Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men, being seen that ye are a letter of Christ, administered by us, written not in ink, but in the Spirit of the living God, not in stony tablets, but in fleshly tablets, in hearts.

but to write to them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

But I wrote more boldly to you, brothers, in part, as reminding you because of the grace that was given to me by God,

I do not write these things shaming you, but I warn you as my beloved children.

Now concerning the things of which ye wrote to me. It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

For we write no other thing to you, but rather what ye read or also acknowledge. And I hope ye will also acknowledge until the end,

For I also wrote for this, so that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

For indeed it is superfluous for me to write to you about the service for the sanctified.

Because of this I write these things while absent, so that I may not act harshly when present, according to the authority that the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

Now what I write to you, behold before God, I do not lie.

that according to revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.

These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee sooner,

And I urge you, brothers, bear with the word of exhortation, for I also wrote to you in brief.

I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you through his name.

I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome evil. I write to you, children, because ye know the Father.

I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have know him from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome evil.

I wrote to you not because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

I wrote these things to you concerning those who lead you astray.

I wrote these things to you, those who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

To the agent of the congregation in Ephesus write, These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:

And to the agent of the congregation in Smyrna write, These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:

And to the agent of the congregation in Pergamos write, These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword:

And to the agent of the congregation in Thyatira write, These things says the Son of God, who has his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet resembling highly refined metal:

And to the agent of the congregation in Sardis write, These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou have a name that thou live, and thou are dead.

And to the agent of the congregation in Philadelphia write, These things says the Holy, the True, he who has the key of David, who opens, and none will shut it except he who opens, and none will open:

And to the agent of the congregation in Laodicea write, These things says the Truly, the faithful and TRUE witness, the primacy of the creation of God: