And you {hath he quickened}, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. {which...: Gr. whereto ye were delivered}

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in {your} mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled {in...: or, by your mind in}

In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am {Christ}; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. {and the time: or, and, The time}

He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. {until...: Heb. to find his iniquity to hate}

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and {that} I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest {there be} debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, {Is there} not a lie in my right hand?

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

What then? are we better {than they}? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; {proved: Gr. charged}

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by {the means of} those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation {is} high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated {us} into the kingdom of his dear Son: {his...: Gr. the Son of his love}

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. {in due time: or, according to the time}

We love him, because he first loved us.

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do {them}.

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. {desires: Gr. wills}

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are {these}; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son {to be} the propitiation for our sins.

When Jesus heard {it}, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in {your} mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled {in...: or, by your mind in}

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man {was} great in the earth, and {that} every imagination of the thoughts of his heart {was} only evil continually. {every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires} {continually: Heb. every day}

From whence {come} wars and fightings among you? {come they} not hence, {even} of your lusts that war in your members? {fightings: or, brawlings} {lusts: or, pleasures}

The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, {saying}, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. {of...: Heb. from afar} {with lovingkindness...: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee}

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

That he no longer should live the rest of {his} time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

For all that {is} in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

But we are all as an unclean {thing}, and all our righteousnesses {are} as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee {when thou wast} in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee {when thou wast} in thy blood, Live. {polluted: or, trodden under foot}

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas {there is} among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? {divisions: or, factions} {as men: Gr. according to man?}

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

So then {it is} not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but {how} to perform that which is good I find not.

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now {are ye} light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

We {who are} Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

For who maketh thee to differ {from another}? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive {it}, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received {it}? {maketh...: Gr. distinguisheth thee}

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and {ye} fools, when will ye be wise?

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by {them that are} no people, {and} by a foolish nation I will anger you.

Charity suffereth long, {and} is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, {vaunteth...: or, is not rash}

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, {for} the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell {among them}. {for men: Heb. in the man}

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

And the king said, {Is} there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, {which is} lame on {his} feet.

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all {these} things are done in parables:

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

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

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? {to envy: or, enviously?}

For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. {which...: Gr. whereto ye were delivered}

[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David.] The fool hath said in his heart, {There is} no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, {there is} none that doeth good.

Not for your sakes do I {this}, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe {them} with the towel wherewith he was girded.

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Of this man's seed hath God according to {his} promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, {and} one shepherd.

And when he hath found {it}, he layeth {it} on his shoulders, rejoicing.

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. {motions: Gr. passions}

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: {believed: or, obeyed}

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust {shall be} the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

This {is} an evil among all {things} that are done under the sun, that {there is} one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness {is} in their heart while they live, and after that {they go} to the dead.

How much more abominable and filthy {is} man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled {it} on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

{And} we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that {was} our father's; and of {that} which {was} our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and {in} the bond of iniquity.

And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

For the time past of {our} life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

And the clean {person} shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

And of the rest of the oil that {is} in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

And these {are they which} ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they {are} an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel {are} more and mightier than we:

The way of man {is} froward and strange: but {as for} the pure, his work {is} right.

Though ye have lien among the pots, {yet shall ye be as} the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: {covetousness...: Gr. covetousnesses, wickednesses}

And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

And David my servant {shall be} king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me {is} thine help. {is...: Heb. in thy help}

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon {my} thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also {is} vanity.

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall {your} heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Unto you therefore which believe {he is} precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, {precious: or, an honour}

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.