Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

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

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

If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,