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Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,

And sow wickedness, reap the same.

 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 

 who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 

 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 

 and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 

 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 

 that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 

 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 

 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.  

 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 

 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  

 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 

 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 

 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 

 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 

 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 

 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 

 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 

 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 

 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 

 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.  

 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 

 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 

 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 

 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 

 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 

 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.  

 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 

 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 

 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 

 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 

 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 

 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 

 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 

 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 

 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 

 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 

 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 

 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 

 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. 

 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;  

 male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

Declare, if thou hast understanding.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,

The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,

And hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;

Thou hast put all things under his feet:

All sheep and oxen,

Yea, and the beasts of the field;

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,

And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

O LORD our Lord,

How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

For the word of the LORD is right;

And all his works are done in truth.

He loveth righteousness and judgment:

The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. 

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made;

And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap:

He layeth up the depth in storehouses. 

Let all the earth fear the LORD:

Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

For he spake, and it was done;

He commanded, and it stood fast.

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought:

He maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever,

The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

 and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD. 

 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 

 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 

 submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 

 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 

 (for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 

Put away from thee a froward mouth,

And perverse lips put far from thee.

 neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 

 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. 

 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.  

 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 

 that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. 

 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 

A froward man soweth strife:

And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

A friend loveth at all times,

And a brother is born for adversity.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend;

But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:

So doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. 

 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! 

 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 

 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. 

But as it is written,

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,

Neither have entered into the heart of man,

The things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. 

 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:  

 they gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. 

 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 

 and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.  

 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 

 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. 

 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 

 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 

 seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 

 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 

 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 

 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 

 lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 

 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 

A talebearer revealeth secrets:

But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

A froward man soweth strife:

And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.