Colossians 4 Cross References - Bishops

¹ Maisters, do vnto your seruauntes that which is iust & equall, knowyng that ye also haue a maister in heauen ² Continue in prayer, and watche in the same with thankes geuyng ³ Praying also for vs, that God may open vnto vs the doore of vtteraunce, that we may speake ye misterie of Christ, wherfore I am also in bondes ⁴ That I may vtter it, as I ought to speake ⁵ Walke in wisdome towarde the that are without, redeemyng the tyme ⁶ Let your speache be alway in grace, powdered with salt, to knowe howe ye ought to aunswere euery man ⁷ All my state shall Tychicus declare vnto you, [who is] a beloued brother and faythfull minister, and felowe seruaunt in the Lorde ⁸ Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same thyng, that he myght knowe your state, and comfort your heartes ⁹ With Onesimus a faythfull and beloued brother, which is of you. They shall shewe you of all thynges which [are] here ¹⁰ Aristarchus my prison felowe saluteth you, & Marcus Barnabas sisters sonne, (touchyng whom ye receaued commaundementes:) If he come vnto you, receaue hym ¹¹ And Iesus, which is called Iustus, which are of the circumcision. These only are my workefelowes vnto the kyngdome of God, which hath ben vnto my consolation 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 ¹³ For I beare him recorde, that he hath a great zeale for you, and them [that are] in Laodicea, and them [that are] in Hierapolis ¹⁴ Deare Lucas the phisition greeteth you, and Demas ¹⁵ Salute the brethren [which are] in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Churche which is in his house ¹⁶ And when the epistle is read of you, make that it be read also in the Church of the Laodiceans: and that ye likewise reade the epistle from Laodicea ¹⁷ And say to Archippus: take heede to the ministerie that thou hast receaued in the Lorde, that thou fulfyll it ¹⁸ The salutation, by the hande of me, Paul. Remember my bondes. Grace be with you. Amen

¹³ All the meate offerynges also shalt thou season with salt, neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the couenaunt of thy God to be lackyng from thy meate offeryng: but vpon all thyne offerynges thou shalt bryng salt

³ Then Moyses sayde vnto Aaron: This is it that the Lorde spake, saying: I wyll be sanctified in them that come nye me, and before all the people I wylbe glorified. And Aaron helde his peace

¹³ Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong, neither rob hym, neither shall the workmans hyre abyde with thee vntyll the mornyng

³⁹ If thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poore, and be solde vnto thee, thou shalt not compell hym to serue as a bonde seruaunt ⁴⁰ But as an hired seruaunt, and as a soiourner he shalbe with thee, and shall serue thee vnto the yere of Iubilee ⁴¹ And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with hym, and shall returne vnto his owne kinred agayne, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne ⁴² For they are my seruauntes, which I brought out of the lande of Egypt, and shall not therfore be solde as bondmen ⁴³ Thou shalt not rule ouer hym cruelly, but shalt feare thy God

⁵ Therfore shall ye kepe the charge of the sanctuarie, and the charge of the aulter, that there fall no more wrath vpon the children of Israel

⁶ And these wordes which I commaunde thee this day, shalbe in thine heart ⁷ And thou shalt shewe them vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, & when thou lyest downe, and when thou risest vp

¹⁹ And ye shall teache them your chyldren, that they may talke of them when thou sittest in thyne house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou lyest downe, and when thou risest vp

¹² If thy brother an Hebrue sell hym selfe to thee, or an Hebrue woman, and serue thee sixe yeres, in the seuenth yere thou shalt let hym go free from thee ¹³ And when thou sendest hym out free from thee, thou shalt not let hym go away emptie ¹⁴ But shalt geue hym of thy sheepe, of thy corne, and of thy wine, and geue hym of that wherwith the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee ¹⁵ And remember that thou wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypt, and the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence: and therfore I commaunde thee this thyng to day

¹⁴ Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruaunt that is needie and poore, whether he be of thy brethre, or of the straungers that are in thy lande within thy gates ¹⁵ But shalt geue him his hyre the same day, & let not the sunne go downe theron, for he is needie, and therwith sustayneth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee

²³ Moreouer, God forbid that I shoulde sinne against the Lord, and ceasse praying for you: but I will shewe you the good and right way

²⁰ He saide: Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him ²¹ And he went vnto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in thyther, and saide, thus saith the Lord: I haue healed these waters, there shall not come hencefoorth either death or barennesse ²² So the waters were healed vnto this day, according to the saying of Elias, which he spake

²⁴ Tell of his glory among the heathen: his wonderfull deedes among all natitions

¹¹ Now therefore my sonnes, be not negligent: for the Lorde hath chosen you to stande before him, and for to minister and serue him, and to burne incense

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 ⁶ And when I heard their complaynt and such wordes, it displeased me sore ⁷ And I aduised so in my minde, that I rebuked the counsellers and the rulers, and saide vnto them: Euery one of you layeth great burdens vpon his brother. And I brought a great congregation against them ⁸ And saide vnto them: We after our habilitie haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the heathen: And wyll you sell your brethre againe, and shall they be solde vnto vs? Then held they their peace, and coulde finde nothing to aunswere ⁹ And [Nehemia] saide, It is not good that ye do: Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God, because of the rebuke of the heathen that are our enemies ¹⁰ I and my brethren, and my seruauntes, do lende them money and corne: I pray you let vs leaue of this burden ¹¹ Therefore this same day I pray you see that ye restore them their landes againe, their vineyardes, olyue gardens, and their houses, and remit the hundred parte of the money, of the corne, wine, and oyle that ye haue exacted of them ¹² Then saide they: We wyll restore them againe, & wyll require nothing of them, and wyll do as thou hast spoken. And I called the priestes, and tooke an oth of them that they should do so ¹³ And I shooke my lappe and saide: God shake out euery man after the same maner from his house & laboure that maintaineth not this worde, euen thus be he shaken out, and voyde. And all the congregation saide, Amen, and praysed the Lorde: And the people did according to this promise

⁴ Surely thou hast cast of feare, and restrainest prayer before God

¹¹ The poore are fayne to labour in their oyle mylles, yea and to treade in their wyne presses, and yet to suffer thirst ¹² Men out of the citie crye vnto the Lord with sighing, the soules of the slayne also crye out, yet God regardeth not their complaynt

⁸ For what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good, if God take away his soule ⁹ Will God heare his crye, when trouble commeth vpon him ¹⁰ Hath he such pleasure and delite in the almightie, that he dare alway call vpon God

¹³ If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me ¹⁴ When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapen a like in our mothers bodies

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement ³¹ The lawe of his God is in his heart: therfore his feete shall not slide

⁹ I haue declared thy righteousnes in a great congregatio: lo I wil not refraine my lippes O God thou knowest [it. ¹⁰ I haue not hyd thy ryghteousnesse within my heart: my talkyng hath ben of thy trueth and of thy saluation. (40:11) I haue not concealed thy louyng mercie and trueth: from the great congregation

² Thou art fayrer then the children of men, full of grace are thy lippes: because the Lorde hath blessed thee for euer

¹⁶ As for me I wyll crye vnto the Lord: and God wyll saue me ¹⁷ In the euening and morning, and at noone day wyll I pray, and that most instantly: and he wyll heare my voyce

¹⁶ (66:14) O come hither, & hearken: and I wil tell all you that feare the Lorde, what he hath done for my soule

¹⁵ (71:14) My mouth shall dayly speake of thy ryghteousnesse and saluation: for I knowe no ende therof ¹⁶ (71:15) I wyll go foorth in the strength of the Lorde God: [and] I wyll only make mention of thy ryghteousnesse ¹⁷ (71:16) Thou O God hast taught me from my youth: and hytherto I can well declare thy wonderous workes ¹⁸ (71:17) Wherfore whylest I am olde and am gray headed: O Lorde forsake me not, vntyll I haue shewed thy arme vnto [this] generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come

²³ (71:22) My lyppes wyll be ioyfull when I syng vnto thee: and so wyll my soule which thou hast redeemed ²⁴ (71:23) My tongue also shal talke of thy righteousnesse all the day long: for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seke to do me euyll

³ Which we haue hearde and knowen: and such as our fathers haue tolde vs ⁴ We wyll not hyde them from their children: nay we wyll set foorth in wordes to the generation to come, the prayses of God, and his myght and wonderfull workes that he hath done

¹² Make vs to knowe so our dayes, that we number them: and we wyll frame a heart [vnto] wisdome

² Sing vnto hym, sing psalmes vnto him: talke you of all his wonderous workes

⁴ For the loue that I bare vnto them, they are become mine aduersaries: but I geue my selfe vnto prayer

¹³ (119:5) I haue declared with my lyppes: all the iudgementes of thy mouth

⁴⁶ (119:6) I wyll also speake of thy testimonies before kinges: & I will not be ashamed

²¹ The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie

⁴ A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite

⁷ The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so

²¹ Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng ²² Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse ²³ A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes ²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones

¹⁷ Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine ¹⁸ For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes

¹¹ A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer ¹² Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare, is as a golden earring, and an ornament of fine golde

⁴ Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him ⁵ But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt

⁸ If thou seest the poore to be oppressed, and wrongfully dealt withall, so that equitie and right of the lawe is wrested in the lande, maruayle not thou at such a thyng: for he that is higher then the hyghest regardeth, and there be hygher then they

¹² The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe

¹ Comfort my people [O ye prophetes] comfort my people, saith your God

³ Wherefore fast we [say they] and thou seest it not? we put our liues to straitnesse, and thou regardest it not

⁵ Thinke ye this fast pleaseth me, that a man shoulde chasten hym selfe for a day? and to hang downe his head like a bulrushe, and to lye vpon the earth in an heerie cloth? Should that be called fasting, or a day that pleaseth the Lord ⁶ Doth not this fasting rather please me, That thou lose the wicked bands, that thou take of the ouer heauie burthens, that thou let the oppressed go free, and breake all maner of yoke ⁷ To deale thy bread to the hungrie, and to bring the poore wandering home into thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou couer hym, and hide not thy selfe from thy neighbour, and despise not thyne owne fleshe ⁸ Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thy health florishe right shortly: righteousnesse shall go before thee, and the glory of the Lorde shall embrace thee ⁹ Then if thou callest, the Lorde shall aunswere thee, if thou cryest, he shall say, here I am: yea if thou layest away from thee thy burthens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceassest from vngracious talking

² That I might declare the acceptable yere of the Lorde, and the day of the vengeaunce of our God: that I might comfort all them that are in heauinesse ³ That I might geue vnto them that mourne in Sion, that I might geue [I say] beautie in steede of asshes, ioyfull oyntment for sighing, pleasaunt rayment for an heauie minde, that they might be called trees of righteousnesse, a planting of the Lorde for hym to reioyce in

⁹ So that euery man should let his seruaunt and handmayde go free, Hebrue and Hebruesse, and no Iewe holde his brother as a bondman ¹⁰ Nowe as they had consented, all the princes and all the people whiche had gathered vnto this agreement, that euery man shoulde set at libertie his bondseruaunt and bondwoman, and no longer to holde them bounde: euen so they were obedient, and let them go free ¹¹ But afterwarde they repented, and toke agayne the seruauntes and handmaydens whom they had let go free, and so made them bonde agayne ¹² For whiche cause, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ieremie from the Lorde hym selfe, saying ¹³ Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel: I made a couenaunt with your fathers when I brought them out of the lande of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying ¹⁴ When seuen yeres are out, euery man shall let his bought seruaunt an Hebrue go free, if he haue serued hym sixe yeres: but your fathers obayed me not, and hearkened not vnto me ¹⁵ As for you ye were nowe turned, and dyd right before me, in that ye proclaymed euery man to let his neighbour go free, and in that ye made a couenaunt before me in the temple that beareth my name ¹⁶ But yet ye turned your selues againe, and blasphemed my name, in this, that euery man hath required his seruaunt and handemayde agayne whom ye had let go quite and free, and compelled them to serue you agayne, and to be bondmen and bondwomen ¹⁷ And therfore thus saith the Lord: Ye haue not obayed me, euery man to proclaime freedome vnto his brother and neighbour: wherefore I wyll call you vnto freedome, saith the Lorde, euen vnto the sworde, to the pestilence, and to hunger, and will make you to be plagued in all kyngdomes of the earth

²³ They shall shewe my people the difference betweene the holy and vnholy, and cause them to discerne betwixt the cleane and vncleane ²⁴ And in controuersie they shall stand to iudge, and geue sentence after my iudgementes: and my lawes and my statutes shal they kepe in al my solempne feastes, and halowe my Sabbathes

⁵ And I wyl come neare to you in iudgement, and I wyll be a swyft witnesse against the soothsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelynges wages, and vexe the widowe and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, saith the Lorde of hoastes

¹⁶ Then they that feared God, saide euery one to his neighbour: and the Lorde considered and hearde, and there was written a booke of remebraunce before him for them that feared the Lorde, and for them that thinke vpon his name ¹⁷ And they shalbe to me, saith the Lorde of hoastes, in that day wherein I shall do [iudgement,] a stocke: and I wyl spare them as a man spareth his owne sonne which serueth him ¹⁸ Then shall ye returne, and discerne betweene the iust and the wicked, betweene him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not

¹³ Ye are the salt of the earth. But yf the salt become vnsauery, where in shall it be salted? It is thencefoorth good for nothing, but to be caste out, and to be troden vnder foote of men

⁴⁸ Ye shall therfore be perfecte, euen as your father, which is in heauen, is perfecte

¹⁶ Beholde, I sende you foorth, as sheepe in the middest of woolfes. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and harmelesse as doues

²⁶ Feare them not therfore. For there is nothing close, that shal not be opened: & nothing hyd, that shall not be knowen ²⁷ What I tell you in darknesse, that speake ye in lyght: And what ye heare in the eare, that preach ye on the houses

³⁴ O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh ³⁵ A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bryngeth foorth good thynges: And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bryngeth foorth euyll thynges

¹¹ He aunswered and sayde vnto them: because it is geuen vnto you, to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heauen, but to them, it is not geuen

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

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 ⁵¹ And shall hewe hym in peeces, & geue hym his portion with hypocrites: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth

⁴¹ Watche, and praye, that ye enter not into temptation: The spirite in deede is wyllyng, but the fleshe is weake

¹¹ And he sayde vnto them: To you it is geuen to knowe the misterie of the kingdome of God: But vnto them that are without, all thynges are done by parables

⁵⁰ Salt is good: But if the salt be vnsauerie, with what thyng shall you season it? Haue salt in your selues, and haue peace among your selues, one with an other

³³ Take heede, watche and pray: for ye knowe not when the tyme is

²² And all bare him witnesse, & wondred at ye gratious wordes whiche proceaded out of his mouth. And they sayde, is not this Iosephes sonne

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 ³ The stewarde sayde within hymselfe: What shall I do, for my maister taketh away from me the stewardshyppe? I can not digge, & to begge I am ashamed ⁴ I wote what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardshippe, they may receaue me into their houses ⁵ So, whe he had called all his maisters detters together, he sayde vnto the first: Howe muche owest thou vnto my maister ⁶ And he sayde, an hundreth measures of oyle. And he sayde vnto hym: Take thy byll, and syt downe quickely, and write fiftie ⁷ Then sayde he to another: Howe much owest thou? And he sayde, an hundreth measures of wheate. He sayde vnto hym: Take thy byll, and write fourescore ⁸ And the Lord commended the vniuste stewarde, because he had done wisely. For the chyldren of this worlde are in their nation, wiser then the chyldren of lyght ⁹ And I saye vnto you, make you friends of the vnrighteous Mammo, that when ye shall haue neede, they may receaue you into euerlastyng habitations ¹⁰ He that is faythfull in that which is least, is faythfull also in much. And he that is vnrighteous in the least, is vnrighteous also in much ¹¹ So then, yf ye haue not ben faythfull in the vnryghteous Mammon, who shall trust you in the true treasure ¹² And yf ye haue not ben faythfull in another mans businesse, who shall geue you that which is your owne ¹³ No man can serue two maisters: For either he shall hate the one, and loue the other: or els, he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye can not serue God, and Mammon

¹ And he put foorth a parable vnto them, to this ende that me ought alwayes to pray, & not to be weery

¹⁵ And it came to passe, that whe he had receaued his kyngdome and returned, he commaunded these seruauntes to be called vnto him, to whom he had geuen the money, to wyt howe muche euery man had done in occupying

²⁰ And they watched hym, & sent foorth spyes, which shoulde fayne them selues ryghteous men, to take hym in his wordes, and to delyuer hym vnto the power and aucthoritie of the deputie ²¹ And they asked him, saying: Maister, we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght, neither considerest thou the outwarde appearaunce of any man, but teachest the way of God truely ²² Is is lawfull for vs to geue tribute vnto Caesar, or no ²³ He perceaued their craftynesse, & saide vnto them: why tempt ye me ²⁴ Shewe me a penie, whose image and superscription hath it? They aunswered and sayde, Caesars ²⁵ And he sayde vnto them: Geue then vnto Caesar, the thynges which belong vnto Caesar, and to God the thynges that perteyne vnto God ²⁶ And they coulde not reproue his saying before the people: and they marueyled at his aunswere, & helde their peace ²⁷ Then came to hym certayne of the saducees, which denie that there is any resurrection, and they asked hym ²⁸ Saying: Maister, Moyses wrote vnto vs, yf any mans brother dye, hauyng a wyfe, and he dye without chyldren: that then his brother shoulde take his wyfe, & rayse vp seede vnto his brother ²⁹ There were therfore seuen brethren, and the first toke a wyfe, & dyed without chyldren ³⁰ And the seconde toke her, and he dyed chyldlesse ³¹ And the thirde toke her, & in lykewise the residue of the seuen, and left no chyldren behynde them, and dyed ³² Last of all, the woman dyed also ³³ Nowe in the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? For seuen had her to wyfe ³⁴ Iesus aunswered and saide vnto the: The chyldren of this worlde marrye wyues, and are marryed ³⁵ But they which shalbe counted worthy to enioy that worlde, and the resurrection from the dead, do not marrye wyues, neither are marryed ³⁶ Nor yet can dye any more: For they are equall vnto the angels, and are the sonnes of God, inasmuche as they are chyldren of the resurrection ³⁷ And that the dead shall ryse agayne, Moyses also sheweth besides the bushe, when he calleth the Lorde the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, & the God of Iacob ³⁸ For he is not a God of dead, but of lyuyng: For all lyue vnto hym ³⁹ Then certayne of the pharisees aunswered, and sayde? Maister, thou hast well sayde ⁴⁰ And after that, durst they not aske him any question at all

³⁶ Watche ye therfore, and pray continually, that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these thinges yt shall come, & that ye may stand before ye sonne of man

⁴⁴ And he was in an agonie, and he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was lyke droppes of blood, tricklyng downe to the grounde

²⁶ If any man minister vnto me, let hym folowe me: And where I am, there shall also my minister be. If any man minister vnto me, hym wyll my father honour

¹⁷ For he was numbred with vs, & had obteyned felowship in this ministerie

²⁹ And nowe Lorde, beholde their threatnynges, & graunt vnto thy seruauntes, that with all boldensse they may speake thy worde

³⁶ And Ioses, which was also called of the Apostles Barnabas (that is to say) the sonne of consolation, being a Leuite, and of the countrey of Cypers

²⁹ Then Peter and the other Apostles aunswered, and sayde: We ought more to obey God then men

⁴⁵ And they of the circumcision which beleued, were astonied, as many as came with Peter, because that on the gentiles also was shedde out the gyft of the holy ghost

² And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended agaynst hym

¹² And as he considered the thyng, he came to the house of Marie the mother of Iohn, whose sirname was Marke, where many were gathered together in prayer

⁵ And when they were at Salamine, they preached the worde of God in the synagogues of the Iewes: And they had also Iohn to their minister

¹³ Nowe when they that were with Paul, were departed fro Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: And Iohn departed from them, and returned to Hierusalem

²³ And when they had ordeyned them elders by election in euery Churche, and had prayed, with fastyng, they commended them to the Lorde, on whom they beleued

²⁷ And when they were come, and had gathered the Churche together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, & howe he had opened the doore of fayth vnto the gentiles

³⁷ And Barnabas gaue counsell to take with them Iohn, whose sirname was Marke ³⁸ But Paul woulde not take hym vnto their companie, which departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the worke ³⁹ And the contention was so sharpe betwene the, that they departed a sunder, one from the other, and so Barnabas toke Marke, & sayled vnto Cypers

²⁹ And all the citie was on a rore, & they russhed into the common hall with one assent, and caught Gaius & Aristarcus, men of Macedonia, Paules companions

⁴ And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berrea, and of the Thessalonians Aristarcus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe and Timotheus, and out of Asia Tychicus and Trophimus

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

² And we entred into a shippe of Adramyttium, & loosed from lande, appoynted to sayle by the coastes of Asia, one Aristarchus out of Macedonia, of the countrey of Thessalonia, tarying styll with vs

¹² And that he myght be father of circumcision, not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised: but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham, before the time of circumcision

² For I beare them recorde, that they haue a zeale of God: but not accordyng to knowledge

¹² Reioycyng in hope, pacient in trouble, instant in prayer

¹⁴ I my selfe am perswaded of you my brethre, that ye also are full of goodnes, and fylled with all knowledge, able also to exhort one another

³⁰ I beseche you brethren for ye Lorde Iesus Christes sake, and for the loue of the spirite, that ye helpe me in my busynesse with your prayers to God for me

³⁰ I beseche you brethren for ye Lorde Iesus Christes sake, and for the loue of the spirite, that ye helpe me in my busynesse with your prayers to God for me ³¹ That I may be delyuered from them which beleue not in Iurie, & that this my seruice which I haue at Hierusalem may be accepted of the saintes ³² That I may come vnto you with ioy, by the wyll of God, and may with you be refresshed

² That ye receaue her in the Lorde, as it becommeth saintes, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer busynesse she hath nede of you: For she hath suckoured many, and my selfe also

⁵ Lykewyse [greete] the Churche that is in their house. Salute my welbeloued Epenetus, which is the first fruite of Achaia in Christe

⁷ Salute Andronicus and Iunia my cosins, and prisoners with me also, which are wel taken among the Apostles, and were in Christe before me

¹⁹ For your obedience is gone abrode vnto al men. I am glad therfore no doubt, of you: But yet I would haue you wise vnto that whiche is good, & simple concernyng euyll ²⁰ The God of peace shall treade Satan vnder your feete shortly. The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with you ²¹ Timotheus my workfelowe, and Lucius, and Iason, & Sosipater my kinsemen, salute you ²² I Tertius, whiche wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lorde ²³ Gaius myne hoast, and of the whole Churche, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlaine of the citie saluteth you, and Quartus a brother

²³ Gaius myne hoast, and of the whole Churche, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlaine of the citie saluteth you, and Quartus a brother

⁴ And my wordes and my preachyng was not with entysing wordes of mans wisedome, but in shewyng of the spirite, and of power ⁵ That your fayth should not stande in the wisedome of men, but in the power of God ⁶ And we speake wisedome among the that are perfite: not the wisedome of this world, neither of the princes of this world, which come to naught

⁵ What is Paul? what is Apollo? Only ministers are they by whom ye beleued, euen as the Lorde gaue to euery man ⁶ I haue planted, Apollo watered: but God gaue the encrease ⁷ So then, neither is he that planteth any thyng, neither he that watreth: but God that geueth the encrease ⁸ He that planteth, & he that watreth, are one, and euery man shal receaue his rewarde accordyng to his labour ⁹ For we together are Gods labourers, ye are Gods husbandrie [ye are] Gods buyldyng

¹ Let a man so esteeme of vs, as the ministers of Christe, and disposers of the secretes of God

¹ Let a man so esteeme of vs, as the ministers of Christe, and disposers of the secretes of God

¹ Let a man so esteeme of vs, as the ministers of Christe, and disposers of the secretes of God ² Furthermore, it is required of the disposers that a man be founde faythfull

² Furthermore, it is required of the disposers that a man be founde faythfull ³ With me it is but a very small thyng that I shoulde be iudged of you, either of mans iudgement: No, I iudge not mine owne selfe ⁴ For I knowe nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde

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

¹² For what haue I to do to iudge them that are without? Do ye not iudge them that are within ¹³ Them that are without God iudgeth. Put away from among you that wicked person

¹⁹ Yet had I rather, in the Churche to speake fiue wordes with my vnderstandyng, to the information of other, then ten thousande wordes with the tongue ²⁰ Brethren, be not chyldren in wytte: Howbeit, as concerning maliciousnesse, be chyldren: but in wytte, be perfect

²⁰ Brethren, be not chyldren in wytte: Howbeit, as concerning maliciousnesse, be chyldren: but in wytte, be perfect ²¹ In the lawe it is written: With sundry tongues, and with sundry lyppes, wyll I speake vnto this people, and yet for all that will they not heare me, sayth the Lorde ²² Wherfore, tongues are for a signe, not to them that beleue, but to them that beleue not: But prophesiyng [serueth] not for them that beleue not, but for them which beleue ²³ If therfore, when all the Churche is come together in one, & all speake with tongues, there come in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleue not: wyll they not say yt ye are out of your wittes ²⁴ But yf all prophesie, and there come in one ye beleueth not, or one vnlearned: he is rebuked of all men, and is iudged of euery man ²⁵ And so are the secretes of his heart made manifest, and so falleth he downe on his face, and worshippeth God, and sayth that God is in you of a trueth

⁹ For a great doore and effectuall is opened vnto me, and there are many aduersaries

²¹ The salutatio of [me] Paul, with mine owne hande

⁴ Which comforted vs in all our tribulation, insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are in any maner trouble, with the comfort wherwith we our selues are comforted of God

⁷ So that nowe contrarywise, ye ought rather to forgeue hym, and comforte hym, lest that same person shoulde be swallowed vp with ouermuche heauynesse

¹² Furthermore, when I came to Troada, to [preache] Christes Gospell, and a doore was opened vnto me of the lorde

¹⁴ Nowe thankes be vnto God, whiche alwayes geueth vs the victorie in Christe, and openeth the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place ¹⁵ For we are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christe in them that are saued, and in them which perisshe ¹⁶ To the one part [are we] the sauour of death, vnto death: and vnto the other part [are we] the sauour of lyfe vnto lyfe. And who is meete vnto these thynges 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

¹² Seyng then that we haue such truste, we vse great boldnesse

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 ³ Yf our Gospell be yet hyd, it is hyd in them that are lost ⁴ In whom the god of this worlde hath blinded the myndes of them whiche beleue not, lest the lyght of the Gospell of the glorie of Christe (which is the image of God) should shine vnto them

¹ We also as helpers exhorte you, that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne

⁶ Neuerthelesse, God that comforteth the humble, comforted vs by the commyng of Titus ⁷ And not by his comming only, but also by the consolatio whiche we receaued of you, when he tolde vs your desire, your wepyng, your feruent mynde towarde me, so that I reioyced the more

³ For to their powers (I beare them recorde) yea & beyonde their powers, they were wyllyng

¹⁸ I desired Titus, and with hym I sent a brother: Dyd Titus defraude you of any thyng? Haue we not walked in the same spirite? not in the same steppes

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

¹⁴ { (13:13) All the saintes salute you} { The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ, and the loue of God, and the comunion of the holy ghost, be with you all. Amen}

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

⁷ But contrary wyse, when they sawe that the Gospell of the vncircumcision was committed vnto me, as the Gospel of the circumcision was committed vnto Peter ⁸ (For he that was myghtie in Peter, to the Apostleshyp of the circumcision, the same was myghtie in me towarde the gentiles

¹⁹ My litle chyldren, of whom I trauayle in birth agayne, vntyll Christe be fashioned in you

¹¹ Wherfore, remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe, called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe, made by handes

¹ For this cause I Paul [am] a prisoner of Iesus Christe, for you heathen

¹ I therfore, a prisoner in the Lorde, exhorte you, that ye walke worthy of the vocatio wherewith ye are called

¹¹ And he gaue some apostles, and some prophetes, and some euangelistes, and some shepheardes and teachers

²⁹ Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth, but that whiche is good to edifie withal, as oft as neede is, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers

¹⁵ Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye: not as vnwyse, but as wyse ¹⁶ Redeemyng the time, because ye dayes are euyll ¹⁷ Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is

⁸ Knowyng, that whatsoeuer good thyng any man doeth, that shall he receaue agayne of the Lorde, whether [he be] bonde or free ⁹ And ye maisters do the same thynges vnto them, puttyng away threatnyng: knowyng that your maister also is in heauen, neither is respecte of person with hym ¹⁰ Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lorde, & in the power of his might ¹¹ Put on all the armour of God, that ye may stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll ¹² For we wrastle not agaynst blood & flesshe: but agaynst rule, agaynst power, agaynst worldly gouernours of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst spirituall craftynesse in heauenly [places. ¹³ Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to resist in the euyll day, and hauing finished all thynges, to stande fast ¹⁴ Stande therfore, hauyng loynes girt about with the trueth, and puttyng on the brest plate of righteousnesse ¹⁵ And hauyng your feete shodde, in the preparation of the Gospell of peace ¹⁶ Aboue all, takyng the shielde of fayth, wherwith ye may quenche all the fierie dartes of the wicked ¹⁷ And take the helmet of saluation, and the sworde of the spirite, whiche is the worde of God ¹⁸ Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite, and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication, for all saintes

¹⁸ Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite, and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication, for all saintes ¹⁹ And for me, that vtteraunce may be geue vnto me, yt I may open my mouth freely, to vtter ye secretes of the Gospell ²⁰ Whereof I am messenger in bondes, that therein I may speake freely, as I ought to speake

²⁰ Whereof I am messenger in bondes, that therein I may speake freely, as I ought to speake ²¹ But yt ye may also knowe my affaires, and what I do, Tichicus a deare brother and faythfull minister in the Lord, shall shewe you all thynges ²² Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose, that ye myght knowe of our affaires, and that he myght comfort your heartes

²² Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose, that ye myght knowe of our affaires, and that he myght comfort your heartes ²³ Peace [be] vnto the brethren, and loue, with fayth, from God the father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christe

⁷ As it becommeth me to iudge this of you al, because I haue you in my heart, and in my bondes, in the defence and confirmation of the Gospell, you all beyng partakers of my grace

¹³ So that my bondes in Christe, are manifest, throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other [places. ¹⁴ And many of the brethren of the Lord, beyng incouraged through my bondes, dare more plentifully speake the word, without feare

¹⁹ For I knowe that this shall turne to my saluation, through your prayer, and ministryng of the spirite of Iesus Christe

²⁵ But I supposed it necessarie to sende to you Epaphroditus, my brother and companion in labour, & felowe souldier, but your Apostle, and the minister of my neede

²⁸ I sent him therfore the more diligentlie, that when ye see him againe, ye may reioyce, and that I may be the lesse sorowfull

¹² Not as though I had alredy attayned, either were alredy perfect: but I folowe, yf that I may comprehende, wherein also I am comprehended of Christe Iesus ¹³ Brethren I count not my selfe as yet that I haue attained: but this one thing [I say] I forget those thinges which are behynde, and endeuour my selfe vnto those thynges which are before ¹⁴ And I prease towarde the marke, for the price of the hye callyng of God in Christe Iesus ¹⁵ Let vs therfore as many as be perfect, be thus mynded, and if ye be otherwyse mynded, God shall reueale the same also vnto you

³ Yea, and I beseche thee also faythfull yockefelowe, helpe those [women] which laboured with me in the Gospell, and with Clement also, and with other my labour felowes, whose names [are] in the booke of lyfe

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

⁷ As ye also learned of Epaphras, our deare felowe seruaunt, which is for you a faythfull minister of Christe

⁹ For this cause we also, sence ye day we hearde, haue not ceassed to pray for you, and to desire that ye myght be fulfylled with knowledge of his wyll, in all wisdome & spiritual vnderstandyng

²² In the body of his fleshe, through death, to present you holye, and vnblameable, & without fault in his syght

²⁶ The misterie hyd sence the worlde began, and [sence the begynnyng of] generations: but nowe is opened to his saintes

²⁸ Whom we preache, warnyng euery man, and teachyng euery man in all wisdome, to present all men perfect in Christe Iesus

¹ For I woulde that ye knew what great fight I haue for you, and for them that are at Laodicea, and for as many as haue not seene my face in the fleshe

¹ For I woulde that ye knew what great fight I haue for you, and for them that are at Laodicea, and for as many as haue not seene my face in the fleshe ² That their heartes myght be comforted, beyng knyt together in loue, and in al riches of certaintie of vnderstanding, to knowe the misterie of God, and of the father, and of Christe

² That their heartes myght be comforted, beyng knyt together in loue, and in al riches of certaintie of vnderstanding, to knowe the misterie of God, and of the father, and of Christe

² That their heartes myght be comforted, beyng knyt together in loue, and in al riches of certaintie of vnderstanding, to knowe the misterie of God, and of the father, and of Christe ³ In whom are hyd all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge

³ In whom are hyd all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge ⁴ This I say, lest any man shoulde begyle you with perswasion of wordes ⁵ For though I be absent in the fleshe, yet am I with you in the spirite, ioying and beholdyng your order, and your stedfast fayth in Christe ⁶ As ye haue therfore receaued Christe Iesus the Lorde, [so] walke ye in hym ⁷ Rooted and built in hym, & stablished in the fayth, as ye haue ben taught, aboundyng therin with thankes geuing

⁷ Rooted and built in hym, & stablished in the fayth, as ye haue ben taught, aboundyng therin with thankes geuing ⁸ Beware lest any man spoyle you through philosophie & vayne deceipt, after the tradition of men, and after the rudimentes of the worlde, and not after Christe ⁹ For in hym dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodyly ¹⁰ And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principalitie and power ¹¹ In whom also ye are circumcised with circumcisio made without handes, by puttyng of the body of sinnes of the fleshe, in the circumcision of Christe ¹² Buried with him in baptisme, in who ye are also risen agayne through ye fayth of the operation of God, who hath raysed hym from the dead ¹³ And ye beyng dead to sinne and to the vncircumcision of your fleshe, hath he quickened with him, forgeuyng all your trepasses ¹⁴ And puttyng out the hande writing of ordinaunces, that was agaynst vs, and that hath he taken out of the way, fastenyng it to his crosse ¹⁵ Spoylyng all principalities & powers, hath made a shewe of them openly, triumphyng ouer them in it ¹⁶ Let no man therfore iudge you in meate, or in drinke, or in part of an holyday, or of the newe moone, or of the Sabboth [dayes] ¹⁷ Which are shadowes of thynges to come: but the body (is) of Christe ¹⁸ Let no man begile you of victorie, in the humblenesse and worshippyng of Angels, intrudyng (hym selfe into those thinges) which he hath not seene, causelesse puft vp with his fleshly mynde ¹⁹ And holdeth not the head, wherof all the body by ioyntes & bandes supported and knit together, encreaseth with the encrease of God ²⁰ Wherfore, yf ye be dead with Christe from ye rudimentes of the world: why, as though lyuyng in the worlde, are ye led with traditions ²¹ Touche not, taste not, handle not ²² Which all be in corruption, in abusyng after the commaundementes and doctrines of men ²³ Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome, in superstition & humblenesse of mynde, and in hurtyng of the body, not in any honour to the satisfiyng of ye flesh

¹⁵ And let the peace of God haue the victorie in your heartes, to the which also we are called in one body: And see that ye be thankefull ¹⁶ Let the worde of God dwell in you richly in all wisdome, teachyng and admonisshyng your owne selues, in psalmes, and hymmes, and spirituall songes, singyng with grace in your heartes to the Lorde ¹⁷ And whatsoeuer ye do in worde or deede, [do] all in the name of the Lorde Iesus, geuyng thankes to God and the father by hym

¹ Maisters, do vnto your seruauntes that which is iust & equall, knowyng that ye also haue a maister in heauen ² Continue in prayer, and watche in the same with thankes geuyng ³ Praying also for vs, that God may open vnto vs the doore of vtteraunce, that we may speake ye misterie of Christ, wherfore I am also in bondes

⁶ Let your speache be alway in grace, powdered with salt, to knowe howe ye ought to aunswere euery man ⁷ All my state shall Tychicus declare vnto you, [who is] a beloued brother and faythfull minister, and felowe seruaunt in the Lorde

⁹ With Onesimus a faythfull and beloued brother, which is of you. They shall shewe you of all thynges which [are] here

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

¹⁵ Salute the brethren [which are] in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the Churche which is in his house ¹⁶ And when the epistle is read of you, make that it be read also in the Church of the Laodiceans: and that ye likewise reade the epistle from Laodicea

¹¹ As ye knowe, howe that as a father his chyldren, so we haue exhorted, comforted, and besought euery one of you

² And sent Timotheus, our brother and minister of God, and felowe labourer in the Gospell of Christe, to stablishe you & to comfort you concernyng your faith

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

⁷ Therefore brethren we were comforted ouer you, in all our aduersitie and necessitie, because of your fayth

¹² That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without, & that nothyng be lackyng in you

¹⁸ Wherfore comfort your selues one another in these wordes

¹¹ Wherefore comfort your selues together, and edifie euery one another, euen as ye do

¹⁴ We exhort you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men

¹⁷ Pray continually ¹⁸ In all thinges geue thankes. For this [is] the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde 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

²⁵ Brethren, pray for vs

²⁷ I charge you in the Lorde, that this epistle be read vnto al the holy brethren

¹⁷ Comfort your heartes, and stablysshe you in all good saying and doyng

¹ Furthermore brethren, praye ye for vs, that the worde of the Lord may haue free passage and be glorified, euen as with you ² And that we may be delyuered from disordered and euyll men: For all men haue not fayth

¹⁴ Yf any man obey not our doctrine, signifie hym by an epistle, and haue no companie with hym, that he maye be ashamed

¹⁷ The salutation of me Paul with mine owne hande. This is the token in euery epistle. So I write

⁷ He must also haue a good report of the which are without, lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll

⁶ Yf thou put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast ben norysshed vp in the wordes of fayth and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually folowed

¹⁴ Despise not the gyfte that is in thee, which was geuen thee through prophesie, with the laying on of handes by the auctoritie of the eldership

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

¹¹ But thou O man of God, flee these thynges, and folow after righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes ¹² Fight the good fight of faith, lay hand on eternall lyfe, wherevnto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses ¹³ I geue thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all thynges, and before Iesus Christe, which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good profession ¹⁴ That thou kepe the commaundement without spot, vnrebukeable, vntyll the appearyng of our Lorde Iesus Christ

²⁰ O Timotheus, saue that which is geuen thee to kepe, auoydyng prophane [and] vayne bablynges, and oppositions of science, falslie so called ²¹ Which some professyng, haue erred concernyng the fayth. Grace [be] with thee. Amen

⁶ Wherfore I put thee in remebraunce that thou stirre vp the gyft of God, which is in thee by the puttyng on of my handes

⁸ Be not thou therfore ashamed of the testimonie of our Lorde, neither of me his prisoner: but suffer thou aduersitie with the Gospell, accordyng to the power of God

¹⁶ The Lorde geue mercie vnto ye house of Onesiphorus, for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chayne

² And the thynges that thou haste hearde of me by many witnesses, the same commit thou to faythfull men, which shalbe apt to teache other also

⁹ Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer, euen vnto bondes: But the worde of God is not bounde

¹ I testifie therefore before God, & the Lorde Iesus Christe, which shall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearyng, and his kingdome ² Preache the worde, be instant in season, out of season: Improue, rebuke, exhort in all long sufferyng and doctrine ³ For the tyme wyll come, when they shall not suffer wholsome doctrine: but after their owne lustes, shal they whose eares itche, get the an heape of teachers ⁴ And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables ⁵ But watche thou in all thynges, suffer afflictions, do the worke of an Euangelist, fulfyll thy ministerie

¹⁰ For Demas hath forsaken me, hauing loued this present worlde, and is departed vnto Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus vnto Dalmatia ¹¹ Only Luke is with me. Takyng Marke and bryng him with thee, for he is profitable vnto me for ye ministration

¹¹ Only Luke is with me. Takyng Marke and bryng him with thee, for he is profitable vnto me for ye ministration ¹² And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus

²² The Lorde Iesus Christe [be] with thy spirite: Grace be with you. Amen

¹⁰ For there are many vnruly, and vayne talkers, and deceauers of myndes, specially they [that are] of ye circumcision

¹² When I shall sende Artemas vnto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come vnto me vnto Nicopolis: For I haue determined there to wynter

¹⁵ All that are with me, salute thee. Greete them that loue vs in the fayth. Grace be with you all. Amen

¹ Paul a prisoner of Iesus Christ, and brother Timotheus: Unto Philemo the beloued, and our felowe labourer ² And to the beloued Apphia, and to Archippus our felowe souldier, and to the Churche in thy house

¹⁰ I beseche thee for my sonne Onesimus, whom I haue begotten in my bondes ¹¹ Which in tyme passed, was to thee vnprofitable, but nowe profitable to thee and to me ¹² Whom I haue sent agayne: Thou therefore receaue hym, that is, myne owne bowels ¹³ Whom I woulde haue retayned with me, that in thy steade he myght haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospell ¹⁴ But without thy mynde woulde I do nothyng, that thy benefite shoulde not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly ¹⁵ For happyly he therfore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receaue hym for euer 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 ¹⁷ If thou count me therfore a felowe, receaue hym as my selfe ¹⁸ If he haue iniuried, or oweth [thee ought] that lay to my charge ¹⁹ I Paul haue written it with myne owne hande, I wyll recompence it: Albeit, I do not say to thee, howe that thou owest vnto me euen thyne owne selfe

²² Moreouer, prepare me also a lodgyng: for I trust that through your prayers, I shalbe geuen vnto you ²³ There salute thee Epaphras, my felowe prisoner in Christe Iesus ²⁴ Marcus, Aristarcus, Demas, Lucas, my felowe labourers

⁷ Which in the dayes of his fleshe, when he had offered vp prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares, vnto hym that was able to saue hym from death, and was hearde in that which he feared

¹⁴ But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte, euen those whiche by reason of vse, haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyll

³ Remember them that are in bondes, as bounde with them: And them which suffer aduersitie, as also ye your selues beyng in the body [suffered aduersitie]

¹⁸ Pray for vs: For we trust we haue a good conscience, in all thynges wyllyng to lyue honestlie ¹⁹ But I desire you the more earnestlie that ye so do, that I may be restored to you the sooner

²⁵ Grace be with you all. Amen

¹ Iames a seruaunt of God, and of the lorde Iesus Christ, to ye twelue tribes which are scattred abroade, greetyng

⁵ If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym

¹³ For he shall haue iudgement without mercie, that sheweth no mercie: And mercie reioyceth agaynst iudgement

¹³ Who is a wise man, and endued with knoweledge among you? let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome

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

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

¹⁶ Knowledge your faultes one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed: For ye feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth much

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

¹⁵ But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes. Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you

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

¹³ The Churche that is at Babylon elected together with you, saluteth you, and so doeth Marcus my sonne

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 Loke on your selues, that we loose not that we haue wrought: but that we may haue a full rewarde ⁹ Whosoeuer transgresseth, and bideth not in the doctrine of Christe, hath not God: He that endureth in the doctrine of Christe, hath both the father and the sonne

²⁴ Unto him that is able to kepe you free from sinne, and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glory with ioy

¹¹ Saying: I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: That thou seest, write in a booke, and sende it vnto the seuen Churches which are in Asia, vnto Ephesus, and vnto Smyrna, and vnto Pergamos, and vnto Thyatira, and vnto Sardis, and vnto Philadelphia, and vnto Laodicea

⁷ And write vnto ye Angel of the Church of Philadelphia, this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the key of Dauid, which openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth ⁸ I knowe thy workes: Beholde, I haue set before thee an open doore, and no man can shut it, for thou hast a litle strength, & hast kept my sayinges: and hast not denyed my name

¹⁴ And vnto the Angel of the Churche which is in Laodicea, write: This saith Amen, the faythfull and true witnesse, the begynnyng of the creatures of God ¹⁵ I knowe thy workes, that thou arte neither colde nor hotte: I woulde thou were colde or hotte ¹⁶ So the, because thou art luke warme, and neither colde nor hotte, I wyll spewe thee out of my mouth ¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am riche and increased with goodes, and haue neede of nothyng: & knowest not howe that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poore, and blynde, and naked ¹⁸ I counsel thee to bye of me gold tryed in the fyre, that thou mayest be riche, and whyte rayment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy fylthie nakednesse do not appeare, and annoynt thyne eyes with eye salue, that thou mayest see

¹⁴ These shall fyght with the lambe, and the lambe shall ouercome them: For he is Lorde of Lordes, and Kyng of Kynges, and they that are on his syde, are called, and chosen, and faythfull

¹⁶ And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written, King of kinges, and Lorde of lordes