OF

JOHN.

1 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, a whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

2 For the truth's sake which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

3 Grace t be with you, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, din truth and love.

4 I rejoiced 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, fnot as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we loye one another.

6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That,

ias ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. 7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver, and an antichrist.

8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

9 P 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 + face to face, that our joy may be full.

13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.

5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully 10. whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;

6 Which have borne witness of

After A. D. 90.

+ Gr. worthy of God.

d 1Co.9.12, 15.

e Ps.37.27. Is. 1.16,17. 11 Pe. 3. 11.

thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey t after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:

7 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, d taking nothing of the Gentiles.

8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence 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

He exhorteth them to be constant in the profession of the faith. 4 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 a brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God

OF

JUDE.

A. D.: cir. 66.

a Lu.6.16. Ac. 1. 13.

ò John 17. 11, 12, 15.

A. D. cir. 66.

2Pe.2.11.

y Zec. 3.2. 2Pe.2.12.

a Ge. 4. 5.

1 Jo. 8. 12.

the Father, and preserved in Je- 1 Pe. 1. 5. b Nu. 22.7, sus Christ, and called:

2 Mercy unto you, and d peace, and love, be multiplied.

3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you e 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, h who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, i turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that m the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward "destroyed

them that believed not.

e Ro. 1. 7.

d 1 Pe. 1.2. 2 Pe. 1. 2. e Tit. 1. 4.

fPhi.1.27. i Ti. 1. 18. & 6. 12. 2

Ti. 1.13.&

4. 7.

g Ga. 2. 4. 2 Pe. 2. 1.

21. 2 Pe. 2. 15.

&c. c Nu. 16.1,

d 2Pe.2.13.

e 1 Co. 11. 21.

Pr.25.14.

2 Pe. 2. 17.

Ep. 4.14.
Mat. 15.

h Ro. 9. 21, 13. 22.1Pe.2.8. i Is. 57.20.. i2 Pe.2.10. Phi.3.19.

Tit.2.11.2 Pe.2.17. He. 12. 15. m Ge.5.18. 7 Tit. 1.16. n De. 33.2. 2 Pe. 2. 1. 1 Jo. 2. 22. Zec. 14.5. Da. 7, 10. m 1 Co.10. Mat.25.31. 2 Th. 1. 7. n Nu. 14. Re. 1. 7. 29,37.& 26. 64. Ps.106.1 Sa. 2.3. 26. He. 3.

9.

17, 19. o John 8. 44.

Ps.31.18.&

94. 4. Mal. 3. 13.

6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, Phe hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment Or, prin- p 2Pe.2.18. of the great day.

cipality.

Pr.29.21.

p 2 Pe. 2.4. Ja. 2. 1, 9.

7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves Rc. 20.10. 2 Pe. 3.2. over to fornication, and going afGe.19.21.1 Ti. 4.1. ter t strange flesh, are set forth for De. 29. 23. 2 Ti. 3.1.& 2 Pe. 2. 6.4.3. 2 Pe.2. an example, suffering the ven1. & 3. 3. geance of eternal fire.

+ Gr. other.

Pr. 18. 1. SLikewise also these filthy Ez. 14. 7. dreamers defile the flesh, despise $2 Pe.2.10.0.4.14.& dominion, and speak evil of dig-Ex. 22.28. 9. 10. He. nities.

9 Yet u Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil,

u Da. 10.

10. 25.

13. & 12.1. u 1Co.2.14. Re. 12. 7. Ja. 3. 15.

he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

11 Wo unto them! for they have gone in the way a of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

12 d These are spots in your e feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: fclouds they are without water, & carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, h plucked up by the roots;

13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of thesc, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints,

15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own Justs; and P their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

CHAP. I.

4 John writeth his revelation to the seven churches of Asia, signified by the seven golden candlesticks. 7 The coming of Christ. 14 His glorious power and majesty.

THE

HE Revelation of Jesus Christ, a which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2d Who bare record of the word. of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

3f Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

4

JOHN

to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him h which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Witness, and the m First-begotton of the dead, and "the Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, Pand washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribula

b Ac. 10.10.

Co. 12. 2.

9.

c John 20.

22. 10.

Ex. 3.14.

ver. 8.

i John 1.1.

f ver. 17.

ver. 20. Ex. 25. 37. Zec. 4. 2.

John8.14. 1 Ti. 6. 13.

Da.7.13.& 14. 14. 10. 16. ch. Da. 10. 5.

tion, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, a for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me da great voice, as of a trumpet,

11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

12 And I turned to see the voice

that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

13 h And in the midst of the seven candlesticks i one like unto the Son of man, & clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

14 His head and m his hairs were white like wool, as white as. snow; and n his eyes were as a flame of fire;

15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

16 7 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive. for evermore, Amen; and a have the keys of hell and of death.

19 Write the things which

a Ps. 08. 20. ch. 20. 1. b ver. 12, &c.

What John was commanded

thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

CHAP. II.

What is commanded to be written to the angels, that is, the ministers of the churches of 1 Ephesus, 8 Smyrna, 12 Pergamos, 18 Thyatira: and what is commended, or found wanting in them.

NTO the angel of the church

UNTO

of Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil; and d thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not; and hast found them liars:

3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast f not fainted.

4 Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and re

REVELATION.

A. D. 96.

e ch. 2. 1, &c.

d ch. 4. 1, &c.

e ver. 16.

f ver. 12. g Mal. 2.7. ch.2.1,&c.

h Zec. 4.2. Mat. 5. 15. Phi. 2. 15.

a ch. 1. 16, 20.

r ch.20.14.

& 21. 8.

ver. 2.

a ver. 9.

Nu. 24. 14. & 25.1. & 31. 16. 2 Pe. 2. 15. Jude 11.

b ch. 1. 13. ver. 20. Ac. 15. 29. 1 Co. 8. 9, 10.& 10.19,

20.

d 1Co.6.13, &c.

e ver. 6.

c Ps. 1. 6. ver. 9, 13, 19. ch. 3.1, 8, 15. d1 Jo. 4.1. e 2 Co. 11. 13.2Pe.2.1.f Is. 11. 4. 12 Th. 2. 8. ch. 1.16. & 19. 15, 21. ver.7.11.

f Ga. 6. 9. He. 12.3,5.

6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of h the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.

7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst. of the paradise of God.

8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna, write; These things saith in the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

9 n I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of P them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee crown of life.

λ ver. 15.

i Mat. 11. 15. & 13.9, 43. ver. 11. 17,29.ch.3. 6, 13, 22. & 13. 9. * ch. 22. 2, 14.

7 Ge. 2. 9. m ch. 1. 8, 17, 18.

h ch. 3. 12. & 19. 12.

m Ex. 34. 15. Ac. 15. 20,29. 1Co. 10. 19, 20. ver. 14. n Ro. 2. 4. ch. 9. 20. o1Sa.16.7. 1 Ch. 28.9. o Lu.12.21. & 29. 17. 1 Ti. 6. 18.2 Ch. 6. 30. Ja. 2. 5.

n ver. 2

P8.7.9. Je.

p Ro. 2. 17, 11.20.&17.

28, 29, & 9. 10. & 20.12.

6.

John 2. 24, 9 ch. 9. 9. 25. Ac. 1.

24. Ro. 8. Mat. 10. 27.

p Ps.62.12. Mat. 24. Mat.16.27. Ro. 2. 6. &

t Ja. 1. 12. 14.12. 2Co. ch. 3. 11. 5.10. Ga.6. uver.7.ch. 5.ch.20.12. 13. 9.

IqAc.15.28.

13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even a where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, d and to commit fornication.

15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.

16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches: To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone ha name written, which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it.

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18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, i who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;

19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first:

20 Notwithstanding, I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

21 And I gave her space " to repent of her fornication, and she repented not.

22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts; and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. 24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, As many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will