we know not whither thou goest and how can we know the way 6 Jesus saith unto him I am the way and the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father but by me 7 If ye had known me ye should have known my Father also and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him 8 Philip saith unto him Lord shew us the Father and it sufficeth us 9 Jesus saith unto him Have I been so long time with you and yet hast thou not known me Philip he that hath seen me hath seen the Father and how sayest thou then Shew us the Father 10 Beleevest thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me the words that I speak unto you I speak not of my self but the Father that dwelleth in me he doeth the works 11 Beleeve me that I am in the Father and the Father in me or else beleeve me for the very works sake 12 Verily verily I say unto you He that beleeveth on me the works that I do shall he do also and greater works then these shall he do because I go unto my Father 13 * Mat. 7.7 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name that will I do that the Father may be glorified in the Son 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name I will do it 15 ¶ If ye love me keep my commandments 16 And I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever 17 Even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knoweth him but ye know him for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you 18 I will not leave you ‖ Or orphans comfortless I will come to you 19 Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more but ye see me because I live ye shall know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you 21 He that hath my commandments and keepeth them he it is that loveth me and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father and I will love him and will manifest my self to him 22 Judas saith unto him not Iscariot Lord how is it that thou wilt manifest thy self unto us and not unto the world 23 Jesus answered and said unto him If a man love me he will keep my words and my Father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings and the word which you hear is not mine but the Fathers which sent me 25 These things have I spoken unto you being yet present with you 26 But the Comforter which is the holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you 27 Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you not as the world giveth give I unto you Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you I go away and come again unto you If ye loved me ye would rejoyce because I said I go unto the Father for my Father is greater then I. 29 And now I have told you before it come to pass that when it is come to pass ye might beleeve 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you for the prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father and as the Father gave me commandment even so I do Arise let us go hence CHAP. XV. 1 The consolation and mutual love between Christ and his members under the parable of the vine 18 A comfort in the batred and persecution of the world 26 The office of the holy Ghost and of the apostles I Am the true vine and my Father is the husbandman 2 * Mat. 15.13 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it that it may bring forth more fruit 3 * Chap. 13.10 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you 4 Abide in me and I in you As the branch cannot bear fruit of it self except it abide in the vine no more can ye except ye abide in me 5 I am the vine ye are the branches He that abidâ—th in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit for ‖ Or severed from me without me ye can do nothing 6 If a man abide not in me he is cast forth as a branch and is withered and men gather them and cast them into the fire and they are burned 7 If ye abide in me and my words abide in you ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you 8 Herein is my Father glorified that ye bear much fruit so shall ye be my disciples 9 As the Father hath loved me so have I loved you continue ye in my love 10 If ye keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love even as I have kept my Fathers commandments and abide in his love 11 These things have I spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full 12 * Chap. 12.34 1 Thes 4.9 1 Joh. 3.11 This is my commandment That ye love one another as I have loved you 13 Greater love hath no man then this that a man lay down his life for his friends 14 Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you 15 Henceforth I call you not servants for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth but I have called you friends for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you 16 Ye have not chosen me but I have chosen you and * Mat. 28.29 ordained you that you should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name he may give it you 17 These things I command you that ye love one another 18 If the world hate you ye know that it hated me before it hated you 19 If ye were of the world the world would love his own but because ye are not of the world but I have chosen you out of the world therefore the world hateth you 20 Remember the word that I said unto you * Mat. 10.14 Cha. 13.16 The servant is not greater then the lord If they have persecuted me they will also persecute you if they have kept my saying they will keep yours also 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my names sake because they know not him that sent me 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them they had not had sin but now they have no ‖ Or excuse cloke for their sin 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also 24 If I had not done
not God hath made him a liar because he beleeved not the record that God gave of his Son 11 And this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life and this life is in his Son 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 beleeve on the name of the Son of God that ye may know that ye have eternal life and that ye may beleeve on the name of the Son of God 14 And this is the confidence that we have ‖ Or concerning him in him that * Ch. 3.22 if we ask any thing according to his will he heareth 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 * Mat. 12.31 Mar. 3.23 There is a sin unto death I do not say that he shall pray for it 17 All unrighteousness is sin and there is a sin not unto death 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself and that wicked one toucheth him not 19 And we know that we are of God and the whole world lieth in wickedness 20 And we know that the Son of God is come and hath given us an understanding that we may know him that is true and we are in him that is true even in his Son Jesus Christ This is the true God and eternal life 21 Little children keep your selves from idols Amen ¶ The second epistle of S. JOHN He exhorteth a certain honourable matron with her children to persevere in Christian love and belief 8 lest they lose the reward of their former profession 10 and to have nothing to do with those seducers that bring not the true doctrine of Christ Jesus THe elder unto the elect lady and her children whom I love in the truth and not I onely but also all they that have known the truth 2 For the truths sake which dwelleth in us and shall be with us for ever 3 Grace be with you mercy and peace from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of the Father in truth and love 4 I rejoyced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth as we have received a commandment from the Father 5 And now I beseech thee lady * 1 Joh. 1.7 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 entred into the world who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh This is a deceiver and an antichrist 8 Look to your selves that we lose not those things which we have ‖ Or gained Some copies read which ye have gained but that ye receive c. 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 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 evil deeds 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 †Gr. mouth to mouth face to face that our joy may be full 13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee Amen ¶ The third epistle of S. JOHN He commendeth Gaius for his piety 5 and hospitality 7 to true preachers 9 complaining of the unkinde dealing of ambitious Diotrephes on the contrary side 11 whose evil example is not to be fâ—llowed 12 and giveth special testimony to the good report of Demetrius THe elder unto the welbeloved Gaius whom I love ‖ Or truly in the truth 2 Beloved I ‖ Or pray wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth 3 For I rejoyced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee even as thou walkest in the truth 4 I have no greater joy then to hear that my children walk in truth 5 Beloved thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren and to strangers 6 Which have born witness of thy charity before the church whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort thou shalt do well 7 Because that for his names sake they went forth taking nothing of the Gentiles 8 We therefore ought to receive such that we might be fellow-helpers 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 it self 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 †Gr. mouth to mouth face to face Peace be to thee Our friends salute thee Greet the friends by name ¶ The general epistle of S. JUDE He exhorteth them to be constant in the profession of the faith 14 False teachers are crept in to seduce them for whose damnable doctrine and manners horrible punishment is prepared 20 whereas the godly by the assistance of the holy Spirit and prayers to God may persevere and grow in grace and keep themselves and recover others out of the snares of those deceivers JUde 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 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
For * Wis 63. there is no power but of God the powers that be are ‖ Or ordered ordained of God 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation 3 For rulers are not a terrour to good works but to the evil Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good But if thou do that which is evil be afraid for he beareth not the sword in vain for he is the minister of God a revenger to execute wrath upon him the doeth evil 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject not onely for wrath but also for conscience sake 6 For for this cause pay you tribute also for they are Gods ministers attending continually upon this very thing 7 * Mat. 22.21 Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom fear to whom fear honour to whom honour 8 Owe no man any thing but to love one another for he that â—oveth another hath fulfilled the law 9 For this * Ex. 20. Deu. 5. Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not kill thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear false witness Thou shalt not covet if there be any other commandment it is briefly comprehended in this saying namely * Lev. 19.18 Mat. 22 39 Gal. 5.14 Jam. 2.8 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour therefore love is the fulfilling of the law 11 And that knowing the time that now it is high time to awake out of sleep for now is our salvation nearer then when we beleeved 12 The night is far spent the day is at hand let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armour of light 13 Let us walk ‖ Or decently honestly as in the day * Lu. 21.34 not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envying 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and * Gal. 5.16 1 Pet. 2.12 make not provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof CHAP. XIV 3 Men may not contemn nor condemn one the other for things indifferent 13 but take heed that they give no offence in them 15 For that the apostle proveth unlawful by many reasons HIm that is weak in the faith receive you but ‖ Or not to judge his doubtful thoughts not to doubtful disputations 2 For one beleeveth that he may eat all things another who is weak eateth herbs 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth for God hath received him 4 * Jam. 4.12 Who art thou that judgest another mans servant to his own master he standeth or falleth Yea he shall be holden up for God is able to make him stand 5 One man esteemeth one day above another another esteemeth every day alike Let every man be ‖ Or fully assured fully perswaded in his own minde 6 He that ‖ Or obsâ—rveth regardeth the day regardeth it unto the Lord and he that regardeth not the day to the Lord he doth not regard it He that eateth eateth to the Lord for he giveth God thanks and he that eateth not to the Lord he eateth not and giveth God thanks 7 For none of us liveth to himself and no man dieth to himself 8 For whether we live we live unto the Lord and whether we die we die unto the Lord whether we live therefore or die we are the Loâ—ds 9 For to this end Christ both died and rose and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother or why dost thou let at nought thy brother for * 2 Cor. 5.10 we shall all stand before the judgement-seat of Christ 11 For it is written * Isa 45.23 Phil. 2.10 As I live saith the Lord every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more but judge this rather that no man put a stumbling-block or an accasion to fall in his brothers way 14 I know and am perswaded by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing †Gr. common unclean of it self but to him that esteemeth any thing to be †Gr. common unclean to him it is unclean 15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat now walkest thou not †Gr. auording to charity charitably * 1 Cor. 8.11 Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ died 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the holy Ghost 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God and approved of men 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace and things wherewith one may edifie another 20 For meat destroy not the work of God * Tit. 1.15 All things indeed are pure but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence 21 It is good neither to eat * 1 Cor. 8.13 flesh nor to drink wine nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth or is offended or is made weak 22 Hast thou faith have it to thy self before God Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth 23 And he that ‖ Or disearneth and putteth a difference between meats doubteth is damned if he eat because he eateth not of faith for whatsoever is not of faith is sin CHAP. XV. 1 The strong must hear with the weak 2 We may not please our selves 3 for Christ did not so 7 but receive one the other as Christ did us all 8 both Jews 9 and Gentiles 15 Paul excuseth his writing 28 and promiseth to see them 30 and requesteth their prayers WE then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please our selves 2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification 3 For even Christ pleased not himself but as it is written * Psal 69.9 The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me 4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope 5 * 1 Cor. 1.10 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another ‖ Or after the example of according to Christ Jesus 6 That ye may with one minde and one mouth glorifie God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ 7 Wherefore receive ye one another as Christ also received us to
and was manifested unto us 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you that ye also may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ 4 And these things write we unto you that your joy may be full 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him and declare unto you that * Joh. 8.12 God is light and in him is no darkness at all 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth 7 But if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and * Heb. 9.14 Rev. 1.5 the bloud of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin 8 * 1 Kin. 8.46 Pr. 20.9 Eccl. 7.20 If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us 9 If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 10 If we say that we have not sinned we make him a liar and his word is not in us CHAP. II. 1 He comforteth them against the sins of infirmity 3 Rightly to know God is to keep his commandments 9 to love our brethren 15 and not to love the world 18 We must beware of sâ—ducers 20 from whose deceits the godly are safe preserved by perseverance in faith and â—oliness of life MY little children these things write I unto you that ye sin not And if any man sin * Heb. 9. â—â— we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours onely but also for the sins of the whole world 3 And hereby we do know that we know him if we keep his commandments 4 He that saith I know him and keepeth not his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him 5 But whoso keepeth his word in him verily is the love of God perfected hereby know we that we are in him 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk even as he walked 7 Brethren * 2 Joh. â— I write no new commandment unto you but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning the old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning 8 Again a new commandment I write unto you which thing is true in him and in you because the darkness is past and the true light now shineth 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now 10 * Ch. 3 1â— He that loveth his brother abideth in the light and there is none †Gr scandal occasion of stumbling in him 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth because that darkness hath blinded his eyes 12 I write unto you little children because your sins are forgiven you for his names sake 13 I write unto you fathers because ye have known him that is from the beginning I write unto you young men because you have overcome the wicked one I write unto you little children because ye have known the Father 14 I have written unto you fathers because ye have known him that is from the beginning I have written unto you young men because ye are strong and the word of God abideth in you and ye have over come the wicked one 15 Love not the world neither the things that are in the world If any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him 16 For all that is in the world the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world 17 And the world passeth away and the lust thereof but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever 18 Little children it is the last time and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come even now are there many Antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time 19 They went out from us but they were not of us for if they had been of us they would no doubt have continued with us but they went out that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us 20 But ye have an unction from the holy One and ye know all things 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth but because ye know it and that no lie is of the truth 22 Who is a har but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ He is Antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son 23 Whosoever denieth the Son the same hath not the Father but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also 24 Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you ye also shall continue in the Son and in the Father 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us even eternal life 26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you But as the same anointing teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lie and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in ‖ Or it him 28 And now little children abide in him that when he shall appear we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming 29 If ye know that he is righteous ‖ Or know ye ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him CHAP. III. 1 He declareth the singular love of God towards us in making us his sons 3 who therefore ought obediently to keep his commandments 11 as also brotherly to love one another BEhold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God therefore the world knoweth us not because it knew him not 2 Beloved now are we the sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be but we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law for sin is the transgression of the law 5 And ye know that he was manifested * Isa 53.6 c. to take away our sins and in him is no sin 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not whosoever sinneth hath not seen him neither known him 7 Little children let no man deceive you he that doeth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous 8 * Joh. 8.44 He that committeth sin is of the devil for the
devil sinneth from the beginning For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God 10 In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God neither he that loveth not his brother 11 For this is the ‖ Or commandment message that ye heard from the beginning * Joh. 13.34 15.12 that we should love one another 12 Not as * Gen. 4.8 Cain who was of that wicked one and slew his brother And wherefore slew he him Because his own works were evil and his brothers righteous 13 Marvel not my brethren if the world hate you 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren he that loveth not his brother abideth in death 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren 17 But * Luk. 3.11 whoso hath this worlds good and seeth his brother have need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him 18 My little children let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth and shall †Gr. persâ—â—â—e assure our hearts before him 20 For it our heart condemn us God is greater then our heart and knoweth all things 21 Beloved if our heart condemn us not then have we confidence towards God 22 And * Mat. 21.22 Joh. 15.7 16.23 whatsoever we ask we receive of him because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight 23 And * Joh. 6.29 and 17.3 this is his commandment that we should beleeve on the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another as he gave us commandment 24 And * Joh. 15. â—0 he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we know that he abideth in us by the Spirit which he hath given us CHAP. IV. 1 He warneth them not to beleeve all teachers who boast of the Spirit but to try them by the rules of the catholick faith 7 and by many reasons exhorteth to brotherly love BEloved beleeve not every spirit but try the spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world 2 Hereby know ye the spirit of God Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God and this is that spirit of antichrist whereof you have heard that it should come and even now already is it in the world 4 Ye are of God little children and have overcome them because greater is he that is in you then he that is in the world 5 They are of the world therefore speak they of the world and the world heareth them 6 We are of God * Joh. 8 47. he that knoweth God heareth us he that is not of God heareth not us Hereby know we the Spirit of truth and the spirit of errour 7 Beloved let us love one another for love is of God and every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God for God is love 9 * Joh. 3.16 In this was manifested the love of God towards us because that God sent his onely begotten Son into the world that we might live through him 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 * 1 Tim. 6.16 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 Hereby know we that we dwell in him and he in us because he hath given us of his Spirit 14 And we have seen and do testifie that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God God dwelleth in him and he in God 16 And we have known and beleeved the love that God hath to us God is love and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him 17 Herein is †Gr. love with us our love made perfect that we may have boldness in the day of judgement because as he is so are we in this world 18 There is no fear in love but perfect love casteth out fear because fear hath torment he that feareth is not made perfect in love 19 We love him because he first loved us 20 If a man say I love God and hateth his brother he is a liar for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen how can he love God whom he hath not seen 21 And * Joh. 13.34 15.12 this commandment have we from him that he who loveth God love his brother also CHAP. V. He that loveth God loveth his children and keepeth his commandments 3 which to the faithful are light and not grievous 9 Jesus is the Son of God able to save us 14 and to bear our prayers which we make for our selves and for others WHosoever beleeveth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him 2 By this we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep his commandments 3 For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments and * Mat. 11.30 his commandments are not grievous 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 beleeveth that Jesus is the Son of God 6 This is he that came by water and bloud even Jesus Christ not by water onely but by water and bloud and it is the Spirit that beareth witness because the Spirit is truth 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 bloud 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 beleeveth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself he that beleeveth
countenance a backbiting tongue 24 * Ch. 19.13 21.9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the hous-top then with a brawling woman and in a wide house 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul so is good news from a far countrey 26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring 27 It is not good to eat much honey so for men to search their own glory is not glory 28 * Chap. 16.32 He that bath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls CHAP. XXVI 1 Observations about fools 1â— about sluggards 17 and about contentious busie-bodies AS snow in summer and as rain in harvest so honour is not seemly for a fool 2 As the bird by wandring as the swallow by flying so the curse causless shall not come 3 * Ps 72. â— Cha. 10.13 A whip for the horse a bridle for the ass and a rod for the fools back 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly lest thou also be like unto him 5 Answer a fool according to his folly lest he be wise in †Heb. his own eyes his own conceit 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh ‖ Or violence damage 7 The legs of the lame †Heb. are lifted up are not equal so is a parable in the mouth of fools 8 ‖ Or as be that putteth a precious stone in an heap of stones As he that bindeth a stone in a sling so is he that giveth honour to a fool 9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard so is a parable in the mouth of fools 10 ‖ Or a great man grieveth all and he hireth the fool he hireth also transgressours The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool and rewardeth transgressours 11 * 2 Pet. 2.22 As a dog returneth to his vomit so a fool †Heb. iterateth his folly returneth to his folly 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit there is more hope of a fool then of him 13 * Ch. 22.13 The slothful man saith There is a lion in the way a lion is in the streets 14 As the door turneth upon his hinges so doth the slothful upon his bed 15 * Ch. 19.24 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom ‖ Or he is weary it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit then seven men that can render a reason 17 He that passeth by and ‖ Or is enraged meddleth with strife belonging not to him is like one that taketh a dog by the ears 18 As a mad man who casteth †Heb. flames or sparks fire-brands arrows and death 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour and saith Am not I in sport 20 †Heb. without wood Where no wood is there the fire goeth out so * Ch. 22.10 where there is no ‖ Or whisperer tale-bearer the strife †Heb. is silent ceaseth 21 * Ch. 15.18 29.22 As coals are to burning coals and wood to fire so is a contentious man to kindle strife 22 * Ch. 18.8 The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds and they go down into the †Heb. chambers innermost parts of the belly 23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross 24 He that hateth ‖ Or is known dissembleth with his lips and layeth up deceit within him 25 When he †Heb. maketh his voice gracious speaketh fair beleeve him not for there are seven abominations in his heart 26 ‖ Or hatred is covered in secret Whos 's hatred is covered by deceit his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation 27 * Psal 7.15 16. and 9.15 Eccles 10.8 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein and he that rolleth a stone it will return upon him 28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it and a flattering mouth worketh ruine CHAP. XXVII 1 Observations of self-self-love 5 of true love 11 of care to avoid offences 13 and of the houshold care * Jam. 4.13 c. BOast not thy self of †Heb. to morrow-day to morrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth 2 Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth a stranger and not thine own lips 3 A stone is †Heb. heaviness heavy and the sand weighty but a fools wrath is heavier then them both 4 †Heb. wrath is cruelty and anger an overflowing Wrath is cruel and anger is outragious but who is able to stand before ‖ Or jealousie envy 5 Open rebuke is better then secret love 6 * Ps 141.5 Faithful are the wounds of a friend but the kisses of an enemy are ‖ Or earnest or frequent deceitful 7 The full soul †Heb. treadeth underfoot loatheth an honey-comb but * Job 6.7 to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet 8 As a bird that wandreth from her nest so is a man that wandreth from his place 9 Ointment and perfume rejoyce the heart so doth the sweetness of a mans friend †Heb. from the counsel of the soul by hearty counsel 10 Thine own friend and thy fathers friend forsake not neither go into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamity for * Ch. 17.17 and 18.24 better is a neighbour that is near then a brother far off 11 * Ch. 10.1 23.24 My son be wise and make my heart glad that I may answer him that reproacheth me 12 * Ch. 22.3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself but the simple pass on and are punished 13 * Ch. 20.16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and take a pledge of him for a strange woman 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice rising early in the morning it shall be counted a curse to him 15 * Ch 19.13 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious womon are alike 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind and the ointment of his right hand which bewrayeth it self 17 Iron sharpneth iron so a man sharpneth the countenance of his friend 18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured 19 As in water face answereth to face so the heart of man to man 20 Hell and destruction are †Heb. not never full so * Eccles â— 8 the eyes of man are never satisfied 21 * Ch. 17.3 As the fining-pot for silver and the furnace for gold so is a man to his praise 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a morter among wheat with a pestil yet will not his foolishness dâ—part from him 23 Be
the Spirit 6 Therefore we are always confident knowing that whilest we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord 7 For we walk by faith not by sight 8 We are confident I say and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we ‖ Or endeavour labour that whether present or absent we may be accepted of him 10 * Rom. 14.10 For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad 11 Knowing therefore the terrour of the Lord we perswade men but we are made manifest unto God and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences 12 For we commend not our selves again unto you but give you occasion to glory on our behalf that you may have somewhat to answer them which glory †Gr. in the face in appearance and not in heart 13 For whether we be besides our selves it is to God or whether we be sober it is for your cause 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us because we thus judge that if one died for all then were all dead 15 And that he died for all that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him which died for them and rose again 16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh yea though we have known Christ after the flesh yet now henceforth know we him no more 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ ‖ Or let him be he is a new creature * Isa 43.19 Rev. 21.5 old things are past away behold all things are become new 18 And all things are of God who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ and hath given to us the ministery of reconciliation 19 To wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself not imputing their trespasses unto them and hath †Gr. put in us committed unto us the word of reconciliation 20 Now then we are ambassadours for Christ as though God did beseech you by us we pray you in Christs stead be ye reconciled to God 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him CHAP. VI. That he hath approved himself a faithful minister of Christ both by his exhortations 3 and by integrity of life 4 and by patient enduving all kinds of affliction and disgraces for the gospel 10 Of which he speaketh the more boldly amongst them because his heart is open to them 13 and he expecteth the like affection from them again 14 exhorting to flee the society and pollution of idolaters as being themselves temples of the living God WE then as workers together with him beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain 2 For he saith * Isa 49.8 I have heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee behold now is the accepted time behold now is the day of salvation 3 * 1 Cor. 10.32 Giving no offence in any thing that the ministery be not blamed 4 But in all things †Gr. commending approving our selves as the ministers of God in much patience in afflictions in necessities in distresses 5 In stripes in imprisonments ‖ Or â—n tossings â—o and fro in tumults in labours in watchings in fastings 6 By pureness by knowledge by long-suffering by kindness by the holy Ghost by love unfeigned 7 By the word of truth by the power of God by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left 8 By honour and dishonour by evil report and good report as deceivers and yet true 9 As unknown and yet well known as dying and behold we live as chastened and not killed 10 As sorrowful yet alway rejoycing as poor yet making many rich as having nothing and yet possessing all things 11 O ye Corinthians our mouth is open unto you our heart is enlarged 12 Ye are not straitned in us but ye are straitned in your own bowels 13 Now for a recompence in the same I speak as unto my children be ye also enlarged 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbeleevers for what fellowâ—hip hath righteousness with unrighteousness and what communion hath light with darkness 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial or what part hath he that beleeveth with an infidel 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols for * 1 Cor. 3.16 ye are the temple of the living God as God hath said * Levit. 26.12 I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my people 17 * Isa 52.11 Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you 18 * Jer. 31.1 And will be a father unto you and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the Lord Almighty CHAP. VII 1 He proceedeth in exhorting them to purity of life 2 and to bear him like affection as he doth to them 3 Whereof lest he might seem to doubt he declareth what comfort he took in his afflictions by the report which Titus gave of their godly sorrow which his former epistle had wrought in thâ—m 13 and of their loving kindness and obedience towards Titus answerable to his former boastings of them HAving therefore these promises dearly beloved let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God 2 Receive us we have wronged no man we have corrupted no man we have defrauded no man 3 I speak not this to condemn you for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die and live with you 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you great is my glorying of you I am filled with comfort I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation 5 For when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest but we were troubled on every side without were fightings within were fears 6 Nevertheless God that comforteth those that are cast down comforted us by the coming of Titus 7 And not by his coming onely but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you when he told us your earnest desire your mourning your fervent minde toward me so that I rejoyced the more 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter I do not repent though I did repent for I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry though it were but for a season 9 Now I rejoyce not that you were made sorry but that ye sorrowed to repentance for ye were made sorry ‖ Or according to God after a godly manner that you might receive damage by us in nothing 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance
to salvation not to be repented of but the sorrow of the world worketh death 11 For behold this self-same thing that ye sorrowed after a godly sort what carefulness it wrought in you yea what clearing of your selves yea what indignation yea what fear yea what vehement desire yea what zeal yea what revenge in all things ye have approved your selves to be clear in this matter 12 Wherefore though I wrote unto you I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong nor for his cause that suffered wrong but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you 13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort yea and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus because his spirit was refreshed by you all 14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you I am not ashamed but as we spake all things to you in truth even so our boasting which I made before Titus is found a truth 15 And his †Gr. bowels inward affection is more abundant toward you whilest he remembreth the obedience of you all how with fear and trembling you received him 16 I rejoyce therefore that I have confidence in you in all things CHAP. VIII 1 He stirreth them up to a liberal contribution for the poor saints at Jerusalem by the example of the Macedonians 7 by commendation of their former forwardness 9 by the example of Christ 14 and by the spiritual profit that shall redound to themselves thereby 16 commending to them the integrity and willingness of Titus and those other brethren who upon his request exhortation and commendation were purposely come to them for this business MOreover brethren we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality 3 For to their power I bear record yea and beyond their power they were willing of themselves 4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift and take upon us the fellowship of the ministring to the saints 5 And this they did not as we hoped but first gave their own selves to the Lord and unto us by the will of God 6 Insomuch that we desired Titus that as he had begun so he would also finish in you the same grace also 7 Therefore as ye abound in every thing in faith in utterance and knowledge and in all diligence and in your love to us see that ye abound in this grace also 8 I speak not by commandment but by occasion of the forwardness of others and to prove the sincerity of your love 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poor that ye through his poverty might be rich 10 And herein I give my advice for this is expedient for you who have begun before not onely to do but also to be †Gr. willing forward a year ago 11 Now therefore perform the doing of it that as there was a readiness to will so there may be a performance also out of that which you have 12 For it there be first a willing minde it is accepted according to that a man hath and not according to that he hath not 13 For I mean not that other men be eased and you burdened 14 But by an equality that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want that their abundance also may be a supply for your want that there may be equality 15 As it is written * Exod. 16.18 He that had gathered much had nothing over and he that had gathered little had no lack 16 But thanks be to God which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you 17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation but being more forward of his own accord he went unto you 18 And we have lent with him the brother whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches 19 And not that onely but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this ‖ Or gift grace which is administred by us to the glory of the same Lord and declaration of your ready minde 20 Avoiding this that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administred by us 21 Providing for honest things not onely in the sight of the Lord but also in the sight of men 22 And we have sent with them our brother whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things but now much more diligent upon the great confidence which ‖ Or he hath I have in you 23 Whether any do enquire of Titus he is my partner and fellow-helper concerning you or our brethren be enquired of they are the messengers of the churches and the glory of Christ 24 Wherefore shew ye to them and before the churches the proof of your love and of our boasting on your behalf CHAP. IX 1 He yeeldeth the reason why though he knew their forwardness yet he sent Titus and his brethren beforehand 6 And he proceedeth in stirring them up to a bountiful alms as being but a kinde of sowing of seed 10 which shall return a great increase to them 13 and occasion a great sacrifice of thanksgivings unto God FOr as touching the ministring to the saints it is superfluous for me to write to you 2 For I know the forwardness of your minde for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia that Achaia was ready a year ago and your zeal hath provoked very many 3 Yet have I sent the brethren lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf that as I said ye may be ready 4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me and finde you unprepared we that we say not you should be ashamed in this same confident boasting 5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren that they would go before unto you and make up beforehand your †Gr. blessing bounty ‖ Or which hath been so much spoken of before whereof ye had notice before that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty and not as of covetousness 6 But this I say He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart so let him give not grudgingly or of necessity for * Prov. 11.25 Rom. 12.8 Ecclus 35.9 God loveth a cheerful giver 8 And God is able to make all grace abound towards you that ye always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work 9 As it is written * Psal 112.9 He hath dispersed abroad he hath given to to the poor his righteousness remaineth for ever 10 Now he that * Is 35.10 ministrâ—th seed to the sower both minister