if not, I will come to you quickly, and I will remove your candlestick from its place, unless you repent.

He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches: To him that overcomes, I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

Fear none of the things which you are about to suffer; behold, the devil will throw 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.

Repent, therefore; if not, I will come to you quickly, and I will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

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

And I have given her time to repent; and she will not repent of her lewdness.

Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent of their deeds.

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searches the reins and the hearts: and I will give to every one of you according to your works.

But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, and who have not known the depths of Satan, (as they call them,) I will lay on you no other burden:

And to him that overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, will I give authority over the nations;

and I will give him the morning star.