2 Timothy Cross References - Wycliffe

¹ Poul, apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, bi the biheest of lijf that is in Crist Jhesu, ² to Tymothe, his moost dereworthe sone, grace, merci, and pees of God the fadir, and of Jhesu Crist, oure Lord. ³ I do thankyngis to my God, to whom Y serue fro my progenytouris in clene conscience, that with outen ceessyng Y haue mynde of thee in my preyeris, ⁴ niyt and dai, desirynge to se thee; hauynge mynde of thi teeris, that Y be fillid with ioye. ⁵ And Y bithenke of that feith, that is in thee not feyned, which also dwellide firste in thin aunte Loide, and in thi modir Eunyce. And Y am certeyn, that also in thee. ⁶ For which cause Y moneste thee, that thou reise ayen the grace of God, that is in thee bi the settyng on of myn hondis. ⁷ For whi God yaf not to vs the spirit of drede, but of vertu, and of loue, and of sobrenesse. ⁸ Therfor nyl thou schame the witnessyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, nether me, his prisoner; but trauele thou togidere in the gospel bi the vertu of God; 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. ¹¹ In which Y am set a prechour and apostle, and maistir of hethene men. ¹² For which cause also Y suffre these thingis; but Y am not confoundid. For Y woot to whom Y haue bileuyd, and Y am certeyne that he is miyti for to kepe that is take to my keping in to that dai. ¹³ Haue thou the fourme of hoolsum wordis, whiche thou herdist of me in feith and loue in Crist Jhesu. 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. ¹⁶ The Lord yyue merci to the hous of Onesyforus, for ofte he refreischide me, and schamyde not my chayne. ¹⁷ But whanne he cam to Rome, he souyte me bisili, and foond. ¹⁸ The Lord yyue to hym to fynde merci of God in that dai. And hou grete thingis he mynystride to me at Effesi, thou knowist betere.

²⁶ and bijs, and the heeris of geet; and yauen alle thingis by her owne fre wille.

² And whanne Moises hadde clepid hem, and ech lerned man, to whom the Lord hadde youe wisdom and kunnyng, and whiche profriden hem bi her wille to make werk,

⁷ Not for ye ouercamen in noumbre alle folkis, the Lord is ioyned to you, and chees yow, sithen ye ben fewere than alle puplis; ⁸ but for the Lord louede you, and kepte the ooth which he swoor to youre fadris; and he ledde you out in strong hond, and ayen bouyte you fro the hows of seruage, fro `the hows of Farao, kyng of Egipt.

²⁰ And he criede to the Lord, and seide, My Lord God, whether thou hast turmentid also the widewe, at whom Y am susteyned in al maner, that thou killidist hir sone?

¹⁹ My God, haue thou mynde of me in to good, bi alle thingis whiche Y dide to this puple.

¹⁴ My God, haue mynde of me for this thing, and do thou not awei my merciful doyngis, whiche Y dide in the hows of my God, and in hise cerymonyes.

²² Also Y seide to dekenes, that thei schulden be clensid, and that thei schulden come to kepe the yatis, and to halowe the dai of sabat. And therfor for this thing, my God, haue mynde of me, and spare me bi the mychilnesse of thi merciful doyngis.

³¹ that is, dressing, of trees in tymes ordeyned, and in the firste fruytis. My God, haue mynde of me in to good.

¹ The title of the seuenetenthe salm. To victorie, the word of the Lord to Dauid; which spak the wordis of this song, in the dai in which the Lord delyuerede hym fro the hond of alle hise enemyes, and fro the hond of Saul; and he seide:

⁷ The Lord fille alle thin axyngis; nowe Y haue knowe, that the Lord hath maad saaf his crist. He schal here hym fro his hooly heuene; the helthe of his riyt hond is in poweris.

² Lord, preue thou me, and asaie me; brenne thou my reynes, and myn herte.

⁵ I made my synne knowun to thee; and Y hidde not my vnriytfulnesse. I seide, Y schal knouleche ayens me myn vnriytfulnesse to the Lord; and thou hast foryoue the wickidnesse of my synne.

⁹ Mi glorie, rise thou vp; sautrie and harpe, rise thou vp; Y schal rise vp eerli.

³ That we knowe thi weie on erthe; thin heelthe in alle folkis.

⁶ that another generacioun knowe. Sones, that schulen be born, and schulen rise vp; schulen telle out to her sones.

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

³ Israel hope in the Lord; fro this tyme now and in to the world.

⁷ He schal kepe the heelthe of riytful men, and he schal defende hem that goen sympli.

¹⁸ It is a tre of lijf to hem that taken it; and he that holdith it, is blessid.

²¹ My sone, these thingis flete not awey fro thin iyen; kepe thou my lawe, and my counsel;

⁴ And my fadir tauyte me, and seide, Thin herte resseyue my wordis; kepe thou myn heestis, and thou schalt lyue. ⁵ Welde thou wisdom, welde thou prudence; foryete thou not, nethir bowe thou awey fro the wordis of my mouth. ⁶ Forsake thou not it, and it schal kepe thee; loue thou it, and it schal kepe thee. ⁷ The bigynnyng of wisdom, welde thou wisdom; and in al thi possessioun gete thou prudence. ⁸ Take thou it, and it schal enhaunse thee; thou schalt be glorified of it, whanne thou hast biclippid it.

¹³ Holde thou teching, and forsake it not; kepe thou it, for it is thi lijf.

¹⁴ Counseil is myn, and equyte `is myn; prudence is myn, and strengthe `is myn.

²³ Bie thou treuthe, and nyle thou sille wisdom, and doctryn, and vndurstonding.

²⁰ It is to go to the lawe more and to the witnessyng, that if thei seien not after this word, morewtide liyt schal not be to 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.

²⁶ This is the councel which Y thouyte on al the lond, and this is the hond stretchid forth on alle folkis. ²⁷ For whi the Lord of oostis hath demed, and who mai make vnstidfaste? and his hond is stretchid forth, and who schal turne it awei?

⁷ And he schal caste doun in this hil the face of boond, boundun togidere on alle puplis, and the web which he weuyde on alle naciouns. ⁸ And he schal caste doun deth with outen ende, and the Lord God schal do awey ech teer fro ech face; and he schal do awei the schenschipe of his puple fro ech lond; for the Lord spak.

³ For Y am thi Lord God, the hooli of Israel, thi sauyour. I yaf thi merci Egipt; Ethiopie and Saba for thee.

²⁶ Brynge me ayen in to mynde, and be we demyd togidere; telle thou, if thou hast ony thing, that thou be iustified.

¹⁵ Verili thou art God hid, God, the sauyour of Israel.

²¹ Telle ye, and come ye, and take ye councel togidere. Who made this herd fro the bigynnyng? fro that tyme Y bifor seide it. Whether Y am not the Lord, and no God is ferthere with out me? God riytful and sauynge is noon, outakun me.

⁷ The Lord God is myn helpere, and therfor Y am not schent; therfor Y haue set my face as a stoon maad hard, and Y woot that Y schal not be schent.

⁷ Ye puple, that knowen the iust man, here me, my lawe is in the herte of hem; nyle ye drede the schenschipe of men, and drede ye not the blasfemyes of hem.

⁴ Nile thou drede, for thou schal not be schent, nether thou schalt be aschamed. For it schal not schame thee; for thou schalt foryete the schenschipe of thi yongthe, and thou schalt no more thenke on the schenschipe of thi widewehod.

² For lo! derknessis schulen hile the erthe, and myist schal hile puplis; but the Lord schal rise on thee, and his glorie schal be seyn in thee. ³ And hethene men schulen go in thi liyt, and kyngis `schulen go in the schynyng of thi risyng.

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 And in alle these thingis hir sistir, Juda, brekere of the lawe, turnede not ayen to me, in al hir herte, but in a leesyng, seith the Lord God.

¹³ Thanne a virgyn schal be glad in a cumpenye, yonge men and elde togidere; and Y schal turne the morenyng of hem in to ioie, and Y schal coumforte hem, and Y schal make hem glad of her sorewe.

¹⁴ Y schal delyuere hem fro the hoond of deeth, and Y schal ayenbie hem fro deth. Thou deth, Y schal be thi deth; thou helle, Y schal be thi mussel.

⁸ Netheles Y am fillid with strengthe of Spirit of the Lord, and in doom and vertu, that Y schewe to Jacob his greet trespas, and to Israel his synne.

⁷ The Lord is good, and coumfortynge in the dai of tribulacioun, and knowynge hem that hopen in hym.

⁶ And he answeride, and seide to me, and spak, This is the word of the Lord, seiynge to Sorobabel, Not in oost, nether in strengthe, but in my spirit, seith the Lord of oostis.

²¹ And she shal bere a sone, and thou shalt clepe his name Jhesus; for he schal make his puple saaf fro her synnes.

⁷ Blessid ben merciful men, for thei schulen gete merci.

²² Many schulen seie to me in that dai, Lord, Lord, whether we han not prophesied in thi name, and han caste out feendis in thi name, and han doon many vertues in thi name?

⁴¹ He that resseyueth a prophete in the name of a prophete, shal take the mede of a prophete. And he that resseyueth a iust man in the name of a iust man, schal take the mede of a iust man. ⁴² And who euer yyueth drynke to oon of these leeste a cuppe of coolde watir oonli in the name of a disciple, treuli Y seie to you, he shal not leese his mede.

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; ²⁶ so, fadir, for so it was plesynge tofore thee.

²¹ and hethene men schulen hope in his name.

³⁶ But of thilke dai and our no man wote, nethir aungels of heuenes, but the fadir aloone.

¹⁵ and to oon he yaf fyue talentis, and to another tweyne, and to another oon, to ech after his owne vertu; and wente forth anoon. ¹⁶ And he that hadde fyue besauntis, wente forth, and wrouyte in hem, and wan othere fyue. ¹⁷ Also and he that hadde takun tweyne, wan othere tweyne. ¹⁸ But he that hadde takun oon, yede forth, and dalf in to the erthe, and hidde the money of his lord. ¹⁹ But after long tyme, the lord of tho seruauntis cam, and rekenede with hem. ²⁰ And he that hadde takun fyue besauntis, cam, and brouyte othere fyue, and seide, Lord, thou bytokist to me fyue besauntis, loo! Y haue getun aboue fyue othere. ²¹ His lord seide to hym, Wel be thou, good seruaunt and feithful; for on fewe thingis thou hast be trewe, Y schal ordeyne thee on manye thingis; entre thou in to the ioye of thi lord. ²² And he that hadde takun twey talentis, cam, and seide, Lord, thou bitokist to me twey besauntis; loo! ²³ Y haue wonnen ouer othir tweyne. His lord seide to him, Wel be thou, good seruaunt and trewe; for on fewe thingis thou hast be trewe, Y schal ordeyne thee on many thingis; entre thou in to the ioie of thi lord. ²⁴ But he that hadde takun o besaunt, cam, and seide, Lord, Y woot that thou art an hard man; thou repist where thou hast not sowe, and thou gederist togidere where thou hast not spred abrood; ²⁵ and Y dredynge wente, and hidde thi besaunt in the erthe; lo! thou hast that that is thin. ²⁶ His lord answeride, and seide to hym, Yuel seruaunt and slowe, wistist thou that Y repe where Y sewe not, and gadir to gidere where Y spredde not abrood? ²⁷ Therfor it bihofte thee to bitake my money to chaungeris, that whanne Y cam, Y schulde resseyue that that is myn with vsuris. ²⁸ Therfor take awei fro hym the besaunt, and yyue ye to hym that hath ten besauntis. ²⁹ For to euery man that hath me schal yyue, and he schal encreese; but fro hym that hath not, also that that hym semeth to haue, schal be taken awey fro him. ³⁰ And caste ye out the vnprofitable seruaunt in to vtmer derknessis; ther schal be wepyng, and gryntyng of teeth.

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.

³⁸ But who that knoulechith me and my wordis in this generacioun avowtresse and synful, also mannus sone schal knouleche him, whanne he schal come in the glorie of his fadir, with his aungels.

⁷² To do merci with oure fadris, and to haue mynde of his hooli testament.

⁷⁸ bi the inwardnesse of the merci of oure God, in the whiche he spryngynge vp fro an hiy hath visitid vs.

¹¹ For a sauyoure is borun to dai to you, that is Crist the Lord, in the citee of Dauid.

³¹ which thou hast maad redi bifor the face of alle puplis; ³² liyt to the schewyng of hethene men, and glorie of thi puple Israel.

³⁷ And this was a widewe to foure scoor yeer and foure; and sche departide not fro the temple, but seruyde to God nyyt and dai in fastyngis and preieris.

³ and Joone, the wijf of Chuse, the procuratoure of Eroude, and Susanne, and many othir, that mynystriden to hym of her ritchesse.

³⁵ And thei yeden out to se that thing that was don. And thei camen to Jhesu, and thei founden the man sittynge clothid, fro whom the deuelis wenten out, and in hool mynde at hise feet; and thei dredden.

²⁶ For who so schameth me and my wordis, mannus sone schal schame hym, whanne he cometh in his maieste, and of the fadris, and of the hooli aungels.

¹² Y seie to you, that to Sodom it schal be esiere than to that citee in that dai.

¹⁹ And lo! Y haue youun to you power to trede on serpentis, and on scorpyouns, and on al the vertu of the enemy, and nothing schal anoye you.

²¹ In thilk our he gladide in the Hooli Goost, and seide, Y knouleche to thee, fadir, Lord of heuene and of erthe, for thou hast hid these thingis fro wise men and prudent, and hast schewid hem to smale children. Yhe, fadir, for so it pleside bifor thee.

³⁶ Therfor if al thi bodi be briyt, and haue no part of derknessis, it schal be al briyt, and as a lanterne of briytnesse it schal yyue liyt to thee.

⁷ And he seide to the tilier of the vynyerd, Lo! thre yeeris ben, sithen Y come sekynge fruyt in this fige tre, and Y fynde noon; therfor kitte it doun, whereto ocupieth it the erthe?

¹⁷ And he turnede ayen to hym silf, and seide, Hou many hirid men in my fadir hous han plente of looues; and Y perische here thorouy hungir.

¹¹ Therfor if ye weren not trewe in the wickid thing of ritchesse, who schal bitake to you that that is verry?

¹³ And whanne hise ten seruauntis weren clepid, he yaf to hem ten besauntis; and seide to hem, Chaffare ye, til Y come.

⁴⁶ And Jhesus criynge with a greet vois, seide, Fadir, in to thin hoondis Y bitake my spirit. And he seiynge these thingis, yaf vp the goost.

⁴⁹ And Y schal sende the biheest of my fadir in to you; but sitte ye in the citee, til that ye be clothid with vertu from an hiy.

⁹ There was a very liyt, which liytneth ech man that cometh in to this world.

⁴⁷ Filip seide to hym, Come, and se. Jhesus siy Nathanael comynge to hym, and seide to hym, Lo! verili a man of Israel, in whom is no gile.

⁴² and seiden to the womman, That now not for thi speche we bileuen; for we han herd, and we witen, that this is verili the sauyour of the world.

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. ²⁵ Treuli, treuli Y seie to you, for the our cometh, and now it is, whanne deed men schulen here the vois of `Goddis sone, and thei that heren, schulen lyue. ²⁶ For as the fadir hath lijf in hym silf, so he yaf to the sone, to haue lijf in him silf; ²⁷ and he yaf to hym power to make doom, for he is mannys sone. ²⁸ Nyle ye wondre this, for the our cometh, in which alle men that ben in birielis, schulen here the voice of Goddis sone. ²⁹ And thei that han do goode thingis, schulen go in to ayenrisyng of lijf; but thei that han done yuele thingis, in to ayenrisyng of doom.

³⁹ Seke ye scripturis, in which ye gessen to haue euerlastynge lijf; and tho it ben, that beren witnessyng of me. ⁴⁰ And ye wolen not come to me, that ye haue lijf.

⁴⁰ And ye wolen not come to me, that ye haue lijf.

³⁷ Al thing, that the fadir yyueth to me, schal come to me; and Y schal not caste hym out, that cometh to me.

³⁹ And this is the wille of the fadir that sente me, that al thing that the fadir yaf me, Y leese not of it, but ayen reise it in the laste dai. ⁴⁰ And this is the wille of my fadir that sente me, that ech man that seeth the sone, and bileueth in hym, haue euerlastynge lijf; and Y schal ayen reyse hym in the laste dai.

⁴⁰ And this is the wille of my fadir that sente me, that ech man that seeth the sone, and bileueth in hym, haue euerlastynge lijf; and Y schal ayen reyse hym in the laste dai.

⁴⁴ No man may come to me, but if the fadir that sente me, drawe hym; and Y schal ayen reise hym in the laste dai. It is writun in prophetis,

⁵⁴ Therfor Jhesus seith to hem, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, but ye eten the fleisch of mannus sone, and drenken his blood, ye schulen not haue lijf in you.

²⁸ And Y yyue to hem euerelastynge lijf, and thei schulen not perische with outen ende, and noon schal rauysche hem fro myn hoond.

²⁸ And Y yyue to hem euerelastynge lijf, and thei schulen not perische with outen ende, and noon schal rauysche hem fro myn hoond.

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.

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.

²⁵ Jhesus seith to hir, Y am ayen risyng and lijf; he that bileueth in me, yhe, thouy he be deed, ²⁶ he schal lyue; and ech that lyueth, and bileueth in me, schal not die with outen ende. Bileuest thou this thing?

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

¹⁷ the spirit of treuthe, to dwelle with you with outen ende; which spirit the world may not take, for it seeth hym not, nether knowith hym. But ye schulen knowe hym, for he schal dwelle with you, and he schal be in you.

²⁷ Pees Y leeue to you, my pees Y yyue to you; not as the world yyueth, Y yiue to you; be not youre herte affrayed, ne drede it.

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.

²⁴ `Til now ye axiden no thing in my name; `axe ye, `and ye schulen take, that youre ioie be ful.

³ And this is euerlastynge lijf, that thei knowe thee very God aloone, and whom thou hast sent, Jhesu Crist.

⁹ Y preie for hem, Y preye not for the world, but for hem that thou hast youun to me, for thei ben thine.

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.

²⁴ Fadir, thei whiche thou yauest to me, Y wole that where Y am, that thei be with me, that thei see my clerenesse, that thou hast youun to me; for thou louedist me bifor the makyng of the world.

³⁵ And he that saiy, bare witnessyng, and his witnessing is trewe; and he woot that he seith trewe thingis, that ye bileue.

³¹ But these ben writun, that ye bileue, that Jhesus `is Crist, the sone of God, and that ye bileuynge haue lijf in his name.

⁸ but ye schulen take the vertu of the Hooli Goost comynge fro aboue in to you, and ye schulen be my witnessis in Jerusalem, and in al Judee, and Samarie, and to the vtmeste of the erthe.

⁴⁷ and herieden togidere God, and hadden grace to al the folk. And the Lord encreside hem that weren maad saaf, ech dai in to the same thing.

³¹ God enhaunside with his riythond this prince and sauyour, that penaunce were yyue to Israel, and remyssioun of synnes.

⁴¹ And thei wenten ioiynge fro the siyt of the counsel, that thei weren had worthi to suffre dispisyng for the name of Jhesu. But ech dai thei ceessiden not in the temple, and aboute housis, to teche and to preche Jhesu Crist.

⁸ And Steuen, ful of grace and of strengthe, made wondris and grete signes in the puple.

⁵⁹ And he knelide, and criede with a greet vois, and seide, Lord, sette not to hem this synne. And whanne he hadde seid this thing, he diede.

¹⁷ Thanne thei leiden hoondis on hem, and thei resseyueden the Hooli Goost. ¹⁸ And whanne Symount hadde seyn, that the Hooly Goost was youun bi leiyng on of the hoondis of the apostlis, and he proferide to hem money, and seide,

¹⁵ And the Lord seide to hym, Go thou, for this is to me a vessel of chesing, that he bere my name bifore hethene men, and kingis, and tofore the sones of Israel. ¹⁶ For Y schal schewe to hym, how grete thingis it bihoueth hym to suffre for my name.

²² But Saul myche more wexede strong, and confoundide the Jewis that dwelliden at Damask, and affermyde that this is Crist.

³⁸ hou God anoyntide hym with the Hooli Goost, and vertu; which passide forth in doynge wel, and heelynge alle men oppressid of the deuel, for God was with hym.

²³ Of whos seed bi the biheest God hath led out to Israel a sauyoure Jhesu,

⁴⁶ Thanne Poul and Barnabas stidfastli seiden, To you it bihofte first to speke the word of God; but for ye putten it awei, and han demyd you vnworthi to euerlastinge lijf, lo! we turnen to hethen men.

⁵⁰ But the Jewis stiriden religiouse wymmen, and onest, and the worthiest men of the citee, and stireden persecucioun ayens Poul and Barnabas, and dryuen hem out of her cuntreis.

⁵ But whanne ther was maad `an asaute of the hethene men and the Jewis, with her princis, to turmenten and to stonen hem, ⁶ thei vndurstoden, and fledden togidere to the citees of Licaonye, and Listris, and Derben, and into al the cuntre aboute. And thei prechiden there the gospel, and al the multitude was moued togider in the teching of hem. Poul and Barnabas dwelten at Listris.

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

¹ And he cam in to Derben and Listram. And lo! a disciple was there, bi name Timothe, the sone of a Jewesse cristen, and of the fadir hethen.

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.

¹ And it bifelle, whanne Apollo was at Corinthi, that Poul whanne he hadde go the hiyer coostis, he cam to Efesie, and foond summe of disciplis.

⁶ And whanne Poul hadde leid on hem his hoondis, the Hooli Goost cam in hem, and thei spaken with langagis, and profecieden.

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

²⁷ And not oonli this part schal be in perel to vs, to come in to repreef, but also the temple of the greet Dian schal be acountid in to nouyt; yhe, and the maieste of hir schal bigynne to be destried, whom al Asie and the world worschipith.

³¹ And also summe of the princis of Asie, that weren hise freendis, senten to him. and preieden, that he schulde not yyue hym silf in to the teatre.

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.

¹⁹ seruynge to the Lord with al mekenesse, and mildnesse, and teeris, and temptaciouns, that felden to me of aspiyngis of Jewis;

²⁴ But Y drede no thing of these, nether Y make my lijf preciousere than my silf, so that Y end my cours, and the mynysterie of the word, which Y resseyuede of the Lord Jhesu, to witnesse the gospel of the grace of God.

³¹ For which thing wake ye, holdinge in mynde that bi thre yeer nyyt and dai Y ceesside not with teeris monestinge ech of you.

³⁷ And greet weping of alle men was maad; and thei felden on the necke of Poul, and kissiden hym, ³⁸ and sorewiden moost in the word that he seide, for thei schulen no more se his face. And thei ledden hym to the schip.

¹³ Thanne Poul answeride, and seide, What doen ye, wepinge and turmentinge myn herte? For Y am redi, not oonli to be boundun, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jhesu.

²⁷ And whanne seuene daies weren endid, the Jewis that weren of Asie, whanne thei saien him in the temple, stiriden al the puple, and leyden hondis on hym, ²⁸ and crieden, Men of Israel, helpe ye vs. This is the man, that ayens the puple and the lawe and this place techith euery where alle men, more ouer and hath led hethene men in to the temple, and hath defoulid this hooli place. ²⁹ For thei seyen Trofimus of Effesi in the citee with hym, whom thei gessiden that Poul hadde brouyt in to the temple. ³⁰ And al the citee was moued, and a rennyng togider of the puple was maad. And thei token Poul, and drowen him out of the temple; and anoon the yatis weren closid. ³¹ And whanne thei souyten to sle hym, it was teld to the tribune of the cumpany of knyytis, that al Jerusalem is confoundid.

³ And he seide, Y am a man a Jew, borun at Tharse of Cilicie, nurischid and in this citee bisidis the feet of Gamaliel, tauyt bi the treuthe of fadris lawe, a louyere of the lawe, as also ye alle ben to dai.

²¹ And he seide to me, Go thou, for Y schal sende thee fer to naciouns. ²² And thei herden him til this word; and thei reiseden her vois, and seiden, Take awei fro the erthe siche a maner man; for it is not leueful, that he lyue. ²³ And whanne thei crieden, and kesten awei her clothis, and threwen dust in to the eir, ²⁴ the tribune comaundide hym to be led in to castels, and to be betun with scourgis, and to be turmentid, that he wiste, for what cause thei crieden so to him.

¹ And Poul bihelde in to the counsel, and seide, Britheren, Y with al good conscience haue lyued bifore God, `til in to this dai.

¹⁴ But Y knowleche to thee this thing, that aftir the secte which thei seien eresie, so Y serue to God the fadir, `and Y bileue to alle thingis that ben writun in the lawe and profetis; and Y haue hope in God,

¹⁶ In this thing Y studie with outen hirtyng, to haue concience to God, and to men euermore.

⁴ For alle Jewis that bifor knewen me fro the bigynnyng, knewen my lijf fro yongthe; that fro the bigynnyng was in my folc in Jerusalem,

¹¹ And bi alle synagogis ofte Y punyschide hem, and constreynede to blasfeme; and more Y wex wood ayens hem, and pursuede in to alien citees.

²⁵ And Poul seide, Y madde not, thou beste Festus, but Y speke out the wordis of treuthe and of sobernesse. ²⁶ For also the king, to whom Y speke stidfastli, woot of these thingis; for Y deme, that no thing of these is hid fro hym; for nether in a cornere was ouyt of these thingis don.

²³ For an aungel of God, whos Y am, and to whom Y serue, stood niy to me in this niyt, and seide, Poul, drede thou not;

²⁰ Therfor for this cause Y preiede to se you, and speke to you; for for the hope of Israel Y am gird aboute with this chayne.

³⁰ And he dwellide ful twei yeer in his hirid place; and he resseyuede alle that entryden to hym, ³¹ and prechide the kingdom of God, and tauyte tho thingis that ben of the Lord Jhesu Crist, with al trist, with out forbedyng. Amen.

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

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. ⁸ First Y do thankyngis to my God, bi Jhesu Crist, for alle you, for youre feith is schewid in al the world. ⁹ For God is a witnesse to me, to whom Y serue in my spirit, in the gospel of his sone,

¹¹ For Y desire to se you, to parten sumwhat of spiritual grace,

¹⁶ For Y schame not the gospel, for it is the vertu of God in to heelthe to ech man that bileueth, to the Jew first, and to the Greke.

⁷ sotheli to hem that ben bi pacience of good werk, glorie, and onour, and vncorrupcioun, to hem that seken euerlastynge lijf;

²⁰ a techere of vnwise men, a maistir of yonge children, that hast the foorme of kunnyng and of treuthe in the lawe;

² Myche bi al wise; first, for the spekyngis of God `weren bitakun to hem.

²⁰ For of the werkis of the lawe ech fleisch schal not be iustified bifor hym; for bi the lawe ther is knowyng of synne.

²³ For alle men synneden, and han nede to the glorie of God; ²⁴ and ben iustified freli bi his grace, bi the ayenbiyng that is in `Crist Jhesu.

³¹ Distruye we therfor the lawe bi the feith? God forbede; but we stablischen the lawe.

²¹ yyuynge glorie to God, witynge moost fulli that what euere thingis God hath bihiyt, he is myyti also to do.

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.

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.

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.

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.

⁶ witynge this thing, that oure olde man is crucified togidere, that the bodi of synne be distruyed, that we serue no more to synne.

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.

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.

¹⁵ For ye han not take eftsoone the spirit of seruage in drede, but ye han taken the spirit of adopcioun of sones, in which we crien, Abba, fadir.

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. ¹⁸ And Y deme, that the passiouns of this tyme ben not worthi to the glorie to comynge, that schal be schewid in vs.

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, 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.

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,

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.

¹ I seie treuthe in Crist Jhesu, Y lye not, for my conscience berith witnessyng to me in the Hooli Goost,

¹¹ And whanne thei weren not yit borun, nether hadden don ony thing of good ether of yuel, that the purpos of God schulde dwelle bi eleccioun,

¹⁵ God forbede. For he seith to Moyses, Y schal haue merci on whom Y haue merci; and Y schal yyue merci on whom Y schal haue merci. ¹⁶ Therfor it is not nether of man willynge, nethir rennynge, but of God hauynge mercy. ¹⁷ And the scripture seith to Farao, For to this thing Y haue stirid thee, that Y schewe in thee my vertu, and that my name be teld in al erthe. ¹⁸ Therfor of whom God wole, he hath merci; and whom he wole, he endurith. ¹⁹ Thanne seist thou to me, What is souyt yit? for who withstondith his wille? ²⁰ O! man, who art thou, that answerist to God? Whether a maad thing seith to hym that made it, What hast thou maad me so? ²¹ Whether a potter of cley hath not power to make of the same gobet o vessel in to honour, an othere in to dispit? ²² That if God willynge to schewe his wraththe, and to make his power knowun, hath suffrid in greet pacience vessels of wraththe able in to deth, 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,

³³ as it is writun, Lo! Y putte a stoon of offensioun in Syon, and a stoon of sclaundre; and ech that schal bileue `in it, schal not be confoundid.

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.

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

¹⁹ Ye moost dere britheren, not defendynge you silf, but yyue ye place to wraththe; for it is writun, The Lord seith, To me veniaunce, and Y schal yelde.

⁵ For whi oon demeth a day bitwixe a dai, another demeth ech dai.

¹⁴ I woot and triste in the Lord Jhesu, that no thing is vnclene bi hym, no but to him that demeth ony thing to be vnclene, to him it is vnclene.

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. ¹⁴ And, britheren, Y my silf am certeyn of you, that also ye ben ful of loue, and ye ben fillid with al kunnyng, so that ye moun moneste ech other.

³⁰ Therfor, britheren, Y biseche you bi oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and bi charite of the Hooli Goost, that ye helpe me in youre preyeris to the Lord, ³¹ that Y be delyuerid fro the vnfeithful men, that ben in Judee, and that the offryng of my seruyce be acceptid in Jerusalem to seyntis; ³² that Y come to you in ioye, bi the wille of God, and that Y be refreischid with you. And God of pees be with you alle. Amen.

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

¹ Poul, clepid apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, and Sostenes, brothir, to the chirche of God that is at Corynthe,

⁶ as the witnessyng of Crist is confermyd in you;

¹⁸ For the word of the cros is foli to hem that perischen; but to hem that ben maad saaf, that is to seie, to vs, it is the vertu of God.

⁴ and my word and my preching was not in suteli sturyng wordis of mannus wisdom, but in schewyng of spirit and of vertu;

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.

¹⁶ Witen ye not, that ye ben the temple of God, and the spirit of God dwellith in you?

²¹ Therfor no man haue glorie in men. ²² For alle thingis ben youre, ethir Poul, ether Apollo, ether Cefas, ether the world, ether lijf, ether deth, ether thingis present, ethir thingis to comynge; for alle thingis ben youre,

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.

¹⁹ Whether ye witen not, that youre membris ben the temple of the Hooli Goost, that is in you, whom ye han of God, and ye ben not youre owne?

¹⁷ But if Y do this thing wilfuli, Y haue mede; but if ayens my wille, dispending is bitakun to me.

²⁶ And at the laste, deth the enemye schal be distried; for he hath maad suget alle thingis vndur hise feet.

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. ⁵⁵ Deth, where is thi victorie? Deth, where is thi pricke?

⁸ But Y schal dwelle at Efesi, `til to Witsuntide.

¹⁸ for thei filliden that thing that failide to you; for thei han refreischid bothe my spirit and youre. Therfor knowe ye hem, that ben suche maner men. 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.

¹ Poul, apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, and Tymothe, brothir, to the chirche of God that is at Corinthi, with alle seyntis that ben in al Acaie, grace to you,

¹² For oure glorie is this, the witnessyng of oure conscience, that in symplenesse and clennesse of God, and not in fleischli wisdom, but in the grace of God, we lyueden in this world, but more plenteuousli to you.

²⁰ For whi hou many euer ben biheestis of God, in thilke is, `that is, ben fillid. And therfor and bi hym we seien amen to God, to oure glorie.

⁴ For whi and we that ben in this tabernacle, sorewen with ynne, and ben heuyed, for that we wolen not be spuylid, but be clothid aboue; that the ilke thing that is deedli, be sopun vp of lijf.

¹³ For ethir we bi mynde passen to God, ether we ben sobre to you. ¹⁴ For the charite of Crist dryueth vs; gessynge this thing, that if oon died for alle, thanne alle weren deed.

¹⁶ Therfor we fro this tyme knowen no man aftir the fleische; thouy we knowun Crist aftir the fleisch, but nowe we knowun not.

¹⁹ And God was in Crist, recounselynge to hym the world, not rettynge to hem her giltes, and puttide in vs the word of recounselyng. ²⁰ Therfor we vsen message for Crist, as if God monestith bi vs; we bisechen for Crist, be ye recounselid to God.

⁶ in chastite, in kunnyng, in long abiding, in swetnesse, in the Hooli Goost, ⁷ in charite not feined, in the word of treuthe, in the vertu of God; bi armeris of riytwisnesse on the riythalf and on the lefthalf;

¹ For of the mynystrie that is maad to hooli men, it is to me of plente to write to you.

¹² For the mynystrie of this office not oneli fillith tho thingis that failen to holi men, but also multiplieth many thankyngis to God, ¹³ bi the preuyng of this mynystrie, which glorifien God in the obedience of youre knouleching in the gospel of Crist, and in symplenesse of comynycacioun in to hem and in to alle, ¹⁴ and in the biseching of hem for you, that desiren you for the excellent grace of God in you.

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.

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.

¹⁴ And Y profitide in the Jurie aboue many of myn eueneldis in my kynrede, and was more aboundauntli a folewere of my fadris tradiciouns.

⁷ But ayenward, whanne thei hadden seyn, that the euangelie of prepucie was youun to me, as the euangelie of circumcisioun was youun to Petre;

⁴ And ye ben voidid awei fro Crist, and ye that be iustified in the lawe, ye han fallen awei fro grace.

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.

⁹ to make knowun to vs the sacrament of his wille, bi the good plesaunce of hym; the which sacrament he purposide in

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,

¹⁶ ceesse not to do thankyngis for you, makynge mynde of you in my preieris;

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;

⁴ but God, that is riche in merci, for his ful myche charite in which he louyde vs, ⁵ yhe, whanne we weren deed in synnes, quikenede vs togidere in Crist, bi whos grace ye ben sauyd, and ayen reiside togidere,

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.

²² In whom also `be ye bildid togidere in to the habitacle of God, in the Hooli Goost.

¹ For the grace of this thing I Poul, the boundun of Crist Jhesu, for you hethene men,

¹ For the grace of this thing I Poul, the boundun of Crist Jhesu, for you hethene men, ² if netheles ye han herd the dispensacioun of Goddis grace, that is youun to me in you. ³ For bi reuelacioun the sacrament is maad knowun to me, as Y aboue wroot in schort thing, ⁴ as ye moun rede, and vndurstonde my prudence in the mysterie of Crist. ⁵ Which was not knowun to othere generaciouns to the sones of men, as it is now schewid to his hooli apostlis and prophetis in the spirit, ⁶ that hethene men ben euen eiris, and of oo bodi, and parteneris togidere of his biheest in Crist Jhesu bi the euangelie;

⁶ that hethene men ben euen eiris, and of oo bodi, and parteneris togidere of his biheest in Crist Jhesu bi the euangelie; ⁷ whos mynystre Y am maad, bi the yifte of Goddis grace, which is youun to me bi the worchyng of his vertu. 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,

¹¹ bi the bifore ordinaunce of worldis, which he made in Crist Jhesu oure Lord.

¹³ For which thing Y axe, that ye faile not in my tribulaciouns for you, which is youre glorie.

¹ Therfor Y boundun for the Lord biseche you, that ye walke worthili in the clepyng,

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 And nyle ye be drunkun of wyn, in which is letcherie, but be ye fillid with the Hooli Goost; and speke ye to you silf in salmes,

²⁰ for which Y am set in message in a chayne; so that in it Y be hardi to speke, as it bihoueth me.

⁷ As it is iust to me to feele this thing for alle you, for that Y haue you in herte, and in my boondis, and in defending and confermyng of the gospel, that alle ye be felowis of my ioye. ⁸ For God is a witnesse to me, hou Y coueyte alle you in the bowelis of Jhesu Crist.

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

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.

²¹ For alle men seken tho thingis that ben her owne, not tho that ben of Crist Jhesu.

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

⁸ Netheles Y gesse alle thingis to be peirement for the cleer science of Jhesu Crist my Lord. For whom Y made alle thingis peyrement, and Y deme as drit,

¹⁰ to knowe hym, and the vertu of his risyng ayen, and the felouschipe of his passioun, and be maad lijk to his deeth,

²¹ which schal reforme the bodi of oure mekenesse, that is maad lijk to the bodi of his clerenesse, bi the worching bi which he mai `also make alle thingis suget to hym.

¹ Therfor, my britheren most dereworthe and most desirid, my ioye and my coroun, so stonde ye in the Lord, most dere britheren.

⁹ that also ye han lerud, and take, and heed, and seyn in me. Do ye these thingis, and God of pees schal be with you.

¹³ Y may alle thingis in hym that coumfortith me.

⁴ and the loue that ye han to alle hooli men,

⁸ which also schewide to vs youre louyng in spirit.

¹¹ and ben coumfortid in al vertu bi the miyt of his clerenesse, in al pacience and long abiding with ioye,

²⁴ and now Y haue ioye in passioun for you, and Y fille tho thingis that failen of the passiouns of Crist in my fleisch, for his bodi, that is the chirche.

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.

¹¹ and Jhesus, that is seid Just; whiche ben of circumcisioun; thei aloone ben myn helperis in the kingdom of God, that weren to me in solace.

² and in the Lord Jhesu Crist, grace and pees to you. We doon thankyngis to God euere more for alle you, and we maken mynde of you in oure preyeris withouten ceessyng; 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.

¹⁶ forbedinge vs to speke to hethene men, that thei be maad saaf, that thei fille her synnes euere more; for the wraththe of God cam on hem in to the ende. ¹⁷ And, britheren, we desolat fro you for a tyme, bi mouth and in biholding, but not in herte, han hiyed more plenteuousli to se youre face with greet desir.

¹⁹ For whi what is oure hope, or ioye, or coroun of glorie? Whether ye ben not bifore oure Lord Jhesu Crist in his comyng?

⁴ For whanne we weren at you, we biforseiden to you, that we schulden suffre tribulaciouns; as it is don, and ye witen.

¹⁰ nyyt and dai more plenteuousli preiynge, that we se youre face, and fulfille tho thingis that failen to youre feith.

⁷ For God clepide not vs in to vnclennesse, but in to holynesse.

⁴ But, britheren, ye ben not in derknessis, that the ilke dai as a theef catche you.

¹⁹ Nyle ye quenche the spirit;

²¹ But preue ye alle thingis, and holde ye that thing that is good.

⁸ And thanne thilke wickid man schal be schewid, whom the Lord Jhesu schal sle with the spirit of his mouth, and schal distrie with liytnyng of his comyng;

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, ² to Tymothe, bilouyd sone in the feith, grace and merci and pees, of God the fadir, and of Jhesu Crist, oure Lord. 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.

⁷ and willith to be techeris of the lawe, and vndurstonden not what thingis thei speken, nether of what thingis thei affermen.

¹⁰ to hem that don letcherie with men, lesingmongeris and forsworun, and if ony othere thing is contrarie to the hoolsum teching, ¹¹ that is aftir the euangelie of the glorie of blessid God, which is bitakun to me.

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

¹⁹ hauynge feith and good conscience, which summen casten awei, and perischiden aboute the feith.

⁶ that yaf him silf redempcioun for alle men. Whos witnessing is confermyd in his tymes; ⁷ in which Y am set a prechour and an apostle. For Y seye treuthe, and Y lie not, that am a techere of hethene men in feith and in treuthe.

⁶ Thou puttynge forth these thingis to britheren, schalt be a good mynystre of Crist Jhesu; nurschid with wordis of feith and of good doctryne, which thou hast gete.

¹⁴ Nyle thou litil charge the grace which is in thee, that is youun to thee bi profecie, with putting on of the hondis of preesthod.

³ If ony man techith othere wise, and acordith not to the hoolsum wordis of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and to that teching that is bi pitee,

¹⁹ to comyne, to tresoure to hem silf a good foundement in to tyme to comynge, that thei catche euerlastinge lijf. ²⁰ Thou Tymothe, kepe the thing bitakun to thee, eschewynge cursid noueltees of voicis, and opynyouns of fals name of kunnyng;

¹ Poul, apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the wille of God, bi the biheest of lijf that is in Crist Jhesu,

⁵ And Y bithenke of that feith, that is in thee not feyned, which also dwellide firste in thin aunte Loide, and in thi modir Eunyce. And Y am certeyn, that also in thee.

⁸ Therfor nyl thou schame the witnessyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, nether me, his prisoner; but trauele thou togidere in the gospel bi the vertu of God;

¹² For which cause also Y suffre these thingis; but Y am not confoundid. For Y woot to whom Y haue bileuyd, and Y am certeyne that he is miyti for to kepe that is take to my keping in to that dai.

¹⁴ Kepe thou the good takun to thi kepyng bi the Hooli Goost, that dwellith in vs.

¹⁶ The Lord yyue merci to the hous of Onesyforus, for ofte he refreischide me, and schamyde not my chayne.

¹⁸ The Lord yyue to hym to fynde merci of God in that dai. And hou grete thingis he mynystride to me at Effesi, thou knowist betere.

¹ Therfor thou, my sone, be coumfortid in grace that is in Crist Jhesu. ² And what thingis thou hast herd of me bi many witnessis, bitake thou these to feithful men, whiche schulen `be also able to teche othere men. ³ Trauele thou as a good knyyt of Crist Jhesu.

⁹ aftir my gospel, in which Y trauele `til to boondis, as worching yuele, but the word of God is not boundun.

¹¹ A trewe word, that if we ben deed togidere, also we schulen liue togidere; ¹² if we suffren, we schulen regne togidere; if we denyen, he schal denye vs;

¹⁴ Teche thou these thingis, witnessinge bifore God. Nyle thou stryue in wordis; for to no thing it is profitable, but to the subuerting of men that heren.

¹⁰ But thou hast getun my teching, ordinaunce, purposing, feith, long abiding, loue, ¹¹ pacience, persecuciouns, passiouns, whiche weren maad to me at Antioche, at Ycony, at Listris, what maner persecucyouns Y suffride, and the Lord hath delyuered me of alle. ¹² And alle men that wolen lyue feithfuli in Crist Jhesu, schulen suffre persecucioun.

¹⁴ But dwelle thou in these thingis that thou hast lerud, and that ben bitakun to thee, witinge of whom thou hast lerud; ¹⁵ for thou hast knowun hooli lettris fro thi youthe, whiche moun lerne thee to heelthe, bi feith that is in Crist Jhesu.

² preche the word, be thou bisi couenabli with outen rest, repreue thou, biseche thou, blame thou in al pacience and doctryn.

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. ⁹ Hyye thou to come to me soone. For Demas, louynge this world, hath forsakun me, and wente to Tessalonyk, ¹⁰ Crescens in to Galathi, Tite in to Dalmacie; ¹¹ Luk aloone is with me. Take thou Mark, and brynge with thee; for he is profitable to me in to seruyce. ¹² Forsothe Y sente Titicus to Effesi.

¹⁶ In my firste defence no man helpide me, but alle forsoken me; be it not arettid to hem.

¹⁶ In my firste defence no man helpide me, but alle forsoken me; be it not arettid to hem. ¹⁷ But the Lord helpide me, and coumfortide me, that the preching be fillid bi me, and that alle folkis here, that Y am delyueride fro the mouth of the lioun.

¹⁷ But the Lord helpide me, and coumfortide me, that the preching be fillid bi me, and that alle folkis here, that Y am delyueride fro the mouth of the lioun.

¹⁹ Amen. Grete wel Prisca, and Aquila, and the hous of Oneseforus.

²¹ Hiye thou to come bifore wyntir. Eubolus, and Prudent, and Lynus, and Claudia, and alle britheren, greten thee wel.

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, ⁴ to Tite, most dereworthe sone bi the comyn feith, grace and pees of God the fadir, and of Crist Jhesu, oure sauyour.

⁹ hooli, contynent, takinge that trewe word, that is aftir doctryn; that he be miyti to amoneste in hoolsum techyng, and to repreue hem that ayenseien.

¹ But speke thou tho thingis that bisemen hoolsum teching;

⁸ An hoolsum word, and vnrepreuable; that he that is of the contrarie side, be aschamed, hauynge noon yuel thing to seie of you.

¹¹ For the grace of `God, oure sauyour,

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

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,

⁷ And Y hadde greet ioye and coumfort in thi charite, for the entrailis of hooli men restiden bi thee, brother.

²⁰ So, brothir, Y schal vse thee in the Lord; fille thou myn entrails in Crist.

¹⁴ Therfor for children comyneden to fleisch and blood, and he also took part of the same, that bi deth he schulde destrie hym that hadde lordschipe of deth, that is to seie, the deuel, ¹⁵ and that he schulde delyuere hem that bi drede of deth, `bi al lijf weren boundun to seruage.

¹⁵ and that he schulde delyuere hem that bi drede of deth, `bi al lijf weren boundun to seruage.

¹⁸ For in that thing in which he suffride, and was temptid, he is miyti to helpe also hem that ben temptid.

¹ Therfor, hooli britheren, and parceneris of heuenli cleping, biholde ye the apostle and the bischop of oure confessioun, Jhesu,

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.

¹⁴ Therfor we that han a greet bischop, that perside heuenes, Jhesu, the sone of God, holde we the knoulechyng of oure hope.

² and of leiynge on of hondis, and of risyng ayen of deed men, and of the euerlastinge doom.

⁹ But, ye moost dereworthe, we tristen of you betere thingis, and neer to helthe, thouy we speken so. 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.

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

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.

²³ and holde we the confessioun of oure hope, bowinge to no side; for he is trewe that hath made the biheeste.

³² And haue ye mynde on the formere daies, in which ye weren liytned, and suffriden greet strijf of passiouns.

³⁴ For also to boundun men ye hadden compassioun, and ye resseyueden with ioye the robbyng of youre goodis, knowinge that ye han a betere and a dwellinge substaunce.

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.

² biholdinge in to the makere of feith, and the perfit endere, Jhesu; which whanne ioye was purposid to hym, he suffride the cros, and dispiside confusioun, and sittith on the riythalf of the seet of God.

⁸ Jhesu Crist, yistirdai, and to dai, he is also into worldis.

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.

¹⁰ Of which helthe profetis souyten, and enserchiden, that profecieden of the grace to comyng in you,

¹⁵ 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.

²⁰ Crist Jhesu, that was knowun bifor the makyng of the world, but he is schewid in the laste tymes,

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.

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.

²⁰ For what grace is it, if ye synnen, and ben buffatid, and suffren? But if ye don wel, and suffren pacientli, this is grace anentis God. ²¹ For to this thing ye ben clepid. For also Crist suffride for vs, and lefte ensaumple to you, that ye folewe the steppis of hym.

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

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. ¹⁴ If ye ben dispisid for the name of Crist, ye schulen be blessid; for that that is of the onour, and of the glorie, and of the vertu of God, and the spirit that is his, schal reste on you. ¹⁵ But no man of you suffre as a mansleere, ethir a theef, ether cursere, ethir a disirere of othere mennus goodis; ¹⁶ but if as a cristen man, schame he not, but glorifie he God in this name.

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,

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.

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.

¹¹ for ye doynge these thingis schulen not do synne ony tyme. For thus the entryng in to euerlastynge kyngdom of oure Lord and sauyour Jhesu Crist, schal be mynystrid to you plenteuousli. ¹² For which thing Y schal bigynne to moneste you euere more of these thingis; and Y wole that ye be kunnynge, and confermyd in this present treuthe.

²⁰ For if men forsaken the vnclennessis of the world, bi the knowyng of oure Lord and sauyour Jhesu Crist, and eftsone ben wlappid in these, and ben ouercomun, the lattere thingis ben maad to hem worse than the formere.

¹ Lo! ye moost dereworth britheren, Y write to you this secounde epistle, in which Y stire youre clere soule bi monesting togidere, ² that ye be myndeful of tho wordis, that Y biforseide of the hooli prophetis, and of the maundementis of the hooli apostlis of the Lord and sauyour.

¹⁸ But wexe ye in the grace and the knowyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist and oure Sauyour; to hym be glorie now and in to the dai of euerlastyngnesse. Amen.

² And we sayn, and we witnessen, and tellen to you the euerlastynge lijf, that was anentis the fadir, and apperide to vs.

⁴ And we writen this thing to you, that ye haue ioye, and that youre ioye be ful.

²⁵ And this is the biheeste, that he bihiyte to vs euerlastinge lijf.

¹⁴ And we sayen, and witnessen, that the fadir sente his sone sauyour of the world.

¹⁸ Drede is not in charite, but perfit charite puttith out drede; for drede hath peyne. But he that dredith, is not perfit in charite.

¹¹ And this is the witnessyng, for God yaf to you euerlastinge lijf, and this lijf is in his sone.

¹¹ And this is the witnessyng, for God yaf to you euerlastinge lijf, and this lijf is in his sone. ¹² He that hath the sone of God, hath also lijf; he that hath not the sone of God, hath not lijf.

¹² He that hath the sone of God, hath also lijf; he that hath not the sone of God, hath not lijf. ¹³ I write to you these thingis, that ye wite, that ye han euerlastynge lijf, which bileuen in the name of Goddis sone.

³ Moost dere britheren, Y doynge al bisynesse to write to you of youre comyn helthe, hadde nede to write to you, and preye to striue strongli for the feith that is onys takun to seyntis.

⁵ But Y wole moneste you onys, that witen alle thingis, that Jhesus sauyde his puple fro the lond of Egipt, and the secunde tyme loste hem that bileueden not.

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,

² whiche bar witnessing to the word of God, and witnessing of Jhesu Crist, in these thingis, what euer thingis he say.

⁹ I, Joon, youre brothir, and partener in tribulacioun, and kingdom, and pacience in Crist Jhesu, was in an ile, that is clepid Pathmos, for the word of God, and for the witnessyng of Jhesu.

¹ And to the aungel of the chirche of Efesus write thou, These thingis seith he, that holdith the seuene sterris in his riyt hond, which walkith in the middil of the seuene goldun candilstikis.

⁷ He that hath eeris, here he, what the spirit seith to the chirchis. To hym that ouercometh Y schal yyue to ete of the tre of lijf, that is in the paradis of my God.

²⁵ til Y come.

³ Therfor haue thou in mynde, hou thou resseyuedist, and herdist; and kepe, and do penaunce. Therfor if thou wake not, Y schal come as a nyyt theef to thee, and thou schalt not wite in what our Y schal come to thee.

¹¹ Lo! Y come soone; holde thou that that thou hast, that no man take thi coroun.

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

¹¹ And thei ouercamen hym for the blood of the lomb, and for the word of his witnessing; and thei louyden not her lyues til to deth.

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.

⁸ The beeste which thou seist, was, and is not; and sche schal stie fro depnesse, and sche schal go `in to perisching. And men dwellinge in erthe schulen wondre, whos names ben not writun in the book of lijf fro the makinge of the world, seynge the beeste, that was, and is not.

¹ And aftir these thingis Y siy another aungel comynge doun fro heuene, hauynge greet power; and the erthe was liytned of his glorie.

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.

¹⁴ And helle and deth weren sent in to a poole of fier. `This is the secunde deth.

⁴ And God schal wipe awei ech teer fro the iyen of hem; and deth schal no more be, nether mornyng, nether criyng, nether sorewe schal be ouer; whiche `firste thingis wenten awei.

¹ And he schewide to me a flood of quic watir, schinynge as cristal, comynge forth of the seete of God, and of the lomb, ² in the myddil of the street of it. And on ech side of the flood, the tree of lijf, bryngynge forth twelue fruytis, yeldinge his fruit bi ech monethe; and the leeues of the tree ben to heelthe of folkis.

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

¹⁷ And the spirit and the spousesse seien, Come thou. And he that herith, seie, Come thou; and he that thirstith, come; and he that wole, take he freli the watir of lijf.