Bible verses about "legacy" | Wycliffe

¹⁴ Now therfor drede ye the Lord, and serue ye hym with perfite herte and moost trewe; and do ye awei the goddis, to whiche youre fadris seruyden in Mesopotanye, and in Egipt; and serue ye the Lord. ¹⁵ But if it semeth yuel to you, `that ye serue the Lord, chesyng is youun to you; chese ye to you to dai that, that plesith, whom ye owen most to serue; whether to goddis, whiche youre fadris serueden in Mesopotanye, whether to the goddis of Ammorreis, in whose lond ye dwellen; forsothe Y, and myn hows schulen serue the Lord.

¹¹ Al the puple, that was in the yate, answeride, and the grettere men in birthe answeriden, We ben witnessis; the Lord make this womman, that entrith in to thin hows, as Rachel and Lia, that bildiden the hows of Israel, that sche be ensaumple of vertu in Effrata, and haue a solempne name in Bethleem;

⁵ nether `thou schalt worschipe; for Y am thi Lord God, a stronge gelouse louyere; and Y visite the wickidnesse of fadris in to the thridde and the fourthe generacioun of hem that haten me, <sup>6</sup> and Y do mercy in to `a thousynde, to hem that louen me, and kepen myn heestis.

²¹ And he seide to the sones of Israel, Whanne youre sones schulen axe to morewe her fadris, and schulen seie to hem, What wolen these stoonys `to hem silf? ²² ye schulen teche hem, and ye schulen seie, We passiden this Jordan bi the drie botme,

²² A good man schal leeue aftir him eiris, sones, and the sones of sones; and the catel of a synnere is kept to a iust man.

¹⁷ sparewis schulen make nest there. The hous of the gerfaukun is the leeder of tho;

¹ The `title of the hundrid and twelfthe salm. Alleluya. Children, preise ye the Lord; preise ye the name of the Lord. ² The name of the Lord be blessid; fro this tyme now and til in to the world. ³ Fro the risyng of the sunne til to the goyng doun; the name of the Lord is worthi to be preisid.

²⁰ And Y preye not oneli for hem, but also for hem that schulden bileue in to me bi the word of hem; ²¹ that all ben oon, as thou, fadir, in me, and Y in thee, that also thei in vs be oon; that the world bileue, that thou hast sent me. ²² And Y haue youun to hem the clerenesse, that thou hast youun to me, that thei ben oon, ²³ as we ben oon; Y in hem, and thou in me, that thei be endid in to oon; and that the world knowe, that thou sentist me, and hast loued hem, as thou hast loued also me. 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. ²⁵ Fadir, riytfuli the world knew thee not, but Y knew thee, and these knewen, that thou sentist me.

¹ I witnesse bifore God and Crist Jhesu, that schal deme the quike and the deed, and bi the comyng of hym, and the kyngdom of hym, ² preche the word, be thou bisi couenabli with outen rest, repreue thou, biseche thou, blame thou in al pacience and doctryn. ³ For tyme schal be, whanne men schulen not suffre hoolsum teching, but at her desiris thei schulen gadere `togidere to hem silf maistris yitchinge to the eeris. <sup>4</sup> And treuli thei schulen turne awei the heryng fro treuthe, but to fablis thei schulen turne. <sup>5</sup> But wake thou, in alle thingis traueile thou, do the werk of an euangelist, fulfille thi seruyce, be thou sobre. <sup>6</sup> For Y am sacrifisid now, and the tyme of my departyng is nyy. <sup>7</sup> Y haue stryuun a good strijf, Y haue endid the cours, Y haue kept the feith. <sup>8</sup> 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. ¹³ The cloth which Y lefte at Troade at Carpe, whanne thou comest, bringe with thee, and the bookis, but moost parchemyne. ¹⁴ Alisaundre, the tresorer, schewide to me myche yuele; `the Lord schal yelde to hym aftir his werkis. ¹⁵ Whom also thou eschewe; for he ayenstood ful greetli oure wordis. 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. ¹⁸ And the Lord delyueride me fro al yuel werk, and schal make me saaf in to his heuenly kingdom, to whom be glorie in to worldis of worldis. ¹⁹ Amen. Grete wel Prisca, and Aquila, and the hous of Oneseforus. ²⁰ Erastus lefte at Corynthi, and Y lefte Trofymus sijk at Mylete. ²¹ Hiye thou to come bifore wyntir. Eubolus, and Prudent, and Lynus, and Claudia, and alle britheren, greten thee wel. ²² Oure Lord Jhesu Crist be with thi spirit. The grace of God be with you. Amen.

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. ¹³ Forsothe Y deme iustli, as long as Y am in this tabernacle, to reise you in monesting; and Y am certeyn, ¹⁴ that the putting awei of my tabernacle is swift, bi this that oure Lord Jhesu Crist hath schewid to me. ¹⁵ But Y schal yyue bisynesse, and ofte after my deth ye haue mynde of these thingis.

⁴ The spirit of hym schal go out, and he schal turne ayen in to his erthe; in that dai alle the thouytis of hem schulen perische.

²⁰ but gadere to you tresouris in heuene, where nether ruste ne mouyte distrieth, and where theues deluen not out, ne stelen. ²¹ For where thi tresoure is, there also thin herte is.

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.

⁶ For Y am sacrifisid now, and the tyme of my departyng is nyy. ⁷ Y haue stryuun a good strijf, Y haue endid the cours, Y haue kept the feith. 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.

⁵ Thou schalt loue thi Lord God of al thin herte, and of al thi soule, and of al thi strengthe. ⁶ And these wordis whiche Y comaunde to thee to dai, schulen be in thin herte; ⁷ and thou schalt telle tho to thi sones, and thou schalt thenke on tho, sittynge in thin hows, and goynge in the weie, slepynge, and rysinge.

⁴ We ben maad schenschipe to oure neiyboris; mowynge and scornynge to hem, that ben in oure cumpas.