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106 Bible verses that are difficult to explain
I've found that the best way to explain something truly difficult is to have lived it firsthand. Walking the walk every day gives you the tools you need to share a message of salvation that can really reach people. There's just nothing like sharing a life-changing message that's rooted in your own experiences.
But here's the thing: it's so important to remember the role of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit has the full picture and the patience to guide us into a deeper understanding. We can't just rely on our own thinking or even other people's stories, because we might find ourselves at a loss when we try to share something we haven't truly encountered ourselves.
The Holy Spirit is ready and willing to teach us today. It's all about being open to that guidance.
For also Christ once died for our sins, he just for unjust, that he should offer to God us [or should offer us to God], made dead in flesh, but made quick in Spirit.For which thing he came in Spirit, and also to them that were enclosed together in prison;
And it was done, in a day the sons of God were come to praise him, and they stood before the Lord, and Satan was come among them, and he stood in the sight of the Lord,
Here is wisdom; he that hath understanding, account the number of the beast; for it is the number of man, and his number is six hundred sixty and six.
And when men began to be multiplied on [the] earth, and had begat daughters,and begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Forsooth the earth was corrupt before God, and was filled with wickedness.And when God saw, that the earth was corrupt, for each flesh, or man, had corrupted his way on [the] earth,he said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; the earth is filled with wickedness of the face of them, and I shall destroy them with the earth.Make thou to thee a ship of wood hewn and planed; thou shalt make dwelling places in the ship, and thou shalt anoint it with pitch within and withoutforth. And so thou shalt make it. The length of the ship shall be of three hundred cubits, the breadth shall be of fifty cubits, and the highness thereof shall be of thirty cubits.Thou shalt make a window in the ship, and thou shalt end the highness thereof in a cubit; soothly thou shalt set the door of the ship in the side beneath; thou shalt make solars or upper rooms, and places of three chambers in the ship.Lo! I shall bring waters of deluge, or great flood, on the earth, and I shall slay each flesh in which is the spirit of life under heaven, and all things that be in [the] earth, shall be wasted.And I shall set my covenant of peace with thee; and thou shalt enter into the ship, [thou], and thy sons, and thy wife, and the wives of thy sons shall enter with thee.And of all living beasts of all flesh, thou shalt bring into the ship twain [or two] and twain, of male kind and female, that they live with thee;the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took wives to them of all which they had chosen.of birds by their kind, and of work beasts in their kind, and of each creeping beast of [the] earth, by their kind; twain [or two] and twain of all shall enter with thee, that they may live.Therefore thou shalt take with thee of all meats that may be eaten, and thou shalt bear together at thee, and those shall be as well to thee as to the beasts into meat.Therefore Noah did all things which God commanded to him.And God said, My spirit shall not dwell in man without end, for he is flesh; and the days of him shall be an hundred and twenty years.Soothly giants were on the earth in those days, forsooth after that the sons of God entered [in] to the daughters of men, and those daughters begat; these were mighty of the world and famous men.
But of these cities that shall be given to thee, thou shalt not suffer any to live, but thou shalt slay by the sharpness of sword;that is to say, Hittites, and Amorites, and Canaanites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites, as thy Lord God hath commanded to thee;
and he made a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou shalt betake the sons of Ammon into mine hands,whoever goeth out first of the doors of mine house, and cometh against me turning again with peace from the sons of Ammon, I shall offer him burnt sacrifice to the Lord.
And the strong vengeance of the Lord added to be wroth against Israel, and he stirred against them David, saying to Joab, Go thou, and number thou Israel and Judah.
And he said to him, And I am a prophet like thee; and an angel spake to me by the word of the Lord, and said, Lead again him into thine house, that he eat bread, and drink water. He deceived the man of God,
And if any of you needeth wisdom, ask he of God, which giveth to all men largely, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.
Forsooth the Lord answered from the whirlwind to Job, and said,I encompassed it with my terms, and I setted [or set] a bar, and doors;and I said, Hitherto thou shalt come, and thou shalt not go further; and here thou shalt break altogether thy swelling waves.Whether after thy birth thou commandedest to the beginning of the day, and showedest to the morrow-tide his place?Whether thou heldest shaking together the last parts of [the] earth, and shakedest away [the] wicked men therefrom?A sealing shall be restored as clay, and it shall stand as a cloth.The light of wicked men shall be taken away from them, and an high arm shall be broken.Whether thou hast entered into the depth of the sea, and hast walked in the last parts of the depth, that is, the ocean, or the great west sea?Whether the gates of death be opened to thee, and thou hast seen the dark doors?Whether thou hast beheld the breadth of the earth? Show thou to me, if thou knowest all things,in what way the light dwelleth, and which is the place of darkness;Who is this man, wrapping together sentences with unwise words?that thou lead out each thing to his terms, and that thou understand the ways of his house.Knewest thou then, that thou shouldest be born, and knew thou the number of thy days?Whether thou enteredest into the treasures of snow, either beheldest thou the treasures of hail?which things I made ready into the time of an enemy, into the day of fighting and of battle.By what way is the light spread abroad, and by what way heat is parted upon earth?Who gave course to the strongest rain, and way of the thunder sounding?That it should rain on the earth without man, in desert, where none of deadly men dwelleth?That it should [ful] fill a land without a way and desolate, and should bring forth green herbs?Who is [the] father of rain, either who engendered the drops of dew?Of whose womb went out ice, and who begat frost from heaven?Gird thou as a man thy loins; I shall ask thee, and answer thou [to] me.Waters be made hard in the likeness of [a] stone, and the over-part of [the] ocean is constrained together.Whether thou shalt be able to join together [the] shining stars Pleiades, that is, the seven stars, either thou shalt be able to destroy the compass of Arcturus?Whether thou bringest forth Lucifer, that is, the day star, in his time, and makest the even star to rise upon the sons of [the] earth?Whether thou knowest the order of heaven, and shall set the reason thereof in [the] earth?Whether thou shalt raise thy voice into a cloud, and the fierceness of waters shall cover thee?Whether thou shalt send out lightnings, and they shall go forth, and those [or they] shall turn again, and shall say to thee, We be present?Who hath put wisdom to the entrails of man, that is, soul, either who gave understanding to the cock?Who shall tell out the reason of heavens, and who shall make [the] according of heaven to sleep?When dust was founded on the earth, and clots were joined together?Whether thou shalt take [the] prey to the lioness, and shalt fill the souls of her whelps,Where were thou, when I set the foundaments of the earth? show thou to me, if thou hast understanding.
the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took wives to them of all which they had chosen.
that God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give to you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, into the knowing of him;
Whether thou knowest not, either heardest thou not? God, everlasting Lord, that made of nought the ends of [the] earth, shall not fail, neither shall travail, neither ensearching of his wisdom is.
Answer thou not to a fool after his folly, lest thou be made like him.Answer thou a fool after his folly, lest he seem to himself to be wise.
Therefore one is the perishing of man and of beasts, and even condition is of ever either; as a man dieth, so and those beasts die; all those breathe in like manner, and a man hath nothing more than a beast. All things be subject to vanity,Time of birth, and time of dying; time to plant, and time to draw up that that is planted.and all things go to one place; those be made of earth, and those turn again altogether into earth.Who knoweth, if the spirit[s] of the sons of Adam goeth upward, and if the spirits of beasts goeth downward?
forming light, and making dark-nesses, making peace, and forming evil; I am the Lord, doing all these things.
The sons gather sticks, and the fathers kindle a fire; and women sprinkle together inner fatness, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, to make sacrifice to alien gods, and to stir me to wrathfulness [or to wrath].
Therefore and I gave to them commandments not good, and dooms in which they shall not live.And I defouled them in their gifts, when they offered to me for their trespasses all thing that openeth the womb; and they shall know, that I am the Lord.
Seventy weeks of years be abridged on thy people, and on thine holy city, that trespassing be ended, and sin take an end, and that wickedness be done away, and everlasting right-fulness [or rightwiseness] be brought, and that the vision and prophecy be [ful] filled, and the Holy Place of saints be anointed.Therefore know thou, and perceive; from the going out of the word that Jerusalem be builded again, till to Christ, the duke, shall be seven weeks of years and two and sixty weeks of years; and again the street shall be builded, and walls, in the anguish of times.And after two and sixty weeks of years Christ shall be slain. And it shall not be his people, that shall deny him. And the people with the duke to coming shall destroy the city, and the saintuary; and the end thereof shall be destroying, and after the end of battle shall be ordained desolation.Forsooth one week of years shall confirm the covenant to many men, and the offering and sacrifice shall fail in the midst of the week of years; and abomination of desolation shall be in the temple, and the desolation shall continue till to the performing and end.
That if thy right eye cause thee to stumble, pull it out, and cast it from thee; for it speedeth to thee, that one of thy members perish, than that all thy body go into hell.Blessed be poor men in spirit, for the kingdom of heavens is theirs. [Blessed be the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.]And if thy right hand cause thee to stumble, cut it away, and cast [it] from thee; for it speedeth to thee, that one of thy members perish, than that all thy body go into hell.
Do not ye deem that I came to send peace into [the] earth; I came not to send peace, but sword.
Therefore I say to you, all sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men, but [the] blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven.And whoever saith a word against man’s Son, it shall be forgiven to him; but who that saith a word against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven to him, neither in this world, nor in the tother.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a great voice, and said, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani, that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Who that believeth, and is baptized [or christened], shall be safe [or saved]; but he that believeth not, shall be condemned [or damned].
If any man cometh to me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and sons, and brethren, and sisters or sistren, and yet his own life, he may not be my disciple.
Therefore Jesus saith to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, but ye eat the flesh of man’s Son, and drink his blood, ye shall not have life in you.
And they gave lots to them, and the lot felled on Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
What then? Israel hath not gotten this that he sought, but election hath gotten; and the others be blinded.As it is written, God gave to them a spirit of compunction, eyes that they see not, and ears, that they hear not, into this day.
Therefore whoever eateth the bread, or drinketh the cup of the Lord unworthily, he shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord.But prove a man himself, and so eat he of that bread, and drink he of the cup.For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh doom, [or damnation], to him[self], not wisely deeming the body of the Lord.But I will that ye know, that Christ is [the] head of each man; but the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.Therefore among you many be sick and feeble [or unstrong], and many sleep, [or die].
Else what shall they do, that be baptized for dead men, if in no wise dead men rise again? whereto be they baptized for them?
And lest the greatness of revela-tions enhance me, in pride, the prick of my flesh, an angel of Satan, is given to me, that he buffet me.For which thing thrice I prayed the Lord, that it should go away from me.And he said to me, My grace sufficeth to thee; for virtue is perfectly made in infirmity. Therefore gladly I shall glory in mine infirmities, that the virtue of Christ dwell in me.
I would that they were cut away, that disturb you. [I would that they that distrouble you, be also cut off.]
as he hath chosen us in himself before the making of the world, that we were holy [or that we should be holy], and without wem in his sight, in charity.
For it is given to you for Christ, that not only ye believe in him, but also that ye suffer for him;
For in him all things be made, in heavens and in earth, visible and invisible, either thrones, either dominations, either princehoods, either powers, all things be made of nought by him, and in him,and he is before all, and all things be in him.
But it is impossible, that they that be once enlightened [or illumined], and have tasted also an heavenly gift, and be made partners of the Holy Ghost,and nevertheless have tasted the good word of God, and the virtues of the world to coming [or to come],and be slid far away, that they be renewed again to penance. Which again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and have him to scorn.
For why now a sacrifice for sins is not left to us, that sin willfully, after that we have taken the knowing of truth.For why some abiding of doom is dreadful, and the pursuing of fire, which shall waste adversaries.
He that knoweth that his brother sinneth a sin not to death, ask he, and life shall be given to him that sinneth not to death. There is a sin to death; not for it I say, that any man pray.
He that overcometh, shall be clothed thus with white clothes; and I shall not do away his name from the book of life, and I shall acknowledge his name before my Father, and before his angels.
And I saw a great white throne, and one sitting on it, from whose sight earth fled [or flew away], and heaven; and the place is not found of them.And I saw dead men, great and small, standing in the sight of the throne; and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and dead men were deemed of these things that were written in the books, after the works of them.And the sea gave his dead men, that were in it; and death and hell gave their dead, that were in them. And it was deemed of each, after the works of them.And hell and death were sent into the pool of fire. This is the second death.And he that was not found written in the book of life, was sent into the pool of fire.
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,burning for burning, wound for wound, sore for sore.
If two men have strife betwixt themselves, and one beginneth to strive against another, and the wife of the one man will deliver her husband from the hand of the stronger man, and she putteth forth her hand, and holdeth him by his privy members,thou shalt cut off her hand, neither thou shalt be bowed on her with any mercy.
And she said, Samson, the Philistines be upon thee! And he rose from sleep, and said in his soul, I shall go out, as I did before, and I shall shake me from these bonds; and he knew not, that the Lord had gone away from him.
Now therefore go thou, and slay Amalek, and destroy thou all his things; spare thou not him, nor covet thou anything of his things; but slay thou from man unto woman, and little child, and sucking, ox, and sheep, and camel, and ass.
And when they went, and spake going, lo! a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, parted ever either; and Elijah ascended [or went up] by a whirlwind into heaven. Forsooth Elisha saw, and cried, My father! my father! the chariot of Israel, and the charioteer thereof. And he saw no more Elijah. And he took his clothes, and rent those into two parts.
and said, I went naked out of the womb of my mother, and naked I shall turn again thither; the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; as it pleased the Lord, so be it done; the name of the Lord be blessed.
For thou haddest in possession my reins; thou tookest me up from the womb of my mother.I shall acknowledge to thee, for thou art magnified dreadfully; thy works be wonderful, and my soul shall know that full much.My bone, which thou madest in private, is not hid from thee; and my substance formed in the lower parts of [the] earth.Thine eyes saw mine unperfect thing, and all men shall be written in thy book; days shall be formed, and no man is in those [or them].
Verily he suffered our sicknesses, and he bare our sorrows; and we areckoned him as a mesel, and smitten of God, and made low.Forsooth he was wounded for our wickednesses, he was defouled for our great trespasses; the learning of our peace was on him, and we be made whole by his wanness.
For I know the thoughts which I think on you, saith the Lord, the thoughts of peace, and not of torment, that I give to you an end and patience.
The hand of the Lord was made on me, and led me out in the spirit of the Lord; and he let me go in the midst of a field that was full of bones;And I prophesied, as he com-manded to me; and the spirit entered into those bones, and they lived, and stood on their feet, a full great host.And the Lord said to me, Thou, son of man, all these bones is the house of Israel; they say, Our bones dried, and our hope perished, and we be cut away.Therefore prophesy thou, and thou shalt say to them, The Lord God saith these things, Lo! I shall open your graves, and I shall lead you out of your sepulchres, my people, and I shall lead you into your land [of] Israel.And ye shall know, that I am the Lord, when I shall open your sepulchres, and shall lead you out of your burials, my people;and I shall give my spirit in you, and ye shall live. And I shall make you for to rest on your land; and ye shall know, that I the Lord spake, and did, saith the Lord God.
Enter ye by the strait gate; for the gate that leadeth to perdition, [or to damnation], is large, and the way is broad, and there be many that enter by it.How strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leadeth to life, and there be few that find it.
When man’s Son shall come in his majesty, and all his angels with him, then he shall sit on the seat of his majesty;and all folks shall be gathered before him, and he shall separate [or part] them atwain, as a shepherd separateth [or parteth] sheep from kids;and he shall set the sheep on his right half, and the kids on the [or his] left half.Then the king shall say to them, that shall be on his right half, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, take ye in possession the kingdom made ready to you from the making [or the beginning] of the world.For I hungered [or I was hungry], and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was harbour-less, and ye harboured me;naked, and ye covered me; sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.Then just men shall answer to him, and say, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and we fed thee; thirsty, and we gave to thee [or we gave thee] drink?and when saw we thee harbour-less, and we harboured thee [or we gathered thee to harbour]; or naked, and we covered thee?or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and we came to thee?but the prudent took oil in their vessels with the lamps.And the king answering shall say to them, Truly I say to you, as long as ye did to one of these my least brethren, ye did to me.Then the king shall say also to them, that shall be on his left half, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, that is made ready to the devil and his angels.For I hungered, and ye gave not [to] me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave not [to] me to drink;I was harbourless, and ye harboured not me [or ye gathered not me to harbour]; naked, and ye covered not me; sick, and in prison, and ye visited not me.Then and they shall answer to him, and shall say, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or harbourless, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and we served not to thee?Then he shall answer to them, and say, Truly I say to you, as long as ye did not to one of these least, neither ye did to me [or ye did not to me].And these shall go into ever-lasting torment; but the just men shall go into everlasting life.
There was a rich man, and was clothed in purple, and white silk, and ate every day shiningly.And he called him, and said to him, What hear I this thing of thee? yield reckoning of thy bailiffship, for thou might not now be bailiff, [yield reason of thy farm, or for now thou shalt no more hold the farm].And there was a beggar, Lazarus by name, that lay at his gate full of boils,and coveted to be fulfilled of [or with] the crumbs, that fell down from the rich man’s board, and no man gave to him; but hounds came, and licked his boils.And it was done, that the beggar died, and was borne of angels into Abraham’s bosom. And the rich man was dead also, and was buried in hell.And he raised up his eyes, when he was in torments, and saw Abraham afar, and Lazarus in his bosom.And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he dip the end of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.And Abraham said to him, Son, have mind, for thou hast received good things in thy life, and Lazarus also evil things; but he is now comforted, and thou art tormented.And in all these things a great dark place [or great dark depth] is stablished betwixt us and you; that they that will from hence pass to you, may not, neither from thence pass over hither.And he said, Then I pray thee, father, that thou send him into the house of my father.For I have five brethren, that he witness to them, lest also they come into this place of torments.And Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; hear they them.And the bailiff said within himself, What shall I do, for my lord taketh away from me the bailiffship? delve may I not, I shame to beg. [Forsooth the farmer said within himself, What shall I do, for my lord taketh away from me the farm? I may not delve, I am ashamed to beg?]And he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if any of dead men go to them, they shall do penance.And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither if any of dead men rise again, they shall believe to him.
In the house of my Father be many dwellings; if anything less, I had said to you, for I go to make ready to you a place.In that day ye shall know, that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father, and I shall love him, and I shall show to him myself.Judas saith to him, not he of Iscariot, Lord, what is done, that thou shalt show thyself to us, and not to the world?Jesus answered, and said to him, If any man loveth me, he shall keep my word; and my Father shall love him, and we shall come to him, and we shall dwell with him.He that loveth me not, keepeth not my words; and the word which ye have heard, is not mine, but the Father’s, that sent me.These things I have spoken to you, dwelling among you;but that Holy Ghost, the Comfort-er, whom the Father shall send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and shall show, [or remember], to you all things, whatever things I shall say to you.Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; not as the world giveth, I give to you; be not your heart afraid [or troubled], nor dread it.Ye have heard, that I said to you, I go, and come to you. If ye loved me, forsooth ye should have joy, for I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.And now I have said to you, before that it be done, that when it is done, ye believe.And if I go, and make ready to you a place, again I [shall] come, and I shall take you to myself, that where I am, ye be.
And when the days of Pentecost were [ful] filled, all the disciples were together in the same place.Phrygia, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya, that is about Cyrene, and comelings, Romans, and Jews, and proselytes,men of Crete, and of Arabia, we have heard them speaking in our languages [or our tongues] the great things of God.And all were astonied, and wondered, saying together, What will this thing be?And others scorned, and said, For these men be full of must.But Peter stood with the eleven, and raised up his voice, and spake to them, Ye Jews, and all that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and with ears perceive ye my words.For not as ye ween [or as ye guess], these be drunken, when it is the third hour of the day;but this it is, that was said by the prophet Joel,And it shall be in the last days, the Lord saith, I shall pour out my Spirit on each flesh [or on all flesh]; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream swevens.And on my servants and on mine handmaidens in those days I shall pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.And I shall give great wonders in heaven above, and signs in earth beneath, blood, and fire, and heat [or vapour] of smoke.And suddenly there was made a sound from heaven, as of a great wind coming, and it filled all the house where they sat.The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that the great and the open day of the Lord [shall] come.And it shall be, each man which-ever shall call to help [or in-call] the name of the Lord, shall be safe.Ye men of Israel, hear ye these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God before you by virtues, and wonders, and tokens, which God did by him in the middle of you, as ye know,ye tormented, and killed him by the hands of wicked men, by counsel determined and betaken by the fore-knowing [or the prescience] of God.Whom God raised, when [the] sorrows of hell were unbound, by that that it was impossible that he were holden of it.For David saith of him, I saw afar the Lord before me evermore, for he is on my right half, that I be not moved.For this thing mine heart joyed, and my tongue made full out joy [or gladded], and moreover my flesh shall rest in hope.For thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, neither thou shalt give thine Holy to see corruption.Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt [full]-fill me in mirth with thy face.Brethren, be it leaveful boldly to say to you of the patriarch David, for he is dead and buried, and his sepulchre is among us into this day.And diverse tongues [or tongues diversely parted] as fire appeared to them, and it sat on each of them.Therefore when he was a prophet, and knew, that with a great oath God had sworn to him, that of the fruit of his loins should one sit on his seat,he seeing afar spake of the resurrection of Christ, for neither he was left in hell, neither his flesh saw corruption.God raised this Jesus, to whom we all be witnesses.Therefore he was enhanced by the right hand of God, and through the promise of the Holy Ghost that he took of the Father, he shedded out this Spirit, that ye see and hear.For David ascended not into heaven; but he saith, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right half,till I put thine enemies the stool of thy feet.Therefore most certainly know all the house of Israel, that God made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus, whom ye crucified.When they heard these things, they were compunct in heart; and they said to Peter and [to] other apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?And Peter said to them, Do ye penance, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, into remission of your sins; and ye shall take the gift of the Holy Ghost.For the promise [or repromission] is to you, and to your sons, and to all that be far, whichever [or whomever] our Lord God hath called.And all were filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak in diverse languages [or with diverse tongues], as the Holy Ghost gave to them to speak.
And we know, that to men that love God, all things work together into good, to them that after purpose be called saints.
If any man’s work burn, he shall suffer harm, either impairing; but he shall be safe, so nevertheless as by fire.
For it behooveth us all to be showed before the throne of Christ, that every man tell [or receive] the proper things of the body, as he hath done, either good, either evil.
Do not ye err, God is not scorned; for those things that a man soweth, those things he shall reap.
For by grace ye be saved by faith, and this not of you; for it is the gift of God,not of works, that no man have glory.
For many walk, which I have said oft to you, but now I weeping say, [them], the enemies of Christ’s cross,whose end is death, whose god is the womb, and the glory in [the] confusion of them, that savour [or that understand] earthly things.
But she shall be saved by generation of children, if she dwell perfectly in faith, and love, and holiness, with soberness.
And it is impossible to please God without faith. For it behooveth that a man coming to God, believe that he is, and that he is [a] rewarder of men that seek him.
No man when he is tempted, say, that he is tempted of God; for why God is not a tempter of evil things, for he tempteth no man.But each man is tempted, drawn and stirred, of his own coveting. [Soothly each man is tempted of his own coveting, drawn from reason, and snared, or deceived.]
by the before-knowing [or the prescience] of God, the Father, in hallowing of Spirit, by obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, grace and peace be multiplied to you.
And in this thing we know, that we know him, if we keep his commandments.He that saith that he knoweth God, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and truth is not in him.
Neither any man [or anything] defouled, and doing abomination and leasing, shall enter into it; but they that be written in the book of life of the lamb.
Whether not if thou shalt do well, thou shalt receive well; but if thou doest evil, thy sin shall be present anon in the gates? but the desire thereof, that is, of sin, shall be under thee, and thou shalt be lord thereof.
do not thou worship an alien God; a jealous lover is the Lord’s name, God is a fervent lover;
If a man sleepeth with a man, by lechery of a woman, ever either hath wrought unleaveful thing, die they by death; their blood be on them.
but whatever thing is dead by itself, eat ye not thereof. Give thou meat to the pilgrim that is within thy gates, that he eat, either sell thou meat to him, for thou art an holy people of thy Lord God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
Therefore the Lord saith these things, Lo! I shall raise upon thee the evil of thine house, and I shall take thy wives in thine eyes or thy sight, and I shall give them to thy neigh-bour, and he shall sleep with thy wives in the eyes of this sun.For thou hast done thy sin privily; forsooth I shall do this word in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of this sun.And David said to Nathan, I have sinned to the Lord. And Nathan said to David, Also the Lord hath turned away thy sin; thou shalt not die.Nevertheless for thou hast made [the] enemies to blaspheme the name of the Lord, for this word the child that is born to thee shall die by death.
If I shall ascend [or go up] into heaven, thou art there; if I shall go down into hell, thou art present.
Have thou trust in the Lord, of all thine heart; and lean thou not to thy prudence.In all thy ways think on him, and he shall dress thy goings.
for in much wisdom is much indignation, and he that increaseth knowing, increaseth also travail.
For why my thoughts be not your thoughts, and my ways be not your ways, saith the Lord.For as heavens be raised from earth, so my ways be raised from your ways, and my thoughts from your thoughts.
In the sentence of the watchers it is deemed, and it is the word and asking of saints, till living men know, that [the] high God is Lord in the realm of men; and he shall give it to whomever he will, and he shall ordain on it the meekest man.
My people was still, for it had not knowing; for thou hast put away knowing, I shall put thee away, that thou use not priesthood to me; and for thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, also I shall forget thy sons.
but I hated Esau? And I have put Seir, the hills of him, into wilderness, and his heritage into dragons of desert.
Another parable Jesus put forth to them, and said, The kingdom of heavens is made like to a man, that sowed good seed in his field.And when men slept, his enemy came, and sowed above tares, [or darnels, or cockles], in the middle of wheat, and went away.But when the herb was grown, and made fruit, then the tares, [or the darnels, or cockles], appeared.And the servants of the husband-man came, and said to him, Lord, whether hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whereof then hath it tares, [or darnels, or cockles]?And he said to them, An enemy hath done this thing. And the servants said to him, Wilt thou that we go, and gather them?And he said, Nay, lest peradven-ture ye in gathering tares, [or the darnels, or cockles], draw up with them [also] the wheat by the root.And he spake to them many things in parables, and said, Lo! he that soweth, went out to sow his seed.Suffer ye them both to wax into reaping time; and in the time of ripe corn, I shall say to the reapers, First gather ye together the tares, [or the darnels, or cockles], and bind them together in knitches, [or small bundles], to be burnt, but gather ye the wheat into my barn.
And again I say to you, it is lighter [or easier] a camel to pass through a needle’s eye [or the hole of a needle], than a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heavens.
And Jesus beheld them, and said, With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things be possible with God.
Give ye, and it shall be given to you. They shall give into your bosom a good measure, and well-filled, and shaken together, and overflowing; for by the same measure, by which ye mete, it shall be meted again to you.
I may nothing do of myself, but as I hear, I deem, [or I may not of myself do anything, but as I hear, I judge], and my doom is just, for I seek not my will, but the will of the Father that sent me.
Therefore it is not neither of [a] man willing, neither running, but of God having mercy.
For a beastly man perceiveth not those things that be of the Spirit of God; for it is folly to him, and he may not understand, for it is examined, [or assayed], ghostly.
For if also our gospel is covered, or is hid, in these that perish it is covered;in which [the] god of this world, that is, the devil, hath blinded the souls of unfaithful men, that the enlightening [or the lighting] of the gospel of the glory of Christ, which is the image of God, shine not.
For the flesh coveteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these be adversaries together, that ye do not all things that ye will.
And do not ye commune to unfruiteous works of darknesses; but more rather reprove ye [them].
Therefore ye, as the chosen of God, holy and loved, clothe [ye] you with the entrails of mercy, benignity, and meekness, temperance, patience;and support ye each other, [or bearing up together], and forgive to yourselves, if any man against any hath a quarrel; as the Lord [Christ] forgave to you, so also ye.And upon all these things have ye charity, that is the bond of perfectness [or of perfection].
For this is the will of God, your holiness, that ye abstain you from fornication.That each of you know how to wield his vessel in holiness, and honour;not in passion of lust, as heathen men that know not God.
For all scripture inspired of God is profitable to teach, to reprove, to chastise, [for] to learn in rightwiseness,that the man of God be perfect, learned to all good work[s].
that gave himself for us, to again-buy us from all wickedness, and make clean to himself a people acceptable, and pursuer of good works.
Therefore we that have so great a cloud of witnesses put to [us], do we away all charge, and sin standing about us, and by patience run we to the battle, [or the strife, or fight], purposed to us,And they in time of few days taught us by their will; but this Father teacheth to that thing that is profitable, in receiving the hallowing of him.And each chastising in [this] present time seemeth to be not of joy, but of sorrow; but afterward it shall yield fruit of rightwiseness most peaceable to men exercised by it.For which thing raise ye [up] slow hands, and knees unbound,and make ye rightful steps to your feet; that no man halting err, but more be healed.Pursue ye peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see God.Behold ye, that no man fail to the grace of God, that no root of bitterness burrowing upward hinder [us], and many be defouled by it;that no man be lecher, either unholy, as Esau, which for one [meal’s] meat sold his first things, [or heritage].For know ye, that afterward he coveting to inherit blessing, was reproved. For he found not place of penance, though he sought it with tears.But ye have not come to the fire able to be touched, and able to come to, and to the whirlwind [or the great wind], and mist, and tempest,and sound of trump, and voice of words; which they that heard, excused them, that the word should not be made to them.beholding into the maker of faith, and the perfect ender, Jesus; which when joy was purposed to him, he suffered the cross, and despised confusion, and sitteth on the right half of the seat of God.