watchful and constant in the faith 9 to resist the cruel adversary the devil THe elders which are among you I exhort who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed 2 Feed the flock of God ‖ Or as much as in you is which is among you taking the oversight thereof not by constraint but willingly not for filthy lucre but of a ready minde 3 Neither as ‖ Or over-ruling being lords over Gods heritage but being ensamples to the flock 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away 5 Likewise ye younger submit your selves unto the elder yea all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility for * Jam. 4.6 God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble 6 * Jam. 4.10 Humble your selves therefore under the mighty haâ—â—â— of God that he may exalt you in due time 7 * Ps 55.22 Mat. 6.25 Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 8 Be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring lyon walketh about seeking whom he may devour 9 Whom resisted fast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world 10 But the God of all grace who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus after that ye have suffered a while make you perfect stabish strengthen settle you 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever Amen 12 By Silvanus a faithful brother unto you as I suppose I have written briefly exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand 13 The church that is at Babylon elected together with you saluteth you and so doth Marcus my son 14 * Rom. 15 1â— Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity Peace he with you all that are in Christ Jesus Amen ¶ The second epistle general of S. PETER CHAP. I. 1 Confirming them in hope of the increase of Gods graces 5 he exhorteth them by faith and good works to make their calling sure 12 whereof he is careful to remember them knowing that his death is at hand 1â— and warreth them to be constant in the faith of Christ who is the true Son of God by the eye witness of the apostles beholding his majesty and by the testimony of the Father and the prophets SImon Peter a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness through the knowledge of him that hath called us ‖ Or by to glory and vertue 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust 5 And besides this giving all diligence add to your faith vertue and to vertue knowledge 6 And to knowledge temperance and to temperance patience and to patience godliness 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness charity 8 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 9 But he that lacketh these things is blinde and cannot see far off and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins 10 Wherefore the rather brethren give diligence to make your calling and election sure for if ye do these things ye shall never fall 11 For so an entrance shall be ministred unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things though ye know them and be established in the present truth 13 Yea I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle to stir you up by putting you in remembrance 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle even as * Joh. 21.18 our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me 15 Moreover I will endeavour that you may be able after my decease to have thâ—se things always in remembrance 16 For we have not followed * 1 Cor. 1.17 2.1 cunningly devised fables when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ but were eye witnesses of his majesty 17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory * Mat. 17. â— This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard when we were with him in the holy mount 19 We have also a more sure word of prophesie whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place until the day dawn and the day-star arise in your hearts 20 Knowing this first that no prophesie of the scripture is of any private interpretation 21 For * 2 Tim. 3.16 the prophesie came not ‖ Or at any time in old time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy Ghost CHAP. II. 1 He foretelleth them of false teachers shewing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers 7 from which the godly shall be delivered as Lot was out of Sodom 10 and more fully describeth the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers whereby they may be the better known and avoided BUt there were false prophets also among the people even as there shall be false teachers among you who privily shall bring in damnable heresies even denying the Lord that bought them and bring upon themselves swift destruction 2 And many shall follow their ‖ Or lastivious ways as some copies read pernicious ways by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandize of you whose judgement now of a long time lingteth not and their damnation slumbreth not 4 For if God spared not * Job 4.18 Jude 6. the angels that sinned but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgement 5 And spared not the old world but saved * Gen. 7.1 Noah the eighth person a preacher of righteousness bringing in the floud upon the world of the ungodly 6 And * Gen. 19.14 turning the cities of Sodom and Gomortha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly 7 And delivered just Lot vexed with the filthy
temple 3 In his days the * 1 King 7.23 cistern to receive water being in compass as the sea was covered with plates of brass 4 He took care of the temple that it should not fall and fortified the city against besieging 5 How was he honoured in the midst of the people in his coming out of †Gr. the house of the â—â—il the sanctuary 6 He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud and as the moon at the full 7 As the sun shining upon the temple of the most High and as the rainbowe giving light in the bright clouds 8 And as the flower of roses in the spring of the year as lilies by the rivers of waters and as the branches of the frankincense tree in the time of summer 9 As fire and incense in the censer and as a vessel of beaten gold set with all manner of precious stones 10 And as a fair olive-tree budding forth fruit and as a cypress tree which groweth up to the clouds 11 When he put on the robe of honour and was clothed with the perfection of glory when he went up to the holy altar he made the garment of holiness honourable 12 When he took the portions out of the priests hands he himself stood by the hearth of the altar compassed with his brethren round about as a young cedar in Libanus and as palm-trees compassed they him round about 13 So were all the sons of Aaron in their glory and the oblations of the Lord in their hands before all the congregation of Israel 14 And finishing the service at the altar that he might adorn the offering of the most high Almighty 15 He stretched out his hand to the cup and poured of the bloud of the grape he poured out at the foot of the altar a sweet-smelling savour unto the most high King of all 16 Then shouted the sons of Aaron and sounded the ‖ Or trumpets beacon forth with the 〈◊〉 silver trumpets and made a great noise to be heard for a remembrance before the most High 17 Then all the people together hasted and fell down to the earth upon their faces to worship their Lord God almighty the most High 18 The singers also sang praises with their voices with great variety of sounds was there made sweet melody 19 And the people besought the Lord the most High by prayer before him that is merciful till the solemnity of the Lord was ended and they had finished his service 20 Then he went down and lifted up his hands over the whose congregation of the children of Israel to give the blessing of the Lord with his lips and to rejoyce in his name 21 And they bowed themselves down to worship the second time that they might receive a blessing from the most High 22 Now therefore bless ye the God of all which onely doth wondrous things every where which exalteth our days from the womb and dealeth with us according to his mercy 23 He grant us joyfulness of heart and that peace may be in our days in Israel for ever 24 That he would confirm his mercy with us and deliver us at his time 25 There be two manner of nations which my heart abhorreth and the third is no nation 26 They that sit upon the mountain of Samaria and they that dwell amongst the Philistines and that foolish people that dwell in Sichem 27 Jesus the son of Sirach of Jerusalem hath written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge who out of his heart poured forth wisdom 28 Blessed is he that shall be exercised in these things and he that sayeth them up in his heart shall become wise 20 For if he do them he shall be strong to all things for the light of the Lord leadeth him who giveth wisdom to the godly Blesses be the Lord forever Amen amen CHAP. LI. ¶ A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach I Will thank thee O Lord and King and praise thee O God my Saviour I do give praise unto thy name 2 For thou art my defender and helper and hast preserved my body from destruction and from the snare of the slandrous tongue and from the lips that forge lies and hast been mine helper against mine adversaries 3 And hast delivered me according to the multitude of thy mercies and greatness of thy name from †Gr. the gnashing of the teeth the teeth of them that were ready to devour me and out of the hands of such as sought after my life and from the manifold afflictions which I had 4 From the choking of fire on every side and from the mids of the fire which I kindled not 5 From the depth of the besly of hell from an unclean tongue and from sying words 6 By an accusation to the king from an unrighteous tongue my soul drew near even unto death my life was near to the hell beneath 7 They compassed me on every side and there was no man to help me I looked for the succour of men but there was none 8 Then thought I upon thy mercy O Lord and upon thy acts of old how thou deliverest such as wait for thee and savest them out of the hands of the enemies 9 Then lifted I up my supplication from the earth and prayed for deliverance from death 10 I called upon the Lord the Father of my Lord that he would not leave me in the days of my trouble and in the time of the proud when there was no help 11 I will praise thy name continually and will sing praise with thanksgiving and so my prayer was heard 12 For thou savedst me from destruction and deliveredst me from the evil time therefore will I give thanks and praise thee and bless thy name O Lord. 13 When I was yet young or ever I ‖ Or went astray went abroad I desired wisdom openly in my prayer 14 I prayed for her before the temple and will seek here out even to the end 15 Even from the flower till the grape was ripe hath my heart delighted in her my foot went the right way from my youth up sought I after her 16 I howed down mine ear a little and received her and gat much learning 17 I profited therein therefore will I ascribe the glory unto him that giveth me wisdom 18 For I purposed to do after her and earnestly I followed that which is good so shall I not be confounded 19 My soul hath wrestled with her and in my doings I was exact I stretched forth my hands to the heaven above and bewailed my ignorances of her 20 ‖ Or I got understanding I directed my soul unto her and I found her in pureness I have had my heart joyned with her from the beginning therefore shall I not be forsaken 21 My ‖ Or bowâ—lâ— heart was troubled in seeking her therefore have I gotten a good possession 22 The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward and I will
another take 21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us 22 Beginning from the baptism of John unto that same day that he was taken up from us must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection 23 And they appointed two Joseph called Barsabas who was surnamed Justus and Matthias 24 And they prayed and said Thou Lord which knowest the hearts of all men shew whether of these two thou hast chosen 25 That he may take part of this ministery and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell that he might go to his own place 26 And they gave forth their lots and the lot fell upon Matthias and he was numbred with the eleven apostles CHAP. II. 1 The apostles filled with the holy Ghost and speaking divers lauguages art admired by some and derided by others 14 Whom Peter disproving and shewing that the apostles spake by the power of the holy Ghost that Jesus was rison from the deal astended into heaven had poured down the same holy Ghost and was the Mesâ—â—as a man known to them to be approved of God by his miraeles wonders and signs and is toruâ—ified without his determinate counsel and Jore knowledâ—e 37 he baptizeth a great number that were converted 41 who afterwards devoutly and charitably converse together the apostles working many miracles and God daily increasing his church ANd when the day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord in one place 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire and it sat upon each of them 4 And they were all silled with the holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews devout men out of every nation under heaven 6 Now †Gr. when this voice was mads when this was noised abroad the multitude came together and were ‖ Or troubled in minde consounded because that every man heard them speak in his own language 7 And they were all amazed and marvelled saying one to another Behold are not all these which speak Galileans 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue wherein we were born 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the dwellers in Mesupotamia and in Judea and Cappadocia in Pontus and Asia 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia in Egypt and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene and strangers of Rome Jews and proselytes 11 Cretes and Arabians we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God 12 And they were all amazed and were in doubt saying one to another What meaneth this 13 Others mocking said These men are full of new wine 14 ¶ But Peterstanding up with the eleven lift up his voice and said unto them Ye men of Judea and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem be this known unto you and hearken to my words 15 For these are not drunken as ye suppose seeing it is but the third hour of the day 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel 17 * Isa 44.3 Joel 2.28 And it shall come to pass in the fast days saith God I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophesie and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my spirit and they shall prophesie 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath bloud and sire and vapour of smoke 20 * Joel 2.31 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into bloud before that great and notable day of the Lord come 21 And it shall come to pass that * Rom. 10.13 whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved 22 Ye men of Israel hear these words Jesus of Nazareth a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you as ye your selves also know 23 Him being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God ye have taken and by wicked hands have crucified and slain 24 Whom God hath raised up having loosed the pains of death because it was not possible that he should be holden of it 25 For David sâ—eaketh concerning him * Psal 16.8 I foresaw the Lord always before my face for he is on my right hand that I should not be moved 26 Therefore did my heart rejoyce and my tongue was glad moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance 29 Men and brethren ‖ Or I may let me freely speak unto you * 1 King 2.10 of the patriarch David that he is both dead and buried and his sepulchre is with us unto this day 30 Therefore being a prophet * Psal 132.11 and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loyns according to the flesh he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne 31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ * Psal 16.10 that his soul was not left in hell neither his flesh did see corruption 32 This Jesus hath God raised up whereof we all are witnesses 33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted and having received of the Father the promise of the holy Ghost he hath shed forth this which ye now see and hear 34 For David is not ascended into the heavens but he saith himself * Psal 110.1 The LORD said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand 35 Until I makethy foes thy footstool 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord Christ 37 ¶ Now when they heard this they were pricked in their heart and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles Men and brethren what shall we do 38 Then Peter said unto them Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the holy Ghost 39 For the promise is unto you and to your children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lord our God shall call 40 And with many other words did he testifie and exhort saying Save your selves from this untoward generation 41 ¶ Then they that gladly received his word were baptized and the same day there were added unto them about
secret since the word began 26 But now is made manifest and by the scriptures of the prophets according to the commandment of the everlasting God made known to all nations for the obedience of faith 27 To God only wise be glory through Jesus Christ for ever Amen ¶ Written to the Romans from Corinthus and sent by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea ¶ The first epistle of PAUL the apostle to the CORINTHIANS CHAP. I. After his salutation and thanksgiving 10 he exhorteth them to unity 12 and reproveth their dissensions 18 God destroyeth the wisdom of the wise 21 by the foolishness of preaching and 26 calleth not the wise mighty and noble but 27 28 the foolish weak and men of no account PAul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God and Sosthenes our brother 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth to them that * Acts 15.9 are sanctified in Christ Jesus * Rom. 1.7 called to be saints with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord both theirs and ours 3 Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ 4 I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ 5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him in all utterance and in all knowledge 6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you 7 So that ye come behinde in no gift waiting for the †Gr. revelation coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ 9 * 1 Thes 5.24 God is faithful by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 10 Now I beseech you brethren by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye all speak the same thing and that there be no †Gr. sâ—bisins divisions among you but that ye be perfectly joyned together in the same minde and in the same judgement 11 For it hath been declared unto me of you my brethren by them which are of the house of Chloe that there are contentions among you 12 Now this I say that every one of you saith I am of Paul and I of * Acts 18.24 Apollos and I of Cephas and I of Christ 13 Is Christ divided was Paul crucified for you or were ye baptized in the name of Paul 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you but * Acts 18.8 Crispus and Gaius 15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name 16 And I baptized also the houshold of Stephanas besides I know not whether I baptized any other 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the gospel * 2 Pet. 1.16 not with wisdom of ‖ Or speech words lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness but unto us which are saved it is the * Rom. 1.16 power of God 19 For it is written * Isa 29.14 I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent 20 * Isa 33.18 Where is the wise where is the scribe where is the disputer of this world hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world 21 * Rom. 1.20 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that beleeve 22 For the * Matth. 12.38 Jews require a signe and the Greeks seek after wisdom 23 But we preach Christ crucified unto the Jews a stumbling-block and unto the Greeks foolishness 24 But unto them which are called both Jews and Greeks Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser then men and the weakness of God is stronger then men 26 For ye see your calling brethren how that not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty 28 And base things of the world and things which are despised hath God chosen yea and things which are not to bring to nought things that are 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption 31 That according as it is written * Jer. 9.23.24 2 Cor. 2.17 He that glorieth let him glory in the Lord. CHAP. II. He declareth that his preaching 1 though it bring not excellency of speech or of 4 humane wisdom yet consisteth in the 4 5 power of God and so far excelleth 6 the wisdom of this world and 9 humane sense as that 14 the natural man cannot understand it ANd I brethren when I came to you * Chap. 1.17 came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom declaring unto you the testimony of God 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified 3 And I was with you in weakness in fear in much trembling 4 And my speech and my preaching * 2 Pet. 1.16 was not with ‖ Or perswasible enticing words of mans wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit of power 5 That your faith should not †Gr. be stand in the wisdom of men but in the power of God 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect yet not the wisdom of this world nor of the princes of this world that come to nought 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our glory 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew for had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory 9 But as it is written * Isa 64.4 Eye hath not seen nor ear heard neither have entred into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit for the Spirit searcheth all things yea the deep things of God 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of man which is in him even so the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world but the Spirit which is of God that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God 13 * 2 Pet. 1.16 Which things also we speak not in the words which mans wisdom teacheth but which the holy Ghost teacheth comparing
And unto the married I command yet not I but the Lord * Matth. 9.32 19.9 Mark 10.11 Luke 16.18 Let not the wife depart from her husband 11 But and if she depart let her remain unmarried or he reconciled to her husband and let not the husband put away his wife 12 But to the rest speak I not the Lord If any brother hath a wife that beleeveth not and she be pleased to dwell with him let him not put her away 13 And the woman which hath an husband that beleeveth not and if he be pleased to dwell with her let her not leave him 14 For the unbeleeving husband is sanctified by the wife and the unbeleeving wife is sanctified by the husband else were your children unclean but now are they holy 15 But if the unbeleeving depart let him depart A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases but God hath called us †Gr. in peace to peace 16 For what knowest thou O wife whether thou shalt save thy husband or how knowest thou O man whether thou shalt save thy wife 17 But as God hath distributed to every man as the Lord hath called every one so let him walk and so ordain I in all churches 18 Is any man called being circumcised let him not become uncircumcised is any called in uncircumcision let him not become circumcised 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the commandments of God 20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called 21 Art thou called being a servant care not for it but if thou mayest be made free use it rather 22 For he that is called in the Lord being a servant is the Lords †Gr. made free free-man likewise also lie that is called being free is Christs servant 23 * Chap. 6.20 Ye are bought with a price be not ye the servants of men 24 Brethren let every man wherein he is called therein abide with God 25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord yet I give my judgement as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present ‖ Or necessity distress I say that it is good for a man so to be 27 Art thou bound unto a wife seek not to be loosed Art thou loosed from a wife seek not a wife 28 But and if thou marry thou hast not sinned and if a virgin marry she hath not sinned nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh but I spare you 29 But this I say brethren the time is short It remaineth that both they that have wives be as though they had none 30 And they that weep as though they wept not and they that rejoyce as though they rejoyced not and they that buy as though they possessed not 31 And they that use this world as not abusing it for the fashion of this world passeth away 32 But I would have you without carefulness He that is unmarried careth for the things the belong to the Lord how he may please the Lord 33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please his wife 34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit but she that is married careth for the things of the world how she may please her husband 35 And this I speak for your own profit not that I may cast a snare upon you but for that which is comely and that you may attend upon the Lord without distraction 36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin if she pass the flower of her age and need so require let him do what he will he sinneth not let them marry 37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart having no necessity but hath power over his own will and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin doeth well 38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better 39 * Rom. ◠2 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will onely in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she so abide after my judgement and I think also that I have the Spirit of God CHAP. VIII 1 To abstain from meats offered to idols 8 9 We must not abuse our Christian liberty to the offence of our brethren 11 but must bridle our knowledge with charity NOw as touching things offered unto idols we know that we all have knowledge Knowledge puffeth up but charity edifieth 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know 3 But if any man love God the same is known of him 4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols we know that * Chap. 10.19 an idol is nothing in the world and that there is none other God but one 5 For though there be that are called gods whether in heaven or in earth as there be gods many and lords many 6 But to us there is but one God the Father of whom are all things and we ‖ Or for him Rom. 11.36 in him and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things and we by him 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol and their conscience being weak is defiled 8 But meat commendeth us not to God for neither if we eat ‖ Or have we the more are we the better neither if we eat not ‖ Or have we the less are we the worse 9 But take heed lest by any means this ‖ Or power liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to them that are weak 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idols temple shall not the conscience of him that is weak be †Gr edified emboldned to eat those things which are offered to idols 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish for whom Christ died 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren and wound their weak conscience ye sin against Christ 13 Wherefore * Rom. 14.21 if meat make my brother to offend I will eat no flesh while the world standeth lest I make my brother to offend CHAP. IX 1 He sheweth his liberty 7 and that the minister ought to live by the gospel 15 yet that himself hath of his own accord abstained 18 to be either chargeable unto them 22 or offensive unto any in matters indifferent 14 Our life is like unto
them that perish 16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death to the other the savour of life unto life and who is sufficient for these things 17 For we are not as many which ‖ Or deal deceitfully with * Chap. 4.2 corrupt the word of God but as of sincerity but as of God in the sight of God speak we in Christ CHAP. III. 1 Lest their false teachers should charge him with vain-glory he sheweth the faith and graces of the Corinthians to be a sufficient commendation of his ministery 6 Whereupon entring a comparison between the ministers of the law and of the gospel 12 he proveth that his ministery is so far the more excellent as the gospel of life and liberty is more glorious then the law of condemnation DO we begin again to commend our selves or need we as some others epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts known read of all men 3 For as much as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministred by us written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God not in tables of stone but in fleshly tables of the heart 4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward 5 Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament not of the letter but of the spirit for the letter killeth but the spirit ‖ Or quickneth giveth life 7 But if the ministration of death written and engraven in stones was glorious so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance which glory was to be done away 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious 9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect by reason of the glory that excelleth 11 For if that which is done away was glorious much more that which remaineth is glorious 12 Seeing then that we have such hope we use great ‖ Or boldness plainness of speech 13 And not as Moses * Exod. 34.33 which put a vail over his face that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished 14 But their mindes were blinded for until this day remaineth the same vail untâ—ken away in the reading of the old testament which vail is done away in Christ 15 But even unto this day when Moses is read the vail is upon their heart 16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord the vail shall be taken away 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty 18 But we all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as ‖ Or of the Lord the Spirit by the Spirit of the Lord. CHAP. IV. 1 He declareth how he hath used all sincerity and faithful diligence in preaching the â—ospel 7 and how the troubles and persecutions which be daily endureth for the same did redound to the praise of Gods power 12 to the benefit of the church 16 and to the apostle's own eternal glory THerefore seeing we have this ministery as we have received mercy we faint not 2 But have renounced the hidden things of †Or. shâ—me dishonesty not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully but by manifestation of the truth commending our selves to every mans conscience in the sight of God 3 But if our gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which beleeve not lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ who is the image of God should shine unto them 5 For we preach not our selves but Christ Jesus the Lord and our selves your servants for Jesus sake 6 For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us 8 We are troubled on every side yet not distressed we are perplexed but ‖ Or not altogether without help or means not in despair 9 Persecuted but not forsaken cast down but not destroyed 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus sake that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh 12 So then death worketh in us but life in you 13 We having the same spirit of faith according as it is written * Psal 11â— 10 I beleeved and therefore have I spoken we also beleeve and therefore speak 14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus and shall present us with you 15 For all things are for your sakes that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God 16 For which cause we faint not but though our outward man perish yet the inward man is renewed day by day 17 For our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory 18 While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporal but the things which are not seen are eternal CHAP. V. 1 That in his assured hope of immortal glory 9 and in expâ—ctance of it and of the general judgement he laboureth to keep a good conscirence 12 not that he may herein boast of himself 14 but as one that having received life from Christ endeavoureth to live as a new creature to Christ onely 18 and by his ministery of reconciliation to reconcile others also in Christ to God FOr we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens 2 For in this we groan earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan being burdened not for that we would be unclothed but clothed upon that mortality might be swallowed up of life 5 Now he that hath wrought us for the self same thing is God who also hath given unto us the earnest of
circumcised keep the law but desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh 14 But God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ ‖ Or whereby by whom the world is crucified unto me I unto the world 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision but a new creature 16 And as many as walk according to this rule peace be on them and mercy and upon the Israel of God 17 From henceforth let no man trouble me for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit Amen ¶ Unto the Galatians written from Rome ¶ The epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the EPHESIANS CHAP. I. 1 After the salutation 2 and thanksgiving for the Ephesians 4 he treateth of our election 6 and a doption by grace 11 which is the true and â—râ—per jountam of mans salvation 13 And because the height of this mystery cannot easily he attaâ—â—et unto 16 he prayeth that they may come 18 to the full knowledge and 20 possession thereof in Christ PAul an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God to the saints which are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus 2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ 3 * 1 Cor. 1.3 1 Pet. 1.3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly ‖ Or things places in Christ 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy without blame before him in lover 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved 7 In whom we have redemption through his bloud the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure which he hath purpesed in himself 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in †Gr. the evenâ— heaven and which are on earth even in him 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory who first ‖ Or hoped trusted in Christ 13 In whom ye also trusted after that ye heard the word of truth the gospel of your salvation in whom also after that ye beleeved ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession unto the praise of his glory 15 Wherefore I also after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and love unto all the saints 16 Cease not to give thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of glory may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation ‖ Or for the acknowledgement in the knowledge of him 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightned that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us ward who beleeve according to the working †Gr. of the might of his power of his mighty power 20 Which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places 21 Far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not onely in this world but also in that which is to come 22 And * Ps 8.6 hath put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the church 23 Which is his body the fulness of him that filleth all in all CHAP. II. 1 By comparing what we were by 3 nature with what we are 5 by grace 10 he declareth that we are made for good works and 13 being brought near by Christ should not live as 1â— Gentiles and 12 foreiners in time past but as 19 citizens with the saints and the family of God ANd * Col. 2.13 you hath be quickned who were dead in trespasses and sins 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world according to the prince of the power of the air the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh fulfilling †Gr. the wills the desires of the flesh and of the minde and were by nature the children of wrath even as others 4 But God who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us 5 Even when we were dead in sins hath quickened us together with Christ by grace ye are saved 6 And hath raised as up together and made as sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Christ Jesus 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God 9 Not of works lest any man should boast 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ‖ Or prepared ordained that we should walk in them 11 Wherefore remember that ye being in time passed Gentiles in the flesh who are called uncircumcision by that which is called the circumcision in the flesh made by hands 12 That at that time ye were without Christ being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise having no hope and without God in the world 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the bloud of Christ 14 For he is our peace who hath made both one and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity even the law of commandments contained in ordinances for to make in himself of twain one new man so making peace 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross having slain the enmity ‖ Or in himself thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off and to to them that were nigh 18 For * Rom. 5.2 through him we both have an access by one
therefore having your loyns girt about with truth and having on the breast-plate of righteousness 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace 16 Above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked 17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints 19 * Col. 4.3 2 Thes 3.1 And for me that utterance may be given unto me that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel 20 For which I am an ambassadour ‖ Or in a chain in bonds that ‖ Or thereof therein I may speak boldly as I ought to speak 21 But that ye also may know my affairs and how I do Tychichus a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord shall make known to you all things 22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose that ye might know our affairs and that he might comfort your hearts 23 Peace be to the brethren and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ ‖ Or with incorruption in sincerity Amen ¶ Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus ¶ The epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the PHILIPPIANS CHAP. I. 3 He testifieth his thankfulness to God and his love toward them for the fruits of their faith and fellowship in his sufferings 9 daily praying to him for their increase in grace 12 He sheweth what good the faith of Christ hath received by his troubles at Rome 21 and how ready he is to glorifie Christ either by his life or death 27 exhorting them to unity 28 and to fortitude in persecution PAul and Timotheus the servants of Jesus Christ to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi with the bishops and deacons 2 Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ 3 I thank my God upon every ‖ Or mention remembrance of you 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now 6 Being confident of this very thing that he which hath begun a good work in you ‖ Or â—â—ill finish it will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ 7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all because ‖ Or you have me in your heart I have you in my heart in as much as both in my bonds and in the defence confirmation of the gospel ye all are ‖ Or partakers with me of grace partakers of my grace 8 For God is my record how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ 9 And this I pray that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all ‖ Or sense judgement 10 That ye may ‖ Or trie approve things that ‖ Or differ are excellent that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God 12 But I would ye should understand brethren that the things which hapned unto me have faln out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel 13 So that my bonds ‖ Or for Christ in Christ are manifest in all ‖ Or Cesars court the palace and ‖ Or to all others in all other places 14 And many of the brethren in the Lord waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speak the word without fear 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife and some also of good will 16 The one preach Christ of contention not sincerely supposing to add affliction to my bonds 17 But the other of love knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel 18 What then notwithstanding every way whether in pretence or in truth Christ is preached and I therein do rejoyce yea and will rejoyce 19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ 20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed but that with all boldness as always so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether it be by life or by death 21 For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain 22 But if I live in the flesh this is the fruit of my labour yet what I shall choose I wot not 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you 25 And having this confidence I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith 26 That your rejoycing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again 27 Onely * Eph. 4.1 Col. 1.10 .. 1 Thes â— 12 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 minde striving together for the faith of the gospel 28 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 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ not onely to beleeve on him but also to suffer for his sake 30 Having the same conflict w e ye saw in me now hear to be in me CHAP. II. He exhorteth them to unity and to all humbleness of minde by the example of Christs humility and exaltation 12 to a careful proceeding in the way of salvation that they be as lights to the wicked world 16 and comforts to him their apostle who is now ready to be offered up to God 19 He hopeth to send Timothy to them whâ—m he greatly commendeth 25 as Epaphroditus also whom he presently sendeth to them IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ if any comfort of love if any fellowship of the Spirit if any bowels and mercies 2 Fulfil ye my joy that ye be like-minded having the same love being of one accord of one minde 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory but in lowliness of minde let each esteem other better then themselves 4 Look not every man on his own things but every man also on the things of others 5 Let this minde be in you which was also in Christ Jesus 6 Who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be