Against covetousness, ic. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. JAMES, IV, V. A. D. 60. 6 or, hole. k Mat.7.16. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same 6 place sweet water and bitter? Ps. 107.43. 12 Can the fig tree, k my brethren, m Phi.1.27. bear olive berries? either a vine,n 1Co.3.3. figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. 7 or, natural. 13 Whol is a wise man and en-18 tumult, or, unquietdued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation m his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This n wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, 7 sensual, devilish. ness. o 1Co.2.6,7. p Phi.4.S. q He. 12.14. r Ga.5.22. or, wrang ling. s He. 12.11. Wicked rich men threatened. to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble h yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 11 Speak i not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who k is able to save and to destroy who art thou that judgest another? 13 Go to now, ye that say, 'To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas, ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? 5 It is even a vapour, 16 For where envying and strife is, there is 8 confusion and every evil (CHAP. 4.) that appeareth for a little time, and work. 1 brawlor, ings. sures. 17 But the wisdom o that is from above is first pure,p then peace- 2 or, pleaable, a gentle, r and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. a 1Pe.2.11. 3 or, envy. 18 And the fruit s of righteouness b 1Jno.2.15. is sown in peace of them that make peace. CHAPTER IV. envi or, ously. c Ec.4.4. 1 Against covetousness, 4 intemperance, 5 pride, il detraction, 13 and d Pr.29.23. rash judgment. e 1Pe.5.9. ƒ then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. 17 Therefore m to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. CHAPTER V. 1 Wicked rich men warned of God's judgments. 7 Of patience. 13 To pray in adversity. a FROM Whence come wars and 2Ch.15.2. Go to now, ye rich men, weer Fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your 2lusts g Is.1.16. that war a in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye 3 kill, h Mat. 23.12. and desire to have, and cannot obi Ep.4.31. tain ye fight and war, yet ye have Dot, because ye ask not. 1 Pe.2.1. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because k Mat. 10.28. ye ask amiss, that ye may consume 5 For it is. it upon your 2 lusts. Z Job 7.7. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship b of the world is enmity with God? who soever therefore will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth 4 to envy ?c m Lu. 12.47. a Pr.11.28. b Je. 17.11. 6 But he giveth more grace. Id Ro.2.5. Wherefore he saith, d God resistethe Je.22.13. the proud, but giveth grace unto Mal.3.5. the humble. |ƒ Ex.22.27. 7 Submit yourselves therefore tog Lu. 16.19,25. God. Resiste the devil, and he will h Mat.5.39. flee from you. 8 Draw f nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse g your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches b are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.c 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasured together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire e of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are enteredƒ into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure g on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist h 9 2 Grudge not one against ano-k Re.22.20. ther, brethren, lest ye be condemn-2 or, Groan; ed: behold, the judge standeth or, grieve. before the door. I Re.3.20. 38. To pray in adversity. Jhim, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord : save the sick, and the Lord shall 15 And the prayer of faith shall raise him up; and if he u have committed sins, they shall be for 10 Take, my brethren, the pro-m He. 11.35-given him. phets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example n Ps.94.12. of suffering affliction, m and of patience. 11 Behold, we count them happyn which endure. Ye have heard of the patience o of Job, and have seen the end p of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. Mat.5.10. 16 Confess your faults v one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.w o Job 1.21,&c. 12 But above all things, my bre-t thren, swearg not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.r Is any merry? let him sing psalms.s 14 Is any sick t among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray overi x1 Ki.17.1. Y IKI. 18.42, 45. z Mat. 18.15. 18 And he prayed again, y and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert z him, 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. The First Epistle general of PETER. From the Creation, 4064.... Year of the Christian Era, 60....Year of Nero Cesar, 7.... High Priest of the Jews, Joseph. CHAPTER I. A. D. 60. 1 The apostle's address: 3 he bless- 3 Blessed h be the God and Fa-P Jude 1,24. Jno.16.22. w 1Jno.4.20. 4 To an inheritance m incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fad- Da.9.3. ethn not away, reserved o in heaz 2Pe. 1.21. ven for 2 you, 228 | 5 Who are keptp by the power of God through faith q unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need r be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trials of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with t fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing v of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not w seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy x unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched y diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you : 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit z of Christ which was in them did sigшfy, Christ the corner-stone. THEREFORE laying aside a A. D. 60. Wall malice, and all guile, and a He.11.39,40. hypocrisies, and envies, and all b Ac.2.4. evil speakings, 2Co.1.22. 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not a unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, e Ep.3.10. which are now reported unto youd Lu. 12.35. by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy e Lu.21.34. Ghost b sent down from heaven; 3 perfectly. which things the angels c desire to f He. 10.35. look into. h g Ro. 12.2. Le. 11.44. i Phi.2.12. 13 Wherefore girdd up the loins of your mind, be sober, é and hope 8 to the end f for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the reve-k Jno. 1.29,36. lation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning g yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, h Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear :i 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; Re.7.14. Re. 13.8. m Mat.28.18. Phi.2.9. n Jno.17.17, 19. o 1Jno.3.14, 18. p Jno.1.13. ૧ q Ja.1.18. Jno 1.1, 14. 2 Pe. 1.19. (CHAP. 2.) a Ep.4.22,31. b Mat. 18.3. d Ps.34.8. 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lambk without c 1Co.3.2. blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained e Ps. 118.22. before the foundation of the 1 or, be ye. world, but was manifest in these ƒ He.3.6. last times for you, 21 Who by hím do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and m gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth n through the Spirit unto unfeigned love o of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born p again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word g of God, which liveth q and abideth for ever. g Is.61.6. Re. 1.6. h Mal.1.11. i Is.28.16. 2 or, an k Mat.21.42. chased. m De.4.20. 4 or, virtues. p Ps. 119. 19. 24 4 Forr all flesh is as grass, and n Ac.26.18. all the glory of man as the flower o Ro.9.25. of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this s is the q Ga.5.16-21. 2 As new-born babes, b desire the sincere milk c of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 lf so be ye have tasted d that the Lord is gracious. 4 To whom coming, 'as unto a living stone, disallowed e indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5 Ye also, as lively stones, lare built up a spiritual house, ƒ an ho ly priest-hood, g to offer up spiritual h sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, i Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is 2precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone k which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereuntol also they were appointed. 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, that ye a 3 peculiar m people should show forth the 4 praises of him who hath called you out of darkness n into his marvellous light: 10 Which o in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers'p and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, q which warr against the soul; 12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, 5 whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may by your good works, s which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 13 Submit yourselvest to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for word which by the gospel is 5 or, wherein. the praise of them that do well. preached unto you. CHAPTER II. s Mat.5. 16. t Mat. 12.21. 1 He inciteth them against uncharit- Ro. 13.1-7. ableness; 4 he showeth their privi-u Tit.2.8. leges through Christ the chief cor- v Ga.5. 1,13. ner-stone; 11 he beseecheth them to 6 having. abstain from flcshly lusts etc. 229 15 For so is the will of God, that u with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, v and not 6 using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Duty of wives and husbands. 177 Honour all men. w the brotherhood. Fear y Honour the king.z 1 PETER, III. Love x) A. D. 60. God. 7 18 Servants, a be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 1 or, Esteem. x Jno. 13.35. y Ps. 111.10. 19 For this is 8 thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if,b Mat.5.10when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this b is 8 acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto c were ye called because Christ also suffered 9 for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow d his steps: 22 Whoe did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed 10 himself to him that judgethƒ righteously: 24 Who his own self bare g our sins in his own body 11 on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live h unto righteousness: by whose i stripes ye were healed. 25 For ye were as sheep going astray;k but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. CHAPTER III. 1 He teacheth the duty of wives and husbands, 8 exhorting all men_to unity and love, 14 and to suffer boldly for righteousness' sake. IKEWISE, ye wives, a be in 12. Divers exhortations. with them according to knowledge, 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, 2 love h as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous : 9 Not rendering i evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should in c Mat.16.24.herit a blessing. 1Th.3 3,4. 9 some read, Re. 12.11. Is.53.9. cause. ƒ Lu.23.46. g Is.53.4,&c. Is.53.5,6. a Ep.5.22. 149.4. bands; that, if any obey not the 1 children. g Ro. 12. 16. to the. 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3 Whose adorning, b let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, ork Ps.34.12, of putting on of apparel; 1Jno.3.18. Mat.5.44. Ep.4.32. &c. Ro.8.28. 4 But let it be the hidden man of 3 upon. the heart, c in that which is not 1 Pr. 16.7. corruptible, even the ornament of a meek'd and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 5 For after this manner in then old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: Ps. 119,46. rence. Is.42.7. 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: e whose daughs Ge.VI. ters ye are, as long as ye do well,t Ep.5.26. and are not afraid with any amaze-u Ac.8.37. ment. 7 Likewise, ye husbands,ƒ dwell Ro. 10.10. see good days, let him refrain his 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 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 3 against them that do evil. 13 And who l is he that will harm which is good? you, if ye be followers of that 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be m not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 15 But sanctify the Lord God in to give an answer to every man your hearts: and be ready n always that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and 4 fear: 16 Having a good conscience that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evil doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 17 For it is better, if the will of doing than for evil doing. God be so, that ye suffer for well 18 For Christo also hath once suffered for sins, the just p for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death q in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went an preached unto the spirits in prison;r 20 Which sometime were disofering of God waited in the days of bedient, when once s the long sufNoah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water. 21 The like figure whereunto, even baptism, t doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer or a good conscience u toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 22 Who is gone into heaven, and 1 PETER, IV, V. An exhortation to holiness. is on the right hand of God; and angels v authorities and powers being made subject unto him. CHAPTER IV. 1 He exhorteth them to cease from sin by the example of Christ. 7 By the approaching end of all things he exhorteth them to sobriety, charity, etc. FORA Ep.1.21. (CHAP. 4.) a Phi.2.5. b Ro.6.2,7. 2Co.5.16. d 1Co.6.11. Tit.3.3. e Ac. 13.45. ORASMUCH then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: a for heb that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased f Mat.24.9. from sin; 2 That he c no longer should live 5 Re. 14. 13. the rest of his time in the flesh toh Ja.5.8,9. the lusts of men, but to the will of God. i Lu.21.36. 3 For the time d past of our life k 1Co.13.7. may suffice us to have wrought the 1 or, will. will of the Gentiles, when we 7 He. 13.2,16. walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquet-m Ro. 12.6-8. ings, and abominable idolatries: n Lu. 12.42. 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evile of you: 5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 1Co. 10.31. p Re. 1.6. q 1Co.3.13. r Ja.1.2. s 2Ti.2. 12. t Mat.5.11. 6 For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judgedƒ according to men in the flesh, but u Is, 10.12. live g according to God in the spirit. Je.49.12. Eze.9.6. But the end h of all things is atv Je.25.29. Lu.23.31. hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch 2 unto prayer. w Ps.37.5. Comfort against persecution. 14 Ift ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil doer, or as a busy-body in other men's matters. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 17 For the time is come that judgment must begin u at the house of God and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 18 And if v the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit w the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. CHAPTER V. 1 He exhorteth the elders to feed their flocks, and the younger to obey, 8 and all to be sober, watchful, and constant in the faith; and to resist the cruel adversary the devil. THE HE elders which are among you I exhort, who am also aŭ elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory a that shall be revealed: 2 Feed b the flock of God 1 which is among you, taking the oversight thereof not by constraint, but willingly; c not for filthy lucre, d 8 And above all things have fer- a Ro.8. 17, 18. 9 Use hospitality / one to another Jno.21.15without grudging. 10 As every man hath received m 17. Ac.20.28. 3 Neither as 2 being lords over God's heritage, but being examples e to the flock. 4 And when the chieff Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a the gift, even so minister the same1or, as much crown g of glory that fadeth not one to another, as good stewards n of the manifold grace of God. 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all h of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for Godi resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble, 6 Humble k yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, asm a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist n steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same af |