1 Corinthians 7 Cross References - Wycliffe

¹ But of thilke thingis that ye han write to me, it is good to a man to touche not a womman. ² But for fornycacioun eche man haue his owne wijf, and ech womman haue hir owne hosebonde. ³ The hosebonde yelde dette to the wijf, and also the wijf to the hosebonde. ⁴ The womman hath not power of hir bodi, but the hosebonde; and the hosebonde hath not power of his bodi, but the womman. ⁵ Nyle ye defraude eche to othere, but perauenture of consent to a tyme, that ye yyue tent to preier; and eft turne ye ayen to the same thing, lest Sathanas tempte you for youre vncontynence. ⁶ But Y seie this thing as yyuyng leeue, not bi comaundement. ⁷ For Y wole, that alle men be as my silf. But eche man hath his propre yifte of God; oon thus, and another thus. ⁸ But Y seie to hem, that ben not weddid, and to widewis, it is good to hem, if thei dwellen so as Y. ⁹ That if thei conteynen not hem silf, be thei weddid; for it is betere to be weddid, than to be brent. ¹⁰ But to hem that ben ioyned in matrymonye, Y comaunde, not Y, but the Lord, that the wijf departe not fro the hosebonde; ¹¹ and that if sche departith, that sche dwelle vnweddid, or be recounselid to hir hosebonde; and the hosebonde forsake not the wijf. ¹² But to othere Y seie, not the Lord. If ony brother hath an vnfeithful wijf, and sche consenteth to dwelle with hym, leeue he hir not. ¹³ And if ony womman hath an vnfeithful hosebonde, and this consentith to dwelle with hir, leeue sche not the hosebonde. ¹⁴ For the vnfeithful hosebonde is halewid bi the feithful womman, and the vnfeithful womman is halewid bi the feithful hosebonde. Ellis youre children weren vncleene, but now thei ben hooli. ¹⁵ That if the vnfeithful departith, departe he. For whi the brother or sistir is not suget to seruage in siche; for God hath clepid vs in pees. ¹⁶ And wherof wost thou, womman, if thou schalt make the man saaf; or wherof wost thou, man, if thou schalt make the womman saaf? ¹⁷ But as the Lord hath departid to ech, and as God hath clepid ech man, so go he, as Y teche in alle chirchis. ¹⁸ A man circumcidid is clepid, brynge he not to the prepucie. A man is clepid in prepucie, be he not circumcidid. ¹⁹ Circumcisioun is nouyt, and prepucie is nouyt, but the kepyng of the maundementis of God. ²⁰ Ech man in what clepyng he is clepid, in that dwelle he. ²¹ Thou seruaunt art clepid, be it no charge to thee; but if thou maist be fre, `the rather vse thou. ²² He that is a seruaunt, and is clepid in the Lord, is a freman of the Lord. Also he that is a freman, and is clepid, is the seruaunt of Crist. ²³ With prijs ye ben bouyt; nyle ye be maad seruauntis of men. ²⁴ Therfor ech man in what thing he is clepid a brothir, dwelle he in this anentis God. ²⁵ But of virgyns Y haue no comaundement of God; but Y yyue counseil, as he that hath mercy of the Lord, that Y be trewe. ²⁶ Therfor Y gesse, that this thing is good for the present nede; for it is good to a man to be so. ²⁷ Thou art boundun to a wijf, nyle thou seke vnbyndyng; thou art vnboundun fro a wijf, nyle thou seke a wijf. ²⁸ But if thou hast takun a wijf, thou hast not synned; and if a maidun is weddid, sche synnede not; nethelesse siche schulen haue tribulacioun of fleisch. ²⁹ But Y spare you. Therfor, britheren, Y seie this thing, The tyme is schort. Another is this, that thei that han wyues, be as thouy thei hadden noon; ³⁰ and thei that wepen, as thei wepten not; and thei that ioien, as thei ioieden not; and thei that bien, as thei hadden not; ³¹ and thei that vsen this world, as thei that vsen not. For whi the figure of this world passith. ³² But Y wole, that ye be without bisynesse, for he that is without wijf, is bisi what thingis ben of the Lord, hou he schal plese God. ³³ But he that is with a wijf, is bysy what thingis ben of the world, hou he schal plese the wijf, and he is departid. ³⁴ And a womman vnweddid and maidun thenkith what thingis ben of the Lord, that sche be hooli in bodi and spirit. But sche that is weddid, thenkith what thingis ben of the world, hou sche schal plese the hosebonde. ³⁵ And Y seie these thingis to youre profit, not that Y caste to you a snare, but to that that is onest, and that yyueth esynesse, with outen lettyng to make preieris to the Lord. ³⁶ And if ony man gessith hym silf to be seyn foule on his virgyn, that sche is ful woxun, and so it bihoueth to be doon, do sche that that sche wole; sche synneth not, if sche be weddid. ³⁷ For he that ordeynede stabli in his herte, not hauynge nede, but hauynge power of his wille, and hath demed in his herte this thing, to kepe his virgyn, doith wel. ³⁸ Therfore he that ioyneth his virgyn in matrymonye, doith wel; and he that ioyneth not, doith betere. ³⁹ The womman is boundun to the lawe, as longe tyme as hir hosebonde lyueth; and if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde, be sche weddid to whom sche wole, oneli in the Lord. ⁴⁰ But sche schal be more blessid, if sche dwellith thus, aftir my counsel; and Y wene, that Y haue the Spirit of God.

²² And Enoth yede with God; and Enoth lyuede after that he gendride Matusalem thre hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris. ²³ And alle the daies of Enoth weren maad thre hundride and fyue and sexti yeer. ²⁴ And Enoth yeed with God, and apperide not afterward, for God took hym awei.

² the sones of God seiyen the douytris of men that thei weren faire, and token wyues to hem of alle whiche thei hadden chose.

¹ Forsothe aftir that Abram bigan to be of nynti yeer and nyne, the Lord apperide to hym, and seide to him, Y am Almyyti God; go thou bifore me, and be thou perfit;

⁶ And the Lord seide to hym, And Y woot that thou didist bi symple herte, and therfor Y kepte thee, lest thou didist synne ayens me, and I suffride not that thou touchidist hir;

¹⁵ he seide to hem, Be ye redi in to the thridde dai, neiye ye not to youre wyues.

¹⁰ that if he takith another womman to hym, he schal puruey to the damysele weddingis, and clothis, and he schal not denye the prijs of chastite.

⁴² For thei ben my seruauntis, and Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt; thei schulen not be seeld bi the condicioun of seruauntis;

³ nether thou schalt felowschipe mariagis with him; thou schalt not yyue thi douyter to the sone `of hym, nether thou schalt take his douytir to thi sone; ⁴ for sche schal disceyue thi sone, that he sue not me, and that he serue more alien goddis; and the strong veniaunce of the Lord schal be wrooth, and schal do awei thee soone.

¹⁹ and ferthermore thei schulen condempne hym in an hundrid siclis of siluer, whiche he schal yyue to the `fadir of the damysel, for he diffamide the werste name on a virgyn of Israel; and he schal haue hir wijf, and he schal not mowe forsake hir, in al `the tyme of his lijf.

² And sche lefte hym, and turnede ayen in to the hows of hir fadir in Bethleem, and sche dwellide at hym foure monethis. ³ And hir hosebonde suede hir, and wolde be recounselid to hir, and speke faire, and lede hir ayen with him; and he hadde in cumpany a child, and tweyne assis. And sche resseyuede hym, and brouyte him in to `the hows of hir fadir; and whanne hise wyues fadir hadde herd this, and `hadde seyn hym, he ran gladli to hym, and kisside the man.

⁹ and sue thou where thei repen; for Y comaundide to my children, that `no man be diseseful to thee; but also if thou thirstist, go to the fardels, and drynke `watris, of whiche my children drynken.

⁴ Therfor the dai cam, and Helcana offride, and yaf partis to Fenenna, his wijf, and to alle hise sones and douytris; ⁵ forsothe he yaf soreufuly o part to Anna, for he louyde Anna; forsothe the Lord hadde closid hir wombe. ⁶ And hir enemy turmentide `hir, and angwischide greetly, in so myche that sche vpbreidide, that the Lord hadde closid hir wombe. <sup>7</sup> And so sche dide `bi alle yeeris, whanne `in tyme comynge ayen, thei stieden in to the hows of the Lord; and so sche terride Anna. Forsothe Anna wepte, and took not mete. ⁸ Therfor Helcana, hir hosebonde, seide to hir, Anna, whi wepist thou, and whi etist thou not, and whi is thin herte turmentid? Whether Y am not betere to thee than ben ten sones?

³³ Netheles Y schal not outerli take awei of thee a man fro myn auter, but that thin iyen faile, and thi soule faile; and greet part of thin hows schal die, whanne it schal come to mannus age.

⁴⁵ And the puple seide to Saul, `Therfor whethir Jonathas schal die, that dide this greet helthe in Israel? this is vnleueful; the Lord lyueth; noon heer of his heed schal falle in to erthe; for he wrouyte with God to dai. Therfor the puple delyuerede Jonathas, that he diede not.

²² And Samuel seide, Whether the Lord wole brent sacrifices, ethir slayn sacrifices, and not more that me obeie to the vois of the Lord? For obedience is betere than sacrifices, and to `herkene Goddis word is more than to offre the ynnere fatnesse of rammes;

⁴ And the preest answeride to Dauid, and seide to hym, Y haue `not lewid, `that is, comyn, looues at hoond, but oneli hooli breed; whether the children ben clene, and moost of wymmen? ⁵ And Dauid answeride to the preest, and seide to hym, And sotheli if it is doon of wymmen, we absteyneden vs fro yistirdai and the thridde dai ago, whanne we yeden out, and the `vessels, that is, bodies, of the children weren cleene; forsothe this weie is defoulyd, but also that schal be halewid to dai in the vessels.

¹ Forsothe after that these thingis weren fillid, the princes neiyeden to me, and seiden, The puple of Israel, and the prestis, and dekenes, ben not depertid fro the `puplis of londis, and fro abhominaciouns of hem, that is, of Cananei, of Ethei, and of Pheresei, and of Jebusei, and of Amonytis, and of Moabitis, and of Egipcians, and of Ammorreis. <sup>2</sup> For thei han take `of her douytris wyues to hem silf, and to her sones, and thei han medlid hooli seed with the puplis of londis; also the hond of princes and of magistratis was the firste in this trespassyng.

² And Sechenye, the sone of Jehiel, of the sones of Helam, answeride, and seide to Esdras, We han trespasside ayens oure God, and han weddid wyues, alien wymmen, of `the puplis of the lond. And now, for penaunce is in Israel on this thing, <sup>3</sup> smyte we boond of pees with `oure Lord God, and caste we awei alle `wyues aliens, and hem that ben borun of tho wyues, bi the wille of the Lord; and of hem that dreden the comaundement of oure God, `be it don bi the lawe.

¹¹ And now yyue ye knowlechyng to the Lord God of oure fadris, and do ye his pleasaunce, and be ye departid fro the puplis of the lond, and fro `wyues aliens. <sup>12</sup> And al the multitude answeride, and seide with greet vois, Bi thi word to vs, so be it doon. <sup>13</sup> Netheles for the puple is myche, and the tyme of reyn is, and we suffren not to stonde withoutforth, and it is not werk of o dai, nether of tweyne; for we han synned greetli in this word; <sup>14</sup> `princes be ordeyned in al the multitude, and alle men in oure citees, that han weddid `wyues aliens, come in tymes ordeyned, and with hem come the eldere men, bi citee and citee, and the iugis therof, til the ire of oure God be turned awei fro vs on this synne. <sup>15</sup> Therfor Jonathan, the sone of Asahel, and Jaazie, the sone of Thecue, stoden on this thing; and Mosollam, and Sebethai, dekenes, helpiden hem. <sup>16</sup> And the sones of transmygracioun diden so. And Esdras, the prest, and men, princes of meynees, yeden into the howsis of her fadris, and alle men bi her names; and thei saten in the firste dai of the tenthe monethe, for to seke the thing. <sup>17</sup> And alle men weren endid, that hadden weddid `wyues aliens, `til to the firste dai of the firste monethe. <sup>18</sup> And there weren foundun of the sones of preestis, that weddiden `wyues aliens; of the sones of Josue, the sone of Josedech, and hise britheren, Maasie, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Godolie. ¹⁹ And thei yauen her hondis, that thei schulden caste out her wyues, and offre for her trespas a ram of the scheep.

¹ And greet cry of the puple and of her wyues was maad ayens her britheren Jewis. ² And there weren that seiden, Oure sones and oure douytris ben ful manye; take we wheete for the prijs of hem, and ete we, and lyue. ³ And there weren that seiden, Sette we forth oure feeldis, and vyneris, and oure howsis, and take we wheete in hungur. ⁴ And othere men seiden, Take we money bi borewyng in to the tributis of the kyng, and yyue oure feeldis and vyneris. ⁵ And now as the fleischis of oure britheren ben, so and oure fleischis ben; and as ben the sones of hem, so and oure sones ben; lo! we han maad suget oure sones and oure douytris in to seruage, and seruauntissis ben of oure douytris, and we han not wherof thei moun be ayenbouyt; and othere men han in possessioun oure feeldis, and oure vyneris.

¹ A man is borun of a womman, and lyueth schort tyme, and is fillid with many wretchidnessis. ² Which goith out, and is defoulid as a flour; and fleeth as schadewe, and dwellith neuere perfitli in the same staat.

⁵ Thou schalt lede me out of the snare, which thei hidden to me; for thou art my defendere.

⁴ And he sente in to my mouth a newe song; a song to oure God. Many men schulen se, and schulen drede; and schulen haue hope in the Lord. ⁵ Blessid is the man, of whom the name of the Lord is his hope; and he bihelde not in to vanitees, and in to false woodnesses. ⁶ Mi Lord God, thou hast maad thi merueils manye; and in thi thouytis noon is, that is lijk thee. I teld, and Y spak; and thei ben multiplied aboue noumbre.

⁶ Mi Lord God, thou hast maad thi merueils manye; and in thi thouytis noon is, that is lijk thee. I teld, and Y spak; and thei ben multiplied aboue noumbre. ⁷ Thou noldist sacrifice and offryng; but thou madist perfitli eeris to me. Thou axidist not brent sacrifice, and sacrifice for synne;

²⁰ Biholde in to thi testament; for thei that ben maad derk of erthe, ben fillid with the housis of wickidnessis.

⁵ His treuthe schal cumpasse thee with a scheld; thou schalt not drede of nyytis drede. ⁶ Of an arowe fliynge in the dai, of a gobelyn goynge in derknessis; of asailing, and a myddai feend. ⁷ A thousynde schulen falle doun fro thi side, and ten thousynde fro thi riytside; forsothe it schal not neiye to thee. ⁸ Netheles thou schalt biholde with thin iyen; and thou schalt se the yelding of synneris. ⁹ For thou, Lord, art myn hope; thou hast set thin help altherhiyeste. ¹⁰ Yuel schal not come to thee; and a scourge schal not neiye to thi tabernacle.

¹⁵ and that wiyn make glad the herte of men. That he make glad the face with oile; and that breed make stidefast the herte of man. ¹⁶ The trees of the feeld schulen be fillid, and the cedris of the Liban, whiche he plauntide;

⁵ Blessid is the man, that hath fillid his desier of tho; he schal not be schent, whanne he schal speke to hise enemyes in the yate.

¹⁸ Thi veyne be blessid; and be thou glad with the womman of thi yong wexynge age. ¹⁹ An hynde moost dereworthe; and an hert calf moost acceptable. Hir teetis fille thee in al tyme; and delite thou contynueli in the loue of hir.

²⁹ So he that entrith to the wijf of his neiybore; schal not be cleene, whanne he hath touchid hir.

³⁰ The fruyt of a riytful man is the tre of lijf; and he that takith soulis, is a wijs man.

²² He that fyndith a good womman, fyndith a good thing; and of the Lord he schal drawe vp myrthe. He that puttith a wey a good womman, puttith awei a good thing; but he that holdith auowtresse, is a fool and vnwijs.

¹⁴ Housis and richessis ben youun of fadir and modir; but a prudent wijf is youun propirli of the Lord.

⁸ As a brid passinge ouer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place.

⁴ Generacioun passith awei, and generacioun cometh; but the erthe stondith with outen ende.

²⁴ Whether it is not betere to ete and drynke, and to schewe to hise soule goodis of hise trauels? and this thing is of the hond of God. ²⁵ Who schal deuoure so, and schal flowe in delicis, as Y dide?

⁴ Tyme to wepe, and tyme to leiye; tyme to biweile, and tyme to daunse.

¹² And Y knew that no thing was betere `to a man, `no but to be glad, and to do good werkis in his lijf. ¹³ For whi ech man that etith and drinkith, and seeth good of his trauel; this is the yifte of God.

¹⁸ And to ech man, to whom God yaf richessis, and catel, and yaf power to hym to ete of tho, and to vse his part, and to be glad of his trauel; this is the yifte of God. ¹⁹ For he schal not bithenke miche on the daies of his lijf, for God ocupieth his herte with delicis.

⁷ Therfor go thou, iust man, and ete thi breed in gladnesse, and drynke thi wiyn with ioie; for thi werkis plesen God. ⁸ In ech tyme thi clothis be white, and oile faile not fro thin heed. ⁹ Vse thou lijf with the wijf which thou louest, in alle the daies of lijf of thin vnstablenesse, that ben youun to thee vndur sunne, in al the tyme of thi vanyte; for this is thi part in thi lijf and trauel, bi which thou trauelist vndur the sunne. ¹⁰ Worche thou bisili, what euer thing thin hond mai do; for nether werk, nether resoun, nethir kunnyng, nether wisdom schulen be at hellis, whidir thou haastist.

¹⁰ Worche thou bisili, what euer thing thin hond mai do; for nether werk, nether resoun, nethir kunnyng, nether wisdom schulen be at hellis, whidir thou haastist.

² Yyue thou partis seuene, and also eiyte; for thou woost not, what yuel schal come on erthe.

⁹ Therfor, thou yonge man, be glad in thi yongthe, and thin herte be in good in the daies of thi yongthe, and go thou in the weies of thin herte, and in the biholdyng of thin iyen; and wite thou, that for alle these thingis God shal brynge thee in to doom. ¹⁰ Do thou awei ire fro thin herte, and remoue thou malice fro thi fleisch; for whi yongthe and lust ben veyne thingis.

⁷ and dust turne ayen in to his erthe, wherof it was, and the spirit turne ayen to God, that yaf it. ⁸ The vanyte of vanytees, seide Ecclesiastes, the vanyte of vanytees, and alle thingis ben vanyte.

¹³ Alle we here togydere the ende of spekyng. Drede thou God, and kepe hise heestis; `that is to seie, ech man. ¹⁴ God schal brynge alle thingis in to dom, that ben don; for ech thing don bi errour, whether it be good, ether yuel.

¹ Lo! the Lord schal distrie the erthe, and schal make it nakid, and schal turmente the face therof; and he schal scater abrood the dwelleris therof. ² And it schal be, as the puple, so the preest; as the seruaunt, so his lord; as the handmaide, so the ladi of hir; as a biere, so he that sillith; as the leenere, so he that takith borewyng; as he that axith ayen, so he that owith.

⁸ And he schal caste doun deth with outen ende, and the Lord God schal do awey ech teer fro ech face; and he schal do awei the schenschipe of his puple fro ech lond; for the Lord spak.

¹⁹ Forsothe the puple of Sion schal dwelle in Jerusalem; thou wepynge schal not wepe, he doynge merci schal haue merci on thee; at the vois of thi cry, anoon as he herith, he schal answere to thee.

⁶ The vois of God, seiynge, Crie thou. And Y seide, What schal Y crie? Ech fleisch is hei, and al the glorie therof is as the flour of the feeld. ⁷ The hei is dried vp, and the flour felle doun, for the spirit of the Lord bleew therynne. ⁸ Verely the puple is hey; the hey is dried vp, and the flour felle doun; but the word of the Lord dwellith with outen ende.

¹ The Lord seith these thingis, What is this book of forsakyng of youre modir, bi which Y lefte her? ether who is he, to whom Y owe, to whom Y seeld you? For lo! ye ben seeld for youre wickidnessis, and for youre grete trespassis Y lefte youre modir.

¹ Rise thou, Sion, rise thou, be thou clothid in thi strengthe; Jerusalem, the citee of the hooli, be thou clothid in the clothis of thi glorie; for a man vncircumcidid and a man vncleene schal no more leie to, that he passe by thee.

¹ It is seid comunli, If a man forsakith his wijf, and sche go awei fro hym, and be weddid to an othere hosebonde, whether he schal turne ayen more to hir? whether thilke womman schal not be defoulid, and maad vncleene? Forsothe thou hast do fornycacioun with many loueris; netheles turne thou ayen to me, `seith the Lord, and Y schal resseyue thee.

²⁰ But as if a womman dispisith hir louyere, so the hous of Israel dispiside me, seith the Lord.

²² For Y spak not with youre fadris, and Y comaundide not to hem of the word of brent sacrifices, and of slayn sacrifices, in the dai in which Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt. ²³ But Y comaundide this word to hem, and Y seide, Here ye my vois, and Y schal be God to you, and ye schulen be a puple to me; and go ye in al the weie which Y comaundide to you, that it be wel to you.

² and seide, Thou schalt not take a wijf, and sones and douytris schulen not be to thee in this place. ³ For the Lord seith these thingis on sones and douytris, that ben gendrid in this place, and on the modris of hem, that gendride hem, and on the fadris of hem, of whos generacioun thei ben borun in this lond. ⁴ Thei schulen die bi dethis of sikenessis, thei schulen not be biweilid, and thei schulen not be biried; thei schulen be in to a dunghil on the face of erthe, and thei schulen be wastid bi swerd and hungur; and the careyn of hem schal be in to mete to the volatilis of heuene, and to beestis of erthe.

³ And Y seide to it, Bi many daies thou shalt abide me; thou schalt not do fornycacioun, and thou schalt not be with an hosebonde, but also Y schal abide thee.

¹⁶ gadere ye togidere elde men, gadere ye togidere litle children, and soukynge the brestis; a spouse go out of his bed, and a spousesse of hir chaumbre.

³ that thei schulden seie to prestis of the hous of the Lord of oostis, and to profetis, and speke, Whether it is to wepe to me in the fyuethe monethe, ether Y schal halowe me, as Y dide now many yeeris?

¹² And erthe schal weile; meynees and meynees bi hem silf; the meynees of the hous of Dauid bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf; ¹³ meynees of the hous of Nathan bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf; meynees of the hous of Leuy bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf; meynees of Semei bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf. ¹⁴ All othere meynees, meynees and meynees bi hem silf, and the wymmen of hem bi hem silf.

¹¹ Judas trespasside, and abhomynacioun is maad in Israel, and in Jerusalem; for Judas defoulide the halewyng of the Lord, which he louyde, and he hadde the douyter of an alien god.

¹⁴ And ye seiden, For what cause? For the Lord witnesside bitwixe thee and the wijf of thi `puberte, that is, tyme of mariage, which thou dispisidist, and this is thi felowe, and wijf of thi couenaunt.

¹⁴ And ye seiden, For what cause? For the Lord witnesside bitwixe thee and the wijf of thi `puberte, that is, tyme of mariage, which thou dispisidist, and this is thi felowe, and wijf of thi couenaunt. ¹⁵ Whether oon made not, and residue of spirit is his? and what sekith oon, no but the seed of God? Therfore kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle thou dispise the wijf of thi yongthe; ¹⁶ whanne thou hatist hir, leue thou hir, seith the Lord God of Israel. Forsothe wickidnesse schal kyuere the closyng of hym, seith the Lord of oostis; kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle ye dispise.

¹⁰ Thanne Jhesus seide to hym, Goo, Sathanas; for it is writun, Thou schalt worschipe thi Lord God, and to hym aloone thou shalt serue.

¹⁹ Therfor he that brekith oon of these leeste maundementis, and techith thus men, schal be clepid the leste in the rewme of heuenes; `but he that doith, and techith, schal be clepid greet in the kyngdom of heuenes.

³² But Y seie to you, that euery man that leeueth his wijf, outtakun cause of fornycacioun, makith hir to do letcherie, and he that weddith the forsakun wijf, doith auowtrye.

²⁵ Therfor I seie to you, that ye be not bisi to youre lijf, what ye schulen ete; nether to youre bodi, with what ye schulen be clothid. Whether lijf is not more than meete, and the bodie more than cloth? ²⁶ Biholde ye the foulis of the eire, for thei sowen not, nethir repen, nethir gaderen in to bernes; and youre fadir of heuene fedith hem. Whether ye ben not more worthi than thei? ²⁷ But who of you thenkynge mai putte to his stature o cubit? ²⁸ And of clothing what ben ye bisye? Biholde ye the lilies of the feeld, how thei wexen. Thei trauelen not, nether spynnen; ²⁹ and Y seie to you, Salomon in al his glorie was not keuered as oon of these. ³⁰ And if God clothith thus the hei of the feeld, that to day is, and to morewe is cast in to an ouen, hou myche more you of litel feith? ³¹ Therfor nyle ye be bisi, seiynge, What schulen we ete? or, What schulen we drinke? or, With what thing schulen we be keuered? ³² For hethene men seken alle these thingis; and youre fadir woot, that ye han nede to alle these thingis. ³³ Therfor seke ye first the kyngdom of God, and his riytfulnesse, and alle these thingis shulen be cast to you. ³⁴ Therfor nyle ye be bisy in to the morew, for the morew shal be bisi to `hym silf; for it suffisith to the dai his owen malice.

⁵⁰ for who euer doith the wille of my fadir that is in heuenes, he is my brothir, and sistir, and modir.

²² But he that is sowun in thornes, is this that heerith the word, and the bisynesse of this world, and the fallace of ritchessis strangulith the word, and it is maad with outen fruyt.

³ And Farisees camen to him, temptynge him, and seiden, Whether it be leueful to a man to leeue his wijf, for ony cause? ⁴ Which answeride, and seide to hem, Han ye not red, for he that made men at the bigynnyng, made hem male and female? ⁵ And he seide, For this thing a man schal leeue fadir and modir, and he schal draw to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. ⁶ And so thei ben not now tweyne, but o fleisch. Therfor a man departe not that thing that God hath ioyned. ⁷ Thei seien to hym, What thanne comaundide Moises, to yyue a libel of forsakyng, and to leeue of? ⁸ And he seide to hem, For Moises, for the hardnesse of youre herte, suffride you leeue youre wyues; but fro the bigynnyng it was not so. ⁹ And Y seie to you, that who euer leeueth his wijf, but for fornycacioun, and weddith another, doith letcherie; and he that weddith the forsakun wijf, doith letcherie.

⁹ And Y seie to you, that who euer leeueth his wijf, but for fornycacioun, and weddith another, doith letcherie; and he that weddith the forsakun wijf, doith letcherie. ¹⁰ His disciplis seien to him, If the cause of a man with a wijf is so, it spedith not to be weddid. ¹¹ And he seide to hem, Not alle men taken this word; but to whiche it is youun.

¹¹ And he seide to hem, Not alle men taken this word; but to whiche it is youun.

¹¹ And he seide to hem, Not alle men taken this word; but to whiche it is youun. ¹² For ther ben geldingis, whiche ben thus born of the modris wombe; and ther ben geldyngis, that ben maad of men; and there ben geldyngis, that han geldid hem silf, for the kyngdom of heuenes. He that may take, `take he.

¹² For ther ben geldingis, whiche ben thus born of the modris wombe; and ther ben geldyngis, that ben maad of men; and there ben geldyngis, that han geldid hem silf, for the kyngdom of heuenes. He that may take, `take he.

⁸ But nyle ye be clepid maister; for oon is youre maystir, and alle ye ben britheren. ⁹ And nyle ye clepe to you a fadir on erthe, for oon is your fadir, that is in heuenes. ¹⁰ Nether be ye clepid maistris, for oon is youre maister, Crist. ¹¹ He that is grettest among you, schal be youre mynystre.

¹⁹ But wo to hem that ben with child, and nurischen in tho daies.

⁴⁸ But if thilke yuel seruaunt seie in his herte, My lord tarieth to come, ⁴⁹ and bigynneth to smyte hise euen seruauntis, and ete, and drynke with drunken men; ⁵⁰ the lord of that seruaunt schal come in the dai which he hopith not, and in the our that he knowith not,

⁵⁰ and schal departe hym, and putte his part with ypocritis; there schal be wepyng, and gryntyng of teeth.

¹⁴ For as a man that goith in pilgrimage, clepide hise seruauntis, and bitook to hem hise goodis; ¹⁵ and to oon he yaf fyue talentis, and to another tweyne, and to another oon, to ech after his owne vertu; and wente forth anoon. ¹⁶ And he that hadde fyue besauntis, wente forth, and wrouyte in hem, and wan othere fyue. ¹⁷ Also and he that hadde takun tweyne, wan othere tweyne. ¹⁸ But he that hadde takun oon, yede forth, and dalf in to the erthe, and hidde the money of his lord. ¹⁹ But after long tyme, the lord of tho seruauntis cam, and rekenede with hem. ²⁰ And he that hadde takun fyue besauntis, cam, and brouyte othere fyue, and seide, Lord, thou bytokist to me fyue besauntis, loo! Y haue getun aboue fyue othere. ²¹ His lord seide to hym, Wel be thou, good seruaunt and feithful; for on fewe thingis thou hast be trewe, Y schal ordeyne thee on manye thingis; entre thou in to the ioye of thi lord. ²² And he that hadde takun twey talentis, cam, and seide, Lord, thou bitokist to me twey besauntis; loo! ²³ Y haue wonnen ouer othir tweyne. His lord seide to him, Wel be thou, good seruaunt and trewe; for on fewe thingis thou hast be trewe, Y schal ordeyne thee on many thingis; entre thou in to the ioie of thi lord. ²⁴ But he that hadde takun o besaunt, cam, and seide, Lord, Y woot that thou art an hard man; thou repist where thou hast not sowe, and thou gederist togidere where thou hast not spred abrood; ²⁵ and Y dredynge wente, and hidde thi besaunt in the erthe; lo! thou hast that that is thin. ²⁶ His lord answeride, and seide to hym, Yuel seruaunt and slowe, wistist thou that Y repe where Y sewe not, and gadir to gidere where Y spredde not abrood? ²⁷ Therfor it bihofte thee to bitake my money to chaungeris, that whanne Y cam, Y schulde resseyue that that is myn with vsuris. ²⁸ Therfor take awei fro hym the besaunt, and yyue ye to hym that hath ten besauntis. ²⁹ For to euery man that hath me schal yyue, and he schal encreese; but fro hym that hath not, also that that hym semeth to haue, schal be taken awey fro him.

² And the Farisees camen, and axiden hym, Whether it be leueful to a man to leeue his wijf? and thei temptiden hym.

¹¹ And he seide to hem, Who euer leeuith his wijf, and weddith another, he doith auowtri on hir. ¹² And if the wijf leeue hir housebonde, and be weddid to another man, sche doith letcherie.

⁷⁴ That we with out drede delyuered fro the hoond of oure enemyes, ⁷⁵ serue to hym, in hoolynesse and riytwisnesse bifor hym in alle oure daies.

³⁶ And Anna was a prophetesse, the douytir of Fanuel, of the lynage of Aser. And sche hadde goon forth in many daies, and hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuene yeer fro hir maydynhode. ³⁷ And this was a widewe to foure scoor yeer and foure; and sche departide not fro the temple, but seruyde to God nyyt and dai in fastyngis and preieris.

¹⁰ And the puple axide hym, and seiden, What thanne schulen we do? ¹¹ He answeride, and seide to hem, He that hath twei cootis, yyue to hym that hath noon; and he that hath metis, do in lijk maner. ¹² And pupplicans camen to be baptisid; and thei seiden to hym, Maister, what schulen we do? ¹³ And he seide to hem, Do ye no thing more, than that that is ordeyned to you. ¹⁴ And knyytis axiden hym, and seiden, What schulen also we do? And he seide to hem, Smyte ye wrongfuli no man, nethir make ye fals chalenge, and be ye apayed with youre sowdis.

²¹ Blessid be ye, that now hungren, for ye schulen be fulfillid. Blessid be ye, that now wepen, for ye schulen leiye.

²⁵ Wo to you that ben fulfillid, for ye schulen hungre. Wo to you that now leiyen, for ye schulen morne, and wepe.

¹⁴ But that that fel among thornes, ben these that herden, and of bisynessis, and ritchessis, and lustis of lijf thei gon forth, and ben stranglid, and bryngen forth no fruyt.

⁴⁰ But Martha bisiede aboute the ofte seruyce. And sche stood, and seide, Lord, takist thou no kepe, that my sistir hath left me aloone to serue? therfor seie thou to hir, that sche helpe me.

⁴⁰ But Martha bisiede aboute the ofte seruyce. And sche stood, and seide, Lord, takist thou no kepe, that my sistir hath left me aloone to serue? therfor seie thou to hir, that sche helpe me. ⁴¹ And the Lord answerde, and seide to hir, Martha, Martha, thou art bysi, and art troublid aboute ful many thingis;

⁴¹ And the Lord answerde, and seide to hir, Martha, Martha, thou art bysi, and art troublid aboute ful many thingis; ⁴² but o thing is necessarie.

¹⁵ And he seide to hem, Se ye, and be ye war of al coueytice; for the lijf of a man is not in the abundaunce of tho thingis, whiche he weldith. ¹⁶ And he tolde to hem a liknesse, and seide, The feeld of a riche man brouyte forth plenteuouse fruytis. ¹⁷ And he thouyte with ynne hym silf, and seide, What schal Y do, for Y haue not whidur Y schal gadere my fruytis? ¹⁸ And he seith, This thing Y schal do; Y schal throwe doun my bernes, and Y schal make gretter, and thidir Y schal gadir alle thingis that growen to me, and my goodis. ¹⁹ And Y schal seie to my soule, Soule, thou hast many goodis kept in to ful many yeeris; rest thou, ete, drynke, and make feeste. ²⁰ And God seide to hym, Fool, in this nyyt thei schulen take thi lijf fro thee. And whos schulen tho thingis be, that thou hast arayed? ²¹ So is he that tresourith to hym silf, and is not riche in God. ²² And he seide to hise disciplis, Therfor Y seie to you, nyle ye be bisy to youre lijf, what ye schulen ete, nether to youre bodi, with what ye schulen be clothid.

²⁹ And nyle ye seke, what ye schulen ete, or what ye schulen drynke; and nyle ye be reisid an hiy.

¹⁰ So Y seie to you, ioye schal be bifor aungels of God on o synful man doynge penaunce.

¹ He seide also to hise disciplis, Ther was a riche man, that hadde a baili; and this was defamed to him, as he hadde wastid his goodis. ² And he clepide hym, and seide to hym, What here Y this thing of thee? yelde reckynyng of thi baili, for thou miyte not now be baili.

¹⁸ Euery man that forsakith his wijf, and weddith an other, doith letcherie; and he that weddith the wijf forsakun of the hosebonde, doith auowtrie.

²⁵ And Abraham seide to hym, Sone, haue mynde, for thou hast resseyued good thingis in thi lijf, and Lazarus also yuel thingis; but he is now coumfortid, and thou art turmentid.

¹⁷ He seide to hym, Wel be, thou good seruaunt; for in litil thing thou hast be trewe, thou schalt be hauynge power on ten citees. ¹⁸ And the tother cam, and seide, Lord, thi besaunt hath maad fyue besauntis. ¹⁹ And to this he seide, And be thou on fyue citees. ²⁰ And the thridde cam, and seide, Lord, lo! thi besaunt, that Y hadde, put vp in a sudarie. ²¹ For Y dredde thee, for thou art `a sterne man; thou takist awey that that thou settidist not, and thou repist that that thou hast not sowun. <sup>22</sup> He seith to hym, Wickid seruaunt, of thi mouth Y deme thee. Wistist thou, that Y am `a sterne man, takynge awei that thing that Y settide not, and repyng ethat thing that Y sewe not? ²³ and whi hast thou not youun my money to the bord, and Y comynge schulde haue axid it with vsuris? ²⁴ And he seide to men stondynge nyy, Take ye awei fro hym the besaunt, and yyue ye to hym that hath ten beyauntis: ²⁵ And thei seiden to hym, Lord, he hath ten besauntis. ²⁶ And Y seie to you, to ech man that hath, it schal be youun, and he schal encreese; but fro him that hath not, also that thing that he hath, schal be takun of hym.

²³ And wo to hem, that ben with child, and norischen in tho daies; for a greet diseese schal be on the erthe, and wraththe to this puple.

³⁴ But take ye heede to you silf, lest perauenture youre hertis be greuyd with glotony, and drunkenesse, and bisynessis of this lijf, and thilke dai come sodein on you; for as a snare it schal come on alle men,

²⁸ And Jhesus turnede to hem, and seide, Douytris of Jerusalem, nyle ye wepe on me, but wepe ye on youre silf and on youre sones. ²⁹ For lo! daies schulen come, in whiche it schal be seid, Blessid be bareyn wymmen, and wombis that han not borun children, and the tetis that han not youun souke.

³² and ye schulen knowe the treuthe, and the treuthe schal make you fre. ³³ Therfor the Jewis answeriden to hym, We ben the seed of Abraham, and we serueden neuere to man; hou seist thou, That ye schulen be fre? ³⁴ Jhesus answeride to hem, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, ech man that doith synne, is seruaunt of synne. ³⁵ And the seruaunt dwellith not in the hows with outen ende, but the sone dwellith with outen ende. ³⁶ Therfor if the sone make you fre, verili ye schulen be fre.

¹⁴ Ye ben my freendis if ye doen tho thingis, that Y comaunde to you.

²² And therfor ye han now sorew, but eftsoone Y schal se you, and youre herte schal haue ioie, and no man schal take fro you youre ioie.

²³ Therfor he ledde hem inne, and resseyuede in herbore; and that nyyt thei dwelliden with hym. And in the dai suynge he roos, and wente forth with hem; and sum of the britheren folewiden hym fro Joppe, that thei be witnessis to Petre.

¹ And summe camen doun fro Judee, and tauyten britheren, That but ye ben circumcidid after the lawe of Moises, ye moun not be maad saaf. ² Therfor whanne ther was maad not a litil discencioun to Poul and Barnabas ayens hem, thei ordeyneden, that Poul and Barnabas, and summe othere of hem, schulden go vp to the apostlis and preestis in Jerusalem, on this questioun.

⁵ But summe of the erise of Fariseis, that bileueden, risen vp, and seiden, That it bihoueth hem to be circumsidid, and to comaunde to kepe also the lawe of Moises.

¹⁹ For which thing Y deme hem that of hethene men ben conuertid to God,

²⁴ For we herden that summe wenten out fro vs, and trobliden you with wordis, and turneden vpsodoun youre soulis, to whiche men we comaundiden not,

²⁸ For it is seyn to the Hooly Goost and to vs, to putte to you no thing more of charge, than these nedeful thingis,

²⁸ Take ye tente to you, and to al the flocke, in which the Hooli Goost hath set you bischops, to reule the chirche of God, which he purchaside with his blood.

²⁹ And Poul seide, Y desire anentis God, bothe in litil and in greet, not oneli thee, but alle these that heren to dai, to be maad sich as Y am, outakun these boondis.

¹ Poul, the seruaunt of Jhesu Crist, clepid an apostle, departid in to the gospel of God;

²⁵ For circumcisioun profitith, if thou kepe the lawe; but if thou be a trespassour ayens the lawe, thi circumsicioun is maad prepucie. ²⁶ Therfor if prepucie kepe the riytwisnessis of the lawe, whethir his prepucie schal not be arettid in to circumcisioun? ²⁷ And the prepucie of kynde that fulfillith the lawe, schal deme thee, that bi lettre and circumcisioun art trespassour ayens the lawe. ²⁸ For he that is in opene is not a Jew, nether it is circumsicioun that is openli in the fleisch; ²⁹ but he that is a Jew in hid, and the circumcisioun of herte, in spirit, not bi the lettre, whos preisyng is not of men, but of God.

³⁰ For `oon God is, that iustefieth circumcisioun bi feith, and prepucie bi feith.

¹³ Nether yyue ye youre membris armuris of wickidnesse to synne, but yyue ye you silf to God, as thei that lyuen of deed men, and youre membris armuris of riytwisnesse to God.

¹⁸ And ye delyuered fro synne, ben maad seruauntis of riytwisnesse. ¹⁹ Y seie that thing that is of man, for the vnstidefastnesse of youre fleisch. But as ye han youun youre membris to serue to vnclennesse, and to wickidnesse `in to wickidnesse, so now yyue ye youre membris to serue to riytwisnesse in to hoolynesse. ²⁰ For whanne ye weren seruauntis of synne, ye weren fre of riytfulnesse. ²¹ Therfor what fruyt hadden ye thanne in tho thingis, in whiche ye schamen now? For the ende of hem is deth. ²² But now ye delyuered fro synne, and maad seruauntis to God, han your fruyt in to holinesse, and the ende euerlastinge lijf. For the wagis of synne is deth; the grace of God is euerlastynge lijf in Crist Jhesu our Lord.

² For that womman that is vndur an hosebonde, is boundun to the lawe, while the hosebonde lyueth; but if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde. ³ Therfor sche schal be clepid auoutresse, if sche be with another man, while the hosebonde lyueth; but if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde, that sche be not auoutresse, if sche be with another man.

¹⁴ if in ony maner Y stire my fleisch for to folowe, and that Y make summe of hem saaf.

¹⁶ For if a litil part of that that is tastid be hooli, the hool gobet is hooli; and if the roote is hooli, also the braunchis.

¹ Therfore, britheren, Y biseche you bi the mercy of God, that ye yyue youre bodies a lyuynge sacrifice, hooli, plesynge to God, and youre seruyse resonable. ² And nyle ye be confourmyd to this world, but be ye reformed in newnesse of youre wit, that ye preue which is the wille of God, good, and wel plesynge, and parfit. ³ For Y seie, bi the grace that is youun to me, to alle that ben among you, that ye sauere no more than it bihoueth to sauere, but for to sauere to sobrenesse; and to ech man, as God hath departid the mesure of feith. ⁴ For as in o bodi we han many membris, but alle the membris han not the same dede; ⁵ so we many ben o bodi in Crist, and eche ben membris oon of anothir. ⁶ Therfor we that han yiftis dyuersynge, aftir the grace that is youun to vs,

⁶ Therfor we that han yiftis dyuersynge, aftir the grace that is youun to vs, ⁷ ethir prophecie, aftir the resoun of feith; ethir seruise, in mynystryng; ether he that techith, in techyng; ⁸ he that stirith softli, in monestyng; he that yyueth, in symplenesse; he that is souereyn, in bisynesse; he that hath merci, in gladnesse.

¹⁸ If it may be don, that that is of you, haue ye pees with alle men.

¹¹ And we knowen this tyme, that the our is now, that we rise fro sleep; for now oure heelthe is neer, than whanne we bileueden. ¹² The nyyt wente bifore, but the dai hath neiyed. Therfor caste we awei the werkis of derknessis, and be we clothid in the armeris of liyt.

¹⁹ Therfor sue we tho thingis that ben of pees, and kepe we togidere `tho thingis that ben of edificacioun.

² Now it is souyt here among the dispenderis, that a man be foundun trewe.

¹⁷ Therfor Y sente to you Tymothe, which is my most dereworthe sone, and feithful in the Lord, which schal teche you my weies, that ben in Crist Jhesu; as Y teche euery where in ech chirche.

¹⁵ Witen ye not, that youre bodies ben membris of Crist? Schal Y thanne take the membris of Crist, and schal Y make the membris of an hoore? God forbede. ¹⁶ Whether ye witen not, that he that cleueth to an hoore, is maad o bodi? For he seith, Ther schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. ¹⁷ And he that cleueth to the Lord, is o spirit. ¹⁸ Fle ye fornycacioun; al synne what euere synne a man doith, is with out the bodi; but he that doith fornycacioun, synneth ayens his bodi.

²⁰ For ye ben bouyt with greet prijs. Glorifie ye, and bere ye God in youre bodi.

¹ But of thilke thingis that ye han write to me, it is good to a man to touche not a womman.

¹ But of thilke thingis that ye han write to me, it is good to a man to touche not a womman. ² But for fornycacioun eche man haue his owne wijf, and ech womman haue hir owne hosebonde.

² But for fornycacioun eche man haue his owne wijf, and ech womman haue hir owne hosebonde. ³ The hosebonde yelde dette to the wijf, and also the wijf to the hosebonde.

⁵ Nyle ye defraude eche to othere, but perauenture of consent to a tyme, that ye yyue tent to preier; and eft turne ye ayen to the same thing, lest Sathanas tempte you for youre vncontynence. ⁶ But Y seie this thing as yyuyng leeue, not bi comaundement.

⁶ But Y seie this thing as yyuyng leeue, not bi comaundement. ⁷ For Y wole, that alle men be as my silf. But eche man hath his propre yifte of God; oon thus, and another thus.

⁷ For Y wole, that alle men be as my silf. But eche man hath his propre yifte of God; oon thus, and another thus. ⁸ But Y seie to hem, that ben not weddid, and to widewis, it is good to hem, if thei dwellen so as Y.

⁸ But Y seie to hem, that ben not weddid, and to widewis, it is good to hem, if thei dwellen so as Y. ⁹ That if thei conteynen not hem silf, be thei weddid; for it is betere to be weddid, than to be brent.

⁹ That if thei conteynen not hem silf, be thei weddid; for it is betere to be weddid, than to be brent. ¹⁰ But to hem that ben ioyned in matrymonye, Y comaunde, not Y, but the Lord, that the wijf departe not fro the hosebonde;

¹² But to othere Y seie, not the Lord. If ony brother hath an vnfeithful wijf, and sche consenteth to dwelle with hym, leeue he hir not.

¹² But to othere Y seie, not the Lord. If ony brother hath an vnfeithful wijf, and sche consenteth to dwelle with hym, leeue he hir not. ¹³ And if ony womman hath an vnfeithful hosebonde, and this consentith to dwelle with hir, leeue sche not the hosebonde. ¹⁴ For the vnfeithful hosebonde is halewid bi the feithful womman, and the vnfeithful womman is halewid bi the feithful hosebonde. Ellis youre children weren vncleene, but now thei ben hooli. ¹⁵ That if the vnfeithful departith, departe he. For whi the brother or sistir is not suget to seruage in siche; for God hath clepid vs in pees.

¹⁷ But as the Lord hath departid to ech, and as God hath clepid ech man, so go he, as Y teche in alle chirchis. ¹⁸ A man circumcidid is clepid, brynge he not to the prepucie. A man is clepid in prepucie, be he not circumcidid.

²⁰ Ech man in what clepyng he is clepid, in that dwelle he.

²⁰ Ech man in what clepyng he is clepid, in that dwelle he. ²¹ Thou seruaunt art clepid, be it no charge to thee; but if thou maist be fre, `the rather vse thou.

²¹ Thou seruaunt art clepid, be it no charge to thee; but if thou maist be fre, `the rather vse thou. ²² He that is a seruaunt, and is clepid in the Lord, is a freman of the Lord. Also he that is a freman, and is clepid, is the seruaunt of Crist. ²³ With prijs ye ben bouyt; nyle ye be maad seruauntis of men. ²⁴ Therfor ech man in what thing he is clepid a brothir, dwelle he in this anentis God.

²⁴ Therfor ech man in what thing he is clepid a brothir, dwelle he in this anentis God. ²⁵ But of virgyns Y haue no comaundement of God; but Y yyue counseil, as he that hath mercy of the Lord, that Y be trewe.

²⁵ But of virgyns Y haue no comaundement of God; but Y yyue counseil, as he that hath mercy of the Lord, that Y be trewe. ²⁶ Therfor Y gesse, that this thing is good for the present nede; for it is good to a man to be so.

²⁶ Therfor Y gesse, that this thing is good for the present nede; for it is good to a man to be so.

²⁶ Therfor Y gesse, that this thing is good for the present nede; for it is good to a man to be so. ²⁷ Thou art boundun to a wijf, nyle thou seke vnbyndyng; thou art vnboundun fro a wijf, nyle thou seke a wijf. ²⁸ But if thou hast takun a wijf, thou hast not synned; and if a maidun is weddid, sche synnede not; nethelesse siche schulen haue tribulacioun of fleisch.

³¹ and thei that vsen this world, as thei that vsen not. For whi the figure of this world passith. ³² But Y wole, that ye be without bisynesse, for he that is without wijf, is bisi what thingis ben of the Lord, hou he schal plese God.

³² But Y wole, that ye be without bisynesse, for he that is without wijf, is bisi what thingis ben of the Lord, hou he schal plese God.

³² But Y wole, that ye be without bisynesse, for he that is without wijf, is bisi what thingis ben of the Lord, hou he schal plese God. ³³ But he that is with a wijf, is bysy what thingis ben of the world, hou he schal plese the wijf, and he is departid.

³³ But he that is with a wijf, is bysy what thingis ben of the world, hou he schal plese the wijf, and he is departid. ³⁴ And a womman vnweddid and maidun thenkith what thingis ben of the Lord, that sche be hooli in bodi and spirit. But sche that is weddid, thenkith what thingis ben of the world, hou sche schal plese the hosebonde.

³⁴ And a womman vnweddid and maidun thenkith what thingis ben of the Lord, that sche be hooli in bodi and spirit. But sche that is weddid, thenkith what thingis ben of the world, hou sche schal plese the hosebonde.

³⁴ And a womman vnweddid and maidun thenkith what thingis ben of the Lord, that sche be hooli in bodi and spirit. But sche that is weddid, thenkith what thingis ben of the world, hou sche schal plese the hosebonde.

³⁴ And a womman vnweddid and maidun thenkith what thingis ben of the Lord, that sche be hooli in bodi and spirit. But sche that is weddid, thenkith what thingis ben of the world, hou sche schal plese the hosebonde. ³⁵ And Y seie these thingis to youre profit, not that Y caste to you a snare, but to that that is onest, and that yyueth esynesse, with outen lettyng to make preieris to the Lord.

³⁵ And Y seie these thingis to youre profit, not that Y caste to you a snare, but to that that is onest, and that yyueth esynesse, with outen lettyng to make preieris to the Lord.

³⁵ And Y seie these thingis to youre profit, not that Y caste to you a snare, but to that that is onest, and that yyueth esynesse, with outen lettyng to make preieris to the Lord.

³⁵ And Y seie these thingis to youre profit, not that Y caste to you a snare, but to that that is onest, and that yyueth esynesse, with outen lettyng to make preieris to the Lord. ³⁶ And if ony man gessith hym silf to be seyn foule on his virgyn, that sche is ful woxun, and so it bihoueth to be doon, do sche that that sche wole; sche synneth not, if sche be weddid.

³⁶ And if ony man gessith hym silf to be seyn foule on his virgyn, that sche is ful woxun, and so it bihoueth to be doon, do sche that that sche wole; sche synneth not, if sche be weddid.

³⁶ And if ony man gessith hym silf to be seyn foule on his virgyn, that sche is ful woxun, and so it bihoueth to be doon, do sche that that sche wole; sche synneth not, if sche be weddid. ³⁷ For he that ordeynede stabli in his herte, not hauynge nede, but hauynge power of his wille, and hath demed in his herte this thing, to kepe his virgyn, doith wel.

³⁷ For he that ordeynede stabli in his herte, not hauynge nede, but hauynge power of his wille, and hath demed in his herte this thing, to kepe his virgyn, doith wel. ³⁸ Therfore he that ioyneth his virgyn in matrymonye, doith wel; and he that ioyneth not, doith betere. ³⁹ The womman is boundun to the lawe, as longe tyme as hir hosebonde lyueth; and if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde, be sche weddid to whom sche wole, oneli in the Lord. ⁴⁰ But sche schal be more blessid, if sche dwellith thus, aftir my counsel; and Y wene, that Y haue the Spirit of God.

⁸ Mete comendith vs not to God; for nether we schulen faile, if we eten not, nether if we eten, we schulen haue plente.

¹ Whether Y am not fre? Am Y not apostle? Whether Y saiy not `Crist Jhesu, `oure Lord? Whether ye ben not my werk in the Lord? ² And thouy to othere Y am not apostle, but netheles to you Y am; for ye ben the litle signe of myn apostlehed in the Lord. ³ My defense to hem that axen me, that is.

⁵ Whether we han not power to lede aboute a womman a sistir, as also othere apostlis, and britheren of the Lord, and Cefas?

¹⁵ But Y vside noon of these thingis; sotheli Y wroot not these thingis, that tho be don so in me; for it is good `to me rather to die, than that ony man `auoyde my glorie.

¹⁸ What thanne is my mede? That Y prechynge the gospel, putte the gospel with outen otheris cost, that Y vse not my power in the gospel. ¹⁹ Forwhi whanne Y was fre of alle men, Y made me seruaunt of alle men, to wynne the mo men.

²² Y am maad sijk to sike men, to wynne sike men; to alle men Y am maad alle thingis, to make alle men saaf.

³¹ Therfor whether ye eten, or drynken, or don ony other thing, do ye alle thingis `in to the glorie of God.

⁴ And dyuerse graces ther ben, but it is al oon Spirit;

¹¹ And oon and the same spirit worchith alle these thingis, departynge to ech bi hem silf as he wole.

¹³ For in o spirit alle we ben baptisid `in to o bodi, ether Jewis, ether hethene, ether seruauntis, ether free; and alle we ben fillid with drink in o spirit.

³³ for whi God is not of discencioun, but of pees; as in alle chirchis of hooli men `Y teche.

³⁶ Whether `of you the word of God cam forth, or to you aloone it cam? ³⁷ If ony man is seyn to be a prophete, or spiritual, knowe he tho thingis that Y write to you, for tho ben the comaundementis of the Lord.

¹⁰ But bi the grace of God Y am that thing that Y am; and his grace was not voide in me. For Y trauelide more plenteuously than alle thei; but not Y, but the grace of God with me.

¹ But of the gaderyngis of money that ben maad in to seyntis, as Y ordeynede in the chirchis of Galathie, so also do ye o dai of the wouke.

²³ For Y clepide God to witnesse ayens my soule, that Y sparynge you cam not ouer to Corynthe; not that we ben lordis of youre feith, but we ben helperis of youre ioye; for thorouy bileue ye stonden.

¹⁷ For we ben not as many, that don auoutrie bi the word of God, but we speken of clennesse, as of God, bifor God in Crist.

¹ Therfor we that han this admynystracioun, aftir this that we han getun merci, ² faile we not, but do we awei the preue thingis of schame, not walkinge in sutil gile, nether doynge auoutrye bi the word of God, but in schewynge of the treuthe comendynge vs silf to ech conscience of men bifor God.

¹⁴ Nyle ye bere the yok with vnfeithful men. For what parting of riytwisnes with wickidnesse? or what felouschipe of liyt to derknessis? ¹⁵ and what acording of Crist to Belial? or what part of a feithful with the vnfeithful? ¹⁶ and what consent to the temple of God with mawmetis? And ye ben the temple of the lyuynge God, as the Lord seith, For Y schal dwelle in hem, and Y schal walke among hem; and Y schal be God of hem, and thei schulen be a puple to me.

¹¹ For lo! this same thing, that ye ben soreuful aftir God, hou myche bisynesse it worchith in you; but defendyng, but indignacioun, but drede, but desire, but loue, but veniaunce. In alle thingis ye han youun you silf to be vndefoulid in the cause. ¹² Therfor thouy Y wroot to you, Y wroot not for hym that dide the iniurie, nether for hym that suffride, but to schewe oure bisinesse, which we han for you bifor God.

⁸ Y seie not as comaundinge, but bi the bisynesse of othere men appreuynge also the good wit of youre charite.

⁸ Y seie not as comaundinge, but bi the bisynesse of othere men appreuynge also the good wit of youre charite. ⁹ And ye witen the grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, for he was maad nedi for you, whanne he was riche, that ye schulden be maad riche bi his nedynesse. ¹⁰ And Y yyue counsel in this thing; for this is profitable to you, that not oneli han bigunne to do, but also ye bigunnen to haue wille fro the formere yere.

¹⁶ And Y do thankyngis to God, that yaf the same bisynesse for you in the herte of Tite,

¹⁸ And we senten with hym a brother, whose preisyng is in the gospel bi alle chirchis.

⁸ for as he is Cristis, so also we. For if Y schal glorie ony thing more of oure power, which the Lord yaf to vs in to edifiyng, and not in to youre distruccioun, Y schal not be schamed. ⁹ But that Y be not gessid as to fere you bi epistlis, ¹⁰ for thei seien, That epistlis ben greuouse and stronge, but the presence of the bodi is feble, and the word worthi to be dispisid.

¹⁷ That that Y speke, Y speke not aftir God, but as in vnwisdom, in this substaunce of glorie.

²⁸ Withouten tho thingis that ben withoutforth, myn ech daies trauelyng is the bisynesse of alle chirchis.

¹¹ Y am maad vnwitti, ye constreyneden me. For Y ouyte to be comendid of you; for Y dide no thing lesse than thei that ben apostlis `aboue maner.

¹¹ Britheren, `hennus forward ioye ye, be ye perfit, excite ye; vndurstonde ye the same thing; haue ye pees, and God of pees and of loue schal be with you.

¹⁰ For now whether counsele Y men, or God? or whether Y seche to plese men? If Y pleside yit men, Y were not Cristis seruaunt.

⁴ but for false britheren that weren brouyt ynne, whiche hadden entrid to aspie oure fredom, which we han in Jhesu Crist, to bring vs in to seruage.

²⁸ Ther is no Jewe, ne Greke, ne bond man, ne fre man, ne male, ne female; for alle ye ben oon in `Jhesu Crist.

¹ Stonde ye therfor, and nyl ye eftsoones be holdun in the yok of seruage.

¹ Stonde ye therfor, and nyl ye eftsoones be holdun in the yok of seruage. ² Lo! Y Poul seie to you, that if ye ben circumcidid, Crist schal no thing profite to you. ³ And Y witnesse eftsoones to ech man that circumcidith hym silf, that he is dettour of al the lawe to be don.

⁶ For in Jhesu Crist nether circumcisioun is ony thing worth, nether prepucie, but the bileue that worchith bi charite.

¹³ For, britheren, ye ben clepid in to fredom; oneli yyue ye not fredom in to occasioun of fleisch, but bi charite of spirit serue ye togidere.

²² But the fruyt of the spirit is charite, ioye, pees, pacience, long abidyng,

¹⁵ For in Jhesu Crist nether circumcisioun is ony thing worth, ne prepucie, but a newe creature.

³ And fornycacioun, and al vnclennesse, or aueryce, be not named among you, as it bicometh holi men;

²⁵ Men, loue ye youre wyues, as Crist louyde the chirche, and yaf hym silf for it, to make it holi; ²⁶ and clenside it with the waisching of watir, in the word of lijf, ²⁷ to yyue the chirche gloriouse to hym silf, that it hadde no wem, ne ryueling, or ony siche thing, but that it be hooli and vndefoulid. ²⁸ So and men `schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf;

²⁸ So and men `schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf; ²⁹ for no man hatide euere his owne fleisch, but nurischith and fostrith it, as Crist doith the chirche. ³⁰ And we ben membris of his bodi, of his fleisch, and of his boonys. ³¹ For this thing a man schal forsake his fadir and modir, and he schal drawe to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. ³² This sacrament is greet; yhe, Y seie in Crist, and in the chirche. ³³ Netheles ye alle, ech man loue his wijf as hym silf; and the wijf drede hir hosebonde.

³³ Netheles ye alle, ech man loue his wijf as hym silf; and the wijf drede hir hosebonde.

⁵ Seruauntis, obeische ye to fleischli lordis with drede and trembling, in simplenesse of youre herte, as to Crist; ⁶ not seruynge at the iye, as plesinge to men, but as seruauntis of Crist; doynge the wille of God bi discrecioun,

²⁰ For in no thing Y schal be schamed, but in al trist as euere more and now, Crist schal be magnefied in my bodi, ether bi lijf, ether bi deth.

⁶ Be ye nothing bisi, but in al preyer and biseching, with doyng of thankyngis, be youre axyngis knowun at God.

⁸ Fro hennus forth, britheren, what euere thingis ben sothe, what euere thingis chast, what euere thingis iust, what euere thingis hooli, what euere thingis able to be louyd, what euere thingis of good fame, if ony vertu, if ony preising of discipline, thenke ye these thingis,

¹¹ for Y haue lerud to be sufficient in whiche thingis Y am.

¹¹ where is not male and female, hethene man and Jew, circumcisioun and prepucie, barbarus and Scita, bonde man and fre man, but alle thingis and in alle thingis Crist.

¹⁹ Men, loue ye youre wyues, and nyle ye be bittere to hem.

²² Seruauntis, obeie ye bi alle thingis to fleischli lordis, not seruynge at iye, as plesynge to men, but in symplenesse of herte, dredinge the Lord. ²³ What euer ye doen, worche ye of wille, as to the Lord and not to men; ²⁴ witinge that of the Lord ye schulen take yelding of eritage. Serue ye to the Lord Crist.

¹² Epafras, that is of you, the seruaunt of Jhesu Crist, gretith you wel; euere bisi for you in preyeris, that ye stonde perfit and ful in al the wille of God.

⁵ Therfor Y Poul, no lenger abidinge, sente to knowe youre feith, lest perauenture he that temptith tempte you, and youre trauel be maad veyn.

⁸ Therfor he that dispisith these thingis, dispisith not man, but God, that also yaf his holi spirit in vs.

¹¹ and that ye do youre nede, and `ye worche with youre hoondis, as we han comaundid to you; and that ye wandre onestli to hem that ben with outforth, and that of no mannus ye desir ony thing.

¹¹ and that ye do youre nede, and `ye worche with youre hoondis, as we han comaundid to you; and that ye wandre onestli to hem that ben with outforth, and that of no mannus ye desir ony thing. ¹² For, britheren, we wolen not, that ye vnknowe of men that dien, that ye be not soreuful, as othere that han not hope.

²³ And God hym silf of pees make you hooli bi alle thingis, that youre spirit be kept hool, and soule, and bodi, without pleynt, in the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.

¹² But we denouncen to hem that ben suche men, and bisechen in the Lord Jhesu Crist, that thei worchen with silence, and ete her owne breed.

¹⁰ to hem that don letcherie with men, lesingmongeris and forsworun, and if ony othere thing is contrarie to the hoolsum teching,

¹² Y do thankingis to hym, that coumfortide me in Crist Jhesu oure Lord, for he gesside me feithful, and putte me in mynystrie, ¹³ that first was a blasfeme, and a pursuere, and ful of wrongis. But Y haue getun the merci of God, for Y vnknowinge dide in vnbileue. ¹⁴ But the grace of oure Lord ouer aboundide, with feith and loue that is in Crist Jhesu. ¹⁵ A trewe word and worthi al resseyuyng, for Crist Jhesu cam in to this world to make synful men saaf, of whiche Y am the firste. ¹⁶ But therfor Y haue getun merci, that Crist Jhesu schulde schewe in me first al pacience, to the enfourmyng of hem that schulen bileue to hym in to euerlastinge lijf.

⁵ for if ony man kan not gouerne his house, hou schal he haue diligence of the chirche of God? not new conuertid to the feith,

³ forbedinge to be weddid, to absteyne fro metis, whiche God made to take with doyng of thankingis, to feithful men, and hem that han knowe the treuthe.

⁵ for it is halewid bi the word of God, and bi preyer.

¹⁶ Take tent to thi silf and to doctryn; be bisi in hem. For thou doynge these thingis, schalt `make bothe thi silf saaf, and hem that heren thee.

⁵ And sche that is a widewe verili, and desolate, hope in to God, and be bisy in bisechingis and preieris niyt and dai.

⁸ For if ony man hath not cure of his owne, and most of hise household men, he hath denyed the feith, and is worse than an vnfeithful man.

¹¹ But eschewe thou yongere widewis; for whanne thei han do letcherie, thei wolen be weddid in Crist,

¹⁴ Therfor Y wole, that yongere widewis be weddid, and bringe forth children, and ben hosewyues, to yyue noon occasioun to the aduersarie, bi cause of cursid thing.

¹ What euere seruauntis ben vndur yok, deme thei her lordis worthi al onour, lest the name of the Lord and the doctryn be blasfemyd. ² And thei that han feithful lordis, dispise hem not, for thei ben britheren; but more serue thei, for thei ben feithful and louyd, whiche ben parceneris of benefice. Teche thou these thingis, and moneste thou these thingis. ³ If ony man techith othere wise, and acordith not to the hoolsum wordis of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and to that teching that is bi pitee,

¹⁷ Amen. Comaunde thou to the riche men of this world, that thei vndurstonde not hiyli, nether that thei hope in vncerteynte of richessis, but in the lyuynge God, that yyueth to vs alle thingis plenteuously to vse; ¹⁸ to do wel, to be maad riche in good werkis, liytli to yyue,

¹⁵ And alle thingis ben clene to clene men; but to vnclene men and to vnfeithful no thing is clene, for the soule and conscience of hem ben maad vnclene.

³ also olde wymmen in hooli abite, not sclaundereris, not seruynge myche to wyn, wel techynge, that thei teche prudence.

¹⁴ that yaf hym silf for vs, to ayenbie vs fro al wickidnesse, and make clene to hym silf a puple acceptable, and suere of good werkis.

⁸ A trewe word is, and of these thingis Y wole that thou conferme othere, that thei that bileuen to God, be bisy to be aboue othere in good werkis. These thingis ben good, and profitable to men.

¹⁶ now not as a seruaunt, but for a seruaunt a most dere brother, most to me; and how myche more to thee, bothe in fleisch and in the Lord?

¹⁴ Sue ye pees with alle men, and holynesse, with out which no man schal se God.

⁴ `Wedding is in alle thingis onourable, and bed vnwemmed; for God schal deme fornicatouris and auouteris. ⁵ Be youre maneres withoute coueitise, apaied with present thingis; for he seide, Y schal not leeue thee,

¹³ Therfor go we out to hym with out the castels, berynge his repreef. ¹⁴ For we han not here a citee dwellynge, but we seken a citee to comynge.

¹⁰ and a riche man in his lownesse; for as the flour of gras he schal passe. ¹¹ The sunne roos vp with heete, and driede the gras, and the flour of it felde doun, and the fairnesse of his chere perischide; and so a riche man welewith in hise weies.

¹⁵ And if a brother ethir sister be nakid, and han nede of ech daies lyuelode,

¹⁷ But wisdom that is from aboue, first it is chast, aftirward pesible, mylde, able to be counseilid, consentinge to goode thingis, ful of merci and of goode fruytis, demynge with out feynyng. ¹⁸ And the fruyt of riytwisnesse is sowun in pees, to men that maken pees.

¹³ And who art thou, that demest thi neiybore? Lo! now ye, that seien, To dai ethir to morewe we schulen go in to thilke citee, and there we schulen dwelle a yeer, and we schulen make marchaundise, and we schulen make wynning; ¹⁴ whiche witen not, what is to you in the morewe.

¹⁴ whiche witen not, what is to you in the morewe. ¹⁵ For what is youre lijf? A smoke apperinge at a litil, and aftirward it schal be wastid. Therfor that ye seie, If the Lord wole, and if we liuen, we schulen do this thing, ether that thing. ¹⁶ And now ye maken ful out ioye in youre pridis; euery siche ioye is wickyd.

¹ Do now, ye riche men, wepe ye, yellinge in youre wretchidnessis that schulen come to you. ² Youre richessis ben rotun, and youre clothis ben etun of mouytis. ³ Youre gold and siluer hath rustid, and the rust of hem schal be to you in to witnessyng, and schal ete youre fleischis, as fier. Ye han tresourid to you wraththe in the last daies. ⁴ Lo! the hire of youre werke men, that repiden youre feeldis, which is fraudid of you, crieth; and the cry of hem hath entrid in to the eeris of the Lord of oostis. ⁵ Ye han ete on the erthe, and in youre letcheries ye han nurschid youre hertis. In the dai of sleyng ye brouyten,

¹⁹ And, britheren, if ony of you errith fro trewthe, and ony conuertith hym, ²⁰ he owith to wite, that he that makith a synner to be turned fro the errour of his weye, schal saue the soule of hym fro deth, and keuereth the multitude of synnes.

¹⁸ ethir siluer, ye ben bouyt ayen of youre veyn liuynge of fadris tradicioun, ¹⁹ but bi the precious blood as of the lomb vndefoulid and vnspottid,

²⁴ For ech fleisch is hey, and al the glorie of it is as flour of hey; the hei driede vp, and his flour felde doun;

¹⁶ As fre men, and not as hauynge fredom the keuering of malice, but as the seruauntis of God.

¹⁸ Seruauntis, be ye sugetis in al drede to lordis, not oneli to good and to mylde, but also to tyrauntis. ¹⁹ For this is grace, if for conscience of God ony man suffrith heuynessis, and suffrith vniustli. ²⁰ For what grace is it, if ye synnen, and ben buffatid, and suffren? But if ye don wel, and suffren pacientli, this is grace anentis God. ²¹ For to this thing ye ben clepid. For also Crist suffride for vs, and lefte ensaumple to you, that ye folewe the steppis of hym. ²² Which dide not synne, nethir gile was foundun in his mouth. ²³ And whanne he was cursid, he curside not; whanne he suffride, he manasside not; but he bitook hym silf to hym, that demyde hym vniustli. ²⁴ And he hym silf bar oure synnes in his bodi on a tre, that we be deed to synnes, and lyue to riytwisnesse, bi whos wan wounde ye ben heelid.

¹ Also wymmen be thei suget to her hosebondis; that if ony man bileue not to the word, bi the conuersacioun of wymmen thei be wonnun with out word. ² And biholde ye in drede youre hooli conuersacioun.

⁷ Also men dwelle togidre, and bi kunnyng yyue ye onoure to the wommanus freeltee, as to the more feble, and as to euen eiris of grace and of lijf, that youre preieris be not lettid.

¹⁸ For also Crist onys diede for oure synnes, he iust for vniust, that he schulde offre to God vs, maad deed in fleisch, but maad quik in spirit.

⁷ For the ende of alle thingis schal neiye. Therfor be ye prudent, and wake ye in preyeris;

¹⁰ ech man as he hath resseyued grace, mynystringe it in to ech othere, as good dispenderis of the manyfold grace of God. ¹¹ If ony man spekith, speke he as the wordis of God; if ony man mynystrith, as of the vertu which God mynystrith; that God be onourid in alle thingis bi Jhesu Crist oure Lord, to whom is glorie and lordschip in to worldis `of worldis.

¹⁷ For tyme is, that doom bigynne at Goddis hous; and if it bigynne first at vs, what ende schal be of hem, that bileuen not to the gospel?

⁷ and caste ye al youre bisynesse in to hym, for to hym is cure of you.

¹ Simount Petre, seruaunt and apostle of `Jhesu Crist, to hem that han take with vs the euene feith, in the riytwisnesse of oure God and sauyour Jhesu Crist,

⁸ But, ye moost dere, this o thing be not hid to you, that o dai anentis God is as a thousynde yeeris, and a thousynde yeeris ben as o dai. ⁹ The Lord tarieth not his biheest, as summe gessen, but he doith pacientli for you, and wole not that ony men perische, but that alle turne ayen to penaunce.

¹⁵ And deme ye long abiding of oure Lord Jhesu Crist youre heelthe, as also oure moost dere brother Poul wroot to you, bi wisdom youun to hym. ¹⁶ As and in alle epistlis he spekith `in hem of these thingis; in which ben summe hard thingis to vndurstonde, whiche vnwise and vnstable men deprauen, as also thei don othere scripturis, to her owne perdicioun.

³ And in this thing we witen, that we knowen hym, if we kepen hise comaundementis. ⁴ He that seith that he knowith God, and kepith not hise comaundementis, is a liere, and trewthe is not in hym.

¹⁷ And the world schal passe, and the coueitise of it; but he that doith the wille of God, dwellith with outen ende.

²² and what euer we schulen axe, we schulen resseyue of hym, for we kepen hise comaundementis, and we don tho thingis that ben plesaunt bifor hym. ²³ And this is the comaundement of God, that we bileue in the name of his sone Jhesu Crist, and that we loue ech othere, as he yaf heeste to vs. ²⁴ And he that kepith hise comaundementis, dwellith in hym, and he in hym. And in this thing we witen, that he dwellith in vs, bi the spirit, whom he yaf to vs.

² In this thing we knowen, that we louen the children of God, whanne we louen God, and don his maundementis. ³ For this is the charite of God, that we kepe hise maundementis; and his maundementis ben not heuy.

¹ Judas, the seruaunt of Jhesu Crist, and brother of James, to these that ben louyd, that ben in God the fadir, and to hem that ben clepid and kept of Jhesu Crist,

⁹ And thei sungun a newe song, and seiden, Lord oure God, thou art worthi to take the book, and to opene the seelis of it; for thou were slayn, and ayenbouytist vs to God in thi blood, of ech lynage, `and tunge, and puple, and nacioun;

¹⁷ For the lomb, that is in the myddil of the trone, schal gouerne hem, and schal lede forth hem to the wellis of watris of lijf; and God schal wipe awei ech teer fro the iyen of hem.

⁷ As myche as sche glorifiede hir silf, and was in delicis, so myche turment yyue to hir, and weilyng; for in hir herte sche seith, Y sitte a queen, and Y am not a widewe, and Y schal not se weiling.

¹⁴ Blessid be thei, that waischen her stoolis, that the power of hem be in the tree of lijf, and entre bi the yatis in to the citee.