3 John Cross References - Tyndale

¹ The Elder vnto the beloven Gayus whom I love in ye trueth. ² Beloved I wisshe in all thinges that thou prosperedest and faredest well eve as thy soule prospereth. ³ I reioysed greatly when the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in the how thou walkest in trouthe. ⁴ I have no greater ioye then for to heare howe that my sonnes walke in veritie. ⁵ Beloved thou doest faythfully what soever thou doest to the brethren and to straungers ⁶ which bare witnes of thy love before all the congregacion. Which brethren whe thou bryngest forwardes on their iorney (as it besemeth god) thou shalt do well: ⁷ because that for his names sake they went forth and toke nothinge of the gentyls. ⁸ We therfore ought to receave soche that we also myght be helpers to the trueth. ⁹ I wrote vnto the congregacio: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence amoge them receaveth vs not. ¹⁰ Wherfore yf I come I will declare his dedes which he doeth iestinge on vs with malicious wordes nether is therewith content. Not only he him silfe receaveth not the brethre: but also he forbiddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion. ¹¹ 11Beloved folowe not that which is evyll but that which is good. He that doeth well is of God: but he yt doeth evyll seith not God. ¹² Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth: ye and we oure selves also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true. ¹³ I have many thinges to wryte: but I will not with ynke and penne wryte vnto the. ¹⁴ For I trust I shall shortly se the and we shall speake mouth to mouth. Peace be with the. The lovers salute the. Grete the lovers by name.

²⁹ And all the cite was on a roore and they russhed in to the comen hall with one assent and caught Gayus and Aristarcus men of Macedonia Pauls companios.

⁴ Ther acompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berrea and of Thessalonia Aristarcus and Secundus and Gayus of Derba and Timotheus: and out of Asia Tychicus and Trophimos.

²³ Gaius myne hoste and the hoste of all the congregacions saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlayne of ye cite saluteth you. And Quartus a brother saluteth you.

¹⁴ I thanke God that I christened none of you but Crispus and Gayus

¹⁸ My babes let vs not love in worde nether in tonge: but with dede and in veritie:

¹ The elder to the electe lady and her chyldren which I love in the trueth: and not I only but also all that have knowe the trueth ² for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shalbe in vs for ever. ³ With you be grace mercy and peace from God ye father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ the sonne of the father in trueth and love. ⁴ I reioysed greatly that I founde of thy chyldre walkinge in trouth as we have receaved a commaundement of the father. ⁵ And nowe beseche I the lady not as though I wrote a newe commaundement vnto the but that same which we had fro the begynninge that we shuld love one another. ⁶ And this is the love that we shulde walke after his commaundementes.This commaundement is (that as ye have hearde from the begynninge) ye shuld walke in it. ⁷ For many deceavers are entred in to the worlde which confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesshe. This is a deceaver and an Antichrist. ⁸ Loke on youre selves that we loose not that we have wrought: but that we maye have a full rewarde. ⁹ Whosoever transgresseth and bydeth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God. He yt endureth in the doctrine of Christ hath bothe the father and the sonne. ¹⁰ Yf ther come eny vnto you and bringe not this learninge him receave not to housse: nether bid him God spede. ¹¹ For he that biddeth him God spede is parttaker of his evyll dedes. ¹² I had many thinges to wryte vnto you neverthelesse I wolde not wryte with paper and ynke: but I trust to come vnto you and speake with you mouth to mouth that oure ioye maye be full. ¹³ The sonnes of thy electe syster grete the. Amen.

⁴ and that no man consyder his awne but what is mete for other.

²⁷ And no doute he was sicke and that nye vnto deeth. But god had mercy on him: not on him only but on me also lest I shuld have had sorowe apon sorowe.

⁴ sence we hearde of youre faith which ye have in Christ Iesu and of the love which ye beare to all sayntes ⁵ for the hopes sake which is layde vp in store for you in heven of which hope ye have herde before by ye true worde of the gospell ⁶ which is come vnto you eve as it is in to all ye worlde and is frutefull as it is amoge you fro the fyrst daye in ye which ye herde of it and had experiece in ye grace of God in the trueth

³ with out ceasynge and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faythe and labour in love and perseveraunce in the hope of oure lorde Iesus Christ in the sight of God oure father: ⁴ because we knowe brethren beloved of god how yt ye are electe. ⁵ For oure gospell came not vnto you in worde only but also in power and also in the holy gost and in moche certayntie as ye knowe after what maner we behaued oure selves amonge you for youre sakes. ⁶ And ye became folowers of vs and of the lord and receaved the worde in moche affliccion with ioye of the holy gost: ⁷ so that ye were an ensample to all that beleve in Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸ For from you sounded out the worde of the lorde not in Macedonia and in Achaia only: but youre fayth also which ye have vnto god spred her silfe abroade in all quartars so greatly that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thynge at all. ⁹ For they the selves shewe of you what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you and how ye tourned to God from ymages for to serve the livynge and true god ¹⁰ and for to loke for his sonne from heven whom he raysed from deeth: I mean Iesus which delivereth vs from wrath to come.

¹³ For this cause thanke we god with out ceasynge because that when ye receaved of vs the worde wherwith God was preached ye receaved it not as the worde of man: but even as it was in dede the worde of God which worketh in you that beleve. ¹⁴ For ye brethre became folowers of the congregacions of god which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu: for ye have suffered lyke thynges of youre kynsmen as we oure selves have suffered of the Iewes.

¹⁹ For what is oure hope or ioye or croune of reioysynge? are not ye it in the presence of oure lorde Iesus Christ at his comynge? ²⁰ yes ye are oure glory and ioye.

⁶ But now lately whe Timotheus came fro you vnto vs and declared to vs youre fayth and youre love and how that ye have good remembraunce of vs all wayes desyringe to se vs as we desyre to se you. ⁷ Therfore brethre we had consolacion in you in all oure adversite and necessite through youre fayth. ⁸ For now are we alyve yf ye stonde stedfast in the lorde. ⁹ For what thankes can we recompence to god agayne for you over all the ioye that we ioye for youre sakes before oure god

³ We are bounde to thanke God all wayes for you brethren as it is mete because that youre fayth groweth excedyngly and every one of you swymmeth in love towarde another betwene youre selves

¹³ But we are bounde to geve thankes alwaye to god for you brethren beloved of the lorde for because that God hath from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacion thorow sanctifyinge of the sprete and thorowe belevynge the trueth:

⁵ when I heare of thy love and fayth which thou hast towarde the Lorde Iesu and towarde all saynctes: ⁶ so that the fellisshippe that thou hast in the fayth is frutefull thorow knowledge of all good thinges which are in you by Iesus Christ. ⁷ And we have great ioye and consolacion over thy love: for by the (brother) the saynctes hertes are comforted.

¹² But above all thynges my brethre sweare not nether by heven nether by erth nether by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye and youre maye naye: lest ye faule into ypocrecy.

⁸ But above all thinges have fervet love amoge you. For love covereth the multitude of synnes.

³ Accordinge as his godly power hath geven vnto vs all thinges that pertayne vnto lyfe and godlynes thorow the knowledge of him that hath called vs by vertue and glory ⁴ by the meanes whereof are geven vnto vs excellent and moste greate promises that by the helpe of them ye shuld be partakers of the godly nature in that ye flye the corrupcion of worldy lust. ⁵ And hervnto geve all diligence: in youre fayth minister vertve and in vertue knowledge ⁶ and in knowledge temperancy and in temrancy pacience in pacience godlynes ⁷ in godlynes brotherly kyndnes in brotherly kyndnes love. ⁸ For yf these thinges be amonge you and are plenteous they wyll make you that ye nether shalbe ydle nor vnfrutefull in the knowledge of oure lorde Iesus Christ. ⁹ But he yt lacketh these thynges is blynde and gropeth for ye waye with his honde and hath forgotten yt he was pourged from his olde synnes.

¹⁸ but growe in grace and in the knowledge of oure lorde and saveoure Iesus Christ.To whom he glory bothe now and for ever. Amen.

³ I reioysed greatly when the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in the how thou walkest in trouthe. ⁴ I have no greater ioye then for to heare howe that my sonnes walke in veritie. ⁵ Beloved thou doest faythfully what soever thou doest to the brethren and to straungers ⁶ which bare witnes of thy love before all the congregacion. Which brethren whe thou bryngest forwardes on their iorney (as it besemeth god) thou shalt do well:

⁹ I knowe thy workes and tribulacion and poverte but thou art ryche: And I knowe the blaspemy of them whiche call them selves Iewes and are not: but are the congregacio of sathan.

⁸ Fyrst verely I thanke my God thorow Iesus Christ for you all because youre fayth is publisshed through out all the worlde. ⁹ For God is my witnes whom I serve with my sprete in the Gospell of his sonne that with out ceasinge I make mencion of you alwayes in my prayers

⁶ Neverthelesse God that comfortith the abiecte comforted vs at the commynge of Titus. ⁷ And not with his commynge only: but also with the consolacion wherwith he was comforted of you. For he tolde vs youre desyre youre mornynge youre fervent mynde to me warde: so that I now reioyce the more.

¹⁵ Wherfore even I (after that I hearde of the fayth which ye have in the lorde Iesu and love vnto all the saynctes) ¹⁶ cease not to geve thankes for you makynge mencion of you in my prayers

⁴ all wayes in all my prayers for you and praye with gladnes

⁷ as ye learned of Epaphra oure deare felowe servaunt which is for you a faythfull minister of Christ ⁸ which also declared vnto vs youre love which ye have in the sprete.

² for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shalbe in vs for ever.

⁴ I reioysed greatly that I founde of thy chyldre walkinge in trouth as we have receaved a commaundement of the father.

⁴ I have no greater ioye then for to heare howe that my sonnes walke in veritie.

³⁵ Then Iesus sayde vnto them: yet a lytell whyle is the light wt you. Walke whill ye have light lest the darcknes come on you. He that walketh in the darke wotteth not whither he goeth. ³⁶ Whyll ye have light beleve on the light that ye maye be the chyldren of light. These thinges spake Iesus and departed and hyd him silfe fro them.

¹⁴ I write not these thinges to shame you: but as my beloved sonnes I warne you. ¹⁵ For though ye have ten thousande instructours in Christ: yet have ye not many fathers. In Christ Iesu I have begotten you thorowe ye gospell.

¹⁴ But when I sawe that they went not the ryght waye after the trueth of the gospell I sayde vnto Peter before all men yf thou beynge a Iewe livest after the maner of the gentyls and not as do the Iewes: why causest thou the getyls to live as do the Iewes?

¹⁹ My littel children (of whom I travayle in birth againe vntill Christ be fassioned in you)

² Vnto Timothe his naturall sonne in the fayth.Grace mercy and peace from God oure father and Lorde Iesus Christ oure Lorde.

² To Timothe his beloved sonne.Grace mercy and peace from God the father and from Christ Iesu oure Lorde.

¹⁰ I beseche the for my sonne Onesimus whom I begat in my bondes

⁴⁵ If there be any faithfull servaut and wyse whome his master hath made ruler over his housholde to geve the meate in season covenient:

⁴² And the Lorde sayde: If there be any faith full servaut and wise whom his Lorde shall make ruler over his housholde to geve them their duetie of meate at due season:

¹⁰ He that is faithfull in that which is leste ye same is faithfull in moche. And he yt is vnfaithfull in ye least: is vnfaithfull also in moche. ¹¹ So then yf ye have not ben faithfull in ye wicked mamon? who will beleve you in that which is true? ¹² And yf ye have not bene faithfull in another manes busines: who shall geve you youre awne?

¹ Therfore seinge that we have soche an office eve as mercy is come on vs we faynte not: ² but have cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie and walke not in craftines nether corrupte we the worde of God: but walke in open trueth and reporte oure selves to every mannes conscience in the sight of God. ³ Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd it is hid amoge them that are lost

¹⁰ Whill we have therfore tyme let vs do good vnto all men and specially vnto them which are of the housholde of fayth.

¹⁷ And all thynges (whatsoever ye do in worde or dede) do in the name of the lorde Iesu gevinge thakes to god the father by him.

¹⁰ As every man hath receaved the gyfte minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manyfolde grace of God. ¹¹ Yf eny man speake let him talke as though he spake ye wordes of God. If eny man minister let him do it as of ye abilitie which god ministreth vnto him. That god in all thinges maye be glorified thorow Iesus Christ to whom be prayse and dominion for ever and whyll the worlde stondeth. Amen.

⁷ But and yf thou dost evell by and by thy synne lyeth open in the dore. Not withstondyng let it be subdued vnto the ad see thou rule it.

⁴ And the lorde said vn to Ionas art thou so angrie?

²¹ The his master sayde vnto him: well good servaut and faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in lytell I will make the ruler over moche: entre in into thy masters ioye. ²² Also he that receaved .ii. talentes came and sayde: master thou deliveredest vnto me .ii. talentes: beholde I have wone .ii. other talentes with them. ²³ And his master sayde vnto him well good servaunt and faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in lytell I wyll make the ruler over moche: go in into thy masters ioye.

³ And after they were brought on their waye by the congregacion they passed over Phenices and Samaria declarynge the conuersion of the getyls and they brought great ioye vnto all ye brethren.

²⁹ that is to saye that ye abstayne from thinges offered to ymages from bloud from strangled and fornicacion. From which yf ye kepe youre selves ye shall do well. So fare ye well.

⁵ And when the dayes were ended we departed and went oure wayes and they all brought vs on oure waye wt their wyves and chyldren tyll we were come out of the cyte. And we kneled doune in the shore and prayde.

²⁴ when I shall take my iorney into spayne I will come to you. I trust to se you in my iorney and to be brought on my waye thither warde by you after that I have somwhat enioyed you.

¹⁶ and to have passed by you into Macedonia and to have come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you and to have bene ledde forth to Iewrye warde of you.

¹⁴ Not wistondynge ye have well done that ye bare parte with me in my tribvlacion.

¹⁰ that ye myght walke worthy of the lorde in all thynges that please beynge frutfull in all good workes and encreasynge in ye knowledge of God

¹² that ye wolde walke worthy of God which hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glory.

¹³ Brynge zenas ye lawear and Apollos on their iorney diligently that nothynge be lackynge vnto them.

²⁰ For what prayse is it if when ye be buffeted for youre fautes ye take it paciently? But and yf when ye do well ye suffer wronge and take it paciently then is there thanke with God.

¹² Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth: ye and we oure selves also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true.

⁴¹ And they departed from the counsell reioysynge yt they were counted worthy to soffre rebuke for his name.

⁴ They that were scattered abroade went every where preachyng the worde.

¹⁶ For I will shewe him how great thinges he must suffre for my names sake.

¹² Yf other be parttakers of this power over you? wherfore are not we rather.Neverthelesse we have not vsed this power: but suffre all thinges lest we shuld hynder the gospell of Christ. ¹³ Do ye not vnderstoder how that they which minister in the temple have their fyndynge of the temple? And they which wayte at the aulter are partakers with ye aultre? ¹⁴ Even so also dyd ye lorde ordayne that they which preache ye gospell shuld live of the gospell. ¹⁵ But I have vsed none of these thinges. Nether wrote I these thinges that it shuld be so done vnto me. For it were better for me to dye the yt eny man shnld take this reioysinge from me

¹⁸ What is my rewarde then? Verely that whe I preache the gospell I make the gospell of Christ fre yt I misvse not myne auctorite in ye gospel

⁵ For we preache not oure selves but Christ Iesus to be the Lorde and oure selves youre servautes for Iesus sake.

⁷ Did I therin synne be cause I submitted my silfe that ye myght be exalted and because I preached to you the gospell of God fre? ⁸ I robbed other congregacions and toke wages of the to do you service with all. ⁹ And when I was present with yov and had nede I was greuous to no man for that which was lackynge vnto me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all thynges I kept my silfe that I shuld not be greveous to you: and so will I kepe my silfe.

¹³ For what is it wherin ye were inferiors vnto other cogregacions except it be therin that I was not greveous vnto you. Forgeve me this wronge done vnto you.

²⁴ Now ioye I in my soferinges which I suffre for you and fulfill that which is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesshe for his bodies sake which is the congregacion

³ and dydest wasshe thy self. And hast pacience: and for my names sake hast labored and hast not faynted.

¹⁴ Truly I say vnto you: it shalbe easier for the londe of zodoma and Gomorra in the daye of iudgement then for that cite.

⁴⁰ He that receavith you receavith me: and he that receavith me receavith him that sent me.

⁷ and he within shuld answere and saye trouble me not the dore is now sheet and my servautes are with me in the chamber I canot ryse and geve them to the.

⁵ What is Paul? What thinge is Apollo? Only miministers are they by who ye beleved even as the Lorde gave every ma grace. ⁶ I have planted: Apollo watred: but god gave increace. ⁷ So then nether is he that planteth eny thinge nether he yt watreth: but god which gave the increace. ⁸ He that planteth and he that watreth are nether better then the other. Every man yet shall receave his rewarde accordynge to his laboure. ⁹ We are goddis labourers ye are goddis husbandrye ye are goddis byldynge.

¹⁰ If Timotheus come se yt he be with out feare with you. For he worketh the worke of the Lorde as I doo. ¹¹ Let no man despyse him: but convaye him forthe in peace yt he maye come vnto me. For I loke for him with the brethre.

¹ We as helpers therfore exhorte you yt ye receave not the grace of god in (vayne)

² Vnderstonde vs. we have hurte no man: we have corrupte no man: we have defrauded no man. ³ I speake not this to condempne you: for I have shewed you before yt ye are in oure hertes to dye and live with you.

²³ hath caused me this to do: partly for Titus sake which is my felowe and helper as cocernynge you partly because of other which are oure brethren and the messengers of the congregacios and ye glory of Christ.

³ Yee and I beseche the faythfull yockfelowe helpe the wemen which labored with me in the gospell and with Clement also and with other my labour felowes whose names are in the boke of lyfe.

¹¹ and Iesus which is called Iustus which are of the circumcision. These only are my workefelowes vnto the kyngdome of God which were vnto my consolacion.

² and sent Timotheus oure brother and minister of god and oure laboure felowe in the gospell of Christ to stablysshe you and to coforte you over youre fayth

² and to the beloved Appia and to Archippus oure felowe soudier and to the congregacion of thy housse.

²⁴ Marcus Aristarchus Demas Lucas my helpers.

¹⁰ Wherfore yf I come I will declare his dedes which he doeth iestinge on vs with malicious wordes nether is therewith content. Not only he him silfe receaveth not the brethre: but also he forbiddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion.

⁴⁰ He that receavith you receavith me: and he that receavith me receavith him that sent me. ⁴¹ He that receavith a prophet in ye name of a prophet shall receave a prophetes rewarde. And he that receavith a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receave the rewarde of a righteous man. ⁴² And whosoever shall geve vnto one of these lytle ones to drincke a cuppe of colde water only in the name of a disciple: I tel you of a trueth he shall not lose his rewarde.

²⁰ Then came to hym the mother of zebedes chyldren with her sonnes worshippynge him and desyringe a certayne thinge of him. ²¹ And he sayd vnto her: what wilt thou have? She sayde vnto him: Gravnte that these my two sonnes may sit ye one on thy right hond and the other on ye lifte hond in thy kyngdome. ²² Iesus answered and sayd: Ye wot not what ye axe. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe yt I shall drynke of and to be baptised wt the baptyme that I shalbe baptised with? They answered to him that we are. ²³ And he sayd vnto the: Ye shall drinke of my cvp and shalbe baptised with the baptyme that I shalbe baptised with. But to syt on my ryght hond and on my lyst hond is not myne to geve: but to them for whom it is prepared of my father. ²⁴ And when the ten hearde this they disdayned at ye two brethre: ²⁵ But Iesus called them vnto him and sayde: Ye knowe yt the lordes of the gentyls have dominacio over them. And they that are great exercise power over the. ²⁶ It shall not be so amoge you. But whosoever wyll be greate amoge you let him be youre minister:

²⁸ eve as the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.

⁴ For they saye and do not. Ye and they bynde hevy burthes and grevous to be borne and ley the on menes shulders: but they themsylfes will not heave at them with one of their fyngers. ⁵ All their workes they do for to be sene of me. They set abroade their philateries and make large borders on there garmetes ⁶ and love to sit vppermooste at feastes and to have the chefe seates in the synagoges ⁷ and gretinges in the marketes and to be called of men Rabi. ⁸ But ye shall not suffre youre selves to be called Rabi. For one is youre master that is to wyt Christ and all ye are brethre.

³⁴ And he sate doune and called the twelve vnto him and sayd to them: yf eny man desyre to be fyrst the same shalbe last of all and servaunt vnto all.

³⁷ Iohn answered him sayinge: Master we sawe one castynge out devyls in thy name which foloweth not vs and we forbade him because he foloweth vs not.

³⁵ And then Iames and Iohn ye sonnes of zebede came vnto him sayinge: master we wolde that thou shuldest do for vs what soever we desyre. ³⁶ He sayde vnto them: what wolde ye I shuld do vnto you? ³⁷ They sayd to him: graut vnto vs that we maye sitte one on thy right honde and the other on thy lyfte honde in thy glory. ³⁸ But Iesus sayd vnto the: Ye wot not what ye axe. Can ye dryncke of the cup that I shall dryncke of and be baptised in ye baptime that I shalbe baptised in? ³⁹ And they sayde vnto him: that we can. Iesus sayde vnto them: ye shall dryncke of the cup that I shall dryncke of and be baptised with the baptyme that I shalbe baptised in: ⁴⁰ but to sit on my right honde and on my lyfte honde ys not myne to geve but to them for whom it is prepared. ⁴¹ And when the .x. hearde that they bega to disdayne at Iames and Iohn. ⁴² But Iesus called the vnto him and sayde to them: ye knowe that they which seme to beare rule amonge the gentyls raygne as lordes over the. And they that be greate amoge them exercyse auctorite over them. ⁴³ So shall it not be amonge you but whosoever of you wilbe greate amoge you shalbe youre minister. ⁴⁴ And whosoever wilbe chefe shalbe servaunt vnto all. ⁴⁵ For eve the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto: but to minister and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.

⁴⁸ and sayd vnto the: Whosoever receaveth this chylde in my name receaveth me. And whosoever receaveth me receaveth him yt sent me. For he yt is least amonge you all the same shalbe greate.

²⁴ And ther was a stryfe amoge the which of them shuld be taken for the greatest. ²⁵ And he sayde vnto them: the kynges of the getyls raygne over them and they that beare rule over them are called gracious lordes. ²⁶ But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest amonge you shalbe as the yongest: and he that is chefe shalbe as the minister. ²⁷ For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate: or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? And I am amoge you as he that ministreth.

¹⁰ Be kynde one to another with brotherly love. In gevynge honoure goo one before another.

³ that nothinge be done thorow stryfe or vayne glory but that in mekenes of mynde every man esteme other better then him selfe ⁴ and that no man consyder his awne but what is mete for other. ⁵ Let the same mynde be in you that was in Christ Iesu:

⁷ For a bisshoppe must be fautelesse as it be commeth the minister of God: not stubborne not angrye no dronkarde no fyghter not geven to filthy lucre: ⁸ but herberous one that loveth goodnes sobre mynded righteous holy temperat ⁹ and suche as cleveth vnto the true worde of doctryne that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsom learnynge and to improve them that saye agaynst it. ¹⁰ For ther are many disobedient and talkers of vanite and disceavers of myndes namely they of the circumcisio ¹¹ whose mouthes must be stopped which pervert whole houses teachinge thinges which they ought not because of filthy lucre. ¹² One beynge of the selves which was a poyet of their awne sayde: The Cretayns are all wayes lyars evyll beastes and slowe belies. ¹³ This witnes is true wherfore rebuke them sharply that they maye be sounde in the fayth ¹⁴ and not takynge hede to Iewes fables and commaudmentes of men that turne from the trueth. ¹⁵ Vnto the pure are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defiled and vnbelevynge is nothynge pure: but even the very myndes and consciences of them are defiled. ¹⁶ They confesse that they knowe god: but with the dedes they denye hym and are abhominable and disobedient and vnto all good workes discommendable.

⁸ We therfore ought to receave soche that we also myght be helpers to the trueth.

²² Blessed are ye when men hate you and thrust you oute of their companye and rayle and abhorre youre name as an evyll thinge for the sonne of manes sake.

²² Suche wordes spake his father and mother because they feared the Iewes. For the Iewes had conspyred all redy that yf eny man dyd confesse that he was Christ he shuld be excommunicat out of the synagoge.

³⁴ They answered and sayd vnto him: thou arte altogeder borne in synne: and dost thou teache vs? And they cast him out. ³⁵ Iesus hearde that they had excommunicate him: and assone as he had founde him he sayd vnto him: doest thou beleve on the sonne of God?

¹ There goeth a comen sayinge that ther is fornicacion amoge you and soche fornicacion as is not once named amonge the gentyls: that one shuld have his fathers wyfe. ² And ye swell and have not rather sorowed yt he which hath done this dede myght be put fro amoge you. ³ For I verely as absent in body even so present in sprete have determyned all redy (as though I were present) of him that hath done this dede ⁴ in the name of oure Lorde Iesu Christ when ye are gaddered togedder and my sprete with the power of the Lorde Iesus Christ ⁵ to deliver him vnto Satan for ye destruccio of the flesshe yt the sprete maye be saved in ye daye of ye Lorde Iesus.

¹ I Paule my silfe beseche you by the mekenes and softnes of Christ which when I am present amoge you am of no reputacio but am bolde towarde you beinge absent. ² I besech you that I nede not to be bolde when I am present (with that same confidece wher with I am supposed to be bolde) agaynst some which repute vs as though we walked carnally. ³ Neverthelesse though we walke compased with ye fleshe yet we warre not flesshlye ⁴ For the weapes of oure warre are not carnall thinges but thynges myghty in god to cast doune stronge holdes ⁵ wherwith we overthrowe ymaginacyons and every hye thynge that exalteh it silfe agaynst the knowledge of god and brynge into captivite all vnderstondynge to the obedience of Christ ⁶ and are redy to take vengeaunce on all disobedience when youre obedience is fulfilled. ⁷ Loke ye on thynges after ye vtter apparence? Yf eny man trust in him silfe yt he is Christis let the same also considre of him silfe yt as he is Christis even so are we Christes. ⁸ And though I shuld bost my silfe somewhat moare of oure auctorite which the lorde hath geven vs to edifie and not to destroye you it shulde not be to my shame. ⁹ This saye I lest I shuld seme as though I went about to make you a frayde with letters. ¹⁰ For ye pistles (sayth he) are sore and stronge: but his bodyly presence is weake and his speache rude. ¹¹ Let him yt is soche thynke on this wyse that as we are in wordes by letters when we are absent soche are we in dedes when we are present.

² I tolde you before and tell you before: and as I sayde whe I was present with you the seconde tyme so wryte I now beynge absent to them which in tyme past have synned and to all other: yt if I come agayne I will not spare

⁵ Beloved thou doest faythfully what soever thou doest to the brethren and to straungers

² Thou shalt not folowe a multitude to do euell: nether answere in a mater of plee that thou woldest to folow many turne a syde from the trueth,

²⁰ For every man that evyll doeth hateth the light: nether commeth to light lest his dedes shuld be reproved.

²⁷ my shepe heare my voyce and I knowe them and they folowe me

²⁶ If eny man mynister vnto me let him folowe me and where I am there shall also my minister be. And yf eny man minister vnto me him will my father honoure.

¹⁶ Wherfore I desyre you to folowe me.

¹ Folowe me as I do Christ.

¹ Be ye folowers of god as dere children

¹⁷ Brethren be folowers of and me loke on them which walke even so as ye have vs for an ensample.

⁶ And ye became folowers of vs and of the lord and receaved the worde in moche affliccion with ioye of the holy gost:

¹⁴ For ye brethre became folowers of the congregacions of god which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu: for ye have suffered lyke thynges of youre kynsmen as we oure selves have suffered of the Iewes.

¹⁰ But thou hast sene ye experience of my doctrine fassion of lyuynge purpose fayth longe sufferynge love pacience

¹² that ye faynt not but folowe them which thorow fayth and pacience inheret the promyses.

¹¹ Let him eschue evyll and do good: let him seke peace and ensue it.

¹³ Moreover who is it that will harme you yf ye folowe yt which is good?

²⁹ Yf ye knowe that he is righteous knowe also that he which foloweth rightewesnes is borne of him.

⁶ As many as byde in him synne not: whosoever synneth hath not sene him nether hath knowen him. ⁷ Babes let no man deceave you He that doeth righteousnes is righteous even as he is righteous. ⁸ He that comitteth synne is of the devill: for the devyll synneth sence the begynnynge. For this purpose appered the sonne of god to lowse the workes of the devill. ⁹ Whosoever is borne of god sinneth not: for his seed remayneth in him and he cannot sinne because he is borne of god.

³⁵ And he that sawe it bare recorde and his recorde is true. And he knoweth that he sayth true that ye myght beleve also.

²⁴ The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thinges and wrote these thinges. And we knowe that his testimony is true.

²² And they sayde vnto him: Cornelius the captayne a iust man and won that feareth God and of good reporte amonge all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy angell to sende for the into his housse and to heare wordes of the.

¹² And one Ananias a perfect man and as pertayninge to the lawe havinge good reporte of all the Iewes which there dwelt

¹² that ye maye behave youre selves honestly towarde them that are with out and that nothinge be lackynge vnto you.

⁷ speaker. He must also be well reported of amonge them which are with out forth lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evyll speaker.

¹² I had many thinges to wryte vnto you neverthelesse I wolde not wryte with paper and ynke: but I trust to come vnto you and speake with you mouth to mouth that oure ioye maye be full.

²³ And he sayde: be of good chere feare not: Youre God and the God of youre fathers hath put you that treasure in youre sackes for I had youre money. And he brought Simeon out to them

¹ I commede vnto you Phebe oure sister (which is a minister of the congregacion of Chenchrea) ² that ye receave her in the Lorde as it becommeth saynctes and that ye assist her in whatsoever busynes she neadeth of youre ayde. For she hath suckered many and myne awne selfe also. ³ Grete Prisca and Aquila my helpers in Christ Iesu ⁴ which have for my lyfe layde doune their awne neckes. Vnto which not I only geve thankes but also the congregacion of the getyls. ⁵ Lyke wyse grete all the copany that is in thy housse. Salute my welbeloved Epenetos which is the fyrst frute amoge them of Achaia. ⁶ Grete Mary which bestowed moche labour on vs. ⁷ Salute Andronicus and Iunia my cosyns which were presoners with me also which are wele taken amoge the Apostles and were in Christ before me. ⁸ Grete Amplias my beloved in ye Lorde. ⁹ Salute Vrban oure helper in Christ and Stachys my beloved. ¹⁰ Salute Appelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobolus housholde. ¹¹ Salute Herodion my kynsma. Grete them of the housholde of Narcissus which are in the Lorde. ¹² Salute Triphena and Triphosa which wemen dyd labour in ye Lorde. Salute ye beloved Persis which laboured in the Lorde. ¹³ Salute Rufus chosen tn the Lorde and his mother and myne. ¹⁴ Grete Asincritus Phlegon Herman Patrobas Hermen and the brethren which are wt them. ¹⁵ Salute Philologus and Iulia Nereus and his sister and Olimpha and all the saynctes which are with them. ¹⁶ Salute one another with an holy kysse. The congregacions of Christ salute you.

¹⁶ I saye walke in the sprete and fulfill not ye lustes of ye flesshe.

²³ Peace be with the brethren and love with fayth from God the father and from the Lorde Iesu Christ.

¹⁴ Grete ye one another with the kysse of love. Peace be with you all which are in Christ Iesus.Amen.

³ to him the porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he calleth his awne shepe by name and leadeth them out.