16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

I and my Father are one. Jno. 10. 30.-Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 Jno. 4. 10.-Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood. Re. 1. 5.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 the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Pe. 1. 3.-Hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Ro. 5. 5.-The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. 2 Co. 13. 14.

17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

The Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort. 2 Co. 1. 3. Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Co. 1. 8.

CHAPTER III.

FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the

word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

Praying... for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ. Col. 4. 3.-Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Mat. 9. 38.

2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for all men have not faith.

I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; that I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judæa. Ro. 15. 30, 31.-By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Eph. 2. 8.

3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1 Co. 10. 13.-The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. 2 Pe. 2. 9.-I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Jno. 17. 15.-He that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 1 Jno. 5. 18.

4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

The fruit of the Spirit is love, Ga. 5. 22.-Praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God. Jude 20, 21.Patient continuance in well doing. (Marg.) Ro. 2.7; He. 12. 1, etc. Be patient,... brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. 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. Ja. 5. 7, 11.

6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye with497

draw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. Them that are without God judg eth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. 1 Co. 5. 11, 13.-I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. Ro. 16. 17; 2 Th. 3. 11, 12, 14, 15; 1 Ti. 6. 3_5; 2 Jno. 10, 11.

7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe. 1 Th. 2. 10.-Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 1 Co. 11. 1.

8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

Because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought for by their occupation they were tentmakers. Ac. 18. 3.-Ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. Ac. 20. 34. And labour, working with our own hands. 1 Co. 4. 12.

9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow

us.

If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. 1 Co. 9. 12.-Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. 1 Ti. 5. 18.-The workman is worthy of his meat. Mat. 10. 10.

When I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man. But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion. 2 Co. 11. 9, 12.

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do. Phi. 4. 9.-Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. Phi. 3. 17.

10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Ge. 3. 19.-Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Eph. 4. 28.

11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busy bodies.

If any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 1 Ti. 5. 8.

Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. 1 Pe. 4. 15.Tattlers... and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 1 Ti. 5. 13.

12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. Study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands. 1 Th. 4. 11.

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13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Ga. 6. 9.-Be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Co. 15. 58.

14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

If he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. Mat. 18. 17.

2 Th. 3. 6.

15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

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CHAPTER I.

AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

We trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. 1 Ti. 4. 10.-Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 2 Ti. 1. 9, 10; Tit. 3. 4, etc. Christ in you, the hope of glory. Col. 1. 27.

2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ye know the proof of him, that as a son with the father he hath served with me in the gospel. Phi. 2. 22.-Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord. 1 Co. 4. 17.

3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge. some that they teach no other doctrine,

Acts, chaps. 19, 20.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert

1 Co. 13. 13.-Let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 1 Jno. 3. 18, 19; 1 Pe. 1. 22.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? He. 9. 14.

6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;

7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

The law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Ro. 7. 12.

If there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. Ga. 3. 21.Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Ro. 10. 4.-The just shall live by faith. Ga. 3. 11.

9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for

preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Ga. 1. 6_8.

4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. Foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. 2 Ti. 2. 14, 23.-Avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. Tit. 3. 9.-Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Col. 2. 8.

5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Ga. 5. 14.-Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Ga. 5. 22, 23.

11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Co. 4. 6.

The unsearchable riches of Christ. Eph. 3. 8.-The grace that is given to me of God. Ro. 15. 15.

12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who

hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry ;

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament. 2 Co. 3. 5, 6.

13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a per

secutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. Ac. 8. 3; 9. 1; 22. 4.-Beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it. Ga. 1. 13.

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Ro. 9. 18.-Jesus said, For judg ment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. Jno. 9. 39.

14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Ro. 5. 20. By the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 1 Co. 15. 10.-By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Eph. 2. 8. Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. Lu. 7. 47.

15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Lu. 5. 32.-The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Lu. 19. 10.-God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Ro. 5. 8.-Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Ti. 1. 9, 10.

I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 1 Co. 15. 9.

16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Ro. 15. 4.

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. Jno. 3. 36.

17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

The blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. 1 Ti. 6. 15, 16.-To God only wise, be glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever. Ro. 16. 27.-To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Jude 25. The Lord is King for ever and ever. Ps. 10. 16.-There was given the Son of man] dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. Da. 7. 14.-The eternal Spirit. He. 9. 14.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Jno. 1. 18.

Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all, 1 Ch. 29. 10, 11.

18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

Lu. 1. 66, 67, 76, etc.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 1 Ti. 6. 12.

19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck :

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 1 Ti. 3. 9.-These things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. Tit. 3. 8.-Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Ro. 6. 15.-Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Ja. 2. 17.-Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Mat. 7. 21.

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. 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. Jude 3, 4.

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. 1 Jno. 2. 19.

20 Of whom is Hymenæus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Their word will eat as doth a canker; of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus. 2 Ti. 2. 17.-Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil. 2 Ti. 4. 14.

If he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. Mat. 18. 17.—Deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 1 Co. 5. 5.

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CHAPTER II.

EXHORT therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel. Eph. 6. 18, 19.-Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word. Nu. 14. 19, 20.-God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you. 1 Sa. 12. 23; Ex. 32. 11, etc.

A multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. Ch. 30. 18-20.

The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. De. 29. 29.After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Mat. 6. 9, 10.

2 For kings, and for all that are in authority;

that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. Je. 29. 7.-Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Ro. 13. 1.

ture. Mar. 16. 15.-Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. Eph. 3. 5.-[God] hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me, according to the commandment of God our Saviour. Tit. 1. 3; Ro. 5. 6; Ga. 4. 4.

Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. 2 Ti. 1. 9.

4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? Eze. 18. 23.-God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Jno. 3. 16, 17.-The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men. Tit. 2. 11.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Pe. 3. 9.-0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! Lu. 13. 34.

This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. Jno. 17. 3.-In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. 2 Ti. 2. 25.

5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; The Father, ... the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Mat. 28. 19. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. Is. 45. 22.-The Lord our God is one Lord. Mar. 12. 29.-There is none other God but

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one. To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. 1 Co. 8. 4, 6.-One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Eph. 4. 5, 6.

The Mediator of the new testament. He. 9. 15.-If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 Jno. 2. 1, 2. He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. He. 7. 25.

We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. He. 2. 9, 14, 17.

6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Tit. 2. 14.-The Son of man came... to give his life a ransom for many. Mat. 20. 28.-In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. Eph. 1. 7.

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. Jno. 1. 29.

Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every crea

verity.

I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God. Eph. 3. 7.-We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 2 Co. 5. 20.

The minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God. Ro. 15. 16.

8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Ja. 4. 8.-Having a high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. He. 10. 21, 22; 1 Jno. 3. 20_22.

If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Mat. 5. 23, 24.

What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Mar. 11. 24.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. Ja. 1. 5_7.

9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 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. 1 Pe. 3. 3, 4; Is. 3. 18, etc.

11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.

12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

Let your women keep silence in the churches. 1 Co. 14. 34.As the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Eph. 5. 24.

13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. The rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Ge. 2. 22.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Unto the woman he said,