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== CHAPTER 0 ==
"0:1" The Church of God which sojourneth at Rome, to the Church of God which sojourneth at Corinth, to them that are called and sanctified in the will of God through our Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you from Almighty God through Jesus Christ.
== CHAPTER 1 ==
"1:1" On account of the sudden and repeated calamities and mischances, brethren, that have come upon us, we suppose that we have the more slowly given heed to the things that are disputed among you, beloved, and to the foul and unholy sedition, alien and foreign to the elect of God, which a few headstrong and self-willed persons have kindled to such a degree of madness, that your venerable and famous name, worthy to be loved of all men, is greatly blasphemed.
"1:2" For who that hath tarried among you hath not approved your most virtuous and firm faith, hath not admired your sober and seemly piety in Christ, hath not proclaimed your splendid disposition of hospitality, hath not deemed blessed your perfect and unerring knowledge?
"1:3" For ye did all things without respect of persons, and walked in the laws of God, submitting yourselves to them that have the rule over you, and giving the due honour to the presbyters that are among you. Young men ye enjoined to think such things as be sober and grave. Women ye exhorted to perform all things in a blameless and honourable and pure conscience, loving dutifully their own husbands; and ye taught them to manage the affairs of their houses with gravity, keeping in the rule of obedience, being temperate in all things.
== CHAPTER 2 ==
"2:1" And ye were all humble, boasting of nothing, submitting yourselves rather than subjecting others, more gladly giving than receiving, content with the provision that God had given you; and attending diligently to his words, ye received them into your very hearts, and his sufferings were before your eyes.
"2:2" Thus a deep and rich peace was given to all, and an insatiable longing for doing good, and a plentiful outpouring of the Holy Spirit was upon all of you.
"2:3" And ye, being filled with a holy desire, with excellent zeal and pious confidence, stretched out your arms to Almighty God, beseeching him to be merciful unto you, if ye had in anything unwillingly done amiss.
"2:4" Ye contended day and night for the whole brotherhood, that in his mercy and good pleasure the number of his elect might be saved.
"2:5" Ye were simple and sincere without malice one toward another:
"2:6" all sedition and all schism were abominable unto you. Ye grieved over the transgressions of your neighbour, judging his short-comings your own.
"2:7" Ye repented not of any well-doing, being ready to every good work;
"2:8" and being adorned with a very virtuous and holy habit of life, ye did all things in his fear. The commandments and ordinances of the Lord were written on the breadth of your heart.
== CHAPTER 3 ==
"3:1" All honour and enlargement was given to you, and then was fulfilled that which is written: The beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and grew fat and kicked.
"3:2" From this came emulation and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity.
"3:3" Thus the mean men were lifted up against the honourable; those of no repute against those of good repute; the foolish against the wise; the young against the elder.
"3:4" Through this justice and peace are afar off, because each of you leaveth off the fear of God and is dimsighted in his faith, nor walketh in the laws of his commandments, nor behaveth as becometh a citizen of Christ; but each walketh according to his own evil lusts, having taken up unjust and unholy envy, by which also death entered into the world.
== CHAPTER 4 ==
"4:1" For it is thus written: And it came to pass after certain days, that Cain brought of the fruits of the ground a sacrifice to God, and Abel brought also of the firstlings of the sheep and of their fat.
"4:2" And God had respect unto Abel and unto his gifts; but unto Cain and his gifts he had no regard.
"4:3" And Cain was grieved greatly, and his countenance fell.
"4:4" And God said unto Cain, Why art thou very sorrowful, and why hath thy countenance fallen? If thou hast rightly offered, but hast not rightly divided, hast thou not sinned?
"4:5" Hold thy peace; thy gift returneth unto thee, and thou shalt be master over it.
"4:6" And Cain said unto Abel, Let us pass over into the field. And it came to pass while they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him.
"4:7" Ye see, brethren, jealousy and envy wrought the slaughter of a brother.
"4:8" Through envy our father Jacob fled from the face of his brother Esau.
"4:9" Envy caused Joseph to be persecuted unto death, and to enter into bondage.
"4:10" Envy compelled Moses to flee from the face of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, because he heard his countryman say, Who made thee a judge or a decider over us? Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?
"4:11" Through envy Aaron and Miriam pitched their tents without the camp.
"4:12" Envy brought down Dathan and Abiram alive to the grave, because they contended against Moses, the servant of God.
"4:13" Through envy David suffered jealousy not only of foreigners, but was persecuted also by Saul, king of Israel.
== CHAPTER 5 ==
"5:1" But let us pass from ancient examples, and come unto those who have in the times nearest to us, wrestled for the faith.
"5:2" Let us take the noble examples of our own generation. Through jealousy and envy the greatest and most just pillars of the Church were persecuted, and came even unto death.
"5:3" Let us place before our eyes the good Apostles.
"5:4" Peter, through unjust envy, endured not one or two but many labours, and at last, having delivered his testimony, departed unto the place of glory due to him.
"5:5" Through envy Paul, too, showed by example the prize that is given to patience:
"5:6" seven times was he cast into chains; he was banished; he was stoned; having become a herald, both in the East and in the West, he obtained the noble renown due to his faith;
"5:7" and having preached righteousness to the whole world, and having come to the extremity of the West, and having borne witness before rulers, he departed at length out of the world, and went to the holy place, having become the greatest example of patience.
== CHAPTER 6 ==
"6:1" To these men, who walked in holiness, there was gathered a great multitude of the elect, who, having suffered, through envy, many insults and tortures, became a most excellent example among us.
"6:2" Through envy women were persecuted, even the Danaides and Dircae, who, after enduring dreadful and unholy insults, attained to the sure course of the faith; and they who were weak in body received a noble reward.
"6:3" Envy hath estranged the minds of wives from their husbands, and changed the saying of our father Adam: This is now bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh.
"6:4" Envy and strife have overthrown mighty cities and rooted out great nations.
== CHAPTER 7 ==
"7:1" These things we enjoin you, beloved, not only by way of admonition to you, but as putting ourselves also in mind. For we are in the same arena, and the same contest is imposed upon us.
"7:2" Wherefore, let us leave empty and vain thoughts, and come unto the glorious and venerable rule of our holy calling.
"7:3" Let us consider what is good and pleasing and acceptable before him who made us.
"7:4" Let us look steadfastly to the blood of Christ, and see how precious in the sight of God is his blood, which having been poured out for our salvation, brought to the whole world the grace of repentance.
"7:5" Let us go back to all generations, and learn that in every generation God hath granted a place for repentance to such as wished to return unto him.
"7:6" Noah preached repentance, and as many as hearkened unto him were saved.
"7:7" Jonah prophesied destruction to the Ninevites, and they, repenting of their sins, appeased God through prayer, and, though alien from God, obtained salvation.
== CHAPTER 8 ==
"8:1" The ministers of the grace of God spake by the Holy Spirit concerning repentance;
"8:2" and the Lord of all himself spake concerning repentance with an oath. As I live, saith the Lord, I desire not the death of a sinner, as I desire his repentance; adding thereto an excellent saying:
"8:3" Repent, O house of Israel, from your iniquity: Say unto the sons of my people, Though your sins reach from earth to heaven, and though they be redder than scarlet, and blacker than sackcloth, and ye turn unto me with your whole heart and say, My father, I will hearken unto you as to an holy people.
"8:4" And in another place he speaketh in this wise: Wash, and be ye clean; take away the wickedness from your souls from before my eyes; cease from your evil deeds, learn to do well; seek judgment; deliver him that is oppressed; give judgment for the orphan, and justify the widow; and come and let us reason together, saith he; and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool. And if ye be willing and hearken unto me, ye shall eat the good things of the earth; but if ye be not willing, and hearken not, the sword shall devour you; for the mouth of the Lord hath said this.
"8:5" Desiring, therefore, that all his beloved ones should partake of repentance, he hath confirmed it by his almighty will.
== CHAPTER 9 ==
"9:1" Wherefore, let us submit ourselves to his excellent and glorious will, and, becoming suppliants of his mercy and goodness, let us fall before him and betake ourselves to his mercies, having laid aside the vain toil and the strife and the jealousy that leadeth unto death.
"9:2" Let us look steadfastly at those that have ministered with perfectness to his excellent glory.
"9:3" Let us take as example Enoch, who, having been found just by reason of obedience, was translated, and his death was not found.
"9:4" Noah, having been found faithful, preached, by his ministry, regeneration unto the world, and by him God preserved the animals that entered with one consent into the ark.
== CHAPTER 10 ==
"10:1" Abraham, who was called the friend, was found faithful, inasmuch as he became obedient to the words of God.
"10:2" This man, by obedience, went out from his land and his kinsfolk, and the house of his father, that, by leaving a scanty land and weak kinsfolk and a small house, he might inherit the promises of God.
"10:3" For he saith unto him, Go out from thy land and thy kinsfolk, and the house of thy father, unto the land that I shall show thee, and I will make thee a great nation, and bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed; and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
"10:4" And again, when he separated from Lot, God said unto him, Lift up thine eyes, and look from the place where thou now art unto the north and unto the south, and unto the east and unto the sea; for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it and to thy seed for ever,
"10:5" and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also shall be numbered.
"10:6" And again he saith, God brought forth Abraham, and said unto him: Look up to heaven and number the stars, if thou art able to number them, so shall thy seed be. And Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
"10:7" Through faith and hospitality a son was given unto him in old age, and through obedience he offered him a sacrifice unto God on one of the mountains that he showed him.
== CHAPTER 11 ==
"11:1" By hospitality and goodness Lot was saved out of Sodom when the whole region round about was judged with fire and brimstone; the Lord making it manifest that he leaveth not them that hope upon him, but appointeth to punishment and torment them that turn in another way.
"11:2" For his wife, who went out together with him, being of another mind, and not being in concord with him, was on that account placed as a sign, so that she became a pillar of salt even to this day; that it might be known to all that the double-minded, and they who doubt concerning the power of God, are for a judgment and a sign to all generations.
== CHAPTER 12 ==
"12:1" Through faith and hospitality Rahab the harlot was saved;
"12:2" for when spies were sent unto Jericho by Jesus, the son of Nun, the king of the land knew that they had come to spy out his country, and sent out men to apprehend them that they might be taken and put to death.
"12:3" But the hospitable Rahab having received them, hid them in an upper story under the stalks of flax.
"12:4" When, therefore, the men from the king came upon her, and said, There came unto thee men who are spies of this our land; bring them out, for the king so commandeth it; she answered, The two men whom ye are seeking entered in unto me, but they departed quickly and are on their way; but she showed not the men unto them.
"12:5" And she said unto the men, Of a surety I know that the Lord your God has given over this city unto you; for the fear and trembling of you hath fallen upon them that inhabit it; when, therefore, it hath happened unto you to take it, save me and the house of my father.
"12:6" And they say unto her, So shall it be, even as thou hast spoken unto us. When, therefore, thou hast perceived that we are coming, thou shalt gather together all thy household under thy roof, and they shall be saved; but as many as shall be found without the house shall be destroyed.
"12:7" And they proceeded further to give her a sign, that she should hang from her house scarlet, making it manifest beforehand that through the blood of the Lord there shall be redemption to all who believe and hope upon God.
"12:8" Behold, beloved, how there was not only faith, but prophecy in the woman.
== CHAPTER 13 ==
"13:1" Let us therefore, brethren, be humble, laying aside all boasting and pride, and folly and wrath, and let us do that which is written; for the Holy Spirit saith, Let not the wise boast in his wisdom, nor the strong in his strength, nor the rich in his riches; but let him that boasteth make his boast in the Lord, even by seeking him and doing judgment and justice. Let us especially remember the words of our Lord Jesus Christ which he spake when teaching gentleness and long-suffering, for he spake thus:
"13:2" Show mercy, that ye may obtain mercy; forgive, that it may be forgiven unto you; as ye do, so shall it be done unto you; as ye give, so shall it be given unto you; as ye judge, so shall ye be judged; as ye are kindly affectioned, so shall kindness be showed unto you; with whatsover measure ye measure, with the same shall it be measured unto you.
"13:3" With this commandment and with these exhortations let us strengthen ourselves, that we may walk obedient to his holy words with all humility. For the Holy Scripture saith,
"13:4" Upon whom shall I have respect but upon him that is meek and quiet, and that trembleth at my words?
== CHAPTER 14 ==
"14:1" It is therefore meet and right, men and brethren, that we should be obedient unto God rather than follow them that in pride and disorderliness are leaders of detestable sedition.
"14:2" For we shall incur no slight harm, but rather a great danger, if we rashly give ourselves up to the wills of men who launch out into strife and sedition so as to estrange us from that which is good.
"14:3" Let us, therefore, show kindness towards them according to the mercy and sweetness of him that made us.
"14:4" For it is written, The men of kindness shall inherit the land. The innocent shall be left upon it; but they that be lawless shall be destroyed out of it.
"14:5" And again he saith, I saw the unrighteous man exalted on high and lifted up like the cedars of Lebanon. And I passed by, and behold he was not; I sought his place and found it not. Keep innocence, and regard righteousness; for there is a remnant that remaineth to the man of peace.
== CHAPTER 15 ==
"15:1" Let us therefore cleave unto them who live in peace and godliness, not unto them who hypocritically profess to desire peace.
"15:2" For he saith in a certain place, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
"15:3" And again, With their mouth did they bless, but with their heart did they curse.
"15:4" And again he saith, They loved him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied against him. For their heart was not right with him, nor were they faithful in his covenant.
"15:5" Let the crafty lips be put to silence, and may the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, even the haughty tongue, they who said, Let us magnify our tongue, our lips are our own; who is master over us?
"15:6" On account of the misery of the poor, and on account of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety, I will deal confidently with him.
== CHAPTER 16 ==
"16:1" For Christ belongeth unto them that are humble, not unto them that exalt themselves over his flock.
"16:2" Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the sceptre of the majesty of God, came not in the arrogance of boasting and pride, though he was able to do so; but in humility, even as the Holy Spirit spake concerning him.
"16:3" For he saith, Lord, who hath believed our report, and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Like a child have we delivered our message before him; he is as a root in a thirsty land. There is no form nor glory in him, and we beheld him, and he had neither form nor comeliness, but his form was despised, lacking comeliness, beyond the form of the sons of men. He was a man stricken and in toil, knowing how to bear infirmity, for his face was turned away; it was dishonoured and held in no reputation.
"16:4" He beareth our sins and suffereth pain on our account, and we esteemed him as one in toil, stricken and afflicted.
"16:5" He was wounded for our sins, and for our transgressions did he suffer infirmity; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we were healed.
"16:6" All we, like sheep, have gone astray, every one hath erred in his own way,
"16:7" and the Lord hath given him up for our sins; and he, through affliction, openeth not his mouth. He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearers is dumb, so openeth he not his mouth.
"16:8" In his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and who shall declare his generation, for his life is taken from the earth;
"16:9" for the iniquity of my people he hath come unto death.
"16:10" And I will give the wicked in requital for his burial, and the rich for his death: for he did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: and the Lord willeth to purify him from stripes.
"16:11" If ye make an offering for sin your soul shall prolong its days.
"16:12" And the Lord willeth to take away from the travail of his soul, to show him light and to form him by knowledge, to justify the righteous man who serveth many well; and their sins he shall bear himself.
"16:13" Wherefore he shall receive the inheritance of many, and shall divide the spoils of the strong, because his soul was delivered up unto death, and he was numbered among the transgressors,
"16:14" and he bore the sins of many, and was given up for their sins.
"16:15" And again he saith, I am a worm and no man a reproach of men and despised of the people;
"16:16" all they who saw me mocked me, they spake with their lips, they shook the head; he hoped in God, let him deliver him, let him save him, because he desireth him.
"16:17" See, beloved, what is the example that hath been given unto us; for if the Lord so humbled himself, what shall we do who have through his mercy come under the yoke of his grace?
== CHAPTER 17 ==
"17:1" Let us be imitators of them also who went about in goat-skins and sheep-skins, preaching the coming of Christ; we mean Elias and Elisaeus and Ezekiel the prophets, and beside them those who have obtained a good report.
"17:2" Abraham obtained an exceeding good report, and was called the friend of God, and saith, looking steadfastly to the glory of God in humility, I am but earth and ashes.
"17:3" And, moreover, concerning Job, it is thus written: Job was a just man and blameless, truthful, one that feared God, and abstained from all evil.
"17:4" But he himself, accusing himself, saith, No one is pure from pollution, though his life be but for one day.
"17:5" Moses was called faithful in all his house, and by his ministry God judged his people Israel by stripes and punishment. But he, though he was greatly glorified, spake not haughtily, but said, when the oracle was given him out of the bush, Who am I that thou sendest me? I am weak of voice and slow of tongue.
"17:6" And again he saith, I am but as the smoke from a pot.
== CHAPTER 18 ==
"18:1" But what shall we say of David, who obtained a good report; unto whom God said, I have found a man after my own heart, David, the son of Jesse, with my everlasting mercy have I anointed him.
"18:2" But he himself saith unto God, Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy, according to the multitude of thy compassion do away with mine iniquity;
"18:3" wash me throughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my iniquity, and my sin is ever before me.
"18:4" Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy words, and overcome when thou art judged.
"18:5" Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
"18:6" Behold, thou hast loved truth; thou hast shown me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom.
"18:7" Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
"18:8" Thou shalt make me to hear of joy and gladness; the bones that have been humiliated shall rejoice.
"18:9" Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my misdeeds.
"18:10" Create in me a new heart, O Lord, and renew a right spirit within me.
"18:11" Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
"18:12" O give me again the joy of thy salvation, and establish me with thy guiding Spirit.
"18:13" I will teach sinners thy ways; the ungodly shall be converted unto thee.
"18:14" Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation;
"18:15" my tongue shall rejoice in thy righteousness. O Lord, thou shalt open my mouth, and my lips shall show forth thy praise.
"18:16" For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would have given it; in whole burnt offerings thou wilt not delight.
"18:17" The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart God will not despise.
== CHAPTER 19 ==
"19:1" The humility of men so many in number and so great, and who have obtained so good a report, and their subjection through obedience, hath made not only us but the generations before us better, namely, those who in fear and truth have received his oracles.
"19:2" Since, therefore, we have become the partakers in many great and glorious actions, let us finally return to that goal of peace that was given us from the beginning; let us look steadfastly to the Father and Creator of the whole world, and let us cleave to the glorious and excellent gifts and benefits of his peace.
"19:3" Let us behold him in spirit, and look with the eyes of the soul to his long-suffering will. Let us consider how gentle he is toward all his creation.
== CHAPTER 20 ==
"20:1" The heavens, being put in motion by his appointment, are subject to him in peace;
"20:2" night and day accomplish the course ordered by him, in nothing hindering one another.
"20:3" The sun and the moon and the dances of the stars according to his appointment, in harmony and without any violation of order, roll on the courses appointed to them.
"20:4" The fruitful earth bringeth forth in due season, according to his will, abundant nourishment for men and beasts; nothing doubting, nor changing in anything from the things that are decreed by him.
"20:5" The unsearchable things of the abyss, and the secret ordinances of the lower parts of the earth, are held together by the same command.
"20:6" The hollow of the vast sea, gathered together by his hand into its reservoirs, transgresseth not the bounds placed around it; but even as he hath appointed to it, so it doeth;
"20:7" for he said, Thus far shalt thou come, and thy waves shall be broken within thee.
"20:8" The ocean, impassable to men, and the worlds that are beyond it, are governed by the same commandments of their Master.
"20:9" The seasons of spring and summer, autumn and winter, in peace succeed one another.
"20:10" The fixed stations of the winds, each in their due time, perform their services without offence. The ever-flowing fountains, made for enjoyment and health, offer their breasts without fail to sustain the lives of men. Even the smallest of animals come together in peace and harmony.
"20:11" All these things the great Maker and Master of all things hath appointed to be in peace and harmony, doing good unto all things, but more especially unto us, who have fled for refuge to his mercies, through our Lord Jesus Christ,
"20:12" to whom be glory and majesty for ever and ever. Amen.
== CHAPTER 21 ==
"21:1" Beware, beloved, lest his many blessings come to be a condemnation to all of us, unless, walking worthily of him, we do what is honourable and well pleasing before him with oneness of mind.
"21:2" For he saith in a certain place, The Spirit of the Lord is a candle, searching out the secret places of the heart.
"21:3" Let us see how near he is at hand, and how none of our thoughts and reasonings do escape him.
"21:4" It is right, therefore, that we should not desert from his will.
"21:5" Let us offend against men who are foolish, and senseless, and puffed up in the pride of their own speech, rather than against God.
"21:6" Let us have respect to our Lord Jesus Christ, whose blood was given for us. Let us reverence them that are over us. Let us honour our elders. Let us instruct the young in the discipline of the fear of God. Let us direct our wives to that which is good;
"21:7" let them show forth the lovely habit of chastity, and exhibit the pure disposition of meekness. Let them make manifest by their conversation the government of their tongues; let them show love, not according to partiality, but equally to all that fear the Lord in holiness.
"21:8" Let your children be partakers of the discipline of Christ; let them learn how much humility availeth before God; what power a pure love hath with God; how his fear is honourable and great, preserving all who, with a pure mind, walk in holiness before him.
"21:9" For he is a searcher out of thoughts and counsels, his breath is in us, and when he willeth he will take it away.
== CHAPTER 22 ==
"22:1" All these things doth the faith which is in Christ assure. For he himself, through the Holy Spirit, thus calleth unto us: Come, ye children, hearken unto me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
"22:2" What man is he that wisheth for life and would fain see good days?
"22:3" Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile.
"22:4" Turn away from evil and do good;
"22:5" seek peace and pursue it.
"22:6" The eyes of the Lord are over the just, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial out of the land.
"22:7" The righteous cried, and the Lord heard him, and delivered him out of all his troubles.
"22:8" Many are the afflictions of the sinner, but they that hope in the Lord, mercy shall compass them round about.
== CHAPTER 23 ==
"23:1" The Father whose mercies are over all things, who loveth to do good, hath bowels of compassion for them that fear him, and with gentleness and kindness bestoweth his favour upon them that come unto him with a pure mind.
"23:2" Wherefore let us not be double-minded, nor let our hearts form vain imaginations concerning his excellent and glorious gifts.
"23:3" Let not that scripture be applicable unto us which saith, Wretched are the double-minded, even they that doubt in their heart and say, We have heard these things in the time of our fathers; and lo, we have grown old, and none of them hath happened unto us.
"23:4" O foolish ones! compare yourselves to a tree. Take, for example, the vine: first it sheddeth its leaves, then cometh the bud, then the leaf, then the flower, after that the unripe grape, then the ripe grape. See how in a little time the fruit of the tree attaineth to maturity.
"23:5" Of a truth, quickly and suddenly shall his will be fulfilled; the scripture also bearing witness that he shall come quickly, and shall not tarry; and the Lord shall come suddenly into his temple, even the holy one, whom ye expect.
== CHAPTER 24 ==
"24:1" Let us consider, beloved, how the Master showeth to us continually the resurrection that is about to be, of which he hath made our Lord Jesus Christ the first fruit, having raised him from the dead.
"24:2" Let us look, beloved, at the resurrection that is ever taking place.
"24:3" Day and night show to us the resurrection; the night is lulled to rest, the day ariseth; the day departeth, the night cometh on.
"24:4" Let us consider the fruits, in what way a grain of corn is sown.
"24:5" The sower goeth forth and casteth it into the ground, and when the seeds are cast into the ground, they that fell into the ground dry and naked are dissolved; then after their dissolution, the mighty power of the providence of the Lord raiseth them up, and from one seed many grow up and bring forth fruits.
== CHAPTER 25 ==
"25:1" Let us consider the wonderful sign that happeneth in the region of the east, even about Arabia.
"25:2" There is a bird which is called the phoenix. This, being the only one of its kind, liveth for five hundred years. And when the time of its death draweth near, it maketh for itself a nest of frankincense and myrrh and the other perfumes, into which, when its time is fulfilled, it entereth, and then dieth.
"25:3" But as its flesh rotteth, a certain worm is produced, which being nourished by the moisture of the dead animal, putteth forth feathers. Then, when it hath become strong, it taketh the nest wherein are the bones of its ancestor, and bearing them, it flieth from the region of Arabia to that of Egypt, to the city which is called Heliopolis;
"25:4" there, in day-time, in the sight of all, it flieth up, and placeth them upon the altar of the sun, and having done so, returneth back.
"25:5" The priests, therefore, look into the registers of the times, and find that it has come at the completion of the five-hundredth year.
== CHAPTER 26 ==
"26:1" Shall we then think it great and wonderful, if the Maker of all things shall make a resurrection of those who, in the confidence of a good faith, have piously seized him, when even by means of a bird he showeth the greatness of his promises?
"26:2" For he saith in a certain place, And thou shalt raise me up, and I will give thanks unto thee; and again: I slumbered and slept; I arose up because thou art with me.
"26:3" And again Job saith, Thou shalt raise up this my flesh, which hath suffered all these things.
== CHAPTER 27 ==
"27:1" In this hope, therefore, let our souls be bound unto him who is faithful in his promises and just in his judgments.
"27:2" He who hath commanded men not to lie, much more shall he not lie; for nothing is impossible with God, except to lie.
"27:3" Let our faith, therefore, in him be kindled afresh within us, and let us consider that all things are near unto him.
"27:4" By the word of his majesty did he constitute all things, and by a word he is able to destroy them.
"27:5" Who shall say unto him, What hast thou done? or who shall resist the might of his strength? He will do all things when he willeth and as he willeth, and none of the things decreed by him shall pass away.
"27:6" All things are before him, and nothing hath escaped his counsel:
"27:7" seeing that the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth the work of his hands: day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night proclaimeth knowledge; and there is no speech nor language where their voices are not heard.
== CHAPTER 28 ==
"28:1" Since, therefore, all things are seen and heard of him, let us fear him and abandon the filthy desires for evil deeds, that we may be sheltered by his mercy from the judgments to come.
"28:2" For whither can any of us fly from his mighty hand, and what world shall receive any of them that desert from him?
"28:3" For the scripture saith in a certain place, Whither shall I go, and where shall I conceal myself from thy face? If I ascend into heaven, thou art there; if I depart into the uttermost parts of the earth, there is thy right hand; if I shall make my bed in the abyss, there is thy Spirit.
"28:4" Whither then shall we depart, and where shall we fly from him that embraceth all things?
== CHAPTER 29 ==
"29:1" Let us, therefore, approach him with holiness of spirit, lifting unto him pure and undefiled hands; loving the kind and compassionate Father who hath made us a part of his elect.
"29:2" For it is thus written, When The Most High divided the nations, when he dispersed the sons of Adam, he settled the boundaries of the nations according to the number of the angels of God. The portion of the Lord was his people Jacob.
"29:3" Israel was the measurement of his inheritance. And in another place he saith, Behold the Lord taketh to himself a nation from the midst of the nations, even as a man taketh the firstfruits of his threshingfloor; and there shall go forth from that nation the Holy of Holies.
== CHAPTER 30 ==
"30:1" Since, therefore, we are a portion of the Holy One, let us do all such things as pertain unto holiness, avoiding evil-speaking, foul and impure embraces, drunkenness, disorderliness, abominable desires, detestable adultery, execrable pride;
"30:2" for God, he saith, resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
"30:3" Let us cleave, therefore, to them to whom grace has been given from God. Let us clothe ourselves with concord, being humble, temperate, keeping ourselves far from all whispering and evil speaking, justified by our deeds, and not by our words.
"30:4" For he saith, He who saith many things shall, in return, hear many things. Doth he that is eloquent think himself to be just?
"30:5" doth he that is born of woman and liveth but for a short time think himself to be blessed? Be not abundant in speech.
"30:6" Let our praise be in God, and not for ourselves, for God hateth the self-praisers.
"30:7" Let the testimony of right actions be given us from others, even as it was given to our fathers who were just.
"30:8" Audacity, self-will, and boldness belong to them who are accursed of God; but moderation, humility, and meekness, to them that are blessed of God.
== CHAPTER 31 ==
"31:1" Let us cleave, therefore, to his blessing, and let us see what are the ways of blessing. Let us consult the records of the things that happened from the beginning.
"31:2" On what account was our father Abraham blessed? Was it not that he wrought righteousness and truth through faith?
"31:3" Isaac, with confidence, knowing the future, willingly became a sacrifice.
"31:4" Jacob, with humility, flying from his brother, went out from his own land and journeyed unto Laban and served as a slave, and there were given unto him the twelve tribes of Israel.
== CHAPTER 32 ==
"32:1" If any one will consider these things with sincerity and one by one, he will recognize the magnificence of the gifts that were given by him.
"32:2" For from Jacob came the priests and all the Levites that serve the altar of God. From him came our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh; from him came the kings and rulers and governors of the tribe of Judah; and the remainder of his tribes are of no small glory, since God hath promised, Thy seed shall be as the stars of heaven.
"32:3" All these, therefore, have been glorified and magnified, not through themselves or through their works, or through the righteousness that they have done, but through his will.
"32:4" And we who through his will have been called in Christ Jesus are justified, not by ourselves, or through our wisdom or understanding or godliness, or the works that we have done in holiness of heart, but by faith, by which all men from the beginning have been justified by Almighty God, to whom be glory world without end. Amen.
== CHAPTER 33 ==
"33:1" What, then, shall we do, brethren? Shall we cease from well-doing, and abandon charity? May the Master never allow that this should happen to us! but let us rather with diligence and zeal hasten to fulfil every good work.
"33:2" For the Maker and Lord of all things rejoiceth in his works.
"33:3" By his supreme power he founded the heavens, and by his incomprehensible understanding he ordered them. The earth he separated from the water that surrounded it, and fixed it on the firm foundation of his own will. The animals which inhabit therein he commanded to be by his ordinance. Having made beforehand the sea and the animals that are therein, he shut them in by his own power.
"33:4" Man, the most excellent of all animals, infinite in faculty, he moulded with his holy and faultless hands, in the impress of his likeness.
"33:5" For thus saith God: Let us make man in our own image, and after our own likeness. And God made man. Male and female made he them.
"33:6" When, therefore, he had finished all things, he praised and blessed them, and said, Be fruitful, and multiply.
"33:7" Let us see, therefore, how all the just have been adorned with good works. Yea, the Lord himself rejoiced when he had adorned himself with his works.
"33:8" Having, therefore, this example, let us come in without shrinking to his will; let us work with all our strength the work of righteousness.
== CHAPTER 34 ==
"34:1" The good workman receiveth boldly the bread of his labour, but the slothful and remiss looketh not his employer in the face.
"34:2" It is therefore right that we should be zealous in well-doing, for from Him are all things;
"34:3" for he telleth us beforehand, Behold the Lord cometh, and his reward is before his face, to give to every one according to his work.
"34:4" He exhorteth us, therefore, with this reward in view, to strive with our whole heart not to be slothful or remiss towards every good work.
"34:5" Let our glorying and our confidence be in him; let us submit ourselves to his will; let us consider the whole multitude of his angels, how they stand by and serve his will.
"34:6" For the scripture saith, Ten thousand times ten thousand stood beside him, and thousands of thousands served him; and they cried, Holy, holy, holy Lord of Sabaoth! all creation is full of his glory.
"34:7" And let us, being gathered together in harmony and a good conscience, cry earnestly, as it were with one mouth, unto him, that we may become partakers of his great and glorious promises;
"34:8" for he saith, Eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, neither hath there entered into the heart of man, what things he hath prepared for them that wait for him.
== CHAPTER 35 ==
"35:1" Behold, beloved, how blessed and wonderful are the gifts of God
"35:2" life in immortality, cheerfulness in righteousness, truth in liberty, faith in confidence, temperance in sanctification; and all these things have already come within our cognizance.
"35:3" What therefore are the things that are prepared for them that abide in patience? The Maker and Father of the worlds, the all-holy one, he knoweth how many and how beautiful they are.
"35:4" Let us, therefore, strive to be found in the number of them that await him, that we may partake of the promised gifts.
"35:5" And how will this be, beloved? If our mind be established by faith toward God; if we seek out what is pleasant and acceptable in his sight; if we perform such things as harmonize with his blameless will, and follow in the way of truth, casting from us all unrighteousness and lawlessness, covetousness, strife, malice and fraud, whispering and evil speaking, hatred of God, pride and insolence, vainglory and churlishness.
"35:6" For they who do these things are hateful unto God, and not only they who do them, but also they who have pleasure in them that do them.
"35:7" For the scripture saith: But unto the sinner God hath said, Why dost thou speak of my ordinances, and takest my covenant in thy mouth:
"35:8" but thou hast hated instruction and hast cast my words behind thee. When thou sawest a thief thou wentest with him, and hast cast in thy portion with the adulterers; thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue hath contrived deceit. Thou satest and spakest against thy brother, and hast slandered the son of thy mother.
"35:9" This hast thou done, and I kept silence. Thou thoughtest, O wicked one, that I was like unto thee;
"35:10" but I will convict thee, and set thyself before thee.
"35:11" Consider this, ye who forget God, lest he seize you as a lion, and there be none to save you.
"35:12" The sacrifice of praise shall honour me; and there is the way by which I will show him the salvation of God.
== CHAPTER 36 ==
"36:1" This is the way, beloved, in which we found our salvation; even Jesus Christ, the high priest of our oblations, the champion and defender of our weakness.
"36:2" Through him we look steadfastly to the heights of the heavens; through him we behold, as in a glass, the immaculate and lofty countenance of God the Father; through him the eyes of our heart were opened; through him our foolish and darkened understanding springeth up again to his marvellous light; through him the Lord hath willed us to taste of immortal knowledge; who, being the brightness Category: Ancient Christian works
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