1 Or, put out of joint 2 Or, whether $ Or, falleth back from ⚫ Or, a palpable and kindled fire your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed. Follow after peace with all men, and the sanc- 14 tification without which no man shall see the Lord: looking carefully lest there be any man 15 that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled; lest there be 16 any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright. For ye know that even when he afterward 17 desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected (for he found no place of repentance), though he sought it diligently with tears. For ye are not come unto a mount that might 18 be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the 19 sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that no word more should be spoken unto them: for 20 they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned; and so fearful was the appearance, that 21 Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake: but 22 ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first- 23 born who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of a 24 new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling Or, testament that speaketh better than that of Abel. See 25 Or, than Abel that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not, when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape, who turn away from him that warneth from heaven: whose voice then shook the 26 ⚫ Or, and to innumerable hosts, the general assem bly of angels, and the church &c. • Gr. myriads of angels. 7 8 9 Or, that is from heaven 5 earth but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth 27 only, but also the heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not 28 shaken may remain. Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have 1grace, whereby we may offer service well- Or, thank29 pleasing to God with 2 reverence and awe: for our God is a consuming fire. 13 1,2 Let love of the brethren continue. Forget not to shew love unto strangers: for thereby 3 some have entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are evil entreated, as being 4 yourselves also in the body. Let marriage be had in honour among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will 5 judge. Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither 6 will I in any wise forsake thee. So that with good courage we say, 7 3 fulness 2 Or, godly fear 5 The Lord is my helper; I will not fear : What shall man do unto me? Remember them that had the rule over you, which spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their Gr. manner 8 faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and of life. Be not carried away Gr. unto the 9 to-day, yea and 'for ever. by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be stablished by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves 10 were not profited. We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the taber11 nacle. For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the Gr. through. ages. 6 7 Gr. walked, authorities high priest as an offering for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that 12 he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us there- 13 fore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. For we have not here an abiding 14 city, but we seek after the city which is to come. 1 Some ancient Through him 1then let us offer up a sacrifice of 15 praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of Îips which make confession to his name. But to 167 do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Obey 17 them that have the rule over you, and submit to them for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do Gr. groaning this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you. omit then. Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we 18 have a good conscience, desiring to live honestly in all things. And I exhort you the more ex- 19 ceedingly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. Now the God of peace, who brought again 20 from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep 3 with the blood of the eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus, make you perfect in every good 21 thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. 4 But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the 22 word of exhortation: for I have written unto you in few words. Know ye that our brother Timo- 23 thy hath been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. Salute all them that have the rule over you, 24 and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. Grace be with you all. Amen. 25 THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JAMES. 1 I JAMES, a 'servant of God and of the Lord Gr. bondJesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of servant. the Dispersion, greeting. 2 2 Gr. wisheth Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall joy. 3 into manifold temptations; knowing that the 'Or, trials 4 proof of your faith worketh patience. And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and up6 braideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven 7 by the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Or, that a 8 Lord; a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways. 9 But let the brother of low degree glory in 10 his high estate: and the rich, in that he is made low because as the flower of the grass 11 he shall pass away. For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings. 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he hath been approved, he shall receive 4 doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways, shall receive any thing of the Lord. 1 Gr. from. in evil 3 Gr. evil drawn 5 away by it, and enticed 'Or, giving * Or, Know ye 7 Or, malice 8 Or, inborn 2 the crown of life, which the Lord promised to "Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But 19 let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh 20 not the righteousness of God. Wherefore put- 21 ting away all filthiness and overflowing of 'wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be 22 ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. For if any one is 23 a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth 24 away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But he that looketh into the 25 perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth, but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed 10 Or, seemeth in his doing. If any man 10 thinketh himself to 26 be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before our 27 God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless • Gr. the face of his birth. to be |