the living and the dead,by his coming, and his kingdom:

2 Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.

12 But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.

13 The cloak, that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, especially the parchments.

3 For there shall be a time, when 14 Alexander the coppersmith they will not endure sound doctrine: hath done me much evil: the Lord but according to their own desires will reward him according to his they will heap to themselves teach-works: ers, having itching ears,

4 And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

15 Whom do thou also avoid, for he hath greatly withstood our words.

16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all forsook me: 5 But be thou vigilant, labour in may it not be laid to their charge. all things, do the work of an evan- 17 But the Lord stood by me gelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober. and strengthened me, that by me 6 For I am even now ready to be the preaching may be accomplishsacrificed: and the time of my dis-ed, and that all the gentiles may solution is at hand. hear and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.

8 As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming. Make haste to come to me quickly.

9 For Demas hath left me, loving this world, and is gone to Thessalonica:

10 Crescens into Galatia, Titus into Dalmatia.

:

18 The Lord hath delivered me from every evil work: and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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

20 Erastus remained at Corinth. And Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

21 Make haste to come before winter. Eubulus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia, and all the brethren salute thee.

11 Only Luke is with me. Take 22 The Lord JESUS Christ be with Mark, and bring him with thee: for thy spirit. Grace be with you. heis profitable to mefor the ministry. Amen.

The EPISTLE of St. CHAP. I. What kind of men he is to ordain priests. AUL, a servant of God and an apostle of JESUS Christ,according to the faith of the elect of God and the acknowledging of the truth, which is according to godliness.

PAUL

2 Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hath promised before the times of the world:

PAUL to TITUS.

3 But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour: 4 To Titus my beloved son, according to the common faith, grace, and peace from God the Father, and from Christ JESUS our Saviour.

5 For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting

and shouldest ordain priests in every | 2 That the aged men be sober, city, as I also appointed thee: chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in 6 If any be without crime, the love, in patience. husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.

7 For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: not proud, not subject to anger, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre:

8 But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:

3 The aged women, in like man ner, in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine: teaching well,

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

5 To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

9 Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound 6 Young men in like manner exdoctrine, and to convince the gain-hort that they be sober. sayers.

10 For there are many disobedient, vain talkers, and seducers, especially they of the circumcision. 11 Who must be reproved: who subvert whole houses, teaching the things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

12 One of them said, a prophet of their own, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.

13 This testimony 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, who turn themselves away from the truth.

15 All things are clean to the clean but to them that are defiled, and to unbelievers, nothing is clean: but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

16 They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him; being abominable, and incredulous, and to every good work reprobate.

CHAP. II.

How he is to instruct both old and

young.

7 In all things shew thyself an example of good works, in doctrine, in integrity, in gravity,

8 The sound word that cannot be blamed: that he, who is on the contrary part, may be afraid, having no evil to say of us.

9 Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters in all things pleasing, not gainsaying:

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

11 For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men.

12 Instructing us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we shou'd live soberly, and justly, and godly in this world.

13 Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Saviour JESUS Christ,

14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works.

15 These things speak and exhort, and rebuke with all authority.

BUT speak thou the things that Let no man despise thee.

become sound doctrine:

Chap. 1. Ver. 6. Of one wife. See the note upon 1 Tim. iii. 2

CHAP. III.

things I will have thee affirm conOther instructions for life and doc-stantly: that they, who believe in God, may be careful to excel in

trine.

ADMONISH them to be subject good works. These things are good

to princes, and powers, to obey at a word, to be ready to every good work,

2 To speak evil of no man, not to be litigious, but gentle : shewing all mildness towards all men.

3 For we ourselves also were sometime unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

4 But when the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour appeared:

and profitable unto men.

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

For

10 A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition avoid :

11 Knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned by his own judgment.

12 When I shall send to thee Artemas or Tychicus, make haste 5 Not by the works of justice, to come unto me to Nicopolis. For which we have done, but accord- there I have determined to winter. ing to his mercy he saved us, by 13 Send forward Zenas the lawthe laver of regeneration and reno-yer and Apollo with care, that novation of the Holy Ghost,

6 Whom he hath poured forth upon us abundantly through JESUS Christ our Saviour:

7 That, being justified by his grace, we may be heirs, according to hope, of life everlasting.

8 It is a faithful saying: and these

thing be wanting to them.

14 And let our men also learn to excel in good works for necessary uses: that they be not unfruitful.

15 All that are with me, salute thee: salute them that love us in the faith. The grace of God be with you all. Amen.

Ver. 11. By his own judgment. Other offenders are judged, and cast out of the church, by the sentence of the pastors of the same church. Heretics, more unhappy, run out of the church of their own accord; and, by so doing, give judgment and sentence against their own souls.

The EPISTLE of St. PAUL to PHILEMON.

He commends the faith of Philemon. 5 Hearing of thy charity and faith which thou hast in the Lord PAU AUL a prisoner of Christ JE- JESUS, and towards all the saints. SUS, and Timothy a brother: to 6 That the communication of thy Philemon our beloved and fellow-faith may be made evident in the labourer. acknowledgment of every good 2 And to Appia our dearest sis-work that is in you in Christ JESUS. ter, and to Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church which is in thy house.

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord JESUS Christ.

7 For I have had great joy and consolation in thy charity because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.

8 Wherefore though I have much confidence in Christ JESUS, to com

4 I give thanks to my God, al-mand thee that which is to the ways making a remembrance of purpose: thee in my prayers.

9 For charity sake I rather be

to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment:

5 And spared not the original world, but preserved Noe the eighth person the preacher of justice, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.

the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity,

16 But had a check of his madness, the dumb beast used to the yoke, which speaking with man's voice, forbade the folly of the prophet.

17 These are fountains without water and clouds tossed with whirlwinds, to whom the mist of dark

6 And reducing the cities of the Sodomites and of the Gomorrhites into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an exam-ness is reserved. ple to those that should after act wickedly.

7 And delivered just Lot oppressed by the injustice and lewd conversation of the wicked.

8 For in sight and hearing he was just dwelling among them, who from day to day vexed the just soul with unjust works.

9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from temptation, but to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be tormented:

18 For, speaking proud words of vanity, they allure by the desires of fleshly riotousness, those who for a little while escape, such as converse

in error:

19 Promising them liberty, whereas they themselves are the slaves of corruption. For by whom a man is overcome, of the same also he is the slave.

20 For if, flying from the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Sa10 And especially them who viour Jesus Christ, they be again walk after the flesh in the lust of entangled in them, and overcome: uncleanness, and despise govern- their latter state is become unto ment, audacious, self-willed, they them worse than the former. fear not to bring in sects, blaspheming.

21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way 11 Whereas angels who are greater of justice, than after they have in strength and power, bring not known it to turn back from that hoagainst themselves a railing judg-ly commandment which was delivered to them.

ment.

12 But these men as irrational | 22 For, that of the true proverb beasts, naturally tending to the has happened to them. The dog snare and to destruction, blasphe- is returned to his vomit: and, The ming those things which they know sow that was washed, to her walnot shall perish in their corruption, lowing in the mire. 13 Receiving the reward of their injustice, counting for a pleasure the delights of a day : stains and spots, sporting themselves to excess, rioting in their feasts with

you.

CHAP. III.

EHOLD this second epistle I

Against scoffers denying the second coming of Christ. Bwrite to you, my dearly beloved, in which I stir up by way of 14 Having eyes full of adultery admonition your sincere mind: and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring 2 That you may be mindful of unstable souls, having their heart those words which I told you beexercised with covetousness, chil-fore from the holy prophets, and of dren of malediction: your apostles, of the precepts of the Lord and Saviour.

15 Leaving the right way they have gone astray, having followed

3 Knowing this first, that in the

last days there shall come deceitful things are to be dissolved, what scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

manner of people ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hastening unto the coming of the day of the Lord, by which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burn

5 For this they are wilfully ig-ing heat? norant of, that the heavens were 13 But we look for new heavens before, and the earth, out of water, and a new earth according to his and through water, consisting by promises, in which justice dwelleth. the word of God.

14 Wherefore, dearly beloved. seeing that you look for these things, be diligent that ye may be found undefiled and unspotted to him in peace :

15 And account the long suffering of our Lord salvation, as also our most dear brother Paul,according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you:

16 As also in all his epistles. speaking in them of these things; in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearn

8 But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord delayeth not his pro-ed and unstable wrest, as they do mise, as some imagine: but dealeth also the other scriptures to their patiently for your sake, not willing own destruction. that any should perish, but that all should return to penance.