The effects of grace.

der his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

23 Which is his body, a the fulness of him that filleth all in all. CHAP. II.

1 By comparing what we were by 3 nature, with what we are 5 by grace: 10 he declareth, that we are made for good works; and 13 being brought near by Christ, should not live as 11 Gentiles, and 12 foreigners in time past, but as 19 citizens with the saints, and the family of God.

AND you hath he quickened, 24. Col. 2. Col. 1.20,

13.

b who were dead in trespass-bver. es and sins;

4. 18.

21, 22.

5.ch.m Ro. 6. 6.

& 8.3. Col.

c 1Co.8.11.12 14. ch. 4. 22. Or, Col.1.21.& in himsel

19.

Zec. 9. 10. Ac. 2.39,& 10. 36. Ro. 5.1. ver.13,

2 c Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, 3.7. 1 Jo.5. n Is. 57.19. the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience : 3 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.

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

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ; ( by grace ye are saved;)

6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together min heavenly places, in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus.

8 For by grace are ye saved, P through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of

God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from a the Covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

13 d But now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

d ch. 6. 12. e ch. 5. 6. Col. 3. 6. fTit. 3. 3. 1 Pe. 4. 3.

g Ga. 5.16. + Gr. the wills. h Ps. 51. 5. Ro. 5. 12, 14.

14.

o Ps. 148. 14.

P John 10. 9. & 14. 6. Ro.5.2. ch. 3.12. He.4. 16.&10.19,

1.9.

Ps. 118.

22. Is. 28. 16. Mat.21. 42.

ch. 4. 15,

p Ro. 4. 16. Mat. 16. 17. John 6. 44, 65. Ro. 16. 10. 14, 15, a 1Co.3.17. 17.ch.1.10.& 6. 19, 2 Phi. 1. 29. Co. 6. 16.

r Ro. 3. 20. b1 Pe. 2.5. 27, 28. & 4. a Ac.21.33. 2.& 9.11.& & 25.17,20. 11. 6. 1 Co. ch.4.1.&6. 1 23,30, 31. 20. Phi. 1. 2 Ti. 1. 9.7, 13,14,16. Tit. 3. 5. Col.4.9,18. De. 32.6. 2 Ti, 1.8.& Ps. 100. 3. 2. 9. PhiIs. 19.25.&lem. 1. 9.

29.23.& 44. Ga. 5. 11. 21. John 3. Col. 1. 24. 3,5. 1Co.3. 2 Ti. 2. 10. 9.2 Co.5.5, e Ro.1.5.&

17.ch.4.24 |11.13.1Co. Tit. 2. 14. 4.1.ch.47. t ch. 1. 4.

Col. 1. 25.

Salvation of the Gentiles. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came n and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

18 For P through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone;

21 In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom ye also are builded together, for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

CHAP. III.

5 The hidden mystery, 6 that the Gentiles should be saved, 3 was made known to Paul by revelation: 8 and to him was that grace given, that 9 he should preach it. 13 He desireth them not to faint for his tribulation, 14 and prayeth 19 that they may perceive the great love of Christ toward them. OR this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God 2 which is given me to you-ward: 3 e How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words;

4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,

5 A Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

6 That the Gentiles m should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

7 p Whereof I was made a minister, 7 according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by

the effectual working of his power.

Exhortations to

8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, 3 which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 To the intent that now bunto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

12 In whom we have boldness

and access with confidence by

the faith of him.

EPHESIANS.

A. D. 64. A. D. G. s]Co.15.9. * 1Co 1.13.

1 Ti. 1. 13, & 8.6.& 12. 15. 5.2Co.11.4.

Ga. 1. 16.

Jude 9,

&2.8. 1 Ti. ver. 13.

2.7.2 Ti.1. k Ga. 3.27, 11. 28. He.6.6.

u ch. 1. 7. Mal.2.10.

Col. 1. 27. 1 Co.8.6.&

z ver.3.ch. 12. 6.

1. 9. m Ro. 11. y Ro.16.25. 36. ver.5. 1Co. n Ro. 12.3, 2. 7. Col. 1. 6. 1 Co. 12. 26. 11.

a Ps. 33. 6. o Ps.68.18. John 1. 3p Ju. 6. 12. Col. 1. 16. Col. 2. 15. He. 1. 2

Or, a

for

1 Pe. 3. 22. c1 Co. 2.7. 1 Ti. 3. 16. d ch. 1. 9.

14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, m to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in a the inner

man;

17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, P being rooted and grounded in love,

18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly "above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

CHAP. IV.

1 He exhorteth to unity, 7 and declareth that God therefore giveth divers 11 gifts unto men, that his church might be 13 edified, and 16 grown up in Christ. 18 He calleth them from the impurity of the Gentiles, 24 to put on the new man, 25 to cast off lying, and 23 corrupt communication.

13. & 6.33,

62.

Ac. 1. 9, 11. 1 Ti. 3. 16. He. 4.

Ro. 10. 3, Or, age. 11, 12. e Is. 28. 9.

s John 11C.11.20, 16.ch.1.23. f He.13.9. Col. 2.9,10. Mat. 11. Ro.16.25.7.

Jude 24. Ro. 16.18. u 1 Co.2.9. 2 Co. 2. 17. zver. 7. Zec.8.16. Col. 1. 29. 2 Co. 4. 2. ver. 25. 1 Ro.11.36. Jo. 3. 18. & 16. 27. He. 13. 21. being sinOr, a ch. 3. 1. cere. Philem. 1,

9.

Or, in the Lord.

ch. 1. 22. & 2. 21. 1 Col. 1, 18. m Col. 2

Col. 1. 10. n ch. 2.1,2, 1 Th. 2. 12. 3. ver. 22.

c Ac.20.19. Col. 3. 7. 1 Ga. 5. 22, Pe. 4. 3. 23. Col. 3. o Ro. 1.21. 12, 13. p Ac.26.18. d Col.3.14. 9 ch. 2. 12.

e Ro. 12. 5. Ga. 4. 8. 1 1€o.12.12, Th. 4. 5.

13.ch.2.16. Ro. 1.21.

9 Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.

11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, "evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

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

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, cand of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto da perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every

wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to de

17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that nye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

18 p Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

20 But ye have not so learned Christ;

21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning

f1 Co. 12. Or, hardness. s 1 Ti. 4. 2. t Ro. 1. 24, 26. 1 Pe. 4, 11.

4. 3. u ch. 1. 13.

ch. 1. 18.1. 1 Pe, 2, 1.

Col. 2. 11. & 3, 8, 9. He. 12

3. ver. 17. o ch. 2. 2. Col. 3. 7. 1 Pe. 4. 3. Ro. 6. 6. a Ro. 12.2. Col. 3. 10. b Ro. 6. 4.

tion.

31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and revil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

32 And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, " forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. CHAP. V.

2 After general exhortations, to love, 3 to fly fornication, 4 and all uncleanness, 7 not to converse with the wicked, 15 to walk warily, and to be 18 filled with the Spirit, 22 he descendeth to the particular duties, how wives ought to obey their husbands, 25 and husbands ought to love their wives, 32 even as Christ doth his church.

BE

Eye therefore followers of
God as dear children;

2 And walk in love, cas Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God d for a sweetsmelling savour.

3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, flet it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

5 For this ye know, that ino whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Or, unbelief, Col. 3. 6. p Is. 9. 2. Mat, 4, 16. Ac. 26. 18.

2 Co. 5. 17. Ro. 1. 21.

Ga. 6. 15. ch.2.11,12. ch. 6. 11. &41.Tit Col. 3. 10. 3.3. 1Pe.2. c ch. 2. 10. 9. I Or, holiness of truth. d Zec. 8.

9 John 8. 12. & 12.4, 6. 2 Co. 3. 18. & 4. 6.

16. ver. 15. 1 Th. 5. 5. Col. 3. 9.1 Jo. 2. 9.

e Ro. 12.5. r Lu. 16.8.

s Ga. 5.22.

f Ps. 4. 4. John12 36. & 37. 8. g 2Co.2.10, Ro. 12.2. 11. Ja. 4.7. Phi. 1. 10. Pe. 5. 9. 1 Th. 5.21. Ac.20.35.1 Ti. 2. 3. Th. 4.11. u 1 Co. 6.9, 11, 12. 2 Th. 3. 8, 11.&10.20. 2 Co. 6. 14. Or, to 2 Th. S. 6, distribute.14.

1

i Lu. 3. 11. Ro. 6.21.

ence.

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

8 p For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light; 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteous. ness, and truth ;)

10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

13 But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the fight for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and carise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

15 See then that ye walk cirMat. 12. & 13. 12. cumspectly, not as fools, but as

Ga. 6. 8.

y Le.19.17. 1 Ti. 5. 20.

36. ch. 5.4. Col. 3. 8. 1 Col. 4. 6. 1 Th.5.11. ≈ Ro. 1.24, Or, 26. ver. 3. to edify a John 3. profitably. 20, 21. He. m Col. 3. 4. 13.

16. n Is. 7. 13. & 63. 10. Ez. 16. 43. 1Th.5.19. o ch. 1. 13.

Or, discovered. Or, it. Is. 60. 1. Ro. 13. 11, 12. 1Co.15.

p Lu.21.28. 34. 1 Th.5. Ro. 8. 23. 6.

ch. 1. 14. c John 5. q Col. 3. 8, 25. Ro.6.4, 5. ch. 2. 5. Col. 3. 1.

19.

Tit. 3. 2. Ja. 4. 11. 1d Col. 4. 5. e Col. 4. 5. Pe. 2. 1. s Tit. 3. 3. Ga. 6. 10. t2Co.2.10. Ec. 11.2. Col. 3. 12, & 12. 1. John12.35. ch. 6. 15.

13.

u Mat. 6. 14 Ma. 11. 25.

a Mat. 5. 45, 48. Lu. 6.36. ch. 4.

32.

b John 13. 34. &15.12.

1 Th. 4. 9.

Col. 4. 5.

h Ro. 12. 2. i1 Th.4.3. & 5. 18.

Pr. 20. 1. & 23.29,30. Is. 5.11,22. Lu. 21. 34. Ac.16.25.

1 Jo. 3. 11, 1 Co.14.26.

23. & 4.21. Col. 3. 16. c Ga. 1. 4. Ja. 5. 13.

wise,

16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding i what the will of the Lord is.

18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

20 m Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the Saviour of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands u in every thing.

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and y gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water 4 by the word,

& 2.20, He. m Ps. 34.1. 7. 27, & 9. Is. 63. 7. 14,26.& 10. Col. 3. 17. 10,12, 1Jo. 1 Th.5.18. 3. 16. 2 Th. 1. 3. n He. 13. 15. I Pe. 2. 5. & 4. 11. o Phi. d Ge. 8.21. 2. 3. 1 Pe. 5. 5. p Ge. 3. 16. 1 Co. 14. 34. Col. 3. 18. Tit. 2. 5. 1 Pe. 3. 1. q ch. 6. 5. r 1 Co. 11. 3. s ch. 1. 22. & 4. 15. Col. 1. 18. ch. 1. 23. u Col. 3. 20, 22. Tit. 2. 9. Col. 3. 19. 1 Pe. 3. 7. y Ac. 20. 28. Ga. 1. 4. & 2. 20. ver. 2. John 3. 5. Tit. 3. 5. He. 10. 22. 1 Jo. 5. 6. a John 15. 3. & 17. 17. 2 Co. 11. 2. Col. 1. 22. o Cant. 4. 7.

27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, enot

Duties of parents, children, &c. having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

28 So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31f For this cause shall a man. leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33 Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself: and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

2 Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first commandment with promise,)

3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

6 h Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the rame shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that 1your Master also is in heaven; 190

b Ex.20.12. 1'Or, wick De. 5.16.& ed spirits. 27. 16. Je. Or, 35. 18. Ez. heavenly. 22. 7. Mal. as ch. 1 3. 1. 6. Mat. 2 Co. 10. 15.4.Ma.7. 4. ver. 11. 10. ch. 5. 16. Or, hav c Col.3.21. ing over d Ge.18.19. come all. De. 4.9. &y Is. 11. 5. 6. 7, 20. & Lu 12. 35. 11. 19. Ps. 1 Pe. 1. 13. 78.4.Pr.19. Is.59.17. 18. & 22.6. 2 Co. 6. 7. & 29. 17. I Th. 5. 8. e Col.3.22. a Is. 52. 7. 1 Ti. 6. 1. Ro. 10. 15. Tit. 2. 9. 1 1 Jo. 5.4. Is. 59.17. Pe. 2. 18.

f 2 Co. 7. 15. Phi. 2. 12.

g1 Ch. 29. 17. Col. 3. 22.

h Col.3.22, 23.

i Ro. 2. 6. 2 Co. 5. 10. Col. 3. 24.

k Ga. 3.28. Col. 3. 11. 1 Col. 4. 1. Or, moderating. m Le. 25. 43.

Some read, both your and

1 Th. 5, 8. d He. 4.12. Re. 1.16.& 2. 16. & 19. là.

e Lu. 18. 1. Ro. 12. 12. Col. 4. 2. 1 Th. 5. 17. f Mat. 26. 41. Ma. 13. 33. g ch. 1. 16. Phi. 1. 4. 1 Ti. 2. 1. h Ac. 4.29. Col. 4. 3. 2 Th. 3. 1. i2 Co.3.12. * 2Co.5.20.

1 Ac 26.29. & 28. 20. ch3.1.Phi. 1.7, 13, 14.

their Mas-2 Ti. 1. 16.

ter.

The Christian warfare.

• neither is there respect of persons with him.

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and pin the power of his might.

11 4 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

12 For we wrestle not against trflesh and blood, but against s principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the dark. ness of this world, against spir. itual wickedness in high places.

13 u Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, y having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness;

15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 e Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

19 h And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that Iinay open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 For which I am an ambassadorin bonds: that therein mI may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

22 p Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.

23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

Written from Rome unto the
Ephesians, by Tychicus.

& 2.9. Philem. 10. Or, in a chain. Or, thercof n John 13. m Ac. 28. 31. Phi. 1. 20. 1 Th. 2. 2. " Col. 4. 7. 13. 1 Co. 7. o Ac. 20. 4. 2 Ti. 4. 12. Tit. 3. 12. p Col. 4. 8. 91 Pe. 15. 14. Tit. 2. 7. Or, with incorruption.

22.

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CHAP. I.

8 He testifieth his thankfulness to God, and his love toward them, for the fruits of their faith, and fellowship in his sufferings, 9 daily praying to him for their increase in grace: 12 he sheweth what good the faith of Christ had received by his troubles at Rome, 21 and how ready he is to gloTify Christ either by his life or death, 27 exhorting them to unity, 28 and to fortitude in persecution.

PAUL and Timotheus, the ser

vants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints 4 in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons :

26 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 cl thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

54 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until Ep. 3. 1.

now;

6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun

&6.20. Col. 4.3,18.2Ti. 1.8.

i ver. 17.

y 2Co.1.11.

Ro. 8. 9. a Ro. 8.19.

b Ro. 5. 5.

c Ep. 6. 19, 20.

a good work in you, will per- ch. 4. 14. d 2 Co.5.8. form it funtil the day of Jesus Christ:

7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because | I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

8 For God is my record, mhow greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

9 And this I pray, "that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; Pthat ye may be sincere and without offence 9 till the day of Christ; 1 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;

13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

|| Or, partakers with me of grace.

e 2 Ti. 4.6.

I Ro.1.9.& 9.1. Ga. 1. 20.1 Th. 2. fch. 2.21.

5.

m ch.2.26.

& 4. 1. 1 Th. 3.

2Co.1.14.

12. Phi- & 5. 12. lem. 6. | Or,

sense.

@ Ro. 2.18. & 12.2. Ep.

5. 10. Or, try. Or, differ. p Ac.24.16. 1 Th. 3.13. & 5. 23. g1 Co.1.8.

4,

h Ep. 4. 1. Col. 1. 10.

1Th.212 & 4. 1.

i ch. 4. 1. k1Co.1.10.

7 Jude 3.

m 2Th.1.5.

John 15. n Ro. 8.17.

5. Ep. 2. 2 Ti. 2. 11. 10.Col.1.6. o Ac. 5.41. John 15. Ro. 5. 3. 8. Ep.1.12,

14.

Christ.

P Ep. 2. 8.

| Or, for 7 Col. 2. 1. tch. 4. 22.Ac.16.19, &c. 1Th.2. 2.

Or, Cesar's court.

Or, to all others.

19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

20 According to my a earnest expectation, and my hope, that bin nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, 80 now also, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

23 Ford I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

24 Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; 26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind Istriving together for the faith of the gospel;

28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, Pnot only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and row hear to be in me.

CHAP. II.

1 He exhorteth them to unity, and to all humbleness of mind, by the exam