Bishops(i)
1 But of the tymes & seasons brethre, ye haue no neede that I write vnto you
2 For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght
3 For when they shal say peace & safetie, then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them, as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde, and they shall not escape
4 But ye brethren are not in darknesse, that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe
5 Ye are all the chyldren of lyght, and the chyldren of the daye: We are not of the nyght, neither of darkenesse
6 Therefore let vs not sleepe, as [do] other: but let vs watche and be sober
7 For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night: and they that be druncken, are druncken in the nyght
8 But let vs which are of the day, be sober, puttyng on the brest plate of fayth and loue, and a helmet, the hope of saluation
9 For God hath not appoynted vs to wrath: but to obtayne saluation, by our Lorde Iesus Christe
10 Whiche dyed for vs, that whether we wake or sleepe, we shoulde lyue together with hym
11 Wherefore comfort your selues together, and edifie euery one another, euen as ye do
12 And we beseche you brethren to know them whiche labour among you, and haue the ouersight of you in the Lorde, and admonishe you
13 That ye haue them in hye reputation, in loue for their worke, and be at peace among your selues
14 We exhort you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men
15 See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that whiche is good, both among your selues, and to all men
16 Reioyce euer
17 Pray continually
18 In all thinges geue thankes. For this [is] the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde you
19 Quenche not the spirite
20 Despise not prophesiynges
21 Examine all thynges, holde fast that which is good
22 Abstayne from all appearaunce of euyll
23 And the very God of peace santifie you throughout [And I pray God] that your whole spirite, and soule, and body, may be preserued blamelesse in the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christe
24 Faythfull is he whiche called you, whiche wyll also do it
25 Brethren, pray for vs
26 Greete all the brethren in an holy kysse
27 I charge you in the Lorde, that this epistle be read vnto al the holy brethren
28 The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you. Amen