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drink-offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me in that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.

I & II TIMOTHY

This charge I commit unto thee, my son Timothy, that thou mayest be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good teaching which thou hast followed until now.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth. But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes. And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing, in meekness instructing them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth. Shun therefore profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself unto godliness. For if bodily exercise is profitable, godliness is much more profitable; having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

Give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching. Neglect not the gift that is in thee. Be diligent in these things; yea, give thyself wholly

to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all. The things which thou hast learned and been assured of, in these things abide, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation. Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for discipline in righteousness: that the man of God may be complete, furnished thoroughly unto every good work.

And thou, O man of God, follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. Let no man despise thee; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

I charge thee in the sight of God, who giveth life to all, and of Jesus Christ, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession; that thou keep the commandment, without spot, without reproach, until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ: which in his good time shall he shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power for ever and

ever.

THE EPISTLE

TO THE HEBREWS

HEBREWS I, II, III, IV, V

God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath in these latter days spoken unto us in a Son. And though he was a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and having been perfected, he became unto all that obey him the author of eternal salvation.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a compassionate and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

For we have not an high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

HEBREWS III, IV, XII

Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God. For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them: but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn whose names are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect.

Let us therefore fear, lest haply the promise being left us, any one of you should seem to come short of it. For we become partakers, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end.

HEBREWS VII, VIII.

Now if there had been perfection through the Levitical priesthood, what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron? For he of whom we speak belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priests. But after the likeness of Melchize

dek, who was without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God, there ariseth another priest, who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

There is therefore a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God. Wherefore Jesus hath become the surety of a better covenant, and hath obtained a ministry the more excellent, inasmuch as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second. But finding fault with them, he saith:

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
That I will make a new covenant with you,
And with your children:

Not according to the covenant that I made
with your fathers;

But this is the covenant that I will make with

you,

And with your children, in those days, saith the Lord:

I will put my law in your mind,

And in your heart will I write it.

And ye shall teach no more every man his neighbour,

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