And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.