Ephesians -1 Timothy Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God. To ye sayntes which are Ephesus, & to the that beleue on Iesus Christ.

Coverdale⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God. To ye sayntes which are Ephesus, & to the that beleue on Iesus Christ. ² Grace be with you and peace from God oure father, & fro the LORDE Iesus Christ. ³ Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs wt all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly thynges by Christ ⁴ acordinge as he had chosen vs by him, or euer the foundacion of the worlde was layed, that we shulde be holy and without blame before him in loue, ⁵ & ordeyned vs before, to receaue vs as children thorow Iesus Christ, acordinge to the pleasure of his will, ⁶ vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace, wherby he hath made vs accepted in the Beloued, ⁷ in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude (namely) the forgeuenes of synnes, acordynge to ye riches of his grace, ⁸ which he hath shed vpon vs abundauntly in all wyssdome and prudece: ⁹ and hath opened vnto vs the mystery of his wil acordinge to his pleasure, which he had purposed in himselfe, ¹⁰ yt it shulde be preached wha the tyme was full come, that all thinges shulde be gathered together by Christ, both the thinges which are in heauen, and also the thinges that are vpon earth, ¹¹ euen by him, by whom also we are come to the inheritaunce we that were therto predestinate before, acordinge to ye purpose of him, which worketh all thinges after ye councell of his owne wyll, ¹² that we mighte be to the prayse of his glory, euen we that before beleued on Christ, ¹³ on who also ye beleued, after that ye herde the worde of trueth, namely ye Gospell of youre saluacion: wherin whan ye beleued, ye were sealed with the holy sprete of promes, ¹⁴ which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce to oure redempcion, that we mighte be his owne to the prayse off his glory. ¹⁵ Wherfore I also, (in so moch as I haue herde of the faith which ye haue in ye LORDE Iesu, and of youre loue vnto all ye sayntes) ¹⁶ ceasse not to geue thankes for you, and make mencion of you in my prayers, ¹⁷ that ye God of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, the father of glory maye geue vnto you the sprete of wyssdome, and open vnto you the knowlege of himselfe, ¹⁸ and lighten the eyes of youre vnderstondinge, that ye maye knowe what is the hope of youre callynge, and what the riches of his glorious enheritaunce is vpon the sayntes, ¹⁹ & what is the exceadinge greatnesse of his power towarde vs, which beleue acordinge to ye workynge of his mightie power, ²⁰ which he wroughte in Christ, whan he raysed him vp fro the deed, and set him on his righte hade i heauely thinges, ²¹ aboue all rule, power, and mighte, and dominacio, and aboue all that maye be named, not onely in this worlde, but also in ye worlde to come. ²² And hath put all thinges vnder his fete, and hath made him aboue all thinges the heade of the cogregacion, ²³ which is his body, and the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all. ² ¹ And quyckened you also, whan ye were deed thorow trespaces and synnes, ² in the which in tyme past ye walked, acordinge to the course off this worlde, and after the prynce that ruleth in the ayre namely, after ye sprete, which now worketh in the children of vnbeleue, ³ amonge whom we also had oure conuersacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesh, and dyd the wyll of the flesh and of the mynde, and were naturally the children of wrath, euen as well as other. ⁴ But God which is riche in mercy thorow his greate loue wherwith he loued vs ⁵ eue wha we were deed in synnes, hath quyckened vs in Christ ( for by grace are ye saued) ⁶ and hath raysed vs vp with him, and set vs with him in heauely thinges thorow Christ Iesus, ⁷ yt in tymes to come he mighte shewe the exceadinge riches of his grace, in kyndnesse to vs warde in Christ Iesu. ⁸ For by grace are ye saued thorow faith, and that not of youre selues, For it is ye gifte of God, ⁹ not of workes, lest eny ma shulde boast him selfe. ¹⁰ For we are his workmanshippe, created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes, to ye which God ordeyned vs before, that we shulde walke in them. ¹¹ Wherfore remebre, that ye (which afore tyme were Gentyles after the flesh, and were called vn circumcision, of the that are called circumcision after the flesh, which circumcision is made with the hande) ¹² that ye at the same tyme were without Christ, and reputed aleauntes from the comen welth of Israel, and were straungers from the Testamentes of promes, therfore had ye no hope, and were without God in this worlde. ¹³ But now ye that be in Christ Iesu, and afore tyme were farre of, are now made nye by the bloude of Christ. ¹⁴ For he is or peace, which of both hath made one, and hath broken downe the wall, that was a stoppe betwene vs, ¹⁵ and hath also thorow his flesh put awaye the cause off hatred (namely the lawe of the commaundemetes contayned in the lawe wrytten) that of twayne he mighte create one new man in him selfe, and make peace, ¹⁶ and to reconcyle both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse, and so he slewe ye hatred thorow his owne selfe, ¹⁷ and came and preached peace in the Gospell, vnto you which were afarre of, and to the that were nye. ¹⁸ For thorow him we both haue intraunce in one sprete vnto the father. ¹⁹ Now therfore ye are nomore gestes and straungers, but citesins with the sayntes, & of the housholde of God, ²⁰ buylded vpon ye foundacion of ye Apostles and prophetes where Iesus Christ is ye heade corner stone ²¹ in whom euery buyldinge coupled together, groweth to an holy temple in the LODRE, ²² in whom ye also are buylded together, to be an habitacion of God in the sprete. ³ ¹ For this cause I Paul am a presoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen, ² acordinge as ye haue herde of ye office of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde. ³ For by reuelacion was this mystery shewed vnto me, as I wrote aboue in fewe wordes: ⁴ wherby whan ye rede it, ye maye perceaue myne vnderstondynge in ye mystery of Christ, ⁵ which (mystery) in tymes past was not opened vnto the childre of me as it is now declared to his holy Apostles and prophetes by the sprete: namely, ⁶ that the Heythen shulde be inheritours also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospell, ⁷ wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God, which is geue me acordinge to the workynge of his power. ⁸ Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen, that I shulde preach amonge the Heythe ye vnsearcheable riches of Christ, ⁹ and to make all men se, what is the fellishippe of the mystery, which fro the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hyd in God, which made all thiges thorow Iesus Christ: ¹⁰ to the intent that now vnto the rulers and powers in heaue mighte be knowne by the congregacion the manifolde wyssdome off God, ¹¹ acordinge to ye eternall purpose, which he hath shewed in Christ Iesu oure LORDE ¹² by whom we haue boldnesse and intraunce in all confidece thorow faith on him. ¹³ Wherfore I desyre that ye faynte not because of my tribulacions, yt I suffre for you, which is youre prayse. ¹⁴ For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, ¹⁵ which is the true father, ouer all that is called father in heauen and in earth, ¹⁶ that he graunte you (acordinge to ye riches of his glory) to be strengthed with power by his sprete in ye inwarde ma, ¹⁷ that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith, that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue, ¹⁸ maye be able to coprehende with all sayntes, what is the bredth, and the length, and the deepth, and the heyth: ¹⁹ and to knowe the loue of Christ, which loue yet passeth all knowlege: that ye maye be fylled with all maner of fulnesse of God. ²⁰ Vnto him that is able to do exceadinge abundauntly, aboue all that we axe or vnderstonde (acordinge to ye power that worketh in vs) ²¹ be prayse in the congregacion, which is in Christ Iesu, at all tymes for euer and euer, Amen. ⁴ ¹ I therfore which am presoner in the LORDE, exhorte you, that ye walke as it becometh yor callinge wherin ye are called, ² with all humblenes off mynde and mekenes, and longe sufferinge, forbearinge one another in loue, ³ and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the sprete thorow the bonde of peace. ⁴ One body and one sprete, eue as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge. ⁵ One LORDE, one faith, one baptyme, ⁶ one God and father of vs all, which is aboue all, and thorow all, and in you all. ⁷ Vnto euery one of vs is geuen grace, acordinge to the measure off the gifte off Christ. ⁸ Therfore sayeth he: He is gone vp an hye, and hath led awaye captiuyte captyue, and hath geue giftes vnto men. ⁹ That he wente, vp what is it, but that he first came downe in to ye lowest partes of ye earth? ¹⁰ He that came downe, is euen the same which is gone vp aboue all heauens, to fulfill all. ¹¹ And ye same hath set some to be Apostles, some to be prophetes, some to be Euangelistes, some to be shepherdes & teachers, ¹² wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled together thorow comen seruyce to the edifienge of ye body of Christ, ¹³ tyll we all come vnto one maner of faith and knowlege of the sonne of God, and become a perfecte man in to the measure of the perfecte age of Christ ¹⁴ that we be nomore children, waueringe & caried aboute with euery wynde of doctryne thorow the wickednes of men and craftynes, wherby they laye awayte for vs to disceaue vs. ¹⁵ But let vs folowe the trueth in loue, and in all thinges growe in him, which is the heade, euen Christ, ¹⁶ in whom all the body is coupled together, and one membre hangeth by another thorow out all ye ioyntes. Wherby one mynistreth vnto another (acordinge to the operacion as euery membre hath his measure) and maketh, that ye body groweth to the edifienge of it selfe in loue. ¹⁷ This I saye therfore, and testifye in the LORDE, that ye walke nomore as ye other Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde, ¹⁸ blynded in their vnderstondinge, beynge straungers fro the life which is in God thorow the ignoraunce that is in them, because of the blyndnes of their hert: ¹⁹ which beynge past repentaunce, haue geue them selues ouer vnto wantonnes, to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredynesse. ²⁰ But ye haue not so learned Christ, ²¹ yf so be that ye haue herde of him, & are taught in him, euen as the trueth is in Iesu. ²² So then as concernynge the conuersacion in tyme past laye from you that olde man which marreth himselfe thorow disceauable lustes: ²³ but be ye renued in the sprete of youre mynde, ²⁴ and put on that new man, which is shapen after God, in true righteousnes and holynes. ²⁵ Wherfore put awaye lyenge, and speake euery man the trueth vnto his neghboure, for as moch as we are membres one of another. ²⁶ Be angrie, but synne not. Let not ye Sonne go downe vpo youre wrath: ²⁷ nether geue place to the bacbyter. ²⁸ He that hath stollen, let him steale nomore: but let him laboure rather, and do some good with his hondes, that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth. ²⁹ Let no filthy communicacion proceade out of youre mouth, but that which is good to edifye withall, wha nede is, that it be gracious to heare. ³⁰ And greue not the holy sprete of God, wherwith ye are sealed vnto ye daye of redempcion. ³¹ Let all bytternes, and fearsnes, and wrath, and roaringe, & cursed speakynge be farre fro you with all maliciousnes. ³² But be ye curteous one to another, mercifull, and forgeue one another, eue as God hath forgeuen you in Christ. ⁵ ¹ Be ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children, ² and walke in loue, euen as Christ loued vs, and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God. ³ As for whordome and all vnclennes, or couetousnes, let it not be named amoge you, as it becommeth sayntes: ⁴ nether fylthines, ner folish talkynge, ner ieastynge (which are not comly) but rather geuynge of thakes. ⁵ For be sure, that no whore monger, or vncleane person, or couetous person (which is a worshipper off ymages) hath inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God. ⁶ (Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes) for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue. ⁷ Be not ye therfore companions with them. ⁸ For sometyme ye were darknesse, but now are ye lighte in the LORDE. Walke as the children of lighte. ⁹ (For the frute of the sprete is all maner of goodnes, and righteousnes and trueth:) ¹⁰ and prone what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE, ¹¹ and haue no fellishippe with ye vnfrutefull workes of darknes, but rather rebuke the. ¹² For it is shame euen to name those thinges, which are done of them in secrete. ¹³ But all thinges are manifest, whan they are rebuked of the lighte. For what so euer is manifest, that same is lighte. ¹⁴ Therfore sayeth he: Awake thou that slepest, and stonde vp fro the deed, and Christ shal geue the lighte. ¹⁵ Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly, not as the vnwyse, but as ye wyse, ¹⁶ and redeme the tyme, for it is a miserable tyme. ¹⁷ Wherfore be not ye vnwyse, but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is, ¹⁸ and be not dronken with wyne, wherin is excesse: but be full of the sprete ¹⁹ and talke amoge youre selues of Psalmes, and ymnes, and spirituall songes, synginge and makynge melody vnto the LORDE in youre hertes ²⁰ geuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father, in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, ²¹ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God. ²² Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their hussbandes, as vnto the LORDE. ²³ For the hussbande is the wyues heade, eue as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion, and he is the Sauioure of his body. ²⁴ Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ, likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes in all thinges. ²⁵ Ye hussbandes loue youre wyues, euen as Christ loued the congregacion, and gaue himselfe for it, ²⁶ to sanctifye it, and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde, ²⁷ to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion, hauynge no spot ner wrynkle, ner eny soch thinge, but that it shulde be holy and without blame. ²⁸ So oughte men also to loue their wyues, euen as their awne bodyes. He that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe. ²⁹ For no ma euer yet hated his awne flesshe, but norisheth and cherissheth it, euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion. ³⁰ For we are membres of his body, of his flesh and of his bones. ³¹ For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, and they two shal be one flesh: ³² This is a greate secrete: but I speake of Christ and the congregacion. ³³ Neuertheles do ye so, that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe: but let the wife feare hir hussbande. ⁶ ¹ Ye children, obey youre elders in the LORDE, for that is righte. ² Honoure thy father and thy mother ( That is the first commaundement, that hath eny promes) ³ that thou mayest prospere, and lyue longe vpon earth. ⁴ And ye fathers, prouoke not youre children vnto wrath, but brynge the vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE. ⁵ Ye seruauntes, obey youre bodely masters, with feare and tremblynge, in synglenes of youre hert, euen as vnto Christ, ⁶ not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte, as men pleasers: but as the seruauntes off Christ, doynge the wyll off God from the hert ⁷ with good wyll. Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not me: ⁸ and be sure, that what good soeuer a man doth, he shal reaceaue it agayne of the LORDE, whether he be bonde or fre. ⁹ And ye masters, do euen the same vnto the, puttynge awaye threatenynges, and knowe that euen youre master also is in heauen, nether is there eny respecte of personnes with him. ¹⁰ Fynally my brethren, be stronge in the LORDE, and in the power of his mighte: ¹¹ put on the armor of God, that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell. ¹² For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude, but agaynst rule, agaynst power namely, agaynst the rulers of the worlde, of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst ye spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen. ¹³ For this cause take ye the armoure of God, yt ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye, and stonde perfecte in all thinges. ¹⁴ Stonde therfore, and youre loynes gyrde aboute with the trueth, hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes, ¹⁵ and shod vpo yor fete with the gospell of peace, that ye maye be prepared: ¹⁶ Aboue all thinges take holde of the shylde of faith, wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of saluacion, & the swerde of the sprete, which is the worde of God. ¹⁸ And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete, and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes ¹⁹ and for me, that the worde maye be geuen me, that I maye open my mouth boldly, to vtter the secretes of the Gospell, ²⁰ wherof I am a messaunger in bondes, that I maye speake therin frely, as it becommeth me to speake. ²¹ But that ye maye also knowe, what case I am in, and what I do, Tichicus my deare brother and faithfull mynister in the LORDE, shal shewe you all: ²² whom I haue sent vnto you for the same cause, that ye mighte knowe what case I stonde in, and that he mighte comforte youre hertes. ²³ Peace be vnto the brethre, and loue with faith, from God the father, & from the LORDE Iesu Christ. ²⁴ Grace be with all them that loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly. Amen.

Philippians

¹ ¹ Paul and Timotheus the seruauntes of Iesu Christ. Vnto all the sayntes in Iesu Christ, which are at Philippos, with the Bisshoppes and mynisters. ² Grace be with you and peace from God oure father, and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. ³ I thanke my God, as oft as I remebre you ⁴ (which I allwayes do in all my prayers for you all, and praye with gladnesse) ⁵ because of youre fellishippe which ye haue in the Gospell from the first daye vnto now, ⁶ and am surely certified of this, yt he which hath begonne that good worke in you, shal go forth with it vntyll ye daye of Iesus Christ: ⁷ as it becommeth me to iudge of you all, because I haue you in my hert, as those that are partakers with me of grace in my bondes, in defendinge and stablyshinge of the Gospell. ⁸ For God is my recorde, how I loge after you all euen fro the very hert rote in Iesus Christ. ⁹ And for the same I praye, yt yor loue maye increace more & more in all maner of knowlege and in all experience, ¹⁰ yt ye maye proue what is best, that ye maye be pure, & soch as hurte no mans conscience, vnto the daye of Christ: ¹¹ fylled with the frutes of righteousnes, which come by Iesus Christ vnto the glorye and prayse of God. ¹² I wolde ye vnderstode brethren, that my busynes is happened vnto the greater furtheraunce of the Gospell, ¹³ so that my bondes in Christ are manifest thorow out all ye iudgmet hall, and in all other places: ¹⁴ In so moch that many brethren in the LORDE, are boldened thorow my bodes, and darre more largely speake the worde without feare. ¹⁵ Some (no doute) preach Christ of enuye and stryfe, but some of good wil. ¹⁶ The one parte preacheth Christ off stryfe and not purely, supposynge to adde more aduersite vnto my bondes. ¹⁷ The other parte of loue, for they knowe that I lye here for the defence of the Gospell. ¹⁸ What then? So that Christ be preached all maner of wayes (whether it be done by occasion or of true meaninge) I reioyce therin, and wil reioyce. ¹⁹ For I knowe that the same shal chaunce to my saluacion, thorow youre prayer and mynistrynge of the sprete of Iesu Christ, ²⁰ as I loke for and hope, that in nothinge I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all cofidence (as allwayes in tymes past, eue so now) Christ shalbe magnified in my body whether it be thorow life or thorow death. ²¹ For Christ is to me life, & death is to me auautage. ²² But in as moch as to lyue in ye flesh is frutefull to me for the worke, I wote not what ²³ I shal chose, for both these thinges lye harde vpon me. I desyre to be lowsed, & to be with Christ, which thinge were moch better (for me) ²⁴ but to abyde in the flesh is more nedefull for you. ²⁵ And this am I sure of, that I shal abyde, and contynue with you all, for the furtheraunce and ioye of youre faith, ²⁶ that ye maye abundauntly reioyse in Christ Iesu thorow me, by my comynge to you agayne. ²⁷ Onely let youre conuersacion be as it becommeth the Gospell of Christ, that whether I come & se you, or els be absent, I maye yet heare of you that ye cotynue in one sprete and one soule, labourynge (as we do) to mayntayne the faith of the Gospell, ²⁸ and in nothinge fearinge youre aduersaries, which is to them a token off perdicion, but vnto you of saluacion, and that of God. ²⁹ For vnto you it is geuen, not onely that ye shulde beleue on Christ, but also suffre for his sake, ³⁰ and to haue euen the same fighte, which ye haue sene in me, and now heare of me. ² ¹ Yf there be amonge you eny consolacion in Christ, yf there be eny comforte of loue, yf there be eny fellishippe off the sprete, yf there be eny compassion and mercy, ² fulfyll my ioye, that ye drawe one waye, hauynge one loue, beynge of one accorde, and of one mynde: ³ that there be nothinge done thorow stryfe and vayne glory, but that thorow mekenesse of mynde euery man esteme another better then himselfe: ⁴ and let euery ma loke not for his awne profet, but for the profet of other. ⁵ Let the same mynde be in you, that was in Christ Iesu: ⁶ which beyinge in the shappe of God, thought it not robbery to be equall with God, ⁷ but made him selfe of no reputacion, and toke vpon him the shappe of a seruaunt, became like another man, ⁸ and was founde in his apparell as a man: he humbled himselfe, and became obedient vnto the death, euen vnto the death of the crosse. ⁹ Therfore hath God also exalted him, and geuen him a name, which is aboue all names, ¹⁰ that in the name of Iesus euery kne shulde bowe, both of thinges in heauen of thinges vpo earth, and of thinges vnder the earth, ¹¹ and that all tunges shulde confesse, that Iesus Christ is the LORDE vnto the prayse of God the father. ¹² Wherfore my dearly beloued, as ye haue allwayes obeyed (not onely in my presence, but now also moch more in my absence) euen so worke out youre awne saluacion with feare and tremblynge. ¹³ For it is God which worketh in you both the wyll and the deed, euen of his owne good wyll. ¹⁴ Do all thinges without murmurynges and disputinges, ¹⁵ that ye maye be fautles and pure, and the childre of God without rebuke, in the myddes of ye croked and peruerse nacion, amonge whom se that ye shyne as lightes in the worlde, ¹⁶ holdinge fast the worde of life, vnto my reioysinge in the daye of Christ, that I haue not runne in vayne, nether laboured in vayne. ¹⁷ Yee and though I be offred vp vpo the offerynge & sacrifice of youre faith, I am glad, and reioyce with you all: ¹⁸ be ye glad also, and reioyce ye with me. ¹⁹ I trust in the LORDE Iesus, to sende Timotheus shortly vnto you, that I also maye be of good comforte, whan I knowe what case ye stonde in. ²⁰ For I haue no man that is so like mynded to me, which with so pure affeccio careth for you: ²¹ for all other seke their awne, not that which is Iesus Christes. ²² But ye knowe the profe of him: for as a childe vnto the father, so hath he mynistred vnto me in the Gospell. ²³ Him I hope to sende, as soone as I knowe how it wyll go with me. ²⁴ But I trust in the LORDE, that I also my selfe shal come shortly. ²⁵ Neuertheles I thoughte it necessary to sende vnto you the brother Ephraditus, which is my companyon in laboure and felowe soudyer, and youre Apostell, and my mynister at my nede, ²⁶ for so moch as he longed after you all, and was full of heuynes, because ye had herde that he was sicke. ²⁷ And no doute he was sicke, and that nye vnto death: but God had mercy on him, and not on him onely, but on me also, lest I shulde haue had sorowe vpon sorowe. ²⁸ I haue sent him therfore the more haistely, that ye mighte se him, and reioyce agayne, and that I also mighte haue the lesse sorowe. ²⁹ Receaue him therfore in the LORDE with all gladnes, and make moch of soche: ³⁰ for because of the worke of Christ, he wente so farre, that he came nye vnto death, and regarded not his life, to fulfyll that seruyce which was lackynge on youre parte towarde me. ³ ¹ Morover my brethren, reioyce in the LORDE. Where as I wryte euer one thinge vnto you, it greueth me not, and maketh you the surer. ² Bewarre off dogges, bewarre of euell workers, bewarre off discension: ³ for we are the circumcision, euen we that serue God in the sprete, and reioyce in Christ Iesu, and haue no confidence in the flesh, ⁴ though I haue wherof I mighte reioyce in ye flesh. Yf eny other ma thynke that he hath wherof he mighte reioyce in the flesh, moch more I, ⁵ which was circucysed on the eight daye, one of the people of Israel, of the trybe off Ben Iamin, an hebrue of the Hebrues: as concernynge the lawe a Pharise: ⁶ as concernynge feruentnes I persecuted the cogregacion: and as touchinge the righteousnes which is in the lawe, I was vnrebukable. ⁷ But the thinges that were vauntage vnto me, haue I counted losse for Christes sake. ⁸ Yee I thynke all thinges but losse, for that excellent knowleges sake of Christ Iesu my LORDE: for whom I haue counted all thinge losse, and do iudge them but donge, that I mighte wynne Christ, ⁹ & be founde in him, not hauynge myne awne righteousnes which commeth of the lawe, but by the faith of Christ (namely) the righteousnes which commeth of God in faith, ¹⁰ to knowe him and the vertue of his resurreccion, and the fellishippe of his passion, that I maye be conformable vnto his death, ¹¹ yff by eny meanes I mighte attayne to the resurreccion from the deed. ¹² Not that I haue attayned vnto it all ready, or that I am allready perfecte: but I folowe, yf I maye comprehende that, wherin I am comprehended off Christ Iesu. ¹³ Brethren, I counte not my selfe yet that I haue gotten it: but one thinge I saye: I forget that which is behynde, and stretch my selfe vnto that which is before, ¹⁴ & preace vnto ye marck apoynted, to optayne the rewarde of the hye callynge of God in Christ Iesu. ¹⁵ Let vs therfore (as many as be parfecte) be thus wyse mynded: and yf ye be otherwyse mynded, I praye God open euen this vnto you. ¹⁶ Neuertheles in that wher vnto we are come, let vs procede by one rule, that we maye be of one accorde. ¹⁷ Brethren, be ye ye folowers of me, and loke on the which walke eue so as ye haue vs for an ensample. ¹⁸ For many walke (off whom I haue tolde you often, but now I tell you wepynge) eue enemies of the crosse of Christ, ¹⁹ whose ende is damnacion, whose God is the bely, & whose glory shalbe to their shame, which are earthly mynded. ²⁰ But oure conuersacion is in heauen, from whence we loke for the Sauioure Iesu Christ ye LORDE, ²¹ which shal chauge or vyle body, yt it maye be like fashioned vnto his glorious body, acordinge to ye workynge wherby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto himselfe. ⁴ ¹ Wherfore my brethre dearly beloued & longed for, my ioye & my crowne contynue so in the LORDE ye beloued. ² I praye Euodias, & beseke Syntiches, that they be of one mynde in the LORDE. ³ Yee and I beseke the my faithfull yock felowe, helpe the wemen, which haue laboured with me in the Gospell, with Clement & with my other helpers, whose names are in the boke of life. ⁴ Reioyce in the LORDE allwaye, & agayne I saye, Reioyse. ⁵ Let youre softnes be knowne vnto all men. The LORDE is euen at honde. ⁶ Be not carefull, but in all thinges let yor peticions in prayer and supplicacion, with geuynge of thankes be knowne before God. ⁷ And ye peace of God, which passeth all vnderstodinge, kepe youre hertes and myndes in Christ Iesu. ⁸ Furthermore brethren, whatsoeuer thinges are true, whatsoeuer thinges are honest, what soeuer thinges are iust, what so euer thinges are pure, what soeuer thinges pertayne to loue, whatsoeuer thinges are of honest reporte: yf there be eny vertuous thinge, yf there be eny laudable thinge, ⁹ haue those same in yor mynde, which ye haue both lerned and receaued, and herde and sene in me: those thinges do, and the God of peace shalbe with you. ¹⁰ I reioyse greatly in ye LORDE, that now at the last ye are reuyued agayne to care for me, as ye cared for me afore, but ye lacked oportunyte. ¹¹ I speake not this because of necessite: for I haue lerned in what soeuer estate I am, therwith to be contete ¹² I can be lowe, and I ca be hye. Euery where and in all thinges I am mete, both to be full, and to be hongrie: to haue plentye, and to suffre nede. ¹³ I can do all thinges thorow Christ, which stregtheth me. ¹⁴ Notwith stondinge ye haue done well, that ye bare parte with me in my tribulacion. ¹⁵ But ye of Philippos knowe, that in the begynngnge of the Gospell whan I departed fro Macedonia, no congregacion bare parte with me concernynge geuynge and receauynge, but ye onely. ¹⁶ For vnto Tessalonica ye sent once and afterwarde agayne vnto my necessite. ¹⁷ Not that I seke giftes, but I seke the frute, that it be abudaunt in yor rekenynge. ¹⁸ For I haue all, and haue plentye. I was euen fylled wha I receaued of Epaphroditus, that which came from you, an odoure of swetenes, a sacrifice accepted & pleasaunt vnto God. ¹⁹ My God fulfyll all yor nede, acordinge to his riches in glory i Christ Iesu. ²⁰ Vnto God and oure father be prayse for euer and euer Amen. ²¹ Salute all ye sayntes in Christ Iesu. The brethre that are with me, salute you. ²² All the sayntes salute you, but specially they that are of the Emperours house. ²³ The grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with you all, Amen.

Colossians

¹ ¹ Paul an Apostle of Iesu Christ by the will of God, and brother Timotheus. ² To ye sayntes which are at Colossa and brethren that beleue in Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father & fro the LORDE Iesus Christ. ³ We geue thankes vnto God and the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, prayenge allwayes for you ⁴ (sence we herde of youre faith in Christ Iesu, and of youre loue to all sayntes) ⁵ for ye hopes sake which is layed vp in stoare for you in heauen: of the which ye haue herde before by the worde of trueth in the Gospell, ⁶ which is come vnto you, eue as it is into all the worlde: and is frutefull, as it is in you, sence ye daye yt ye herde and knewe the grace of God in ye trueth, ⁷ as ye learned of Epaphras oure deare felowe seruaunt, which is a faithfull mynister of Christ for you, ⁸ which also declared vnto vs youre loue in the sprete. ⁹ For this cause we also, sence the daye yt we herde of it, ceasse not to praye for you, & desyre that ye mighte be fulfylled with the knowlege of his will, in all wyssdome and spirituall vnderstondinge, ¹⁰ that ye mighte walke worthy off the LORDE, to please him in all thinges, and to be frutefull in all good workes, and growe in the knowlege of God: ¹¹ & to be strengthed wt all power acordinge to the mighte of his glory, to all pacience and longsufferynge with ioyfulnes, ¹² and geue thankes vnto the father, which hath made vs mete for the enheritaunce of sayntes in lighte. ¹³ Which hath delyuered vs fro the power of darknesse, & translated vs in to the kyngdome of his deare sonne ¹⁴ ( in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude, namely, the forgeuenes of synnes.) ¹⁵ Which is the ymage of the inuisyble God, first begotte before all creatures. ¹⁶ For by him were all thinges created, that are in heauen and earth, thinges vysible and thinges inuysible, whether they be maiesties or lordshippes, ether rules or powers: All thinges are created by him and in him, ¹⁷ and he is before all thinges, and in him all thinges haue their beynge. ¹⁸ And he is the heade of the body, namely, of the cogregacion: he is the begynnynge and first begotten from the deed, that in all thinges he mighte haue the preemynence. ¹⁹ For it pleased the father, that in him shulde dwell all fulnesse, ²⁰ and that by him all thinges shulde be reconciled vnto himselfe, whether they be thinges vpon earth or in heauen, that thorow the bloude on his crosse he mighte make peace euen thorow his owne selfe. ²¹ And you (which were in tymes past straungers and enemies, because youre myndes were set in euell workes) hath he now reconcyled ²² in the body of his flesh thorow death, to make you holy, and vnblameable & with out faute in his awne sighte, ²³ yf ye contynue grounded and stablished in the faith, and be not moued awaye from ye hope of the Gospell, wherof ye haue herde: which is preached amonge all creatures yt are vnder heauen, wherof I Paul am made a mynister. ²⁴ Now ioye I in my sufferynges, which I suffre for you, and fulfill that which is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodyes sake, which is the congregacion, ²⁵ wherof I am made a mynister, acordinge to ye Godly office of preachinge, which is geuen vnto me amonge you, that I shulde richely preach the worde of God, ²⁶ namely, that mystery which hath bene hyd sence the worlde beganne, and sence the begynnynge of tymes: but now is opened vnto his sayntes, ²⁷ to whom God wolde make knowne the glorious riches of this mistery amoge ye Heythen: which (riches) is Christ in you, eue he that is the hope of glory, ²⁸ who we preach, and warne all men, and teach all men in all wyssdome, to make euery man parfecte in Christ Iesu: ²⁹ Wherin I also laboure, and stryue acordinge to the workynge of him which worketh mightely in me. ² ¹ I wolde ye knewe what fightinge I haue for youre sakes, and for them of Laodicea, and for as many as haue not sene my personne in the flesh, ² that their hertes mighte be comforted and knytt together in loue, to all riches of full vnderstodinge, which is in the knowlege of the mystery of God the father and of Christ, ³ in whom are hyd all the treasures of wyssdome and knowlege. ⁴ This I saye, lest eny man shulde begyle you with entysinge wordes. ⁵ For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I present with you in the sprete: ioyenge, and beholdinge youre order and the stedfastnes of youre faith in Christ. ⁶ As ye haue therfore receaued Christ Iesu the LORDE, euen so walke in him, ⁷ and be roted & buylded in him, and be stedfast in faith, as ye haue learned: & be plenteous in the same in geuynge thankes. ⁸ Bewarre lest eny ma spoyle you thorow philosophy and disceatfull vanite after the tradicions of men, and after the ordinauces of the worlde, and not after Christ. ⁹ For in him dwelleth all the fulnes of the Godheade bodely, ¹⁰ and ye are complete in him, which is the heade of all rule and power: ¹¹ in whom also ye are circumcysed with circumcision without handes, by puttynge of the synfull body of the flesh: (namely) with the circumcysion of Christ, ¹² in that ye are buried with him thorow baptyme: in whom ye are also rysen agayne thorow faith, that is wrought by the operacion of God, which raysed him vp from the deed. ¹³ And with him he quyckened you, whan ye were deed in synnes, and in the vncircumcision of youre flesh, and hath forgeuen vs all synnes, ¹⁴ and put out the handwrytinge that was agaynst vs (cotayned in the lawe wrytten) and that hath he taken out of the waye, and fastened it to the crosse: ¹⁵ And hath spoyled rule and power, and hath made a shewe of them openly, and triumphed ouer them in his awne persone. ¹⁶ Let no man therfore trouble youre consciences aboute meate or drynke, or for a pece of an holy daye, as the holy daye of ye newe Mone, or of the Sabbath dayes, ¹⁷ which are the shadowe of the thinges that were for to come: but the body selfe is in Christ. ¹⁸ Let no man make you shote at a wronge mark, which after his owne chosynge walketh in humblenes and spiritualtye of angels, thinges which he neuer sawe, and is vayne, and puft vp in his owne fleshly mynde: ¹⁹ and holdeth not himselfe to the heade, wherof the whole body by ioyntes and couples receaueth norishment, and is knyt together, and so groweth to the greatnes that commeth of God. ²⁰ Wherfore yf ye be deed with Christ from the ordinaunces of the worlde, why are ye holden the with soch tradicions, as though ye lyued after the worlde? As whan they saye: ²¹ Touch not this, taist not that, handle not that. ²² All these thinges do hurte vnto men, because of the abuse of them, which abuse commeth onely of the commaundementes and doctrynes of men: ²³ which thinges haue a shyne of wyssdome thorow chosen spiritualtie and humblenes, and in that they spare not the body, and do the flesh no worshipe vnto his nede. ³ ¹ Yf ye be rysen now with Christ, seke those thinges then which are aboue where Christ is, syttinge on the righte hande of God. ² Set youre mynde on the thinges which are aboue, not on ye thinges that are vpon earth. ³ For ye are deed, and youre life is hyd with Christ in God. ⁴ But whan Christ or life shal shewe himselfe, the shal ye also appeare with him in glory. ⁵ Mortifye therfore youre mebres which are vpon earth, whordome, vnclennes, vnnaturall lust, euell concupiscece, and couetousnes, which is a worshippynge of Idols: ⁶ for which thinges sakes the wrath of God commeth vpon the children of vnbeleue: ⁷ in the which thinges ye walked some tyme, whan ye lyued in them. ⁸ But now put all awaye fro you: wrath, fearcenesse, maliciousnes, cursed speakynge, fylthie wordes out of youre mouth. ⁹ Lye not one to another. Put of ye olde ma with his workes, ¹⁰ and put on ye newe, which is renued in knowlege after ye ymage of him that made him: ¹¹ where there is no Greke, Iewe, circumcision, vncircumcision, Barbarous, Sithian, bode, fre: but Christ is all and in all. ¹² Now therfore as the electe of God, holy and beloued, put on tender mercye, kyndnes, humblenes of mynde, mekenesse, longe sufferynge, ¹³ forbearinge one another, and forgeuynge one another, yf eny man haue a quarell agaynst another. Like as Christ hath forgeuen you, euen so do ye also. ¹⁴ But aboue all thinges put on loue, which is the bonde of perfectnesse. ¹⁵ And the peace of God rule in youre hertes, to the which (peace) ye are called also in one body: and se yt ye be thanfull. ¹⁶ Let ye worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wyssdome. Teach and exhorte youre awne selues with psalmes and ymnes, and spirituall songes which haue fauoure with them, synginge in youre hertes to the LORDE. ¹⁷ And what soeuer ye do in worde or worke, do all in the name of the LORDE Iesu, and geue thankes vnto God the father by him. ¹⁸ Ye wyues, submytte youre selues vnto youre hussbandes, as it is comly in the LORDE. ¹⁹ Ye hussbandes, loue youre wyues, and be not bytter vnto them. ²⁰ Ye children, obeye youre elders in all thinges, for that is well pleasynge vnto the LORDE. ²¹ Ye fathers, rate not yor children, lest they be of a desperate mynde. ²² Ye seruauntes, be obedient vnto youre bodely masters in all thinges, not with eye seruyce as men pleasers, but in synglenes of hert, fearinge God. ²³ What so euer ye do, do it hertely, euen as vnto the LORDE and not vnto men. ²⁴ And be sure, that of the LORDE ye shal receaue the rewarde of ye enheritaunce: For ye serue the LORDE Christ. ²⁵ But he that doth wronge, shal receaue for the wronge that he hath done, for there is no respecte of persons (with God.) ⁴ ¹ Ye masters, do vnto youre seruauntes that which is iust and equall, and knowe, yt ye also haue a master in heauen. ² Contynue in prayer, and watch in the same with thankesgeuynge, ³ and praye also together for vs, that God open vnto vs the dore of the worde, to speake the mystery of Christ (wherfore I am also in bodes) ⁴ that I maye vtter ye same, as it becommeth me to speake. ⁵ Walke wysely towarde them that are without, and redeme ye tyme. ⁶ Let youre speach be allwaye fauorable, seasoned with salt, that ye maye knowe how to answere euery man. ⁷ Tichicus the deare brother and faithfull mynister & felowe seruaut in ye LORDE, shal tell you what case I am in. ⁸ Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose, that he mighte knowe how ye do, & that he mighte comforte youre hertes, ⁹ with one Onesimus a faithfull and beloued brother, which is one of you: they shal shewe you of all thinges, which are adoynge here ¹⁰ Aristarchus my preson felowe saluteth you, and Marcus Barnabasses sisters sonne, touchinge whom ye receaued commaundementes: Yf he come vnto you, receaue him, ¹¹ and Iesus, which is called Iustus, which are of the circumcision. These onely are my helpers in the kyngdome of God, which were to my consolacion. ¹² Epaphras a seruaunt of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, & allwaye laboureth feruently for you in prayers, yt ye maye stonde perfecte and full, in all that is the wil of God. ¹³ I beare him recorde, that he hath a feruent mynde for you, and for the at Laodicea, and at Hierapolis. ¹⁴ Deare Lucas the Phisician saluteth you, and so doth Demas. ¹⁵ Salute the brethre, which are at Laodicea, and salute Nymphas, and the cogregacion which is in his house. ¹⁶ And whan the epistle is red of you, cause it to be red also in the cogregacio at Laodicea, & that ye likewyse reade the epistle of Laodicea. ¹⁷ And saye to Archippus: Take hede to the office which thou hast receaued in the LORDE, that thou fulfyll it. ¹⁸ My salutacion with the hnade of me Paul. Remembre my bodes. Grace be with you, Amen.

1 Thessalonians

¹ ¹ Pavl and Siluanus and Timotheus. Vnto the cogregacion of the Tessalonyans, in God the father and in the LORDE Iesus Christ. Grace be with you, and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. ² We geue thankes vnto God allwaye for you all, makynge mesion of you in or prayers ³ without ceassynge, and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faith, and youre laboure in loue, & youre pacience in hope, which is oure LORDE Iesus Christ before God oure father: ⁴ Because we knowe (brethren, beloued of God) how that ye are electe: ⁵ for oure Gospell hath not bene with you in worde onely, but both in power and in the holy goost, and in moch certayntie, as ye knowe after what maner we were amonge you for youre sakes. ⁶ And ye became the folowers of vs and of the LORDE: and receaued the worde in moch affliccion with ioye of the holy goost: ⁷ so that ye were an example to all that beleued in Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸ For fro you was the worde of the LORDE noysed out, not onely in Macedonia & Achaia, but i all quarters also is yor faith i God spred abrode so that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thinge at all. ⁹ For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you, and how ye are turned vnto God from ymages, for to serue the lyuynge and true God, ¹⁰ and to loke for his sonne from heaue: whom he raysed vp from the deed, euen Iesus, which hath delyuered vs fro the wrath to come. ² ¹ For ye youre selues (brethren) knowe of oure intrauce vnto you, how that it was not in vayne, ² but as we had suffred afore, & were shamefully intreated at Philippos (as ye knowe) we were bolde in oure God, to speake vnto you ye Gospel of God with moch stryuynge. ³ For oure exhortacion was not to brynge you to erroure ner yet to vnclennes, nether was it with gyle: ⁴ but as we are alowed of God, that the Gospell shulde be commytted vnto vs to preache, euen so we speake, not as though we wolde please me, but God, which tryeth oure hertes. ⁵ For we haue not gone aboute with flateringe wordes (as ye knowe) ner wayted for oure owne profit ( God is recorde) ⁶ nether soughte we prayse of men, nether of you ner of eny other, whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ, ⁷ but we were tender amonge you. Like as a norsse cherisheth hir children, ⁸ euen so had we hartely affeccion towarde you, and wolde with good wyl haue dealte vnto you, not onely the Gospell of God, but oure lyues also, because ye were deare vnto vs. ⁹ Ye remembre brethren oure laboure and trauayle. For daye and nighte wroughte we (because we wolde not be chargeable vnto eny of you) and preached the Gospell of God amonge you. ¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and so is God, how holyly and iustly and vnblameable we behaued oure selues amoge you that beleue: ¹¹ as ye knowe, how that as a father his children, euen so exhorted we and comforted and besoughte euery one of you, ¹² that ye wolde walke worthely before God, which hath called you vnto his kyngdome & glory. ¹³ For this cause thanke we God without ceassynge, because that wha ye receaued of vs the worde of the preachinge of God, ye receaued it not as ye worde of men, but (eue as it is of a trueth) the worde of God, which worketh in you that beleue. ¹⁴ For ye brethren are become the folowers off the congregacions off God which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu, so that ye haue suffred euen like thinges of youre kynsmen, as they haue suffred of the Iewes. ¹⁵ Which as they put the LORDE Iesus to death, and their awne prophetes, euen so haue they persecuted vs also, and please not God, and are cotrary to all men, ¹⁶ forbyddinge vs to speake vnto the Heythen that they mighte be saued, to fulfill their synnes allwaye: for the wrath is come vpon them allready vnto ye vttemost. ¹⁷ But we (brethren) for as moch as we haue bene kepte from you for a season, as concernynge the bodely presence, but not in the hert, we haue haisted the more with greate desyre to se you personally. ¹⁸ Therfore wolde we haue come vnto you, (I Paul) two tymes, but Sathan withstode vs. ¹⁹ For who is oure hope, or ioye, or crowne of reioysinge? are not ye it in ye sighte of oure LORDE Iesus Christ at his commynge? ²⁰ Yes ye are oure prayse and ioye. ³ ¹ Wherfore sence we coulde no longer forbeare, we thoughte it good to remayne at Athens alone, ² & sent Timotheus oure brother and mynister of God, and oure helper in ye gospell of Christ, to stablysh you and to comforte you in youre faith, ³ that noman shulde be moued in these troubles: (for ye youre selues knowe, that we are euen appoynted there vnto. ⁴ And whan we were with you, we tolde you before, that we shulde suffre tribulacion, euen as it is come to passe, & as ye knowe.) ⁵ For this cause seynge I coulde no longer forbeare, I sent, that I mighte haue knowlege of youre faith, lest happly the tempter had tempted you, and lest oure laboure had bene in vayne. ⁶ But now that Timotheus is come fro you vnto vs, and hath shewed vs of youre faith and loue, & how that ye haue allwaye good remembraunce of vs, desyringe to se vs as we also longe to se you: ⁷ therfore brethren we haue consolacion in you in all oure trouble and necessite thorow youre faith. ⁸ For now are we alyue, yf ye stonde stedfast in ye LORDE. ⁹ For what thankes can we recompece to God agayne for you, because of this ioye that we haue concernynge you before oure God? ¹⁰ We praye exceadingly daye and nighte, that we mighte se you presently, and fulfill that which is lackynge in yor faith. ¹¹ God himselfe or father & or LORDE Iesus Christ gyde oure iourney vnto you. ¹² But the LORDE increace you, & make you flowe ouer in loue one towarde another, and towarde all men (euen as we do towarde you) ¹³ that yor hertes maye be stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father, at the commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ with all his sayntes. ⁴ ¹ Fvrthermore we beseke you brethren and exhorte you in the LORDE Iesus, that ye increace more and more, euen as ye haue receaued of vs how ye oughte to walke and to please God. ² For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by oure LORDE Iesus Christ. ³ For this is the will of God, euen youre sanctifienge, that ye shulde absteyne from whordome, ⁴ yt euery one of you shulde knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure, ⁵ & not in the lust of concupiscence, as the Heythen which knowe not God. ⁶ And that no man go to farre, ner defraude his brother in bargayninge. For the LORDE is the auenger of all soch thinges, as we haue sayde & testified vnto you afore tyme. ⁷ For God hath not called vs to vnclennesse, but vnto holynes. ⁸ He therfore that despyseth, despyseth not man, but God, which hath geuen his holy sprete in to you. ⁹ But as touchinge brotherly loue, ye nede not that I wryte vnto you, for ye youre selues are taught of God to loue one another: ¹⁰ yee and that thinge ye do vnto all the brethre, which are thorow out all Macedonia. But we beseke you brethren that ye increace yet more and more, ¹¹ and that ye study to be quyete, and to medle with youre awne busynesse, and to worke with youre awne hades, as we commaunded you, ¹² that ye maye walke honestly towarde the that are without, and that nothinge be lackynge vnto you. ¹³ We wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignoraunt concernynge them which are fallen a slepe, that ye sorowe not as other do which haue no hope. ¹⁴ For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne, euen so the also which slepe by Iesus, shal God brynge with him. ¹⁵ For this we saye vnto you in the worde of the LORDE, that we which lyue and are remaynynge in the comynge of the LORDE, shal not come yer they which slepe. ¹⁶ For the LORDE himselfe shal come downe fro heauen with a shoute and voyce of ye Archangell and with the trompe of God, and the deed in Christ shal aryse first: ¹⁷ then shal we which lyue and remayne, be caught vp wt them also in the cloudes, to mete the LORDE in the ayre, and so shal we euer be with the LORDE. ¹⁸ Wherfore comforte youre selues one another with these wordes. ⁵ ¹ Bvt of ye tymes and seasons (brethre) it is no nede to wryte vnto you. ² For ye youre selues knowe perfectly, that the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a thefe in the nighte. ³ For whan they shal saye: Tush, It is peace, there is no daunger, then shall soden destruccion come vpo the, euen as the payne of a woman trauaylinge with childe, and they shal not escape. ⁴ But ye brethren are not in darknes, that that daye shulde come on you as a thefe. ⁵ Ye are alltogether children of lighte, and children of the daye. We are not of the night, nether of darknesse. ⁶ Therfore let vs not slepe as do other, but let vs watch, and be sober. ⁷ For they that slepe, slepe in the nighte: and they that be dronken, are dronken in the nighte. ⁸ But let vs which are of the daye, be sober, armed wt the brestplate of faith and loue, and with ye helmet of hope to saluacion. ⁹ For God hath not appoynted vs vnto wrath, but to optayne saluacion by ye meanes of oure LORDE Iesu Christ, ¹⁰ which dyed for vs: that whether we wake or slepe, we shulde lyue together with him. ¹¹ Wherfore comforte youre selues together, and edifye one another, euen as ye do. ¹² We beseke you brethren, that ye knowe them which laboure amonge you, and haue the ouersighte of you in the LORDE, ¹³ and geue you exhortacion, that ye haue the the more in loue for their workes sake, and be at peace with them. ¹⁴ We desyre you brethre, warne them that are vnruly, coforte the feble mynded, forbeare the weake, be pacient towarde all men. ¹⁵ Se that none recompence euell for euell vnto eny man: but euer folowe that which is good, both amoge youre selues and to all men. ¹⁶ Reioyse alwaye, ¹⁷ praye contynually, ¹⁸ in all thinges be thankfull: for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you. ¹⁹ Quech not ye sprete: ²⁰ despyse not prophecieges: ²¹ proue all thiges, & kepe yt which is good. ²² Abstayne fro all suspicious thinges. ²³ The very God of peace sanctifye you thorow out. And I praye God, that youre whole sprete, soule & body be kepte blameles vnto ye comynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. ²⁴ Faithfull is he which hath called you, which wil also do it. ²⁵ Brethren, praye for vs. ²⁶ Grete all the brethre with an holy kysse. ²⁷ I charge you by ye LORDE, that this epistle be red vnto all ye holy brethren. ²⁸ The grace of oure LORDE Iesus Christ be with you, Amen.

2 Thessalonians

¹ ¹ Pavl and Siluanus and Timotheus. To the congregacion of ye Tessalonias in God oure father and in the LORDE Iesus Christ. ² Grace be with you, and peace from God oure father, and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. ³ We are bounde to thanke God allwayes for you brethren, as it is mete: because that youre faith groweth exceadingly, and the loue of euery one of you increaseth towarde another amoge youre selues, ⁴ so that we oure selues make oure boast of you (in the congregacions of God) of youre paciece and faith in all youre persecucions and troubles that ye suffre, ⁵ which is a token of the righteous iudgment of God, that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdome of God, for the which ye also suffre. ⁶ For it is a righteous thinge with God, to recopence tribulacion vnto the yt trouble you: ⁷ but vnto you which are troubled, rest with vs, wha the LORDE Iesus shal shewe himselfe from heauen, with the angels of his power, ⁸ and with flammynge fyre, to geue vengeauce vnto them that knowe not God, and to them that obeye not the Gospell of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. ⁹ Which shalbe punyshed with euerlastinge damnacion, from ye presence of the LORDE, and from the glory of his power, ¹⁰ whan he shal come to be glorified in his sayntes, and to become maruelous in all them that beleue: because ye haue beleued oure testimony vnto you of the same daye. ¹¹ Wherfore we praye allwayes for you, that oure God make you worthy of ye callynge, and fulfill all delectacion of goodnes, and the worke of faith in power, ¹² that ye name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ maye be praysed in you, and ye in him, acordinge to the grace of oure God, and of the LORDE Iesus Christ. ² ¹ We beseke you brethren by the commynge of or LORDE Iesus Christ, and in that we shal assemble vnto him, ² that ye be not sodenly moued fro youre mynde, and be not troubled, nether by sprete, nether by wordes, ner yet by letter, which shulde seme to be sent from vs, as though ye daye of Christ were at hande. ³ Let noman disceaue you by eny meanes. For the LORDE commeth not, excepte the departynge come first, and that that Man of synne be opened, euen the sonne of perdicion, ⁴ which is an aduersary, and is exalted aboue all yt is called God or Gods seruyce, so that he sytteth as God in the temple of God, and boasteth himselfe to be God. ⁵ Remembre ye not, that whan I was yet with you, I tolde you these thinges? ⁶ And now ye knowe what witholdeth it, eue that it mighte be vttered at his tyme. ⁷ (For the mystery of the iniquyte worketh allready, tyll he which now onely letteth, be take out of the waye.) ⁸ And then shal that wicked be vttered, whom the LORDE shal cosume with ye sprete of his mouth, & shal destroye with the appearaunce of his commynge: ⁹ euen him, whose commynge is after the workynge of Sathan with all lyenge power, and signes and wonders, ¹⁰ and with all deceauablenes of vnrighteousnes amonge them that perishe, because they receaued not the loue of ye trueth, that they might haue bene saued. ¹¹ Therfore shal God sende them stroge delusion, that they shulde beleue lyes, ¹² yt all they might be daned, which beleued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes. ¹³ But we are bounde to geue thankes allwaye vnto God for you, brethren be loued of the LORDE, because that God hath from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacion in the sanctifienge of the sprete and in beleuynge of the trueth, ¹⁴ whervnto he hath called you by oure Gospell, to optayne the glory of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. ¹⁵ Therfore brethren stonde fast, and kepe the ordinaunces which ye haue lerned, whether it were by oure preachinge or by epistle. ¹⁶ But oure LORDE Iesus Christ himselfe, and God oure father, which hath loued vs and geuen vs euerlastinge consolacion, and a good hope thorow grace, ¹⁷ comforte youre hertes, and stablysh you in all doctryne & good doynge. ³ ¹ Fvrthermore brethren praye for vs, that the worde of God maye haue fre passage and be glorified as it is with you, ² and that we maye be delyuered from vnreasonable and euell me. For faith is not euery mas. ³ But the LORDE is faithfull, which shal stablyshe you and kepe you from euell. ⁴ We haue confidence in the LORDE to you warde, that ye both do and wyll do that which we comaunde you. ⁵ The LORDE gyde youre hertes vnto the loue of God and pacience of Christ. ⁶ But we requyre you brethren, in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe youre selues from euery brother that walketh inordinatly, and not after the institucion which he receaued of vs. ⁷ For ye yor selues knowe, how ye oughte to folowe vs: for we behaued not oure selues inordinatly amonge you, ⁸ nether toke we bred of eny man for naughte but wrought wt laboure and trauayle night and daye, lest we shulde be chargeable to eny of you. ⁹ Not but that we had auctorite, but to geue oure selues for an ensample vnto you to folowe vs. ¹⁰ And whan we were wt you, this we warned you of, that yf there were eny which wolde not worke, ye same shulde not eate. ¹¹ For we heare saye, that there are some which walke amonge you inordinatly, and worke not at all, but are busy bodies. ¹² But them that are soche, we commaunde and exhorte by oure LORDE Iesus Christ, that they worke with quyetnes, and eate their awne bred. ¹³ Neuertheles brethren, be not ye weery of well doynge. ¹⁴ But yf eny man obey not oure sayenges, sende vs worde of him by a letter, and haue nothinge to do with him, yt he maye be ashamed. ¹⁵ Yet counte him not as an enemye, but warne him as a brother. ¹⁶ The very LORDE of peace geue you peace allwayes by all meanes. The LORDE be with you all. ¹⁷ The salutacion of me Paul with myne awne hande: This is the token in all epistles, So I wryte, ¹⁸ The grace of oure LORDE Iesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

1 Timothy

¹ ¹ Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ acordinge to the commaundement of God oure Sauioure, and of the LORDE Iesus Christ, which is oure hope. ² Vnto Timothy my naturall sonne in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God oure father, and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. ³ As I besoughte ye to abyde still at Ephesus ( whan I departed in to Macedonia) eue so do, that thou commaunde some, that they teach none other wyse, ⁴ nether geue hede to fables and genealogies, which are endlesse, and brede doutes more then godly edifyenge, which is by faith. ⁵ For ye chefe summe of the commaundement is loue of a pure hert, and of a good coscience, and of faith vnfayned. ⁶ From the which some haue erred, & haue turned vnto vayne iangelynge, ⁷ wyllinge to be doctours of the scripture, and vnderstonde not what they speake, nether wherof they affirme. ⁸ But we knowe that the lawe is good, yf a man vse it laufully, ⁹ vnderstodinge this, that the lawe is not geuen vnto the righteous, but to the vnrighteous & dishobedient, to the vngodly & to synners, to the vnholy & vncleane, to murthurers of fathers and murthurers of mothers, to manslayers, ¹⁰ to whoremongers, to the that defyle them selues with mankynde, to menstealers, to lyars, to periured, & so forth yf there be eny other thinge yt is cotrary to ye wholsome doctryne, ¹¹ acordinge to ye Gospell of ye glory of the blessed God, which (Gospell) is comytted vnto me. ¹² And I thanke Christ Iesus or LORDE, which hath made me stroge, for he counted me faithfull, & put me in office, ¹³ wha before I was a blasphemer, & a persecuter, & a tyraunt: but I optayned mercy, because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeleue. ¹⁴ Neuertheles the grace of or LORDE was more abudaunt thorow ye faith & loue which is in Christ Iesu. ¹⁵ For this is a true sayenge, and by all meanes worthy to be receaued, that Christ Iesus came in to ye worlde to saue synners, of whom I am chefe. ¹⁶ Notwithstondynge for this cause optayned I mercy, that Iesus Christ mighte pryncipally shewe in me all longe pacience, to the ensample of them which shulde beleue in him vnto eternall life. ¹⁷ So then vnto God kynge euerlastinge, immortall and invisible, and wyse onely, be honoure and prayse for euer and euer Amen. ¹⁸ This commaundement commytte I vnto the (my sonne Timotheus) acordinge to ye prophecies which in tyme past were prophecied of the, that thou in them shuldest fighte a good fighte, ¹⁹ hauynge faith & good conscience, which some haue put awaye fro them, and as concernynge faith haue made shypwrake: ²⁰ of whose nombre is Hymeneos and Alexander, whom I haue delyuered vnto Sathan, that they might be taught, nomore to blaspheme. ² ¹ I exhorte therfore, yt aboue all thinges, prayers, supplicacions, intercessions and geuynge of thakes be had for all men ² for kynges, and for all that are in auctorite, that we maye lyue a quyete & peaceable life in all godlynes and honestie. ³ For that is good and accepted in ye sighte of God oure Sauioure, ⁴ which wil haue all men saued, and to come vnto the knowlege of ye trueth. ⁵ For there is one God, and one mediatour betwene God and men, (namely) the man Christ Iesus, ⁶ which gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men, that at his tyme it shulde be preached, ⁷ wherevnto I am ordeyned a preacher & an Apostle (I tell ye trueth in Christ and lye not) a teacher of the Heythe in faith and in the trueth. ⁸ I wil therfore that men praye in all places, liftinge vp pure hades without wrath or dowtynge. ⁹ Likewyse also the wemen, that they araye them selues in comly apparell with shamfastnes and discrete behaueor, not with broyded heer, or golde, or perles, or costly araye: ¹⁰ but with soch as it becommeth weme that professe godlynes thorow good workes. ¹¹ Let the woman lerne in sylece with all subieccion. ¹² I suffre not a woma to teach ner to haue auctorite ouer the man, but for to be in sylence. ¹³ For Adam was first formed, and the Eue: ¹⁴ Adam also was not disceaued, but the woman was disceaued, and hath brought in the trasgression. ¹⁵ Notwitstondynge thorow bearynge of children she shalbe saued, yf she contynue in faith and in loue & in the sanctifyenge with discrecion. ³ ¹ This is a true sayege: Yf a ma covet ye office of a Bisshoppe, he desyreth a good worke. ² But a Bisshoppe must be blamelesse, the hussbade of one wife, sober, discrete, manerly, harberous, apte to teach: ³ Not geuen to moch wyne, no fighter, not geuen to filthy lucre: but gentle, abhorrynge stryfe, abhorrynge couetousnes: ⁴ & one that ruleth his awne house honestly, hauynge obedient children with all honestye. ⁵ (But yf a man can not rule his owne house, how shal he care for the congregacion of God?) ⁶ He maye not be a yoge scolar, lest he be puft vp, and fall in to the iudgment of ye euell speaker. ⁷ He must also haue a good reporte of them which are without, lest he fall in to the rebuke and snare of the euell speaker. ⁸ Likewyse must the mynisters be honest, not double tonged, not geuen to moch wyne, nether vnto fylthie lucre, ⁹ but hauynge the mystery of faith in pure conscience. ¹⁰ And let them first be proued, and then let them mynister, yf they be blamelesse. ¹¹ Euen so must their wyues be honest, not euell speakers, but sober and faithfull in all thinges. ¹² Let the mynisters be, euery one the hussbade of one wyfe, and soch as rule their children well, and their owne housholdes. ¹³ For they that mynister well, get them selues a good degree and greate libertye in the faith which is in Christ Iesu. ¹⁴ These thinges wryte I vnto the, trustinge shortly to come vnto the: ¹⁵ but yf I tary loge, that then thou mayest yet haue knowlege, how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in Gods house, which is the congregacion of the lyuynge God, the piler and grounde of trueth: ¹⁶ and without naye, greate is that mystery of godlynes. God was shewed in the flesh: was iustified in the sprete: was sene of angels: was preached vnto the Heythen: was beleued on in the worlde: was receaued vp in glory. ⁴ ¹ The sprete speaketh euydently, that in ye latter tymes some shal departe from the faith, and shal geue hede vnto spretes of erroure, and deuelish doctrynes, of them ² which speake false thorow ypocrysie, and haue their coscience marked with an whote yron, ³ forbyddinge to mary, and comaundynge to abstayne fro the meates, which God hath created to be receaued wt geuynge thankes of them which beleue and knowe the trueth. ⁴ For euery creature off God is good, and nothinge to be refused, yt is receaued with thankesgeuynge: ⁵ for it is sanctifyed by the worde of God and prayer. ⁶ Yf thou shalt put the brethren in remembraunce of these thinges, thou shalt be a good mynister of Iesu Christ, which hast bene norished vp in the wordes of faith and of good doctryne, which thou hast folowed hither to. ⁷ As for vngoostly and olde wyuesh fables, cast them awaye, but exercyse thy selfe vnto godlynes. ⁸ For bodely exercyse profyteth litle, but godlynes is profytable vnto all thinges, as a thinge which hath promyses of the life that is now, and of the life for to come. ⁹ This is a sure sayenge, & of all partes worthy to be receaued. ¹⁰ For therfore we laboure and suffre rebuke, because we hope in the lyuynge God, which is the Sauioure of all men, but specially of those that beleue. ¹¹ Soch thinges commaunde thou and teach. ¹² Let no man despyse yi youth, but be thou vnto them that beleue, an ensample, in worde, in couersacion, in loue, in ye sprete, in faith, in purenesse. ¹³ Geue attendaunce to readynge, to exhortacion, to doctryne, vntyll I come. ¹⁴ Be not necligent in the gifte that is geuen the thorow prophecye, with layege on of the handes of the Elders. ¹⁵ These thinges exercyse, and geue thy selfe vnto them, that thine increase maye be manifest vnto euery man. ¹⁶ Take hede vnto thy selfe, and to learnynge, cotynue in these thinges. For yf thou so do, thou shalt saue thy selfe, and them that heare the. ⁵ ¹ Rebuke not an Elder, but exhorte him as a father: and the yoger men as brethren: ² the elder wemen as mothers: the yonger as sisters with all purenes. ³ Honor wedowes, which are true wedowes. ⁴ Yf eny wedowe haue children or neves, let them lerne first to rule their awne houses godly, and to recompence their elders. For yt is good & acceptable before God. ⁵ But she that is a right wedowe, & desolate, putteth hir trust in God, & cotynueth in prayer and supplicacion nighte and daye. ⁶ But she that lyueth in pleasures, is deed, euen yet a lyue. ⁷ And these thinges commaunde, that they maye be without blame. ⁸ But yf there be eny man that prouydeth not for his awne, and specially for them of his houssholde, the same hath denyed the faith, and is worse then an infydele. ⁹ Let no wedowe be chosen vnder threscore yeare olde, and soch one as was ye wife of one man, ¹⁰ and well reported of in good workes, yf she haue brought vp children well, yf she haue bene harberous, yf she haue wasshed the sayntes fete, yf she haue mynistred vnto the which were in aduersite, yf she were continually geuen to all maner of good workes. ¹¹ But ye yonger wedowes refuse. For whan they haue begonne to waxe wanton agaynst Christ, then wil they mary, ¹² hauynge their damnacion, because they haue broke ye first faith. ¹³ Besydes this they are ydell, and lerne to runne aboute fro house to house. Not onely are they ydell, but also tryflinge & busybodies, speakynge thinges which are not comly. ¹⁴ I wil therfore that the yonger wemen mary, beare children, gyde the house, to geue ye aduersary no occasion to speake euell. ¹⁵ For some are turned back allready after Satha. ¹⁶ Yf eny man or woman that beleueth haue wedowes, let them make prouysion for the, and let not the congregacion be charged: that they which are righte wedowes, maye haue ynough. ¹⁷ The Elders that rule well, are worthy of double honoure, most specially they which laboure in the worde & in teachinge. ¹⁸ For ye scripture sayeth: Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of ye oxe yt treadeth out ye corne. And: The labourer is worthy of his rewarde. ¹⁹ Agaynst an Elder receaue none accusacion, but vnder two or thre witnesses. ²⁰ The that synne, rebuke in the presence of all, that other also maye feare. ²¹ I testifye before God and the LORDE Iesus Christ, and ye electe angels, that thou obserue these thinges without haistie iudgment, and do nothinge parcially. ²² Laye hondes sodenly on no ma, nether be partaker of other mes synnes. Kepe yi selfe pure. ²³ Drynke no lenger water, but vse a litle wyne for yi stomackes sake, and because thou art oft tymes sicke. ²⁴ Some mes synnes are ope, so that they maye be iudged afore hande: but some mens (synnes) shal be manifest herafter. ²⁵ Likewyse also good workes are manifest afore hade: and they that are otherwyse can not be hyd. ⁶ ¹ Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yocke, counte their masters worthy of all honoure, that the name of God and his doctrine be not euell spoken of. ² Se that they which haue beleuynge masters, despyse them not because they are brethre, but rather do seruyce, for so moch as they are beleuynge, and beloued, and partakers of the benefite. ³ These thinges teach and exhorte. Yf eny ma teach otherwyse, and agreeth not vnto the wholsome wordes of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, and to the doctryne of godlynes, ⁴ he is puft vp, and knoweth nothinge, but waysteth his brayne aboute questions and stryuynges of wordes: wherof sprynge envye, stryfe, raylinges, euell surmysinges, ⁵ vayne disputacios of soch men as haue corrupte myndes, and are robbed of the trueth, which thynke that godlynes is lucre: From soch separate thy selfe. ⁶ Howbeit it is greate avautage, who so is godly, and holdeth him content with that he hath. ⁷ For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde, therfore is it a playne case yt we can cary nothinge out. ⁸ Whan we haue fode and rayment, let vs therwith be content. ⁹ For they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion and snare, and in to many folisshe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion. ¹⁰ For Couetousnes is the rote of all euell, which whyle some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and tangled them selues with many sorowes. ¹¹ But thou man of God, flye soche thinges: folowe righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes: ¹² fighte a good fighte of faith: laye honde on eternall life, where vnto thou art called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. ¹³ I geue the charge before God, which quyckeneth all thinges, & before Iesu Christ, which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good witnessynge, ¹⁴ that thou kepe the commaundement, without spot, vnreproueable, vntyll the appearynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, ¹⁵ which appearynge (at his tyme) he shal shewe that is blessed, and mightie onely, the kynge of all kynges, and LORDE of all lordes: ¹⁶ which onely hath immortalite, and dwelleth in a lighte, that no man can attayne: whom no man hath sene, nether can se. Vnto whom be honoure and empyre euerlastinge, Amen. ¹⁷ Charge the which are riche in this worlde, that they be not proude, ner trust in the vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God (which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye them:) ¹⁸ That they do good: that they be rich in good workes: that they geue and distribute with a good wyll: ¹⁹ gatherynge vp treasure for them selues, a good foundacion, agaynst ye tyme to come, that they maye laye honde on eternall life. ²⁰ O Timothy, kepe that which is committed vnto the, and avoyde vngoostly vayne wordes, and opposicions of science falsly so called, ²¹ which whyle some professed, they haue erred as concernynge the faith. Grace be with the, Amen.