And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed {are} the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. {from henceforth...: or, from henceforth saith the Spirit, Yea}

A {good} name {is} rather to be chosen than great riches, {and} loving favour rather than silver and gold. {loving...: or, favour is better than, etc}

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

We are confident, {I say}, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

For to me to live {is} Christ, and to die {is} gain.

For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so {doth} the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. {by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul}

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name {is as} ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: {so doth} a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom {and} honour. {Dead...: Heb. Flies of death}

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth {it} to heart: and merciful men {are} taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil {to come}. {merciful...: Heb. men of kindness, or, godliness} {from...: or, from that which is evil}

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: {and} a good report maketh the bones fat.

There the wicked cease {from} troubling; and there the weary be at rest. {weary: Heb. wearied in strength}

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

{It is} like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, {even} Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's {son}, to betray him;

For by it the elders obtained a good report.

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

How fair is thy love, my sister, {my} spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

A {good} name {is} rather to be chosen than great riches, {and} loving favour rather than silver and gold. {loving...: or, favour is better than, etc}

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name {is as} ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for {it is} better for me to die than to live.

And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

Therefore {was} he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and {that} they might have {matter} for an evil report, that they might reproach me.