For this cause, when I too could no longer forbear, I sent in order to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor should prove in vain.

for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction by your faith;

For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;

For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we who are living, we who are left till the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate those who have fallen asleep.

in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

I adjure you by the Lord, that this letter be read to all the holy brethren.

And for this cause God sendeth them a working of delusion, that they may believe the falsehood;

For also when we were with you, this we commanded you: If any one will not work, neither let him eat.

And if any one obey not our word by this epistle, mark that man; and keep no company with him, that he may be shamed;

knowing this, that the Law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

But for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me especially Christ Jesus might show forth all his longsuffering, as an example to those who should hereafter believe in him to life everlasting.

This charge I commit to thee, my child Timothy, in accordance with the directions of the prophets before given to thee, that thou mayst in them war the good warfare,

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have placed our hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of believers.

Give heed to thyself, and to thy teaching; continue in them; for in doing this thou wilt save both thyself and them that hear thee.

But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety to their own family, and to requite their parents; for this is acceptable before God.

Charge those who are rich in this world that they be not highminded, nor place their hope in uncertain riches, but in God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; that they do good,

Thou knowest this, that all those in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with everlasting glory.

Nevertheless Gods firm foundation standeth, having this seal, "The Lord knoweth them that are his;" and, "Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."

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

For this cause I left thee behind in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed thee;

This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

For perhaps he was separated from thee for a season to this end, that thou shouldst receive him back as thine for ever;

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

and in this place again: "They shall not enter into my rest."

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not after this be speaking of another day.

and by reason of this infirmity he must, as for the people, so also for himself, offer sacrifice for sins.

And no one taketh this honor to himself, but when called by God, as was Aaron.

Thus Christ did not glorify himself to be made highpriest, but he who said to him, "Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee;"

And this we will do, if God permit.

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,

Consider now how great this man was, to whom even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils.

who hath not necessity daily, as the highpriests, to offer up sacrifice first for his own sins, and then for those of the people; for this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.

Now the principal thing among those of which we are speaking is this: We have such a highpriest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

For every highpriest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; whence it is necessary that this one also have something which he may offer.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind, and on their hearts will I write them; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

the Holy Spirit clearly showing this, that the way into the sanctuary hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing:

But Christ having appeared, as a highpriest of the good things to come, passing through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, entered once for all into the sanctuary,

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that, death having taken place for redemption from the transgressions under the first covenant, they who have been called may receive the everlasting inheritance which was promised.

saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God enjoined in respect to you."

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment;

And in this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Moreover the Holy Spirit also is a witness to us of this. For after he had said,

"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days," the Lord saith, "I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them,

And this expression, "Yet once more," signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, in order that those things which are not shaken may abide.

Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.

but I the more earnestly entreat you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and remains there, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deed.

If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this mans religion is vain.

Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep ones self unspotted from the world.

This wisdom is not that which descendeth from above, but earthly, sensual, devilish.

instead of saying, If the Lord will, we shall both live and do this or that;

but the word of the Lord abideth for ever;" and this is the word which was preached to you.

For this is acceptable, if any one on account of a sense of duty to God endureth hardships, suffering wrongfully.

For what glory is it, if, when ye are beaten for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently [it is glory]; for this is acceptable with God.

For to this ye were called; because even Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps;

For in this manner in the old time the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands;

not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but, on the contrary, blessing the evildoer; because for this end ye were called, that ye might inherit blessing.

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

but if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.

By Silvanus, the faithful brother as I think, I have written to you in few words, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

even for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge,

For in this way the entrance will be richly furnished you into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Yea, I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by reminding you;

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when such a voice as this was borne to him from the excellent glory: "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

And this voice we heard borne from heaven when we were with him in the holy mount.

knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture cometh from private interpretation.

This second letter, beloved, I now write to you, in both which I stir up your pure minds by putting you in remembrance;

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

For of this they are willingly ignorant, that of old by the word of God there were heavens, and an earth formed out of the water and by the water,

But forget not, beloved, this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Who is the liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denieth the Father and the Son.

And this is the promise which he himself promised us, even the life everlasting.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God l For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

And every one that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.

He that committeth sin is of the Devil; for the Devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil.

In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the Devil. Whoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, and he that loveth not his brother.

For this is the message that ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

But whoever hath this worlds goods, and seeth his brother having need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and should love one another, as he gave commandment.

And every spirit that doth not acknowledge Jesus, is not of God; and this is that spirit of Antichrist, of which ye have heard that it is to come, and even now it is already in the world.

In this was manifested the love of God in regard to us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live through him.

Herein hath love been perfected with us, that we have confidence in the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world.

And this commandment we have from him, that he who loveth God love also his brother.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and do his commandments.

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

because whatever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not in the water only, but in the water and in the blood; and the Spirit is that which beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.

And this is the witness, that God gave to us everlasting life, and this life is in his Son.

And this is the confidence which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us;

And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath 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 everlasting life.

And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

For many deceivers went out into the world, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ coming in the flesh; this is the deceiver and the antichrist.

If any one cometh to you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and do not bid him good speed.

I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children walk in the truth.

For there have stealthily crept in certain men who were of old appointed beforehand for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into wantonness, and denying the only Sovereign, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

But I have this against thee, that thou hast left thy first love.