And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and {I pray God} your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of {his} good pleasure.

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, {covenant: or, testament}

The LORD will perfect {that which} concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, {endureth} for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle {you}.

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.

Who shall also confirm you unto the end, {that ye may be} blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of {this} calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of {his} goodness, and the work of faith with power: {count: or, vouchsafe}

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; {approve: or, try} {are...: or, differ}

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of {our} faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. {author: or, beginner}

But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, {love: or, pity}

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:

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Do not err, my beloved brethren.

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.

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;

Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.

For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with {him} through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all {things}.

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard {us}: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is {the joy} of you all.

And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; {benefit: or, grace}

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. {ordained: or, prepared}

The LORD will perfect {that which} concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, {endureth} for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of {our} faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. {author: or, beginner}

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any {man} pluck them out of my hand.

Who shall also confirm you unto the end, {that ye may be} blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the LORD God {is} a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good {thing} will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, {that} the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? {there is} no searching of his understanding.

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

I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth {all things} for me.

For I {am} the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and {I pray God} your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it {unto} the end.

O LORD, I have heard thy speech, {and} was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. {speech: Heb. report, or, hearing} {revive: or, preserve alive}

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; {approve: or, try} {are...: or, differ}

For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell {it} to any in the town.

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, {saying}, I have both glorified {it}, and will glorify {it} again.

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. {offended: he relapseth, or, falleth into sin}

As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also {are} ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

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

To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? {hasting...: or, hasting the coming}

Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of {this} calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of {his} goodness, and the work of faith with power: {count: or, vouchsafe}

Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed {be} Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed {are} pure; but {it is} evil for that man who eateth with offence.

That thou keep {this} commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: {prepare: or, stablish}

And our hope of you {is} stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so {shall ye be} also of the consolation.

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. {measures: the word in the Greek is a measure containing about a peck and a half, wanting a little more than a pint}