c. iv. 3.

Eph. vi. 16.

ohn, v. 33-38.

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liar; for, he who loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, cannot love God, whom he hath not seen:

22 and we have this commandment from him, That he who loveth God, love his brother also.

CHAPTER V.

VERY one who believeth

EVERY

that Jesus is the Christ, is begotten of God: and every one who loveth him that begat, loveth also him that is begotten of him :

2 by this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and do his commandments;

3 for this is the love of God, that we keep his commandcommandments; and his ments are not grievous. 4 For, whatever is begotten of God, overcometh the world: and the victory that overcometh the world is this, even our Faith:

5 who is he that overcometh the world, but he who believeth, That Jesus is the Son of God; 6 That this Jesus, who came with water and blood, is the Christ?

7 not with water only, but with water and blood; and the

xv. 26, 27. Spirit also beareth testimony, for the Spirit is truth:

D. xix. 34, 35. D. xx. 31.

cts, v. 33.

8 for, they are three that bear

10 He that believeth on the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself: he that believeth not God, hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed the testimony that God hath given concerning his Son: 11 and this is the testimony; that God hath given to us Eternal Life, and, that that life Matt. xvi. 12. is in his Son :

12 he who hath the Son, hath that life; he who hath not the Son of God, hath not that life. 13 These things I have written to you, who believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know, that ye have eternal life:

14 and this is the confidence that we have in him; that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he hearkeneth to us;

15 and if we know, that in whatever we ask he hearkeneth to us, we know also, that we obtain the petitions that we have asked of him.

16 If any one see his brother sin a sin which is not to death, he shall ask for him, and he will give him life, that is, to

John, v. 25.

those who sin not to death:

Mark, iii. 27. there is a sin to death; I say not that he shall ask for that sin:

17 all iniquity is sin; and there is sin, not to death.

18 We know, that whosoever is begotten of God, sinneth not; but, he who is begotten of God keepeth watch on himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

19 We know, that we are of God, and that the whole world John, xiv. 30 lieth under the evil one :

2 Cor. iv. 4.

20 and we know, that the Son of God is come, and hath given us understanding to know John, xvii. Him who is True; and we are in Him who is True, in his Son Jesus Christ: He is the true God, and Eternal Life. 21 Children, guard yourselves against idols.

THE elder, to the chosen

lady and her children

whom I love in the truth, (and not I only, but all they also that have known the truth ;)

2 for the sake of the truth, which dwelleth in us, and will be with us for ever:

3 grace, mercy, and peace be with you, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love!

4 I rejoiced greatly, that I found some of thy children walking in truth, according as we received commandment from the Father:

5 and now I beseech thee, lady, (not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we had at the beginning,) that we love one another :

6 and this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment in which, as ye heard at the beginning, ye should walk.

9 Whoever passeth beyond, and remaineth not in that doctrine of the Christ, hath not God: he who remaineth in that doctrine, hath both the Father and the Son.

10 If any one come to you, and bring not that doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither give him welcome;

11 for, he who giveth him welcome, partaketh of his evil works.

12 Having many things to write to you, I was unwilling to write them with paper and ink but I hope to be with you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be full. 13 The children of thy chosen sister salute thee.

THE HE elder, to the well-beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth!

2 Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth:

3 for I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of thy truth, how thou walkest in the truth.

4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children walk in the truth.

5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully in that thou doest to the brethren, and to the strangers who have borne testimony of thy love, before the church;

6 whom thou wilt do well to send forward on their journey, in a manner worthy of God:

7 because they went forth for his name's sake, accepting nothing from the Gentiles :

8 we ought, therefore, to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with them for the truth.

9 I should have written some

thing to the church, but Diotrephes, who affecteth pre-eminence among them, receiveth

us not:

10 for this, when I come, I will remember his works which he doeth, in prating against us with evil words: and, not content with this, he receiveth not the brethren himself; and those that were willing to receive them, he hindereth, and casteth out of the church.

11 Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good: he who doeth well, is of God; he who doeth ill, hath not seen God.

12 Demetrius is well reported by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear him testimony, and ye know, that our testimony is true.

13 I had many things to write to thee, but I would not write to thee with ink and pen:

14 but I hope to see thee shortly, when we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee! Our friends salute thee: salute our friends, by name.

2 Pet. ii. 1.

JUDE,

a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, loved by God the Father, and preserved by Jesus Christ;

2 mercy, and peace, and love, be multiplied to you!

3 Beloved, in giving all diligence to write to you concerning our common salvation, I had need to write to you, to exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith first delivered to the saints:

4 for, certain men, who were foreordained for this condemnation, have crept in among you unobserved; ungodly, perverting the grace of our God into depravity, and denying that our only Master and Lord, Jesus, is Christ. 5 I wish, therefore, to remind you (which ye know), that after Joshua Josh. vii. 1-26. had, first, brought in all the people safely from the land of Egypt, God afterward destroyed those that believed

xxiii. 15, 16.

not:

6 and, the angels that kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains, under darkness, for the judgment of the great day.

7 As Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them that were guilty of a like fornication and went after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire;

8 in like manner, also, will those dreamers who defile the flesh, despise 2 Pet. ii. 10. dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

9 And even Michael, the archangel, 2 Pet. ii. 11 when he disputed with the devil about the body of Moses, dared not to bring a reviling accusation against him; but said only, The Lord rebuke thee!

10 whereas, these revile things which they know not; and, in the things which they know naturally, as the senseless beasts, in these they corrupt Ib. 12. themselves.

11 Wo to them! for they have gone on in the way of Cain; and have run headlong, for reward, into the error of Balaam ; and will perish, as in the Ib. 15. rebellion of Corah.

12 These, are stains in your love-feasts Ib. 13. when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear; clouds without moisture, driven along by winds; trees Ib. 17. that wither in the autumn, without yielding fruit, doubly dead, and rooted up;

13 raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved for ever.

14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, "Behold, the Lord cometh with ten "thousands of his saints, to execute "judgment on all;

15" and to convict all the ungodly

among them of all the ungodly deeds "which they have committed, and of "all the hard words which ungodly "sinners have spoken against him :"