6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment-seats? 7 Do they not 3 blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? 8 If ye fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For 4 he that said, Do not commit adultery; said also, Do not kill. Now if thou committest no adultery, yet if thou 6 Gr. by itkillest, thou art become a transgressor of self. the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy that hath shown no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judg-8 ment. 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man sayeth he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you sayeth to them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being 6 alone. 18 Also a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. some copies read, by thy works. or, thou seest. Gen. 15. 6. Rom. 4. 3. Gal. 3. 6. 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the demons also 3 or,director. believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father jus-5 tified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 & Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 4 or, wood. Gr.nature. 6 Gr. nature of man. 7 or, were made. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God, 8 or, hole. and it was imputed to him for righteous-sor,natural. ness and he was called the Friend of God. 24 Ye see then that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 10Gr.tumult, or, unqui etness. lor, with out wrang. ling. 26 For as the body without the 9 spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead 12 or, pracalso. CHAP. III. tice. lor, brawl ings. Y brethren, be not many teachers greater i condemnation. 2 For in many things we all offend If any man offendeth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to br dle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they are so great, and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small helm, withersoever the aguvernor willeth. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great 4 a matter a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from hell. 7 For every 5 kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of animals in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by 6 mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With this we bless God, even the Father; and with this we curse men, who are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same 8 place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig-tree, my brethren, bear olive-berries? or a vine, figs? so no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh. 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show by a good deportment his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, demoniacal. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is 10 confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above easy to be entreated, full of mercy and is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and good fruits, 11 without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that 12 make peace. ROM whence come wars and 1 fightings among you? come they not much good, and great harm. 13 They who or, pleas. hence, even from your 2 lusts that war in are truly wise, are mild and peaceable, with out envying and strife. ures. your members ? 2 Ye lust and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. A. D. 60. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon зor, pleas your 3 lusts. ures. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world isor, envienmity with God? whoever therefore ously? will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. b Prov. 3. 34. were fire. Ye have amassed treasure for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped your fields, which is by you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the 1 Pet. 5. 5. just; and 1 he doth not resist you. 72 Be patient, therefore, brethren, to the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience Ephes.4.27. 1 Pet. 5. 6. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sind Rom. 14. 4. ners, and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Prov. 27. 1. for it, until he receiveth the early and the latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9 3 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering afflic 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of 5 or, for it is. tion, and of patience. the Lord, and he will lift you up. 11 Speak not evil one of another, 11 Behold, we count them happy who endure. Ye have heard of the patience brethren. He that speaketh evil of his 1 Cor. 4.19. of Job, and have seen the end of the brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one law-giver, who is able to save, and to destroy: a who art thou that judgest another? 13 Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city; and continue there a year, and buy, and sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow: For what is your life? 5 It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 Instead of that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. CHAP. V. 1 Wicked rich men are to fear God's ven- CMWI your miseries that shall NOME now, ye rich men, weep and come upon you. 1. 6 or, in his 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your 1 Kings 18. garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; 42. 45. Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 12 But above all things, my brethren, aswear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath : but let your yea, be yea: and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he hath committed sins, they will be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much. 17 Elijah was a man s subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed 6 earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit. 19 Brethren, if any one of you should err from the truth, and one should convert him; 20 Let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his and the rust of them shall be a testimony Matt. 18.15. way will save a soul from death, and will against you, and shall eat your flesh as it hide a multitude of sins. The First Epistle general of PETER. CHAP. I. 1 He blesseth God for his manifold spiritual graces, 10 showing that the salvation in Christ is no news, but a thing prophesied of old: 13 and exhorteth them accordingly to a godly course of life, forasmuch as they are now born anew by the word of God. PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and a A. D. 60. a Hebr. 12. 24. 2 Cor. 1. 3. Eph. 1. 3. ing yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of deportment. 16 Because it is written, ‹ Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, es sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: 1 Gr. much. silver and gold, from your vain course Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to 2 or, for us. his abundant mercy hath begotten us again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and 3 Gr. perundefiled, and that fadeth not away, re- fectly. served in heaven 2 for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 20. 7. Deut. 10.17. Rom. 2. 11. 6 In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season (if need be) ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: Lev. 11. 44. 7 That the trial of your faith, being & 19. 2. & much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though tried with fire, might be found to praise, and honor, and glory, a at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Rom. 16.25. Col. 1. 26. 2 Tim. 1.10. Titus 1. 2. 10 Concerning which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace 10. that should come to you: f Rom. 12. c. 2. 17. 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified be-s or, For forehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. that. Isa. 40. 6. James 1. 10. 12 To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they ministered the things which are now reported to you by them that have preached the gospel to you, with the Holy Spirit sent down 1 or, unafrom heaven; which things the angels dulterated. desire to look into. 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope 3 to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashion 2 or, since. of life received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:/ 20 Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in these last times for you, 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him from the dead, and gare him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 243 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached to you. CHAP. II. 1 He dehorteth them from the breach of charity; 4 showing that Christ is the foundation on which they are built. 11 He beseecheth them also to abstain from fleshly lusts, 13 to be obedient to magistrates; 18 and teacheth servants how to obey their masters, 20 pstiently suffering for well-doing, after theezample of Christ. W malice, and all guile, and hypocri HEREFORE, laying aside all sies, and envies, and all evil-speakings, 2 As new-born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 2 If indeed ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 To whom coming as to a living stone, disallowed indeed by men, but chosen by God, and precious, 5 Ye also, as living stones, 3 are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. a 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 To you therefore who believe he is 4 precious: but to them who are disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them who stumble at the word, being disobedient: to which = also they were appointed. 9 But ye are a chosen generation, da royal priesthood, a holy nation, 5 a pecul= iar people; that ye should show forth the 6 praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: 10 Who in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. CHAP. III. 3 A. D. 60. or, be ye built. a Isa. 28. 16. Rom. 9. 33. or, an Matt. 21. 42, Isa. 8. 14. d Ex. 19. 6. 5 and 5. 10. his own body on the tree, that we, being 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; He teacheth the duty of wives and husbands IKEWISE, a ye wives, be in subjec or, a pur-any obey not the word, they also may chased peo- without the word be won by the deportple. ment of the wives; 6 or, virtues. Hos. 2. 23. Rom. 9. 25. ƒ Rom. 13. 14. Gal. 5. 16. 2 While they behold your chaste manner of life coupled with fear. 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the Rom. 13. 1. heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet 8 Gr. having. spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 9 or, esteem. Eph. 6. 5. or, thank 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 12 Having your manner of life hon-12 Some est among the Gentiles: that, 7 whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. ordi13 Submit yourselves to every nance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme; 14 Or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. read, for you. Isa. 53. 9. 13 or, com- a cause. Isa. 53. 4. 5. 6. Eph. 5. 22. 15 For so is the will of God, that with 1 Tim. 2. 9. well-doing ye may put to silence the ig- Gen. 18. 12. norance of foolish men: 1 Gr. children. 16 As free, and not 8 using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 17 Honor all men. Love the broth-2 or, loving erhood. Fear God. Honor the king. 18 Servants, he subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 19 For this is 10 thank-worthy, if a man for conscience towards God endureth grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye are buffeted for your faults, ye bear it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye bear it patiently, this is 11 acceptable with God." 5 For after this manner in former times the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: 6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; 2 love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 d Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary, blessing; knowing that ye are called to this, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 Let him shun evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, aad his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is 3 against them that do evil. 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye are followers of that which is good? 14 But if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with 22 Who committed no sin, neither Isa. 8. 12. meekness and 4 fear. was guile found in his mouth: 13. 4 or, rev 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled 24 m Who himself bore our sins in i c. 2. 12. 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good deportment in Christ. 17 For it is better, if the will of God is so, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing. A. D. 60. you, as though some strange thing happened to you: 18 For Christ also hath & once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Rom. 5. 6. also with exceeding joy. Spirit: 13 But rejoice, seeing ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad 19 By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison; Hebr. 9. 28. ¡ Gen. 6. 3. 1 or, pre 20 Who formerly were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water. 21 The like figure to which, even bap- pared. tism, doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels, and authorities, and powers being made subject to him. CHAP. IV. a Prov.10.12. 14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of your suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busy-body in other men's matters. 16 Yet if any man suffereth as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first beginneth at us, what will be the end of them that obey not the gospel of Hebr. 13. 2. God? ¿ Rom. 12. 1 He exhorteth them to cease from sin by the FORAS ORASMUCH then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2 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. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the d Matt. 5. 11. 18 And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19 Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to him in welldoing, as to a faithful Creator. CHAP. V. 1 He exhorteth the elders to feed their flocks; 5 the younger to obey: 8 and all, to be sober, watchful, and constant in the faith; 9 to resist the cruel adversary the devil. THE HE elders who are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and Gentiles, when we walked in lascivious-Prov. 11.31. also a partaker of the glory that shall be 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight of it, ye run not with them to the same excessor, as much not by constraint, but willingly; not for of riot, speaking evil of you: 5 Who shall give account to him that is 1 ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch to prayer. 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for a charity will cover a multitude of sins. filthy lucre, but from a ready mind; 3 Neither as 2 being lords over God's heritage, but being examples 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 yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the James 4. 6. proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 9 Use hospitality one to another with- James 4.10. out grudging. 10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If any man speaketh let him speak| 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, as the oracles of God; if any man min- Ps. 55. 22. knowing that the same afflictions are ac istereth let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try' Matt. 6. 25. complished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you. |