My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; {temptations: or, trials}

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

And not only {so}, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

Confirming the souls of the disciples, {and} exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Blessed are ye, when {men} shall revile you, and persecute {you}, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. {falsely: Gr. lying}

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: {it is} the gift of God:

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with {him} through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, {even} to them that believe on his name: {power: or, the right, or, privilege}

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed {it} unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; {temptations: or, trials}

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform {it} until the day of Jesus Christ: {perform: or, finish}

Yet if {any man suffer} as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: {it is} the gift of God:

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with {him}, that we may be also glorified together.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. {us...: or, us the last apostles, as} {spectacle: Gr. theatre}

And ye shall be hated of all {men} for my name's sake.

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

And not only {so}, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with {him} through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy {are ye}: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: {Simon: or, Symeon} {God...: Gr. of our God and Saviour}

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: