If so be ye have tasted that the Lord {is} gracious.

They on the rock {are they}, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

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.

And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. {observed him: or, kept him, or, saved him}

If so be ye have tasted that the Lord {is} gracious.

For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.

Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

{Which stood} only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed {on them} until the time of reformation. {ordinances: or, rites, or, ceremonies}