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thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is bar-1 Or, Seest sea, is tamed, and hath been

thou...
perfect?

2 Gr.
greater.

3 Or, how great a forest

tamed by 9 mankind: but the 8 tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. Therewith bless 9 we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the likeness of God: out of the same mouth 10 cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth the fountain send forth 11 from the same opening sweet our mem-water and bitter? can a fig 12 tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water yield sweet.

4 Or, a

fire, that world of iniquity: the tongue

is among

bers that

which &c.

5 Or, that world of iniquity, the tongue, is our mem

among

bers that which &c.

6 Or, birth

21 ren? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his 22 son upon the altar? Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was 23 faith made perfect; and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God. 24 Ye see that by works a man is justified, and not only by 25 faith. And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead. 3 Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive 2 heavier judge2 ment. For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a 7 Gr. perfect man, able to bridle 3 the whole body also. Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their 4 whole body also. Behold, the ships also, though they are so great, and are driven by rough 10 Or, winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steers5 man willeth. So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! 6 And the tongue is 4a fire: 5 the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on 7 fire by hell. For every kind of beasts and birds, of creep

nature.

8 Or, unto

9 Gr. the human nature.

natural

Or, animal

11 Gr. demoniacal.

12 Or, fulness Or, partiality 13 Or, by

doubt

14 Gr. are jealous.

Who is wise and under- 13 standing among you? let him shew by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom. But 14 if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. This wisdom is not a 15 wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, 10 sensual, 11 devilish. For where 16 jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. But the wisdom that 17 is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, casy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without 12 variance, without hypocrisy. And 18 the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace 13 for them that make peace.

Whence come wars and 4 whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? Ye 2 lust, and have not: ye kill, and 14 covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, be- 3 cause ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures. Ye 4 adulteresses, know ye not that

1 Or, saith

in vain,

spirit which he made to dwell in us he yearneth for even unto jealous envy. Or, That spirit which he made to dwell in us yearneth for us even unto

the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an 5 enemy of God. Or think ye that the scripture 1 speaketh 2 Or, The in vain? 2 Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in 6 us long unto envying? But he giveth 4 more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth 7 grace to the humble. Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will 8 flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your 9 hearts, ye doubleminded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your 10 joy to heaviness. Humble 3 Some yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

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jealous

envy.

ancient

authorities read dwelleth in us.

4 Gr. a greater grace.

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer 12 of the law, but a judge. One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neigh-saying.

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bour?

5 Gr. Instead of your

7 Gr.

Go to now, ye that say, Today or to-morrow we will go 6 Or, unto into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get 14 gain whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanish-8 Or, he 15 eth away. For that ye ought

presence.

to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or 9 Or, en16 that. But now ye glory in durance your vauntings: all such glory17 ing is evil. To him therefore

that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Go to now, ye rich, weep and 5 howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. Your 2 riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver are 3 rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days. Be- 4 hold, the hire of the labourers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. Ye have lived 5 delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. Ye have con- 6 demned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.

Be patient therefore, bre- 7 thren, until the 7 coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until sit receive the early and latter rain. Be 8 ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the 7 coming of the Lord is at hand. Murmur not, 9 brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors. Take, brethren, for an 10 example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord. Behold, we call them blessed 11 which endured: ye have heard of the 9 patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

But above all things, my 12 brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the

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earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgement.

Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? 14 let him sing praise.

Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, 2 anointing him with oil in the 15 name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be for16 given him. Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye

1

1 Or, let

yours be the yea,

yea, and the nay, nay Compare Matt. v. 37.

2 Or, having anointed

3 Or,
nature

4 Gr. with
prayer.

may be healed. The supplica-
tion of a righteous man avail-
eth much in its working. Eli- 17
jah was a man of like 3 passions
with us, and he prayed 4 fer-
vently that it might not rain;
and it rained not on the earth
for three years and six months.
And he prayed again; and the 18
heaven gave rain, and the earth
brought forth her fruit.

My brethren, if any among 19 you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 5 let him 20 know, that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from ties read death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

5 Some ancient authori

know ye.

THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF

PETER.

PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, 2 Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God

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while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold 1temptations, that the proof of your 7 faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, might be

the Father, in sanctification of 1 Or, trials found unto praise and glory

the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in 5 heaven for you, who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the 6 last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little

2 Gr. glorified.

3 Gr. unto.

and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ: whom not 8 having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and 2 full of glory: receiving 9 the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. Con- 10 cerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what 11 time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings 3 of Christ, and the

glories that should follow them. 12 To whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the 2 Holy Ghost sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

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Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that 3 is to be brought unto you at the reve14 lation of Jesus Christ; as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time 15 of your ignorance: but 4 like as he which called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in 16 all manner of living; because

it is written, Ye shall be holy; 17 for I am holy. And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourn18 ing in fear: knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your 19 fathers; but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even 20 the blood of Christ: who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of 21 the times for your sake, who through him are believers in God, which raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope 22 might be in God. Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love 5 from the heart fervently: 23 having been begotten again, |

1 Gr. in.

2 Or, Holy Spirit

3 Gr.
is being

brought.

4 Or, like the Holy One which called yout

5 Many ancient authorities read from a cleen

heart.

6 Or,

God who liveth 7 Gr. saying.

s Or. malice

9 Gr.

reason-
able.

10 Or, ho

nourable

11 Or. a
spiritual
house for
a holy
hood

12 Or, a
scripture
13 Or, it

14 Or,
In your
sight

15 Or,
honour

not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth. For,

All flesh is as grass,

And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

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But the 7 word of the Lord 25 abideth for ever.

And this is the 7 word of good tidings which was preached unto you.

Putting away therefore all 2 8 wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn 2 babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation; if ye have tasted 3 that the Lord is gracious: unto whom coming, a living 4 stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, 10 precious, ye also, as living stones, are 5 built up 11 a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Because it is contain- 6 ed in 12 scripture,

Behold, I lay in Zion a
chief corner stone, elect,
10 precious:

And he that believeth on
13 him shall not be put to
shame.

14 For you therefore which be- 7 lieve is the 15 preciousness: but for such as disbelieve,

The stone which the build-
ers rejected,

The same was made the
head of the corner;

and,

A stone of stumbling, and

a rock of offence;

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16 Gr. who. 17 Or, stumble, 16 for they 17 stumble at the being dis-word, being disobedient: whereobedient one another unto also they were appointed. But ye are an elect race, a 9 royal priesthood, a holy nation,

to the word

3 Gr. having.

4 Or, malice

a people for God's own posses- 1 Gr. sion, that ye may shew forth creation. the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness 2 Gr. into his marvellous light: through. 10 which in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 11 Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which 12 war against the soul; having your behaviour seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they be- 7 Gr. of. hold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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5 Gr. Household-servants.

6 Gr. grace.

8 Or, his cause

9 Or, carried up... to the tree

bruise.

Be subject to every 1ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the 14 king, as supreme; or unto governors, as sent 2 by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do 10 Gr. 15 well. For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance 16 of foolish men: as free, and not 3 using your freedom for a cloke of 4 wickedness, but as 17 bondservants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

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5 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 19 For this is acceptable, if for conscience 7toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering 20 wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted for it, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye shall take it patiently, this is

11 Or, Overseer

12 Or, of life

manner

13 Or, husbands (as

Sarah... .. ye are become), doing well, and not being

afraid

14 Or, afraid with

15 Gr. unto the female vessel, as weaker.

you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither 22 was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, re- 23 viled not again; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: who his 24 own self 9 bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose 10 stripes ye were healed. For ye were going astray 25 like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and 11 Bishop of your souls.

In like manner, ye wives, be 3 in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the 12 behaviour of their wives; beholding your chaste 12 beha- 2 viour coupled with fear. Whose 3 adorning let it not be the outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel; but let it be the hid- 4 den man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner 5 aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own 13 husbands: as 6 Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not 14 put in fear by any terror.

Ye husbands, in like man- 7 ner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honour 15 unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that

216acceptable with God. For 16 Gr. sym-your prayers be not hindered.

hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for

pathetic.

Finally, be ye all likemind- 8 ed, 16 compassionate, loving as

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