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THE SECOND EPISTLE OF

JOHN.

THE elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that 2 know the truth; for the truth's sake which abideth in 3 us, and it shall be with us for ever: Grace, mercy,

peace shall be with us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 4 I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking_in_truth, even as we received com5 mandment from the Father. And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that 6 we love one another. And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye 7 should walk in it. For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, even they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and 8 the antichrist. Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a 9 full reward. Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the 10 Son. If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and give 11 him no greeting: for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.

12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write them with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be 13 fulfilled. The children of thine elect sister salute thee.

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THE THIRD EPISTLE OF

J.OHN.

THE elder unto Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

2 Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper 3 and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness 4 unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth. Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

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Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers 6 withal; who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey 7 worthily of God: because that for the sake of the Name 8 they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow. workers with the truth.

9 I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, 10 receiveth us not. Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth, and casteth them out of 11 the church. Beloved, imitate not that which is evil,

but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: 12 he that doeth evil hath not seen God. Demetrius hath the witness of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness; and thou knowest that our witness is true.

13 I had many things to write unto thee, but I am unwill14 ing to write them to thee with ink and pen: but I hope shortly to see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be unto thee. The friends salute thee. Salute

the friends by name.

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THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF

JUDE.

1 JUDAS, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the 2 Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

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Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the 4 saints. For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old set forth unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, how that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward 6 destroyed them that believed not. And angels which kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under 7 darkness unto the judgement of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication, and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire. 8 Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at digni9 ties. But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgement, but said, 10 The Lord rebuke thee. But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things 11 are they destroyed. Woe unto them! for they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of 12 Korah. These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, 13 twice dead, plucked up by the roots; wild waves of the

sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for 14 ever. And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten 15 thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgement upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken 16 against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling words), shewing respect of persons for the sake of advantage.

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But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus 18 Christ; how that they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These are they who make separations, sensual, having 20 not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves

on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the 22 mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And 23 on some have mercy, who are in doubt; and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory 25 without blemish in exceeding joy, to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for evermore. Amen.

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THE REVELATION

OF

ST. JOHN THE DIVINE.

THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to shew unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it 2 by his angel unto his servant John; who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus 3 Christ, even of all things that he saw. Blessed is he

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that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

JOHN to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him which is and which was and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which 5 are before his throne; and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, 6 and loosed us from our sins by his blood; and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever 7 and ever. Amen. Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they which pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, which is and which was and which is to come, the Almighty.

9 I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the 10 word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great 11 voice, as of a trumpet saying, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and 12 unto Laodicea. And I turned to see the voice which spake with me. And having turned I saw seven golden 13 candlesticks; and in the midst of the candlesticks one

like unto a son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the breasts with a golden 14 girdle. And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of 15 fire; and his feet like unto burnished brass, as if it had

been refined in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of 16 many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in 17 his strength. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, say ing, Fear not; I am the first and the last, and the Liv18 ing one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. 19 Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and the

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