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DESERTED BY EVERYBODY.

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I have ex

and the time for my departure is here. erted myself to the utmost in the noble contest. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. For the future there is laid up for me the crown of goodness which the Lord, the good judge, will give me in the day of his coming again, and not only to me, but also to every one who loves his coming again.

Make an effort to pay me a visit as soon as you can. For Demas has left me and gone to Thessalonica because of his love for this world. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you, for he is a helpful assistant to me. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come bring with you the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments. The brass-founder Alexander did me a great deal of harm.-May the Lord reward him according to his deed. And you, also, beware of him. For he vehemently opposed what we said.

At my first hearing no one stood by me. On the contrary, they all deserted me.-May it not be counted against them.—But the Lord stood by me, and gave me inward strength, so that, through me, the proclamation might be fully made and all the heathen might hear. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every

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kind of evil and save me, and bring me to his heavenly kingdom.

To him be the praise for ever and ever.

Amen.

Give our best wishes to Prisca and Aquila and the family of Onesiphorus.

Erastus staid at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus. Make an effort to come before

winter.

Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brothers, send you their best wishes. May the Lord be with you.

May the divine favor be yours.

HEBREWS.

In former times it was only partially,

And in many different ways, God spoke to our forefathers

In those through whom he revealed himself. But in these last days he has once for all spoken to us

In his Son,

Whom he appointed heir of everything,
And through whom he made the worlds.

He is the reflected perfection of God,
And the imprint of the divine nature.
And it is he who sustains everything

By the expression of his power.

So when he had cleared men from the guilt of sin,

He sat down on the right of the Majesty on high.

And he became as much greater than the

angels

As the name he inherited is of more dignity

than theirs.