But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. {dishonesty: Gr. shame}

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

(For the weapons of our warfare {are} not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) {through God: or, to God}

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. {in him: or, with him}

I have fought a good fight, I have finished {my} course, I have kept the faith:

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

In whom ye also {trusted}, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

And my speech and my preaching {was} not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: {enticing: or, persuasible}

For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which {I made} before Titus, is found a truth.

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.

And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with {them}, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

God also bearing {them} witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? {gifts: or, distributions}

If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance {for} clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

Length of days {is} in her right hand; {and} in her left hand riches and honour.

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

And what {is} the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, {his mighty power: Gr. the might of his power}

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry {ground}: and the waters {were} a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

But {as} God {is} true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. {word: or, preaching}

(For the weapons of our warfare {are} not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) {through God: or, to God}

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. {stand: Gr. be}

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. {hath...: or, is revived}

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.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment {was} as a robe and a diadem.

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance {for} clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, {every one} with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other {hand} held a weapon.

In whom ye also {trusted}, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. {ground: or, stay}

From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. {to perform...: Heb. to war the warfare}

In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, {even} in Jerusalem.