REVELATION CHAPTER V.

[ 1 The book sealed with seven seals, which no man is worthy to open: 6 The 
Lamb openeth the book: the beasts and elders praise him.]

AND I saw in the right hand of him that sat on 
the throne a book written within and on the 
backside, sealed with seven seals. 
2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a 
loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to 
loose the seals thereof?
3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither 
under the earth, was able to open the book, neither 
to look thereon. 
4 And I wept much, because no man was found 
worthy to open, and to read the book, neither to 
look thereon. 
5 And one of the elders saith unto me. Weep
not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the 
Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, 
and to loose the seven seals thereof. 
6 And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, 
and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the 
elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having 
seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven 
Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 
7 And he came and took the book out of the 
right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 
8 And when he had taken the book, the four
beasts, and four and twenty elders fell down before 
the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and 
golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers
of saints.
9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art 
worthy to take the book, and to open the seals
thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed 
us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and 
tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And hast made us unto our God kings and 
priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 
11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many 
angels round about the throne, and the beasts, and 
the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand 
times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 
12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the 
Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, 
and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, 
and blessing. 
13 And every creature which is in heaven, and
on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are 
in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, 
Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto the 
Lamb for ever and ever. 
14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the 
four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped 
him that liveth for ever and ever. 

REVELATIONS CHAPTER IV.

[1 John seeth the throne of God in heaven. 4 The four and twenty elders. 
6 The four beasts full of eyes before and behind...]

AFTER this I looked, and behold, a door was
opened in heaven: and the first voice which I 
heard, was as it were a trumpet talking with me;
which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee
things which must be hereafter.
2 And immediately I was in the Spirit: and behold,
a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the 
throne.
3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper
and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round 
about the throne in sight like unto an emerald. 
4 And round about the throne were four and 
twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw four and 
twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; 
and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 
5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings, 
and thunderings, and voices. And there were seven 
lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are 
the seven Spirits of God.
6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass
like unto crystal: And in the midst of the throne, 
and round about the throne, were four beasts full of 
eyes before and behind. 
7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the 
second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a 
face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying 
eagle. 
8 And the four beasts had each of them six 
wings about him; and they were full of eyes within:
and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy,
holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and 
is, and is to come. 
9 And when those beasts give glory, and honor, 
and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth 
for ever and ever, 
10 The four and twenty elders fall down before 
him that sat on the throne, and worship him that 
liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns
before the throne saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and 
honour, and power: for thou hast created all things, 
and for thy pleasure they are and were created. 

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REVELATION, CHAPTER III.

[1 What John was commanded to write to the angels of the churches of Sardis,
7 Philadelphia, 14 and Laodicea.]

AND unto the angel of the church in Sardis
write; These things saith he that hath the 
seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know 
thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, 
and art dead. 
2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which 
remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found
thy works perfect before God.
3 Remember therefore how thou hast received 
and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore
thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief,
and thou shalt not know what hour I will come 
upon thee. 
4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which 
have not defiled their garments; and they shall
walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed
in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name 
out of the book of life, but I will confess his name
before my Father, and before his angels. 
6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches.
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia
write; These things saith he that is holy, he that 
is true, he that hath the key of David, he that 
openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and 
no man openeth:
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before 
thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou
hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and 
hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of 
Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do 
lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship
before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience,
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation,
which shall come upon all the world, to try
them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which 
thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 
12 Him that overcometh, will I make a pillar in 
the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out:
and I will write upon him the name of my God, and 
the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, 
which cometh down out of heaven from my 
God: and I will write upon him my new name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches.
14 And unto the angel of the church of the 
Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen,
the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the 
creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold 
nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither 
cold nor hot, I will spur thee out of my mouth:
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased 
with goods, and have need of nothing; and knows 
not that thou are wretched, and miserable, and poor, 
and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the 
fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, 
that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of 
thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes 
with eye-salve, that thou mayest see. 
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be 
zealous therefore, and repent. 
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come
in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit 
with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and 
am set down with my Father in his throne. 
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches. 

REVELATION CHAPTER II.

[1 What John was commanded to write to the angels of the churches of Ephesus
8 Smyrna, 12 Pergamos, 18 and Thyatira.]

UNTO the angel of the church of Ephesus write:
These things saith he that holdeth the seven 
stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst
of the seven golden candlesticks;
2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy 
patience, and how thou canst not bear them which 
are evil; and thou hast tried them which say they 
are apostles, and are not; and hast found them liars:
3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my 
name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because
thou hast left thy first love.
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art 
fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else 
I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy 
candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds 
of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
spirit saith unto the churches; To him that over-
cometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which 
is in the midst of the paradise of God. 
8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna 
write; These things saith the first and the last, 
which was dead, and is alive; 
9 I know thy works, and tribulations, and poverty, 
(But thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy
of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but 
are the synagogue of Satan.
10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt
suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into 
prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have 
tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and 
I will give thee a crown of life. 
11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh
shall not be hurt of the second death.
12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos 
write; These things saith he which hath the sharp
sword with two edges;
13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest,
even  where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast 
my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in 
those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr,
who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
14 But I have a few things against thee, because 
thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, 
who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block
before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed 
unto idols, and to commit fornication. 
15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine 
of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. 
16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, 
and will fight against them with the sword of my 
mouth. 
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches: To him that overcometh
will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and 
will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new 
name written, which no man knoweth, saving he 
that receiveth it. 
18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira
write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath 
his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are
like fine brass; 
19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, 
and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the 
last to be more than the first:
20 Notwithstanding, I have a few things against 
thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel,
which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to 
seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to 
eat things sacrificed unto idols. 
21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication,
and she repented not. 
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them 
that commit adultery with her into great tribulations,
except they repent of their deeds.
23 And I will kill her children with death; and
all the churches shall know that I am he which 
searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto 
every one of you according to your works. 
24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira,
as many as have not this doctrine, and which
have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak;
I will put upon you none other burden:
25 But that which ye have already, hold fast till
I come. 
26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my 
works unto the end, to him will I give power over 
the nations. 
27 (And he shall rule them with a rod of iron;
as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to 
shivers:) even as I received of my Father.
28 And I will give him the morning-star.
29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the 
Spirit saith unto the churches. 

The REVELATION of ST. JOHN the Divine CHAPTER I.

[4 John's salutation to the seven churches. 7 The coming of Christ; 14 his 
glorious power and majesty.]

THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave
unto him, to shew unto his servants things 
which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and 
signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the 
testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear 
the words of this prophecy, and keep those things 
which are written therein: for the time is at hand. 
4 JOHN to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which 
is, and which was, and which is to come; and from 
the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Witness,
and the First-begotten of the dead, and the 
Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved
us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood. 
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God
and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for 
ever and ever. Amen.
7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye 
shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and 
all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. 
Even so, Amen.
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the 
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and 
which is to come, the Almighty.
9 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. 
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and 
heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and 
the last: and, What thou seest write in a book, and 
send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; 
unto Ephesus and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamon, 
and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto 
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12 And I turned to see the voice that spake
with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden 
candlesticks; 
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks
one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment
down to the foot, and girt about the paps with 
a golden girdle. 
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool,
as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of 
fire;
15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they 
burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of 
many waters.
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars:
and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged 
sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth
in his strength.
17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead
And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto 
me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold,
I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the 
keys of hell and of death.
19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and 
the things which are, and the things which shall be
hereafter;
20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou
sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks.
The seven stars are the angels of the the seven 
churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou 
sawest are the seven churches. 

The General Epistle of JUDE

[1 Jude exhorteth Christians to constancy in the received faith; 4 he foretelleth
the punishment of certain false teachers.]

JUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother 
of James, to them that are sanctified by God the 
Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write 
unto you of the common salvation, it was needful
for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye
should earnestly contend for the faith which was 
once delivered unto the saints.
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares,
who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, 
ungodly men, turning the grace of our God
into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord
God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, 
though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, 
having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6 And the angels which kept not their first 
estate, but left their own habitation, he hath 
reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto 
the judgment of the great day. 
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities 
about them in like manner, giving themselves over 
to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set 
forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of 
eternal fire. 
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the
flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending 
with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses,
durst not bring against him a railing accusation,
but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which 
they know not: but what they know naturally, as 
brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Wo unto them! for they have gone in the
way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of
Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying
of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity,
when they feast with you, feeding themselves without
fear: clouds they are without water, carried 
about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without
fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their 
own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved 
the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam,
prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh 
with ten thousand of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince 
all that are ungodly among them of their ungodly
deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of 
all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have 
spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking 
after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh
great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration
because of advantage.
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which
were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord
Jesus Christ:
18 How that they told you there should be 
mockers in the last time, who should walk after 
their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, 
having not the Spirit. 
20 But ye beloved, building up yourselves on 
your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for 
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a 
difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of 
the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from 
falling, and to present you faultless before the 
presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and 
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. 

The Third Epistle of JOHN

[1 He commendeth Gaius for his piety. 5 and hospitality to true preachers:
9 he censureth Diotrephes, and threateneth him for his ambitious opposition,
11 whose evil example is not to be followed]

THE elder unto the well-beloved Gaius, whom 
I love in the truth. 
2 Beloved , I wish above all thing that thou
mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul
prospereth. 
3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren
came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even 
as thou walkest in the truth. 
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my
children walk in truth.
5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou 
doest to the brethren, and to strangers; 
6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before 
the church: whom if thou bring forward on their 
journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
7 Because that for his name's sake they went 
forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. 
8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we 
might be fellow-helpers to the truth. 
9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth 
to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not. 
10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds
which he doeth, prating against us with malicious
words: and not content therewith, neither doth he
himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them 
that would, and casteth them out of the church. 
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but 
that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: 
but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of 
the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and 
ye know that our record is true.
13 I had many things to write, but I will not 
with ink and pen write unto thee:
14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we 
shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our
friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. 

The Second epistle of JOHN

[1 He testifieth his regard for a certain pious matron and her children; 5 He exhorteth 
them to persevere in Christian love and belief, that they lose not 
their full reward; 10 and to have nothing to do with seducers.]

THE elder unto the elect lady, and her children,
whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but
also all they that have known the truth;
2 For the truth's sake which dwelleth in us, and 
shall be with us for ever. 
3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace from 
God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ,
the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 
4 I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy children
walking in truth, as we have received a commandment 
from the Father. 
5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though
I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that
which we had from the beginning, that we love 
one another. 
6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments.
This is the commandment, That, as 
ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk 
in it. 
7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, 
who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the 
flesh. This is a deceiver, and an antichrist. 
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those
things which we have wrought, but that we 
receive a full reward.
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in 
the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that
abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the 
Father and the Son. 
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not
this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither
bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker 
of his evil deeds. 
12 Having many things to write unto you, I 
would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to
come unto you, and speak face to face, that our 
joy may be full. 
13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. 

I JOHN CHAPTER V.

[He that loveth God loveth his children, and keepeth his commandments. 
4 True faith will overcome the world. 11 Believers have eternal life through 
Christ; 18 they are distinguished from the world by abstaining from sin,
and by a right knowledge of God.]

WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the 
Christ, is born of God: and 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 his commandments are not grievous. 
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?
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even
Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and 
blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, 
because the Spirit is truth.
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, 
the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and 
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 this is the witness of God 
which he hath testified of his Son.
10 He that believeth on the son of God hath the 
witness in himself: he that believeth not God, hath 
made him a liar, because he believeth not the record 
that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God hath given
to us eternal life: and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son, hath life; and he that 
hath not the Son of God, hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that
believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye
may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye
may believe on the name of the Son of God.
14 And this is the confidence that we have in 
him, that if we ask anything according to his will,
he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever 
we ask, we know that even we have the petitions that 
we desired of him. 
16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is
not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him 
life for them that sin not unto death. There is a 
sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray
for it. 
17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin 
not unto death.
18 We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth
not; but he that is begotten of God, kept 
himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
19 And we know that we are of God, and the 
whole world lieth in wickedness.
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, 
and hath given us an understanding, that we may
know him that is true; and we are in him that is 
true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true 
God, and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. 
Amen. 

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I JOHN 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 try 
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 spirit of antichrist, whereof ye
have heard that it should come; and even now
already is it in the world. 
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome
them: because greater is he that is in you, 
than he 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 the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is 
of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, 
and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for 
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.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but 
that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation
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 dewelleth in us, and his love
is perfected in us. 
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and 
he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify, that the 
Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that 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. God is love: and he that 
dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our 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. 
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his 
brother, he is a liar. For he that loveth not his 
brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God,
whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, 
That he who loveth God, love his brother also. 

Wise Owl Lady and Baby Owl 'Nurturing in the Sunflowers'

Mama Owl is Sending Love and Light to the World. May God Keep You, Guide You, and Strengthen You. -Wise Owl Lady

I JOHN CHAPTER III

[1 He declareth the singular love of God toward us in making us his sons; 
3 we therefore ought obediently to keep his commandments...]

BEHOLD what manner of love the Father hath
bestowed upon us, that we should be called 
the sons of God! therefore the world knoweth us 
not, because it knew him not. 
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it 
doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know 
that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; 
for we shall see him as he is. 
3 And every man that hath this hope in him 
purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also 
the law; for sin is the transgression of the law. 
5 And ye know that he was manifested to 
take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever
sinneth hath not seen him, neither known 
him. 
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he 
that doth righteousness is righteous, even as he is 
righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for 
the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this 
purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he 
might destroy the works of the devil. 
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit
sin; for his seed remaineth in him; and he cannot 
sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifested, and 
the children of the devil: whosoever doth not 
righteousness of God, neither he 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 We know that we have passed from death 
unto life, because we love the brethren. He that 
loveth not his brother, abideth in death. 
15 Whosover 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, how dwelleth the love of 
God in him? 
18 My little children, let 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. 
20 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 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, 
because we keep his commandments, and do those 
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.
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. 

I JOHN CHAPTER II

[1 Christ our advocate and propitiation. 3 To know God aright is to keep
his commandments, and love our brethren. 18 To beware of seducers.]

MY little children, these things write I unto you,
that ye sin not. And if any man sin we 
have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the 
righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and 
not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole 
world. 
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if 
we keep his commandments. 
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not
his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not 
in him. 
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is
the love of God perfected: hereby know we that 
we are in him. 
6 He that said he abideth in him, ought 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.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, 
which thing is true in him and in you: because the
darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth 
his brother, is in darkness even until now. 
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light,
and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, 
and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither 
he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his 
eyes. 
12 I write unto you, little children, because your 
sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have 
known him that is from the beginning. I write
unto 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, because ye have 
known him that is from the beginning. I have 
written unto you, young men, because ye 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 the Father is not in him. 
16 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. 
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust
thereof: but he that doth the will of God abideth 
for ever. 
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as
ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even 
now are there many antichrists; whereby we know 
that it is the last time. 
19 They went out from us, but they were not of 
us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt
have continued with us: but they went out, that they
might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy 
One and ye know all things
21 I have not written unto you because ye know 
not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no 
lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus
is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the 
Father and the Son. 
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath
not the Father: [but he 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, ye
also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he hath promised
us, even eternal life. 
26 These things have I written unto you concerning
them that seduce you.
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 all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and 
even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that
when he shall appear, we may have confidence,
and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 
29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know 
that every one that doth righteousness is born of 
him. 

THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF JOHN CHAPTER I.

[1 He declareth what he had seen and known of the Word of life. 5 The necessity of holiness, in order to fellowship with God. 

THAT which was from the beginning, which
we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, 
which we have looked upon, and our hands have 
handled, of the Word of life; 
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have
seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that
eternal life which was with the Father, and was 
manifested unto us;) 
3 That which we have seen and heard declare
we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with 
us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, 
and with his Son Jesus Christ. 
4 And these things write we unto you, that your 
joy may be full. 
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 the 
blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanest us from all 
sin. 
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 
unrighteousness. 
10 If we say we have not sinned, we make 
him a liar, and his word is not in us. 

II Peter Chapter III

[1 The certainty of Christ's coming to judgment. 11 An exhortation to godliness]

THIS second epistle, beloved, I now write unto 
you; in both which I stir up your pure minds 
by way of remembrance:
2 That ye may be mindful of the word which 
were spoken before by the holy prophets and 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, 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 ignorant of, that by 
the word of God the heavens were of old, and the 
earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed
with water, perished:
7 But 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 this one thing, 
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, 
and a thousand years as one day. 
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, 
as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering 
to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but 
that all should come to repentance. 
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. 
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, 
what manner of persons ought ye to be in 
all holy conversation and godliness, 
12 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?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, 
look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein
dwelleth righteousness. 
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for 
such things, be diligent that ye may be found of 
him in peace, without spot, and blameless. 
15 And account that the long-suffering 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, speaking 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, 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. 

II Peter Chapter II

[He foretelleth them of false teachers, shewing the impiety and punishment of them and their followers...]

BUT there were false prophets among the 
people, even as 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 destruction. 
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by 
reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 
3 And through covetousness shall they with 
feigned words make merchandise of you: whose 
judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and 
their damnation slumbereth not. 
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, 
but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
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;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah 
into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, 
making them an ensemble unto those that after 
should live ungodly;
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy
conversation of the wicked:
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them,
in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul
from day to day with their unlawful deeds;
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly
out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto 
the day of judgment to be punished:
10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in 
the lust of uncleanness, and despise government.
Presumptuous are they, self-willed; they are not 
afraid to speak evil of dignities.
11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power
and might, bring not railing accusation against them 
before the Lord. 
12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to 
be taken and destroyed, 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 to riot in the day-time.
 Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves
with their own deceivings while they feast with you, 
14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot
cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls; an 
heart they have exercised with covetous practices;
cursed children:
15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are 
gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son 
of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb 
ass, speaking with man's voice, forbade the madness 
of the prophet.
17 These are wells without water, clouds that 
are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of 
darkness is reserved for ever.
18 For when they speak great swelling words of 
vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, 
through much wantonness, those that were clean 
escaped from them who live in error. 
19 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.
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions 
of the world through the knowledge of the 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled 
therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse 
with them than the beginning.
21 For it 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. 
22 But it is happened unto them according to the 
true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit 
again; and, The sow that was washed, to her 
wallowing in the mire. 

THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PETER CHAPTER I.

[Peter, saluting the Christians, admonisheth them of the gifts and promises of the gospel, &c.]

SIMON Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus
Christ, to them that have obtained like precious
faith with us through the righteousness of
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through 
the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath given unto 
us all thing that pertain unto life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him that hath called us 
to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great 
and precious promises; that by these ye might be
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the 
corruption that is in the world through lust. 
5 And besides this, giving all diligence, add to 
your faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
6 And to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance,
patience; and to patience, godliness;
7 And to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to 
brotherly kindness, charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they 
make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful
in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and 
cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was 
purged from his old sins. 
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence 
to make your calling and election sure: for if ye 
do these things, ye shall never fall: 
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto 
you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our 
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 
12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you 
always in remembrance of these things, though ye 
know them, and be established in the present truth. 
13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this 
tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in
remembrance;
14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my
tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath 
showed me. 
15 Moreover, I will endeavour that ye may be
able, after my disease, 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 coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses 
of his majesty. 
17 For he received from God the Father honor
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 the holy mount. 
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 the day-star arise in your hearts:
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the 
scripture is of any private interpretation. 
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by 
the will of man: but holy men of God spake as
they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 

I PETER CHAPTER V.

[1 The elders exhorteth to feed the flock of Christ; 5 the younger to obey the elder; 8 and 
all to be sober, watchful, and steadfast in the faith, resisting the devil...]

THE elders which are among you I exhort, who 
am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings 
of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that 
shall be revealed
2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, 
taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but 
willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage,
but being ensamples to the flock.
4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye
shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the 
elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another,
and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the 
proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty 
hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary 
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking 
whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing 
that the same afflictions are accomplished in your 
brethren that are in the world. 
10 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.
11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and 
ever. Amen. 
12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I 
suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying
that this is the true Grace of God wherein ye stand
13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together 
with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity.
Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

I PETER CHAPTER IV.

[1 He exhorteth them to cease from sin by the example of Christ. 7 By the approaching end of all
things he exhorteth them to sobriety, charity, &c.]

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;
2 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. 
3 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:
4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with 
them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to 
judge the quick and the dead. 
6 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.
7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye 
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 
8 And above all things have fervent charity 
among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude 
of sins. 
9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
10 As every man hath received the gift, even so 
minister the same one to another, as good stewards
of the manifold grace of God.
11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles 
of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the 
ability which God giveth: that God in all things 
may be glorified through Jesus Christ; to whom 
be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 
12 Beloved, think it not strange, concerning the
fiery trial which is to try you as though some 
strange thing happened unto you;
13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of 
Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be 
revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 
14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ,
happy are ye; for the Spirit of glory and of God 
resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken 
of, but on your part he is glorified. 
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or 
as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a busybody in 
the men's matters.
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not 
be ashamed; but let him glorify God on his behalf.
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at 
the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall 
the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where
shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore, let them that suffer according to 
the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls
to him in well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 

I PETER CHAPTER III.

[1 He teacheth the duty of wives and husbands, 8 exhorting all men to unity and love, 14 and to suffer boldly for righteousness sake.] 

LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your 
own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, 
they also may be without the word be won by the 
conversation of the wives;
2 While they behold your chaste conversation
coupled with fear. 
3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward 
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, 
or of putting on of apparel; 
4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that 
which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and 
quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 
5 For after this manner in the old time the holy 
women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves,
being in subjection unto their own husbands:
6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him 
lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do 
well, and are not afraid with any amazement. 
7 Likewise ye husbands, dwell with them according 
to knowledge, giving hour unto the wife, as 
unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of 
the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. 
8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion 
one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, 
be courteous:
9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for 
railing: but contrawise, blessing; knowing that ye are 
thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 
10 For he that will love life, and see good days, 
let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips 
that they speak no guile: 
11 Let him eschew evil and do good: let him
seek peace, and ensue it. 
12 For the eyes of the Lord are open unto their prayers: but 
the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 
13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be 
followers of that which is good? 
14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, 
happy are ye; and be not afraid of their terror, 
neither be troubled;
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts:
and be ready always to give an answer to every 
man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is 
in you, with meekness and fear. 
16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas 
they speak evil of you, as of evil-doers, they may be 
ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation 
in Christ.
17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that 
ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing. 
18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, being 
just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being
put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
19 By which also he went and preached unto 
the spirits in prison; 
20 Which sometimes were disobedient, when once 
the long-suffering of God waited in the days of 
Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, 
that is, eight souls, were saved by water. 
21 The like figure whereunto, even baptism, doth
also now save us, (not the putting away of the filth
of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience 
toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 
hand of God; angels, and authorities, and powers 
being made subject unto him.  

PETER CHAPTER II.

[1 He inciteth them against uncharitableness; 4 he sheweth their privileges 
through Christ the chief corner-stone: 11 he beseecheth them to abstain from
fleshly lusts...]

WHEREFORE, laying aside all malice, and 
all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all 
evil-speakings,
2 As new-born babies, desire the sincere milk
of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
4 To whom coming as unto a living stone, disallowed
indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious.
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual 
house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual
sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold,
I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious:
and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
7 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. 
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense,
even to them which stumble at the word, being 
disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, 
an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye 
should shew forth the praises of him who hath 
called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are
now the people of God: which had not obtained 
mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers
and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war 
against the soul;
12 Having your conversation honest among the 
Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as 
evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they 
shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for 
the Lords sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent 
by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for 
the praise of them that do well. 
15 For so is the will of God, that with well-doing
ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16 As free, and not using your liberty for a 
cloak of maliciousness, but as servants of God. 
17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood.
Fear God. Honor the king.
18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all 
fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to 
the froward.
19 For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience 
toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted
for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, 
when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, 
this is acceptable with God. 
21 For even hereunto were ye called: because 
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, 
the ye should follow his steps:
22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in 
his mouth:
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again;
when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed 
himself to him that judgeth righteously:
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body
on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live 
unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 
25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now 
returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 

Introduction to Wise Owl Lady's Mind, Heart, and Body Journey

The First Epistle General of Peter Chapter I

[ 1 The apostle's address; 3 He blesseth God for their hope of a blessed immortality: 10 salvation in Christ foretold by the prophets of old, &c.] 

PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the 
strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God
the Father, through sanctifications of the Spirit, unto 
obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus 
Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant
mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope 
by resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, 
and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a 
season (if need be) ye are in heaviness through 
manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more 
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be
tried with fire, might be found unto praise, and honor,
and glory, at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, 
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice
with joy unspeakable, and full of glory:
9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the 
salvation of your souls. 
10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired
and searched diligently, who prophesied of 
the grace that should come unto you:
11 Searching what, or what manner of time, the 
Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, 
when it testified beforehand the sufferings of 
Christ, and the glory that should follow. 
12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, 
but unto us they did minister the things which
are now reported unto you by them that have preached 
the gospel unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from 
heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be 
sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be 
brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves 
according to the former lusts of your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so 
be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without
respect of persons judgeth according to every man's 
work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed
with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain
conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as 
of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was fore-ordained before the 
foundation of the world, but was manifest in these
last times for you.
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised
him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that 
your faith and hope might be in God. 
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying 
the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned
love of the brethren, see that ye love one another 
with a pure heart fervently;
23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which 
liveth and abideth for ever.
24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory 
of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth,
and the flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. 
And this is the word by which the gospel is preached 
unto you. 

JAMES CHAPTER V.

[1 Wicked rich men warned of God's judgments 7 Of patience 13 To pray in adversity]


GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your 
miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments 
are moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust 
of them shall be a witness against you, and shall 
eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped 
treasure together for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have
reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back 
by fraud, crieth; and the cries of them which have
reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of 
sabaoth.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and 
been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in 
a day of slaughter. 
6 Ye have condemned and  killed the just; and
he doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming 
of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth 
for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long 
patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 
8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for 
the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 
9 Grudge not one against another brethren, 
lest ye be condemned: behold, the Judge standeth 
before the door. 
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have 
spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of 
suffering affliction, and of patience. 
11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. 
Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have 
seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very 
pitiful, and of tender mercy. 
12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, 
neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by 
any other oath: but let your yea, be yes, and your 
nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. 
Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the 
elders of the church; and let them pray over him, 
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, 
and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have 
committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one 
for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual 
fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as 
we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might 
not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the 
space of three years and six months. 
18 and he prayed again, and the heaven gave 
rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the 
truth, and one convert him;
20 Let him know, that he which converteth the
sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul
from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. 

JAMES CHAPTER IV.

[1 Our evil lusts cause contention: 7 how we may overcome them, and gain God's favour.]

FROM when come wars and fightings among 
you? come they not hence, even of your lusts
that war in your members?
2 Ye lust and have not: ye kill, and desire to 
have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye
have not, because ye ask not. 
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, 
that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not
that the friendship of the world is enmity with 
God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the 
world is the enemy of God. 
5 Do you think that the scriptures saith in vain, 
The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, 
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the 
humble. 
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist 
the devil, and he will flee from you. 
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to 
you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify
your hearts, ye double-minded. 
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your 
laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to 
heaviness. 
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,
and he shall lift you up. 
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He 
that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his 
brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the 
law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer 
of the law, but a judge. 
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and 
to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
13 Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow 
we will go into such a city, and continue there a 
year, and buy, and sell, and get gain:
14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the 
morrow. For what is your life? It is even a 
vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then 
vanisheth away. 
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, 
we shall live, and do this, or that. 
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all 
such rejoicing is evil. 
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, 
and doeth it not, to him it is sin.