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who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his will, and that grace of his which was given to us in Jeshu Meshiha before the time of the worlds,

on account of which I suffer these, and am not ashamed. I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded that there is power in his hands my deposite to keep for me unto that day.

And if one contendeth, he is not crowned, unless according to his law he contend.

It becometh the husbandman who laboureth that he should first eat of his fruits.

And if we believe him not, He in his faithfulness abideth; For deny himself he cannot.

But the true foundation of Aloha standeth; and it hath this signature: And the Lord knoweth them who are his. And, Let every one who invoketh the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.

If a man then purify himself from these, he will be a pure vessel unto honour, fitted for the use of his Lord, and prepared for every good work.

and be mindful of themselves, and remove from the snare of Satana, by whom they have been entrapped at his will.

I attest thee before Aloha, and our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, who is to judge the living and the dead at the revelation of his kingdom:

And from now there is kept for me the crown of righteousness, which my Lord will give me in that day, because he is a righteous judge: yet, not only to me, but to all them who love his manifestation.

Alexander the brass-worker many evils hath showed me: our Lord awardeth to him according to his deeds.

And my Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me into his kingdom, which is in heaven. To Him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

and his word hath revealed in his time by our preaching, which was confided to me by the command of Aloha our Saviour:

For a presbyter is bound to be without blame, as the steward of Aloha; he shall not be led by the will of self, nor be irascible, nor a transgressor over wine, neither shall his hand be hasty to strike, nor shall he be a lover of sordid gains.

and careful over the doctrine of the word of faith, that he may be able also to comfort by his teaching the healthy, and to reprove those who are contentious.

not by works of righteousness which we had done, but by his own mercy he saved us, by the laving of the birth which is afresh, by the renewing of the Spirit of Holiness,

that by his grace we might be justified, and be made heirs according to the hope of the life which is eternal.

In manifold portions [fn] and in all manners, spake Aloha with our fathers by the prophets from the first: but in these last days he hath spoken with us by his Son;

3 who himself is the resplendence of his glory, and the image of his Being, and upholdeth all (things) by the power of his word; and he, in his (own) person, hath made purification of sins, and hath sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high [fn] .

But concerning the angels, thus hath he spoken: Who hath made his angels spirit, and his ministers a flaming fire.