Spirit. 2 This is my beloved Son, in whom tious conduct of the ungodly; 8 for I am well pleased. 18 And this the righteous man dwelling among voice brought from heaven we them, by seeing and hearing, vexed heard, being with him in the holy his righteous soul from day to day mount; 19 and we have the pro- with their lawless deeds: 9 the phetic word more sure, to which you Lord knows how to deliver the goddo well to give heed, as to a lamp ly out of temptation, and to keep shining in a dark place, till the day the unrighteous to the day of judgdawn and the day-star arise in your ment to be punished, 10 but especialhearts; 20 knowing this first, that no 17 those that walk after the flesh in prophecy of Scripture comes from unclean desire, and despise governone's own interpretation. 21 For ments. Presumptuous, self-willed not by the will of man was prophecy men, they tremble not while blasever brought, but men from God pheming dignities; 11 whereas spoke, being moved by the Holy angels, who are greater in strength and power, bring no railing accusa1 But there arose false tion against them before the Lord; prophets among the people, as 12 but these, as irrational animals there shall be false teachers also made by nature for capture and deamong you, such as shall privily in-struction, speaking evil of things in troduce heresies of destruction, even denying the Lord that bought them, who bring on themselves swift destruction; 2 and many will follow their licentiousness, because of whom the way of truth shall be blasphemed; 3 and in covetousness with deceitful words they will make merchandise of you; for whom the condemnation of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not. 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but casting them down to Tartarus in chains of darkness delivered them up to be kept for judgment, 5 and spared not the old world, but preserved Noah, the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, having brought a flood on the world of the ungodly, 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example of those that shall live ungodly, 7 and delivered righteous Lot, wearied out with the licen which they are ignorant, shall also perish in their corruption, 13 thus receiving the reward of unrighteousness, who count reveling in the daytime a delight; spots and blemishes they are reveling in their deceits while feasting with you, 14 having eyes full of an adulteress, and that can not cease from sin, seducing unsteady souls, having a heart exercised in covetousness, children of the curse: 15 having left the straight way, they have turned aside, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness, 16 but was reproved for his iniquity: the dumb beast of burden speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, and mists driven by a tempest, for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved. 18 For speaking great swelling words of vanity, they seduce in the desires of the flesh by lasciviousness those that are just escaping from them that live in error, 19 promising them freedom, while they themselves are servants of corruption; for by whom any one has been overcome, by him has he also been made a servant. 20 For if, after escaping from the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these and overcome, their last state becomes worse than the first. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it to turn from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them. 22 That of the true proverb has happened to them: A dog turned back to his own vomit; and: A sow washed to wallowing in the mire. 3 1 This now, beloved, is the second epistle that I write to you, in both of which I stir up your pure mind by way of remembrance, 2 that you be mindful of the words spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of the Lord and Saviour, that was given by your apostles. 3 knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days shameless scoffers walking according to their own desires, 4 and saying: Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things thus continue from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly know not, that the heavens were of old and the earth from water and by means of water consisting by the word of God, 6 by which the then world, having been overflowed with water, perished; 7 but the present heavens and earth are kept in store by the same word, reserved for fire at the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But be not ignorant of this one thing, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord delays not concerning the promise, as some count delaying, but is long suffering for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up. 11 As all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy behavior and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 But we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, as you look for these things, be diligent to be found spotless and blameless before him in peace, 15 and regard the longsuffering of our Lord salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom that is given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his epistles speaking in them of these things, in which things are some hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unsteady wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 Do you then, beloved, knowing it before, beware lest being led away by the error of the lawless you fall from your own steadfastness, 18 but grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN 1 1 That which was from the sin not. And if any one sin, we beginning, which we have have an advocate with the Father, heard, which we have seen with our Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and eyes, which we looked upon and he himself is the expiation for our our hands handled, of the word of sins, not for ours only, however, life; 2 and the life was manifested, but also for the whole world. 3 and we have seen and do testify and And in this we know that we have declare to you the life eternal, which known him, if we keep his comwas with the Father and was mani- mandments. 4 He that says: I have fested to us: 3 that which we have known him and keeps not his comseen and heard, declare we to you, mandments is a liar, and the truth that you also may have fellowship is not in him; 5 but whoever keeps with us. And our fellowship indeed is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things write we to you, that your joy may be made full. 5 And this is the message that we have heard from him, and declare again to you, that God is light and darkness in him there is none. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth; 7 but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, faithful is he and righteous to forgive us the sins and 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. 2 his word, truly in him has the love of God been perfected. In this we know that we are in him. 6 He that says that he abides in him ought himself also SO to walk as he walked. 7 Beloved, no new commandment write I to you, but an old commandment, which you had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which you heard. 8 Again a new commandment write I to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light now shines. 9 He that says that he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness till now. 10 He that loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no stumbling-block in him; 11 but he that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and knows not whither he goes, because darkness has blinded his eyes. 12 I write to you, little children, because your sins have been for 1 My little children, these things write I to you that you given for his name's sake. 13 I the Father: he that confesses the write to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I have written to you, little children, because you have known the Father. 14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one. 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him; 16 because all that is in the world, the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away and the desire of it; but he that does the will of God abides for ever. Son has the Father also. 24 Let that which you heard from the beginning abide in you. If that abide in you which you heard from the beginning, you also shall abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he himself promised us, the life eternal. 26 These things I have written to you concerning them that deceive you. 27 And you, the anointing which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one teach, but as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true and is no lie, even as it has taught you, abide in it. 28 And now, little children, abide in him that when he shall be manifested we may have boldness, and not be ashamed away from him in his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one also that works righteousness has been begotten of him. Behold what manner of 18 Little children, it is the last 31ove the Father has bestowed time, and as you heard that antichrist comes, even now many anti-on us that we should be called chilchrists have risen: whence we know dren of God. Therefore the world that it is the last time. 19 They knows us not, because it knew him went out from us, but were not of not. us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but that they might be made manifest that they are all not of us. 20 And you have an anointing from the holy One, and know all things. 21 I have not written to you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is from the truth. 22 Who is the liar, but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist that denies the Father and the Son. 23 Every one that denies the Son, neither has he 2 Beloved, now are we children of God, and it has not yet been made manifest what we shall be. We know that when it shall be made manifest we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And every one that has this hope on him purifies himself, as he is pure. 4 Every one that practices sin practices lawlessness also, and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that he was manifested that he might take away sins, and sin is not in him. 6 Every one that abides in him sins not: whoever sins has not we know that we are of the truth, seen him, neither known him. and shall persuade our hearts before him; 20 because if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have confidence toward God, 22 and whatever we 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He that practices righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous: 8 he that practices sin is of the devil, because the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose was the Son of God mani-ask we receive from him, because fested, that he might destroy the we keep his commandments and do works of the devil. 9 Whoever has the things that are pleasing in his been begotten of God does not prac- sight. 23 And this is his commandtice sin, because his seed abides in ment, that we should believe on the him; and he can not sin, because he name of his Son Jesus Christ, and has been begotten of God. 10 In love one another as he gave us comthis the children of God are mani-mandment. 24 And he that keeps fest and the children of the devil: his commandments abides in him whoever practices not righteousness and he in him; and in this we know is not of God, also he that loves not that he abides in us, by the Spirit his brother. 11 For this is the mes- that he has given us. sage that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, 12 not as Cain was of the wicked one and slew his brother; and for what cause did he slay him? because his works were evil, but those of his brother righteous. 13 Wonder not, brethren, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loves not abides in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 In this we have known the love, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And in this 4 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world. 2 In this know you the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that confesses not Jesus is not of God; and this is the spirit of antichrist, of which you have heard that it comes, and now is in the world already. 4 You 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: therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them. 6 We are of God: he that knows God hears us, he that is not of God hears not us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God, and every |