18. And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom to whom be the glory of these things for ever and ever. Amen.

19. Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

20. Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

21. Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia; even all are brethren.

22. The Lord Jesus Christ is with thy spirit. The Grace that is our's.

VERSION

CHAPTER I.

1. Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for a belief of God's elect, and an acknowledging of truth which is after godli

ness;

2. In a hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

3. And hath in due times manifested his promise through preaching, which was committed unto me by commandment of God our Saviour to Titus a legitimate child;

4. By a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Lord of Jesus Christ our Saviour.

5. For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain presbyters in cities, as I did appoint thee:

6. If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

7. For a bishop must be blameless as a steward

of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given

to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

8. But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

9. Holding fast the practice of the Doctrine of a faithful command, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

10. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision :

11. Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

12. One of themselves, an especial prophet of their's, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

13. This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

14. Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

15. In the pure all things are pure: but in them

that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; for both their mind and conscience have been defiled.

16. They profess that they know a God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. CHAPTER II.

1. But command thou the things which become sound doctrine :

2. That presbyters be sober, grave, temperate, sound in the faith, in the charity, in the patience they exhibit.

3. Female presbyters likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

4. That they may teach the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

5. To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

6. Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded in all things.

7. Shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in the doctrine of thy teaching shewing gravity, sincerity,

8. Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.

9. Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters in all things, pleasing to be, not answering again;

10. Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

11. For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.

12. Teaching us that, denying the ungodliness and the worldly lusts that exclude from salvation, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present time;

13. Looking for the blessed hope vouchsafed to us, and an appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ;

14. Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and so purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

15. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. CHAPTER III.

1. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

2. To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

3. For we ourselves even were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, in malice and envy, living hateful, hating one another.

4. But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

5. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by a washing of regeneration, even a renewing of a holy spirit;

6. Which he shed on us abundantly by Jesus Christ our Saviour;

7. That being justified through the grace of that mercy, we should be made heirs as to a hope of eternal life.

8. It is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto the men that believe.

9. But avoid foolish questions and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

10. A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

11. Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

12. When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis : for I have determined there to winter.

13. Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.

14. For even our's practise to maintain good works for necessary occasions, that they be not unfruitful.

15. All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us on account of faith. The grace of this love be with you all.

VERSION

CHAPTER I.

1. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2. Hath in last of these days spoken unto us by a Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, with respect to whom also he made the ages;

3. Who being an effulgence of his glory, and an express image of his constancy, and making manifest all things that exist in the declaration concerning his power, he having effected an expiation of the sins that burden us, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

4. So much greater becoming than angels, as much better being than they, he hath acquired as an inheritance an appointment thereto.

5. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art a Son of mine, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him as a Father, and he shall be to me as a Son?

6. And again of the time when he should bring in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, Even let all angels of God worship him.

7. Verily even to the angels he saith it, He who maketh the winds his angels, and flame of fire his

ministers.

8. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne the God is for ever and ever : so the sceptre of the unquestioned line is the sceptre of his kingdom.

9. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore the God that is thy God, hath anointed thee with an oil of gladness above thy fellows.

10. Yea, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

11. They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

12. And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and as a garment shalt they be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

13. And to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

14. Is it not that all enemies are ministering spirits, sent forth as to ministration with respect to them who shall be heirs of salvation?

CHAPTER II.

1. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should have been passed by.

2. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence;

3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which verily having assumed to be spoken by the Lord under those that heard, was established

unto us.

4. By confirming testimony by God, both in signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of a spirit holy, according to his will?

5. For unto angels assurances hath he not put in subjection man's knowledge of the world to come, whereof we speak.

6. Although in a certain place he testified, one saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or a son of man that thou visitest him?

7. Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and hon

our:

8. Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. Now in the declaration that he put all

in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

9. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, on account of the suffering of man by temporal death, crowned with glory and honour; when he by the grace of God should have tasted death for every man.

10. For it became him, with respect to whom the all things, and by whom the all things bringing many sons unto glory exist, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

11. For verily he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one nature: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

12. Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

13. And again, I will exist putting trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.

14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also likewise took part of the same; in order that through his incurring death, he might render powerless him that had the strength of that death, that is, the devil;

15. And deliver them, who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage, from every doubt in respect of that they should have life.

16. For verily he takes not on him the part of angels; but he takes the part of the seed of Abraham.

17. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he in their estimation a merciful and faithful high priest, should appoint the things pertaining to God for making reconciliation for the sins of the people.

18. For by what he hath suffered being tempted, man is sure that he is able to succour them that are tempted.

CHAPTER III.

1. Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Jesus;

2. Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful to his God's house.

3. For this High Priest was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than those of the house.

4. And every house is builded by some man besides God: so he that built all things a God must be.

5. And Moses verily was faithful to all his house, as a partaker of the benefit, in testimony concerning those things which were to be spoken after;

6. But Christ was as a son over his house; of which house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope that we are such.

7. Wherefore it is even as the Holy Ghost saith, To day ye are such if ye should hear his voice,

8. Ye should not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness :

9. Where your fathers tempted me by scrutinizing, and saw my works forty years.

10. Because I was grieved with that generation, even I said, They are alway misled by their heart; for they have not known my ways.

11. So I swore to my present wrath against my people, if hereafter They shall enter into my rest.

12. Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in judging yourselves to have been separated from a God that has life.

13. And exhort yourselves daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened to defend such judgment through deceitfulness in apparent humility of the sin of so judging.

14. For we are made partakers of the Christ, if we hold the beginning of the confidence unto the end,

15. Stedfast in the thing to be proclaimed, To day ye are such if ye should have heard my voice, ye should not harden your hearts, as in the pro

vocation.

16. For some, when they had heard, did provoke : howbeit not all that came out of Egypt with Moses.

17. For with which of them was he grieved forty years? was it not with those of them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

18. And to which of them sware he that they