1 Or, having anointed

2 Or, nature 3 Gr. with prayer.

4

authorities

the church; and let them pray over him, 'anoint-
ing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and 15
the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick,
and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he
have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.
Confess therefore your sins one to another, and 16
pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
The supplication of a righteous man availeth
much in its working. Elijah was a man of like 17
2 passions with us, and he prayed 3fervently that
it might not rain; and it rained not on the
earth for three years and six months. And he 18
prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and
the earth brought forth her fruit.

My brethren, if any among you do err from 19 Some ancient the truth, and one convert him; let him know, 20 that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

read know ye.

THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF

PETER.

PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, 2 Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resur4 rection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the 6 last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been 7 put to grief in manifold 1temptations, that the 'Or, trials proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, might be found unto praise and glory and 8 honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ: whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with 9 joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the Gr. glorified. end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

10 Concerning which salvation the prophets sought

Gr. unto.

2 Gr. in.

3 Or, Holy Spirit

brought.

Or, like the Holy One

you

and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what 11 time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings 1of Christ, and the glories that should follow them. To whom it 12 was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced unto you through them that preached the gospel unto you by the Holy Ghost sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, 13 be sober and set your hope perfectly on the Gr. is being grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as children of obe- 14 dience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance: but like as he which called you is holy, be ye 15 which called yourselves also holy in all manner of living; because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for 16 I am holy. And if ye call on him as Father, 17 who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear: knowing that ye were re- 18 deemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; but with precious 19 blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, even the blood of Christ: who was fore- 20 known indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake, who through him are believers in 21 God, which raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might Many ancient be in God. Seeing ye have purified your souls 22 in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the

authorities read from a clean heart.

23 heart fervently having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,

1

through the word of God, which liveth and Or, God who 24 abideth. For,

25

2 I

All flesh is as grass,

And all the glory thereof as the flower of

grass.

The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

liveth

But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. Gr. saying. And this is the 2 word of good tidings which was preached unto you.

Putting away therefore all 3 wickedness, and all Or, malice guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil

able.

2 speakings, as newborn babes, long for the 'spiri- Gr. reason-
tual milk which is without guile, that ye may
3 grow thereby unto salvation; if ye have tasted
4 that the Lord is gracious: unto whom coming,
a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with
5 God elect, precious, ye also, as living stones,
are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, accept-
6 able to God through Jesus Christ. Because it
is contained in 'scripture,

Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone,
elect, precious:

Or, honour

able

• Or, a spiritual house for holy priest

a

hood

1 Or, a scrip

ture

8

And he that believeth on him shall not Or, it

be put to shame.

79 For you therefore which believe is the 10 pre- Or, In your ciousness but for such as disbelieve,

8 and,

The stone which the builders rejected,
The same was made the head of the

corner;

9

sight

10 Or, honour

12

A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; 11for they 12 stumble at the word, being disobe- " Gr. who. 9 dient: whereunto also they were appointed. But "Or, stumble, being disobeye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy dient to the nation, a people for God's own possession, that word

M m

1 Gr. creation.

ye may shew forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light which in time past were no people, but 10 now are the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and 11 pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having your behaviour 12 seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Be subject to every ordinance of man for 13 the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as Gr. through. supreme; or unto governors, as sent by him 14 for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to them that do well. For so is the will of God, 15 that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not 16 3 using your freedom for a cloke of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. Honour all men. 17 Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

Gr. having. ⚫ Or, malice

Gr. Household-servants.

• Gr. grace.

7 Gr. of.

20

'Servants, be in subjection to your masters 18 with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is acceptable, 19 if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted for it, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For hereunto were ye 21 called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow his steps who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, 23 reviled not again; when he suffered, threatened Or, his cause not; but committed himself to him that judgeth