1 Corinthians 7 Cross References - Bishops

¹ Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman ² Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband ³ Let the husbande geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence: Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the husbande ⁴ The wyfe hath not the power of her owne body, but the husbande: And likewyse also the husbande hath not the power of his owne body, but the wife ⁵ Defraude you not the one the other, except [it be] with both your consentes for a time, that ye may geue your selues to fasting and prayer: and afterward come together againe, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie ⁶ This I say of fauour, & not of commaundement ⁷ For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe [am:] but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, another after that ⁸ I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I ⁹ But if they can not abstayne, let them marrie: For it is better to marrie then to burne ¹⁰ Unto the maryed commaunde, not I, but the Lord, Let not the wyfe depart from the husbande ¹¹ But and if she depart, let her remayne vnmarried, or be reconciled vnto her husbande [againe:] And let not the husbande put away his wyfe ¹² But to the renmaunt speake I, not the Lorde: If any brother haue a wife that beleueth not, if she be content to dwell with him, let him not put her away ¹³ And the woman which hath to her husbande an infidell, and he consent to dwel with her, let her not put him away ¹⁴ For the vnbeleuing husbande is sanctified by the wyfe, and the vnbeleuyng wyfe is sanctified by the husbande: els were your children vncleane, but nowe are they holy ¹⁵ But if the vnbeleuing depart, let hym depart: A brother or a sister is not in subiection in such thinges: But God hath called vs in peace ¹⁶ For howe knowest thou O woman, whether thou shalt saue thy husbande? or how knowest thou O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wyfe ¹⁷ But as God hath distributed to euery man, as the Lorde hath called euery one, so let hym walke, and so ordeyne I in all Churches ¹⁸ Is any man called beyng circumcised? let him not adde vncircumcision: Is any called vncircumcised? let him not be circumcised ¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing, and vncircumcision is nothing, but the keping of the commaundementes of God ²⁰ Let euery man abyde in the same calling, wherein he was called ²¹ Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather ²² For he that is called in the Lord [being] a seruaunt, is the Lordes free man: Lykewyse also he that is called [beyng] free, is Christes seruaunt ²³ Ye are dearely bought, be not ye the seruauntes of men ²⁴ Brethren, let euery man wherin he is called, therin abyde with God ²⁵ Nowe concerning virgins I haue no commaundement of the Lord: yet geue I counsell, as one that hath obtayned mercy in the Lorde to be faythfull ²⁶ I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for [I say] it is good for a man so to be ²⁷ Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe ²⁸ But and if thou marrie a wyfe, thou sinnest not, and if a virgin marrie, she hath not sinned: Neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in their fleshe, but I beare with you ²⁹ But this say I brethren, the tyme is short: It remayneth, that they which haue wyues, be as though they had none ³⁰ And they that wepe, as though they wept not: & they that reioyce, as though they reioyced not: and they that bye, as though they possessed not ³¹ And they that vse this worlde, as though they vsed it not: For the fashion of this worlde goeth away ³² I woulde haue you without care: He that is vnmaryed, careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde, how he may please the Lorde ³³ But he that hath maryed awyfe, careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, how he may please his wyfe ³⁴ There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: [Againe] she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande ³⁵ This speake I for your profite, not to tangle you in a snare: but that [ye may folowe] that which is honest and comely, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation ³⁶ But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgin if she passe the time of mariage, and neede so require, let him do what he wyll, he sinneth not: let them be maryed ³⁷ Neuerthelesse, he that purposeth surely in his heart hauing no neede, but hath power ouer his owne wyll, and hath so decreed in his heart that he wyl kepe his virgin, doth well ³⁸ So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage, doth well: but he that ioyneth not [his virgin] in mariage, doth better ³⁹ The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as long as her husbande lyueth: but if her husband be dead, she is at libertie to marry with whom she wil, onely in the Lorde ⁴⁰ But she is happier if she so abide, after my iudgement: And I thinke veryly that I haue the spirite of God

²² And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres, and begate sonnes & daughters ²³ And al ye dayes of Henoch were three hundreth sixtie and fiue yeres ²⁴ And Henoch walked with God: and he was no more seene, for God toke him away

² And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all

¹ When Abram was ninetie yere olde and nine, the Lorde appeared to hym, and sayde vnto hym: I am the almightie God, walke before me, and be thou perfect

⁶ And God sayde vnto him in a dreame: I wote well that thou dyddest it in the singlenesse of thy heart: I kept thee also that thou shuldest not sinne against me, and therefore suffred I thee not to touche her

¹⁵ And he sayd vnto the people: be redy agaynst the thirde day, and come not at [your] wyues

¹⁰ And if he take hym another wyfe: yet her foode, her rayment, and duetie of maryage shall he not minishe

⁴² For they are my seruauntes, which I brought out of the lande of Egypt, and shall not therfore be solde as bondmen

³ Thou shalt make no mariages with them: neither geue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne ⁴ For they wyll deceaue thy sonne, that he shoulde not folowe me, and they shal serue straunge gods: and then wyll the wrath of the Lorde waxe hot agaynst thee, and destroy thee sodenly

¹⁹ And mearse hym in an hundred sides of syluer, and geue them vnto the father of the damsell, because he hath brought vp an euyl name vpon a mayde of Israel: And she shalbe his wyfe, and he may not put her away all his dayes

² And his concubine played the whore by him, and went awaye from him vnto her fathers house to Bethlehem Iuda, and there continued foure monethes ³ And her husbande arose, and went after her, to speake frendly vnto her, and to bryng her agayne, hauyng his lad with him, and a couple of asses: And she brought hym vnto her fathers house, & when the father of the damosell sawe hym, he reioyced of his commyng

⁹ Let thyne eyes be on the fielde that they do reape, & go thou after the [maydens:] Haue I not charged the young men, that they shall do thee no hurte? Moreouer, when thou art a thyrst, go vnto the vessels, & drinke of that which the laddes haue drawen

⁴ And it fel on a day, that Elkana offered, and gaue to Phenenna his wyfe, and to all her sonnes and daughters, portions ⁵ But vnto Hanna he gaue a worthy portion: for he loued Hanna, & the Lorde had made her barren ⁶ And her enemie [Phenenna] vexed her sore, forasmuche as she vpbrayded her, because the Lord had made her barren ⁷ (And so dyd he yere by yere) and as oft as she wet vp to the house of the Lord, thus she vexed her, that she wept, and dyd not eate ⁸ Then sayde Elkana her husband to her: Hanna, why wepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thine hearte troubled? Am not I better to thee then ten sonnes

³³ Neuerthelesse, I wyll not destroy euery one that come of thee from mine aulter, to make thine eyes to fayle, and to make thine heart sorowfull: And all they that be multiplied in thine house, shall dye [when they be] men

⁴⁵ And the people said vnto Saul: Shal Ionathan dye, which hath so mightilie deliuered Israel? God forbid. As the Lord lyueth, there shall not one heere of his head fall to ye ground, for he hath wrought with God this daye. And so the people deliuered Ionathan, that he dyed not

²² And Samuel sayde: Hath the Lorde as great pleasure in burnt sacrifices and offerynges, as when the voyce of the Lorde is obeyed? Beholde, to obey, is better then sacrifice: and to hearken, is better then the fat of rammes

⁴ And the priest aunswered Dauid, and sayd: There is no common bread vnder myne hand, but here is halowed bread: if the young me haue kept them selues, specially from women ⁵ Dauid aunswered the priest, and sayd vnto him: Of a trueth, women hath ben separated fro vs this two or three days since I came out, & the vessels of the young men were holy: Howebeit, this way is vnpure, and howe muche more shall there be holines in the vessell

¹ When these thinges were done, the rulers came to me, and sayde: The people of Israel, and the priestes & Leuites are not separated from the people of the landes, as touching their abhominations: namely of the Chanaanites, Hethites, Pherezites, Iebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites ² For they haue taken the daughters of the same to them selues and to their sonnes, and the holy seede is mixed with the nations of the landes, & the hand of the princes and rulers hath ben principall in the trespasse

² And Sechania the sonne of Iehiel, one of the children of Elam, aunswered, and sayde vnto Esdras: We haue trespassed against our God, & haue taken straunge wyues of the people of the lande: Yet nowe there is hope in Israel concerning this thing ³ For nowe we will make a couenaunt with our God, and put away all the wiues and such as are borne of them, according to the counsel of the Lorde: and we wil be in the feare of the commaundementes of our God, that we may do according to the lawe

¹¹ Confesse now therfore vnto the Lord God of our fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate your selues from the people of the lande, and from the straunge wyues ¹² And all the congregation aunswered, and sayde with a loude voyce: It shalbe so, and we will do as thou hast sayde ¹³ But the people are many, and it is a rayny weather, & the people are to faynt to tary without in the streete, neither is this a worke of one day or two: for we haue offended very sore in this thing ¹⁴ Let our rulers stande therefore in all the congregation, and let al them which haue taken straunge wyues in our cities come at the time appoynted, and let the elders of euery citie and their iudges be with them, till the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from vs ¹⁵ Then were appoynted Ionathan the sonne of Asahel, and Iahasia the sonne of Thecua ouer this matter: & Mesullam and Sabathai the Leuites helped them ¹⁶ And the children of the captiuitie dyd euen so: And Esdras the priest, and the auncient heads through the house of their fathers, all men of great fame, separated themselues, & sate them downe in the first day of the tenth moneth to examine the matter ¹⁷ And vntill the first day of the first moneth they were finishing the businesse, with al the men that had taken straunge wyues ¹⁸ And among the children of the priestes there were men found that had taken straunge wiues, namely among the children of Iesua, the sonne of Iosedec, and of his brethren, Maasia, and Eliezer, Iarib, and Gedalia ¹⁹ And they gaue their handes that they woulde put away their wiues: and they that had trespassed, gaue a ramme for their trespasse

¹ And there arose a great complaynt of the people and their wyues against their brethre the Iewes ² For there were some that saide, Our sonnes and daughters and we are very many: therefore wyll we take corne for them, that we may eate and liue ³ Some also there were that saide: Let vs set our landes, vineyardes, and houses to pledge, and take vp corne in the dearth ⁴ But some there were that saide: We haue borowed money for the kinges tribute, and that vpon our landes & vineyardes ⁵ And now our fleshe is as the fleshe of our brethren, and our children as their children: and loe we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters as seruauntes, and some of our daughters are subdued vnto bondage alredie, and no strength is there in our handes to redeeme them, and other men haue our landes and vineyardes

¹ Man that is borne of woman, hath but a short time to lyue, and is full of miserie ² He commeth vp, and is cut downe like a floure: He fleeth as it were a shadow, and neuer continueth in one state

⁵ For a litle short time [passeth] in his anger, a life is [spente] in his good wyll: at euening weeping shall begin the night, but ioy commeth in the morning

⁴ O God make me to knowe mine ende, and the number of my dayes: that I may be certified howe long I haue to lyue ⁵ Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were an hand breadth long, & mine age is euen as nothing before thee: truely euery man is al [together] vanitie. Selah ⁶ Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he [and all his] do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them

⁶ Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he [and all his] do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them ⁷ And nowe Lord what wayte I after? truely my hope is euen in thee

²² O cast thy burthen vpon God, and he wyll vpholde thee: he wyll not suffer at any time the righteous to moue

²⁰ They be as a dreame to a man after he is once waked: O Lorde thou wylt cause their image to be dispised in the citie

⁶³ Fire consumed his young men: and his maydens were not maryed

⁵ Thou makest them to flowe away, they are a sleepe: they be in the morning as an hearbe that groweth ⁶ In the mornyng it florisheth and groweth vp: in the euenyng it is cut downe and wythered ⁷ For we be consumed through thy displeasure: and we are astonyed through thy wrathfull indignation ⁸ Thou hast set our misdeedes before thee: and our sinnes wherof we be not priuie, in the lyght of thy countenaunce ⁹ For all our dayes do passe in thine anger: we spende our yeres as [in speaking] a worde ¹⁰ The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne, and yf through strength [of nature] men come to foure score yeres: yet is their iolitie but labour and care, yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs, and we flee from it

¹⁵ The dayes of man are as [the dayes] of an hearbe: he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde ¹⁶ For the winde passeth ouer it, and it is no more [seene]: and the place therof knoweth it no more

¹⁶ (116:15) It is euen so O God, for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde: thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder

⁵ (126:6) They that sowe in teares: shall reape in ioy ⁶ (126:7) He that goeth foorth on his way, and wepyng beareth pretious seede: shall doubtlesse returning, come againe with a ioyfull noyse, bryngyng his sheaues with hym

¹⁸ Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth ¹⁹ Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue

²⁹ Euen so, whosoeuer goeth in to his neyghbours wife and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie

³⁰ The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise

²² Who so findeth a wyfe, findeth a good thing, and receaueth fauour of the Lorde

¹⁴ House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders: but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde

⁸ He that oft times flitteth, is like a byrd that forsaketh her nest

⁴ One generation passeth away, another commeth: but the earth abideth styll

²⁴ Is it not better then for a man to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his labour? yea I sawe that this also was a gift of God ²⁵ For who wyll eate or go more lustyly to his worke then I

⁴ A tyme to weepe, and a tyme to laugh: a tyme to mourne, & a tyme to daunce

¹² So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth ¹³ For all that a man eateth & drynketh, yea whatsoeuer a man enioyeth of all his labour: that same is a gyft of God

¹⁸ Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion ¹⁹ For vnto whom soeuer God geueth riches, goodes, and power, he geueth it him to enioy it, to take it for his portion, and to be refresshed of his labour: this is the gyft of God ²⁰ For he thinketh not much howe long he shall lyue, forasmuch as God fylleth his heart with gladnesse

¹² For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne

⁷ Go thou thy way then, eate thy bread with ioy, & drinke thy wine with a glad heart, for thy workes please god ⁸ Let thy garmentes be alwayes white, and let thy head lacke no oyntment ⁹ Use thy selfe to liue ioyfully with thy wife whom thou louest all the dayes of thy life whiche is but vayne, that God geueth thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for that is thy portion in this life of al thy labour and trauayle that thou takest vnder the sunne ¹⁰ Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome

¹⁰ Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome

² Geue part seue days, & also vpon the eyght: for thou knowest not what miserie shall come vpon earth

⁹ Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges ¹⁰ Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remoue euill from thy body: for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie

⁷ Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came, and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it ⁸ All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie

¹³ Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges, Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes: for that toucheth all men ¹⁴ For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges, whether they be good or euyll

¹ Beholde, the Lord maketh the earth waste and emptie, he turneth it vpside downe, and scattereth abrode the inhabitours therof ² And the priest shalbe as the people, and the maister as the seruaunt, the mistresse lyke the mayde, the seller lyke the byer, he that lendeth vpon vsurie, like him that boroweth vpon vsurie, the creditour as the dettour

⁸ As for death he hath destroyed it for euer, and the Lorde God shall wype away teares from all faces, and the rebuke of his people shall he take away out of all the earth, for so the Lorde hath sayde

¹⁹ If the people remaine in Sion and at Hierusalem, thou shalt not be in heauinesse: but at the voyce of thy complaint shall he haue mercy vpon thee, and when he heareth it, he shall geue thee an aunswere

⁶ The same voyce spake: Nowe crye. And the prophete aunswered, What shall I crye? That all fleshe is grasse, and that all the goodlinesse therof is as the floure of the fielde ⁷ The grasse is withered, the floure falleth away, for the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them: of a trueth the people are grasse ⁸ The grasse withereth, and the floure fadeth away: yet the worde of our God endureth for euer

¹ Thus saith the Lorde: Where is the byll of your mothers deuorcement whom I sent away? or who is the vsurer to whom I solde you? Beholde, for your offences are ye solde, and because of your transgression is your mother forsaken

¹ Vp Sion, vp, take thy strength vnto thee, put on thyne honest rayment O Hierusalem, thou holy citie: for from this tyme foorth there shall no vncircumcised nor vncleane person come in thee

¹ Commonly when a man putteth away his wyfe, and she goeth from hym & maryeth with another, then the question is: shoulde he resort vnto her any more after that? (Is not that lande then defiled and vncleane?) But as for thee thou hast played the harlot with many louers, yet turne agayne to me, saith the Lorde

²⁰ Truely, lyke as a woman fayleth her husbande, so are ye vnfaithfull vnto me O ye house of Israel, saith the Lorde

²² For when I brought your fathers out of Egypt, I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offeringes and sacrifices ²³ But this I commaunded them, saying, Hearken and obay my voyce, and I shalbe your God, and ye shalbe my people, so that ye walke in al the wayes whiche I haue commaunded you, that ye may prosper

² Thou shalt take thee no wife, nor beget children in this place ³ For of the children that are borne in this place, of their mothers that haue borne them, and of their fathers that haue begotten them in this lande, thus saith the Lorde ⁴ They shall dye an horrible death, no man shall weepe for them, nor bury them, but they shall lye as dunge vpon the earth: they shall perishe through the sworde & hunger, and their bodyes shalbe meate for the fowles of the ayre, and beastes of the earth

³ And sayde vnto her: Thou shalt bide with me a long season, thou shalt not play the harlot, thou shalt be to no other man, and I wyll be so vnto thee

¹⁶ Gather the people, gather the elders, assemble the children & suckyng babes: let the bridegrome come foorth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet

³ And that they shoulde speake vnto the priestes which were in the house of the Lorde of hoastes, and to the prophetes, saying: should I wepe in the fifth moneth, & abstayne as I haue done nowe certaine yeres

¹² And the lande shal bewaile, euery kindred by them selues alone: the kindred of the house of Dauid by them selues, and their wyues by them selues: the kindred of the house of Nathan them selues, and their wyues by them selues ¹³ The kindred of the house of Leui them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues: the kindred of the house of Semei them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues ¹⁴ In lyke maner, all the other generations euery one by them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues

¹¹ Iuda hath offended, & abhomination is committed in Israel and in Hierusalem? for Iuda hath defiled the holynesse of the Lorde which he loued, and hath maried the daughter of a straunge God

¹⁴ Yet ye say, wherin? Because the Lord hath ben witnesse betweene thee and thy wyfe of thy youth, against whom thou hast transgressed, yet is she thyne owne companion, and the wyfe of thy couenaunt

¹⁴ Yet ye say, wherin? Because the Lord hath ben witnesse betweene thee and thy wyfe of thy youth, against whom thou hast transgressed, yet is she thyne owne companion, and the wyfe of thy couenaunt ¹⁵ And did not he make one? yet had he aboundaunce of spiritie: And wherfore one? Because he sought a godly seede: therefore kepe your selues in your spirite, and let none transgresse against the wyfe of his youth ¹⁶ If thou hatest her, put her away, saith the lorde God of Israel: yet he couereth the iniurie vnder his garment, saith the Lorde of hoastes, and be ye kept in your spirite, and transgresse not

¹⁰ The sayth Iesus vnto hym: Auoyde Sathan. For it is written: Thou shalt worshyp the Lorde thy God, and hym only shalt thou serue

¹⁹ Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen. But who so euer doeth, and teacheth (so) the same shalbe called great in the kyngdome of heauen

³² But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer doeth put awaye his wyfe, except it be for fornication, causeth her to commit adultry. And whosoeuer maryeth her that is diuorced, committeth adultry

²⁵ Therfore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, or drynke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the lyfe more worth then meate? & the body then rayment ²⁶ Beholde the fowles of the ayre: For they sowe not, neither do they reape, nor cary into the barnes: yet your heauenly father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they ²⁷ Which of you, by takyng of carefull thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature ²⁸ And why care ye for rayment? Learne of the Lylies of the fielde, howe they growe. They weery not [them selues] with labour, neither [do they] spinne ²⁹ And yet I say vnto you, that euen Solomon in all his royaltie, was not arayed lyke one of these ³⁰ Wherfore, yf God so clothe the grasse of the fielde, which though it stande to day, is to morowe cast into the ouen: shall he not much more [do] the same for you, O ye of litle fayth ³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eate? or, what shall we drynke? or, wherewith shall we be clothed ³² (For after all these thynges, do the Gentiles seke:) for your heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges ³³ But rather, seke ye first the kyngdome of God, and his ryghteousnesse, and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you ³⁴ Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe. Sufficient vnto the day, is the euyll therof

⁵⁰ For whosoeuer shall do the wyll of my father which is in heauen, the same is my brother, sister, and mother

²² He also that receaued seede into the thornes, is he that heareth the worde: and the care of this worlde, and the disceiptfulnes of ryches, choke vp the worde, and so is he made vnfruitfull

³ The pharisees also came vnto hym, temptyng hym, and saying vnto hym: Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wyfe, for euery cause ⁴ He aunswered and sayde vnto them: Haue ye not read, that he which created at the begynnyng, made them male and female ⁵ And sayde: For this cause, shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall be knit to his wyfe: and they twayne shall be one fleshe ⁶ Wherfore, they are no more twayne, but one fleshe. Let not man therefore put a sunder, that which God hath coupled together ⁷ They say vnto hym: why did Moyses then commaunde to geue a writyng of diuorcement, and to put her away ⁸ He sayde vnto them: Moyses, because of the hardnes of your heartes, suffred you to put away your wyues: But from the begynnyng it was not so ⁹ I say vnto you: whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, except it be for fornication, and maryeth another, committeth adulterie: And who so maryeth her which is diuorced, doth comit adulterie

⁹ I say vnto you: whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, except it be for fornication, and maryeth another, committeth adulterie: And who so maryeth her which is diuorced, doth comit adulterie ¹⁰ His disciples say vnto hym: If the matter be so betwene man and wyfe, [then] is it not good to mary ¹¹ He sayde vnto them: all men can not receaue this saying, saue they to whom it is geuen

¹¹ He sayde vnto them: all men can not receaue this saying, saue they to whom it is geuen

¹¹ He sayde vnto them: all men can not receaue this saying, saue they to whom it is geuen ¹² For there are some chaste, which are so borne, out of their mothers wombe: And there are some chaste, which be made chaste of me: And there be chaste, which haue made themselues chaste, for the kyngdome of heauens sake. He that is able to receaue [it], let him receaue [it]

¹² For there are some chaste, which are so borne, out of their mothers wombe: And there are some chaste, which be made chaste of me: And there be chaste, which haue made themselues chaste, for the kyngdome of heauens sake. He that is able to receaue [it], let him receaue [it]

⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi: For one is your maister, [euen] Christe, and all ye are brethren ⁹ And call [no man] your father, vpon the earth: for one is your father, which is in heauen ¹⁰ Neither be ye called maisters: for one is your maister [euen] Christe ¹¹ He that is greatest among you, shalbe your seruaunt

¹⁹ Wo shalbe in those dayes, to them that are with chylde, and to them that geue sucke

⁴⁸ But and yf that euyll seruaunt say in his heart, my Lorde wyll be long a commyng ⁴⁹ And so begyn to smyte his felowes, yea, and to eate and drynke with the dronken ⁵⁰ The same seruauntes Lorde shall come in a day, when he loketh not for hym, and in an houre that he is not ware of

¹⁴ Lykewyse, as a [certayne] man, redy to take his iourney into a straunge countrey, called his owne seruauntes, and delyuered vnto them his goodes ¹⁵ And vnto one, he gaue fyue talentes, to another two, and to another one: to euery man after his habilitie, & strayght way departed ¹⁶ Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes, went, and occupyed with the same, & made [them] other fyue talentes ¹⁷ And lykewyse, he [that receaued] two: he also gayned other two ¹⁸ But he that receaued that one, went and digged in the earth, and hyd his Lordes money ¹⁹ After a long season, the Lorde of those seruauntes commeth, and reckeneth with them ²⁰ And so, he that had receaued fyue talentes, came, and brought other fyue talentes, saying: Lorde, thou delyueredst vnto me fyue talentes, beholde, I haue gayned with them fyue talentes mo ²¹ His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde ²² He also that had receaued two talentes, came, and sayde: Lorde thou delyueredst vnto me two talentes, beholde, I haue wonne two other taletes with them ²³ His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde ²⁴ Then he which had receaued the one talent, came, and saide: Lorde I knew thee, that thou art an harde man, reapyng where thou hast not sowen, & gatheryng where thou hast not strowed ²⁵ And [therfore] was I afrayde, & went and hid thy talent in the earth: loe, there thou hast that thyne is ²⁶ His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed ²⁷ Thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers, and then at my commyng shoulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage ²⁸ Take therfore the talent from hym, and geue it vnto hym whiche hath ten talentes ²⁹ For vnto euery one that hath, shalbe geuen, and he shall haue aboundaunce: But he that hath not, from hym shalbe taken away, euen that which he hath

² And the pharisees came, and asked hym: Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wyfe? temptyng hym

¹¹ And he sayth vnto them: Whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, & maryeth another, committeth adulterie agaynst her ¹² And yf a woman put away her husbande, and be maryed to another, she committeth adulterie

⁷⁴ That we, beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, might serue him without feare ⁷⁵ All the dayes of our life, in [such] holynesse and righteousnes [as are accepted] before hym

³⁶ And ther was a prophetisse, one Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser, which was of a great age, and had lyued with an husbande seuen yeres from her virginitie ³⁷ And she had ben a wydowe about fourescore and foure yeres, whiche departed not from the temple, but serued God with fastynges and prayers nyght and day

¹⁰ And the people asked hym, saying: What shall we do then ¹¹ He aunswereth, and sayth vnto them: He that hath two coates, let him part with hym that hath none: and he that hath meate, let hym do lykewyse ¹² Then came publicanes also to be baptized, and saide vnto him: Maister, what shall we do ¹³ And he sayde vnto them: Require no more then that which is appoynted vnto you ¹⁴ The souldiours lykewyse demaunded of hym, saying: And what shall we do? And he saide vnto them: Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages

²¹ Blessed are ye that hunger nowe, for ye shalbe satisfied. Blessed are ye that weepe nowe, for ye shall laugh

²⁵ Wo vnto you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Wo vnto you that nowe laugh: for ye shall wayle and weepe

¹⁴ And that which fell among thornes, are they, which whe they haue hearde, go foorth, and are choked with cares & ryches, and voluptuous lyuyng, & bring foorth no fruite

⁴⁰ But Martha was cumbred about much seruing, and came to hym, & saide: Lorde, doest thou not care that my sister hath lefte me to serue alone? Byd her therfore that she helpe me

⁴⁰ But Martha was cumbred about much seruing, and came to hym, & saide: Lorde, doest thou not care that my sister hath lefte me to serue alone? Byd her therfore that she helpe me ⁴¹ And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: Martha, Martha, thou art carefull, and troubled about many thynges

⁴¹ And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: Martha, Martha, thou art carefull, and troubled about many thynges ⁴² Ueryly one is needefull. Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her

¹⁵ And he sayde vnto them, Take heede & beware of couetousnes: For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth ¹⁶ And he put foorth a similitude vnto the, saying: The grounde of a certaine ryche man brought foorth plentifull fruites ¹⁷ And he thought within him selfe, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites ¹⁸ And he sayde, this wyll I do, I wyll destroy my barnes, and buylde greater, and therin wyll I gather all my fruites and my goodes ¹⁹ And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp [in store] for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery ²⁰ But God sayde vnto hym: Thou foole, this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe fro thee: Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided ²¹ So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not ryche towardes God ²² And he spake vnto his disciples: Therfore I say vnto you, take no thought for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, neither for the body what ye shall put on

²⁹ And aske not ye what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drynke, neither be ye of doubtfull mynde

¹⁰ Lykewyse I say vnto you, shall there be ioy in the presence of the Angels of God, ouer one sinner that repenteth

¹ And he sayde also vnto his disciples. There was a certayne riche man, which had a stewarde, and the same was accused vnto hym that he had wasted his goodes ² And he called hym, and sayde vnto hym: Howe is it, that I heare this of thee? Geue accomptes of thy stewardeshyppe, for thou mayest be no longer stewarde

¹⁸ Whosoeuer forsaketh his wyfe, and marieth another, committeth adulterie. And he that maryeth her that is deuorced from her husbande, committeth adulterie [also.

²⁵ But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented

¹⁷ And he sayde vnto hym: Well thou good seruaunt, because thou hast ben faythfull in a very litle thing, haue thou aucthoritie ouer ten cities ¹⁸ And the seconde came, saying: Thy peece hath encreased fiue peeces ¹⁹ And to the same he sayde, be thou also ruler ouer fyue cities ²⁰ And another came, saying: Lorde beholde here is thy peece, whiche I haue layed vp in a napkin ²¹ For I feared thee, because thou art a strayte man: Thou takest vp that thou laydest not downe, & reapest that thou dyddest not sowe ²² He sayth vnto hym: Of thyne owne mouth wyll I iudge thee, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a straite man, taking vp that I layed not downe, & reapyng that I dyd not sowe ²³ And wherfore gauest not thou my money into the banke, and at my commyng I myght haue required myne owne with vauntage ²⁴ And he sayde vnto them that stoode by: Take from hym that peece, and geue it to hym that hath ten peeces ²⁵ And they sayde vnto hym: Lorde he hath ten peeces ²⁶ For I say vnto you, that vnto euery one which hath, shalbe geuen: and fro hym that hath not, shalbe taken away euen that he hath

²³ But wo vnto the that are with childe, & to them that geue sucke in those days: For there shalbe great distresse in the lande, and wrath ouer this people

³⁴ Take heede to your selues, lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse, and cares of this lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares

²⁸ But Iesus turned backe vnto them, and sayde: [Ye] daughters of Hierusalem, wepe not for me, but wepe for your selues, and for your chyldren ²⁹ For beholde, the dayes wyll come, in the which they shal say : Happy are the barren, & the wombes that neuer bare, & the pappes which neuer gaue sucke

³² And ye shall knowe the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free ³³ They aunswered hym: We be Abrahams seede, and were neuer bonde to any man: howe sayest thou then, ye shalbe made free ³⁴ Iesus aunswered them: Ueryly, veryly I say vnto you, that whosoeuer comitteth sinne, is the seruaunt of sinne ³⁵ And the seruaut abideth not in ye house for euer: but the sonne abydeth euer ³⁶ Yf the sonne therefore shall make you free, then are ye free in deede

¹⁴ Ye are my frendes, yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you

²² And ye nowe therefore haue sorowe: but I wyll see you agayne, and your heartes shall reioyce, and your ioy shall no man take from you

²³ Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morowe, Peter went away with them, and certaine brethren from Ioppa accompanied hym

¹ And certayne men whiche came downe fro Iurie, taught the brethren, except ye be circumcised after the maner of Moyses, ye can not be saued ² So, when there was rysen discention and disputyng, not a litle vnto Paul and Barnabas, agaynst them: they determyned that Paul and Barnabas, and certayne other of them, shoulde go vp to Hierusalem, vnto the Apostles and elders, about this question

⁵ Then rose vp certayne of the sect of the pharisees, which dyd beleue, saying that it was needefull to circumcise the, and to commaunde to kepe the lawe of Moyses

¹⁹ Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the gentiles, are turned to God

²⁴ The Apostles, and elders, & brethren, sende greetinges vnto ye brethren, which are of the gentiles in Antiochia, Syria, & Cilicia. Forasmuch as we haue heard, that certayne which departed from vs, haue troubled you with wordes, & cumbred your myndes, saying ye must be circumcised and kepe the lawe, to who we gaue no such commaundent

²⁸ For it seemed good to the holy ghost, and to vs, to charge you with no more then these necessarie thynges [That is to say

²⁸ Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood

²⁹ And Paul sayde: I woulde to God, that not only thou, but also all that heare me to day, were both somewhat, and also in a great deale, such as I am, except these bondes

¹ Paul the seruaunt of Iesus Christe, called [to be] an Apostle, seuered into the Gospel of God

²⁵ For circumcision veryly auayleth, yf thou kepe the lawe: But yf thou be a breaker of the lawe, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision ²⁶ Therefore if the vncircumcisio kepe the ordinaunces of the law, shall not his vncircumcisio be counted for circumcisio ²⁷ And shall not vncircumcision which is by nature, if it kepe the law, iudge thee, which beyng vnder the letter & circumcision, doest transgresse the lawe ²⁸ For he is not a Iewe, whiche is a Iewe outwarde. Neither is that circucision which is outwarde in the fleshe ²⁹ But he is a Iewe whiche is one inwardly, and the circumcisio of ye heart, which consisteth in the spirite, and not in the letter [is circumcision] whose prayse is not of men, but of God

³⁰ For it is one God whiche shall iustifie the circumcision by fayth, and vncircumcision through fayth

¹³ Neither geue ye your members as instrumentes of vnryghteousnesse vnto sinne: but geue your selues vnto God, as they that are alyue from the dead, and your members as instrumentes of ryghteousnesse vnto God

¹⁸ Being then made free fro sinne, ye are become ye seruauntes of ryghteousnesse ¹⁹ I speake after the maner of men, because of the infirmitie of your fleshe. As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannesse and iniquitie, vnto iniquitie: euen so nowe geue your members seruauntes to righteousnesse, vnto holynesse ²⁰ For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne, ye were free from ryghteousnesse ²¹ What fruite had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those thynges, is death ²² But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne, and made the seruauntes of God, haue your fruite vnto holynesse, and the ende euerlastyng lyfe

² For the woman which is in subiectio to a man, is bounde by the lawe to the man, as long as he lyueth: But yf the man be dead, she is loosed from the lawe of the man ³ So then yf whyle the man lyueth, she couple her selfe with another man, she shalbe counted a wedlocke breaker: But yf the man be dead, she is free from the law, so that she is no wedlocke breaker, though she couple her selfe with another man

¹⁴ If by any meane I may prouoke the which are my fleshe, and myght saue some of them

¹⁶ For yf the first fruites be holy, ye whole lumpe also [is holy.] And yf the roote be holy, the braunches also

¹ I beseche you therfore brethren, by the mercifulnesse of God, that ye geue vp your bodyes a quicke sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, [whiche is] your reasonable seruice ² And fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde, but be ye chaunged in your shape, by ye renuing of your minde, that ye may proue what is the wyll of God, good, and acceptable, and perfect ³ For I say, through the grace geuen vnto me, to euery man among you, that no man esteeme of hym selfe more then he ought to esteeme: but so esteeme [hym selfe] that he behaue hymselfe discretelye, accordyng as God hath dealt to euerye man the measure of fayth ⁴ For as we haue many members in one body, and all members haue not one office ⁵ So, we beyng many, are one body in Christe, and euery one members one of another ⁶ Seyng that we haue dyuers giftes, accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs, yf any man haue the gyft, either prophesie after the measure of fayth

⁶ Seyng that we haue dyuers giftes, accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs, yf any man haue the gyft, either prophesie after the measure of fayth ⁷ Either office in administration, or he that teacheth in teachyng ⁸ Or he that exhorteth, in exhortyng, he that geueth in singlenesse, he that ruleth in diligence, he that is mercifull in chearefulnesse

¹⁸ If it be possible, as much as lyeth in you, lyue peaceably with all men

¹¹ And chiefely consideryng the season, howe that it is tyme that we shoulde nowe awake out of slepe: For nowe is our saluation nearer, then when we beleued ¹² The nyght is passed, the day is come nye. Let vs therfore caste away the deedes of darknesse, & let vs put on the armour of lyght

¹⁹ Let vs therfore folowe those thynges which make for peace, & thynges wherwith one may edifie another

² Furthermore, it is required of the disposers that a man be founde faythfull

¹⁷ For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus, whiche is my beloued sonne, & faythfull in the Lorde, which shall put you in remembraunce of my wayes which be in Christe, as I teache euery where in all Churches

¹⁵ Knowe ye not that your bodies are the members of Christe? Shall I then take the members of Christe, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd ¹⁶ Know ye not, that he whiche coupleth him selfe with an harlot, is one body? For two (sayth he) shalbe one fleshe ¹⁷ But he that is ioyned vnto the Lord is one spirite ¹⁸ Flee fornication. Euery synne that a man doeth, is without the body: but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his owne body

²⁰ For ye are dearely bought: therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirite, which are Gods

¹ Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman

¹ Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman ² Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband

² Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband ³ Let the husbande geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence: Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the husbande

⁵ Defraude you not the one the other, except [it be] with both your consentes for a time, that ye may geue your selues to fasting and prayer: and afterward come together againe, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie ⁶ This I say of fauour, & not of commaundement

⁶ This I say of fauour, & not of commaundement ⁷ For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe [am:] but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, another after that

⁷ For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe [am:] but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, another after that ⁸ I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I

⁸ I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I ⁹ But if they can not abstayne, let them marrie: For it is better to marrie then to burne

⁹ But if they can not abstayne, let them marrie: For it is better to marrie then to burne ¹⁰ Unto the maryed commaunde, not I, but the Lord, Let not the wyfe depart from the husbande

¹² But to the renmaunt speake I, not the Lorde: If any brother haue a wife that beleueth not, if she be content to dwell with him, let him not put her away

¹² But to the renmaunt speake I, not the Lorde: If any brother haue a wife that beleueth not, if she be content to dwell with him, let him not put her away ¹³ And the woman which hath to her husbande an infidell, and he consent to dwel with her, let her not put him away ¹⁴ For the vnbeleuing husbande is sanctified by the wyfe, and the vnbeleuyng wyfe is sanctified by the husbande: els were your children vncleane, but nowe are they holy ¹⁵ But if the vnbeleuing depart, let hym depart: A brother or a sister is not in subiection in such thinges: But God hath called vs in peace

¹⁷ But as God hath distributed to euery man, as the Lorde hath called euery one, so let hym walke, and so ordeyne I in all Churches ¹⁸ Is any man called beyng circumcised? let him not adde vncircumcision: Is any called vncircumcised? let him not be circumcised

²⁰ Let euery man abyde in the same calling, wherein he was called

²⁰ Let euery man abyde in the same calling, wherein he was called ²¹ Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather

²¹ Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather ²² For he that is called in the Lord [being] a seruaunt, is the Lordes free man: Lykewyse also he that is called [beyng] free, is Christes seruaunt ²³ Ye are dearely bought, be not ye the seruauntes of men ²⁴ Brethren, let euery man wherin he is called, therin abyde with God

²⁴ Brethren, let euery man wherin he is called, therin abyde with God ²⁵ Nowe concerning virgins I haue no commaundement of the Lord: yet geue I counsell, as one that hath obtayned mercy in the Lorde to be faythfull

²⁵ Nowe concerning virgins I haue no commaundement of the Lord: yet geue I counsell, as one that hath obtayned mercy in the Lorde to be faythfull ²⁶ I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for [I say] it is good for a man so to be

²⁶ I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for [I say] it is good for a man so to be

²⁶ I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for [I say] it is good for a man so to be ²⁷ Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe ²⁸ But and if thou marrie a wyfe, thou sinnest not, and if a virgin marrie, she hath not sinned: Neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in their fleshe, but I beare with you

³¹ And they that vse this worlde, as though they vsed it not: For the fashion of this worlde goeth away ³² I woulde haue you without care: He that is vnmaryed, careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde, how he may please the Lorde

³² I woulde haue you without care: He that is vnmaryed, careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde, how he may please the Lorde

³² I woulde haue you without care: He that is vnmaryed, careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde, how he may please the Lorde ³³ But he that hath maryed awyfe, careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, how he may please his wyfe

³³ But he that hath maryed awyfe, careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, how he may please his wyfe ³⁴ There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: [Againe] she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande

³⁴ There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: [Againe] she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande

³⁴ There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: [Againe] she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande

³⁴ There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: [Againe] she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande ³⁵ This speake I for your profite, not to tangle you in a snare: but that [ye may folowe] that which is honest and comely, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation

³⁵ This speake I for your profite, not to tangle you in a snare: but that [ye may folowe] that which is honest and comely, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation

³⁵ This speake I for your profite, not to tangle you in a snare: but that [ye may folowe] that which is honest and comely, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation

³⁵ This speake I for your profite, not to tangle you in a snare: but that [ye may folowe] that which is honest and comely, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation ³⁶ But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgin if she passe the time of mariage, and neede so require, let him do what he wyll, he sinneth not: let them be maryed

³⁶ But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgin if she passe the time of mariage, and neede so require, let him do what he wyll, he sinneth not: let them be maryed

³⁶ But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgin if she passe the time of mariage, and neede so require, let him do what he wyll, he sinneth not: let them be maryed ³⁷ Neuerthelesse, he that purposeth surely in his heart hauing no neede, but hath power ouer his owne wyll, and hath so decreed in his heart that he wyl kepe his virgin, doth well

³⁷ Neuerthelesse, he that purposeth surely in his heart hauing no neede, but hath power ouer his owne wyll, and hath so decreed in his heart that he wyl kepe his virgin, doth well ³⁸ So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage, doth well: but he that ioyneth not [his virgin] in mariage, doth better ³⁹ The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as long as her husbande lyueth: but if her husband be dead, she is at libertie to marry with whom she wil, onely in the Lorde ⁴⁰ But she is happier if she so abide, after my iudgement: And I thinke veryly that I haue the spirite of God

⁸ But meate maketh vs not acceptable to God: For neither if we eate, haue we the more, neither if we eate not, haue we the lesse

¹ Am I not an Apostle? am I not free? haue I not seene Iesus Christe our Lord: Are ye not my worke in the Lorde ² If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet doubtlesse am I vnto you: For the seale of myne Apostleship are ye in the Lorde ³ Myne aunswere to them that aske me, is this

⁵ Haue we not power to leade about a sister a woman as well as other Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas

¹⁵ But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Neuerthelesse, I wrote not these thinges, that it shoulde be so done vnto me: For it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vayne

¹⁸ What is my reward then? Uerily that when I preache the Gospell, I make the Gospell of Christ free, that I misuse not myne aucthoritie in the Gospell ¹⁹ For though I be free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I might win the mo

²² To the weake became I as weake, that I might winne the weake. I am made all thinges to all men, that I might at the least way saue some

³¹ Whether therfore ye eate or drynke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the prayse of God

⁴ There are diuersities of gyftes, but the spirite [is] one

¹¹ But these all worketh euen one and the selfe same spirite, deuidyng to euery man a seuerall gyft, as he wyll

¹³ For by one spirite, are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Iewes or gentiles, whether [we be] bonde or free: and haue all drunke of one spirite

³³ For God is not [the aucthour] of confusion, but of peace, as in all Churches of the saintes

³⁶ Sproung the worde of God from you? Either came it vnto you only ³⁷ If any man thynke hym selfe to be a prophete, either spiritual, let him knowe that the thinges that I write vnto you, are ye commaundementes of the Lorde

¹⁰ But by the grace of God, I am that I am: And his grace which is in me, was not in vayne: But I laboured more aboundauntly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me

¹ Concerning the gatheryng for the saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galacia, euen so do ye

²³ I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you I came not as yet vnto Corinthus

¹⁷ For we are not as many are, whiche chop & chaunge with the word of God: but as of purenesse of God, in the syght of God, so speake we in Christe

¹ Therfore, seyng that we haue such a ministerie, as we haue receaued mercie, we faynt not ² But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie, and walke not in craftynesse, neither handle we the word of God disceitefully, but in openyng of the trueth, and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God

¹⁴ And beare not ye a straunge yoke with the vnbeleuers. For what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? Or what communion hath lyght with darkenesse ¹⁵ Or what concorde hath Christe with belyall? Eyther what part hath he that beleueth, with an infidell ¹⁶ Or howe agreeth the temple of God with images? For ye are the temple of the lyuing God, as saide God, I wyll dwell in them, & walke in [them] & wyll be their God, & they shalbe my people

¹¹ For beholde this thing, what carefulnesse this godly sorow that ye toke, hath wrought in you: yea [what] clearing of your selues, yea [what] indignation, yea [what] feare, yea [what] vehemet desire, yea [what] zeale, yea [what] punishment. For in all thynges ye haue shewed your selues that ye were cleare in ye matter ¹² Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I dyd it not for his cause that had done the hurt, neither for his cause that was hurt: but that your good minde to vswarde myght appeare among you in the syght of God

⁸ This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue

⁸ This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue ⁹ For ye knowe the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poore, that ye through his pouertie might be made rich ¹⁰ And I geue councell hereto: For this is expedient for you, which haue begun not to do only, but also to wil a yere ago

¹⁶ Thankes be vnto God, which put the same good mynde for you in the heart of Titus

¹⁸ We haue sent with hym that brother whose praise is in the Gospel through out all the Churches

⁸ For though I shoulde boast my selfe somwhat more of our auctoritie, which the Lorde hath geuen to vs for edification, and not for your destruction, it shal not be to my shame ⁹ Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters ¹⁰ For the letters sayth he, are sore and strong: but his bodyly presence is weake, and his speache rude

¹⁷ That I speake, I speake it not after the Lorde: but as it were foolishly, in this maner of boastyng

²⁸ Besides the thynges which outwardlye come vnto me: my dayly encombraunce [is] the care of all the Churches

¹¹ I am become a foole [in] gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng

¹¹ Finally brethren, fare well, be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mynde, lyue in peace, and the God of loue and peace shalbe with you

¹⁰ Do I nowe perswade men, or God? Other do I seke to please men? For yf I shoulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christe

⁴ And that because of incommers, being false brethren, which came in priuily, to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu, that they myght bryng vs into bondage

²⁸ There is no Iewe, neither Greke, there is neither bonde nor free, there is neither male, nor female: For ye are all one in Christe Iesu

¹ Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage

¹ Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage ² Beholde I Paul saye vnto you, that yf ye be, circumcised Christe shall profite you nothyng ³ For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised, that he is a detter to do the whole lawe

⁶ For in Iesus Christe, neither is circumcision any thing woorth, neither yet vncircumcision: but fayth, which worketh by loue

¹³ For brethren, ye haue ben called into libertie: Only let not libertie be an occasio to the flesshe, but by loue serue one another

²² But the fruite of the spirite is, loue, ioye, peace, long sufferyng, gentlenesse, goodnesse, fayth

¹⁵ For in Christe Iesu, neither circumcision auayleth any thing, nor vncircumcision, but a newe creature

³ But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth saintes

²⁵ Ye husbandes loue your wyues, euen as Christe also loued the Churche, and gaue hym selfe for it ²⁶ To sanctifie it, clensyng [it] in the fountayne of water in the worde ²⁷ To make it vnto hym selfe a glorious Churche, not hauyng spot or wrinckle, or any such thyng: but that it should be holy, and without blame ²⁸ So ought men to loue their wyues, as their owne bodies. He that loueth his wyfe, loueth hym selfe

²⁸ So ought men to loue their wyues, as their owne bodies. He that loueth his wyfe, loueth hym selfe ²⁹ For no man euer yet hated his owne flesshe: but norissheth & cherissheth it, euen as the Lorde the Churche ³⁰ For we are members of his body, of his flesshe, and of his bones ³¹ For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shalbe ioyned vnto his wyfe, and two shalbe made one flesshe ³² This is a great secrete: but I speake of Christe and of the Churche ³³ Therfore euery one of you [do ye so] Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe, and [let] the wyfe reuerence her husbande

³³ Therfore euery one of you [do ye so] Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe, and [let] the wyfe reuerence her husbande

⁵ Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe ⁶ Not with seruice vnto the eye, as men pleasers: but as the seruautes of Christ

²⁰ Accordyng to my expectation, and my hope, yt in nothyng I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all boldnesse, as alwayes, so now also, Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death

⁶ Be carefull for nothyng: but in all thynges, let your petition be manifest vnto God, in prayer and supplication with geuyng of thankes

⁸ Furthermore brethren, whatsoeuer, thynges are true, whatsoeuer thynges (are) honest, whatsoeuer thynges (are) iuste, whatsoeuer thynges (are) pure, whatsoeuer thynges pertayne to loue, whatsoeuer thynges (are) of honest report: If there be any vertue, & yf there be any prayse, thynke on these thynges

¹¹ I speake not because of necessitie. For I haue learned, in whatsoeuer estate I am, therwith to be content

¹¹ Where is neither Greke nor Iewe, circumcision nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Sythian, bonde, free: but Christe is all, and in all

¹⁹ Husbandes, loue your wyues, and be not bitter agaynst them

²² Seruauntes, obey in all thynges to your bodyly maisters: not with eye seruice, as men pleasers, but in singlenesse of heart, fearyng God ²³ And whatsoeuer ye do, do it heartilie, as to the Lorde, and not vnto men ²⁴ Knowyng, that of the Lorde ye shall receaue the rewarde of inheritaunce, for ye serue the Lorde Christe

¹² Epaphras which is of you, a seruaunt of Christe, saluteth you, alwayes labouryng feruently for you in prayers, that ye may stande perfect and fylled in all the wyll of God

⁵ For this cause, when I coulde no longer forbeare, I sent to knowe your fayth, lest by some meanes the tempter had tempted you, and our labour had ben vayne

⁸ He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath geuen to you his holy spirite

¹¹ And that ye studie to be quiet, and to do your owne [busynesse] and to worke with your owne handes as we commaunded you

¹¹ And that ye studie to be quiet, and to do your owne [busynesse] and to worke with your owne handes as we commaunded you ¹² That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without, & that nothyng be lackyng in you

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

¹² Them that are such, we commaunde and exhort by our Lorde Iesus Christ, that they workyng in quietnesse, eate their owne breade

¹⁰ To whoremongers, to them that defyle them selues with mankynde, to manstealers, to lyers, to periured, and yf there be any other thyng that is contrarie to wholsome doctrine

¹² And I thanke Christ Iesus our Lord whiche hath made me strong: For he counted me faythfull, puttyng [me] into the ministerie ¹³ Beyng a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and an oppressour: But yet I obtayned mercie, because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeliefe ¹⁴ Neuerthelesse, the grace of our Lorde was exceedyng aboundaunt, with faith and loue, which is in Christe Iesus ¹⁵ This is a faythfull saying, and by all meanes worthy to be receaued, that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners, of whom I am chiefe ¹⁶ Notwithstandyng, for this cause was mercie shewed vnto me, that in me the first, Iesus Christe myght shewe all long sufferyng, to the example of them which shoulde beleue on hym to lyfe euerlastyng

⁵ For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God

³ Forbidding to marrie [& commaunding] to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes, of them whiche beleue, and knowe the trueth

⁵ For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer

¹⁶ Take heede vnto thy selfe, and vnto doctrine, and continue therein: For in doying this, thou shalt both saue thy selfe, and them that heare thee

⁵ And she that is a wydowe in deede, and left alone, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day

⁸ But if any prouide not for his owne, and specially for them of his housholde, he hath denyed the fayth, and is worse then an infidell

¹¹ But the yonger wydowes refuse: For whe they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe, they wyll marrie

¹⁴ I wyll therefore that the yonger women do marrie, to beare chyldren, to guyde the house, to geue none occasion to ye aduersarie to speake slaunderously

¹ Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke, count their maisters worthy of all honour, that the name of god and his doctrine be not blasphemed ² And they whiche haue beleuyng maisters, despise them not because they are brethren: but rather do seruice, forasmuch as they are beleuyng and beloued and partakers of the benefite. These thynges teache and exhort ³ Yf any man teache otherwyse, and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse

¹⁷ Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy ¹⁸ That they do good, that they be riche in good workes, that they be redye to geue, glad to distribute

¹⁵ Unto the pure, [are] all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuyng, [is] nothyng pure, but euen the mynde and conscience of them is defyled

³ The elder women lykewyse, that they be in such behauiour as becometh holynesse, not false accusers, not geuen to much wine, teachers of good thinges

¹⁴ Which gaue hym selfe for vs, that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse, and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe, zelous of good workes

⁸ [This is] a faythfull saying: And of these thynges I wyll that thou confirme, that they which haue beleued in God, myght be carefull to shewe foorth good workes. These thynges are good and profitable vnto men

¹⁶ Not nowe as a seruaunt, but aboue a seruaunt, a brother beloued, specially to me: but howe much more vnto thee, both in the fleshe, and in the Lorde

¹⁴ Folowe peace with all men, and holynesse, without the which, no man shall see the Lorde

⁴ Wedlocke is honorable among all men, and the bed vndefiled: But whoremongers and adulterers God wyll iudge ⁵ Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, beyng content with such thynges as ye haue. For he hath sayde: I wyll not fayle thee, neither forsake thee

¹³ Let vs go foorth therfore vnto hym out of the tentes, bearyng his reproche ¹⁴ For here haue we no continuyng citie: but we seke one to come

¹⁰ Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away ¹¹ For the sunne hath rysen with heate, and the grasse hath withered, and his flowre hath fallen away, & the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished: So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes

¹⁵ If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode

¹⁷ But the wisdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaseable, gentle, and easie to be entreated, full of mercie and good fruites, without iudgyng, without simulation ¹⁸ Yea, and the fruite of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace, of the that make peace

¹³ Go to nowe ye that say, to day and to morowe let vs go into such a citie, and continue there a yere, and bye and sell, and wynne ¹⁴ And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe. For what thyng is your lyfe? It is euen a vapour, that appeareth for a litle tyme, and then he vanisheth away

¹⁴ And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe. For what thyng is your lyfe? It is euen a vapour, that appeareth for a litle tyme, and then he vanisheth away ¹⁵ For that ye ought to say: If the Lorde wyll, and yf we lyue, let vs do this or that ¹⁶ But now ye reioyce in your boastinges: All such reioycyng is euyll

¹ Go to nowe ye riche men, weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you ² Your riches is corrupt, your garmentes are motheaten ³ Your golde and siluer is cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a witnesse agaynst you, and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes ⁴ Beholde, the hire of labourers, which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which hire is of you kept backe by fraude, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth ⁵ Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth, and ben wanton: Ye haue nourisshed your heartes, as in a day of slaughter

¹⁹ Brethren, yf any of you do erre from the trueth, and another conuert hym ²⁰ Let the same knowe, that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes

¹⁸ Forasmuch as ye knowe, howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges, as siluer and golde, from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers ¹⁹ But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lambe vndefiled, & without spot

²⁴ For all fleshe is as grasse, and all the glorie of man, is as the flowre of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flowre falleth away

¹⁶ As free, and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes, but euen as the seruauntes of God

¹⁸ Seruauntes, obey your maisters with all feare, not only yf they be good & curteous, but also though they be frowarde ¹⁹ For it is thanke worthy, yf a man for coscience toward god, endure griefe, and suffer wrong vndeserued ²⁰ For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes, ye take it paciently? But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong, & take it paciently, then is there thanke with God ²¹ For herevnto veryly were ye called, for Christe also suffered for vs, leauyng vs an ensample, that ye should folowe his steppes ²² Which did no sinne, neyther was there guyle founde in his mouth ²³ Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threatned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously ²⁴ Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree, that we beyng deliuered from sinne, shoulde liue vnto ryghteousnes: By whose strypes ye were healed

¹ Likewise ye wyues, be in subiectio to your husbandes, that euen they whiche obey not the word, may without the word, be wonne by the couersation of ye wiues ² Whyle they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare

⁷ Lykewyse ye husbandes dwell with them accordyng to knowledge, geuyng honour vnto the wyfe, as vnto the weaker vessell, and as vnto them that are heires also of the grace of lyfe, that your prayers be not hyndered

¹⁸ Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust to bryng vs to God, and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe, but was quickened in the spirite

⁷ The ende of all thynges is at hande. Be ye therefore sober, and watche vnto prayer

¹⁰ As euery man hath receaued the gyft, eue so minister the same one to another, as good ministers of the manifold grace of God ¹¹ If any man speake, [let hym talke] as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth vnto hym, that God in all thinges may be glorified through Iesus Christe, to whom be prayse and dominion for euer and euer. Amen

¹⁷ For the tyme is [come] that iudgement must begin at the house of God. Yf it first [begin] at vs, what shall the ende be of them whiche beleue not the Gospell of God

⁷ Cast all your care vpon hym, for he careth for you

¹ Simon Peter, a seruaunt and an Apostle of Iesus Christe, to them which haue obteined lyke precious faith with vs, thorowe the ryghteousnes of our god and sauiour Iesus Christe

⁸ Dearely beloued, be not ignoraunt of this one thyng, howe that one day is with the Lorde as a thousande yere, & a thousande yere as one day ⁹ The Lorde that hath promised, is not slacke, as some men count slacknesse, but is pacient to vswarde [forasmuch] as he woulde haue no man lost, but wyll receaue all men to repentaunce

¹⁵ And suppose that the long suffering of the Lord is saluatio, euen as our dearely beloued brother Paul also, accordyng to the wisedome geuen vnto hym, hath written vnto you ¹⁶ Yea almost in euery epistle, speakyng of such thinges: among which, are manye thynges harde to be vnderstande, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable, peruert, as they do also the other scriptures, vnto their owne destruction

³ And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym, yf we kepe his comaundementes ⁴ He that sayth I knowe hym, and kepeth not his commaundementes, is a lyer, and the veritie is not in hym

¹⁷ And the worlde passeth away, and the luste thereof: but he that fulfylleth the wyll of God, abydeth for euer

²² And whatsoeuer we aske, we receaue of hym, because we kepe his commaundementes, and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght ²³ And this is his comaundement, that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe, and loue one another, as he gaue commaundement ²⁴ And he that kepeth his commaundementes, dwelleth in him, and he in him: and hereby we knowe that he abideth in vs, euen by the spirite which he hath geuen vs

² By this we knowe that we loue the chyldren of God, when we loue God, and kepe his commaundementes ³ For this is the loue of God, that we kepe his commaundementes, and his commaundementes are not greeuous

¹ Iude the seruaunt of Iesus Christe, the brother of Iames: To them which are called and sanctified in God the father, and preserued in Iesus Christe

⁹ And they song a newe song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the booke and to open the seales therof: for thou wast kylled, and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood, out of al kinrede, and tongue, and people, and nation

¹⁷ For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes

⁷ And as much as she glorified her selfe & lyued wantonly, so much powre ye in for her of punishement & sorowe: for she said in her heart, I sit being a queene, and am no wydowe, and shall see no sorowe

¹⁴ Blessed are they that do his commaundementes, that their power may be in the tree of lyfe, and may enter in through the gates into the citie