3:1Likewise, wives, [be] subject to your own husbands, that, even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without [the] word by the conversation of the wives, 3:2having witnessed your pure conversation [carried out] in fear; 3:3whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel; 3:4but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price. 3:5For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands; 3:6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation. 3:7[Ye] husbands likewise, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, as with a weaker, [even] the female, vessel, giving [them] honour, as also fellow-heirs of [the] grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered. 3:8Finally, [be] all of one mind, sympathising, full of brotherly love, tender hearted, humble minded; 3:9not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but on the contrary, blessing [others], because ye have been called to this, that ye should inherit blessing. 3:10For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile. 3:11And let him avoid evil, and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it; 3:12because [the] eyes of [the] Lord [are] on [the] righteous, and his ears towards their supplications; but [the] face of [the] Lord [is] against them that do evil. 3:13And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which [is] good? 3:14But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye]; but be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled; 3:15but sanctify [the] Lord the Christ in your hearts, and [be] always prepared to [give] an answer [to] every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that [is] in you, but with meekness and fear; 3:16having a good conscience, that [as to that] in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may be ashamed who calumniate your good conversation in Christ. 3:17For [it is] better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer [as] well-doers than [as] evildoers; 3:18for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, [the] just for [the] unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in [the] Spirit, 3:19in which also going he preached to the spirits [which are] in prison, 3:20heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in [the] days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water: 3:21which figure also now saves you, [even] baptism, not a putting away of [the] filth of flesh, but [the] demand as before God of a good conscience, by [the] resurrection of Jesus Christ, 3:22who is at [the] right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to him.
4:1Christ, then, having suffered for us in [the] flesh, do *ye* also arm yourselves with the same mind; for he that has suffered in [the] flesh has done with sin, 4:2no longer to live the rest of [his] time in [the] flesh to men's lusts, but to God's will. 4:3For the time past [is] sufficient [for us] to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries. 4:4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same sink of corruption, speaking injuriously [of you]; 4:5who shall render account to him who is ready to judge [the] living and [the] dead. 4:6For to this [end] were the glad tidings preached to [the] dead also, that they might be judged, as regards men, after [the] flesh, but live, as regards God, after [the] Spirit. 4:7But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers; 4:8but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins; 4:9hospitable one to another, without murmuring; 4:10each according as he has received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of [the] various grace of God. 4:11If any one speak as oracles of God; if any one minister as of strength which God supplies; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the might for the ages of ages. Amen. 4:12Beloved, take not [as] strange the fire [of persecution] which has taken place amongst you for [your] trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you; 4:13but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation. 4:14If ye are reproached in [the] name of Christ, blessed [are ye]; for the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: [on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.] 4:15Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters; 4:16but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name. 4:17For the time of having the judgment begin from the house of God [is come]; but if first from us, what [shall be] the end of those who obey not the glad tidings of God? 4:18And if the righteous is difficultly saved, where shall the impious and [the] sinner appear? 4:19Wherefore also let them who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.
5:1The elders which [are] among you I exhort, who [am their] fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also [am] partaker of the glory about to be revealed: 5:2shepherd the flock of God which [is] among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily; 5:3not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock. 5:4And when the chief shepherd is manifested ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory. 5:5Likewise [ye] younger, be subject to [the] elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against [the] proud, but to [the] humble gives grace. 5:6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in [the due] time; 5:7having cast all your care upon him, for he cares about you. 5:8Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary [the] devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour. 5:9Whom resist, stedfast in faith, knowing that the selfsame sufferings are accomplished in your brotherhood which [is] in [the] world. 5:10But the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered for a little while, himself shall make perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground: 5:11to him [be] the glory and the might for the ages of the ages. Amen. 5:12By Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I suppose, I have written to you briefly; exhorting and testifying that this is [the] true grace of God in which ye stand. 5:13She that is elected with [you] in Babylon salutes you, and Marcus my son. 5:14Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be with you all who [are] in Christ.
2 Peter
1:1Simon Peter, bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have received like precious faith with us through [the] righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: 1:2Grace and peace be multiplied to you in [the] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 1:3As his divine power has given to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us by glory and virtue, 1:4through which he has given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these ye may become partakers of [the] divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 1:5But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge, 1:6in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness, 1:7in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love: 1:8for these things existing and abounding in you make [you] to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; 1:9for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins. 1:10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall; 1:11for thus shall the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ be richly furnished unto you. 1:12Wherefore I will be careful to put you always in mind of these things, although knowing [them] and established in the present truth. 1:13But I account it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance, 1:14knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedily [to take place], as also our Lord Jesus Christ has manifested to me; 1:15but I will use diligence, that after my departure ye should have also, at any time, [in your power] to call to mind these things. 1:16For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cleverly imagined fables, but having been eyewitnesses of *his* majesty. 1:17For he received from God [the] Father honour and glory, such a voice being uttered to him by the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom *I* have found my delight; 1:18and this voice *we* heard uttered from heaven, being with him on the holy mountain. 1:19And we have the prophetic word [made] surer, to which ye do well taking heed (as to a lamp shining in an obscure place) until [the] day dawn and [the] morning star arise in your hearts; 1:20knowing this first, that [the scope of] no prophecy of scripture is had from its own particular interpretation, 1:21for prophecy was not ever uttered by [the] will of man, but holy men of God spake under the power of [the] Holy Spirit.
2:1But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction; 2:2and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed. 2:3And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not. 2:4For if God spared not [the] angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness [to be] kept for judgment; 2:5and spared not [the] old world, but preserved Noe, [the] eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in [the] flood upon [the] world of [the] ungodly; 2:6and having reduced [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned [them] with an overthrow, setting [them as] an example to those that should [afterwards] live an ungodly life; 2:7and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless, 2:8(for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented [his] righteous soul day after day with [their] lawless works,) 2:9[the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished; 2:10and specially those who walk after the flesh in [the] lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold [are they], self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities: 2:11when angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring against them, before the Lord, an injurious charge. 2:12But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyed, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption, 2:13receiving [the] reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you; 2:14having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse; 2:15having left [the] straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved [the] reward of unrighteousness; 2:16but had reproof of his own wickedness [the] dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet. 2:17These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved [for ever]. 2:18For [while] speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with [the] lusts of [the] flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error, 2:19promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery. 2:20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through [the] knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first. 2:21For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known [it] to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. 2:22But that [word] of the true proverb has happened to them: [The] dog [has] turned back to his own vomit; and, [The] washed sow to [her] rolling in mud.
3:1This, a second letter, beloved, I already write to you, in [both] which I stir up, in the way of putting you in remembrance, your pure mind, 3:2to be mindful of the words spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of the Lord and Saviour by your apostles; 3:3knowing this first, that there shall come at [the] close of the days mockers with mocking, walking according to their own lusts, 3:4and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the time the fathers fell asleep all things remain thus from [the] beginning of [the] creation. 3:5For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God, 3:6through which [waters] the then world, deluged with water, perished. 3:7But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. 3:8But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with [the] Lord [is] as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 3:9[The] Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 3:10But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and [the] elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works in it shall be burnt up. 3:11All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness, 3:12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which [the] heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and [the] elements, burning with heat, shall melt? 3:13But, according to his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness. 3:14Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless; 3:15and account the longsuffering of our Lord [to be] salvation; according as our beloved brother Paul also has written to you according to the wisdom given to him, 3:16as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; among which some things are hard to be understood, which the untaught and ill-established wrest, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction. 3:17*Ye* therefore, beloved, knowing [these] things before, take care lest, being led away along with the error of the wicked, ye should fall from your own stedfastness: 3:18but grow in grace, and in [the] knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and to [the] day of eternity. Amen.
1 John
1:1That which was from [the] beginning, that which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes; that which we contemplated, and our hands handled, concerning the word of life; 1:2(and the life has been manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and has been manifested to us:) 1:3that which we have seen and heard we report to you, that *ye* also may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship [is] indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 1:4And these things write we to you that your joy may be full. 1:5And this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1:6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth. 1:7But if we walk in the light as *he* is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us [our] sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1:10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
2:1My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous; 2:2and *he* is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world. 2:3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 2:4He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 2:5but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him. 2:6He that says he abides in him ought, even as *he* walked, himself also [so] to walk. 2:7Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which ye have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye heard. 2:8Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines. 2:9He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now. 2:10He that loves his brother abides in light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. 2:11But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. 2:12I write to you, children, because [your] sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 2:13I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked [one]. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father. 2:14I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked [one]. 2:15Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him; 2:16because 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. 2:17And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity. 2:18Little children, it is [the] last hour, and, according as ye have heard that antichrist comes, even now there have come many antichrists, whence we know that it is [the] last hour. 2:19They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us. 2:20And *ye* have [the] unction from the holy [one], and ye know all things. 2:21I have not written to you because ye do not know the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 2:22Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? *He* is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 2:23Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also. 2:24As for *you* let that which ye have heard from the beginning abide in you: if what ye have heard from the beginning abides in you, *ye* also shall abide in the Son and in the Father. 2:25And this is the promise which *he* has promised us, life eternal. 2:26These things have I written to you concerning those who lead you astray: 2:27and *yourselves*, the unction which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him. 2:28And now, children, abide in him, that if he be manifested we may have boldness, and not be put to shame from before him at his coming. 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.
3:1See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called [the] children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not. 3:2Beloved, now are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3:3And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as *he* is pure. 3:4Every one that practises sin practises also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 3:5And ye know that *he* has been manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him sin is not. 3:6Whoever abides in him, does not sin: whoever sins, has not seen him or known him. 3:7Children, let no man lead you astray; he that practises righteousness is righteous, even as *he* is righteous. 3:8He that practises sin is of the devil; for from [the] beginning the devil sins. To this end the Son of God has been manifested, that he might undo the works of the devil. 3:9Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God. 3:10In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother. 3:11For this is the message which ye have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another: 3:12not as Cain was of the wicked one, and slew his brother; and on account of what slew he him? because his works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous. 3:13Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you. 3:14*We* know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [his] brother abides in death. 3:15Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 3:16Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down [our] lives. 3:17But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him? 3:18Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth. 3:19And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him 3:20that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 3:21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness towards God, 3:22and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight. 3:23And this is his commandment, that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, even as he has given us commandment. 3:24And he that keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given to us.
4:1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 4:2Hereby ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ come in flesh is of God; 4:3and every spirit which does not confess Jesus Christ come in flesh is not of God: and this is that [power] of the antichrist, [of] which ye have heard that it comes, and now it is already in the world. 4:4*Ye* are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world. 4:5*They* are of the world; for this reason they speak [as] of the world, and the world hears them. 4:6*We* are of God; he that knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. 4:7Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God. 4:8He that loves not has not known God; for God is love. 4:9Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 4:10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins. 4:11Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 4:12No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. 4:13Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit. 4:14And *we* have seen, and testify, that the Father has sent the Son [as] Saviour of the world. 4:15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 4:16And *we* have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 4:17Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as *he* is, *we* also are in this world. 4:18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love. 4:19*We* love because *he* has first loved us. 4:20If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother.
5:1Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him. 5:2Hereby know we that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments. 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous. 5:4For all that has been begotten of God gets the victory over the world; and this is the victory which has gotten the victory over the world, our faith. 5:5Who is he that gets the victory over the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 5:6This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus [the] Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit is the truth. 5:7For they that bear witness are three: 5:8the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and the three agree in one. 5:9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God [which] he has witnessed concerning his Son. 5:10He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning his Son. 5:11And this is the witness, that God has given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son. 5:12He that has the Son has life: he that has not the Son of God has not life. 5:13These things have I written to you that ye may know that ye have eternal life who believe on the name of the Son of God. 5:14And this is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask him anything according to his will he hears us. 5:15And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. 5:16If any one see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life, for those that do not sin unto death. There is a sin to death: I do not say of that that he should make a request. 5:17Every unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not to death. 5:18We know that every one begotten of God does not sin, but he that has been begotten of God keeps himself, and the wicked [one] does not touch him. 5:19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the wicked [one]. 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that [is] true; and we are in him that [is] true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 5:21Children, keep yourselves from idols.
2 John
1:1The elder to [the] elect lady and her children, whom *I* love in truth, and not *I* only but also all who have known the truth,
3 John
1:1The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
Jude
1:1Jude, bondman of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called ones beloved in God [the] Father and preserved in Jesus Christ: