The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Seeing then that we haue gifts that are diuers, according to the grace that is giuen vnto vs, whether we haue prophecie, let vs prophecie according to the portion of faith:

Or an office, let vs waite on the office: or he that teacheth, on teaching:

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that distributeth, let him doe it with simplicitie: he that ruleth, with diligence: he that sheweth mercie, with cheerefulnesse.

Let loue be without dissimulation. Abhorre that which is euill, and cleaue vnto that which is good.

Be affectioned to loue one another with brotherly loue. In giuing honour, goe one before another,

Not slouthfull to do seruice: seruent in spirit seruing the Lord,

Reioycing in hope, pacient in tribulation, continuing in prayer,

Distributing vnto the necessities of the Saintes: giuing your selues to hospitalitie.

Blesse them which persecute you: blesse, I say, and curse not.

Reioyce with them that reioyce, and weepe with them that weepe.

Be of like affection one towardes another: be not hie minded: but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort: be not wise in your selues.

Recompence to no man euill for euill: procure things honest in the sight of all men.

If it bee possible, as much as in you is, haue peace with all men.

Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but giue place vnto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine: I will repay, saith the Lord.

Therefore, if thine enemie hunger, feede him: if he thirst, giue him drinke: for in so doing, thou shalt heape coales of fire on his head.

Bee not ouercome of euill, but ouercome euill with goodnesse.

Let euery soule be subiect vnto the higher powers: for there is no power but of God: and the powers that be, are ordeined of God.

Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist, shall receiue to themselues condemnation.

For Magistrates are not to be feared for good workes, but for euill. Wilt thou then bee without feare of the power? doe well: so shalt thou haue praise of the same.

For he is ye minister of God for thy wealth, but if thou do euill, feare: for he beareth not the sworde for nought: for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth euill.

Wherefore ye must bee subiect, not because of wrath only, but also for conscience sake.

For, for this cause ye pay also tribute: for they are Gods ministers, applying themselues for the same thing.

Giue to all men therefore their duetie: tribute, to whome yee owe tribute: custome, to whom custome: feare, to whome feare: honour, to whom ye owe honour.

Owe nothing to any man, but to loue one another: for he that loueth another, hath fulfilled the Lawe.

For this, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnes, Thou shalt not couet: and if there be any other commandement, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, euen in this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

Loue doeth not euill to his neighbour: therefore is loue the fulfilling of the Lawe.

And that, considering the season, that it is now time that we should arise from sleepe: for now is our saluation neerer, then when we beleeued it.

The night is past, and the day is at hande, let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light,

So that wee walke honestly, as in the day: not in gluttonie, and drunkennesse, neither in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying.

But put yee on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and take no thought for the flesh, to fulfill the lustes of it.

Him that is weake in the faith, receiue vnto you, but not for controuersies of disputations.

One beleeueth that he may eate of all things: and another, which is weake, eateth herbes.

Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not: and let not him which eateth not, condemne him that eateth: for God hath receiued him.

Who art thou that condemnest another mans seruant? hee standeth or falleth to his owne master: yea, he shalbe established: for God is able to make him stand.

This man esteemeth one day aboue another day, and another man counteth euery day alike: let euery man be fully perswaded in his minde.

He that obserueth the day, obserueth it to the Lord: and he that obserueth not the day, obserueth it not to the Lord. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord: for he giueth God thankes: and he that eateth not, eateth not to the Lord, and giueth God thankes.

For none of vs liueth to himselfe, neither doeth any die to himselfe.

For whether wee liue, we liue vnto the Lord: or whether we die, we die vnto the Lord: whether we liue therefore, or die, we are the Lords.

For Christ therefore died and rose againe, and reuiued, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the quicke.

But why doest thou condemne thy brother? or why doest thou despise thy brother? for we shall all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ.

For it is written, I liue, sayth the Lord, and euery knee shall bowe to me, and all tongues shall confesse vnto God.

So then euery one of vs shall giue accounts of himselfe to God.

Let vs not therefore iudge one another any more: but vse your iudgement rather in this, that no man put an occasion to fall, or a stumbling blocke before his brother.

I know, and am perswaded through the Lord Iesus, that there is nothing vncleane of it selfe: but vnto him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane, to him it is vncleane.

But if thy brother be grieued for the meate, nowe walkest thou not charitably: destroy not him with thy meate, for whome Christ dyed.

Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

For the kingdome of God, is not meate nor drinke, but righteousnes, and peace, and ioye in the holy Ghost.

For whosoeuer in these things serueth Christ, is acceptable vnto God, and is approoued of men.

Let vs then follow those things which concerne peace, and wherewith one may edifie another.

Destroy not the worke of God for meates sake: all things in deede are pure: but it is euill for the man which eateth with offence.

It is good neither to eate flesh, nor to drinke wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or made weake.

Hast thou faith? haue it with thy selfe before God: blessed is hee that condemneth not himselfe in that thing which he aloweth.

For he that doubteth, is condemned if he eate, because he eateth not of faith: and whatsoeuer is not of faith, is sinne.

We which are strong, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, and not to please our selues.

Therefore let euery man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification.

For Christ also would not please himselfe, but as it is written, The rebukes of them which rebuke thee, fell on me.

For whatsoeuer things are written aforetime, are writte for our learning, that we through patience, and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope.

Now the God of patience and consolation giue you that ye be like minded one towards another, according to Christ Iesus,

That ye with one minde, and with one mouth may prayse God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ.

Wherefore receiue ye one another, as Christ also receiued vs to the glory of God.

Nowe I say, that Iesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision, for the trueth of God, to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers.

And let the Gentiles prayse God, for his mercie, as it is written, For this cause I wil confesse thee among the Gentiles, and sing vnto thy Name.

And againe he saith, Reioyce, ye Gentiles with his people.

And againe, Prayse the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laude ye him, all people together.

And againe Esaias sayth, There shall be a roote of Iesse, and hee that shall rise to reigne ouer the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust.

Nowe the God of hope fill you with all ioye, and peace in beleeuing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the holy Ghost.

And I my selfe also am perswaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodnes, and filled with all knowledge, and are able to admonish one another.

Neuerthelesse, brethren, I haue somewhat boldly after a sort written vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is giuen me of God,

That I should be the minister of Iesus Christ toward the Gentiles, ministring the Gospel of God, that the offering vp of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the holy Ghost.

I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce in Christ Iesus in those things which pertaine to God.

For I dare not speake of any thing, which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient in worde and deede,

With the power of signes and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God: so that from Hierusalem, and round about vnto Illyricum, I haue caused to abound the Gospel of Christ.

Yea, so I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should haue built on another mans foundation.

But as it is written, To whome hee was not spoken of, they shall see him, and they that heard not, shall vnderstand him.

Therefore also I haue bene oft let to come vnto you:

But nowe seeing I haue no more place in these quarters, and also haue bene desirous many yeeres agone to come vnto you,

When I shall take my iourney into Spaine, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my iourney, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, after that I haue bene somewhat filled with your company.

But now go I to Hierusalem, to minister vnto the Saints.

For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to make a certaine distribution vnto the poore Saints which are at Hierusalem.

For it hath pleased them, and their detters are they: for if the Gentiles be made partakers of their spirituall things, their duetie is also to minister vnto them in carnall things.

When I haue therefore performed this, and haue sealed them this fruite, I will passe by you into Spaine.

And I knowe when I come, that I shall come to you with abundance of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ.

Also brethren, I beseeche you for our Lord Iesus Christes sake, and for the loue of the spirit, that ye would striue with me by prayers to God for me,

That I may be deliuered from them which are disobedient in Iudea, and that my seruice which I haue to doe at Hierusalem, may be accepted of the Saintes,

That I may come vnto you with ioy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

Thus the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

I Commende vnto you Phebe our sister, which is a seruaunt of the Church of Cenchrea:

That ye receiue her in the Lord, as it becommeth Saintes, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer businesse she needeth of your ayde: for she hath giuen hospitalitie vnto many, and to me also.

Greete Priscilla, and Aquila my fellowe helpers in Christ Iesus,

(Which haue for my life laide downe their owne necke. Vnto whom not I onely giue thankes, but also all the Churches of the Gentiles.)

Likewise greete the Church that is in their house. Salute my beloued Epenetus, which is the first fruites of Achaia in Christ.

Greete Marie which bestowed much labour on vs.

Salute Andronicus and Iunia my cousins and fellowe prisoners, which are notable among the Apostles, and were in Christ before me.

Greete Amplias my beloued in the Lord.

Salute Vrbanus our fellow helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloued.

Salute Apelles approoued in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus friendes.

Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greete them which are of the friendes of Narcissus which are in the Lord.

Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, which women labour in the Lord. Salute the beloued Persis, which woman hath laboured much in the Lord.

Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Greete Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Mercurius, and the brethren which are with them.