love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; 2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. 3 Grace 1be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. 5 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. JOHN. A. D. 90. a1 Pet. 5, 1. b1 John 3, 18. John 17, 3. 1 shall be. 3 John 3. John 14, 15. 1 John 2, 24. 2 Or, gained: Some copies read, which ye have gained, but that ye receive, etc. 1 Cor. 5, 11. 2 Tim. 3, 5. 6 And this is love, that we walk Rom. 16, 17. after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, "as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. 3 mouth to mouth. 4 Or, your. 7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have 2 wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 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. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive bid him God speed: him not into your house, neither 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. 12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. 13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. False teachers and 8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth. 9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words; and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. 11 Beloved, 'follow not that which JUDE. A. D. 90. / Ps. 37, 27. Isa. 1, 16. John 10, 27. 1 Cor. 4, 16. 1 Cor. 11, 1. Eph. 5, 1. Phil. 3, 17. Heb. 6, 12. 1 Thes. 5, 15. 1 Pet. 3, 11. 1 John 2,29. 1 John 3, 6. 1 Thes. 4,12. 1 Tim. 3, 7. John 21, 24. 4 mouth to mouth. their manners described. is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true. 13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: 14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF Jude exhorteth Christians to constancy. J Christ, and a brother of James, JUDE. A. D. 66. a Luke 6, 16. Acts 1, 13. manner giving themselves over to fornication, and going after 'strange flesh, are set forth for an example, to them that are sanctified by God John 17, 11. suffering the vengeance of eternal the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: 2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward "destroyed them that believed not. 2 Tim. 4, 8. © Rom. 1, 7. Titus 1, 4. Rom. 9, 21. Heb. 12, 15. Titus 2, 11. Titus 1, 16. 1 John 2, 22. Num. 26, 64. í Matt. 8, 29. Deut. 29, 23. Ex. 22, 23. Dan. 12, 1. "Deut. 34, 6. °2 Pet. 2, 11. P Zech. 3, 2. 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains, under darkness, unto the judgment of the Num. 16, 1. great day. 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them, in like * Num. 22, 7. 2 Pet. 2, 15. 8 t 1 Cor. 11, 21. " Eph. 4, 14. * Isa. 67, 20. 10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran "greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12 These are spots in your 'feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about "of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; ย 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is re A. D. 66. served the blackness of darkness for ever. 14 And Enoch also, "the seventh "Gen. 5, 18. from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having "men's persons in admiration because of advantage. 17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, * Dan. 7, 10. Heb. 11, 5. Pro. 28, 21. Jas. 2, 1, 9. * Pro. 18, 1. Ezek. 14, 7. Hos. 4, 14. Hos. 9, 10. Heb. 10, 25. a Col. 2, 7. 1 Tim. 1, 4. d Zech. 12, 10. Matt. 10, 20. Rom. 8. 26. Gal. 4, 6. Eph. 6, 18. Rom. 11, 14. 1 Tim. 4, 16. Amos 4, 11. Zech. 3, 2. Zech. 3, 4, 5. Rev. 3. 4. f Eph. 3, 20. Col. 1, 22. and salutation. THE REVELATION CHAPTER I. OF S. JOHN THE DIVINE. A. D. 96. CHAP. 1. chap. 22, 16. 1 John 1, 1. d Pro. 8, 34. Luke 11, 28. chap. 22, 7. e Ex. 3, 14. Isa. 43, 13. John 8, 58. John 17, 5. Col. 1, 17. Jas. 1, 17. John 1, 1. A John 8, 14. * John 13, 34. n Dan. 7, 13. P Isa. 41, 4. ? Rom. 8, 17. Acts 10, 10. John 20, 26. Acts 20, 7. Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, 'and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, "he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 I Pam Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. 9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, A. D. 96. CHAP. 1. 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which Ex. 25, 37. Zech. 4, 2. are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and un"Dan. 7, 13. to Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, "Dan. 10, 5. and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned I saw seven golden candlesticks; Dan. 7, 9. * chap. 2, 18. * Ezek. 1, 7. * Ezek. 43, 2. a Isa. 49, 2. Eph. 6, 17. Heb. 4, 12. b Acts 26, 13. • Ezek. 1, 28. d Dan. 8, 18. • Isa. 41, 4. Isa. 44, 6. Isa. 48, 12. 13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks "one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the with a golden girdle. paps 14 His head and his hairs were Rom. 6, 9. white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound Mal. 2, 7. of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars; and a out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword; and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: 18 I'am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 9 Ps. 68, 20. i Zech. 4, 2. CHAP. 2. a Acts 19. chap. 1, 16. Ps. 1, 6. 1 Thes. 1, 3. 2 Tim. 2. 19. Heb. 6, 10. 15. d1 John 4, 1. 2 Cor. 11, 13. Heb. 12, 3, 6. 9 Matt. 21, 41. e Christ's message. 2 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: 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else Í will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. h 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the First and the Last, which was dead, and is alive; 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich,) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear "none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, Matt. 24, 48- the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: Matt. 11, 15. be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee Pa crown of life. 51. chap. 13, 9. i chap. 22. 0 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh 1 Tim. 6, 18. shall not be hurt of the second death. k chap. 1, 8. 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right; Gen. 2, 9. hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are h the angels of the seven churches; and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. CHAPTER II. Christ's message to the churches. Jas. 2, 5. Rom. 2, 17. " Matt. 10, 22. Isa. 41,10,14. John 12, 25. Jas. 1, 12. 4 chap. 13, 9. ⚫ chap. 1, 16. t Josh. 5, 13. 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; 13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight y Isa. 11, 4. 2 Thes. 2, 8. * chap. 3. 12. churches in Asia. have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. 25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. 26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a chap. 19, 12. potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. a chap. 1, 14. b1 Ki. 16, 31. c Rom. 2, 4. 28 And I will give him the against them with the sword of d1 Sam. 16, 7. morning star. my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. 18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; a 19 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. 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. 1 Chr. 28, 9. 1 Chr. 29, 17. Ps. 7, 9. John 2, 24. Acts 1, 24. Rom. 8, 27. * Ps. 62, 12. Isa. 3, 10, 11. Matt. 16, 27. 2 Cor. 5, 10. chap. 20, 12. / 2 Cor. 11. 2 Cor. 11, 3, 13-15. chap. 12, 9. chap. 13, 14. Acts 15, 28. λ John 6, 29. Matt. 19, 28. Luke 22, 29. 1 Cor. 6, 3. chap. 3, 21. chap. 20, 4. Ps. 2. 8, 9. Ps. 49, 14. chap. 19, 15. 2 Pet. 1, 19. chap. 22, 16. CHAP. 3. a Luke 15, 24, 32. Eph. 2, 1. 21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she Luke 12, 39. repented not. 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. 24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as c Acts 1, 16. d Jude 23. chap.7,9,13. Ex. 32, 32. Ps. 69, 28. Phil. 4, 3. chap. 21, 27. Acts 3, 14. j John 14, 6. 1 John 5, 20. Luke 1, 32. 29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. CHAPTER III. What John was commanded to write to the angels of the churches of 1 Sardis, 7 Philadelphia, 14 and Laodicea. ND unto the angel of the church A in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, "and art dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard; and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not d defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. 5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. 6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of |