to write them to thee with ink face to face. Peace be unto 14 and pen: but I hope shortly thee. The friends salute thee. to see thee, and we shall speak | Salute the friends by name. 1 3 THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JUDE. JUDAS, a servant of Jesus | proper habitation, he hath Christ, and brother of James, kept in everlasting bonds 2 to them that are called, be- under darkness unto the loved in God the Father, and judgement of the great day. 2 kept for Jesus Christ: Mercy Even as Sodom and Go-7 unto you and peace and love morrah, and the cities about be multiplied. them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication, and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire. Yet in like manner 8 these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at 7 dignities. But Michael the 9 archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all 4 delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old set forth unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and deny-durst not bring against him ing our only Master and a railing judgement, but said, Lord, Jesus Christ. The Lord rebuke thee. But 10 these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed. Woe unto 11 them! for they went in the way of Cain, and 9ran riotously in the error of Balaam 5 Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, how that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed 6 them that believed not. And angels which kept not their own principality, but left their 1 Gr. bondservant. 8 2 Or, to them that are beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ, being called 3 Or, the only Master, and our Lord Jesus Christ 4 Many very ancient authorities read Jesus. 5 Gr. the second time. 6 Or, as an example of eternal fire, suffering punishment through 7 Gr. glories. 8 Or, corrupted 9 Or, cast themselves away for hire, and perished in the 12 gainsaying of Korah. These are they who are 1hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the 13 roots; wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own 2shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever. 14 And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophe-nal life. And on some have 22 sied, saying, Behold, the Lord mercy, 7who are in doubt; came with 3 ten thousands of and some save, snatching 23 15 his holy ones, to execute judge- them out of the fire; and on ment upon all, and to convict some have mercy with fear; all the ungodly of all their hating even the garment spotworks of ungodliness which ted by the flesh. they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have 16 spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling words), shewing respect of persons for the sake of advantage. ye the words which have been Now unto him that is able 24 to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, to 25 the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and 8 for evermore. Amen. 1 Or, spots 2 Gr. shames. 3 Gr. his holy myriads. own lusts of ungodlinesses. 5 Or, natural Or, animal text in this passage (And...fire) is somewhat uncertain. dispute with you 8 Gr. unto all the ages. 4 Gr. their 6 The Greek 7 Or, while they THE REVELATION OF S. JOHN THE DIVINE. dom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Behold, he cometh with the 7 clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they which pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen. I am the Alpha and the 8 Omega, saith the Lord God, 9 which is and which was and which is to come, the Almighty. I John, your brother and 9 partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the 10 Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet saying, What thou 11 seest, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and 2 Gr. 4 Or, which 6 Gr. in. 1 Or, gave unto him, to shew unto his servants the things &c. bondservants: and so throughout this book. 3 Or, them cometh 5 Many authorities, some ancient, read washed. 7 Gr. unto the ages of the ages. Many ancient authorities omit of the ages. 8 Or, the Lord, the God $ Or, he which of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks are seven churches. unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, 12 and unto Laodicea. And I turned to see the voice which spake with me. And having turned I saw seven golden 13 1candlesticks; and in the midst of the 1candlesticks one like unto 2a son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the breasts with a golden 14 girdle. And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes 15 were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shin17 eth in his strength. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the 18 first and the last, and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys 19 of death and of Hades. Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and the things which are, and the things which shall come to pass 20 hereafter; the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest 5in my right hand, and the seven golden 1candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels 1 Gr. lampstands. To the angel of the church 1 2 in Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden 1candlesticks: I know 2 thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them which call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false; and thou hast patience and 3 didst bear for my name's sake, and hast not grown weary. But I have this 4 against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love. Remem- 5 ber therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent. But this thou hast, that thou 6 hatest the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. He that hath an ear, let him 7 hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the 7Paradise of God. And to the angel of the 8 church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and lived again: I know thy 9 tribulation, and thy poverty 2 Or, the Son of man 5 Gr. upon. (but thou art rich), and the i blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue 10 of Satan. Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have 3 tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of 11 life. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write; These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged 13 sword: I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan's throne is and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where 14 Satan dwelleth. But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou also some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner. 16 Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. He that hath an ear, let him 17 hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it. And to the angel of the 18 church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like unto burnished brass: I know thy works, 19 and thy love and faith and ministry and patience, and that thy last works are more than the first. But I have 20 this against thee, that thou sufferest 5 the woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. And I gave her time that she 21 should repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication. Behold, I do cast 22 her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of her works. And I will kill her children 23 with 7death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the 3 Gr. 1 Or, reviling 2 Some ancient authorities read and may have. a tribulation of ten days. 4 The Greek text here is somewhat uncertain. 5 Many authorities, some ancient, read thy wife. 6 Many ancient authorities read their. 7 Or, pestilence |