And shewing mercy
unto thousands of
them that love me,
and keep
my commandments.
And Moses
returned
unto the LORD,
and said,
Oh,
this people
have sinned
a great sin,
and have made them gods
of gold.
Yet now,
if thou
wilt forgive
their sin
-- ;
and if not,
blot me,
I pray thee,
out of thy book which
thou hast written.
Thou shalt not avenge,
nor bear any grudge
against the children
of thy people,
but
thou shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself:
I am the LORD.
But the stranger
that
dwelleth with you
shall be
unto you
as one
born among you,
and
thou shalt love him
as thyself;
for ye
were strangers
in the land
of Egypt:
I am the LORD
your God.
And
thou shalt love
the LORD thy God
with all thine heart,
and
with all thy soul,
and with all
thy might.
Know therefore
that the LORD
thy God,
he is God,
the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant
and mercy
with them that love him
and keep
his commandments
to a thousand generations;
And now,
Israel,
what doth
the LORD thy God
require
of thee,
but to fear
the LORD thy God,
to walk
in all his ways,
and to love him,
and
to serve the LORD
thy God
with all thy heart
and
with all thy soul,
Love ye
therefore the stranger:
for ye
were strangers
in the land
of Egypt.
Therefore thou
shalt love the LORD
thy God,
and keep
his charge,
and his statutes,
and his judgments,
and his commandments,
alway.
Thou shalt not hearken
unto the words
of that prophet,
or that dreamer
of dreams:
for the LORD
your God
proveth you,
to know
whether ye
love
the LORD your God
with all your heart
and
with all your soul.
And the LORD
thy God
will circumcise
thine heart,
and the heart
of thy seed,
to love the LORD
thy God
with all thine heart,
and
with all thy soul,
that thou
mayest live.
But take diligent
heed
to do the commandment
and the law,
which Moses the servant
of the LORD
charged you,
to love the LORD
your God,
and
to walk
in all his ways,
and to keep
his commandments,
and to cleave unto him,
and
to serve him
with all your heart
and
with all your soul.
Take good
heed therefore
unto yourselves,
that ye
love
the LORD your God.
I will love thee,
O LORD,
my strength.
O love the LORD,
all
ye his saints:
for the LORD
preserveth the faithful,
and plentifully rewardeth
the proud doer.
Delight thyself
also in the LORD:
and he
shall give
thee the desires
of thine heart.
Hearken,
O daughter,
and consider,
and incline
thine ear;
forget also
thine own people,
and thy father's house;
So shall
the king
greatly desire
thy beauty:
for he
is thy Lord;
and worship
thou him.
My soul
shall be satisfied as
with marrow
and fatness;
and my mouth
shall praise thee
with joyful lips:
When
I remember thee
upon my bed,
and meditate
on thee
in the night watches.
For God
will save Zion,
and will build
the cities
of Judah:
that they
may dwell there,
and have it
in possession.
The seed
also of his servants
shall inherit it:
and
they
that love his name
shall dwell
therein.
Whom have
I in heaven
but thee?
and there is none
upon earth
that
I desire beside thee.
My flesh
and my heart faileth:
but God
is the strength
of my heart,
and my portion
for ever.
Because
he hath set
his love
upon me,
therefore will
I deliver him:
I will set him
on high,
because
he hath known
my name.
Ye that love
the LORD,
hate evil:
he preserveth the souls
of his saints;
he delivereth them out of the
hand
of the wicked.
I love the LORD,
because
he hath heard
my voice
and my supplications.
Behold,
how good
and how pleasant it
is for brethren
to dwell together
in unity!
It is like
the precious ointment
upon the head,
that ran down
upon the beard,
even Aaron's beard:
that went down
to the skirts
of his garments;
As the dew
of Hermon,
and as the dew
that descended
upon the mountains
of Zion:
for there
the LORD
commanded
the blessing,
even life
for evermore.
The LORD
preserveth all them that love him:
but all
the wicked
will he destroy.
I love them
that love me;
and those that
seek me early
shall find me.
Hatred
stirreth up strifes:
but love
covereth all sins.
Better is a dinner
of herbs
where love is,
than a stalled ox
and hatred
therewith.
He that
covereth
a transgression
seeketh love;
but he
that
repeateth
a matter
separateth very friends.
A friend
loveth
at all times,
and a brother
is born
for adversity.
My son,
give me
thine heart,
and let
thine eyes
observe my ways.
Rejoice not
when thine enemy falleth,
and let not
thine heart
be glad
when
he stumbleth:
Lest the LORD
see it,
and it
displease him,
and he
turn away
his wrath
from him.
Set me
as a seal
upon thine heart,
as a seal
upon thine arm:
for love
is strong
as death;
jealousy is cruel
as the grave:
the coals
thereof are coals
of fire,
which hath
a most vehement flame.
Many waters
cannot quench love,
neither can
the floods
drown it:
if a man
would give all the substance
of his house
for love,
it would utterly be
contemned.
Also the sons
of the stranger,
that join themselves
to the LORD,
to serve him,
and
to love the name
of the LORD,
to be his servants,
every one that
keepeth
the sabbath
from polluting it,
and taketh
hold
of my covenant;
Even
them will
I bring
to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful
in my house
of prayer:
their burnt offerings
and their sacrifices
shall be accepted
upon mine altar;
for mine
house
shall be called an house
of prayer
for all people.
Go and cry
in the ears
of Jerusalem,
saying,
Thus saith the LORD;
I remember thee,
the kindness
of thy youth,
the love
of thine espousals,
when thou
wentest
after me
in the wilderness,
in a land
that was not sown.
Israel was holiness
unto the LORD,
and the firstfruits
of his increase:
all that
devour him
shall offend;
evil shall come upon them,
saith the LORD.
And whosoever
shall compel thee to go
a mile,
go with him twain.
Give
to him
that asketh thee,
and from him that
would borrow
of thee
turn not thou away.
He that
loveth
father
or mother more than me
is not worthy of me:
and he
that loveth son
or daughter
more than me
is not worthy of me.
He that
receiveth
a prophet
in the name
of a prophet
shall receive
a prophet's reward;
and he
that receiveth a righteous man
in the name
of a righteous man
shall receive
a righteous man's reward.
And whosoever
shall give
to drink
unto one of these
little ones a cup
of cold
water only
in the name
of a disciple,
verily
I say unto you,
he shall in no wise
lose his reward.
Honour
thy father
and thy mother:
and,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself.
Then shall
the King
say
unto them on his right hand,
Come,
ye blessed
of my Father,
inherit
the kingdom prepared
for you
from the foundation
of the world:
For I
was an hungred,
and
ye gave me meat:
I was thirsty,
and
ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger,
and
ye took me in:
Naked,
and
ye clothed me:
I was sick,
and
ye visited me:
I was in prison,
and
ye came unto me.
Then shall
the righteous
answer him,
saying,
Lord,
when saw
we thee
an hungred,
and fed thee?
or thirsty,
and gave thee drink?
When saw
we thee
a stranger,
and took thee in?
or naked,
and clothed thee?
Or when
saw
we thee sick,
or in prison,
and came
unto thee?
And the King
shall answer
and
say unto them,
Verily I
say unto you,
Inasmuch as
ye have done it
unto one
of the least
of these my brethren,
ye have done it
unto me.
And many women
were there beholding afar off,
which followed Jesus
from Galilee,
ministering unto him:
Among which was Mary Magdalene,
and Mary
the mother
of James
and Joses,
and the mother
of Zebedees children.
When the even was come,
there came
a rich man
of Arimathaea,
named Joseph,
who
also himself
was Jesus' disciple:
He went to Pilate,
and begged
the body
of Jesus.
Then Pilate
commanded
the body
to be delivered.
And
when Joseph
had taken
the body,
he wrapped it
in a clean linen cloth,
And laid it
in his own new tomb,
which he
had hewn out
in the rock:
and he
rolled
a great stone
to the door
of the sepulchre,
and departed.
And there was
Mary Magdalene,
and the other Mary,
sitting over
against the sepulchre.
For whosoever
shall give
you a cup
of water
to drink
in my name,
because
ye belong
to Christ,
verily
I say unto you,
he shall not lose
his reward.
And Jesus
answered him,
The first of all
the commandments is,
Hear, O Israel;
The Lord our God
is one Lord:
And
thou shalt love
the Lord thy God
with all thy heart,
and
with all thy soul,
and
with all
thy mind,
and
with all thy strength:
this is the first commandment.
And the second
is like,
namely this,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself.
There is
none other commandment
greater than these.
And the scribe
said unto him,
Well, Master,
thou hast said
the truth:
for there is one God;
and there is none other
but he:
And
to love him
with all the heart,
and
with all
the understanding,
and
with all the soul,
and
with all the strength,
and
to love his neighbour
as himself,
is more than all
whole burnt offerings
and sacrifices.
Lord,
now lettest
thou thy servant
depart in peace,
according to
thy word:
For mine
eyes
have seen
thy salvation,
And as ye
would
that men
should do to you,
do ye
also to them likewise.
For if
ye love them which love you,
what thank
have ye?
for sinners
also love
those that love them.
And
if ye
do good
to them
which do good
to you,
what thank
have ye?
for sinners
also do even
the same.
And
if ye
lend
to them
of whom
ye hope
to receive,
what thank
have ye?
for sinners
also lend
to sinners,
to receive
as much again.
But love
ye your enemies,
and do good,
and lend,
hoping
for nothing again;
and your reward
shall be great,
and
ye shall be the children
of the Highest:
for he
is kind
unto the unthankful
and to the evil.
Wherefore
I say unto thee,
Her sins,
which are many,
are forgiven;
for she
loved much:
but
to whom little
is forgiven,
the same loveth little.
And,
behold,
a certain lawyer stood up,
and tempted him,
saying,
Master,
what shall
I do
to inherit eternal life?
He said unto him,
What is written
in the law?
how readest thou?
And
he answering said,
Thou
shalt love
the Lord thy God
with all thy heart,
and
with all thy soul,
and
with all thy strength,
and
with all
thy mind;
and thy neighbour
as thyself.
And
he said unto him,
Thou hast answered right:
this do,
and
thou shalt live.
But he,
willing
to justify himself,
said unto Jesus,
And
who is my neighbour?
And Jesus answering said,
A certain man
went down
from Jerusalem
to Jericho,
and fell
among thieves,
which stripped him
of his raiment,
and wounded him,
and departed,
leaving him half dead.
And by chance
there came
down a certain priest
that way:
and
when he
saw him,
he passed by
on the other side.
And likewise a Levite,
when
he was at the place,
came
and
looked on him,
and passed by
on the other side.
But a certain Samaritan,
as he journeyed,
came
where he was:
and
when he
saw him,
he had compassion
on him,
And went to him,
and bound
up his wounds,
pouring in oil
and wine,
and set him
on his own beast,
and brought him
to an inn,
and took care of him.
And on the morrow
when he departed,
he took out two pence,
and gave them
to the host,
and
said unto him,
Take care of him;
and whatsoever
thou spendest more,
when
I come again,
I will repay thee.
Which now of these three,
thinkest thou,
was neighbour
unto him
that fell
among the thieves?
And he said,
He that
shewed mercy
on him.
Then said Jesus
unto him, Go,
and do
thou likewise.
But woe unto you,
Pharisees!
for ye
tithe
mint
and rue
and all manner
of herbs,
and pass
over judgment
and the love
of God:
these ought
ye to have done,
and not
to leave
the other undone.
But I
know you,
that ye
have not the love
of God in you.
Jesus
said unto them,
If God
were your Father,
ye would love me:
for I
proceeded forth
and came
from God;
neither came
I of myself,
but he sent me.
If I then,
your Lord
and Master,
have washed
your feet;
ye also ought to wash
one another's feet.
For I
have given
you an example,
that ye
should do as I
have done
to you.
A new commandment
I give unto you,
That ye
love one
another;
as I
have loved you,
that ye
also love one
another.
By this
shall all men
know
that ye
are my disciples,
if ye
have love one
to another.
If ye
love me,
keep my commandments.
He that
hath my commandments,
and keepeth them,
he it
is
that loveth me:
and he
that loveth me
shall be loved
of my Father,
and
I will love him,
and will manifest myself
to him.
Jesus
answered
and
said unto him,
If a man
love me,
he will keep
my words:
and my Father
will love him,
and
we will come unto him,
and make
our abode
with him.
Ye have heard how
I said unto you,
I go away,
and come again
unto you.
If ye
loved me,
ye would rejoice,
because
I said,
I go
unto the Father:
for my Father
is greater than I.
As the Father
hath loved me,
so have
I loved you:
continue ye in my love.
This is my commandment,
That ye
love one
another,
as I
have loved you.
Greater love
hath no man
than this,
that a man
lay down his life
for his friends.
For the Father himself
loveth you,
because
ye have loved me,
and have believed
that I
came out
from God.
And
I have declared
unto them thy name,
and will declare it:
that the love
wherewith
thou hast loved me
may be in them,
and I in them.
He saith
unto him the third time,
Simon,
son of Jonas,
lovest thou me?
Peter
was grieved
because
he said
unto him the third time,
Lovest thou me?
And
he said unto him,
Lord,
thou knowest
all things;
thou knowest that
I love thee.
Jesus
saith unto him,
Feed my sheep.
Wherefore
I take you
to record
this day,
that I
am pure
from the blood
of all men.
For I
have not shunned
to declare
unto you
all the counsel
of God.
Therefore watch,
and remember,
that by the space
of three years
I ceased not
to warn every one
night and day with tears.
Then Paul answered,
What
mean
ye to weep and
to break mine heart?
for I
am ready not
to be bound only,
but
also to die
at Jerusalem
for the name
of the Lord Jesus.
And Paul said,
I would to God,
that not only thou,
but also all
that hear me
this day,
were both almost,
and
altogether such as
I am,
except these bonds.
That is,
that I
may be comforted together
with you
by the mutual faith both
of you and me.
And hope
maketh not ashamed;
because
the love
of God
is shed abroad
in our hearts
by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us.
For scarcely for a
righteous man
will
one die:
yet peradventure for a
good man some
would even dare
to die.
And we
know
that all things work together
for good
to them
that love God,
to them
who are
the called according to his purpose.
For I
could wish
that myself
were accursed
from Christ
for my brethren,
my kinsmen
according to the flesh:
Let love
be without dissimulation.
Abhor
that which
is evil;
cleave to that which
is good.
Be kindly affectioned one
to another
with brotherly love;
in honour preferring one
another;
Rejoice with them that
do rejoice,
and weep
with them that weep.
Be of the same mind one
toward another.
Mind not high things,
but condescend
to men
of low estate.
Be not wise
in your own conceits.
Owe
no man any thing,
but
to love one
another:
for he
that loveth
another
hath fulfilled
the law.
For this,
Thou
shalt not commit
adultery,
Thou shalt not kill,
Thou shalt not steal,
Thou
shalt not bear
false witness,
Thou shalt not covet;
and
if there be
any other commandment,
it is briefly comprehended
in this saying,
namely,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself.
Love worketh no ill
to his neighbour:
therefore love
is the fulfilling
of the law.
Let us
therefore follow
after the things
which make
for peace,
and things
wherewith one
may edify another.
It is good neither
to eat flesh,
nor to drink wine,
nor any thing
whereby
thy brother stumbleth,
or is offended,
or is made weak.
We then that
are strong
ought to bear
the infirmities
of the weak,
and not
to please ourselves.
Let every one
of us please
his neighbour
for his good
to edification.
Now the God
of patience
and consolation
grant you
to be likeminded one
toward another
according to Christ Jesus:
Wherefore receive
ye one another,
as Christ
also received us
to the glory
of God.
And I myself
also am persuaded
of you,
my brethren,
that ye
also are
full of goodness,
filled
with all knowledge,
able also
to admonish one
another.
Nevertheless,
brethren,
I have written
the more
boldly unto you
in some sort,
as putting you
in mind,
because
of the grace
that is given to me
of God,
Whensoever
I take
my journey
into Spain,
I will come
to you:
for I
trust to see you
in my journey,
and
to be brought
on my way
thitherward by you,
if first
I be somewhat filled
with your company.
That I
may come
unto you
with joy
by the will
of God,
and may with you
be refreshed.
I commend
unto you Phebe
our sister,
which is a servant
of the church
which is at Cenchrea:
That ye
receive her
in the Lord,
as becometh saints,
and that
ye assist her
in whatsoever business
she hath
need of you:
for she
hath been a succourer
of many,
and
of myself also.
Greet Amplias
my beloved
in the Lord.
For your obedience
is come abroad
unto all men.
I am glad
therefore on your behalf:
but yet
I would have
you wise
unto that which
is good,
and simple concerning evil.
I thank
my God
always on your behalf,
for the grace
of God which
is given you
by Jesus Christ;
I write not
these things
to shame you,
but as my beloved sons
I warn you.
For though
ye have ten thousand instructers
in Christ,
yet have
ye not many fathers:
for in Christ Jesus I
have begotten you
through the gospel.
Wherefore
I beseech you,
be ye followers of me.
Now as touching things
offered
unto idols,
we know that
we all have knowledge.
Knowledge
puffeth up,
but charity edifieth.
But
if any man
love God,
the same
is known of him.
Wherefore,
if meat
make my brother
to offend,
I will eat
no flesh
while the world standeth,
lest
I make
my brother
to offend.
Let
no man
seek his own,
but every man
another's wealth.
And
if they
were all one member,
where were the body?
But now are
they many members,
yet but one body.
And the eye
cannot say
unto the hand,
I have
no need
of thee:
nor
again the head
to the feet,
I have
no need
of you.
Though I
speak
with the tongues
of men
and of angels,
and have not
charity,
I am become
as sounding brass,
or a tinkling cymbal.
And
though I
have the gift
of prophecy,
and understand
all mysteries,
and all knowledge;
and
though I
have all faith,
so that
I could remove
mountains,
and have not
charity,
I am nothing.
And
though I
bestow all
my goods
to feed
the poor,
and
though I
give my body
to be burned,
and have not
charity,
it profiteth me
nothing.
Charity suffereth long,
and is kind;
charity envieth not;
charity vaunteth not
itself,
is not puffed up,
Doth not behave
itself unseemly,
seeketh not
her own,
is not easily provoked,
thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not
in iniquity,
but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things,
believeth all things,
hopeth all things,
endureth all things.
Charity never faileth:
but whether
there be prophecies,
they shall fail;
whether there be
tongues,
they shall cease;
whether there be
knowledge,
it shall vanish away.
For we
know in part,
and
we prophesy in part.
But
when that which
is perfect
is come,
then that which
is in part shall be done
away.
When
I was a child,
I spake as a child,
I understood
as a child,
I thought
as a child:
but
when
I became a man,
I put away
childish things.
For now
we see
through a glass,
darkly;
but
then face to face:
now
I know in part;
but
then shall
I know
even as also
I am known.
And
now abideth faith,
hope,
charity,
these three;
but the greatest
of these is charity.
Follow
after charity,
and desire
spiritual gifts,
but rather that
ye may prophesy.
Let all
your things
be done
with charity.
If any man
love not
the Lord Jesus Christ,
let him
be Anathema Maranatha.
Blessed
be God,
even the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father
of mercies,
and the God
of all comfort;
Who comforteth us
in all
our tribulation,
that we
may be able
to comfort them
which are in any trouble,
by the comfort
wherewith
we ourselves
are comforted
of God.
For as the sufferings
of Christ
abound in us,
so our consolation
also aboundeth
by Christ.
And
whether we
be afflicted,
it is for your consolation
and salvation,
which is effectual
in the enduring
of the same sufferings
which we
also suffer:
or whether
we be comforted,
it is for your consolation
and salvation.
As also
ye have acknowledged us in part,
that we
are your rejoicing,
even as
ye also are our's
in the day
of the Lord Jesus.
For out of much affliction
and anguish
of heart
I wrote unto you
with many tears;
not that
ye should be grieved,
but that
ye might know
the love
which I
have more
abundantly unto you.
Ye are our epistle
written
in our hearts,
known
and read
of all men:
For we
preach not ourselves,
but Christ Jesus
the Lord;
and ourselves
your servants
for Jesus' sake.
We are confident,
I say,
and willing
rather to be absent
from the body,
and
to be
present
with the Lord.
For the love
of Christ
constraineth us;
because
we thus judge,
that if one
died
for all,
then were all dead:
And
that he
died
for all,
that they which live
should not henceforth live
unto themselves,
but
unto him
which died for them,
and rose again.
But in all things
approving ourselves
as the ministers
of God,
in much patience,
in afflictions,
in necessities,
in distresses,
In stripes,
in imprisonments,
in tumults,
in labours,
in watchings,
in fastings;
By pureness,
by knowledge,
by longsuffering,
by kindness,
by the Holy Ghost,
by love unfeigned,
O ye Corinthians,
our mouth
is open unto you,
our heart
is enlarged.
Ye are not straitened in us,
but
ye are straitened
in your own bowels.
Now for a recompence
in the same,
(I speak as
unto my children,)
be ye
also enlarged.
Having therefore
these promises,
dearly beloved,
let us
cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness
of the flesh
and spirit,
perfecting holiness
in the fear
of God.
Receive us;
we have wronged
no man,
we have corrupted
no man,
we have defrauded
no man.
I speak not
this
to condemn you:
for I have said before,
that ye
are in our hearts
to die
and live
with you.
Great is my boldness
of speech
toward you,
great is my glorying
of you:
I am filled
with comfort,
I am exceeding joyful
in all our tribulation.
And not by his coming only,
but by the consolation
wherewith
he was comforted
in you,
when
he told us
your earnest desire,
your mourning,
your fervent mind
toward me;
so that
I rejoiced
the more.
Wherefore,
though I
wrote unto you,
I did it
not for his cause
that had done
the wrong,
nor for his cause
that suffered wrong,
but
that our care
for you
in the sight
of God
might appear
unto you.
Therefore,
as ye abound
in every thing,
in faith,
and utterance,
and knowledge,
and
in all diligence,
and
in your love to us,
see that
ye abound
in this grace also.
I speak not
by commandment,
but by occasion
of the forwardness
of others,
and
to prove the sincerity
of your love.
For I
am jealous
over you
with godly jealousy:
for I
have espoused you
to one husband,
that I
may present you
as a chaste virgin
to Christ.
Behold,
the third time
I am ready
to come to you;
and
I will not be burdensome
to you:
for I
seek not your's but you:
for the children
ought not
to lay up
for the parents,
but the parents
for the children.
And
I will very gladly spend
and be spent
for you;
though the more abundantly
I love you,
the less I be loved.
But be it so,
I did not burden you:
nevertheless,
being crafty,
I caught you
with guile.
For we
are glad,
when we
are weak,
and
ye are strong:
and this also
we wish,
even your perfection.
I am afraid
of you,
lest
I have bestowed
upon you
labour
in vain.
Brethren,
I beseech you,
be as I am;
for I
am as ye are:
ye have not injured me
at all.
Ye know how
through infirmity
of the flesh
I preached
the gospel
unto you
at the first.
And my temptation
which was in my flesh
ye despised not,
nor rejected;
but received me
as an angel
of God,
even as Christ Jesus.
Where is
then the blessedness
ye spake of?
for I
bear
you record,
that,
if it
had been possible,
ye would have plucked
out your own eyes,
and have given them to me.
Am I therefore become
your enemy,
because
I tell
you the truth?
My little children,
of whom
I travail
in birth
again until Christ
be formed
in you,
I desire to be
present
with you now,
and to change
my voice;
for I
stand
in doubt
of you.
For in Jesus Christ neither
circumcision
availeth any thing,
nor uncircumcision;
but faith which
worketh by love.
For, brethren,
ye have been called
unto liberty;
only use not liberty
for an occasion
to the flesh,
but by love serve one
another.
But
the fruit
of the Spirit
is love,
joy,
peace,
longsuffering,
gentleness,
goodness,
faith,
Let us
not be desirous
of vain glory,
provoking one
another,
envying one
another.
Brethren,
if a man
be overtaken
in a fault,
ye which
are spiritual,
restore
such an one
in the spirit
of meekness;
considering thyself,
lest
thou also be tempted.
Bear
ye one another's burdens,
and so
fulfil the law
of Christ.
As we
have therefore
opportunity,
let us
do good
unto all men,
especially unto them
who are of the household
of faith.
But God
forbid that
I should glory,
save in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom
the world
is crucified unto me,
and
I unto the world.
Wherefore
I desire
that ye
faint not
at my tribulations
for you,
which is your glory.
That Christ
may dwell
in your hearts
by faith;
that ye,
being rooted
and grounded
in love,
May be able
to comprehend
with all saints
what is the breadth,
and length,
and depth,
and height;
And
to know the love
of Christ,
which passeth knowledge,
that ye
might be filled
with all
the fulness
of God.
With all lowliness
and meekness,
with longsuffering,
forbearing one
another
in love;
But speaking the truth
in love,
may grow up
into him
in all things,
which is the head,
even Christ:
And be
ye kind one
to another,
tenderhearted,
forgiving one
another,
even as God
for Christ's sake
hath forgiven you.
And walk in love,
as Christ
also hath loved us,
and hath given himself
for us an offering
and a
sacrifice
to God
for a sweetsmelling savour.
Whom
I have sent
unto you
for the same purpose,
that ye
might know
our affairs,
and
that he
might comfort
your hearts.
Grace
be
with all
them that love
our Lord Jesus Christ
in sincerity.
Amen.
I thank
my God
upon every remembrance
of you,
Always in every prayer
of mine
for you
all making
request with joy,
For your fellowship
in the gospel
from the first day
until now;
Even as
it is
meet
for me to think this
of you all,
because
I have you
in my heart;
inasmuch as both
in my bonds,
and
in the defence
and confirmation
of the gospel,
ye all are partakers
of my grace.
For God
is my record,
how greatly
I long after you
all in the bowels
of Jesus Christ.
And this
I pray,
that your love
may abound yet
more
and more
in knowledge
and in all judgment;
For I
am in a strait
betwixt two,
having a desire
to depart,
and
to be
with Christ;
which is
far better:
Nevertheless
to abide in
the flesh
is more needful
for you.
And having
this confidence,
I know that
I shall abide
and continue
with you
all for your furtherance
and joy
of faith;
That your rejoicing
may be more abundant
in Jesus Christ
for me
by my coming
to you again.
Fulfil ye
my joy,
that ye
be likeminded,
having the same love,
being
of one accord,
of one mind.
But
what things
were gain to me,
those I
counted loss
for Christ.
Yea doubtless,
and
I count all things
but loss
for the excellency
of the knowledge
of Christ Jesus my Lord:
for whom
I have suffered
the loss
of all things,
and do count them
but dung,
that I
may win Christ,
Therefore,
my brethren dearly beloved
and longed for,
my joy and crown,
so stand
fast in the Lord,
my dearly beloved.
Since we
heard
of your faith
in Christ Jesus,
and of the love
which ye
have to all
the saints,
Who also declared
unto us your love
in the Spirit.
That their hearts
might be comforted,
being
knit together
in love,
and unto all riches
of the full assurance
of understanding,
to the acknowledgement
of the mystery
of God,
and
of the Father,
and of Christ;
Put on therefore,
as the elect
of God,
holy
and beloved,
bowels
of mercies,
kindness,
humbleness
of mind,
meekness,
longsuffering;
Forbearing one
another,
and forgiving one
another,
if any man
have a quarrel
against any:
even as Christ
forgave you,
so also do ye.
And above
all these things
put on charity,
which is the bond
of perfectness.
Remembering
without ceasing
your work
of faith,
and labour
of love,
and patience
of hope
in our Lord Jesus Christ,
in the sight
of God
and our Father;
And the Lord
make you
to increase and
abound
in love one
toward another,
and
toward all men,
even as
we do toward you:
But
as touching brotherly
love
ye need not that
I write unto you:
for ye yourselves
are taught
of God
to love one
another.
But let us,
who are of the day,
be sober,
putting on the breastplate
of faith
and love;
and
for an helmet,
the hope
of salvation.
And the Lord
direct your hearts
into the love
of God,
and
into the patient
waiting
for Christ.
Now
the end
of the commandment
is charity
out of a pure heart,
and
of a good conscience,
and
of faith unfeigned:
And
the grace
of our Lord
was exceeding abundant
with faith
and love which
is in Christ Jesus.
Notwithstanding
she shall be saved
in childbearing,
if they
continue
in faith
and charity
and holiness
with sobriety.
Let
no man
despise thy youth;
but be
thou an example
of the believers,
in word,
in conversation,
in charity,
in spirit,
in faith,
in purity.
And
they that
have believing masters,
let them
not despise them,
because
they are brethren;
but rather do them service,
because
they are
faithful
and beloved,
partakers
of the benefit.
These things
teach and exhort.
But thou,
O man of God,
flee these things;
and follow
after righteousness,
godliness,
faith,
love,
patience,
meekness.
For God
hath not given us the spirit
of fear;
but of power,
and of love,
and
of a sound mind.
Hold
fast
the form
of sound words,
which thou
hast heard of me,
in faith
and love which
is in Christ Jesus.
Flee also youthful lusts:
but follow
righteousness,
faith,
charity,
peace,
with them that
call on the Lord
out of a pure heart.
Henceforth there is laid up
for me a crown
of righteousness,
which the Lord,
the righteous judge,
shall give me
at that day:
and not to me only,
but unto all them
also that love
his appearing.
All that
are with me salute thee.
Greet them that love us
in the faith.
Grace
be with you all.
Amen.
Hearing of thy
love
and faith,
which thou
hast toward
the Lord Jesus,
and
toward all saints;
Yet for love's sake
I rather beseech thee,
being such
an one
as Paul the aged,
and
now also
a prisoner
of Jesus Christ.
Whom
I have sent again:
thou therefore receive him,
that is,
mine own bowels:
Not now as a servant,
but above
a servant,
a brother beloved,
specially to me,
but
how much more
unto thee,
both in the flesh,
and
in the Lord?
But,
beloved,
we are persuaded better things
of you,
and things that
accompany salvation,
though we thus speak.
For God
is not unrighteous
to forget your work
and labour
of love,
which ye
have shewed toward
his name,
in that
ye have ministered
to the saints,
and do minister.
And let us
consider one
another
to provoke
unto love
and to good works:
Be not forgetful
to entertain strangers:
for thereby some
have entertained angels unawares.
Remember them that
are in bonds,
as bound with them;
and them which
suffer adversity,
as being yourselves also
in the body.
Blessed is the man
that endureth temptation:
for when
he is tried,
he shall receive the crown
of life,
which the Lord
hath promised
to them that love him.
Hearken,
my beloved brethren,
Hath
not God
chosen
the poor
of this world rich in faith,
and heirs
of the kingdom
which he
hath promised
to them that love him?
If ye fulfil
the royal law
according to the scripture,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself,
ye do well:
Whom having not seen,
ye love;
in whom,
though now
ye see him not,
yet believing,
ye rejoice
with joy
unspeakable
and full of glory:
Seeing
ye have purified
your souls
in obeying
the truth
through the Spirit
unto unfeigned love
of the brethren,
see that
ye love one
another
with a pure heart fervently:
Unto you therefore which
believe
he is precious:
but unto them
which be disobedient,
the stone
which the builders disallowed,
the same
is made
the head
of the corner,
Honour all men.
Love the brotherhood.
Fear God.
Honour the king.
Finally,
be ye
all of one mind,
having compassion one
of another,
love as brethren,
be pitiful,
be courteous:
And above all things
have fervent charity
among yourselves:
for charity
shall cover
the multitude
of sins.
And
to godliness
brotherly kindness;
and
to brotherly kindness charity.
But
whoso keepeth his word,
in him verily is
the love
of God perfected:
hereby know
we that
we are in him.
He that
loveth
his brother abideth
in the light,
and there is none
occasion
of stumbling in him.
Love
not the world,
neither the things
that are in the world.
If any man
love the world,
the love
of the Father
is not in him.
For this
is the message
that ye
heard
from the beginning,
that we
should love one
another.
We know that
we have passed
from death
unto life,
because
we love
the brethren.
He that
loveth not
his brother abideth
in death.
Hereby perceive
we the love
of God,
because
he laid down
his life
for us:
and
we ought to lay down
our lives
for the brethren.
But
whoso
hath
this world's good,
and seeth
his brother
have need,
and shutteth up his bowels
of compassion
from him,
how dwelleth the love
of God in him?
My little children,
let us
not love in word,
neither in tongue;
but in deed
and in truth.
And this
is his commandment,
That we
should believe on the name
of his Son Jesus Christ,
and love one
another,
as he
gave us
commandment.
Beloved,
let us
love one another:
for love
is of God;
and
every one
that loveth
is born of God,
and knoweth God.
Beloved,
if God so
loved us,
we ought also
to love one
another.
No man
hath seen God
at any time.
If we
love one
another,
God
dwelleth in us,
and his love
is perfected in us.
And we
have known
and believed
the love that God
hath to us.
God is love;
and
he that
dwelleth in love
dwelleth in God,
and God
in him.
Herein is our love
made perfect,
that we
may have boldness
in the day
of judgment:
because as he is,
so are
we in this world.
There is
no fear in love;
but perfect
love
casteth out fear:
because
fear hath torment.
He that
feareth
is not made
perfect
in love.
We love him,
because
he first loved us.
If a man say,
I love God,
and hateth his brother,
he is a liar:
for he
that loveth not
his brother whom
he hath seen,
how can
he love God whom
he hath not seen?
And this commandment
have
we from him,
That he
who loveth
God love
his brother also.
Whosoever
believeth that Jesus
is the Christ
is born
of God:
and every one
that
loveth him
that begat
loveth him
also that is begotten of him.
By this
we know that
we love
the children
of God,
when we
love God,
and keep
his commandments.
For this
is the love
of God,
that we
keep his commandments:
and his commandments
are not grievous.
And now
I beseech thee,
lady,
not as
though I
wrote
a new commandment
unto thee,
but
that which
we had
from the beginning,
that we
love one
another.
And this
is love,
that we
walk
after his commandments.
This is the commandment,
That,
as ye
have heard
from the beginning,
ye should walk in it.
Keep yourselves
in the love
of God,
looking for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ
unto eternal life.
Nevertheless
I have somewhat
against thee,
because
thou hast left
thy first love.