Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.

But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God?

All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.

Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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 overcome the wicked one.

And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.

And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.

Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did.

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

The Lord spake also unto me again, saying,

And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.

For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.

And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

So the people rested on the seventh day.

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.

Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,

Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.

For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you.

The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever;

Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.

But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the Lord shall forgive her.

If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.

Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord for his issue.

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.

Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.