I. Peter IV. 18.

A.D. about 60 and 4—64. 18. PRoy. ll. 31. Sept.
w. with.
1. John 21. 15-17. Acts 20. 17, 28-35.
s. Shepherd. 7. little. flock.
6, base-
b. bind_on.
A.D. 66 and 4—70.
8. Gr. Symeon, as i A Acts 15.
14.
b. bond- servant.
o. obtained_ _by-lot.
2. 1n.
of. of-our God and Saviour.
J. full. knowledge.
been-given. t. through. c, become.
5. Phil. 1. 9 ll. 1Tim. 6. 11, 12. Heb. 6. 11, 12.°
s. superadd.
ai. in addi- tion to.
c. or courage.
se. self control.
1. love. *
id. idle.
u, unto,
shall the end be of_them_that obey_ not the gospel of_-God ?
18 “ AND IF THE ~RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY
BE_SAVED, WHERE SHALL THE -UNGODLY AND THE -SINNER APPEAR?”
19 Wherefore ,@ let +them_that suffer according_to the will of_-God commit_ the_keeping_of their ‘souls to Him in well_doing, as unto_a_faithful Creator.
THE elders which_are among you
I_exhort, who_am also an_elder, and a witness of_the sufferings of_ -Christ, and also a partaker of_the glory that shall_be_revealed :
2s-Feed the / flock of.-God which-is among you; taking_the_oversight there- of, not by - constraint, but willingly ; not for_? filthy_lucre, but of_a_ready_ mind;
8 Neither as being_lords_over God’s te=heritage, but being ensamples to_the I flock.
4 And «:when the chief_Shepherd
i-|sShall _te appear, ye_shall_receive a
vecrown of_-glory that_fadeth_not_ away,
5 Likewise, ye =younger, ‘submit _ yourselves unto_the_=elder. Yea, all of
-!you +be_subject one_to-another, and
bebe_*clothed_with “humility : for “GoD RESISTETH the =PROUD,
Il. Perer I. 16
AND GIVETH GRACE ‘10 - the - =HUMBLE.”
6 -Humble_yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of_-God, that He_ ‘may-_exalt you in due_time:
7 Casting all your 4-care upon Him ; for He careth for you.
8 -Be_sober, -be_vigilant ; because your radversary the @ devil, as a roaring lion, | walketh_about, seeking whom he_-may_ sdevour: :
9 Whom sresist stedfast in_the faith, “knowing that_the same -cafilictions are_accomplished in your % brethren that_are in the world.
10 But the God of_all grace, who} hoo -shath_called us unto His -eternal glory
iby Christ Jesus, -safter_that_ye_have_| 20,21 suffered a l while, ,#*make you perfect, |7' jj *stablish, -strengthen, settle you.
11 To_Him be «glory and » dominion for 4-=ever and a-=ever, Amen.
12 By si Silvanus, @ faithful brother unto_you, as I_rsuppose, I_*have_ written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that_this is the true grace of_-God wherein ye_‘stand.
13 The church that is at Babylon, elected _together_with you, saluteth you ; and so doth m Marcus my rson.
14 -Greet_ye one_another with a kiss of_l charity. Peace be with-you all}? that_are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
sC\IMON Peter, a Jservant and an
apostle of_Jesus Christ, to_them_ that *thave_cobtained like_precious faith with_us ‘through the righteous- ness of of_-God and our Saviour Jesus Christ :
2 Grace and peace -be_multiplied unto_you ‘through the / knowledge of_ “Goa and of_Jesus our -Lord,
8 According as His “hath_given unto_us all_things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the #knowledge of_Him_that *+hath_ called us to glory and virtue:
4=Whereby ‘are_given unto_us -ex-
-|ceeding_great and precious promises:
that ¢ by these ye_-might_bec partakers of_the_divine nature, having_escaped the corruption that_is in the world ‘through lust.
5 And beside this, :giving all dili- gence, sadd ,ito_your «faith ¢ -virtue; and »?to ¢ -virtue knowledge;
6 And,‘to-knowledgese temperance; and «’to se -temperance «patience ; and ato rpatience -godliness ;
7 And ,ito «godliness «brotherly
kindness ; and ,ito ~brotherly_kindness l«charity.
8 For +if these_things be in_you, and sabound, they_make you that ye shall neither be td barren nor unfruitful «in
THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF_
PETER.
= the fknowledge of_our -Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he_that lacketh these_things is blind, and -cannot_see_afar_off, and -shath forgotten ¢-that_he_was_purged from_his ~old sins.
10 Wherefore the_rather, brethren, *give_diligence to_make. your «calling and election sure: for +if_ye_do these_ things, ye_shall » never s fall:
ll For so an erentrance shall_be_ su ministered unto_you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of_our -Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 Wherefore I_will not be_negligent to_put you always in_-remembrance cof these_things, though ye_“know them, and “be -_established in the present truth. ;
18 Yea, I_think_it meet, as long_as I_ am in this -tabernacle, to_stir you up by patting you Seana “
14.“Knowing that shortly I_ must | Dut_off this my «tabernacle, even_as
~tour “Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me,
15 Moreover I_will_endeavour that_ ye may_be_able after “my @ decease to_ have these_things always in_-remem- brance.
16 Fer -+we_have not followed “cun- ningly. devised fables, when we-made_
14. John 21, 18, 19. aa, also,
d. departure, or exodus.
16. Matt. 17. 1-45.
194
T. Peter I. 17.
known unto_you the power and coming
. of_our «Lord Jesus Christ, but -+were
eyewitnesses of - Sis majesty. 17 For He_-received from God the Father honour and glory, -+when_there_
we. was wcame such a voice to_Him from the borne. excellent glory, “THis 1s My “BELOVED «Son, IN WHOM £ *AM_WELL_PLEASED.” 18 And this «voice which_came : from heaven we heard, +when_we_were with Him in the holy -mount. ¢. the pro- 19 We_haye also ‘@ more_sure «word ie of_prophecy; whereunto ye_do well fenei. |+that_ye_take_heed, as unto_a_!light 7. lamp. 4that_shineth in a ™ dark place, until m.murky. |the day -dawn, and the day_star -arise in Tee chearts 3 o .. owing this first, that no pro- eo phecy of_the_scripture is é of_any_pri- ae 3. vate snker esas. er or prophecy “came not ¢in_ @.at-any- | old_time by_the_will of_man: but -holy bo. borne. |menof_Godspakeasthey were bo+moved along. by the Holy s Ghost. : s, Spirit. a ae 2 BUT there_«were false _ prophets Js also among the people, even as a * \there_shall_be false_teachers among d. de- you, who privily_shall_bring_in ¢dam- structive. |nable heresies, even denying the s Lord s Sove- ;,|that “bought them, and +bring_upon = "| themselves swift destruction.
f. follow- 2 And many shall_/ follow their ¢-per- ee nicious_ways ; by_reason_of whom the iin. 8 And ‘through covetousness shall_ they with_feigned words make_mer-
chandise_of you: whose «judgment Ba a now of_a_long_time lingereth not, and “Gruction, | their ¢e-damnation slumbereth not. 4 See Jude 4¥For if -God spared not the angels 7. ssthat_sinned, but -:cast_them_down_ t.Tartarus. |to_thell, and delivered them into_ chains of_darkness, “to_be_reserved unto judgment ; 5. Gen. vii 5 And spared not the old world, but k. kept, or |ksayed Noah, the eighth person, a preacher of_righteousness, -+bringing_ in the flood upon the world of_the_ ; =ungodly ; 6.Gen.19.1-| 6 And turning the cities of Sodom 2. and Gomorrha into_ashes condemned them with _an_overthrow, “making them an ensample +unto_those_that_ | after_should live_ungodly ; | 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with Yi-licentious.|the Ji filthy conversation of _ the p-behaviour. |] wicked : Beccles 8 (For that crighteous_man dwelling among them, in-seeing and hearing, ~vexed his righteous soul from day to Ta. lawless. | day with_their_la unlawful deeds ;) 9. Ps. 34.19-| 9% The Lonp ‘knoweth how to_deliver 2. Poo the =godly out_of temptations, and to_ J.orideho. |Treserve the =unjust unto the day of_ “yah. judgment +to_be_punished : 10. See Jude | _1° But chiefly -+them_that walk after $12. the flesh in the lust of_uncleanness, and Yo. lordship. |+despise /ogovernment, Presumptuous | are they, selfwilled, they_are not afraid i to_sspeak_evil_of dignities. q 11 Whereas angels, +which_are greater in_power and might, bring not railing i accusation against them before J the Lorp. irra- 22 But these, as natural ir brute beasts, tional. “made to be_taken and destroyed,
Tl. Perer IIT. 5.
+speak_evil cof the things_that they_| A.D. 66 understand_not; and shall_utterly_|and 4—70. perish in -their_own corruption ; o. of, or in. 13 And tshall_receive the «reward | w. wages. of _ unrighteousness, as -they_that_ count_it pleasure -to_riot in the day_ time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting_themselves with -their own deceivings while _ they _ feast _ with ou; ‘ 14 Having eyes full of_«adultery, and a. an that_cannot_cease from_sin ; iling| adulteress. unstable souls: a heart +they_have} “exercised with _ covetous _ practices ; ecursed children : = 15 «sWhich_have_forsaken the sright way, and sare_gone astray, 7 -2following| the way of_-Balaam the son of_-Bosor, |*; who loyed the wages of_unrighteous- | “out.
ness ;
16 But h was rebuked for_his° iniquity: the dumb ?ass «speaking with man’s voice, forbad the madness of_the pro-/? phet.
17 These are wells without _ water, |17 clouds+that_are_carried with atempest ; to_whom the gmist of_-darkness ‘is_ reserved for ever.
18 For +when_they_speak great_swell- ing words of _vanity, they _ allure ithrough the lusts of_the_flesh, through much =wantonness, =those_that were clean_escaped_from =them_who live in error.
19 1While_they_promise them liberty, | 19. John 8. they_themselves zare the éservants of_ a a: -corruption: for of_whom a man “is_)| ‘ overcome, of_the_same ,@*is _he_},a. also. brought_in_bondage.
2 For if -safter_they_have_escaped | 20. Heb. 6.4 the pollutions of_the world ‘through| *._ the 7 knowledge of_the Lord and Saviour | } fui Jesus Christ, .2-sthey_are again en-| knowledge. tangled therein, and overcome, the|q%- but. =latter_end h*is worse with_them than_| a. have_ the =beginning. become.
21 For it_~had_been better for_them not ‘to_have_f«known the way of_ -righteousness, than, -after_they_have_ yuknown it, to_turn from the holy commandment «delivered unto_them.
= But it_‘is_happened unto_them according_to the true proverb, “The DOG *4IS_TURNED TO ‘HIS_OWN VOMIT AGAIN;” and “the sow *that_was_ washed to her _ wallowing_in the mire.”
THIS second epistle, =beloved, I now 3 write unto_you; in both =which I_ stir up your pure -minds by_way_of remembrance :
2 That_ye-may_be_mindful of_the_|2. see Jude swords -“which_were_spoken_before by} 17, 18, 19. the holy prophets, and of_the com-|* %#"5* mandment of_us the apostles of_the Lord and Saviour:
3 Knowing this first, that there_shall_ come in the last «days scoffers, walking after their ~own lusts, .
4 And saying, “ Where is the promise | 4. v. 9. of_His -coming? for since the fathers fell_asleep, all_things continue as they were from the beginning of_the crea- tion.”
5 For this they +willingly are_igno-|5. Gen. 1. 6, rant_of, that, by_the word of_-God the| 7
18. See Jude 16.
iin,
Fu. fally- known.
22. PROV. 5. il.
195
H2
A.D. 66 and 4—70. sv, subsist-
ing. th. through. . Gen, 7. 11,
8. Ps. 90. 4.
ny Pe.
J. or Jeho- vah.
9. Hab. 2. 3. Heb. 10. 37. v. 4. Rom. 2. 4. v. 15.
ti. i.e. The Lord Jesus.
10. Isa. 34. 4. 1 Thess, 5, 2, 3.
J. or Jeho- yah.
7, Tushing- noise.
dissolved.
be. be- hayiours.
12. Rey. 20. iL
A.D. 90 and 4—94, THE WORD
OF LIFE. 1. John 1. 1-
¢. concern- ing.
a. eg
an. an- nounce.
Gop 1s LIGHT.
J. from.
FELLOW- SHIP IN THE
6. Amos 3. 3. 2 Cor. 6. 14.
SIN AND SINs.
Il. Peter III. 6.
jheavens ~were of_old, and the earth
su “standing out_of the water and ‘hin the water :
6 =Whereby the world that_then_ was, *+being _ overflowed with _ water, perished :
7 But the heavens and the earth, which_are_now, by_the_same word are “kept_in_store, +reseryed unto _fire against the day of_judgment and perdi- tion oF ungodly men.
8 But, =beloved, 'be not »~ ignorant_of this one_thing, that one day is with ‘the Lorp as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
° 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,
10 But the day of ! the Lorp will_come as a thief in the night ; in the which the heavensshall_pass_away with_a_r great_ noise, and the elements shall_é melt +with_fervent_heat, the earth also and the works that_are_therein shall_be_ burned_up.
ll Seeing then that all these_things +shall_be_dissolved, what_manner of persons ought ye to_be in all holy be =conversation and =godliness,
22 Looking_for and hasting wnto the