Exhortation to holiness. A. D. 64. a Rom. 6.5. b Rom. 8. 34. © Rom. 6. 2. 1 John 3. 2. (John 11. 25. & 14. 6. 51 Cor. 15.43. Phil. 3.21. h Rom. 8. 13. Gal. 5. 24. i Rom. 6. 13. k Eph. 5. 3. It Thess. 4.5. m Eph. 5. 5. n Rom. 1. 18. Eph. 5. 6. Rev. 22. 15. • Eph. 2. 2. P Rom. 6. 19, 20. & 7.5. 1 Cor. 6. 11. Eph. 2. 2. 4 Eph. 4. 22. s Lev. 19. 11. t Eph. 4. 22, y Epl. 2. 10. a Eph. 1. 23. Ep. 4. 2, 32. Phil. 2. 1. Eph. 4. 2, 32. 1 Or, complaint. f 1 Pet. 4. 8. John 13.34. Rom. 13. 8. 1 Cor. 13. Epli 5. 2. ch. 2. 2. CHAPTER III. COLOSSIANS. Duties of wives and husbands. and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And P whatsoever ye do in 1 He sheweth where we should seek Christ. 5 IF christhree those thits Christ, seek those things which are above, where b Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4e When Christ, who is four life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him & in glory. hMortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; k fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, m which is idolatry: 6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 PIn the which ye also walked sometime, when ye lived in them. 84 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, tseeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 And have put on the new man, which "is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that y created him: 11 Where there is neither z Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: abut Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, d bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. g 14 f And above all these things Thess. 4.9. 5 put on charity, which is the hbond of perfectness. 1 Tim. 1. 5. 1 John 3. 23. & 4. 21. h Eph. 4. 3. Rom. 14. 17. Phil. 4. 7. k1 Cor. 7. 15. 1 Eph. 2. 16, 17. & 4. 4. mch. 2. 7. ver. 17. n1 Cor. 14.26, Eph. 5. 19. to God and the Father by him 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. t 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not "bitter against them." 20 Children, obey your parents yin all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21 z Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. A. D. 64. ch. 4. 6. P1 Cor. 10.31. t Rom. 1. 8. Eph. 5. 20. ch. 1. 12. & 2.7 1 Thess. 5. 1 Pet. 3. 1. 5 Eph. 5. 3. Eph. 5. 25, 28, 33. Eph. 6. 1. Tit. 2. 9. 1 Tim. 6. 1. Tit. 2. 9. 1 Pet. 2. 18. b ver. 20. Philem. 16. 22 a Servants, obey bin all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 d And whatsoever ye do, do a Eph. 6. 6,7. it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 5 h Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, i redeem- Eph. 6. 20. ing the time. 6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, to them that ye may know how ye ought, to answer every man. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, which also ye are called in one body; mand be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns n i Phil. 1. 7. h Eph. 5. 15. 1 Thess. 4. 12. Eph. 5. 16. k Ecc. 10. 12. ch 3.16. 1 Mark 9. 50. m 1 Pet. 3. 15. Eph. 6. 21. 7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord: Whom I have sent unto you Eph. 6. 22. 8 Paul concludeth with divers A. D. 64. P Philem. 10. 9 Acts 19. 29. & 20. 4. & 27. 2. Philem. 24. r Acts 15. 37. I. THESSALONIANS. for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; 9 With POnesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. 10 9 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner saluteth you, and r Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touch salutations and a blessing. 13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. A. D. 64. 5 2 Tim. 4. 10. Philem. 24. 14 Luke, the beloved physi-2 Tim. 4. 11. cian, and y Demas, greet you. 15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. 16 And when a this epistle is 2 Tim. 4. 11. ing whom ye received command-read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. 17 And say to b Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 18 d The salutation by the hand Paul. e Remember my f Grace be with you. of me bonds. Amen. Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus. Rom. 16.5. 1 Cor. 16. 19. 1 Thess. 5. 27. b Philem. 2. 1 Tim 4.6. d1 Cor.16.21. 2 Thess. 3. Heb. 13. 3. f Heb. 13. 25. A. D. 54. a 2 Cor. 1. 19. 2 Thess. 1. 1. 1 Pet. 5. 12. b Eph. 1. 2. c Rom. 1. 8. Eph. 1. 16. Philem. 4. d ch. 2. 13. e John 6. 29. 2 Thess. 1.3, 11. James 2. 17. f Rom. 16. 6. Heb. 6. 10. of God, your election. g Col. 3. 12. 2 Thess. 2.13. h Mark 16, 20. 1 Cor. 2. 4. & 4. 20. i2 Cor. 6. 6. THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. PAUL, and a Silvanus, and tion, with joy of the Holy 17 Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ: b Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; 3d Remembering without ceasing e your work of faith, fand labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, g your election of God. 5 For hour gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, Manner of Paul's preaching A. D. 54. ch. 1. 5, 9. I. THESSALONIANS. CHAPTER II. 1 In what manner the gospel was brought what sort also they received it. 18 A rea- NOR a yourselves, brethren, to the Thessalonians. A. D. 54. men, but, as it is in truth, the FOR in unto like things of your own country you, that it was not in vain: men, seven as they have of the f Acts 17.5, 13. Heb. 10. 33, 34. Acts 2. 23. & 3. 15. & 5. 30. & 7 52. 15 h Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and Matt. 5 12. they please not God, and are contrary to all men: & 23. 34. 37. 34. us out. k Esth. 3. 8. 1 Luke 11. 52 Acts 13. 50. & 14. 5, 19. & 17.5, 13. & 18. 12. & 19. 9. & 22. 21, 22. 16 Forbidding us to speak to Or, chased the Gentiles that they might be saved, mto fill up their sins always: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantlyn Matt. 24. 6. P to see your face with great desire. 18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but 4 Satan hindered us. m Gen. 15. 16. Matt. 23 32. 14. ° 1 Cor. 5. 3. Col. 2. 5. P ch. 3. 10. Rom. 1. 13. & 15.22. r2 Cor. 1. 14. Phil. 2. 16. & 4. 1. Prov. 16.31. 19 For what is our hope, or 20 For ye are our glory and 8 So being affectionately desir-joy. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for "labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto 2 Thess. 3. 8. you the gospel of God. X2 Cor. 12.13, 14. 7 ch. 1. 5. z 2 Cor. 7. 2. 10 y Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved our2 Thess. 3. 7. selves among you that believe: 11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, a Eph. 4. 1. Phil. 1. 27. Col. 1. 10. ch. 4. 1. b 1 Cor. 1. 9. ch. 5. 24. 2 Thess 2.14. 2 Tim. 1. 9. ch. 1. 3. Gal. 4. 14. 2 Pet. 3. 2. 12 a That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of d Matt. 10. 40. God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of CHAPTER III. Saint Paul testifieth his great love to the WHEREFORE when we could no longer forbear, bwe thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow labourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: glorying? t1 Cor. 15. 23. ch. 3. 13. Rev. 1. 7. & 22.12. a ver. 5. bActs 17. 15. Rom. 16. 21. 1 Cor. 16. 10. 2 Cor. 1. 19. His great love for them. I. THESSALONIANS. your faith, hlest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. 6 k But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 7 Therefore, brethren, mwe were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 8 For now we live, if ye "stand fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 10 P Night and day a praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect faith? that which is lacking in your 11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 12 And the Lord "make you to increase and abound in love x one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 13 To the end he may y stablish your hearts unblameable in ho1 John 3. 20, liness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ z with all his saints. 21. z Zechi. 14. 5. Jude 14. Exhortation to please God. 5 h Not in the lust of concupiscence, ieven as the Gentiles k which know not God:' 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord mis the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, " but unto holiness. 8 He therefore that I despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit. 9 But as touching brotherly love aye need not that I write unto you: for rye yourselves are taught of God sto love one another. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and y to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, a even as others b which have no hope. i A. D. 54. h Rom. 1. 24, 26. Eph. 4. 17. x1 Cor. 15.34. 18. Gal. 4. 8. Eph. 2. 12. & 4. 18. 2 Thess. 1. 8. 1 Lev. 19. 11, 13. 1 Cor. 6. 8. oppress, or, overreach. n Lev. 11. 44. 1 Cor. 1 2. Luke 10. 16. & 7.40. $ Matt. 22.39. tch. 1. 7. x 2 Thess. 3. 11 11. |