Christ Jesus; and the things which thou didst hear from me before many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, such as will be able to teach others also.

8 In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also wooden and earthen ones; and some for honor, and some for dishonor; if then any one shall purge 2 Endure hardship with me as a himself from iniquity, he will be a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Now vessel for honor, hallowed, useful for every one serving as a soldier en- the householder, prepared for every tangleth not himself with the affairs good work. of life, because he desireth to please him who chose him to be a soldier.

3 I suffer hardship even unto bonds as an evil-doer; but the word of God is not bound. I endure all things. for the sake of the chosen, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with everlasting glory.

4 True is the saying: If we died with him, we shall also live with him; if we suffer with him, we shall also reign with him; but if we deny him, he also will deny us. Though we may be faithless, he remaineth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

9 Therefore flee youthful lusts, and follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

10 And avoid foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they gender quarrels; but a servant of the Lord must not quarrel; rather should he be gentle to all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong; in meekness admonishing those that oppose themselves; if haply God may give them repentance to attain the full knowledge of the truth, and that they may awake to their senses out of the snare of the Evil One, by whom they have been taken captive to do his will.

5 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before II For know this, that in the last the Lord not to carry on a strife of days grievous times will come, in words, to no useful purpose, but which men will be lovers of them rather to the subverting of the hear- selves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to

⚫ers.

6 Study to present thyself ap- parents, unthankful, unholy, without proved unto God, a workman not natural affection, implacable, slan ashamed, rightly dividing the word derers, incontinent, fierce, withou of truth; but the profane babblings shun, for they will go on to a higher degree of ungodliness, and their word will eat as doth a canker.

7 Nevertheless God's firm foundaation standeth having this seal: The Lord knoweth them that are his; and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.

love for what is good, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.

12 These are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts; these are they who are forever learning, and yet are never able to

come to the knowledge of the truth; season, confute, rebuke, exhort with from such as these turn away. all long-suffering and teaching.

20 At my first defence no one 16 All Sacred Writings are inspired came forward with me, but all forby God, and are profitable for teach-sook me; may it not be laid to their ing, for reproof, for correction, for charge! But the Lord stood by me, discipline in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto every good work.

A SELECTION FROM THE LETTER TO TITUS.

ness.

Sound doctrine consists in teaching the 5 One of themselves, even a prophpractical virtues; such as sobriety, temper-et of their own, said: The Cretans ance, humility, self-sacrifice, love, and holi- are always liars, evil beasts, slothful gluttons. Which testimony is true; PAUL, a servant of God, and an therefore rebuke them sharply, that apostle of Christ Jesus, for the they may be sound in the faith, not faith of God's chosen, and for the giving heed to Jewish fables, and knowledge of the truth which is commandments of men who turn according to godliness, in hope of away from the truth. everlasting life; to Titus, true child. after the common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

2 For this cause I left thee behind in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and appoint overseers in every city, as I directed thee; but let them be without reproach, the husband of one wife, having believing children, that are not accused of dissoluteness, or unruly.

6 To the pure all things are pure: but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, and even their minds and consciences become defiled.

7 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable and disobedi ent, and for every good work reprobate.

8 But do thou speak the things which become sound doctrine:-that aged men be sober, grave, discreet, established in faith, in love, in

3 For an overseer in the church patience. That aged women likemust be without reproach, as God's wise be in behavior as becometh steward; not self-willed, not soon holiness, not false accusers, not enangry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain, but hospitable, a lover of what is good, discreet, just, holy, temperate, holding fast the sure word according to what he was taught, that he may be able by sound teaching both to exhort, and to refute the gainsayers.

4 For there are many unruly vain talkers and deceivers, especially they who teach ordinances; whose teachings should be confuted, since they overturn whole houses, promulgating false doctrines for the sake of base gain.

slaved to much wine, teachers of what is good, that they may teach the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, workers at home, good, in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

9 The younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded; and in all things show thyself a pattern of good works, in teaching showing uncorruptness, gravity, sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he that is opposed to us may be put to

shame, having no evil thing to say astray, slaves to divers lusts and

of us.

But

pleasures, living in malice and envy, 10 Exhort servants to be in sub- hateful, hating one another. jection to their masters, in all things when the kindness and love of God to be well-pleasing to them, not con- our Saviour for men appeared, not tradicting, not purloining, but show-on account of the works of righteousmay ness which we did, but according to our his mercy he saved us; by the wash

ing all good faith; that they adorn the doctrine of God Saviour in all things.

ing of regeneration, and by the reII For the grace of God, that newing of the Holy Spirit, which he bringeth salvation to all men, was poured out upon us richly through manifested, teaching us that, deny- Jesus Christ; that being justified by ing ungodliness and worldly lusts, his grace, we might become heirs we should live soberly, righteously, according to the hope of everlasting and godly, in the present world; life. looking for the blessed hope, and manifestation of the glory of the great God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a people to be his own, zealous in good works.

12 These things speak and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise thee.

13 And put them in mind to submit themselves to governments and authorities, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be averse to strife, to forbear, to show meekness to all men.

15 These things I desire that thou affirm earnestly, that they who have believed in God may be careful to practise good works. For good works are profitable to men; but foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes, and contentions about the law avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain; and a man that stirs up such divisions, after a first and second admonition, avoid him; knowing that he that doeth such things is utterly perverted, and transgresseth, being self-condemned.

16 Let those then who belong to us learn to maintain good works for profitable uses, in order that they

14 For we ourselves also were may not be unfruitful. Grace be foolish, disobedient, going with you all.

once

LETTER TO THE HEBREWS.

SELECTION I.

witness, with signs and wonders, and

Jesus as son of God and brother of all divers manifestations, and gifts of men, having lived and died to teach and the Holy Spirit, according to his promulgate this relationship, has thereby will? rendered himself worthy of the highest gratitude and praise from all mankind.

3 Not to angels did he commit the subjection of the world, of which

we are speaking; for one in a certain place bore testimony, saying, What

GOD, who at different times and in different ways spoke of old to the fathers by the prophets, hath is man, that thou art mindful of in these latter times spoken to us by him, or the son of man, that thou a son, whom above all the others, he carest for him? Thou madest him a hath appointed as his heir, and little lower than the angels; thou through whom, he even made the crownedst him with glory and honor; ages; who (being a brightness of his thou didst put all things in subjecglory, and an impress of the sub- tion under his feet. stance of him who upholdeth all 4 Now, inasmuch as he hath comthings by the word of his power), mitted the subjection of all things when he had accomplished a cleans- to man, he hath left nothing that is ing of transgressions, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; and has become so superior to the angels, that he has inherited even a more excellent name than they. For of which of the angels is it written: Thou art my son, I this day have begotten thee? and again: I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a son?

not to be put under him; however, not yet do we see all things brought into subjection; but we do see one who "was made a little lower than the angels," even Jesus, crowned with glory and honor on account of the death which he suffered, having by the grace of God tasted death in behalf of all mankind.

5 For it was the wisdom of him to whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

2 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest haply we let them slip; for if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience 6 Now both he that maketh holy received a just retribution, how shall and they who are being made holy, we escape, if we neglect this great are all of one family; for which salvation? What at the first was cause he, the Master, is not ashamed spoken by the Master, was afterward to call them brethren; saying, I will confirmed to us through those who declare thy name to my brethren, in heard him; God also bearing them the midst of the congregation will I