False teachers, and their A. D. 66. John 21. 13 19. 71 Cor. 1. 17. 2.1.4. 2 Cor. 2. 17. & 4.2. II. PETER. put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my deccase to have these things always in remembrance. 16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and Matt.17.1,2 coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesscs of his majesty. Mark 9. 2. John 1. 11 1 John 1.1.& & 17. 5. Mark 1.11.& 9.7. 17 For he received from God the Matt. 3 17. Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory," This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in b the holy mount. Luke 3.22.& 9. 35. b See Ex. 3.5. Josh. 5. 15. Matt. 17. 6. e Pa. 119. 105. John 5. 35. 4 See 2 Cor.4. 4. 6. 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and d the daystar arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For f the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: 5 but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. CHAPTER II. 1 He foretelleth them of false teaorere, shewing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers: 7 from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom: 10 and more fully describeth the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers, whereby they may be the better known, and avoided. Deut. 13.1. Bamong the people, even as QUT there were false prophets b there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruc 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, "a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; Rev. 20. 2, 3. m Gen. 7. 1, 7, 23. Heb. 11. 7. 1Pet. 3.20. nl Pet. 3. 19. och, 3, 6. wicked principles, described. A. D. 66. and Gomorrah into ashes condemn6 And turning the cities of Sodom ed them with an overthrow, making Gen. 19. 24. them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: Deut. 29, 23. q Num. 26.10. r Gen. 19. 16. 158. Ea. 9. 4. P. 34. 17,19. 1 Cor. 10. 13. 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them. "in seeing and hearing, P. 119. 139, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds:) 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 10 But chiefly "them that walk after Jude 4, 7, 8, the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. sumptuous are they, selfwilled, they Pre-Or, li are not afraid to speak evil of digní-Jude 8. ties. 11 Whereas yangels, which arey Jude 9. greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. 10, 16. dominion. some read, against themselves. Jude 10. Phil. 3. 19. b See Rom. 13. 12 But thesc, as natural brute beasts made to be taken and de- Jer. 12, 3. stroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure b to riot in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while d they feast with you; 14 Having cyes full of fadultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices: cursed children: 13. Jude 12. 41 Cor. 11.20, 21. + Gr. an adulteress. . Jude 11. 17 These are wells without water, Jude 12, 13. clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 18 For when they speak great bJude 16. swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that i were clean escaped from them who live in error. 19 While they promise them k liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. Of Christ's second coming. A. D. 66. PLuke 12. 47. John 9. 41. & 48. 15. 22. II. PETER. 21 For Pit had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. The day of the Lord described. this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and la thousand years as one day. 9 in The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but "is longsuffering to 22 But it is happened unto them ac-us-ward, not willing that any Prov. 28. 11. cording to the true proverb, 4 The should perish, but Pthat all should dog is turned to his own vomit again; come to repentance. and, The sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. a ch. 1. 13. b Judo 17. al Tim. 4. 1. 2 Tim. 3. 1. Judo 18. d ch. 2. 10. Is. 5. 19. Jer. 17. 15. Es. 12. 22, 27. Matt. 24. 48. Luke 12. 45. CHAPTER III. 1 He assureth them of the certainty of Christ's coming to judgment, against those scorners who dispute against it: 8 warning the godly, for the long patience of God, to hasten their repentance. 10 He describeth also the manner how the world shall be destroyed: 11 exhorting them, from the expectation thereof, to all holiness of life: 15 and again, to think the patience of God to tend to their salvation, as Paul wrote to them in his epistles. HIS second epistle, beloved, I which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, band of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, d walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignof Gen. 1. 6, 9. rant of, that fby the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth 5 standing out of the water and in the water: P. 33. 6. Heb. 11. 3. ↑ Gr. consisting. Ps. 24. 2, & 136, 6. Col. 1. 17. h Gen. 7. 11, 21, 22, 23. ch. 2. 5. i ver. 10. k Matt. 25.41. 2 Thess. 1. 8. 6 h Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But i the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of 10 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. shall be dissolved, what manner of 11 Seeing then that all these things persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, A. D. 66. 1 Ps. 90. 4. m Hab. 2 3. Heb. 10, 37. n Is. 30. 18. 1 Pet, 3. 20. ver. 15. • Es. 18.23,32. & 33. 11. p Rom. 2. 4. 1 Tim. 2.4. q Matt. 24.43. Luke 12. 39. 1 Thess, 5. 2. Rev. 3. 3. & 16. 15. rPa. 102. 26. Is. 61. 6. Matt. 24. 35. Mark 13. 31. Rom. 8. 12. Heb. 1. 11. Rev. 20. 11. & 21. 1. 12 t Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, where- 1 Pet. 1. 15. in the heavens being on fire shall " be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? to his promise, look for Y new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth rightcousness. t1 Cor. 1. 7. Tit. 2. 13. Or, hasting the coming. P. 50. 3. Is. 34. 4. x Mic. 1. 4. ver. 10. 66. 22. Rev. 21.1,27. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that y la. 65. 17. & ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blame-1 Cor. 1.8. & less. 15. 58. a Rom. 2. 4. 1 Pet. 3. 20. ver. 9. 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 16 As also in all his epistles, bspeak-u Rom. 8. 19. ing in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, unto their own destruction. 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, d beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. 1 Cor. 15. 24. 1 Thess. 4.15. e Mark 13.23. ch. 1. 12 Eph. 4. 14. ch. 1, 10, 11 & 2. 18. Eph. 4. 15 1 Pet. 2.2. 12 Tim. 4. I& Rev. 1.6. After A. D. 90. a John 1. 1. eh. 2. 13. b John 1. 14. d John 1.4.& Rom. 16.2. 1 Tim. 3. 16. h John 1. 1,2 THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF JOHN. CHAPTER I. a THAT which was from the be- 2 (For d the life was manifested, 8 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly kour fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things write we unto 1 John 15. 11. you, I that your joy may be full. & 16. 24. 2 John 12. P1 Cor. 6. 11. ql Kin. 8. 46. a Rom. 8. 34. 1 Tim. 2. 5. Heb. 7. 25. & 9. 24. 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that " God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and Pthe blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. г 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unright eousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. CHAPTER II. 1 He comforteth them against the sins of Y little children, these things 4. 42. & 11. deh. 1.6. & 4. 20. 4 d He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But fwhoso keepeth his word, inch. 1. 8. him verily is the love of God perfected hereby know we that we are in him. 6 He that saith he abideth in him kought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto reb. 1. 1. you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. 14 I have written unto you, fathers, from the beginning. I have written because ye have known him that is unto you, young men, because ye Eph. 6. 10. are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. "If any man love the world, the love of Mite that ye sin the Father is not in not. And if any man sin, we have 16 For all that is in the world, the Rom. 12. 2. Gal. 1. 10. James 1. 10. & 4. 14. 1 Pet. 1. 24. d John 21. 5. ⚫ Heb. 1. 2. &c. 2 Pet. 2 1. g Matt. 24. 5, 21. ever. 18 d Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that f2 Thess. 23, fantichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know h that it is the last time. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for k if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went i Deut. 13. 13. Out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 20 But mye have an unction " from Matt. 21.21. the Holy One, and ye know all things. 2 John 7. hl Tim, 4 1. 2 Tim. 3. 1. Pa. 41. 9. Acts 20. 30. John 6.37. & 10. 28, 29. 2 Tim. 2. 19. 11 Cor. 11. 19. 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but m2 Cor. 1. 21. because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Heb. 1.9. Ter. 27. n Mark 1. 24. Acts 3, 11. o John 10. 4. 5 & 14.28. & 16, 13. ver, 27. pch. 4. 3. 2 John 7. 9 John 15. 23. 2 John 9. John 14.7,9, 10. ch. 4. 15. ■2 John 6. t John 14. 23. ch. 1. 3. u John 17. 3. 22 P Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 9 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] The that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, tye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25 "And this is the promise that he ch. 1. 2. & 5. hath promised us, even eternal life. 26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. 11. Ioh. 3. 7. 2 John 7. J ver. 20. Jer. 31.33,34. Heb.8. 10,11. John 14.23. & 16. 13. ver. 20, Or, it. bch. 3. 2. cch. 4. 17. 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. с 28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, b when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 29 d If ye know that he is righteous, Or, know yeye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. d Acts 22. 14. ch. 3. 7, 10. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, "neither herch. 5. 18. that loveth not his brother. 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 14 b We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love John 15. 18. the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 d Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, h how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, ilet us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 201 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 22. ch. 4. 20. . Gal. 5. 21. Rev. 21. 8. fJohn 3.16.& 15. 13. Rom: 5. 8. Eph. 5.2, 25. ch. 4. 9. 11. g Dent, 15.7. Luke 3. 11. heh. 4. 20. i Es. 33. 31. Rom. 12.9. Eph. 4. 15. James 2. 15. 16, 1 Pet. 1. 22. k John 18.37. ch. + Gr. persuade. 11 Cor. 4.4. m Job 22, 25. n Heb. 10, 22. eb. 2. 28. & 4 17. 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those P. 34. 15. things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 145, 18. 19. Prov. 15 29, Jer. 29. 12. Matt 7.8. & 21. 22. Mark 11. 24 John 14. 13. &15. 7. & 16. 23, 24. James 5. 16. eh. 5. 14. John 8. 29. &9. 31. John 6.29. 17. 3. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments "dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. r Mats: 22. 39. John 13. 34. & 15. 12. Eph. 5.2. 1 Thess. 4. 9. 1 Pet. 4. 8. ver. 11. ch. 4. 21. ch. 2. 8. 10. John 1 23. & 15. 10. ch. 4. 12. u John 17. 21, &c. x Rom. 8. 9. eh. 4. 13. a Jer. 29. 8. Matt. 21. 4. b1 Cor. 14.29. 1 Them. 5.21. Rev. 2. 2. •Matt. 24.5, 24. Acts 20, 30. d1 Cor. 12, 3. eh. 2. 18, 22. geh. 5. 4. John 12 31. & 14.30.& 16. 11. 1 Cor. 2. 12. Eph. 2. 2. & 6. 12. 1 John 3. 31. k John 15. 19. & 17. 14. 1 John 8. 47. & 10. 27. 1 Cor. 14. 37. 2 Cor. 10. 7. m Is. 8. 20. John 14. 17. n eb. 3. 10,11, 23. CHAPTER IV. 1 He warneth them not to believe all teachers, who boast of the Spirit, but to try them by the rules of the catholic faith: 7 and by many reasons exhorteth to brotherly love. BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but btry the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that heard that it should come; and feven spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have now already is it in the world. 45 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than bhe that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we in the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. 7" Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God: and every one och. 2.4.& 3. that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. p ver. 16. q John 3. 16. Rom. 5. 8. & 8.32. ch, 3. 16. z ch. 6. 11. John 15. 16. Rom. 5 8,10. Tit. 3. 4. tch. 2. 2. u Matt. 18.33. John 15. 12, 13. CH. 3. 10. x John 1. 18. 1 Tim. 6. 16. ver. 20. 7 ch. 2. 5. John 14. 20. 8 He that loveth not, "knoweth not God; for P God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the World, that we might live through him. r 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitia tion for our sins. 11 Beloved, "if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 Hereby know we that we dwell Exhortation to brotherly love. in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. After A. D. 10. 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be John 1. 14. the Saviour of the world. cb. 1. 1. 2. b John 3. 17. 15 Whosoever shall confess that Rom. 10. 9. Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. d God is love: and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 17 Herein is four love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19 We love him, because he first loved us. el. 5. 1, 5. 1 He that loveth God loveth his children, and keepeth his commandments: 3 which to the faithful are light, and not grievous. 9 Jesus is the Son of God, able to save us, 14 and to hear our prayers, which we make for ourselves, and for others. WJesus is the Christ is born WHOSOEVER believeth that of God: dand every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments and this commandments are not griev ous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 Matt, 22. 37, 39. John 13. 34. beh. 2. 22, 28. John 1. 12. & 4. 2, 15. John 1. 13. d John 15, 23. John 14. 15. 21. 23. & 15. 10. 2 John 6. f Mic. 6. 8. Matt. 11. 30. John 16. 33. ch.3.9.& 4.4. h1 Cor. 15.57. ch. 4. 15. John 19. 34. 6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. kAnd it is the Spirit that beareth John 14.17. witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the 1John 1. 1. Word, and the Holy Ghost: mand these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 9 If we receive " the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: "for & 15. 26. & 16. 13. 1 Tim. 8. 16. Rev. 19. 13. m John 10.30. n John 8. 17, 18. o Matt. 3. 16, 17. & 17. 5. |