And he
believed
in the LORD;
and he
counted it
to him
for righteousness.
And it
shall be
our righteousness,
if we
observe to do all
these commandments
before the LORD our God,
as he
hath commanded us.
And Phinehas
the son
of Eleazar
the priest
said
unto the children
of Reuben,
and to the children
of Gad,
and to the children
of Manasseh,
This day
we perceive
that the LORD
is among us,
because
ye have not committed
this trespass
against the LORD:
now
ye have delivered
the children
of Israel
out of the hand
of the LORD.
I put on
righteousness,
and it
clothed me:
my judgment
was as a robe
and a diadem.
He shall pray
unto God,
and
he will be favourable
unto him:
and he
shall see
his face
with joy:
for he
will render
unto man
his righteousness.
And
he shall be like
a tree
planted
by the rivers
of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit
in his season;
his leaf
also shall not wither;
and whatsoever
he doeth
shall prosper.
Lord,
who shall abide in
thy tabernacle?
who shall dwell
in thy holy hill?
He that
walketh uprightly,
and worketh righteousness,
and speaketh
the truth
in his heart.
He that
backbiteth not
with his tongue,
nor doeth evil
to his neighbour,
nor taketh up a reproach
against his neighbour.
In whose eyes
a vile person
is contemned;
but
he honoureth them
that fear the LORD.
He that
sweareth to his own hurt,
and changeth not.
He that
putteth not
out his money
to usury,
nor taketh
reward against the innocent.
He that
doeth
these things
shall never be moved.
Who shall ascend
into the hill
of the LORD?
or who
shall stand
in his holy place?
He that
hath clean hands,
and a pure heart;
who hath not lifted
up his soul
unto vanity,
nor sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive the blessing
from the LORD,
and righteousness
from the God
of his salvation.
I will set
no wicked thing
before mine eyes:
I hate
the work
of them that turn aside;
it shall not cleave to me.
A froward heart
shall depart from me:
I will not know
a wicked person.
Blessed
are
they that
keep judgment,
and he
that doeth righteousness
at all times.
Unto the upright
there ariseth
light
in the darkness:
he is gracious,
and full of compassion,
and righteous.
A good man
sheweth favour,
and lendeth:
he will guide his affairs
with discretion.
Surely
he shall not be moved
for ever:
the righteous
shall be
in everlasting remembrance.
He shall not be afraid
of evil tidings:
his heart
is fixed,
trusting
in the LORD.
His heart
is established,
he shall not be afraid,
until he
see his desire
upon his enemies.
Then shalt thou
understand the fear
of the LORD,
and find
the knowledge
of God.
For the LORD
giveth wisdom:
out of his mouth
cometh knowledge
and understanding.
He layeth
up sound wisdom
for the righteous:
he is a buckler
to them that walk uprightly.
He keepeth the paths
of judgment,
and preserveth
the way
of his saints.
Then shalt thou
understand
righteousness,
and judgment,
and equity;
yea,
every good path.
When wisdom
entereth into thine heart,
and knowledge
is pleasant
unto thy soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee,
understanding shall keep thee:
To deliver thee
from the way
of the evil man,
from the man
that speaketh froward things;
Who leave
the paths
of uprightness,
to walk
in the ways
of darkness;
Who rejoice
to do evil,
and delight
in the frowardness
of the wicked;
Whose ways
are crooked,
and
they froward
in their paths:
To deliver thee
from the strange woman,
even from the stranger which
flattereth with her words;
Which forsaketh
the guide
of her youth,
and forgetteth
the covenant
of her God.
For her house
inclineth unto death,
and her paths
unto the dead.
None that
go
unto her return again,
neither take
they hold
of the paths
of life.
That thou
mayest walk
in the way
of good men,
and keep
the paths
of the righteous.
Treasures
of wickedness
profit nothing:
but righteousness
delivereth from death.
The righteousness
of the perfect
shall direct
his way:
but the wicked
shall fall
by his own wickedness.
The righteousness
of the upright
shall deliver them:
but transgressors
shall be taken
in their own naughtiness.
As righteousness
tendeth to life:
so he
that
pursueth
evil pursueth it
to his own death.
The fruit
of the righteous
is a tree
of life;
and he
that
winneth
souls is wise.
In the way
of righteousness
is life:
and
in the pathway
thereof there is
no death.
Righteousness
keepeth him
that is upright
in the way:
but wickedness
overthroweth the sinner.
Righteousness exalteth a nation:
but sin
is a reproach
to any people.
To do justice
and judgment
is more acceptable
to the LORD
than sacrifice.
The righteous
considereth
the cause
of the poor:
but the wicked
regardeth not
to know it.
Judgment
also will
I lay
to the line,
and righteousness
to the plummet:
and the hail
shall sweep
away the refuge
of lies,
and the waters
shall overflow
the hiding place.
Then judgment
shall dwell
in the wilderness,
and righteousness
remain
in the fruitful field.
And
the work
of righteousness
shall be peace;
and the effect
of righteousness quietness
and assurance
for ever.
And my people
shall dwell
in a peaceable habitation,
and
in sure dwellings,
and
in quiet resting places;
He that
walketh righteously,
and speaketh uprightly;
he that
despiseth
the gain
of oppressions,
that shaketh
his hands
from holding
of bribes,
that stoppeth
his ears
from hearing
of blood,
and shutteth
his eyes
from seeing evil;
He shall dwell
on high:
his place
of defence
shall be the munitions
of rocks:
bread shall be given him;
his waters shall be sure.
Thine eyes
shall see
the king
in his beauty:
they
shall behold
the land
that is very far off.
For ye
shall go out
with joy,
and be led forth
with peace:
the mountains
and the hills
shall break forth
before you
into singing,
and all
the trees
of the field
shall clap
their hands.
Instead of the thorn
shall come
up the fir tree,
and
instead of the brier
shall come
up the myrtle tree:
and it
shall be to the LORD
for a name,
for an everlasting
sign that
shall not be cut off.
Is not
this the fast that
I have chosen?
to loose the bands
of wickedness,
to undo
the heavy burdens,
and to let
the oppressed
go free,
and that
ye break
every yoke?
Is it
not
to deal thy bread
to the hungry,
and
that thou
bring
the poor
that
are cast out
to thy house?
when
thou seest the naked,
that thou
cover him;
and
that thou
hide not thyself
from thine own flesh?
Then shall
thy light
break forth
as the morning,
and thine health
shall spring
forth speedily:
and thy righteousness
shall go
before thee;
the glory
of the LORD
shall be
thy rereward.
Then shalt
thou call,
and the LORD
shall answer;
thou shalt cry,
and he
shall say,
Here I am.
If thou
take away
from the midst
of thee the yoke,
the putting forth
of the finger,
and speaking vanity;
And
if thou
draw out thy soul
to the hungry,
and satisfy
the afflicted soul;
then shall
thy light
rise
in obscurity,
and thy darkness
be
as the noon day:
And the LORD
shall guide
thee continually,
and satisfy
thy soul
in drought,
and make fat
thy bones:
and
thou shalt be like
a watered garden,
and like
a spring
of water,
whose waters
fail not.
And
they
that shall be
of thee
shall build
the old waste places:
thou shalt raise
up the foundations
of many generations;
and
thou shalt be called,
The repairer
of the breach,
The restorer
of paths
to dwell in.
If thou
turn away thy
foot
from the sabbath,
from doing
thy pleasure
on my holy day;
and call
the sabbath a delight,
the holy
of the LORD,
honourable;
and shalt honour him,
not doing
thine own ways,
nor finding
thine own pleasure,
nor speaking thine own words:
Then shalt thou
delight thyself
in the LORD;
and I
will cause
thee
to ride
upon the high places
of the earth,
and feed thee
with the heritage
of Jacob
thy father:
for the mouth
of the LORD
hath spoken it.
For Zion's sake
will
I not hold
my peace,
and
for Jerusalem's sake
I will not rest,
until the righteousness
thereof go forth
as brightness,
and the salvation
thereof as a lamp
that burneth.
But
if a man
be just,
and do
that which
is lawful
and right,
And hath not eaten
upon the mountains,
neither hath lifted
up his eyes
to the idols
of the house
of Israel,
neither hath defiled
his neighbour's wife,
neither hath come near
to a menstruous woman,
And hath not oppressed any,
but hath restored
to the debtor his pledge,
hath spoiled none
by violence,
hath given his bread
to the hungry,
and hath covered
the naked
with a garment;
He that
hath not given forth
upon usury,
neither hath taken
any increase,
that hath withdrawn
his hand
from iniquity,
hath executed true judgment
between man
and man,
Hath walked
in my statutes,
and hath kept
my judgments,
to deal truly;
he is just,
he shall surely live,
saith the Lord GOD.
If the wicked
restore the pledge,
give again that
he had robbed,
walk
in the statutes
of life,
without committing iniquity;
he shall surely live,
he shall not die.
And by the river
upon the bank
thereof,
on this side
and on that side,
shall grow all trees
for meat,
whose leaf
shall not fade,
neither shall
the fruit
thereof be consumed:
it shall bring forth new fruit
according to his months,
because
their waters
they issued
out of the sanctuary:
and the fruit
thereof shall be
for meat,
and the leaf
thereof for medicine.
And
they that
be wise
shall shine
as the brightness
of the firmament;
and
they that turn many
to righteousness
as the stars
for ever and ever.
Sow to yourselves
in righteousness,
reap in mercy;
break up
your fallow ground:
for it
is time
to seek the LORD,
till he come
and rain righteousness
upon you.
And he
shall sit
as a refiner
and purifier
of silver:
and
he shall purify
the sons
of Levi,
and purge them
as gold
and silver,
that they
may offer
unto the LORD
an offering
in righteousness.
But unto you
that fear my name
shall the Sun
of righteousness
arise
with healing
in his wings;
and
ye shall go forth,
and grow up
as calves
of the stall.
For I
say unto you,
That except
your righteousness
shall exceed
the righteousness
of the scribes
and Pharisees,
ye shall in no
case
enter
into the kingdom
of heaven.
A good man
out of the good treasure
of the heart
bringeth forth good things:
and
an evil man
out of the evil treasure
bringeth forth evil things.
And
when the king
came in
to see
the guests,
he saw there
a man which
had not
on a wedding garment:
And
he saith unto him,
Friend,
how camest
thou in hither
not having
a wedding garment?
And
he was speechless.
Then said
the king
to the servants,
Bind him hand
and foot,
and take him away,
and cast him
into outer darkness,
there shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
For many
are called,
but few
are chosen.
And
he answered them,
saying,
Who is my mother,
or my brethren?
And
he looked round
about on them
which sat about him,
and said,
Behold my mother
and my brethren!
For whosoever
shall do
the will of God,
the same
is my brother,
and my sister,
and mother.
And the people
asked him,
saying,
What
shall
we do then?
He answereth
and
saith unto them,
He that
hath two coats,
let him
impart to him
that hath none;
and he that
hath meat,
let him do likewise.
Then came also
publicans
to be baptized,
and
said unto him,
Master,
what shall
we do?
And
he said unto them,
Exact no
more than
that which
is appointed you.
And the soldiers likewise
demanded of him,
saying,
And
what shall
we do?
And
he said unto them,
Do violence
to no man,
neither accuse
any falsely;
and be content
with your wages.
But
that on the good ground
are they,
which in an honest
and good heart,
having heard
the word,
keep it,
and bring forth fruit
with patience.
But
he that
doeth truth
cometh to the light,
that his deeds
may be made manifest,
that they
are wrought
in God.
He that
hath received his testimony
hath set
to his seal
that God is true.
He that is
of God heareth God's words:
ye therefore hear them not,
because
ye are not
of God.
Jesus answered,
I have not
a devil;
but
I honour
my Father,
and
ye do dishonour me.
By this
shall all men
know
that ye
are my disciples,
if ye
have love one
to another.
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.
Judas saith unto him,
not Iscariot, Lord,
how is it
that thou
wilt manifest thyself
unto us,
and
not unto the world?
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.
He that
loveth me
not keepeth not
my sayings:
and the word
which ye
hear
is not mine,
but the Father's which
sent me.
Abide in me,
and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit
of itself,
except it
abide in
the vine;
no more
can ye,
except ye
abide in me.
I am the vine,
ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me,
and
I in him,
the same
bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye
can do nothing.
Herein is
my Father glorified,
that ye
bear much fruit;
so shall
ye be
my disciples.
This is my commandment,
That ye
love one
another,
as I
have loved you.
Now there was
at Joppa
a certain disciple
named Tabitha,
which by interpretation
is called Dorcas:
this woman
was
full of good
works
and almsdeeds
which she did.
Then the disciples,
every man
according to his ability,
determined
to send
relief unto the brethren
which dwelt
in Judaea:
Which also
they did,
and sent it
to the elders
by the hands
of Barnabas and Saul.
Many of them also which used
curious arts
brought
their books
together,
and burned them
before all men:
and they
counted
the price
of them,
and found it fifty thousand
pieces
of silver.
For what
saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God,
and it
was counted
unto him
for righteousness.
But to him
that worketh not,
but believeth
on him that
justifieth the ungodly,
his faith
is counted
for righteousness.
Cometh this blessedness
then
upon the circumcision only,
or upon the uncircumcision also?
for we
say that faith
was reckoned
to Abraham
for righteousness.
And he
received
the sign
of circumcision,
a seal
of the righteousness
of the faith
which he
had yet being
uncircumcised:
that he
might be the father
of all
them that believe,
though they
be not circumcised;
that righteousness
might be imputed
unto them also:
For the promise,
that he
should be the heir
of the world,
was not
to Abraham,
or to his seed,
through the law,
but through the righteousness
of faith.
He staggered not
at the promise
of God
through unbelief;
but was strong
in faith,
giving glory
to God;
And
therefore it
was imputed
to him
for righteousness.
But for us also,
to whom it
shall be imputed,
if we
believe
on him
that raised
up Jesus our Lord
from the dead;
Therefore being justified
by faith,
we have peace
with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ:
By whom also
we have
access
by faith
into this grace
wherein we stand,
and rejoice
in hope
of the glory
of God.
And not only so,
but we
glory
in tribulations also:
knowing
that tribulation
worketh patience;
And patience,
experience;
and experience,
hope:
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.
I speak
after the manner
of men
because
of the infirmity
of your flesh:
for as ye
have yielded
your members servants
to uncleanness
and to iniquity
unto iniquity;
even so now yield
your members servants
to righteousness
unto holiness.
For when
ye were the servants
of sin,
ye were
free
from righteousness.
What fruit
had ye
then
in those things
whereof
ye are now ashamed?
for the end
of those things
is death.
But now being made
free
from sin,
and become servants
to God,
ye have
your fruit
unto holiness,
and the end
everlasting life.
Wherefore,
my brethren,
ye also are become dead
to the law
by the body
of Christ;
that ye
should be married
to another,
even to him
who is raised
from the dead,
that we
should bring forth fruit
unto God.
For when
we were in the flesh,
the motions
of sins,
which were by the law,
did work
in our members
to bring forth fruit
unto death.
But
now
we are delivered
from the law,
that being dead
wherein we
were held;
that we
should serve in newness
of spirit,
and
not in the oldness
of the letter.
That the righteousness
of the law
might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not
after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
For they
that
are after the flesh
do mind
the things
of the flesh;
but they
that are after the Spirit
the things
of the Spirit.
For to be carnally minded
is death;
but
to be spiritually minded
is life
and peace.
For the kingdom
of God
is not meat
and drink;
but righteousness,
and peace,
and joy
in the Holy Ghost.
For he
that in these things
serveth
Christ is acceptable
to God,
and approved
of men.
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.
For even
Christ
pleased not
himself;
but,
as it is written,
The reproaches of them that
reproached
thee fell on me.
For whatsoever things
were written
aforetime were written
for our learning,
that we
through patience
and comfort
of the scriptures
might have hope.
Now the God
of patience
and consolation
grant you
to be likeminded one
toward another
according to Christ Jesus:
That ye
may with one mind
and one mouth
glorify God,
even the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wherefore receive
ye one another,
as Christ
also received us
to the glory
of God.
But I
will come
to you shortly,
if the Lord will,
and will know,
not the speech
of them
which are puffed up,
but the power.
For the kingdom
of God
is not in word,
but in power.
Wherefore
I give you
to understand,
that no man
speaking
by the Spirit
of God calleth Jesus accursed:
and that no man
can say
that Jesus
is the Lord,
but by the Holy Ghost.
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.
Therefore if any man
be in Christ,
he is a new creature:
old things
are passed away;
behold,
all things
are become new.
For godly
sorrow
worketh repentance
to salvation not
to be repented of:
but
the sorrow
of the world
worketh death.
For behold
this selfsame thing,
that ye
sorrowed
after a godly sort,
what
carefulness it
wrought
in you,
yea,
what clearing
of yourselves,
yea,
what indignation,
yea,
what fear,
yea,
what vehement desire,
yea,
what zeal,
yea,
what revenge!
In all things
ye have approved yourselves
to be
clear
in this matter.
Now he that
ministereth
seed
to the sower both minister bread
for your food,
and multiply
your seed sown,
and increase
the fruits
of your righteousness;)
Casting
down imaginations,
and every high thing
that exalteth itself against the knowledge
of God,
and bringing
into captivity every thought
to the obedience
of Christ;
Examine yourselves,
whether ye
be in the faith;
prove your own selves.
Know
ye not
your own selves,
how that Jesus Christ
is in you,
except ye
be reprobates?
And
because
ye are sons,
God hath sent
forth the Spirit
of his Son
into your hearts,
crying,
Abba, Father.
But
the fruit
of the Spirit
is love,
joy,
peace,
longsuffering,
gentleness,
goodness,
faith,
Meekness,
temperance:
against such
there is no law.
Be not deceived;
God is not mocked:
for whatsoever
a man soweth,
that shall
he also reap.
For he
that
soweth to his flesh
shall of the flesh
reap corruption;
but
he that
soweth to the Spirit
shall of the Spirit
reap life everlasting.
In whom
ye also trusted,
after that
ye heard
the word
of truth,
the gospel
of your salvation:
in whom
also after that
ye believed,
ye were sealed
with that
holy Spirit
of promise,
Which is the earnest
of our inheritance
until the redemption
of the purchased possession,
unto the praise
of his glory.
(For
the fruit
of the Spirit
is in all goodness
and righteousness
and truth;)
Being filled
with the fruits
of righteousness,
which are by Jesus Christ,
unto the glory
and praise
of God.
Only let
your conversation
be as it
becometh
the gospel
of Christ:
that whether
I come
and see you,
or else
be absent,
I may hear
of your affairs,
that ye
stand
fast
in one spirit,
with one mind
striving together
for the faith
of the gospel;
And
in nothing
terrified
by your adversaries:
which is
to them
an evident token
of perdition,
but to you
of salvation,
and that of God.
For unto you
it is given in the behalf
of Christ,
not only
to believe on him,
but
also to suffer
for his sake;
For it
is
God which
worketh in you both to
will
and
to do
of his good pleasure.
Not as
though I
had already attained,
either were already perfect:
but
I follow after,
if that
I may apprehend that
for which
also I
am apprehended
of Christ Jesus.
Brethren,
I count not myself
to have apprehended:
but this one thing
I do,
forgetting
those things
which are behind,
and reaching forth
unto those things
which are before,
I press toward
the mark
for the prize
of the high calling
of God
in Christ Jesus.
Not that
I speak
in respect
of want:
for I
have learned,
in whatsoever state
I am,
therewith to be content.
I know both
how to be abased,
and
I know how
to abound:
every
where and
in all things
I am instructed
both to be full
and
to be hungry,
both to
abound and
to suffer need.
I can do
all things
through Christ which
strengtheneth me.
Giving
thanks
unto the Father,
which hath made us
meet
to be partakers
of the inheritance
of the saints
in light:
Who hath delivered us
from the power
of darkness,
and hath translated us
into the kingdom
of his dear Son:
For ye
are dead,
and your life
is hid with Christ
in God.
Mortify therefore your members
which are upon the earth;
fornication,
uncleanness,
inordinate affection,
evil concupiscence,
and covetousness,
which is idolatry:
Lie not one
to another,
seeing that
ye have put off
the old man
with his deeds;
And have put on
the new man,
which is renewed in knowledge
after the image
of him that
created him:
Where there is
neither Greek
nor Jew,
circumcision
nor uncircumcision,
Barbarian, Scythian,
bond nor free:
but Christ
is all,
and in all.
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.
And let
the peace of God
rule
in your hearts,
to the which
also ye
are called in
one body;
and be
ye thankful.
Let the word
of Christ
dwell in you
richly in all wisdom;
teaching
and admonishing one
another
in psalms
and hymns
and spiritual songs,
singing
with grace
in your hearts
to the Lord.
And whatsoever
ye do
in word or deed,
do all
in the name
of the Lord Jesus,
giving
thanks
to God
and the Father
by him.
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;
For they
themselves
shew
of us what manner
of entering in we
had unto you,
and
how ye
turned
to God from idols
to serve
the living
and true God;
And
to wait
for his Son
from heaven,
whom
he raised
from the dead,
even Jesus,
which delivered us
from the wrath
to come.
We are bound
to thank God
always for you,
brethren,
as it is meet,
because
that your faith
groweth exceedingly,
and the charity
of every one
of you
all toward each other aboundeth;
So that
we ourselves
glory
in you
in the churches
of God
for your patience
and faith
in all your persecutions
and tribulations that
ye endure:
Which is
a manifest token
of the righteous judgment
of God,
that ye
may be counted worthy
of the kingdom
of God,
for which
ye also suffer:
In like manner also,
that women
adorn themselves
in modest apparel,
with shamefacedness
and sobriety;
not with broided hair,
or gold,
or pearls,
or costly array;
But
(which
becometh women professing godliness)
with good works.
Let not a widow
be taken
into the number
under threescore years old,
having been the wife
of one man.
Well reported of
for good works;
if she
have brought
up children,
if she
have lodged strangers,
if she
have washed
the saints' feet,
if she
have relieved
the afflicted,
if she
have diligently followed
every good work.
Flee also youthful lusts:
but follow
righteousness,
faith,
charity,
peace,
with them that
call on the Lord
out of a pure heart.
For I
am now ready
to be offered,
and
the time
of my departure
is at hand.
I have fought
a good fight,
I have finished
my course,
I have kept
the faith:
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.
That the aged men
be sober,
grave,
temperate,
sound in faith,
in charity,
in patience.
For the grace
of God
that
bringeth
salvation
hath appeared
to all men,
Teaching us that,
denying ungodliness
and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly,
righteously,
and godly,
in this present world;
And let
our's also learn
to maintain good works
for necessary uses,
that they
be not unfruitful.
Hearing of thy
love
and faith,
which thou
hast toward
the Lord Jesus,
and
toward all saints;
That the communication
of thy faith
may become effectual
by the acknowledging
of every good thing
which is in you
in Christ Jesus.
Pure religion
and undefiled
before God
and the Father
is this,
To visit
the fatherless
and widows
in their affliction,
and
to keep himself unspotted
from the world.
What doth
it profit,
my brethren,
though a man
say
he hath faith,
and have not works?
can faith
save him?
If a brother
or sister
be naked,
and destitute
of daily food,
And one
of you
say unto them,
Depart in peace,
be ye
warmed
and filled;
notwithstanding
ye give them not those things which
are needful
to the body;
what doth
it profit?
Even so faith,
if it
hath not works,
is dead,
being alone.
Yea,
a man
may say,
Thou hast faith,
and I
have works:
shew me thy faith
without thy works,
and I
will shew
thee my faith
by my works.
Thou believest
that there is
one God;
thou doest well:
the devils
also believe,
and tremble.
But wilt
thou know,
O vain man,
that faith
without works
is dead?
Was not
Abraham our father
justified
by works,
when
he had offered
Isaac his son
upon the altar?
Seest
thou
how faith
wrought
with his works,
and by works
was faith
made perfect?
And the scripture
was fulfilled which
saith,
Abraham believed God,
and it
was imputed
unto him
for righteousness:
and he
was called
the Friend
of God.
Ye see then
how that
by works a man
is justified,
and
not by faith only.
Likewise
also was not
Rahab the harlot
justified
by works,
when
she had received
the messengers,
and had sent them
out another way?
For as the body
without the spirit
is dead,
so faith
without works
is dead also.
Doth
a fountain
send forth
at the same place sweet water
and bitter?
Can the fig tree,
my brethren,
bear olive berries?
either a vine,
figs?
so can
no fountain both yield salt water
and fresh.
Who is a wise man
and endued
with knowledge
among you?
let him
shew
out of a good conversation
his works
with meekness
of wisdom.
But
if ye
have bitter envying
and strife
in your hearts,
glory not,
and lie not
against the truth.
This wisdom
descendeth not
from above,
but is earthly,
sensual,
devilish.
For where
envying
and strife is,
there is confusion
and every evil work.
But the wisdom
that is
from above
is first pure,
then peaceable,
gentle,
and easy
to be intreated,
full of mercy
and good fruits,
without partiality,
and
without hypocrisy.
And
the fruit
of righteousness
is sown
in peace
of them that make peace.
Likewise,
ye wives,
be in subjection
to your own husbands;
that,
if any
obey not
the word,
they also may
without the word
be won
by the conversation
of the wives;
While they
behold your chaste conversation
coupled with fear.
Whose adorning
let
it not be
that outward adorning
of plaiting the hair,
and
of wearing
of gold,
or of putting on
of apparel;
But let
it be
the hidden man
of the heart,
in that which
is not corruptible,
even the ornament
of a meek
and quiet spirit,
which is in the sight
of God
of great price.
For after this manner
in the old
time the holy women also,
who trusted
in God,
adorned themselves,
being
in subjection
unto their own husbands:
Even as Sara
obeyed Abraham,
calling him lord:
whose daughters
ye are,
as long as ye
do well,
and are not afraid
with any amazement.
Likewise,
ye husbands,
dwell
with them according to knowledge,
giving
honour
unto the wife,
as unto the weaker vessel,
and
as being heirs
together of the grace
of life;
that your prayers
be not hindered.
Finally,
be ye
all of one mind,
having compassion one
of another,
love as brethren,
be pitiful,
be courteous:
Not rendering
evil for evil,
or railing for railing:
but contrariwise blessing;
knowing that
ye are thereunto called,
that ye
should inherit
a blessing.
For he
that will love life,
and see
good days,
let him
refrain
his tongue
from evil,
and his lips that
they speak
no guile:
Let him eschew evil,
and do good;
let him
seek peace,
and ensue it.
But and
if ye
suffer
for righteousness' sake,
happy are ye:
and be not afraid
of their terror,
neither be troubled;
That he
no longer should live
the rest
of his time
in the flesh
to the lusts
of men,
but to the will
of God.
And beside this,
giving all diligence,
add
to your faith virtue;
and
to virtue knowledge;
And
to knowledge temperance;
and
to temperance patience;
and
to patience godliness;
And
to godliness
brotherly kindness;
and
to brotherly kindness charity.
For if these things
be in you,
and abound,
they make you
that ye
shall
neither be barren
nor unfruitful
in the knowledge
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But he
that
lacketh
these things
is blind,
and
cannot see afar off,
and hath forgotten
that he
was purged
from his old sins.
And hereby
we do know that
we know him,
if we
keep his commandments.
He that saith,
I know him,
and keepeth not
his commandments,
is a liar,
and the truth
is not in him.
But
whoso keepeth his word,
in him verily is
the love
of God perfected:
hereby know
we that
we are in him.
He that
saith
he abideth
in him ought
himself
also so to walk,
even as he walked.
He that
loveth
his brother abideth
in the light,
and there is none
occasion
of stumbling in him.
But
he that
hateth his brother
is in darkness,
and walketh in darkness,
and knoweth not whither
he goeth,
because
that darkness
hath blinded
his eyes.
Let
that therefore abide in you,
which ye
have heard
from the beginning.
If that
which ye
have heard
from the beginning
shall remain
in you,
ye also shall continue
in the Son,
and
in the Father.
If ye
know that
he is righteous,
ye know
that every one
that
doeth
righteousness
is born of him.
And every man that
hath
this hope
in him purifieth himself,
even as
he is pure.
Whosoever abideth
in him sinneth not:
whosoever
sinneth
hath not seen him,
neither known him.
Little children,
let no man
deceive you:
he that
doeth
righteousness is righteous,
even as
he is righteous.
Whosoever
is born of God
doth not commit sin;
for his seed
remaineth in him:
and
he cannot sin,
because
he is born
of God.
In this the children
of God
are manifest,
and the children
of the devil:
whosoever
doeth not
righteousness
is not of God,
neither he
that loveth not
his brother.
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.
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 hereby
we know
that we
are of the truth,
and shall assure
our hearts
before him.
For if
our heart
condemn us,
God is greater than
our heart,
and knoweth all things.
Beloved,
if our heart
condemn us not,
then have
we confidence
toward God.
And whatsoever
we ask,
we receive of him,
because
we keep
his commandments,
and do those things
that are pleasing
in his sight.
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.
And he
that
keepeth
his commandments
dwelleth in him,
and he in him.
And hereby
we know that
he abideth in us,
by the Spirit
which he
hath given us.
Ye 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 speak
they
of the world,
and the world heareth them.
We are of God:
he that
knoweth God heareth us;
he that is not
of God heareth
not us.
Hereby know
we the spirit
of truth,
and the spirit
of error.
Beloved,
let us
love one another:
for love
is of God;
and
every one
that loveth
is born of God,
and knoweth God.
He that
loveth not knoweth not God;
for God is love.
In this
was manifested
the love
of God
toward us,
because
that God
sent
his only begotten Son
into the world,
that we
might live through him.
Herein is love,
not
that we
loved God,
but that
he loved us,
and sent
his Son
to be the propitiation
for our sins.
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.
Hereby know
we that
we dwell in him,
and he in us,
because
he hath given us
of his Spirit.
And
we have seen
and do testify
that the Father
sent the Son
to be the Saviour
of the world.
Whosoever
shall confess
that Jesus
is the Son
of God,
God
dwelleth in him,
and he in God.
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.
For whatsoever is born
of God
overcometh the world:
and this
is the victory
that overcometh the world,
even our faith.
Who is
he that
overcometh the world,
but
he that believeth
that Jesus
is the Son
of God?
He that believeth
on the Son
of God
hath the witness
in himself:
he that believeth
not God
hath made him
a liar;
because
he believeth
not the record
that God
gave of his Son.
These things
have
I written
unto you
that believe
on the name
of the Son
of God;
that ye
may know that
ye have
eternal life,
and
that ye
may believe on the name
of the Son
of God.
We know
that whosoever
is born
of God
sinneth not;
but he
that is begotten
of God
keepeth himself,
and
that wicked one
toucheth him not.
Whosoever transgresseth,
and abideth
not in the doctrine
of Christ,
hath not God.
He that abideth
in the doctrine
of Christ,
he hath
both the Father
and the Son.
Beloved,
follow not
that which
is evil,
but that which
is good.
He that
doeth good
is of God:
but he
that
doeth
evil hath not seen God.
I know thy works,
and thy labour,
and thy patience,
and
how thou canst
not bear them
which are evil:
and
thou hast tried them which
say
they are apostles,
and are not,
and hast found them liars:
And hast borne,
and hast patience,
and
for my name's sake
hast laboured,
and hast not fainted.
I know thy works,
and charity,
and service,
and faith,
and thy patience,
and thy works;
and the last
to be more than the first.
In the midst
of the street of it,
and
on either side
of the river,
was there
the tree of life,
which bare
twelve manner
of fruits,
and yielded
her fruit every month:
and
the leaves
of the tree
were for the healing
of the nations.