ch. 1. 8. 2 Gr. persuade. 11 Cor. 4. 4. m Job 22.26. a Heb.10.22. ch. 2. 28. & 4. 17. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall ? assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and & 145. 18, 19. knoweth all things. o Ps. 34. 15. Prov. 15. 29. 21 m Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confi Mark 11.24. dence toward God. John 14. 13. & 15. 7. & 16. 23, 24. Jam. 5. 16. ch. 5. 14. p John 8. 29. & 9. 31. q John 6. 29. & 17.3. 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, Pand do those things that are pleasing in his sight. г 23 And this is his commandment, Matt.22.89. That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. John 13. 34. & 15. 12. Eph. 5. 2. 1 Thess. 4.9. 1 Pet. 4. 8. ver. 11. ch. 4. 21. 24 And the that keepeth his comch. 2.8, 10. mandments "dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. t John14.23. x Rom. 8. 9. a Jer. 29. 8. CHAPTER IV. 1 He warneth them not to believe all teachers, Exhortation to brotherly love. After Anno DOMINI 90. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know wem the spirit of truth, and the spirit John 8.47. of error. & 10. 27. 1 Cor. 14.37. 2 Cor. 10. 7. m Is. 8. 20. 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every John 14. 17. one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. n ch.8.10,11, 23. 8 He that loveth not knoweth notch. 2. 4. God; for P God is love. 99 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. r 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son 'to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, "if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 z Hereby know we that we dwell. n him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. & 3. 6. p ver. 16. John 3.16. Rom. 5. 8. 8. 32. ch. 8. 16. ch. 5. 11. John 15.16. Rom. 5. 8, 10. Tit. 3. 4. t ch. 2. 2. 17 Herein is our love made fect, that we may have boldness in Jam. 2.18. BELot, but believes pot every the day of judgment: 8 because as spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the e Matt. 24.5, world. 24. Acts 20. 30. 1 Tim. 4. 1. 2 Pet. 2. 1. ch. 2. 18. 2 John 7. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh d1 Cor.12.3. is of God: ch. 5. 1. e ch. 2. 22. 2 John 7. (2 Thess. 2. ch. 2. 18,22. b John12.31. 1 Cor. 2. 12. & 6. 12. e 20 If a man say, I love God, and ch. 2. 4. 3 And every spirit that confess-hateth his brother, he is a liar for eth not that Jesus Christ is come in he that loveth not his brother whom the flesh is not of God: and this is he hath seen, how can he love God that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye whom he hath not seen? have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 4. Ye are of God, little children, Iand have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 'They are of the world: thereJohn 8.81. fore speak they of the world, and * the world heareth them. John15.19. & 17. 14. The witnesses of our faith. After Anno DOMINI 90. WHOSOEVER belist is born and this life is in his Son. HOSOEVER believeth that | God hath given to us eternal life, b с of God: and every one that loveth John 1. 12. him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. bch.2.22,23. & 4. 2, 15. • John 1. 13. d John 15. 23. • John 14. 15, 21, 23. & 15. 10. 2 John 6. ? Mic. 6. 8. Matt. 11.30. grievous. gJohn 16.33. ch. 3. 9. & 4.4. h 1 Cor. 15. 57. ch. 4. 15. 1 John 19.34. k John 14. 17. & 15. 26. & 16. 13. 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit 1 Tim.8.16. is truth. 1 John 1. 1. Rev. 19. 13. m John 10. 30. n John 8. 17, 18. • Matt. 3. 16, 17. & 17. 5. Gal. 4. 6. k 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: • for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 10 He that believeth on the Son PRom.8.16. of God Phath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God John 3.33. hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. & 5. 38. ch. 2. 25. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13" These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. After Anno DOMINI 90. John 1. 4. ch. 4. 9. t John 3.36. & 5. 24. "John 20.31. w ch. 1.1, 2. 14 And this is the confidence that we have 2in him, that, if we ask 2 Or, any thing according to his will, he hear-im eth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 21 Little children, keep your11 And this is the record, that selves from idols. Amen. 54. 5. Acts 20. 28. Rom. 9. 5. Tit. 2. 13. 1 Tim. 3. 16. Heb. 1. 8. I ver. 11, 12, 13. k 1 Cor. 10. 14. Exhortation to persevere in After Anno DOMINI 90. f 1 John 2. 7,8. & 8. 11. g John 18. 84. & 15. 12. Eph. 5. 2. 1 Pet. 4. 8. 1 John 3. 23. h John 14. 15, 21. & 15. 10. 1 John 2.5. & 5. 3. 11 John 2.24. III. JOHN. 5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, & that we love one another. 6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. 7 For many deceivers are enk1 John 4.1. tered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. m This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 11 John 4. 2, 3. m 1 John 2. 22. & 4. 3. ■ Mark 13.9. o Gal. 3. 4. Heb. 10.82, 85. 2Or gained. Some copies read, which ve have gained, but that ye receive, &c. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have 2 wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both 1 John 2. the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his deeds. evil 12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. 13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. Rom. 16. 1 Cor. 5. 11 & 16. 22. Gal. 1.8.9. Tim. 36. Tit. 8. 10. r8 John 18. THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN. such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth. 9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true. 13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: 14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. 4 Gr. mouth to mouth. ANNO DOMINI cir. 66. a Luke 6.16. Acts 1. 13. b John 17. 11, 12, 15. 1 Pet. 1. 5. • Rom. 1.7. d1 Pet. 1. 2. 2 Pet. 1. 2. e Tit. 1. 4. Phil. 1.27. 1 Tim. 1. 18. & 6. 12. 2 Tim. 1.18. & 4.7. g Gal. 2. 4. 2 Pet. 2. 1. b Rom. 9. 21, 22. 1 Pet. 2. 8. 12 Pet. 2.10. k Tit. 2. 11. Heb. 12. 15. 1 Tit. 1. 16. 2 Pet. 2. 1. 1 John 2. 22. m1Cor.10.9. Num. 14. 29,87. & 20. 64. Ps. 106. 26. Heb. 3. 17, 19. • John 8. 44. cipality. P2 Pet. 2. 4. q Rev.20.10. Gen. 19. 24. 2 Pet. 2. 6. THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JUDE. crept in to seduce them: for whose damn He exhorteth them to be constant in the pro- | greedily after the error of Balaam ers to God, may persevere, and grow in grace, and keep themselves, and recover others out of the snares of those deceivers. JUD UDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and • called: 2 Mercy unto you, and a peace, and love, be multiplied. 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, 'turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and 'denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward "destroyed them that believed not. 6 And the angels which kept not their 2 first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in cipal everlasting chains under darkness a unto the judgment of the great day. 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, Deut. 29.23. and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to 8 Gr. other. fornication, and going after 'strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, Ex. 22. 28. and speak evil of dignities. $2 Pet. 2.10. "Dan.10.13. & 12. 1. Rev. 12.7. 12 Pet.2.11. Zech. 8.2. ■2 Pet.2.12. a Gen. 4. 5. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, * durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 2 10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in 1 John 3.12. those things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran | Amen. b Num. 22. 7,21. 2 Pet. 2. 15. 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and "the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and 1Pet. 4. 11. priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. & 5. 11. • Dan. 7. 13. Matt. 24.30. & 26. 64. Acts 1. 11. ↑ Zech. 12. 10. John 19. 37. a Is. 41. 4. & 44. 6. & 48. 12. ver. 11, 17. ch. 2.8. & 21.6. & 22. 13. I ver. 4. ch. 4. 8. & 11. 17. & 16. 5. y Phil. 1.7. & 4. 14. t 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. 9 I John, who also am your bro2 Tim. 1.8. ther, and companion in tribulation, Rom.8.17. and in the kingdom and patience 2 Tim. 2. 12. of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of Acts 10.10. God, and for the testimony of Jesus ch.4.2.& 17. Christ. a ver. 2. ch. 6.9. 2 Cor. 12. 2. 8. & 21. 10. John 20.26. Acts 20. 7. 1 Cor. 16.2. 4 ch. 4. 1. 10. 8. ⚫ver. 8. r k Dan. 10.5. 1 ch. 15. 6. m Dan. 7.9. Dan. 10.6. ch.2.18. Ezek. 1.7. ch. 2. 18. & 19. 12. Dan. 10. 6. P Ezek.43.2. Dan. 10. 6. ch. 14. 2. & 19. 6. q ver. 20. ch. 2. 1. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shin-1.49.2. eth in his strength. & 3. Eph. 6. 17. Heb. 4. 12. & 19. 15, 21. .Acts 26. 13. ch. 10. 1. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at ch. 2. 12, 16. And he laid his his feet as dead. right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: ↑ F.zek.1.28. u Dan. 8 18. & 10. 10. > Is. 41. 4. & 44.6. 18. 12. ver. 11. Rom. 6.9. 4.9. & 5. 14. a Ps. 68. 20. 19 Write the things which thouch. hast seen, and the things which are, d and the things which shall be hereafter; 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. CHAPTER II. What is commanded to be written to the angels, that is, the ministers of the churches of 1 Ephesus, 8 Smyrna, 12 Pergamos, 18 Thyatira: and what is commended, or found wanting in them. U of Ephesus write; These things NTO the angel of the church ch. 20. 1. b ver.12, &c. ech. 2.1, &c. dch.4.1, &c. . ver. 16. ver. 12. ch. 2. 1, &c. |