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Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.