Coverdale(i)
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.