What faith is.

draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

CHAP. XI.

1 What faith is. 6 Without faith we cannot please God. 7 The worthy fruits thereof in the fathers of old time.

NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen: 2 For by it the elders obtained good report.

3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

4 By faith d Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead eyet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

22,

Ge. 48. 5, 16, 20.

i Ge.47.31.

The worthy fruits of faith. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed a to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises d offered up his only begotten

Or, being wary. h1le.3.20. i Ro. 3. 22. &4.13.Phi. 3.9.

6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place Ge. 12.8. which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out not knowing whither he

went.

9 By faith he sojourned in the laud of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, m the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for n a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

11 Through faith also P Sarah herself received strength to couceive seed, and 4 was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, t so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea-shore innumerable.

* Ge. 12. 1, 4. Ac. 7. 2, 3, 4.

& 13.3, 18. & 18. 1, 9. m ch. 6.17

n ch.12.22. & 13. 14.

Or, remembered. Ex. 2. 2. Ac. 7. 20.

m Ex.1.16, 22.

n Ex. 2.10, 11.

o Ps. 84 10.

13 These all died tin faith, "not having received the promises, but y Ge. 23.4. having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

u Ex. 14. 22, 29.

x Jos.6.20.

y Jos.6.23.

& 47. 9. 1 Ja. 2. 25. Ch. 29. 16. Ps. 39. 12. Or, that & 119. 19. were diso 1 Pe. 1. 17. bedient.

& 2. 11.

z Jos. 1. 1.

23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's m command

ment.

24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.

27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the first-born should touch them.

29 By faith "they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had receiv ed the spies with peace.

32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell

as seemed h Ju. 14. 5, good, or, 6. 1 Sa. 17. 34, 35. Da. 6. 22. i Da. 3. 25. * 158.20.1. 1 Ki. 19. 3. 2 Ki. 6. 16. 12 Ki.20.7, &c.Job 42. 10. Ps. 6.8. Ju. 15.8, 15. 18a.14. 13, &c. & 17.51, 52.2

36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and impris-m

onment:

37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheep-skins, and goat-skins; being destitute, afficted, tormented;

38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and u in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40 God having provided y some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

WE

CHAP. XII.

1 An exhortation to constant faith, patience, and godliness. 22 A commendation of the new testament above the old. WHEREFORE, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, a let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set be

fore us,

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; d who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

3f For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, 5 lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4h Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son,

Pr. 4. 26,

27.

Or, even. Ga 6. 1. Ps.34.14.

Sa.8.1,&c. Ro. 12. 18.

n1 Ki. 17. & 14. 9. 2

22. 2 Ki. 4. Ti. 2. 22.

35.

u Mat.5.8.

o Ac.22.25.2 Co. 7. 1. 9 Ge.39.20. Ep. 5. 5. Je. 20.2.& r 2 Co.6.1. Ga. 5. 4.

37. 15. r1 Ki. 21, 13. 2Ch.24. 21. Ac. 7. 58 & 14.19.

Or, fall from. De. 29.

$ 2 Ki. 1.8. 18.ch.3.12.

Mat. 3. 4.

Ep. 6. 3.

Ge.25.33. Ge.27.34,

t Zec.13.4. Col. 3, 5. u 1 Ki. 18. 1 Th. 4. 3. 4. & 19. 9. ver. 2,13. Or, 36, 38. foreseen. y ch. 7.22. & 8. 6.

d ch. 6. 6. Or, way

Jude 14.

to constant faith, &c. dealeth with you as with sons: for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence. shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live ?

10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth Pthe peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

15 Looking diligently, lest any man fail of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring. ing up, trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

16 á Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: d for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard, fentreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 (For they could not endure commanded, that which was

And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake)

29 But ye are come tunto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusa

of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7If ye endure chastening, God 2 Sa. 7. 14. Pr. 13. 24. & 19. 18.

Pr. 3. 11.

company of angels,

23 To the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men P made perfect

Divers godly admonitions.

24 And to Jesus 7 the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear;

29 For our God is a consuming fire.

CHAP. XIII.

1 Divers admonitions, as to charity, 4 to honest life, 5 to avoid covetousness, 7 to regard God's preachers, 9 to take heed of strange doctrines, 10 to confess Christ, 16 to give alms, 17 to obey governors, 18 to pray for the apostle. 20 The conclusion.

CHAP. XI.

A. D. 64. A. D. 64.

q ch.8.6 & 01Co.9.13. 9. 15. & 10. 18. " Or, p Ex. 29. testament. 14. Le. 4 T Ex. 21. . 11, 12,21.& ch. 10. 22. 6. 30. & 9. 1 Pe. 1. 2.11.& 16.27. s Ge. 4. 10. Nu. 19 3. ch. 11. 4. t ch. 2. 2,3. & 3. 17. & 10. 28, 29. u Ex. 19. 18.

John 19. 17, 18. Ac. 7. 58. r ch.11.26. 1 Pe. 4. 14. s Mi. 2. 10. * Hag.2.6. Phi. 3. 20. y Ps. 102. ch. 11. 10, 26. Mat.24. 16.& 12 22. 35. 2 l'e. 3. 10. Re. 21.

1.

Or, may be shaken. I Or, let us hold fast. Ex. 21. 17. De. 4.

Ep. 5. 20. 1 Pe. 2. 5. u Le. 7. 12.

Ps. 50. 14, 23.& 69.80, 31. & 107. 22. & 116. 17.

Ho. 14 2. t Gr. con21. & 9. 3. fessing to. Ps. 50.3. &y Ro. 12.13. 97.3. 18.66.200.9.12.

15. 2 Th.1 Phi. 4. 18. 8.ch.10 27. ch. 6. 10. a Ro. 12.10. a Phi.2.23. 1 Th. 4. 9.1 Th. 5.12. 1 Pe. 1. 22.1 Ti. 5. 17. & 2.17.&3. ver. 7. 8. & 4. 8. 21 Or, Pe. 1.7.1Jo. guide. 3.11,&c. & Ez. 3. 17. 4. 7, 20, 21. & 33 2, 7. b Mat. 25. Ac. 20. 26,

wares.

3d Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body, 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and fbe content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do bnto me.

7 Remember them which I have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: *whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation:

8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for

ever.

9 m Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; "not

13.1Ti.3.2.c Ro. 15.30. 1 Pe. 4. 9.Ep. 6. 19. c Ge. 18. 3. Col. 4. 3. & 19. 2. 1 Th. 5.25. d Mat. 25. 2 Th. 3. 1. 36. Ro. 12. d Ac. 23.1, 15. 1Co. 12. & 24. 16. 2 26. Col. 4. Co. 1. 12.

18.1Pe.3.8 e Philem.

1 Co.6.9. 22. Ga. 5. 19, f Ro.15.33. 21. Ep.5.5. 1Th.5.2. Col. 3. 5, 6. Ac. 2. 24, Re. 22. 15. 32. Ro. 4. Mat. 6. 24. & 8. 11. 25,4. Phi. 1 Co 6.14. 4. 11, 12. 1 & 15. 15. Ti. 6. 8, 8. 2 Co. 4. 14. g Ge.2.15. Ga. 1. 1. De. 31.6,8. Col. 2. 12. Jos. 1. 5. 11 Th. 1.10. Ch. 28. 20. 1 Pe. 1. 21. Ps. 37. 25. h Is. 40.11. h Ps. 27. 1. Ez. 34. 23. & 56, 4, 11, & 37. 21. 12.&118.6. John 10. 11,

i ver. 17. 14. 1 Pe. 2. the guides. i Zec.9.11. Or, are 25 & 5. 4.

& ch. 6. 12. ch. 10. 22. John 8. Or, 58.ch.1.12. testament.

Re. 1. 4. A 2 Th. 2. m Ep.4.14. 17. 1 Pe. 5. & 5.6. Col. 10. 2.4.8. 1 Jo. Or,

4. 1.

Divers godly admonitions,

with meats, which have not prof ited them that have been occupied therein.

10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

11 For P the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing This reproach.

14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to

name.

16 But to do good, and to communicate, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

17 a Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for b they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief for that is unprofitable for you.

18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

20 Now f the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting cov

OF

JAMES.

CHAP. I.

1 We are to rejoice under the cross, 5 to ask patience of God, 13 and in our trials not to impute our weakness, or sins, unto him, 19 but rather to hearken to the word, to meditate in it, and to do thereafter. 26 Otherwise men may seem, but never be truly religious.

a

JAMES, ba servant of God and

of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dwhich are scattered abroad, greeting.

2 My brethren, count it all joy f when ye fall into divers temptations;

38 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

5 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.

6 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. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8 m A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

1. 1.

e Mat. 5. 12. Ac. 5.

Ep 1. 12.

Je. 2. 3. Re. 14. 4. a Ec, 5. 1.

41. He. 10. Pr. 10.19.

34. 1 Pe. 4.

13, 16.
1 Pe.1.6.

g Ro. 5. 3. h1 Ki. 3.9, 11, 12. Pr.

2. 3. i Mat. 7.7. & 21. 22. Ma. 11. 24. Lu. 11. 9. Johu14.13. & 15, 7, & 16. 23.

* Je. 29.12.

1 Jo. 5. 11,

15.
Ma. 11.
24. 1 Ti. 2.

9 Let the brother of low degrees. I rejoice in that he is exalted:

10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because n as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

12 Biessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love

& 17. 27.

Ec. 5. 2. c Pr. 14.17. & 16. 32. Ec. 7. 9. d Col. 3.8.

1 Pe. 2. 1.

e Ac.13 26. Ro. 1. 16. 1 Co. 15. 2.

Ep. 1. 13. Tit. 2. 11. He. 2. 3. 1 Pe. 1. 9.

f Mat. 7.

21. Ln. 6. 46.&11.28.

Ro. 2. 13. 1 Jo. 3. 7. g Lu. 6.47,

m ch. 4. 8. & c. Or, glory.

See

ch. 2. 14, &c.

n Job 14 2h2Co.3.18. Ps. 37.2.&i ch. 2. 12. 90. 5, 6. & 102. 11. & John 13.

17.

103. 15. Is. 40. 6. 1 Co. Or, 7. 31. ch.4. doing. 14. 1 Pe. 1. Ps.34.13. 24. 1 Jo. 2. & 39. 1. 1 17. Pe. 3. 10. o Job 5.17. m Is. 1. 16, Pr.3.11.12. 17. & 5. 6, He. 12. 5. 7. Mat. 25. Re. 3. 19. p1Co.9 25. 2 Ti. 4. 8.

ch. 2. 5. 1 Pe.5.4. Re.

2. 10.

36.

n Ro. 12 2. ch. 4. 4. 1 Jo. 5. 18.

16 Do not err, my beloved breth-23.

ren.

John 3. † Gr. syn17 Every good gift and every 27.1Co.4.7. agogue.

20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21 Wherefore d lay apart all filthiness, and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, m To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, " and to keep himself unspotted from

the world.

CHAP. II.

1 It is not agreeable to Christian pro fession to regard the rich, and to despise the poor brethren: 13 rather we are to be loving, and merciful: 14 and not to boast of faith where no deeds are, 17 which is but a dead faith, 19 the faith of devils, 21 and not of Abraham, 25 and Rahab.

MY

Y brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, a the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

2 For if there come unto your tassembly, a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing,