Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know {these things} before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. {assure: Gr. persuade}

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. {sure: or, steady}

Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD {shall be} a light unto me.

Blessed {are} they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

He only {is} my rock and my salvation; {he is} my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. {defence: Heb. high place}

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

He only {is} my rock and my salvation: {he is} my defence; I shall not be moved.

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Blessed {is} the man {that} doeth this, and the son of man {that} layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth {him with} his hand.

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:

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to {his} purpose.

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

{He that} putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these {things} shall never be moved.

Which {hope} we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

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

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in {his} talk.

But without faith {it is} impossible to please {him}: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and {that} he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. {beloved...: or, beloved of God, your election}

And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

(For {the children} being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. {occasion...: Gr. scandal}

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. {unbelief: or, disobedience}

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, {even} as many as the Lord our God shall call.

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

{He that} putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these {things} shall never be moved.

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know {these things} before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. {labour: or, endeavour}

He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; {and} make not all the people to labour thither; for they {are but} few. {about...: Heb. about two thousand men, or, about three thousand men}

The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long {are} ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

[{A Psalm} of David.] Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; {therefore} I shall not slide.

And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it {is} very good: and {are} ye still? be not slothful to go, {and} to enter to possess the land.

For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble {you}, and thereby many be defiled; {fail...; or, fall from}

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Therefore {it is} of faith, that {it might be} by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,