And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that {is} unprofitable for you. {have...: or, guide}

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

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

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard 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.

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

So then faith {cometh} by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and {I saw} the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received {his} mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom {his} lord shall make ruler over his household, to give {them their} portion of meat in due season?

Be ye followers of me, even as I also {am} of Christ.

Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God {is} faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear {it}. {common...: or, moderate}

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that {is} unprofitable for you. {have...: or, guide}

For the word of God {is} quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and {is} a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

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

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left {us} of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, {let him do it} with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. {giveth: or, imparteth} {with simplicity: or, liberally}

And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be {that}, as I do, so shall ye do.

Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.

{Thus} I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom {his} lord shall make ruler over his household, to give {them their} portion of meat in due season?

And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

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:

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and {when} the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight {be} deeper than the skin of his flesh, it {is} a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed {to be somewhat} in conference added nothing to me: