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d 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; 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 prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous sou from day to day with their unlas ful deeds ;)

t 9 The Lord knoweth how to liver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished p 10 But chiefly them that wall after the flesh in the lust of un

21 For the prophecy came not cleanness, and despise govem in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. CHAP. II.

" UT there were false pro

ment. Presumptuous are they, self-willed; they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring

ple, even as there shall be false before the Lord.

teachers among you, who privily w 12 But these, as natural brute shall bring in damnable heresies, beasts, made to be taken and deeven denying the Lord that bought stroyed, speak evil of the things them, and bring upon themselves that they understand not; and swift destruction. shall utterly perish in their own

2 And many shall follow their corruption: pernicious ways; by reason of 12 And shall receive the reward whom the way of truth shall be of unrighteousness, as they that evil spoken of. count it pleasure to riot in the day

3 And through covetousness time. Spots they are and blemishes, shall they with feigned words sporting themselves with their own make merchandise of you: whose deceivings while they feast with judgment now of a long time ling-you;

gereth not, and their damnation p 14 Having eyes full of adultery, slumbereth not. and that cannot cease from sin; t 4 For if God spared not the an- beguiling unstable souls: a heart gels that sinned, but cast them they have exercised with covetous down to hell, and delivered them practices; cursed children: into chains of darkness, to be re-c 15 Which have forsaken the served unto judgment; right way, and are gone astray, 5 And spared not the old world, following the way of Balaam the but saved Noah the eighth person, son of Bosor, who loved the wages a preacher of righteousness, bring-of unrighteousness; ing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

f16 But was rebuked for his ini quity: the dumb ass, speaking with man's voice, forbade the madness of the prophet.

g 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an over-t 17 These are wells without wa throw, making them an ensample ter, clouds that are carried with unto those that after should live a tempest; to whom the mist of ungodly; darkness is reserved for ever.

c7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the

wicked:

18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the fesh,

through much wantonness, those t 7 But the heavens and the earth, that were clean escaped from them which are now, by the same word who live in error. are kept in store, reserved unto

19 While they promise them fire against the day of judgment liberty, they themselves are the and perdition of ungodly men. servants of corruption: for of t 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant whom a man is overcome, of the of this one thing, that one day is same is he brought in bondage. with the Lord as a thousand years, w 20 For if after they have es- and a thousand years as one day. caped the pollutions of the world d 9 The Lord is not slack conthrough the knowledge of the cerning his promise, as some men Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, count slackness; but is long-sufthey are again entangled therein, fering to us-ward, not willing that and overcome, the latter end is any should perish, but that all worse with them than the begin- should come to repentance. ning.

D 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

t 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 22 But it is happened unto them d 11 Seeing then that all these according to the true proverb, The things shall be dissolved, what dog is turned to his own vomit manner of persons ought ye to be again; and,The sow that was wash-in all holy conversation and goded, to her wallowing in the mire.liness,

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CHAP. III.

t12 Looking for and hasting unto THIS second epistle, beloved, the coming of the day of God, I now write unto you; in wherein the heavens being on fire both which I stir up your pure shall be dissolved, and the eleminds by way of remembrance: ments shall melt with fervent 2 That ye may be mindful of heat?

the words which were spoken be- 13 Nevertheless we, according fore by the holy prophets, and of to his promise, look for new hea the commandment of us the apos-vens and a new earth, wherein tles of the Lord and Saviour: dwelleth righteousness.

3 Knowing this first, that there d 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing shall come in the last days scof- that ye look for such things, be fers, walking after their own lusts, diligent that ye may be found of 4 And saying, Where is the him in peace, without spot, and promise of his coming? for since blameless. the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul f5 For this they willingly are ig- also, according to the wisdom. norant of, that by the word of given unto him, hath written unto God the heavens were of old, and you;

the earth standing out of the wa-c 16 As also in all his epistles, ter and in the water: speaking in them of these things; 6 Whereby the world that then in which are some things hard to was, being overflowed with wa-be understood, which they that ter, perished: are unlearned and unstable wrest

as they do also the other scrip-, with the error of the wicked, fall tures, unto their own destruc- from your own steadfastness.

tion.

d 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory

d 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away both now and for ever. Amen.

The First Epistle general of JOHN.

CHAP. I.

which was from the t

Tbeginning, which we have

CHAP. II.

Y little children, these

Mthings write I unto you,

heard, which we have seen with that ye sin not.

And if any man

our eyes, which we have looked sin, we have an advocate with the upon, and our hands have han-Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: died, of the word of life; t 2 And he is the propitiation for

2 For the life was manifested, our sins: and not for ours only, and we have seen it, and bear wit- but also for the sins of the whole ness, and shew unto you that eter-world. nal life which was with the Father, e 3 And hereby we do know that and was manifested unto us :) we know him, if we keep his commandments.

e 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

c 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God be perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may

full.
t 5 This then is the message which
we have heard of him, and de-
clare unto you, that God is light,
and in him is no darkness at all.

6 He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

7 Brethren, I write no new com 6 If we say that we have fel-mandment unto you, but an old lowship with him, and walk in commandment which ye had from darkness, we lie, and do not the the beginning: The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

truth:

t7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

d 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

c 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in dark. ness even until now.

10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

11 But he that hateth his bro ther is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not

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whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

t 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.]

12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. c 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have 24 Let that therefore abide in overcome the wicked one. I you, which ye have heard from the write unto you, little children, beginning. If that which ye have because ye have known the heard from the beginning shall Father. remain in you, ye also shall

14 I have written unto you, continue in the Son, and in the fathers, because ye have known Father.

him that is from the beginning. Ib 25 And this is the promise that he have written unto you, young hath promised us, even eternal life. men, because ye are strong, and 26 These things have I written the word of God abideth in you, unto you concerning them and ye have overcome the wicked seduce you.

one.

d 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

t 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for

ever.

that

27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

d 28 And now, little children, abide in him; that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

t 29 If ye know that he is right18 Little children, it is the last eous, ye know that every one time and as ye have heard that that doeth righteousness is born antichrist shall come, even now of him.

CHAP. III.

EHOLD what manner of

are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. t t 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they stowed upon us, that we should be had been of us, they would no called the sons of God! therefore doubt have continued with us: but the world knoweth us not, because they went out, that they might be it knew him not. made manifest that they were not b 2 Beloved, now are we the sons all of us. of God, and it doth not yet apt 20 But ve have an unction pear what we shall be: but we from the Holy One, and ye know know that, when he shall appear, all things. we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

d 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

4 Whosoever committeth sin good, and seeth his brother have transgresseth also the law; for sin need, and shutteth up his bowels is the transgression of the law. of compassion from him, how 1 5 And ye know that he was dwelleth the love of God in him? manifested to take away our sins; d 18 My little children, let us not and in him is no sin. love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

c 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

9 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. e 10 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. d 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall as sure our hearts before him.

20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confdence toward God.

22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

d 23 And this is his command ment; that we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

24 And he that keepeth his com mandments, dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

12 Not as Cain, who was of that w wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

CHAP. IV.

believe

spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets have gone cut into the world.

2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth c 14 We know that we have pass-that Jesus Christ is come in the ed from death unto life, because flesh, is of God: we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.

15 Whosoever hateth his brother, is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

t 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. e 17 But whoso hath this world's

3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God. And this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

c 4 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.

5 They are of the world: there

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