Paul exhorteth to fervent prayer. Anno DOMINI 64. Eph. 5. 22. Tit. 2. 5. 1 Pet. 3. 1. s Eph. 5. 3. 18 ' Wives, submit yourselves unto your | faithful minister and fellowservant in the own husbands, 'as it is fit in the Lord. Lord: 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not "bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents 'in all 29, things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 3.7. 33.1 Pet. u Eph. 4. 31. x Eph. 6. 1. Eph. 5.24 Tit. 2. 9. 2 Eph. 6. 4. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 22 "Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: Anno DOMINI 60. 8 ° Whom I have sent unto you for o Eph. 6. 22. the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; 9 With 'Onesimus, a faithful and be- P Philem.10. loved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. 10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and 'Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heart-receive him;) a Eph. 6. 6, ily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 7. e Eph. 6. 8. 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: 'for ye serve the Lord Christ. 25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. CHAP. IV. 1 He exhorteth them to be fervent in prayer, 5 to walk wisely toward them that are not yet come to the true knowledge of Christ. 10 He saluteth them, and wisheth them all prosperity. ASTERS, give unto your servants 11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. Acts 19.29. 27.2 & 20. 4. & Philem. 24. r Acts 15-37 2 Tim. 4. 11. s ch. 1. 7. Philem. 23. striving. t Rom. 15. 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always | la- or, bouring fervently for you in prayers, that all the will of God. ye may stand "perfect and || complete in 13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 14 Luke, the beloved physician, and M that which is just and equal; know- 'Demas, greet you. ing that ye also have a Master in heaven. C 3 Withal praying also for us, that e 30. u Matt. 5. 48. 1 Cor. 2. & 14. 20. Hebr. 5. 14. Phil. 3. 15. x Or, filled. 2 Tim. 4 y 2 Tim. 4. 10. Philem. 24. 15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church Rom. 16,5which is in his house. 16 And when "this epistle is read among God would open unto us a door of utter-you, cause that it be read also in the 4 That I may make it manifest, as I Eph. 6. 20. ought to speak. Phil. 1.7. h Eph. 5. 15. 1 Thess. 4. 12. i Eph. 5. 16. k Eccles. 10. 12. ch. 3. 16. 1 Mark 9. 50. In 1 Pet. 3. 15. 5 h Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, 'redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech be alway with grace, 1seasoned with salt, "that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. 7 "All my state shall Tychicus declare Eph. 6. 21. unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. C 1 Cor. 16. 19. a 1 Thess. 5. 17 And say to Archippus, Take heed b Philem. 2. to the ministry which thou hast received 1 Tim. 4. 6. in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 18 The salutation by the hand of me 1 Cor. 16. Paul. Remember my bonds. be with you. Amen. 21. 2 Thess. Grace 3.17. e Hebr.13.3. f Hebr. 13. 25. ¶ Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus. 10 And to wait for his Son from 2 Thess. 1.7. heaven, "whom he raised from the dead, * Matt. 3.7. even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. u Acts 2. 24. Rom. 5.9. ch. 5. 9. a ch. 1. 5, 9. b Acts 16. 22. e ch. 1. 5. CHAP. II. X 1 In what manner the gospel was brought and desirous to see them. DOY brought to the Theushen 12 "That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. C F 15 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard a of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 16: 14 For ye, brethren, became followers 12 e of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for 'ye also have suffered like things of your own country-s men, even as they have of the Jews: I 15 h Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have ||per- 135 secuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: k 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to La fill up their sins alway: "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 abundantly FOR yourselves, brethren, know our to see your face with great desire. entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 2 But even after that we had suffered d Acts 17.2. before, and were shamefully entreated, as Phil. 1. 30. ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in f 2 Cor. 7. 2. our God to speak unto you the gospel ver. 5.2 Pet. of God with much contention. Col. 2. 1. 1. 16. g 1 Cor. 7. 25. 1 Tim. 1. 11, 12. h 1 Cor. 9. 17. Gal. 2.7. Tit. 1. 3. 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: 4 But as we were allowed of God "to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, 3 Rom. 8. which trieth our hearts. i Gal. 1. 10. k Prov. 17. 27. 1 Acts 20. 33 2 Cor. 2. 17. 5 For neither at any time used we & 4.2. & 7. flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; m God is witness: 2. & 12. 17. m Rom. 1.9. n John 5. 41, i Tim. 5. 17. 6 " Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might 01 Cor. 94 have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. 6, 12, 18. 2 Cor. 10. 1, 2, 10, 11. & 13. 10. Philem. 8, 9. 1 Or, used authority. 7 But we were gentle among you, 2 Thess. 3.9 even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were p 2 Cor. 11. 9. & 12. 13, 14. 2 Fbess. 3. 8. 4 'For verily, when we were with you, **** we told you before that we should suffers a Tas tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. 5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have C tempted you, and our labour be in vain. i Gal.44 6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and 1,5 that ye have good remembrance of us Or, request. Or, beseech. CHAP. IV. 1 He exhorteth them to go on forward in all manner of godliness, 6 to live holily and justly, 9 to love one another, 11 and quietly to follow their own business: 13 and last of all to sorrow moderately for the dead. 15 And unto this last exhortation is annexed a brief description of the resurrection, and second coming of Christ to judgment. URTHERMORE then we || beseech F Cor.& 15, you, brethren, and exhort you by col the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received Rom.6. 19. of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more Col. 3-5om. 1.24, and more. Phil. 1.27. 01. 2. 6. ch. 2. 12. Col. 1. 10. Rom. 12. 2. ph. 5. 17. Eph. 5. 27. 3. Eph. 5. Cor. 6. 15, 3. 6. Eph. 4. 17, 8. a 2 For ye know what commandments 1 Cor. 15 we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 4. Gal.4.8. ph. 2. 12. & e For this is the will of God, even 18. your sanctification, 'that ye should abLev. 19. 11, stain from fornication: iThes. 1. 8. 13. 1 Cor. 5. 8. 4 That every one of you should know Or, oppress, how to possess his vessel in sanctification or, overreach. Or, in the matter. and honour; 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, In 2 Thes. 1. i even as the Gentiles which know not Lev. 11.44 God: 8. & 19.2. 1 Cor. 1. 2. Hebr. 12. 14. 15 61That no man go beyond and || defraud 1Pet. 1. 14, his brother in any matter: because that Lake 10. the Lord "is the avenger of all such, as Or, reject we also have forewarned you and testified. 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, "but unto holiness. 16. eth. p 1 Cor. 2. 10. &7.40. 1 John 3. 24. q ch. 5. 1. r Jer. 31. 34 John 6 45 & 14. 26. 1 John 2. 20, 8 He therefore that || despiseth despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. 9 But as touching brotherly love ye s Matt. 22. need not that I write unto you: for 'ye 34. & 15. 12. yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 39. John 13. Eph. 5. 2. 1 Pet. 4.8. 1 John 3. 11, 23. & 4.21. 1 ch. 1. 7. 10' And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 'But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 1.7. b ch. 4.9. c Matt. 24. 43, 44- & 25 13. Luke 12. 39, 40. 2 Pet. 3 10. Rev. dai. 13. 6, 177, 28, 29. 3.3. & 16. 15. -9. Luke & 21.34, 352 Thes. 1. 9. Jer. 13. 21. Hos. 13. 13. 12,13. 1John 2. 8. Eph. 5. 8. i Matt. 24. Rom. 13. 11, 12.8.25. 13, 5. 8. 6 "Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 12, 13. 1 Pet. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken 1are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, "putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For "God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, k Luke 21. 34:16. Cor. 15, 34. Eph. 5. 14. Acts 2.15. ai. 59.17. 17. Eph. 6. 14, 16, n Rom.9. 22. ch. 1. 10, Pet. 2.8. 2 Thes. 2 Jude 4. 13, 14. Anno a 2 Cor. 1. 19. 16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for He willeth them to continue stes. 19 Quench not the Spirit. Ex 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil 24 "Faithful is he that calleth you, 25 Brethren, pray for us. 26 Greet all the brethren with an 27 I || charge you by the Lord that this ¶ The first epistle unto the Thessalo- THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. CHAP. I. 1 Saint Paul certifieth them of the good opi- 10 'When he shall come to be glorified P unto the church of the Thessalonians Antichrist described. Anno CHAP. III. Anno Divers precepts and exhortations. DOMINI cept there come a falling away first, and | free course, and be glorified, even as it is 54- fthat man of sin be revealed, the son of f Dan. 7. 25. perdition; 1 John 2. 18. Rev. 13. 11, &c. See 1 Mac. 2. 48, 62. 4 Who opposeth and "exalteth himself 1above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that Isai. 14. 13. he is God. g John 17. 12. Ezek. 282, 6,9. Dan 7. 25. & 11. 36. Rev. 13. 6. i 1 Cor. 8. 5. eth. k 1 John 2. 18. & 4.3. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what || withholdeth Or, hold that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be re1 Dan. 7. 10, vealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy" with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after n ch. 1.8, 9. the working of Satan with all power and Hebr. 10. 27. P signs and lying wonders, 11. m Job 4.9. Isai. 11. 4. Hos. 6. 5. Rev. 2. 16. & 19. 15, 20, 21. o John 8. 41. Rev. 18. 23. 1 Eph. 2. 2. 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. P See Deut. 13. 1. Matt. 13. 13. & 19. 24. 24. Rev. 21. q 2 Cor. 2. 15. & 4.3. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, "that they should Rom. 1. 24. believe a lie: &c. See 1 Kings 22. 22. Ezek. 14. 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure Matt. 24-5 in unrighteousness. 11. 1 Tim. 4. 13 But "we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of Our Lord Jesus Christ. b 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and 13. Phil.4.1. hold the traditions which ye have been 2. ch.3.6. taught, whether by word, or our epistle. c 1 Cor. 11. 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and 'good hope through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. CHAP. III. 1 He craveth their prayers for himself, 3 testifieth what confidence he hath in them, 5 maketh request to God in their behalf, 6 giveth them divers precepts, especially to shun idleness, and ill company, 16 and last of all concludeth with prayer and salutation. INALLY, brethren, pray for that the word of the Lord +may have F us, 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that h Rom. 16. ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after 'the tradition which he received, 13. of us. 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. 17. ver. 14. 2 John 10. i 1 Cor. 5. k 1 Thes. 4. 11. & 5. 14ver. 11, 12, |