1 Peter Cross References - Wycliffe

¹ Petre, apostle of Jhesu Crist, to the chosun men, to the comelingis of scateryng abrood, of Ponte, of Galathie, of Capadosie, ² of Asye, and of Bitynye, bi the `bifor knowyng of God, the fadir, in halewyng of spirit, bi obedience, and springyng of the blood of Jhesu Crist, grace and pees be multiplied to you. <sup>3</sup> Blessid be God, and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, which bi his greet merci bigat vs ayen in to lyuynge hope, bi the ayen risyng of Jhesu Crist fro deth, <sup>4</sup> in to eritage vncorruptible, and vndefoulid, and that schal not fade, that is kept in heuenes for you, <sup>5</sup> that in the vertu of God ben kept bi the feith in to heelthe, and is redi to be schewid in the last tyme. <sup>6</sup> In which ye schulen make ioye, thouy it bihoueth now a litil to be sori in dyuerse temptaciouns; <sup>7</sup> that the preuyng of youre feith be myche more preciouse than gold, that is preuyd bi fier; and be foundun in to heriyng, and glorie, and onour, in the reuelacioun of Jhesu Crist. <sup>8</sup> Whom whanne ye han not seyn, ye louen; in to whom also now ye not seynge, bileuen; but ye that bileuen schulen haue ioye, and gladnesse that may not be teld out, <sup>9</sup> and ye schulen be glorified, and haue the ende of youre feith, the helthe of youre soulis. <sup>10</sup> Of which helthe profetis souyten, and enserchiden, that profecieden of the grace to comyng in you, <sup>11</sup> and souyten which euer what maner tyme the spirit of Crist signyfiede in hem, and bifor telde tho passiouns, that ben in Crist, and the latere glories. <sup>12</sup> To which it was schewid, for not to hem silf, but to you thei mynystriden tho thingis, that now ben teld to you bi hem that prechiden to you bi the Hooli Goost sent fro heuene, in to whom aungelis desiren to biholde. <sup>13</sup> For which thing be ye gird the leendis of youre soule, sobre, perfit, and hope ye in to the ilke grace that is profrid to you bi the schewyng of Jhesu Crist, <sup>14</sup> as sones of obedience, not made lijk to the formere desiris of youre vnkunnyngnesse, <sup>15</sup> but lijk him that hath `clepid you hooli; that also `ye silf be hooli in `al lyuyng; ¹⁶ for it is writun, Ye schulen be hooli, for Y am hooli. ¹⁷ And if ye inwardli clepe him fadir, which demeth withouten accepcioun of persoones bi the werk of ech man, lyue ye in drede in the time of youre pilgrimage; witynge that not bi corruptible gold, 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, ²⁰ Crist Jhesu, that was knowun bifor the makyng of the world, but he is schewid in the laste tymes, ²¹ for you that bi hym ben feithful in God; that reiside hym fro deth, and yaf to hym euerlastynge glorie, that youre feith and hope were in God. ²² And make ye chast youre soulis in obedience of charite, in loue of britherhod; of simple herte loue ye togidre more bisili. ²³ And be ye borun ayen, not of corruptible seed, `but vncorruptible, bi the word of lyuynge God, and dwellynge in to with outen ende. 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; ²⁵ but the word of the Lord dwellith with outen ende. And this is the word, that is prechid to you.

¹⁵ Y schal sette enemytees bitwixe thee and the womman, and bitwixe thi seed and hir seed; sche schal breke thin heed, and thou schalt sette aspies to hir heele.

⁹ And he answeride, The daies of pilgrymage of my lijf, ben feewe and yuele, of an hundrid and thretti yeer, and tho `camen not til to the daies of my fadris, in whiche thei weren pilgryms.

¹⁰ The septre schal not be takun awey fro Juda, and a duyk of his hipe, til he come that schal be sent, and he schal be abiding of hethene men;

⁵ Forsothe the lomb schal be a male of o yeer, without wem; bi which custom ye schulen take also a kide;

¹¹ Forsothe thus ye schulen ete hym; ye schulen girde youre reynes, and ye schulen haue schoon in the feet, and ye schulen holde stauys in hondis, and ye schulen ete hastili; for it is fase, that is, the passyng of the Lord.

²⁰ hele thei euer either side of the propiciatorie, and holde thei forth wyngis, and hile thei `Goddis answeryng place; and biholde thei hem silf to gidere, while the faces ben turned in to the propiciatorie, with which the arke of the Lord schal be hilid,

⁶ and whanne the Lord passide bifore hym, he seide, Lordschipere, Lord God, mercyful, and pitouse, pacient, and of myche mersiful doyng, and sothefast,

⁴⁴ for Y am youre Lord God; be ye hooli, for Y am hooli. Defoule ye not youre soulis in ech crepynge `beeste which is moued on erthe; for Y am the Lord,

² Speke thou to al the cumpenye of the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Be ye hooli, for Y am hooli, youre Lord God.

⁷ Be ye halewid, and be ye hooli, for Y am hooli, youre Lord God.

³³ forsothe Y schal scatere you in to folkis, ether hethen men, and Y schal drawe out of the schethe the swerd aftir you, and youre lond schal be forsakun, and youre citees schulen be cast doun.

²⁷ and schal scatere `in to alle hethen men, and ye schulen leeue fewe among naciouns, to whiche the Lord schal lede you.

⁶ For thou art an hooli puple to thi Lord God; thi Lord God chees thee, that thou be a special puple to hym, of alle puplis that ben on erthe.

¹⁷ For youre Lord God hym silf is God of goddis, and Lord of lordis, `God greet, and miyti, and feerdful, which takith not persoone, nether yiftis.

⁶⁴ The Lord schal leese thee in to alle puplis, fro the hiynesse of erthe `til to the termes therof; and thou schalt serue there to alien goddis, whiche thou knowist not, and thi fadris `knowen not, to trees and stoonys.

²⁶ And Y seide, Where ben thei? Y schal make the mynde of hem to ceesse of men.

¹ And Anna worschipide, and seide, Myn herte fulli ioiede in the Lord, and myn horn is reisid in my God; my mouth is alargid on myn enemyes, for Y was glad in thin helthe.

⁹ He schal kepe `the feet of hise seyntis, and wickid men schulen be stille to gidere in derknessis; for a man schal not be maad strong in his owne strengthe.

³⁰ Therfor the Lord God of Israel seith these thingis, Y spekynge spak, that thin hows and `the hows of thi fadir schulde mynystre in my siyt til in to with outen ende; `now forsothe the Lord seith, Fer be this fro me; but who euere onourith me, Y schal glorifie hym; forsothe thei that dispisen me, schulen be vnnoble.

¹⁵ And Salomon seide, Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, that spak with his mouth to Dauid, my fadir, and performyde in hise hondis, and seide,

⁴⁶ and the hond of the Lord was maad on Elie, and whanne the leendis weren gird, he ran bifor Achab, til he cam in to Jezrael.

²⁹ And he seide to Giezi, Girde thi leendis, and take my staf in thin hond, and go; if a man metith thee, grete thou not hym; and if ony man gretith thee, answere thou not hym; and putte thou my staf on the face of the child.

²⁶ And thei that sitten meke of hond in tho, trembliden togidere, and ben schent; thei ben maad as the hei of the feeld, and as grene eerbe of roouys, which is dried, bifor that it cam to ripenesse.

¹⁰ and seide, Lord God of Israel, oure fadir, thou art blessid fro with outen bigynnyng in to with outen ende; ¹¹ Lord, worthi doyng is thin, and power, and glorie, and victorie, and heriyng is to thee; for alle thingis that ben in heuene and in erthe ben thine; Lord, the rewme is thin, and thou art ouer alle princes; ritchessis ben thin, and glorie is thin; ¹² thou art Lord of alle; in thin hond is vertu, and power, and in thin hond is greetnesse, and lordschipe of alle. ¹³ Now therfor, oure God, we knoulechen to thee, and we herien thi noble name.

¹⁵ For we ben pilgrimes and comelyngis bifor thee, as alle oure fadris; oure daies ben as schadewe on the erthe, and `no dwellyng is.

²⁰ Forsothe Dauid comaundide to al the chirche, Blesse ye `oure Lord God. And al the chirche blesside the Lord God of her fadris, and thei bowiden hem silf, and worschipiden God, aftirward the kyng.

⁷ the drede of the Lord be with you, and do ye alle thingis with diligence; for anentis `youre Lord God is no wickidnesse, nether takynge of persoones, nether coueitise of yiftis.

⁸ And Aaman seide to the king Assuerus, A puple is scaterid bi alle the prouynces of thi rewme, and is departid fro it silf togidere, and vsith newe lawis and cerymonyes, and ferthermore it dispisith also the comaundementis of the kyng; and thou knowest best, that it spedith not to thi rewme, `that it encreesse in malice bi licence.

²⁷ Whanne Y seie, Y schal not speke so; Y chaunge my face, and Y am turmentid with sorewe. ²⁸ Y drede alle my werkis, witynge that thou `woldist not spare the trespassour.

²⁵ For Y woot, that myn ayenbiere lyueth, and in the laste dai Y schal rise fro the erthe;

¹⁰ But he knowith my weie, and he schal preue me as gold, that passith thorouy fier.

¹⁹ `Which takith not the persoones of princes, nether knew a tyraunt, whanne he stryuede ayens a pore man; for alle men ben the werk of hise hondis.

³ Girde thou as a man thi leendis; Y schal axe thee, and answere thou to me.

⁷ Biholde thou alle proude men, and schende thou hem; and al to-breke thou wickid men in her place.

¹ The title of the two and twentithe salm. `The salm, ether the song of Dauid. The Lord gouerneth me, and no thing schal faile to me; <sup>2</sup> in the place of pasture there he hath set me. He nurschide me on the watir of refreischyng; <sup>3</sup> he conuertide my soule. He ledde me forth on the pathis of riytfulnesse; for his name. <sup>4</sup> For whi thouy Y schal go in the myddis of schadewe of deeth; Y schal not drede yuels, for thou art with me. Thi yerde and thi staf; tho han coumfortid me. <sup>5</sup> Thou hast maad redi a boord in my siyt; ayens hem that troblen me. Thou hast maad fat myn heed with oyle; and my cuppe, `fillinge greetli, is ful cleer. ⁶ And thi merci schal sue me; in alle the daies of my lijf. And that Y dwelle in the hows of the Lord; in to the lengthe of daies.

¹⁹ Thei that ben aduersaries wickidli to me, haue not ioye on me; that haten me with out cause, and bikenen with iyen.

¹⁰ For the wel of life is at thee; and in thi liyt we schulen se liyt.

² Lord, repreue thou not me in thi strong veniaunce; nether chastice thou me in thin ire.

²³ Lord God of myn helthe; biholde thou in to myn help.

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.

¹² But thou, Lord, make not fer thi merciful doyngis fro me; thi mercy and treuthe euere token me vp.

⁵ whi art thou sory, and whi troblist thou me? Hope thou in God, for yit Y schal knouleche to hym; he is the helthe of my cheer, and my God.

¹¹ Douyter, here thou, and se, and bowe doun thin eere; and foryete thi puple, and the hows of thi fadir.

⁷ Mi puple, here thou, and Y schal speke to Israel; and Y schal witnesse to thee, Y am God, thi God. ⁸ I schal not repreue thee in thi sacrifices; and thi brent sacrifices ben euere bifor me.

¹⁰ Forsothe thei souyten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe;

¹ The titil of the nyne and sixtithe salm. To the victorie `of Dauid, `to haue mynde. ² God, biholde thou in to myn heelp; Lord, hast thou to helpe me. ³ Be thei schent, and aschamed; that seken my lijf. Be thei turned a bak; and schame thei, that wolen yuels to me. ⁴ Be thei turned awei anoon, and schame thei; that seien to me, Wel! wel! ⁵ Alle men that seken thee, make fulli ioie, and be glad in thee; and thei that louen thin heelthe, seie euere, The Lord be magnyfied. ⁶ Forsothe Y am a nedi man, and pore; God, helpe thou me. Thou art myn helper and my delyuerere; Lord, tarye thou not.

¹⁸ Netheles for gilis thou hast put to hem; thou castidist hem doun, while thei weren reisid. ¹⁹ Hou ben thei maad into desolacioun; thei failiden sodeynli, thei perischiden for her wickidnesse.

⁵ Whether a man schal seie to Sion, And a man is born ther ynne; and that man altherhiyeste foundide it?

¹ The title of the eiyte and eiytetithe salm. The lernyng of Ethan, Ezraite. ² I schal synge with outen ende; the mercies of the Lord. In generacioun and in to generacioun; Y schal telle thi treuthe with my mouth. ³ For thou seidist, With outen ende merci schal be bildid in heuenes; thi treuthe schal be maad redi in tho. ⁴ I disposide a testament to my chosun men; Y swoor to Dauid, my seruaunt, ⁵ Til in to with outen ende I schal make redi thi seed. And Y schal bilde thi seete; in generacioun, and in to generacioun. ⁶ Lord, heuenes schulen knouleche thi merueilis; and thi treuthe in the chirche of seyntis. ⁷ For who in the cloudis schal be maad euene to the Lord; schal be lijk God among the sones of God? ⁸ God, which is glorified in the counsel of seyntis; is greet, and dreedful ouere alle that ben in his cumpas. ⁹ Lord God of vertues, who is lijk thee? Lord, thou art miyti, and thi treuthe is in thi cumpas. ¹⁰ Thou art Lord of the power of the see; forsothe thou aswagist the stiryng of the wawis therof. ¹¹ Thou madist lowe the proude, as woundid; in the arm of thi vertu thou hast scaterid thin enemyes. ¹² Heuenes ben thin, and erthe is thin; thou hast foundid the world, and the fulnesse therof; ¹³ thou madist of nouyt the north and the see. Thabor and Hermon schulen make ful out ioye in thi name; ¹⁴ thin arm with power. Thin hond be maad stidefast, and thi riythond be enhaunsid; ¹⁵ riytfulnesse and doom is the makyng redy of thi seete. Merci and treuthe schulen go bifore thi face; ¹⁶ blessid is the puple that kan hertli song. Lord, thei schulen go in the liyt of thi cheer; ¹⁷ and in thi name thei schulen make ful out ioye al dai; and thei schulen be enhaunsid in thi riytfulnesse. ¹⁸ For thou art the glorie of the vertu of hem; and in thi good plesaunce oure horn schal be enhaunsid.

⁵ His treuthe schal cumpasse thee with a scheld; thou schalt not drede of nyytis drede.

¹ The fyue and nyntithe salm hath no title. Singe ye a newe song to the Lord; al erthe, synge ye to the Lord.

⁴ Which ayenbieth thi lijf fro deth; which corowneth thee in merci and merciful doyngis.

¹² As myche as the eest is fer fro the west; he made fer oure wickidnessis fro vs.

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.

¹⁷ sparewis schulen make nest there. The hous of the gerfaukun is the leeder of tho; ¹⁸ hiye hillis ben refute to hertis; a stoon is refutt to irchouns.

¹ The `title of the hundrid and tenthe salm. Alleluya. Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; in the counsel and congregacioun of iust men. ² The werkis of the Lord ben greete; souyt out in to alle hise willis. ³ His werk is knoulechyng and grete doyng; and his riytfulnesse dwellith in to the world of world. ⁴ The Lord merciful in wille, and a merciful doere, hath maad a mynde of hise merueilis; ⁵ he hath youe meete to men dredynge hym. He schal be myndeful of his testament in to the world; ⁶ he schal telle to his puple the vertu of hise werkis.

¹ The `title of the hundrid and fyue and twentithe `salm. The song of grecis. Whanne the Lord turnede the caitifte of Sion; we weren maad as coumfortid. ² Thanne oure mouth was fillid with ioye; and oure tunge with ful out ioiyng. Thanne thei schulen seie among hethene men; The Lord magnefiede to do with hem.

⁶ Israel hope in the Lord.

³ Which Lord makith hool men contrit in herte; and byndith togidere the sorewes of hem. ⁴ Which noumbrith the multitude of sterris; and clepith names to alle tho. ⁵ Oure Lord is greet, and his vertu is greet; and of his wisdom is no noumbre.

²³ Be ye conuertid at my repreuyng; lo, Y schal profre forth to you my spirit, and Y schal schewe my wordis.

⁴ if thou sekist it as money, and diggist it out as tresours;

⁸ And he schal kepe the pathis of riytfulnesse, and he schal kepe the weies of hooli men.

¹³ Blessid is the man that fyndith wisdom, and which flowith with prudence. ¹⁴ The geting therof is betere than the marchaundie of gold and of siluer; the fruytis therof ben the firste and clenneste. ¹⁵ It is preciousere than alle richessis; and alle thingis that ben desirid, moun not be comparisound to this.

¹⁹ My fruyt is betere than gold, and precyouse stoon; and my seedis ben betere than chosun siluer.

²³ Fro with out bigynnyng Y was ordeined; and fro elde tymes, bifor that the erthe was maad.

¹⁶ A wijs man dredith, and bowith awei fro yuel; a fool skippith ouer, and tristith.

¹⁶ Welde thou wisdom, for it is betere than gold; and gete thou prudence, for it is precyousere than siluer.

³ As siluer is preued bi fier, and gold is preued bi a chymnei, so the Lord preueth hertis.

¹⁴ Blessid is the man, which is euere dredeful; but he that is `harde of soule, schal falle in to yuel.

¹⁴ As he yede nakid out of his modris wombe, so he schal turne ayen; and he schal take awei with hym no thing of his trauel.

⁷ A! thou fairest among wymmen, if thou knowist not thi silf, go thou out, and go forth aftir the steppis of thi flockis; and feede thi kidis, bisidis the tabernaclis of scheepherdis.

⁹ A! thou faireste of wymmen, of what manner condicioun is thi derlyng `of the louede? of what manner condicioun is thi derling of a derling? for thou hast bisouyt vs bi an hooli thing.

¹⁶ His throte is moost swete, and he is al desirable. Ye douytris of Jerusalem, siche is my derlyng, and this is my freend.

³ And thei crieden `the toon to the tother, and seiden, Hooli, hooli, hooli is the Lord God of oostis; al erthe is ful of his glorie.

⁶ Forsothe a litil child is borun to vs, and a sone is youun to vs, and prinsehod is maad on his schuldre; and his name schal be clepid Wondurful, A counselour, God, Strong, A fadir of the world to comynge, A prince of pees. ⁷ His empire schal be multiplied, and noon ende schal be of his pees; he schal sitte on the seete of Dauid, and on the rewme of hym, that he conferme it, and make stronge in doom and riytfulnesse, fro hennus forth and til in to with outen ende. The feruent loue of the Lord of oostis schal make this.

² And the Spirit of the Lord schal reste on hym, the spirit of wisdom and of vndurstondyng, the spirit of counsel and of strengthe, the spirit of kunnyng and of pitee; ³ and the spirit of the drede of the Lord schal fille him. He schal deme not bi the siyt of iyen, nether he schal repreue bi the heryng of eeris; ⁴ but he schal deme in riytfulnesse pore men, and he schal repreue in equyte, for the mylde men of erthe. And he schal smyte the lond with the yerde of his mouth, and bi the spirit of his lippis he schal sle the wickid man. ⁵ And riytfulnesse schal be the girdil of hise leendis, and feith schal be the girdyng of hise reynes.

⁵ And riytfulnesse schal be the girdil of hise leendis, and feith schal be the girdyng of hise reynes. ⁶ A wolf schal dwelle with a lombe, and a parde schal reste with a kide; a calf, and a lioun, and a scheep schulen dwelle togidere, and a litil child schal dryue hem.

² Lo! God is my sauyour, Y schal do feithfuli, and Y schal not drede. For whi the Lord is my strengthe and my preysyng, and he is maad to me in to helthe. ³ Ye schulen drawe watris with ioie of the wellis of the sauyour.

¹⁹ and my slayn men schulen rise ayen. Ye that dwellen in dust, awake, and herie; for whi the deew of liyt is thi deew, and thou schalt drawe doun the lond of giauntis in to fallyng.

¹⁵ til the spirit be sched out on us fro an hiy, and the desert schal be in to Chermel, and Chermel schal be arettid in to a forest.

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.

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.

³ For Y schal schede out watris on the thirsti, and floodis on the dry lond; Y schal schede out my spirit on thi seed, and my blessyng on thi generacioun. ⁴ And thei schulen buriowne among erbis, as salewis bisidis rennynge watris. ⁵ This man schal seie, Y am of the Lord, and he schal clepe in the name of Jacob; and this man schal write with his hoond to the Lord, and schal be licned in the name of Israel.

¹⁷ Israel is sauyde in the Lord, bi euerlastynge helthe; ye schulen not be schent, and ye schulen not be aschamed, til in to the world of world.

¹⁰ Lo! Y haue sode thee, but not as siluer; Y chees thee in the chymeney of pouert.

⁶ And he seyde, It is litil, that thou be a seruaunt to me, to reise the lynages of Jacob, and to conuerte the drastis of Israel; Y yaf thee in to the liyt of hethene men, that thou be myn helthe `til to the laste part of erthe.

⁶ Reise youre iyen to heuene, and se ye vndur erthe bynethe; for whi heuenes schulen melte awei as smoke, and the erthe schal be al to-brokun as a cloth, and the dwelleris therof schulen perische as these thingis; but myn helthe schal be withouten ende, and my riytfulnesse schal not fayle.

¹³ Lo! my seruaunt schal vndirstonde, and he schal be enhaunsid, and he schal be reisid, and he schal be ful hiy. ¹⁴ As many men wondriden on hym, so his biholdyng schal be with out glorie among men, and the fourme of hym among the sones of men.

¹ Who bileuyde to oure heryng? and to whom is the arm of the Lord schewide?

¹ Who bileuyde to oure heryng? and to whom is the arm of the Lord schewide? ² And he schal stie as a yerde bifore hym, and as a roote fro thirsti lond. And nether schap nether fairnesse was to hym; and we sien hym, and no biholdyng was; ³ and we desiriden hym, dispisid, and the laste of men, a man of sorewis, and knowynge sikenesse. And his cheer was as hid and dispisid; wherfor and we arettiden not hym. ⁴ Verili he suffride oure sikenessis, and he bar oure sorewis; and we arettiden hym as a mesel, and smytun of God, and maad low. ⁵ Forsothe he was woundid for oure wickidnessis, he was defoulid for oure greet trespassis; the lernyng of oure pees was on hym, and we ben maad hool bi his wannesse. ⁶ Alle we erriden as scheep, ech man bowide in to his owne weie, and the Lord puttide in hym the wickidnesse of vs alle. ⁷ He was offrid, for he wolde, and he openyde not his mouth; as a scheep he schal be led to sleyng, and he schal be doumb as a lomb bifore hym that clippith it, and he schal not opene his mouth.

⁷ He was offrid, for he wolde, and he openyde not his mouth; as a scheep he schal be led to sleyng, and he schal be doumb as a lomb bifore hym that clippith it, and he schal not opene his mouth. ⁸ He is takun awey fro angwisch and fro doom; who schal telle out the generacioun of hym? For he was kit doun fro the lond of lyueris. Y smoot hym for the greet trespas of my puple. ⁹ And he schal yyue vnfeithful men for biriyng, and riche men for his deth; for he dide not wickidnesse, nether gile was in his mouth; ¹⁰ and the Lord wolde defoule hym in sikenesse. If he puttith his lijf for synne, he schal se seed long durynge, and the wille of the Lord schal be dressid in his hond. ¹¹ For that that his soule trauelide, he schal se, and schal be fillid. Thilke my iust seruaunt schal iustifie many men in his kunnyng, and he schal bere the wickidnessis of hem. ¹² Therfor Y schal yelde, ethir dele, to hym ful many men, and he schal departe the spuilis of the stronge feendis; for that that he yaf his lijf in to deth, and was arettid with felenouse men; and he dide a wei the synne of many men, and he preiede for trespassouris.

¹⁷ Ech vessel which is maad ayens thee, schal not be dressid; and in the doom thou schalt deme ech tunge ayenstondynge thee. This is the eritage of the seruauntis of the Lord, and the riytfulnesse of hem at me, seith the Lord.

⁷ An vnfeithful man forsake his weie, and a wickid man forsake hise thouytis; and turne he ayen to the Lord, and he schal haue merci on hym, and to oure God, for he is myche to foryyue.

³ that Y schulde sette coumfort to the moureneris of Sion, and that Y schulde yyue to them a coroun for aische, oile of ioie for mourenyng, a mentil of preysyng for the spirit of weilyng. And stronge men of riytfulnesse schulen be clepid ther ynne, the plauntyng of the Lord for to glorifie.

¹⁰ I ioiynge schal haue ioie in the Lord, and my soule schal make ful out ioiyng in my God. For he hath clothid me with clothis of helthe, and he hath compassid me with clothis of riytfulnesse, as a spouse made feir with a coroun, and as a spousesse ourned with her brochis.

⁹ And Y schal lede out of Jacob seed, and of Juda a man hauynge in possessioun myn hooli hillis; and my chosun men schulen enherite it, and my seruauntis schulen dwelle there.

²² Thei schulen not bilde housis, and an othir schal enhabite hem, thei schulen not plaunte, and an othir schal ete; for whi the daies of my puple schulen be after the daies of the tree, and the werkis of

¹⁷ Therfor girde thou thi leendis, and rise thou, and speke to hem alle thingis whiche Y comaunde to thee; drede thou not of the face of hem, for Y schal not make thee for to drede the cheer of hem.

¹⁹ Forsothe Y seide, Hou schal Y sette thee among sones, and schal yyue to thee a desirable lond, a ful cleer eritage of the oostis of hethene men? And Y seide, Thou schalt clepe me fadir, and thou schalt not ceesse to entre aftir me.

¹¹ In that tyme it schal be seide to this puple and to Jerusalem, A brennynge wynd in the weies that ben in desert, ben the weies of the douytir of my puple, not to wyndewe, and not to purge.

⁷ Therfor the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal welle togidere, and Y schal preue hem; for whi what other thing schal Y do fro the face of the douyter of my puple?

¹⁴ and thei yeden aftir the schrewidnesse of her herte, and aftir Baalym, which thei lerneden of her fadris;

¹⁹ Lord, my strengthe, and my stalworthnesse, and my refuyt in the dai of tribulacioun, hethene men schulen come to thee fro the fertheste places of erthe, and schulen seie, Verili oure fadris helden a leesyng in possessioun, vanyte that profitide not to hem.

⁷ Blessid is the man that tristith in the Lord, and the Lord schal be his trist.

²⁸ A profete that hath a dreme, telle a dreem; and he that hath my word, speke verili my word. What is with chaffis to the wheete? seith the Lord.

⁴⁰ And Y schal smyte to hem a couenaunt euerlastynge, and Y schal not ceese to do wel to hem, and Y schal yyue my drede in the herte of hem, that thei go not awey fro me.

¹⁷ but we doynge schulen do ech word that schal go out of oure mouth, that we make sacrifice to the queen of heuene, and that we offre to it moist sacrifices, as we diden, and oure fadris, oure kingis, and oure princes, in the citees of Juda, and in the stretis of Jerusalem; and we weren fillid with looues, and it was wel to vs, and we sien noon yuel.

³⁶ Therfor myn herte schal sowne as a pipe of bras to Moab, and myn herte schal yyue sown of pipis to the men of the erthene wal; for it dide more than it myyte, therfor thei perischiden.

³² Caph. For if he castide awei, and he schal do merci bi the multitude of hise mercies. ³³ Caph. For he makide not low of his herte; and castide not awei the sones of men. Lameth.

⁸ And Y schal leeue in you hem that fledden swerd among hethene men, whanne Y schal scatere you in to londis.

¹⁸ Forsothe Y seide to the sones of hem in wildirnesse, Nyle ye go in the comaundementis of youre fadris, nether kepe ye the domes of hem, nethir be ye defoulid in the idols of hem.

¹² And ech tree berynge fruit schal growe on the stronde, in the ryueris therof on ech side; a leef therof schal not falle doun, and the fruyt therof schal not faile; bi alle monethis it schal bere firste fruytis, for the watris therof schulen go out of the seyntuarie; and the fruytis therof schulen be in to mete, and the leeuys therof to medicyn.

¹⁹ Thanne the priuyte was schewid to Danyel bi a visioun in nyyt. And Danyel blesside God of heuene, and seide,

²² he schewith deepe thingis and hid, and he knowith thingis set in derknessis, and liyt is with hym.

²⁸ But God is in heuene, that schewith priuytees, which hath schewid to thee, thou king Nabugodonosor, what thingis schulen come in the laste tymes. Thi dreem and visiouns of thin heed, in thi bed, ben sich. ²⁹ Thou, kyng, bigunnest to thenke in thi bed, what was to comynge aftir these thingis; and he that schewith priuetees, schewide to thee what thingis schulen come.

³⁴ Thou siyest thus, til a stoon was kit doun of the hil, with outen hondis, and smoot the ymage in the irun feet therof and erthene feet, and al to-brak tho. ³⁵ Thanne the irun, tijl stoon, ether erthene vessel, bras, siluer, and gold, weren al to-brokun togidere, and dryuun as in to a deed sparcle of a large somer halle, that ben rauyschid of wynd, and no place is foundun to tho; forsothe the stoon, that smoot the ymage, was maad a greet hil, and fillide al erthe.

⁴⁴ Forsothe in the daies of tho rewmes, God of heuene shal reise a rewme, that schal not be distried with outen ende, and his rewme schal not be youun to another puple; it schal make lesse, and schal waste alle these rewmes, and it schal stonde with outen ende,

⁴⁷ Therfor the kyng spak, and seide to Danyel, Verili youre God is God of goddis, and Lord of kyngis, that schewith mysteries, for thou miytist opene this sacrament.

¹ I, Nabugodonosor, was restful in myn hous, and flourynge in my paleis;

²⁵ Thanne Darius, the kyng, wroot to alle puplis, lynagis, and langagis, dwellynge in al erthe, Pees be multiplied to you.

¹³ Therfor Y bihelde in the visyoun of niyt, and lo! as a sone of man cam with the cloudis of heuene; and he cam fulli til to the elde of daies, and in the siyt of hym thei offriden hym. ¹⁴ And he yaf to hym power, and onour, and rewme, and alle the puplis, lynagis, and langagis schulen serue hym; his power is euerlastynge power, that schal not be takun awei, and his rewme, that schal not be corrupt.

¹³ And Y herde oon of hooli aungels spekynge; and oon hooli aungel seide to another, Y noot to whom spekinge, Hou long the visioun, and the contynuel sacrifice, and the synne of desolacioun, which is maad, and the seyntuarie, and the strengthe schal be defoulid?

³ And Y settide my face to my Lord God, to preie and to biseche in fastyngis, in sak, and aische.

²⁴ Seuenti woukis of yeeris ben abreggid on thi puple, and on thin hooli citee, that trespassyng be endid, and synne take an ende, and that wickidnesse be doon awei, and euerlastynge riytfulnesse be brouyt, and that the visioun, and prophesie be fillid, and the hooli of seyntis be anoyntid.

²⁴ Seuenti woukis of yeeris ben abreggid on thi puple, and on thin hooli citee, that trespassyng be endid, and synne take an ende, and that wickidnesse be doon awei, and euerlastynge riytfulnesse be brouyt, and that the visioun, and prophesie be fillid, and the hooli of seyntis be anoyntid. ²⁵ Therfor wite thou, and perseyue; fro the goyng out of the word, that Jerusalem be bildid eft, til to Crist, the duyk, schulen be seuene woukis of yeeris and two and sixti woukis of yeeris; and eft the street schal be bildid, and wallis, in the angwisch of tymes. ²⁶ And after two and sixti woukis `of yeeris Crist schal be slayn. And it schal not be his puple, that schal denye hym. And the puple with the duyk to comynge schal distrie the citee, and the seyntuarie; and the ende therof schal be distriyng, and after the ende of batel schal be ordeynede desolacioun.

¹ In the thridde yeer of the rewme of Sirus, kyng of Perseis, a word was schewid to Danyel, Balthasar bi name; and a trewe word, and greet strengthe, and he vndurstood the word; for whi vndurstondyng is nedeful in visioun.

⁵ And Y, Danyel, siy, and lo! as tweyne othere men stood; oon stood on this side, on the brenk of the flood, and another on that side, on the tother part of the flood. ⁶ And Y seide to the man, that was clothid in lynnun clothis, that stood on the watris of the flood, Hou long schal be the ende of these merueils?

⁹ And he seide, Go thou, Danyel, for the wordis ben closid and aseelid, til to the tyme determyned.

¹³ But go thou, Danyel, to the tyme determyned; and thou schalt reste, and stonde in thi part, in the ende of daies.

²⁸ And it schal be, aftir these thingis Y schal schede out my spirit on ech man, and youre sones and youre douytris schulen profesie; youre elde men schulen dreme dremes, and youre yonge men schulen se visiouns.

⁴ The Lord seith these thingis, On thre grete trespassis of Juda, and on foure, Y schal not conuerte hym, for he hath caste awei the lawe of the Lord, and kepte not the comaundementis of hym; for her idols, after whiche the fadris of hem yeden, disseyueden hem.

³ Whether tweyne schulen go togidere, no but it acorde to hem?

⁷ For the Lord God schal not make a word, no but he schewe his priuyte to hise seruauntis profetis.

² And he preiede the Lord, and seide, Lord, Y biseche, whether this is not my word, whanne Y was yit in my lond? For this thing Y purposide, for to fle in to Tharsis; for Y woot, that thou, God, art meke and merciful, pacient, and of merciful doyng, and foryyuynge on malice.

² And thou, Bethleem Effrata, art litil in the thousyndis of Juda; he that is the lordli gouernour in Israel, schal go out of thee to me; and the goyng out of hym is fro bigynnyng, fro daies of euerlastyngnesse.

¹⁷ For the fige tre schal not floure, and buriownyng schal not be in vynyerdis; the werk of olyue tre schal lie, and feeldis schulen not brynge mete; a scheep schal be kit awei fro the fold, and droue schal not be in cratchis. ¹⁸ Forsothe Y schal haue ioye in the Lord, and Y schal make ioie with outforth in God my Jhesu.

⁹ For thanne Y schal yelde to puplis a chosun lippe, that alle clepe inwardli in the name of the Lord, and serue to hym with o schuldre.

⁷ Nyle ye drede, for the Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Yit o litil thing is, and Y schal moue heuene, and erthe, and see, and drie lond;

⁴ Be ye not as youre fadris, to whiche the formere profetis crieden, seiynge, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Be ye conuertid fro youre yuel weies, and youre worste thouytis; and thei herden not, nether token tent to me, seith the Lord of oostis. ⁵ Where ben youre fadris and profetis? whether thei schulen lyue with outen ende? ⁶ Netheles my wordis and my lawful thingis, whiche Y comaundide to my seruauntis profetis, whether thei tauyten not youre fadris? And thei weren conuertid, and seiden, As the Lord of oostys thouyte for to do to vs bi oure weies, and bi oure fyndingis he dide to vs.

¹² and schalt speke to hym, and seie, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, seiynge, Lo! a man, Comynge forth, ether Borun, is his name, and vndir him it schal sprynge. And he schal bilde a temple to the Lord,

¹⁸ And the word of the Lord of oostis was maad to me, ¹⁹ and seide, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Fastyng of the fourthe monethe, `and fastyng of the fyuethe, and fastyng of the seuenthe, and fasting of the tenthe, schal be to the hous of Juda in to ioie and gladnes, and in to solempnitees ful cleer; loue ye oneli treuthe and pees. ²⁰ The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Puplis schulen come on ech side, and dwelle in many citees; ²¹ and the dwelleris schulen go, oon to an other, and seie, Go we, and biseche the face of the Lord, and seke we the Lord of oostis; also I shal go.

¹⁰ And Y schal helde out on the hous of Dauid, and on dwelleris of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of preieris; and thei schulen biholde to me, whom thei `fitchiden togidere. And thei schulen biweile hym with weilyng, as on `the oon bigetun; and thei schulen sorewe on hym, as it is wont `for to be sorewid in the deth of the firste bigetun.

⁷ Swerd, be thou reisid on my scheepherde, and on a man cleuynge to me, seith the Lord of oostis; smyte thou the scheepherde, and scheep of the floc schulen be scaterid. And Y schal turne myn hond to the litle.

⁹ And Y schal lede the thridde part bi fier, and Y schal brenne hem, as siluer is brent, and Y schal preue hem, as gold is preuyd. He schal clepe to help my name, and Y schal graciously here him; and Y schal seie, Thou art my puple, and he schal seie, Thou art my Lord God.

⁹ And the Lord schal be kyng on al erthe; in that dai there schal be o Lord, and his name schal be oon.

³ Lo! Y schal caste to you the arm, and Y schal scatere on youre cheere the drit of youre solempnytees, and it schal take you with it.

³ and he schal sitte wellynge togidere and clensynge siluer, and he schal purge the sones of Leuy; and he schal purge hem as gold and as siluer, and thei schulen be offrynge to the Lord sacrifices in riytfulnesse.

¹⁸ And Jhesus walkide bisidis the see of Galilee, and saye twei britheren, Symount, that is clepid Petre, and Andrewe, his brothir, castynge nettis in to the see; for thei weren fischeris.

¹² Ioie ye, and be ye glad, for youre meede is plenteuouse in heuenes; for so thei han pursued `also profetis that weren bifor you.

¹⁸ Forsothe Y seie to you, til heuene and erthe passe, o lettir or o titel shal not passe fro the lawe, til alle thingis be doon.

⁴⁸ Therfore be ye parfit, as youre heuenli fadir is parfit.

⁹ And thus ye schulen preye, Oure fadir that art in heuenes, halewid be thi name;

⁷ Axe ye, and it schal be youun to you; seke ye, and ye schulen fynde; knocke ye, and it schal be openyd to you. ⁸ For ech that axith, takith; and he that sekith, fyndith; and it schal be openyd to hym, that knockith. ⁹ What man of you is, that if his sone axe hym breed, whethir he wole take hym a stoon? ¹⁰ Or if he axe fische, whether he wole take hym an edder? ¹¹ Therfor if ye, whanne ye ben yuele men, kunnen yyue good yiftis to youre sones, hou myche more youre fadir that is in heuenes schal yyue good thingis to men that axen hym?

² And these ben the names of the twelue apostlis; the firste, Symount, that is clepid Petre, and Andrew, his brothir; James of Zebede, and Joon, his brothir; Filip, and Bartholomeu;

³⁷ He that loueth fadir or modir more than me, is not worthi to me. And he that loueth sone or douyter ouer me, is not worthi to me.

²⁵ In thilke tyme Jhesus answeride, and seide, Y knowleche to thee, fadir, lord of heuene and of erthe, for thou hast hid these thingis fro wijse men, and redi, and hast schewid hem to litle children;

²⁷ Alle thingis ben youune to me of my fadir; and no man knewe the sone, but the fadir, nethir ony man knewe the fadir, but the sone, and to whom the sone wolde schewe. ²⁸ Alle ye that traueilen, and ben chargid, come to me, and Y schal fulfille you.

¹⁷ Forsothe Y seie to you, that manye profetis and iust men coueitiden to se tho thingis that ye seen, and thei sayn not, and to heere tho thingis that ye heren, and thei herden not.

² Whi breken thi disciplis the tradiciouns of eldere men? for thei waisschen not her hondis, whanne thei eten breed. ³ He answeride, and seide to hem, Whi breken ye the maundement of God for youre tradicioun?

¹⁷ Jhesus answeride, and seide to him, Blessid art thou, Symount Bariona; for fleisch and blood schewide not to thee, but my fadir that is in heuenes.

²⁸ Jhesus seide to hem, Truli I seie to you, that ye that han forsake alle thingis, and han sued me, in the regeneracioun whanne mannus sone schal sitte in the sete of his maieste, ye schulen sitte on twelue setis, demynge the twelue kynredis of Israel.

²⁸ As mannus sone cam not to be seruyd, but to serue, and to yyue his lijf redempcioun for manye.

¹⁶ And thei senden to hym her disciplis, with Erodians, and seien, Maister, we witen, that thou art sothefast, and thou techist in treuthe the weie of God, and thou chargist not of ony man, for thou biholdist not the persoone of men.

²² And but tho daies hadden be abreggide, ech flesch schulde not be maad saaf; but tho daies schulen be maad schort, for the chosun men.

²⁴ For false Cristis and false prophetis schulen rise, and thei schulen yyue grete tokenes and wondrys; so that also the chosun be led in to erroure, if it may be done.

³¹ And he schal sende hise aungels with a trumpe, and a greet vois; and thei schulen gedere hise chosun fro foure wyndis, fro the hiyest thingis of heuenes to the endis of hem.

³⁵ heuene and erthe schulen passe, but my wordis schulen not passe.

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.

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.

³⁴ Thanne the kyng schal seie to hem, that schulen be on his riythalf, Come ye, the blessid of my fadir, take ye in possessioun the kyngdoom maad redi to you fro the makyng of the world. ³⁵ For Y hungride, and ye yauen me to ete; Y thristide, and ye yauen me to drynke; Y was herboreles, and ye herboriden me; ³⁶ nakid, and ye hiliden me; sijk, and ye visitiden me; Y was in prisoun, and ye camen to me. ³⁷ Thanne iust men schulen answere to hym, and seie, Lord, whanne siyen we thee hungry, and we fedden thee; thristi, and we yauen to thee drynk? ³⁸ and whanne sayn we thee herborles, and we herboreden thee; or nakid, and we hiliden thee? ³⁹ or whanne sayn we thee sijk, or in prisoun, and we camen to thee? ⁴⁰ And the kyng answerynge schal seie to hem, Treuli Y seie to you, as longe as ye diden to oon of these my leeste britheren, ye diden to me.

²⁴ Forsothe mannus sone goith, as it is writun of hym; but wo to that man, bi whom mannus sone schal be bitrayed; it were good to hym, if that man hadde not be borun.

²⁸ and seide, Drynke ye alle herof; this is my blood of the newe testament, which schal be sched for many, in to remissioun of synnes.

³⁷ And whanne he hadde take Peter, and twei sones of Zebedee, he bigan to be heuy and sori.

¹⁸ And Jhesus cam nyy, and spak to hem, and seide, Al power in heuene and in erthe is youun to me.

²⁰ And but the Lord hadde abredgide tho daies, al fleische hadde not be saaf; but for the chosun whiche he chees, the Lord hath maad schort the daies.

²² For false Cristis and false prophetis schulen rise, and schulen yyue tokenes and wondris, to disseyue, if it may be don, yhe, hem that be chosun.

²⁷ And thanne he schal sende hise aungelis, and schal geder hise chosun fro the foure wyndis, fro the hiyest thing of erthe til to the hiyest thing of heuene.

¹⁵ And he seide to hem, Go ye in to al the world, and preche the gospel to eche creature.

⁴⁷ and my spirit hath gladid in God, myn helthe.

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.

¹⁰ And the aungel seide to hem, Nyle ye drede; for lo! Y preche to you a greet ioye, that schal be to al puple.

²⁶ And he hadde takun an answere of the Hooli Goost, that he schulde not se deeth, but he sawy first the Crist of the Lord.

⁶ And thei yeden forth, and wenten aboute bi castels, prechynge and helynge euery where.

²⁰ Netheles nyle ye ioye on this thing, that spiritis ben suget to you; but ioye ye, that youre names ben writun in heuenes.

²⁴ For Y seie to you, that many prophetis and kyngis wolden haue seie tho thingis, that ye seen, and thei sayn not; and here tho thingis, that ye heren, and thei herden not.

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.

³³ Selle ye tho thingis that ye han in possessioun, and yyue ye almes. And make to you sachels that wexen not oolde, tresoure that failith not in heuenes, whidir a theef neiyith not, nether mouyt destruyeth.

³⁵ Be youre leendis gird aboue, and lanternes brennynge in youre hoondis;

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

¹⁷ Forsothe it is liyter heuene and erthe to passe, than that o titil falle fro the lawe.

⁸ and seith not to hym, Make redi, that Y soupe, and girde thee, and serue me, while Y ete and drynke, and aftir this thou schalt ete and drynke;

³⁰ Lijk this thing it schal be, in what dai mannys sone schal be schewid.

⁷ and whether God schal not do veniaunce of hise chosun, criynge to hym dai and nyyt, and schal haue pacience in hem?

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, ³⁵ that sitten on the face of al erthe.

²⁵ And he seide to hem, A! foolis, and slowe of herte to bileue in alle thingis that the prophetis han spokun. ²⁶ Whethir it bihofte not Crist to suffre these thingis, and so to entre in to his glorie? ²⁷ And he bigan at Moises and at alle the prophetis, and declaride to hem in alle scripturis, that weren of hym.

⁴⁴ and seide `to hem, These ben the wordis that Y spak to you, whanne Y was yit with you; for it is nede that alle thingis ben fulfillid, that ben writun in the lawe of Moises, and in prophetis, and in salmes, of me.

¹ In the bigynnyng was the word, and the word was at God, and God was the word.

³ Alle thingis weren maad bi hym, and withouten hym was maad no thing, that thing that was maad.

¹³ nether of the wille of fleische, nether of the wille of man, but ben borun of God. ¹⁴ And the word was maad man, and dwellyde among vs, and we han seyn the glorie of hym, as the glorie of the `oon bigetun sone of the fadir, ful of grace and of treuthe.

²⁹ Anothir day Joon say Jhesu comynge to hym, and he seide, Lo! the lomb of God; lo! he that doith awei the synnes of the world.

³⁶ and he biheeld Jhesu walkinge, and seith, Lo! the lomb of God.

⁴¹ This foond first his brother Symount, and he seide to him, We han foundun Messias, that is to seie, Crist; and he ledde him to Jhesu. ⁴² And Jhesus bihelde hym, and seide, Thou art Symount, the sone of Johanna; thou schalt be clepid Cefas, that is to seie, Petre.

³ Jhesus answerde, and seide to hym, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen, he may not se the kyngdom of God.

³ Jhesus answerde, and seide to hym, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen, he may not se the kyngdom of God. ⁴ Nychodeme seide to hym, Hou may a man be borun, whanne he is eeld? whether he may entre ayen in to his modris wombe, and be borun ayen? ⁵ Jhesus answeride, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen of watir, and of the Hooli Goost, he may not entre in to the kyngdom of God.

⁵ Jhesus answeride, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen of watir, and of the Hooli Goost, he may not entre in to the kyngdom of God. ⁶ `That that is borun of the fleisch, is fleisch; and `that that is borun of spirit, is spirit. ⁷ Wondre thou not, for Y seide to thee, It bihoueth you to be borun ayen. ⁸ The spirit brethith where he wole, and thou herist his vois, but thou wost not, fro whennus he cometh, ne whidir he goith; so is ech man that is borun of the spirit.

³⁴ But he whom God hath sent, spekith the wordis of God; for not to mesure God yyueth the spirit.

¹⁴ schal be maad in hym a welle `of watir, spryngynge vp in to euerlastynge lijf.

²² For nethir the fadir iugith ony man, but hath youun ech doom to the sone, ²³ that alle men onoure the sone, as thei onouren the fadir. He that onourith not the sone, onourith not the fadir that sente hym. ²⁴ Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, that he that herith my word, and bileueth to hym that sente me, hath euerlastynge lijf, and he cometh not in to doom, but passith fro deeth in to lijf.

²⁴ Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, that he that herith my word, and bileueth to hym that sente me, hath euerlastynge lijf, and he cometh not in to doom, but passith fro deeth in to lijf.

³⁹ Seke ye scripturis, in which ye gessen to haue euerlastynge lijf; and tho it ben, that beren witnessyng of me.

⁴⁴ Hou moun ye bileue, that resseyuen glorie ech of othere, and ye seken not the glorie `that is of God aloone?

⁶³ Therfor if ye seen mannus sone stiynge, where he was bifor?

³⁵ Therfor the Jewis seiden to hem silf, Whidur schal this gon, for we schulen not fynde hym? whether he wole go in to the scateryng of hethene men, and wole teche the hethene?

⁵² Thei answeriden, and seiden to hym, Whether thou art a man of Galilee also? Seke thou scripturis, and se thou, that a prophete risith not of Galilee.

⁴² But Jhesus seith to hem, If God were youre fadir, sotheli ye schulden loue me; for Y passide forth of God, and cam; for nether Y cam of my silf, but he sente me.

²⁸ And Y yyue to hem euerelastynge lijf, and thei schulen not perische with outen ende, and noon schal rauysche hem fro myn hoond. ²⁹ That thing that my fadir yaf to me, is more than alle thingis; and no man may rauysche fro my fadris hoond. ³⁰ Y and the fadir ben oon.

⁵² and not oneli for the folc, but that he schulde gadere in to oon the sones of God that weren scaterid.

²⁶ If ony man serue me, sue he me; and where Y am, there my mynystre schal be. If ony man serue me, my fadir schal worschipe hym.

⁴¹ Ysaye seide these thingis, whanne he say the glorie of hym, and spak of hym.

⁴⁴ And Jhesus criede, and seide, He that bileueth in me, bileueth not in me, but in hym that sente me.

⁴⁸ He that dispisith me, and takith not my wordis, hath hym that schal iuge hym; thilke word that Y haue spokun, schal deme hym in the last dai.

³¹ And whanne he was gon out, Jhesus seide, Now mannus sone is clarified, and God is clarified in hym. ³² If God is clarified in hym, God schal clarifie hym in hym silf, and anoon he schal clarifie hym.

³⁴ Y yyue to you a newe maundement, that ye loue togidir, as Y louede you, `and that ye loue togidir. ³⁵ In this thing alle men schulen knowe, that ye ben my disciplis, if ye han loue togidere.

¹ Be not youre herte afraied, ne drede it; ye bileuen in God, and bileue ye in me.

⁶ Jhesus seith to hym, Y am weie, treuthe, and lijf; no man cometh to the fadir, but bi me.

¹⁵ If ye louen me, kepe ye my comaundementis.

²¹ He that hath my comaundementis, and kepith hem, he it is that loueth me; and he that loueth me, schal be loued of my fadir, and Y schal loue hym, and Y schal schewe to hym my silf.

²⁴ He that loueth me not, kepith not my wordis; and the word which ye han herd, is not myn, but the fadris, that sente me.

³ Now ye ben clene, for the word that Y haue spokun to you.

¹⁶ Ye han not chosun me, but Y chees you; and Y haue put you, that ye go, and brynge forth fruyt, and youre fruyt dwelle; that what euere thing ye axen the fadir in my name, he yyue to you. ¹⁷ These thingis Y comaunde to you, that ye loue togidere.

¹⁷ These thingis Y comaunde to you, that ye loue togidere. ¹⁸ If the world hatith you, wite ye, that it hadde me in hate rather than you. ¹⁹ If ye hadden be of the world, the world schulde loue that thing that was his; but for ye ben not of the world, but Y chees you fro the world, therfor the world hatith you.

²⁶ But whanne the coumfortour schal come, which Y schal sende to you fro the fadir, a spirit of treuthe, which cometh of the fadir, he schal bere witnessyng of me; and ye schulen bere witnessyng, for ye ben with me fro the bigynnyng.

⁷ But Y seie to you treuthe, it spedith to you, that Y go; for if Y go not forth, the coumfortour schal not come to you; but if Y go forth, Y schal sende hym to you. ⁸ And whanne he cometh, he schal repreue the world of synne, and of riytwisnesse, and of doom. ⁹ Of synne, for thei han not bileued in me; ¹⁰ and of riytwisnesse, for Y go to the fadir, and now ye schulen not se me; ¹¹ but of doom, for the prince of this world is now demed. ¹² Yit Y haue many thingis for to seie to you, but ye moun not bere hem now. ¹³ But whanne thilke spirit of treuthe cometh, he schal teche you al trewthe; for he schal not speke of hym silf, but what euer thinges he schal here, he schal speke; and he schal telle to you tho thingis that ben to come. ¹⁴ He schal clarifie me, for of myne he schal take, and schal telle to you. ¹⁵ Alle thingis `whiche euer the fadir hath, ben myne; therfor Y seide to you, for of myne he schal take, and schal telle 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.

³³ These thingis Y haue spokun to you, that ye haue pees in me; in the world ye schulen haue disese, but trust ye, Y haue ouercomun the world.

¹ These thingis Jhesus spak, and whanne he hadde cast vp hise iyen in to heuene, he seide, Fadir, the our cometh, clarifie thi sone, that thi sone clarifie thee.

¹¹ And now Y am not in the world, and these ben in the world, and Y come to thee. Hooli fadir, kepe hem in thi name, whiche thou yauest to me, that thei ben oon, as we ben. ¹² While Y was with hem, Y kepte hem in thi name; thilke that thou yauest to me, Y kepte, and noon of hem perischide, but the sone of perdicioun, that the scripture be fulfillid.

¹⁵ Y preye not, that thou take hem awei fro the world, but that thou kepe hem fro yuel.

¹⁷ Halewe thou hem in treuth; thi word is treuthe.

¹⁹ And Y halewe my silf for hem, that also thei ben halewid in treuthe.

²⁹ Jhesus seith to him, Thomas, for thou hast seyn me, thou bileuedist; blessid ben thei, that seyn not, and han bileued.

¹⁵ And whanne thei hadde etun, Jhesus seith to Simount Petre, Symount of Joon, louest thou me more than these? He seith to him, Yhe, Lord, thou woost that Y loue thee. Jhesus seith to hym, Fede thou my lambren. ¹⁶ Eft he seith to hym, Symount of Joon, louest thou me? He seith to him, Yhe, Lord, thou woost that Y loue thee. He seith to him, Fede thou my lambren. ¹⁷ He seith to him the thridde tyme, Simount of Joon, louest thou me? Petre was heuy, for he seith to hym the thridde tyme, Louest thou me, and he seith to him, Lord, thou knowist alle thingis; thou woost that Y loue thee. Jhesus seith to hym, Fede my scheep.

² And sodeynli ther was maad a sown fro heuene, as of a greet wynde comynge, and it fillide al the hous where thei saten. ³ And diuerse tungis as fier apperiden to hem, and it sat on ech of hem. ⁴ And alle weren fillid with the Hooli Goost, and thei bigunnen to speke diuerse langagis, as the Hooli Goost yaf to hem for to speke. ⁵ And ther weren in Jerusalem dwellinge Jewis, religiouse men, of ech nacioun that is vndur heuene. ⁶ And whanne this vois was maad, the multitude cam togidere, and thei weren astonyed in thouyt, for ech man herde hem spekinge in his langage. ⁷ And alle weren astonyed, and wondriden, and seiden togidere, Whether not alle these that speken ben men of Galyle, ⁸ and hou herden we ech man his langage in which we ben borun? ⁹ Parthi, and Medi, and Elamyte, and thei that dwellen at Mesopotami, Judee, and Capodosie, and Ponte, ¹⁰ and Asie, Frigie, and Pamfilie, Egipt, and the parties of Libie, that is aboue Sirenen, and `comelingis Romayns, and Jewis, ¹¹ and proselitis, men of Crete, and of Arabie, we han herd hem spekynge in oure langagis the grete thingis of God.

¹⁷ And it schal be in the laste daies, the Lord seith, Y schal helde out my spirit on ech fleisch; and youre sones and youre douytris schulen prophesie, and youre yonge men schulen se visiouns, and youre eldris schulen dreme sweuenes. ¹⁸ And on my seruauntis and myn handmaidens in tho daies Y schal schede out of my spirit, and thei schulen prophecie.

²³ as ye witen, ye turmentiden, and killiden hym bi the hoondis of wyckid men, bi counseil determyned and bitakun bi the forknouwyng of God. ²⁴ Whom God reiside, whanne sorewis of helle weren vnboundun, bi that that it was impossible that he were holdun of it.

³² God reiside this Jhesu, to whom we alle ben witnessis. ³³ Therfor he was enhaunsid bi the riythoond of God, and thorouy the biheest of the Hooli Goost that he took of the fadir, he schedde out this spirit, that ye seen and heren.

³³ Therfor he was enhaunsid bi the riythoond of God, and thorouy the biheest of the Hooli Goost that he took of the fadir, he schedde out this spirit, that ye seen and heren.

¹³ God of Abraham, and God of Ysaac, and God of Jacob, God of oure fadris, hath glorified his sone Jhesu, whom ye bitraieden, and denyeden bifor the face of Pilat, whanne he demede hym to be delyuered.

¹⁵ And ye slowen the maker of lijf, whom God reiside fro deth, of whom we ben witnessis.

²² For Moises seide, For the Lord youre God schal reise to you a profete, of youre britheren; as me, ye schulen here hym bi alle thingis, what euer he schal speke to you. ²³ And it schal be, that euery man that schal not here the ilke profete, schal be distried fro the puple. ²⁴ And alle prophetis fro Samuel and aftirward, that spaken, telden these daies. ²⁵ But ye ben the sones of prophetis, and of the testament, that God ordeynede to oure fadris, and seide to Abraham, In thi seed alle the meynes of erthe schulen be blessid. ²⁶ God reiside his sone first to you, and sente hym blessynge you, that ech man conuerte hym from his wickidnesse.

⁸ Thanne Petre was fillid with the Hooli Goost, and seide to hem, Ye pryncis of the puple, and ye eldre men, here ye.

¹⁰ be it knowun to you alle, and to al the puple of Israel, that in the name of Jhesu Crist of Nazareth, whom ye crucifieden, whom God reiside fro deth, in this this man stondith hool bifor you.

³¹ And whanne thei hadden preyed, the place was moued, in which thei weren gaderid; and alle weren fillid with the Hooli Goost, and spaken the word of God with trist.

⁷ And the word of the Lord wexide, and the noumbre of the disciplis in Jerusalem was myche multiplied; also myche cumpany of preestis obeiede to the feith.

⁹ But summe rysen of the synagoge, that was clepid of Libertyns, and Cirenensis, and of men of Alisaundre, and of hem that weren of Cilice and of Asie, and disputiden with Steuene.

⁵¹ With hard nol, and vncircumcidid hertis and eris ye withstoden eueremore the Hooli Goost; and as youre fadris, so ye. ⁵² Whom of the profetis han not youre fadris pursued, and han slayn hem that bifor telden of the comyng of the riytful man, whos traitouris and mansleeris ye weren now?

⁵² Whom of the profetis han not youre fadris pursued, and han slayn hem that bifor telden of the comyng of the riytful man, whos traitouris and mansleeris ye weren now?

⁴ And thei that weren scaterid, passiden forth, prechynge the word of God.

²⁰ But Petir seide to hym, Thi money be with thee into perdicioun, for thou gessidist the yifte of God schulde be had for monei.

²⁵ And thei witnessiden, and spaken the word of the Lord, and yeden ayen to Jerusalem, and prechiden to many cuntrees of Samaritans.

³² And the place of the scripture that he redde, was this, As a scheep he was led to sleyng, and as a lomb bifor a man that scherith him is doumb with out vois, so he openyde not his mouth. ³³ In mekenesse his dom was takun vp; who schal telle out the generacioun of hym? For his lijf schal be takun awei fro the erthe. ³⁴ And the gelding answeride to Filip, and seide, Y biseche thee, of `what profete seith he this thing? of him silf, ethir of ony othere? ³⁵ And Filip openyde his mouth, and bigan at this scripture, and prechide to him Jhesu.

³⁴ And Petre openyde his mouth, and seide, In trewthe Y haue foundun, that God is no acceptor of persoones; ³⁵ but in eche folk he that dredith God, and worchith riytwisnesse, is accept to hym.

⁴³ To this alle prophetis beren witnessing, that alle men that bileuen in hym, schulen resseyue remyssioun of synnes bi his name. ⁴⁴ And yit while that Petre spak these wordis, the Hooli Goost felde on alle that herden the word.

²⁷ For thei that dwelliden at Jerusalem, and princis of it, that knewen not this Jhesu, and the voicis of prophetis, that by euery sabat ben red, demyden, and filliden; ²⁸ and thei founden in hym no cause of deth, and axiden of Pilat, that thei schulden sle hym. ²⁹ And whanne thei hadden endid alle thingis that weren writun of hym, thei token hym doun of the tre, and leiden hym in a graue.

²² And whanne thei hadden ordeined prestis to hem bi alle citees, and hadden preied with fastyngis, thei bitoken hem to the Lord, in whom thei bileueden.

⁹ and no thing diuerside bitwixe vs and hem, `and clenside the hertis of hem bi feith.

¹⁸ Fro the world, the werk of the Lord is knowun to the Lord.

⁶ And thei passiden Frigie, and the cuntre of Galathi, and weren forbedun of the Hooli Goost to speke the word of God in Asie. ⁷ And whanne thei camen in to Mysie, thei assaieden to go in to Bithynye, and the spirit of Jhesu suffride not hem.

¹⁰ And as he hadde sei the visioun, anoon we souyten to go forth in to Macedonye, and weren maad certeyn, that God hadde clepid vs to preche to hem.

³⁴ And whanne he hadde led hem in to his hous, he settide to hem a boord. And he was glad with al his hous, and bileuede to God.

¹¹ But these weren the worthier of hem that ben at Thessolonik, whiche resseyueden the word with al desire, eche dai sekinge scripturis, if these thingis hadden hem so.

³⁰ For God dispisith the tymes of this vnkunnyng, and now schewith to men, that alle euery where doon penaunce; for that he hath ordeyned a dai,

² And he fonde a man, a Jewe, Aquila bi name, of Ponte bi kynde, that late cam from Ytalie, and Priscille, his wijf, for that Claudius comaundide alle Jewis to departe fro Rome; and he cam to hem.

²³ And whanne he hadde dwellide there sumwhat of time, he wente forth, walkinge bi rewe thorou the cuntrei of Galathie, and Frigie, and confermyde alle the disciplis.

¹⁰ This was doon bi twei yeeris, so that alle that dwelliden in Asie herden the word of the Lord, Jewis and hethene men.

³⁴ And as thei knewen that he was a Jew, o vois of alle men was maad, criynge as bi tweyn ouris, Greet Dian of Effesians. ³⁵ And whanne the scribe hadde ceessid the puple, he seide, Men of Effesie, what man is he, that knowith not, that the citee of Effesians is the worschipere of greet Dian, and of the child of Jubiter?

¹⁶ And Poul purposide to schip ouer to Efesi, lest ony tariyng were maad to hym in Asie; for he hiyede, if it were possible to hym, that he schulde be in the dai of Pentecost at Jerusalem. ¹⁷ Fro Mylete he sente to Effesi, and clepide the grettest men of birthe of the chirche. ¹⁸ And whanne thei camen to hym, and weren togidir, he seide to hem, Ye witen fro the firste dai, in which Y cam in to Asie, hou with you bi eche tyme Y was,

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.

³² And now Y bitake you to God and to the word of his grace, that is myyti to edifie and yyue eritage in alle that ben maad hooli.

¹⁸ to opene the iyen of hem, that thei ben conuertid fro derknesse to liyt, and fro power of Sathnas to God, that thei take remyssioun of synnes, and part among seyntis, bi feith that is in me.

²² But Y was holpun bi the helpe of God in to this dai, and stonde, witnessinge to lesse and to more. And Y seye no thing ellis than whiche thingis the prophetis and Moises spaken that schulen come, ²³ if Crist is to suffre, if he is the firste of the ayenrising of deed men, that schal schewe liyt to the puple and to hethene men.

²³ And whanne thei hadden ordeined a dai to hym, many men camen to hym in to the in. To whiche he expownede, witnessinge the kyngdom `of God, and counseilide hem of Jhesu, of the lawe of Moyses, and profetis, for the morewe til to euentid.

⁵ bi whom we han resseyued grace and the office of apostle, to obeie to the feith in alle folkis for his name,

⁷ to alle that ben at Rome, derlyngis of God, and clepid hooli, grace to you, and pees of God oure fadir, and of the Lord Jhesu Crist.

¹⁵ Y am dettour, so that that is in me is redi to preche the gospel also to you that ben at Rome.

¹⁷ For the riytwisnesse of God is schewid in it, of feith in to feith,

²¹ For whanne thei hadden knowe God, thei glorifieden hym not as God, nether diden thankyngis; but thei vanyschiden in her thouyts, and the vnwise herte of hem was derkid.

²³ And thei chaungiden the glorie of `God vncorruptible in to the licnesse of an ymage of a deedli man, and of briddis, and of foure footid beestis, and of serpentis.

⁷ sotheli to hem that ben bi pacience of good werk, glorie, and onour, and vncorrupcioun, to hem that seken euerlastynge lijf; ⁸ but to hem that ben of strijf, and that assenten not to treuthe, but bileuen to wickidnesse, wraththe and indignacioun, tribulacioun and angwisch,

¹⁰ but glorie, and honour, and pees, to ech man that worchith good thing, to the Jew first, and to the Greke. ¹¹ For accepcioun of persones is not anentis God.

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.

²⁵ Whom God ordeynede foryyuer, bi feith in his blood, to the schewyng of his riytwisnesse, for remyssioun of biforgoynge synnes,

²⁴ but also for vs, to whiche it schal be arettid, that bileuen in him that reiside oure Lord Jhesu Crist fro deeth. ²⁵ Which was bitakun for oure synnes, and roos ayen for oure iustefiyng.

² Bi whom we han niy goyng to, bi feith in to this grace, in which we stonden, and han glorie in the hope of the glorie of Goddis children. ³ And not this oneli, but also we glorien in tribulaciouns, witynge that tribulacioun worchith pacience, ⁴ and pacience preuyng, and preuyng hope.

⁴ and pacience preuyng, and preuyng hope. ⁵ And hope confoundith not, for the charite of God is spred abrood in oure hertis bi the Hooli Goost, that is youun to vs.

¹⁰ For if whanne we weren enemyes, we ben recounselid to God bi the deth of his sone, myche more we recounselid schulen be saaf in the lijf of hym. ¹¹ And not oneli this, but also we glorien in God, bi oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whom we han resseyued now recounseling.

¹⁵ But not as gilt, so the yifte; for if thorouy the gilt of oon manye ben deed, myche more the grace of God and the yifte in the grace of o man Jhesu Crist hath aboundid in to many men. ¹⁶ And not as bi o synne, so bi the yifte; for the doom of oon in to condempnacioun, but grace of many giltis in to iustificacioun. ¹⁷ For if in the gilt of oon deth regnede thorouy oon, myche more men that takyn plente of grace, and of yyuyng, and of riytwisnesse, schulen regne in lijf bi oon Jhesu Crist. ¹⁸ Therfor as bi the gilt of oon in to alle men in to condempnacioun, so bi the riytwisnesse of oon in to alle men in to iustifiyng of lijf. ¹⁹ For as bi inobedience of o man manye ben maad synneris, so bi the obedience of oon manye schulen be iust. ²⁰ And the lawe entride, that gilt schulde be plenteuouse; but where gilt was plenteuouse, ²¹ grace was more plenteuouse. That as synne regnede in to deth, so grace regne bi riytwisnesse in to euerlastynge lijf, bi `Crist Jhesu oure Lord.

⁴ For we ben togidere biried with hym bi baptym `in to deth; that as Crist aroos fro deth bi the glorie of the fadir, so walke we in a newnesse of lijf.

¹⁶ God forbede. Witen ye not, that to whom ye yyuen you seruauntis to obeie to, ye ben seruauntis of that thing, to which ye han obeschid, ether of synne to deth, ether of obedience to riytwisnesse? ¹⁷ But Y thanke God, that ye weren seruauntis of synne; but ye han obeischid of herte in to that fourme of techyng, in which ye ben bitakun.

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.

⁹ But ye ben not in fleisch, but in spirit; if netheles the spirit of God dwellith in you. But if ony hath not the spirit of Crist, this is not his.

¹¹ And if the spirit of hym that reiside Jhesu Crist fro deth dwellith in you, he that reiside Jhesu Crist fro deth, shal quykene also youre deedli bodies, for the spirit of hym that dwellith in you.

¹³ For if ye lyuen aftir the fleisch, ye schulen die; but if ye bi the spirit sleen the dedis of the fleisch, ye schulen lyue.

¹⁷ if sones, and eiris, `and eiris of God, and eiris togidere with Crist; if netheles we suffren togidere, that also we ben glorified togidere.

²⁴ But bi hope we ben maad saaf. For hope that is seyn, is not hope; for who hopith that thing, that he seeth?

²⁸ And we witen, that to men `that louen God, alle thingis worchen togidere in to good, to hem that aftir purpos ben clepid seyntis. <sup>29</sup> For thilke that he knewe bifor, he bifor ordenede bi grace to be maad lijk to the ymage of his sone, that he be the first bigetun among many britheren. <sup>30</sup> And thilke that he bifore ordeynede to blis, hem he clepide; and whiche he clepide, hem he iustifiede; and whiche he iustifiede, and hem he glorifiede. <sup>31</sup> What thanne schulen we seie to these thingis? If God for vs, who is ayens vs? <sup>32</sup> The which also sparide not his owne sone, but `for vs alle bitook hym, hou also yaf he not to vs alle thingis with hym? ³³ Who schal accuse ayens the chosun men of God? It is God that iustifieth,

³³ Who schal accuse ayens the chosun men of God? It is God that iustifieth, ³⁴ who is it that condempneth? It is Jhesus Crist that was deed, yhe, the which roos ayen, the which is on the riyt half of God, and the which preieth for vs. ³⁵ Who thanne schal departe vs fro the charite of Crist? tribulacioun, or anguysch, or hungur, or nakidnesse, or persecucioun, or perel, or swerd? ³⁶ As it is writun, For we ben slayn al dai for thee; we ben gessid as scheep of slauytir. ³⁷ But in alle these thingis we ouercomen, for hym that louyde vs. ³⁸ But Y am certeyn, that nethir deeth, nether lijf, nether aungels, nethir principatus, nether vertues, nether present thingis, nether thingis to comynge, nether strengthe, ³⁹ nether heiyth, nether depnesse, nether noon othir creature may departe vs fro the charite of God, that is in `Crist Jhesu oure Lord.

² for greet heuynesse is to me, and contynuel sorewe to my herte.

²³ to schewe the riytchessis of his glorie in to vessels of merci, whiche he made redi in to glorie. ²⁴ Whiche also he clepide not oneli of Jewis, but also of hethene men, as he seith in Osee,

²⁴ Whiche also he clepide not oneli of Jewis, but also of hethene men, as he seith in Osee,

⁹ That if thou knoulechist in thi mouth the Lord Jhesu Crist, and bileuest in thin herte, that God reiside hym fro deth, thou schalt be saaf.

¹⁵ and hou schulen thei preche, but thei be sent? As it is writun, Hou faire ben the feet of hem that prechen pees, of hem that prechen good thingis.

² God hath not put awei his puple, which he bifor knew. Whether ye witen not, what the scripture seith in Elie? Hou he preieth God ayens Israel,

⁵ So therfor also in this tyme, the relifs ben maad saaf, bi the chesyng of the grace of God. ⁶ And if it be bi the grace of God, it is not now of werkis; ellis grace is not now grace. ⁷ What thanne? Israel hath not getun this that he souyte, but eleccioun hath getun; and the othere ben blyndid.

²⁰ Wel, for vnbileue the braunchis ben brokun; but thou stondist bi feith. Nyle thou sauere hiye thing,

²⁸ Aftir the gospel thei ben enemyes for you, but thei ben moost dereworthe bi the eleccioun for the fadris.

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.

⁹ Loue with outen feynyng, hatynge yuel, drawynge to good; ¹⁰ louynge togidere the charite of britherhod. Eche come bifore to worschipen othere;

¹² ioiynge in hope, pacient in tribulacioun, bisy in preier,

¹³ As in dai wandre we onestli, not in superflu feestis and drunkenessis, not in beddis and vnchastitees, not in strijf and in enuye;

¹⁷ For whi the rewme of God is not mete and drynk, but riytwisnesse and pees and ioye in the Hooli Goost.

⁴ For what euere thingis ben writun, tho ben writun to oure techynge, that bi pacience and coumfort of scripturis we haue hope. ⁵ But God of pacience and of solace yyue to you to vndurstonde the same thing, ech in to othere aftir Jhesu Crist, ⁶ that ye of o wille with o mouth worschipe God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. ⁷ For which thing take ye togidere, as also Crist took you in to the onour of God. ⁸ For Y seie, that Jhesu Crist was a mynystre of circumcisioun for the treuthe of God, to conferme the biheestis of fadris. ⁹ And hethene men owen to onoure God for merci; as it is writun, Therfor, Lord, Y schal knowleche to thee among hethene men, and Y schal synge to thi name. ¹⁰ And eft he seith, Ye hethene men, be ye glad with his puple. ¹¹ And eft, Alle hethene men, herie ye the Lord; and alle puplis, magnefie ye hym. ¹² And eft Isaie seith, Ther schal be a roote of Jesse, that schal rise vp to gouerne hethene men, and hethene men schulen hope in hym. ¹³ And God of hope fulfille you in al ioye and pees in bileuynge, that ye encrees in hope and vertu of the Hooli Goost.

¹³ And God of hope fulfille you in al ioye and pees in bileuynge, that ye encrees in hope and vertu of the Hooli Goost.

¹⁶ that Y be the mynystre of Crist Jhesu among hethene men. And Y halewe the gospel of God, that the offryng of hethene men be acceptid, and halewid in the Hooli Goost.

¹⁹ in vertu of tokenes and grete wondris, in vertu of the Hooli Goost, so that fro Jerusalem bi cumpas to the Illirik see Y haue fillid the gospel of Crist.

¹⁹ But youre obedience is pupplischid in to euery place, therfor Y haue ioye in you. But Y wole that ye be wise in good thing, and symple in yuel.

²⁵ Amen. And onour and glorie be to hym, that is myyti to conferme you bi my gospel, and prechyng of Jhesu Crist, bi the reuelacioun of mysterie holdun stylle in tymes euerlastinge; ²⁶ which mysterie is now maad opyn bi scripturis of prophetis, bi the comaundement of God with outen bigynnyng and endyng, to the obedience of feith in alle hethene men, the mysterie

²⁶ which mysterie is now maad opyn bi scripturis of prophetis, bi the comaundement of God with outen bigynnyng and endyng, to the obedience of feith in alle hethene men, the mysterie

⁷ so that no thing faile to you in ony grace, that abiden the schewyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist;

²¹ For the world in wisdom of God knewe not God bi wisdom, it pleside to God, bi foli of prechyng, `to maken hem saaf that bileueden. ²² For Jewis seken signes, and Grekis seken wisdom; ²³ but we prechen Crist crucified, to Jewis sclaundre, and to hethene men foli; ²⁴ but to tho Jewis and Grekis that ben clepid, we prechen Crist the vertu of God and the wisdom of God.

³⁰ But of hym ye ben in Crist Jhesu, which is maad of God to vs wisdom, and riytwisnesse, and holynesse, and ayenbiyng; that,

² For Y demede not me to kunne ony thing among you, but Crist Jhesu, and hym crucified.

¹⁰ but God schewide to vs bi his spirit. For whi the spirit serchith alle thingis, yhe, the depe thingis of God.

¹³ for the dai of the Lord schal declare, for it schal be schewid in fier; the fier schal preue the werk of ech man, what maner werk it is.

²⁰ and eft, The Lord knowith the thouytis of wise men, for tho ben veyn.

⁵ Therfor nyle ye deme bifore the tyme, til that the Lord come, which schal liytne the hyd thingis of derknessis, and schal schewe the counseils of hertis; and thanne preisyng schal be to ech man of God.

⁹ And Y gesse, that God schewide vs the laste apostlis, as thilke that ben sent to the deth; for we ben maad a spectacle to the world, and to aungels, and to men. ¹⁰ We foolis for Crist, but ye prudent in Crist; we sike, but ye stronge; ye noble, but we vnnoble. ¹¹ Til in to this our we hungren, and thirsten, and ben nakid, and ben smytun with buffatis, ¹² and we ben vnstable, and we trauelen worchynge with oure hondis; we ben cursid, and we blessen; we suffren persecucioun, and we abiden longe; we ben blasfemyd, and we bisechen; ¹³ as clensyngis of this world we ben maad the `out castyng of alle thingis `til yit.

⁷ Clense ye out the old sourdow, that ye be new sprengyng togidere, as ye ben therf. For Crist offrid is oure pask. ⁸ Therfor ete we, not in eld sourdowy, nether in sourdowy of malice and weywardnesse, but in therf thingis of clernesse and of treuthe.

¹¹ And ye weren sum tyme these thingis; but ye ben waischun, but ye ben halewid, but ye ben iustefied in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and in the spirit of oure God.

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

²³ With prijs ye ben bouyt; nyle ye be maad seruauntis of men.

²⁵ Ech man that stryueth in fiyt, absteyneth hym fro alle thingis; and thei, that thei take a corruptible coroun, but we an vncorrupt.

¹³ And now dwellen feith, hope, and charite, these thre; but the most of these is charite.

¹ `Sotheli, britheren, Y make the gospel knowun to you, which Y haue prechid to you, the which also ye han takun, in which ye stonden, <sup>2</sup> also bi which ye schulen be sauyd; `bi which resoun Y haue prechid to you, if ye holden, `if ye han not bileuyd ideli. ³ For Y bitook to you at the bigynnyng that thing which also Y haue resseyued; that Crist was deed for oure synnes, bi the scripturis; ⁴ and that he was biried, and that he roos ayen in the thridde dai, after scripturis;

²⁰ But now Crist roos ayen fro deth, the firste fruit of deed men;

⁵² in a moment, in the twynklyng of an iye, in the laste trumpe; for the trumpe schal sowne, and deed men schulen rise ayen, with oute corrupcioun, and we schulen be chaungid. ⁵³ For it byhoueth this corruptible thing to clothe vncorrupcioun, and this deedli thing to putte awei vndeedlinesse. ⁵⁴ But whanne this deedli thing schal clothe vndeedlynesse, thanne schal the word be doon, that is writun, Deth is sopun vp in victorie.

¹⁹ Alle the chirchis of Asie greten you wel. Aquila and Prisca, with her homeli chirche, greten you myche in the Lord, at the whiche also Y am herborid.

²² If ony man loueth not oure Lord Jhesu Crist, be he cursid, Maranatha.

² and pees of God oure fadir and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. ³ Blessid be God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, fadir of mercies, and God of al coumfort,

⁸ For, britheren, we wolen that ye wite of oure tribulacioun, that was don in Asie; for ouer maner we weren greued ouer myyt, so that it anoiede vs, yhe, to lyue.

²² and which markide vs, and yaf ernes of the spirit in oure hertis.

⁷ And we han this tresour in britil vessels, that the worthinesse be of Goddis vertu, and not of vs. ⁸ In alle thingis we suffren tribulacioun, but we ben not angwischid, or annoyed; we ben maad pore, but `we lacken nothing; we suffren persecucioun, ⁹ but we ben not forsakun; we ben maad lowe, but we ben not confoundid; we ben cast doun, but we perischen not. ¹⁰ And euere more we beren aboute the sleyng of Jhesu in oure bodi, that also the lijf of Jhesu be schewid in oure bodies. ¹¹ For euere more we that lyuen, ben takun in to deth for Jhesu, that the lijf of Jhesu be schewid in oure deedli fleisch.

¹⁷ But that liyt thing of oure tribulacioun that lastith now, but as it were by a moment, worchith in vs ouer mesure an euerlastynge birthin in to the heiynesse of glorie; ¹⁸ while that we biholden not tho thingis that ben seyn, but tho that ben not seyn. For tho thingis that ben seyn, ben but durynge for a schort tyme; but tho thingis that ben not seyn, ben euerlastynge.

⁶ Therfor we ben hardi algatis, and witen that the while we ben in this bodi, we goen in pilgrymage fro the Lord; ⁷ for we walken bi feith, and not bi cleer siyt.

¹⁴ For the charite of Crist dryueth vs; gessynge this thing, that if oon died for alle, thanne alle weren deed. ¹⁵ And Crist diede for alle, that thei that lyuen, lyue not now to hem silf, but to hym that diede for hem, and roos ayen.

⁶ in chastite, in kunnyng, in long abiding, in swetnesse, in the Hooli Goost,

¹⁰ as sorewful, euere more ioiynge; as hauynge nede, but makynge many men riche; as no thing hauynge, and weldynge alle thingis.

¹ Therfor, most dereworthe britheren, we that han these biheestis, clense we vs fro al filthe of the fleische and of the spirit, doynge holynesse in the drede of God.

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.

¹⁵ Y do thankyngis to God of the yifte of hym, that may not be teld.

⁵ and alle hiynesse that hiyeth it silf ayens the science of God, and dryuen `in to caitifte al vndirstonding in to the seruyce of Crist.

²³ thei ben the mynystris of Crist, and Y. As lesse wise Y seie, Y more; in ful many trauelis, in prisouns more plenteuousli, in woundis aboue maner, in deethis ofte tymes. ²⁴ Y resseyuede of the Jewis fyue sithis fourti strokis oon lesse; ²⁵ thries Y was betun with yerdis, onys Y was stonyd, thries Y was at shipbreche, a nyyt and a dai Y was in the depnesse of the see; ²⁶ in weies ofte, in perelis of floodis, in perelis of theues, in perelis of kyn, in perelis of hethene men, in perelis in citee, in perelis in desert, in perelis in the see, in perelis among false britheren, in trauel and nedynesse, ²⁷ in many wakyngis, in hungur, in thirst, in many fastyngis, in coold and nakidnesse.

⁴ that he was rauyschid in to paradis, and herde preuy wordis, whiche it is not leueful to a man to speke.

⁹ And he seide to me, My grace suffisith to thee; for vertu is parfitli maad in infirmyte. Therfor gladli Y schal glorie in myn infirmytees, that the vertu of Crist dwelle in me. ¹⁰ For which thing Y am plesid in myn infirmytees, in dispisyngis, in nedis, in persecuciouns, in anguyschis, for Crist; for whanne Y am sijk, thanne Y am miyti.

² that reiside hym fro deth, and alle the britheren that ben with me, to the chirchis of Galathie,

⁴ that yaf hym silf for oure synnes, to delyuere vs fro the present wickid world, bi the wille of God and of oure fadir,

¹² ne Y took it of man, ne lernyde, but bi reuelacioun of Jhesu Crist.

¹⁶ and clepide bi his grace, to schewe his sone in me, that Y schulde preche hym among the hethene, anoon Y drowy me not to fleisch and blood; ne Y cam to Jerusalem to the apostlis,

⁶ But of these that semeden to be sumwhat; whiche thei weren sum tyme, it perteyneth not to me, for God takith not the persoone of man; for thei that semeden to be sumwhat, yauen me no thing.

²⁰ And now lyue not Y, but Crist lyueth in me. But that Y lyue now in fleisch, Y lyue in the feith of Goddis sone, that louede me, and yaf hym silf for me.

¹ Vnwitti Galathies, tofor whos iyen Jhesu Crist is exilid, and is crucified in you, who hath disseyued you, that ye obeyen not to treuthe?

¹⁸ For if eritage were of the lawe, it were not now of biheeste. But God grauntide to Abraham thoruy biheest.

⁴ But aftir that the fulfilling of tyme cam, God sente his sone,

⁶ And for ye ben Goddis sones, God sente his spirit in to youre hertis, criynge, Abba, fadir.

⁵ For we thoruy the spirit of bileue abiden the hope of riytfulnesse. ⁶ For in Jhesu Crist nether circumcisioun is ony thing worth, nether prepucie, but the bileue that worchith bi charite. ⁷ Ye runnen wel; who lettide you that ye obeyede not to treuthe?

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

³ Blessid be God and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that hath blessid vs in al spiritual blessing in heuenli thingis in Crist, ⁴ as he hath chosun vs in hym silf bifor the makyng of the world, that we weren hooli, and with out wem in his siyt, in charite.

⁴ as he hath chosun vs in hym silf bifor the makyng of the world, that we weren hooli, and with out wem in his siyt, in charite. ⁵ Which hath bifor ordeyned vs in to adopcioun of sones bi Jhesu Crist in to hym, bi the purpos of his wille,

⁷ in which he hath glorified vs in his dereworthe sone. In whom we han redempcioun bi his blood, foryyuenesse of synnes, aftir the ritchessis of his grace,

¹⁰ hym in the dispensacioun of plente of tymes to enstore alle thingis in Crist, whiche ben in heuenes, and whiche ben in erthe, in hym. ¹¹ In whom we ben clepid bi sort, bifor ordeyned bi the purpos of hym that worchith alle thingis bi the counsel of his wille; ¹² that we be in to the heriyng of his glorie, we that han hopid bifor in Crist. ¹³ In whom also ye weren clepid, whanne ye herden the word of treuthe, the gospel of youre heelthe, in whom ye bileuynge ben merkid with the Hooli Goost of biheest, which is the ernes of oure eritage,

¹³ In whom also ye weren clepid, whanne ye herden the word of treuthe, the gospel of youre heelthe, in whom ye bileuynge ben merkid with the Hooli Goost of biheest, which is the ernes of oure eritage, ¹⁴ in to the redempcioun of purchasyng, in to heriyng of his glorie.

¹⁴ in to the redempcioun of purchasyng, in to heriyng of his glorie. ¹⁵ Therfor and Y herynge youre feith, that is in Crist Jhesu, and the loue in to alle seyntis,

¹⁷ that God of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, the fadir of glorie, yyue to you the spirit of wisdom and of reuelacioun, in to the knowyng of hym; ¹⁸ and the iyen of youre herte liytned, that ye wite, which is the hope of his clepyng, and whiche ben the richessis of the glorie of his eritage in seyntis;

²⁰ which he wrouyte in Crist, reisynge hym fro deth, and settynge him on his riyt half in heuenli thingis, ²¹ aboue ech principat, and potestat, and vertu, and domynacioun, and aboue ech name that is named, not oneli in this world, but also in the world to comynge; ²² and made alle thingis suget vndur hise feet, and yaf hym to be heed ouer al the chirche, ²³ that is the bodi of hym, and the plente of hym, which is alle thingis in alle thingis fulfillid.

² in which ye wandriden sum tyme aftir the cours of this world, aftir the prince of the power of this eir, of the spirit that worchith now in to the sones of vnbileue;

⁴ but God, that is riche in merci, for his ful myche charite in which he louyde vs,

⁶ and made togidere to sitte in heuenli thingis in Crist Jhesu; ⁷ that he schulde schewe in the worldis aboue comynge the plenteuouse ritchessis of his grace in goodnesse on vs in Crist Jhesu. ⁸ For bi grace ye ben sauyd bi feith, and this not of you; for it is the yifte of God,

⁸ For bi grace ye ben sauyd bi feith, and this not of you; for it is the yifte of God, ⁹ not of werkis, that no man haue glorie. ¹⁰ For we ben the makyng of hym, maad of nouyt in Crist Jhesu, in good werkis, whiche God hath ordeyned, that we go in tho werkis.

¹² and ye weren in that time with out Crist, alienyd fro the lyuyng of Israel, and gestis of testamentis, not hauynge hope of biheest, and with outen God in this world.

¹⁷ And he comynge prechide pees to you that weren fer, and pees to hem that weren niy;

¹⁹ Therfor now ye ben not gestis and straungeris, but ye ben citeseyns of seyntis, and houshold meine of God;

⁸ To me, leeste of alle seyntis, this grace is youun to preche among hethene men the vnserchable richessis of Crist, and to liytne alle men, ⁹ which is the dispensacioun of sacrament hid fro worldis in God, that made alle thingis of nouyt; ¹⁰ that the myche fold wisdom of God be knowun to princis and potestatis in heuenli thingis bi the chirche, ¹¹ bi the bifore ordinaunce of worldis, which he made in Crist Jhesu oure Lord.

¹⁴ For grace of this thing Y bowe my knees to the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist,

¹⁷ that Crist dwelle bi feith in youre hertis; that ye rootid and groundid in charite,

²⁰ And to hym that is myyti to do alle thingis more plenteuousli than we axen or vndurstondun, bi the vertu that worchith in vs,

³ bisi to kepe vnyte of spirit in the boond of pees.

¹⁷ Therfor Y seie and witnesse this thing in the Lord, that ye walke not now, as hethene men walken, in the vanyte of her wit; ¹⁸ that han vndurstondyng derkned with derknessis, and ben alienyd fro the lijf of God, bi ignoraunce that is in hem, for the blyndenesse of her herte. ¹⁹ Which dispeirynge bitoken hem silf to vnchastite, in to the worchyng of al vnclennesse in coueitise. ²⁰ But ye han not so lerud Crist, if netheles ye herden hym, ²¹ and ben tauyt in hym, as is treuthe in Jhesu. ²² Do ye awey bi the elde lyuyng the elde man, that is corrupt bi the desiris of errour;

¹ Therfor be ye foloweris of God, as moost dereworthe sones; ² and walke ye in loue, as Crist louyde vs, and yaf hym silf for vs an offryng and a sacrifice to God, in to the odour of swetnesse.

⁶ No man disseyue you bi veyn wordis; for whi for these thingis the wraththe of God cam on the sones of vnbileue.

⁹ And, ye lordis, do the same thingis to hem, foryyuynge manaasis; witinge that bothe her Lord and youre is in heuenes, and the taking of persones is not anentis God.

¹⁴ Therfor stonde ye, and be gird aboute youre leendis in sothefastnesse, and clothid with the haburioun of riytwisnesse,

²⁴ Grace with alle men that louen oure Lord Jhesu Crist in vncorrupcioun. Amen, `that is, So be it.

⁶ tristenynge this ilke thing, that he that bigan in you a good werk, schal perfourme it til in to the dai of Jhesu Crist.

⁹ And this thing Y preie, that youre charite be plenteuouse more and more in kunnyng, and in al wit;

²⁵ And Y tristinge this thing, woot that Y schal dwelle, and perfitli dwelle to alle you, to youre profit and ioye of feith,

²⁷ Oneli lyue ye worthili to the gospel of Crist, that whether whanne Y come and se you, ethir absent Y here of you, that ye stonden in o spirit of o wille, trauelinge togidere to the feith of the gospel.

⁹ For which thing God enhaunside hym, and yaf to hym a name that is aboue al name; ¹⁰ that in the name of Jhesu ech kne be bowid, of heuenli thingis, of ertheli thingis, and of hellis; ¹¹ and ech tunge knouleche, that the Lord Jhesu Crist is in the glorie of God the fadir. ¹² Therfor, my most dereworthe britheren, as euere more ye han obeischid, not in my presence onely, but myche more now in myn absence, worche ye with drede and trembling youre heelthe.

¹⁵ that ye be with out playnt, and symple as the sones of God, with out repreef, in the myddil of a schrewid nacioun and a weiward; among whiche ye schynen as yyueris of liyt in the world. ¹⁶ And holde ye togidere the word of lijf to my glorie in the day of Crist; for Y haue not runnen in veyn, nether Y haue trauelid in veyn.

²⁶ For he desiride you alle, and he was sorewful, therfor that ye herden that he was sijk.

³ For we ben circumcisioun, which bi spirit seruen to God, and glorien in Crist Jhesu, and han not trist in the fleisch,

¹⁴ and pursue to the ordeyned mede of the hiy clepyng of God in Crist Jhesu.

²⁰ But oure lyuyng is in heuenes; fro whennus also we abiden the sauyour oure Lord Jhesu Crist,

⁴ Ioye ye in the Lord euere more; eft Y seie, ioye ye.

⁵ for the hope that is kept to you in heuenes. Which ye herden in the word of treuthe of the gospel,

¹² that ye do thankyngis to God and to the fadir, which made you worthi in to the part of eritage of hooli men in liyt.

¹⁴ in whom we han ayenbiyng and remyssioun of synnes.

²³ If netheles ye dwellen in the feith, foundid, and stable, and vnmouable fro the hope of the gospel that ye han herd, which is prechid in al creature that is vndur heuene. Of which Y Poul am maad mynystre,

²⁶ that Y fille the word of God, the priuyte, that was hid fro worldis and generaciouns. But now it is schewid to his seyntis, ²⁷ to whiche God wold make knowun the richessis of the glorie of this sacrament in hethene men, which is Crist in you, the hope of glorie.

³ For ye ben deed, and youre lijf is hid with Crist in God. ⁴ For whanne Crist schal appere, youre lijf, thanne also ye schulen appere with hym in glorie. ⁵ Therfor sle ye youre membris, whiche ben on the erthe, fornycacioun, vnclennesse, letcherie, yuel coueitise, and aueryse, which is seruyse of mawmetis; ⁶ for whiche thingis the wraththe of God cam on the sones of vnbileue; ⁷ in whiche also ye walkiden sum tyme, whanne ye lyueden in hem.

¹² Therfor ye, as the chosun of God, hooli and louyd, clothe you with the entrailis of merci, benygnite, and mekenesse, temperaunce, pacience;

²⁵ For he that doith iniurie, schal resseyue that that he dide yuele; and acceptacioun of persoones is not anentis God.

³ hauynge mynde of the werk of youre feith, and trauel, and charite, and abyding of the hope of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bifor God and oure fadir.

³ hauynge mynde of the werk of youre feith, and trauel, and charite, and abyding of the hope of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bifor God and oure fadir. ⁴ Ye louyde britheren of God, we witinge youre chesing; ⁵ for oure gospel was not at you in word oneli, but also in vertu, and in the Hooli Goost, and in myche plente; as ye witen, whiche we weren among you for you; ⁶ and ye ben maad foleweris of vs, and of the Lord, resseyuynge the word in myche tribulacioun, with ioye of the Hooli Goost;

⁶ and ye ben maad foleweris of vs, and of the Lord, resseyuynge the word in myche tribulacioun, with ioye of the Hooli Goost;

⁹ For, britheren, ye ben myndeful of oure trauel and werynesse; we worchiden nyyt and day, that we schulden not greue ony of you, and prechiden to you the euangelie of God.

¹² and we han witnessid, that ye schulden go worthili to God, that clepide you in to his kingdom and glorie.

¹² And the Lord multiplie you, and make youre charite to be plenteuouse of ech to othere, and in to alle men, as also we in you;

³ For this is the wille of God, youre holynesse, that ye absteyne you fro fornycacioun. ⁴ That ech of you kunne welde his vessel in holynesse, and onour; ⁵ not in passioun of lust, as hethene men that knowen not God.

⁵ not in passioun of lust, as hethene men that knowen not God. ⁶ And that no man ouergo, nethir disseyue his brothir in chaffaring. For the Lord is venger of alle these thingis, as we biforseiden to you, and han witnessid. ⁷ For God clepide not vs in to vnclennesse, but in to holynesse. ⁸ Therfor he that dispisith these thingis, dispisith not man, but God, that also yaf his holi spirit in vs. ⁹ But of the charite of britherhed we hadden no nede to write to you; ye silf han lerud of God, that ye loue togidere;

¹³ For if we bileuen, that Jhesu was deed, and roos ayen, so God schal lede with hym hem that ben deed bi Jhesu.

⁶ Therfor slepe we not as othere; but wake we, and be we sobre. ⁷ For thei that slepen, slepen in the niyt, and thei that ben drunkun, ben drunkun in the niyt. ⁸ But we that ben of the dai, ben sobre, clothid in the haburioun of feith and of charite, and in the helme of hope of heelthe.

³ We owen to do thankyngis eueremore to God for you, britheren, so as it is worthi, for youre feith ouer wexith, and the charite of ech of you to othere aboundith.

⁷ and to you that ben troblid, rest with vs in the schewing of the Lord Jhesu fro heuene, with aungelis of his vertu,

⁷ and to you that ben troblid, rest with vs in the schewing of the Lord Jhesu fro heuene, with aungelis of his vertu, ⁸ in the flawme of fier, that schal yyue veniaunce to hem that knowen not God, and that obeien not to the euangelie of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. ⁹ Whiche schulen suffre euere lastinge peynes, in perischinge fro the face of the Lord, and fro the glorie of his vertu, ¹⁰ whanne he schal come to be glorified in hise seyntis, and to be maad wondurful in alle men that bileueden, for oure witnessing is bileuyd on you, in that dai. ¹¹ In which thing also we preien euere more for you, that oure God make you worthi to his cleping, and fille al the wille of his goodnesse, and the werk of feith in vertu; ¹² that the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist be clarified in you, and ye in hym, bi the grace of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.

¹³ in which also he clepide you bi oure gospel, in to geting of the glorie of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.

¹³ in which also he clepide you bi oure gospel, in to geting of the glorie of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. ¹⁴ Therfor, britheren, stonde ye, and holde ye the tradiciouns, that ye han lerud, ethir bi word, ethir bi oure pistle.

¹ Poul, apostle `of Jhesu Crist, bi the comaundement of God oure sauyour, and of Jhesu Crist oure hope,

³ As Y preyede thee, that thou schuldist dwelle at Effesi, whanne Y wente into Macedonye, that thou schuldist denounce to summe men, that thei schulden not teche othere weie,

⁵ For the ende of comaundement is charite of clene herte, and good conscience, and of feith not feyned.

¹⁴ But the grace of oure Lord ouer aboundide, with feith and loue that is in Crist Jhesu.

¹² No man dispise thi yongthe, but be thou ensaumple of feithful men in word, in lyuyng, in charite, in feith, in chastite.

¹⁴ that thou kepe the comaundement with out wem, with out repreef, in to the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; ¹⁵ whom the blessid and aloone miyti king of kyngis and Lord of lordis schal schewe in his tymes.

⁹ that delyueride vs, and clepide with his hooli clepyng, not after oure werkis, but bi his purpos and grace, that is youun in Crist Jhesu bifore worldli tymes;

⁹ that delyueride vs, and clepide with his hooli clepyng, not after oure werkis, but bi his purpos and grace, that is youun in Crist Jhesu bifore worldli tymes; ¹⁰ but now it is opyn bi the liytnyng of oure sauyour Jhesu Crist, which destriede deth, and liytnede lijf and vncorrupcioun bi the gospel.

¹⁴ Kepe thou the good takun to thi kepyng bi the Hooli Goost, that dwellith in vs. ¹⁵ Thou wost this, that alle that ben in Asie ben turnyd awey fro me, of whiche is Figelus and Ermogenes.

¹⁰ Therfor Y suffre alle thingis for the chosun, that also thei gete the heelthe, that is in Crist Jhesu, with heuenli glorie.

¹⁵ for thou hast knowun hooli lettris fro thi youthe, whiche moun lerne thee to heelthe, bi feith that is in Crist Jhesu.

⁵ But wake thou, in alle thingis traueile thou, do the werk of an euangelist, fulfille thi seruyce, be thou sobre.

⁸ In `the tothir tyme a coroun of riytwisnesse is kept to me, which the Lord, a iust domesman, schal yelde to me in that dai; and not oneli to me, but also to these that louen his comyng.

¹ Poul, the seruaunt of God, and apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the feith of the chosun of God, and bi the knowing of the treuthe, ² whiche is aftir pitee, in to the hope of euerlastinge lijf, which lijf God that lieth not, bihiyte bifore tymes of the world; ³ but he hath schewid in hise tymes his word in preching, that is bitakun to me bi the comaundement of `God oure sauyour,

³ but he hath schewid in hise tymes his word in preching, that is bitakun to me bi the comaundement of `God oure sauyour,

¹¹ For the grace of `God, oure sauyour,

¹¹ For the grace of `God, oure sauyour, <sup>12</sup> hath apperid to alle men, and tauyte vs, that we forsake wickidnesse, and worldli desyris, lyue sobreli, and iustli, `and piteuousli in this world,

¹² hath apperid to alle men, and tauyte vs, that we forsake wickidnesse, and worldli desyris, lyue sobreli, and iustli, `and piteuousli in this world, ¹³ abidinge the blessid hope and the comyng of the glorie of the greet God, and of oure sauyour Jhesu Crist;

¹³ abidinge the blessid hope and the comyng of the glorie of the greet God, and of oure sauyour Jhesu Crist;

¹³ abidinge the blessid hope and the comyng of the glorie of the greet God, and of oure sauyour Jhesu Crist; 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.

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.

³ For we weren sum tyme vnwise, vnbileueful, errynge, and seruynge to desiris, and to dyuerse lustis, doynge in malice and enuye, worthi to be hatid, hatinge ech othere. ⁴ But whanne the benygnyte and the manhed of oure sauyour God aperide,

⁴ But whanne the benygnyte and the manhed of oure sauyour God aperide, ⁵ not of werkis of riytwisnesse that we diden, but bi his merci he made vs saaf, bi waischyng of ayen bigetyng, and ayen newyng of the Hooli Goost,

⁵ not of werkis of riytwisnesse that we diden, but bi his merci he made vs saaf, bi waischyng of ayen bigetyng, and ayen newyng of the Hooli Goost, ⁶ whom he schedde into vs plenteuousli bi Jhesu Crist,

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.

¹⁴ Thei that ben of ouris, lerne to be gouernouris in good werkis, to necessarie vsis, that thei be not with out fruyt.

² laste in these daies he hath spoke to vs bi the sone; whom he hath ordeyned eir of alle thingis, and bi whom he made the worldis.

⁴ For God witnesside to gidere bi myraclis, and wondris, and grete merueilis, and dyuerse vertues, and departyngis of the Hooli Goost, bi his wille.

⁹ but we seen hym that was maad a litil lesse than aungels, Jhesu, for the passioun of deth crowned with glorie and onour, that he thorouy grace of God schulde taste deth for alle men.

⁶ but Crist as a sone in his hous. Which hous we ben, if we holden sad trist and glorie of hope in to the ende.

¹ Therfor drede we, lest perauenture while the biheest of entryng in to his reste is left, that ony of vs be gessid to be awei. ² For it is told also to vs, as to hem. And the word that was herd profitide not to hem, not meynd to feith of tho thingis that thei herden.

¹² and spedi in worching, and more able to perse than any tweyne eggid swerd, and stretchith forth to the departynge of the soule and of the spirit, and of the ioynturis and merewis, and demere of thouytis, and of intentis and hertis.

⁹ and he brouyt to the ende is maad cause of euerlastinge heelthe to alle that obeischen to hym, and is clepid of God a bischop,

¹ Therfor we bringinge in a word of the bigynnyng of Crist, be we borun to the perfeccioun of hym, not eftsoone leggynge the foundement of penaunce fro deed werkis, and of the feith to God, and of teching of baptimys,

¹⁰ For God is not vniust, that he foryete youre werk and loue, whiche ye han schewid in his name; for ye han mynystrid to seyntis, `and mynistren.

¹² that ye be not maad slowe, but also sueris of hem, whiche bi feith and pacience schulen enherite the biheestis.

¹⁸ puttide bitwixe an ooth, that bi twey thingis vnmeuable, bi whiche it is impossible that God lie, we han a strengeste solace, `we that fleen togidere to holde the hope that is put forth to vs. ¹⁹ Which hope as an ankir we han sikir to the soule, and sad, and goynge in to the ynnere thingis of hiding;

¹⁹ Which hope as an ankir we han sikir to the soule, and sad, and goynge in to the ynnere thingis of hiding;

²⁵ Wherfor also he may saue with outen ende, comynge nyy bi hym silf to God, and euermore lyueth to preye for vs.

¹² not of this makyng, nether bi blood of goot buckis, or of calues, but bi his owne blood, entride onys in to the hooli thingis, that weren foundun bi an euerlastinge redempcioun. ¹³ For if the blood of gootbuckis, and of boolis, and the aische of a cow calf spreynd, halewith vnclene men to the clensing of fleisch, ¹⁴ hou myche more the blood of Crist, which bi the Hooli Goost offride hym silf vnwemmyd to God, schal clense oure conscience fro deed werkis, to serue God that lyueth?

¹⁴ hou myche more the blood of Crist, which bi the Hooli Goost offride hym silf vnwemmyd to God, schal clense oure conscience fro deed werkis, to serue God that lyueth? ¹⁵ And therfor he is a mediatour of the newe testament, that bi deth fallinge bitwixe, in to redempcioun of tho trespassyngis that weren vndur the formere testament, thei that ben clepid take the biheest of euerlastinge eritage.

¹⁹ For whanne ech maundement of the lawe was red of Moises to al the puple, he took the blood of calues, and of buckis of geet, with watir, and reed wolle, and ysope, and bispreynde bothe thilke book and al the puple, ²⁰ and seide, This is the blood of the testament, that God comaundide to you. ²¹ Also he spreynde with blood the tabernacle, and alle the vessels of the seruyce in lijk maner. ²² And almest alle thingis ben clensid in blood bi the lawe; and without scheding of blood remyssioun of synnes is not maad.

²⁶ ellis it bihofte hym to suffre ofte fro the bigynnyng of the world; but now onys in the ending of worldis, to distruccioun of synne bi his sacrifice he apperide.

²⁸ onys to die, but aftir this is the dom, so Crist was offrid onys, to auoyde the synnes of many men; the secounde tyme he schal appere with outen synne to men that abiden him in to heelthe.

²² neiye we with very herte in the plente of feith; and be oure hertis spreined fro an yuel conscience, and oure bodies waischun with clene watir,

³⁵ Therfor nyle ye leese youre trist, which hath greet rewarding.

¹ But feith is the substaunce of thingis that ben to be hopid, and an argument of thingis not apperynge.

⁸ By feith he that is clepid Abraham, obeiede to go out in to a place, whiche he schulde take in to eritage; and he wente out, not witinge whidur he schulde go.

¹³ Bi feith alle these ben deed, whanne the biheestis weren not takun, but thei bihelden hem afer, and gretynge hem wel, and knoulechide that thei weren pilgryms, and herboryd men on the erthe.

¹³ Bi feith alle these ben deed, whanne the biheestis weren not takun, but thei bihelden hem afer, and gretynge hem wel, and knoulechide that thei weren pilgryms, and herboryd men on the erthe. ¹⁴ And thei that sayn these thingis, signifien that thei sechen a cuntre. ¹⁵ `If thei hadden hadde mynde of the ilke, of which thei wenten out, thei hadden tyme of turnyng ayen; ¹⁶ but now thei desiren a betere, that is to seie, heuenli. Therfor God is not confoundid to be clepid the God of hem; for he made redi to hem a citee.

²⁷ Bi feith he forsook Egipt, and dredde not the hardynesse of the king; for he abood, as seinge hym that was vnuysible. ²⁸ Bi feith he halewide pask, and the scheding out of blood, that he that distriede the firste thingis of Egipcians, schulde not touche hem.

³⁵ Wymmen resseyueden her deed children fro deth to lijf; but othere weren holdun forth, not takinge redempcioun, that thei schulden fynde a betere ayenrising. ³⁶ And othere asaieden scornyngis and betingis, more ouer and boondis and prisouns. ³⁷ Thei weren stoned, thei weren sawid, thei weren temptid, thei weren deed in sleyng of swerd. Thei wenten aboute in broc skynnes, and in skynnes of geet, nedi, angwischid, turmentid; ³⁸ to whiche the world was not worthi. Thei erriden in wildernessis, in mounteynes and dennes, and caues of the erthe. ³⁹ And alle these, preued bi witnessing of feith, token not repromyssioun; ⁴⁰ for God purueiede sum betere thing for vs, that thei schulden not be maad perfit with outen vs.

⁴⁰ for God purueiede sum betere thing for vs, that thei schulden not be maad perfit with outen vs.

⁷ Abide ye stille in chastising; God proferith hym to you as to sones. For what sone is it, whom the fadir chastisith not? ⁸ That if ye `ben out of chastising, whos parteneris ben ye alle maad, thanne ye ben auowtreris, and not sones. ⁹ And aftirward we hadden fadris of oure fleisch, techeris, and we with reuerence dredden hem. Whethir not myche more we schulen obeische to the fadir of spiritis, and we schulen lyue? ¹⁰ And thei in tyme of fewe dayes tauyten vs bi her wille; but this fadir techith to that thing that is profitable, in resseyuynge the halewing of hym. ¹¹ And ech chastisyng in present tyme semeth to be not of ioye, but of sorewe; but aftirward it schal yelde fruyt of riytwisnesse moost pesible to men exercisid bi it.

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

²⁴ and to Jhesu, mediatour of the newe testament, and to the sprenging of blood, `betere spekinge than Abel.

²⁸ Therfor we resseyuynge the kingdom vnmouable, haue we grace, bi which serue we plesynge to God with drede and reuerence.

¹ The charite of britherhod dwelle in you, and nyle ye foryete hospitalite;

⁵ Be youre maneres withoute coueitise, apaied with present thingis; for he seide, Y schal not leeue thee,

¹ James, the seruaunt of God, and of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, to the twelue kinredis, that ben in scatering abrood, helthe. ² My britheren, deme ye al ioye, whanne ye fallen in to diuerse temptaciouns, witynge, ³ that the preuyng of youre feith worchith pacience; ⁴ and pacience hath a perfit werk, that ye be perfit and hole, and faile in no thing.

⁹ And a meke brother haue glorie in his enhaunsyng, 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.

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. ¹² Blessid is the man, that suffrith temptacioun; for whanne he schal be preued, he schal resseyue the coroun of lijf, which God biheyte to men that louen hym.

¹⁸ For wilfulli he bigat vs bi the word of treuthe, that we be a bigynnyng of his creature.

²¹ For which thing caste ye awei al vnclennesse, and plentee of malice, and in myldenesse resseyue ye the word that is plauntid, that may saue youre soulis.

¹⁵ And if a brother ethir sister be nakid, and han nede of ech daies lyuelode, ¹⁶ and if ony of you seie to hem, Go ye in pees, be ye maad hoot, and be ye fillid; but if ye yyuen not to hem tho thingis that ben necessarie to bodi, what schal it profite?

¹³ Who is wijs, and tauyt among you? schewe he of good lyuyng his worching, in myldenesse of his wisdom.

⁸ Neiye ye to God, and he schal neiye to you. Ye synneris, clense ye hondis, and ye double in soule, purge ye the hertis. ⁹ Be ye wretchis, and weile ye; youre leiyyng be turned in to weping, and ioye in to sorewe of herte.

¹⁴ whiche witen not, what is to you in the morewe.

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.

³ Blessid be God, and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, which bi his greet merci bigat vs ayen in to lyuynge hope, bi the ayen risyng of Jhesu Crist fro deth,

³ Blessid be God, and the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, which bi his greet merci bigat vs ayen in to lyuynge hope, bi the ayen risyng of Jhesu Crist fro deth, ⁴ in to eritage vncorruptible, and vndefoulid, and that schal not fade, that is kept in heuenes for you, ⁵ that in the vertu of God ben kept bi the feith in to heelthe, and is redi to be schewid in the last tyme.

⁵ that in the vertu of God ben kept bi the feith in to heelthe, and is redi to be schewid in the last tyme. ⁶ In which ye schulen make ioye, thouy it bihoueth now a litil to be sori in dyuerse temptaciouns;

⁶ In which ye schulen make ioye, thouy it bihoueth now a litil to be sori in dyuerse temptaciouns; ⁷ that the preuyng of youre feith be myche more preciouse than gold, that is preuyd bi fier; and be foundun in to heriyng, and glorie, and onour, in the reuelacioun of Jhesu Crist.

⁷ that the preuyng of youre feith be myche more preciouse than gold, that is preuyd bi fier; and be foundun in to heriyng, and glorie, and onour, in the reuelacioun of Jhesu Crist.

⁷ that the preuyng of youre feith be myche more preciouse than gold, that is preuyd bi fier; and be foundun in to heriyng, and glorie, and onour, in the reuelacioun of Jhesu Crist. ⁸ Whom whanne ye han not seyn, ye louen; in to whom also now ye not seynge, bileuen; but ye that bileuen schulen haue ioye, and gladnesse that may not be teld out,

⁸ Whom whanne ye han not seyn, ye louen; in to whom also now ye not seynge, bileuen; but ye that bileuen schulen haue ioye, and gladnesse that may not be teld out, ⁹ and ye schulen be glorified, and haue the ende of youre feith, the helthe of youre soulis.

¹¹ and souyten which euer what maner tyme the spirit of Crist signyfiede in hem, and bifor telde tho passiouns, that ben in Crist, and the latere glories. ¹² To which it was schewid, for not to hem silf, but to you thei mynystriden tho thingis, that now ben teld to you bi hem that prechiden to you bi the Hooli Goost sent fro heuene, in to whom aungelis desiren to biholde. ¹³ For which thing be ye gird the leendis of youre soule, sobre, perfit, and hope ye in to the ilke grace that is profrid to you bi the schewyng of Jhesu Crist,

²² And make ye chast youre soulis in obedience of charite, in loue of britherhod; of simple herte loue ye togidre more bisili. ²³ And be ye borun ayen, not of corruptible seed, `but vncorruptible, bi the word of lyuynge God, and dwellynge in to with outen ende.

²⁵ but the word of the Lord dwellith with outen ende. And this is the word, that is prechid to you.

² as now borun yonge children, resonable, with out gile, coueite ye mylk, that in it ye wexe in to helthe; if netheles ye han tastid,

⁴ And neiye ye to hym, that is a lyuyng stoon, and repreuyd of men, but chosun of God, and onourid;

⁷ Therfor onour to you that bileuen; but to men that bileuen not, the stoon whom the bilderis repreuyden, this is maad in to the heed of the corner; and the stoon of hirtyng,

⁹ But ye ben a chosun kyn, a kyngli preesthod, hooli folc, a puple of purchasing, that ye telle the vertues of hym, that clepide you fro derknessis in to his wondirful liyt.

¹¹ Moost dere, Y biseche you, as comelyngis and pilgrymys, to absteine you fro fleischli desiris, that fiyten ayens the soule; ¹² and haue ye youre conuersacioun good among hethene men, that in that thing that thei bacbite of you, as of mysdoeris, thei biholden you of good werkis, and glorifie God in the dai of visitacioun.

¹⁷ Onoure ye alle men, loue ye brithirhod, drede ye God, onoure ye the king.

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.

⁸ And in feith alle of oon wille in preier be ye eche suffringe with othere, loueris of britherhod, merciful, mylde, meke; ⁹ not yeldinge yuel for yuel, nether cursing for cursing, but ayenward blessinge; for in this thing ye ben clepid, that ye welde blessinge bi eritage.

¹⁵ But halewe ye the Lord Crist in youre hertis, and euermore be ye redi to satisfaccioun to ech man axynge you resoun of that feith and hope that is in you, ¹⁶ but with myldenesse and drede, hauynge good conscience; that in that thing that thei bacbiten of you, thei ben confoundid, whiche chalengen falsly youre good conuersacioun in Crist.

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.

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. ¹⁹ For which thing he cam in spirit, and also to hem that weren closid togidre in prisoun prechide;

²¹ And so baptym of lijk forme makith vs saaf; not the puttyng awei of the filthis of fleisch, but the axyng of a good conscience in God, bi the ayenrysyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, that is in the riyt half of God, ²² and swolewith deth, that we schulden be made eiris of euerlastinge lijf. He yede in to heuene, and aungelis, and powers, and vertues, ben maad sugetis to hym.

² that that is left now in fleisch lyue not now to the desiris of men, but to the wille of God. ³ For the time that is passid is ynow to the wille of hethene men to be endid, whiche walkiden in letcheries, and lustis, in myche drinking of wyn, in vnmesurable etyngis, and drynkyngis, and vnleueful worschiping of mawmetis.

³ For the time that is passid is ynow to the wille of hethene men to be endid, whiche walkiden in letcheries, and lustis, in myche drinking of wyn, in vnmesurable etyngis, and drynkyngis, and vnleueful worschiping of mawmetis.

⁷ For the ende of alle thingis schal neiye. Therfor be ye prudent, and wake ye in preyeris; ⁸ bifore alle thingis haue ye charite ech to other in you silf algatis lastynge; for charite couerith the multitude of synnes.

¹² Amen. Moost dere brytheren, nyle ye go in pilgrymage in feruour, that is maad to you to temptacioun, as if ony newe thing bifalle to you;

¹² Amen. Moost dere brytheren, nyle ye go in pilgrymage in feruour, that is maad to you to temptacioun, as if ony newe thing bifalle to you; ¹³ but comyne ye with the passiouns of Crist, and haue ye ioye, that also ye be glad, and haue ioye in the reuelacioun of his glorie.

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?

⁴ And whanne the prince of scheepherdis schal appere, ye schulen resseyue the coroun of glorie, that may neuere fade.

⁸ Be ye sobre, and wake ye, for youre aduersarie, the deuel, as a rorynge lioun goith aboute, sechinge whom he schal deuoure.

¹⁰ And God of al grace, that clepide you in to his euerlastinge glorie, you suffrynge a litil, he schal performe, and schal conferme, and schal make sad.

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, ² grace and pees be fillid to you, bi the knowing of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. ³ Hou alle thingis of his godlich vertu, that ben to lijf and pitee, ben youun to vs, bi the knowyng of hym, that clepide vs for his owne glorie and vertu. ⁴ Bi whom he yaf to vs moost preciouse biheestis; that bi these thingis ye schulen be maad felows of Goddis kynde, and fle the corrupcioun of that coueytise, that is in the world.

⁴ Bi whom he yaf to vs moost preciouse biheestis; that bi these thingis ye schulen be maad felows of Goddis kynde, and fle the corrupcioun of that coueytise, that is in the world. ⁵ And bringe ye in alle bisynesse, and mynystre ye in youre feith vertu, and `in vertu kunnyng; ⁶ in kunnyng abstinence, in abstynence pacience, in pacience pitee; ⁷ in pitee, love of britherhod, and in loue of britherhod charite.

⁷ in pitee, love of britherhod, and in loue of britherhod charite. ⁸ For if these ben with you, and ouercomen, thei schulen not make you voide, nethir with out fruyt, in the knowyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. ⁹ But to whom these ben not redi, he is blynd, and gropith with his hoond, and foryetith the purgyng of his elde trespassis. ¹⁰ Wherfor, britheren, be ye more bisi, that by goode werkis ye make youre clepyng and chesyng certeyn;

¹⁹ And we han a saddere word of prophecie, to which ye yyuynge tent don wel, as to a lanterne that yyueth liyt in a derk place, til the dai bigynne to yyue liyt, and the dai sterre sprenge in youre hertis.

¹⁹ And we han a saddere word of prophecie, to which ye yyuynge tent don wel, as to a lanterne that yyueth liyt in a derk place, til the dai bigynne to yyue liyt, and the dai sterre sprenge in youre hertis. ²⁰ And firste vndurstonde ye this thing, that ech prophesie of scripture is not maad bi propre interpretacioun; ²¹ for prophesie was not brouyt ony tyme bi mannus wille, but the hooli men of God inspirid with the Hooli Goost spaken.

²¹ for prophesie was not brouyt ony tyme bi mannus wille, but the hooli men of God inspirid with the Hooli Goost spaken.

¹⁰ For the dai of the Lord schal come as a theef, in which heuenes with greet bire schulen passe, and elementis schulen be dissoluyd bi heete, and the erthe, and alle the werkis that ben in it, schulen be brent. ¹¹ Therfor whanne alle these thingis schulen be dissolued, what manner men bihoueth it you to be in hooli lyuyngis and pitees,

¹¹ Therfor whanne alle these thingis schulen be dissolued, what manner men bihoueth it you to be in hooli lyuyngis and pitees, ¹² abidinge and hiyynge in to the comyng of the dai of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whom heuenes brennynge schulen be dissoluyd, and elementis schulen faile bi brennyng of fier.

¹² abidinge and hiyynge in to the comyng of the dai of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bi whom heuenes brennynge schulen be dissoluyd, and elementis schulen faile bi brennyng of fier. ¹³ Also we abiden bi hise biheestis newe heuenes and newe erthe, in which riytwisnesse dwellith. ¹⁴ For which thing, ye moost dere, abidynge these thingis, be ye bisye to be foundun to hym in pees vnspottid and vndefoulid.

¹ That thing that was fro the bigynnyng, which we herden, which we sayn with oure iyen, which we bihelden, and oure hondis touchiden, of the word of lijf; and the lijf is schewid. ² And we sayn, and we witnessen, and tellen to you the euerlastynge lijf, that was anentis the fadir, and apperide to vs. ³ Therfor `we tellen to you that thing, that we seyn, and herden, that also ye haue felowschipe with vs, and oure felowschip be with the fadir, and with his sone Jhesu Crist.

⁷ But if we walken in liyt, as also he is in liyt, we han felawschip togidere; and the blood of Jhesu Crist, his sone, clensith vs fro al synne.

² Jhesu Crist, and he is the foryyuenes for oure synnes; and not oneli for oure synnes, but also for the synnes of al the world.

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

²⁹ If ye witen that he is iust, wite ye that also ech that doith riytwisnesse, is borun of hym.

² Moost dere britheren, now we ben the sones of God, and yit it apperide not, what we schulen be. We witen, that whanne he schal appere, we schulen be lijk hym, for we schulen se hym as he is. ³ And ech man that hath this hope in hym, makith hym silf hooli, as he is hooli.

⁵ And ye witen, that he apperide to do awei synnes, and synne is not in hym.

⁸ He that doith synne, is of the deuel; for the deuel synneth fro the bigynnyng. In this thing the sone of God apperide, that he vndo the werkis of the deuel. ⁹ Ech man that is borun of God, doith not synne; for the seed of God dwellith in hym, and he may not do synne, for he is borun of God.

¹¹ For this is the tellyng, that ye herden at the bigynnyng, that ye loue ech othere;

¹⁴ We witen, that we ben translatid fro deeth to lijf, for we louen britheren. He that loueth not, dwellith in deth. ¹⁵ Ech man that hatith his brother, is a man sleere; and ye witen, that ech mansleere hath not euerlastinge lijf dwellinge in hym. ¹⁶ In this thing we han knowe the charite of God, for he puttide his lijf for vs, and we owen to putte oure lyues for oure britheren. ¹⁷ He that hath the catel of this world, and seeth that his brothir hath nede, and closith his entrailis fro hym, hou dwellith the charite of God in hym? ¹⁸ Mi litle sones, loue we not in word, nethir in tunge, but in werk and treuthe. ¹⁹ In this thing we knowen, that we ben of treuthe, and in his siyt we monesten oure hertis.

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.

⁷ Moost dere britheren, loue we togidere, for charite is of God; and ech that loueth his brother, is borun of God, and knowith God.

⁹ In this thing the charite of God apperide in vs, for God sente hise oon bigetun sone in to the world, that we lyue bi hym. ¹⁰ In this thing is charite, not as we hadden loued God, but for he firste louede vs, and sente hise sone foryyuenesse for oure synnes.

¹² No man say euer God; if we louen togidre, God dwellith in vs, and the charite of hym is perfit in vs.

¹⁹ Therfor loue we God, for he louede vs bifore. ²⁰ If ony man seith, that `Y loue God, and hatith his brother, he is a liere. For he that loueth not his brothir, which he seeth, hou mai he loue God, whom he seeth not?

²⁰ If ony man seith, that `Y loue God, and hatith his brother, he is a liere. For he that loueth not his brothir, which he seeth, hou mai he loue God, whom he seeth not?

¹ Ech man that bileueth that Jhesus is Crist, is borun of God; and ech man that loueth hym that gendride, loueth hym that is borun of hym.

⁴ For al thing that is borun of God, ouercometh the world; and this is the victorie that ouercometh the world, oure feith.

¹⁸ We witen, that ech man that is borun of God, synneth not; but the generacioun of God kepith hym, and the wickid touchith hym not.

¹ The eldere man, to the chosun ladi, and to her children, whiche Y loue in treuthe; and not Y aloone, but also alle men that knowen treuthe;

¹³ The sones of thi chosun sistir greten thee wel. The grace of God be with thee. Amen.

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, ² mercy, and pees, and charite be fillid to you.

²⁴ But to him that is miyti to kepe you with out synne, and to ordeyne bifore the siyt of his glorie you vnwemmed in ful out ioye, in the comynge of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, to God aloone oure sauyour,

⁵ that is a feithful witnesse, the firste bigetun of deed men, and prince of kingis of the erthe; which louyde vs, and waischide vs fro oure synnes in his blood,

⁷ Amen. Lo! he cometh with clowdis, and ech iye schal se hym, and thei that prickiden hym; and alle the kynredis of the erthe schulen beweile hem silf on hym.

¹¹ seiynge to me, Write thou in a book that thing that thou seest, and sende to the seuene chirchis that ben in Asie; to Ephesus, to Smyrma, and to Pergamus, and to Tiatira, and to Sardis, and to Filadelfia, and to Loadicia.

⁴ But Y haue ayens thee a fewe thingis, that thou hast left thi firste charite.

¹⁰ Drede thou no thing of these thingis, whiche thou schalt suffre. Lo! the deuel schal sende summe of you in to prisoun, that ye be temptid; and ye schulen haue tribulacioun ten daies. Be thou feithful to the deth, and Y schal yyue to thee a coroun of lijf.

⁷ And to the aungel of the chirche of Filadelfie write thou, These thingis seith the hooli and trewe, that hath the keie of Dauid; which openeth, and no man closith, he closith, and no man openith.

¹⁰ that Y louyde thee, for thou keptist the word of my pacience. And Y schal kepe thee fro the our of temptacioun, that is to comynge in to al the world, to tempte men that dwellen in erthe.

¹⁸ Y counsele thee to bie of me brent gold, and preued, that thou be maad riche, and be clothid with whijt clothis, that the confusioun of thi nakidnesse be not seen; and anoynte thin iyen with a collerie, that thou se.

⁸ And the foure beestis hadden euery of hem sixe wyngis; and al aboute and with ynne thei weren ful of iyen; and thei hadden not reste dai and nyyt, seiynge, Hooli, hooli, hooli, the Lord God almyyti, that was, and that is, and that is to comynge.

⁶ And Y say, and lo! in the myddil of the trone, and of the foure beestis, and in the myddil of the eldre men, a lombe stondynge as slayn, that hadde seuene hornes, and seuene iyen, whiche ben seuene spiritis of God, sent in to al the erthe.

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;

¹¹ And Y say, and herde the vois of many aungels al aboute the trone, and of the beestis, and of the eldre men. And the noumbre of hem was thousyndis of thousyndis, seiynge with a greet vois,

¹⁰ And thei crieden with a geet vois, and seiden, Hou long thou, Lord, that art hooli and trewe, demest not, and vengest not oure blood of these that dwellen in the erthe?

¹⁴ And Y seide to hym, My lord, thou woost. And he seide to me, These ben thei, that camen fro greet tribulacioun, and waischiden her stoolis, and maden hem white in the blood of the lomb.

⁸ And alle men worschipiden it, that dwellen in erthe, whos names ben not writun in the book of lijf of the lomb, that was slayn fro the bigynnyng of the world.

¹ And Y sai, and lo! lomb stood on the mount of Sion, and with hym an hundrid thousynde and foure and fourti thousynde, hauynge his name, and the name of his fadir writun in her forhedis.

¹⁶ wo! thilke greet citee, that was clothid with bijs, and purpur, and reed scarlet, and was ouergild with gold, and preciouse stoon, and margaritis, ¹⁷ for in oon our so many richessis ben destitute. And ech gouernour, and alle that saylen bi schip in to place, and maryneris, and that worchen in the see, stoden fer,

¹⁰ And Y felde doun bifore hise feet, to worschipe hym. And he seide to me, Se thou, that thou do not; Y am a seruaunt with thee, and of thi britheren, hauynge the witnessyng of Jhesu; worschipe thou God. For the witnessing of Jhesu is spirit of profesie.

²⁷ Nether ony man defoulid, and doynge abhominacioun and leesyng, schal entre in to it; but thei that ben writun in the book of lijf and of the lomb.