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.
παρατιθεσθωσαν
they are offered
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:
συμπρεσβυτερος
fellow elder
μελλουσης
of being about to
αποκαλυπτεσθαι
to be discovered
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight [thereof,] not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
επισκοπουντες
carefully seeing to
αισχροκερδως
ugly-gain-seeking
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
ταπεινωθητε
you be made low
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
επιτελεισθαι
to be subsequently completed
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you. ]
καταρτισαι
he may put in perfect order
σθενωσει
he will strengthen
θεμελιωσει
he will equip with a foundation
The [church that is] at Babylon, elected together with [you,] saluteth you; and [so doth] Marcus my son.
συνεκλεκτη
co-selected out
Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace [be] with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
ισοτιμον
equally respectable
λαχουσιν
to getting by chance
δικαιοσυνη
to righteousness
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
πληθυνθειη
it may be filled to capacity
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
δεδωρηται
it has been given for free
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
παρεισενεγκαντες
bringing in beside
επιχορηγησατε
you supply over-abundantly
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
ευσεβεια
to well-reverence
φιλαδελφιαν
brotherly love
φιλαδελφια
to brotherly love
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know [them,] and be established in the present truth.
εστηριγμενους
having been stablished
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance;
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
προσεχοντες
paying attention
λυχνω
to light (i.e. lamp)
διαυγαση
it might dawn through and through
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
ψευδοπροφηται
false prophets
ψευδοδιδασκαλοι
false teachers
παρεισαξουσιν
they will smuggle in
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
εμπορευσονται
they will turn over
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
καταπονουμενον
being worn out
ασελγεια
to licentiousness
(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] unlawful deeds;)
εβασανιζεν
it/he was tortuously testing
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous [are they,] selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
καταφρονουντας
[those] breaking further down
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
γεγενημενα
having be(come)
αγνοουσιν
they are unable to comprehend
καταφθαρησονται
they will be brought to destruction
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the daytime. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
κομιουμενοι
going to be receiving
συνευωχουμενοι
treating well together
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
παρανομιας
of irregularity
φθεγξαμενον
audibly expressing
παραφρονιαν
para-verbalism
For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
φθεγγομενοι
audibly expressing
ασελγειαις
to licentiousnesses
αναστρεφομενους
being tu(r)ned into
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
ηττωνται
they are defeated
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in [both] which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
παρελευσονται
they will pass by
καυσουμενα
being subjected to a burning
λυθησονται
they will be disintegrated
κατακαησεται
it will be burned up
[Seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved, what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy conversation and godliness,
λυομενων
of being disintegrated
αναστροφαις
to ways of life
ευσεβειαις
to well-reverences
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
αμωμητοι
found unblemished
As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
But grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and for ever. Amen.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
αναγγελλομεν
we message on
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
περιπατωμεν
we may walk around
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
περιπατωμεν
we may walk around
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
τετελειωται
it has been fully completed
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
περιεπατησεν
he walked around
Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
σκανδαλον
night-fishing light
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
ετυφλωσεν
it visually impaired
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
ισχυροι
in facultative control
νενικηκατε
you have overcome
Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
φανερωθη
he might be made conspicuous
παρρησιαν
freedom of speech
αισχυνθωμεν
we might be ashamed
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
εφανερωθη
he was made conspicuous
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
γεγεννημενος
having been born
γεγεννηται
he has been born
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death.
μεταβεβηκαμεν
we have passed on
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Hereby perceive we the love [of God,] because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
My little children, 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.
And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
νενικηκατε
you have overcome
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
εφανερωθη
it was made conspicuous
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
τετελειωμενη
having been fully completed
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
πεπιστευκαμεν
we have believed
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
τετελειωται
it has been fully completed
παρρησιαν
freedom of speech
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
κολασιν
corrective punishment
τετελειωται
he has been fully completed
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
πεπιστευκεν
he has believed
μεμαρτυρηκεν
he had witnessed
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
[And] we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
Grace be with you, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
περιπατουντας
walking around
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
περιπατωμεν
we may walk around
περιπατητε
you may walk around
For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
μαρτυρουντων
of witnessing
περιπατεις
you walk around
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
περιπατουντα
walking around
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, [and] called:
ηγιασμενοις
to having been sanctified
τετηρημενοις
to having been kept
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
επιστανται
they understand
φθειρονται
they are destroyed
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
συνευωχουμενοι
treating well together
παραφερομεναι
those being carried away
εκριζωθεντα
being uprooted
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
προεφητευσεν
he prophesied
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
εποικοδομουντες
building upon
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
προσδεχομενοι
accepting with foresight
And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
αρπαζοντες
forcibly taking
εσπιλωμενον
having been stained