¹ So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them.

² And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

³ And he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

⁴ These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth:

⁵ And every plant of the field before it spring up in the earth, and every herb of the ground before it grew: for the Lord God had not rained upon the earth; and there was not a man to till the earth.

⁶ But a spring rose out the earth, watering all the surface of the earth.

⁷ And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

⁸ And the Lord God had planted a paradise of pleasure from the beginning: wherein he placed man whom he had formed.

⁹ And the Lord God brought forth of the ground all manner of trees, fair to behold, and pleasant to eat of: the tree of life also in the midst of paradise: and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

¹⁰ And a river went out the place of pleasure to water paradise, which from thence is divided into four heads.

¹¹ The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.

¹² And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium, and the onyx stone.

¹³ And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that compasseth all the land of Ethiopia

¹⁴ And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

¹⁵ And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise for pleasure, to dress it, and keep it.

¹⁶ And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:

¹⁷ But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. for in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.

¹⁸ And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself.

¹⁹ And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.

²⁰ And Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field: but for Adam there was not found a helper like himself.

²¹ Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it.

²² And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.

²³ And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.

²⁴ Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

²⁵ And they were both naked: to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed.

¹ Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things saith he, who holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:

² I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them that are evil, and thou hast tried them, who say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

³ And thou hast patience, and hast endured for my name, and hast not fainted.

⁴ But I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first charity.

⁵ Be mindful therefore from whence thou art fallen: and do penance, and do the first works. Or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou do penance.

⁶ But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaites, which I also hate.

⁷ He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: To him, that overcometh, I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of my God.

⁸ And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead, and is alive:

⁹ I know thy tribulation and thy poverty, but thou art rich: and thou art blasphemed by them that say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

¹⁰ Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison that you may be tried: and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful until death: and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹¹ He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: He that shall overcome, shall not be hurt by the second death.

¹² And to the angel of the church of Pergamus write: These things, saith he, that hath the sharp two edged sword:

¹³ I know where thou dwellest, where the seat of Satan is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith. Even in those days when Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

¹⁴ But I have against thee a few things: because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat, and to commit fornication:

¹⁵ So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaites.

¹⁶ In like manner do penance: if not, I will come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

¹⁷ He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: To him that overcometh, I will give the hidden manna, and will give him a white counter, and in the counter, a new name written, which no man knoweth, but he that receiveth it.

¹⁸ And to the angel of the church of Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like to a flame of fire, and his feet like to fine brass.

¹⁹ I know thy works, and thy faith, and thy charity, and thy ministry, and thy patience, and thy last works which are more than the former.

²⁰ But I have against thee a few things: because thou sufferest the woman Jezabel, who calleth herself a prophetess, to teach, and to seduce my servants, to commit fornication, and to eat of things sacrificed to idols.

²¹ And I gave her a time that she might do penance, and she will not repent of her fornication.

²² Behold, I will cast her into a bed: and they that commit adultery with her shall be in very great tribulation, except they do penance from their deeds.

²³ And I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts, and I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say,

²⁴ And to the rest who are at Thyatira: Whosoever have not this doctrine, and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will not put upon you any other burthen.

²⁵ Yet that, which you have, hold fast till I come.

²⁶ And he that shall overcome, and keep my works unto the end, I will give him power over the nations.

²⁷ And he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and as the vessel of a potter they shall be broken,

²⁸ As I also have received of my Father: and I will give him the morning star.

²⁹ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.