The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

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

so that we oureselves reioyce of you in the congregacions of God over youre pacience and fayth in all youre persecucions and tribulacions that ye suffre

which is a token of the ryghtewes iudgement of god that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdom of god for which ye also suffre.

It is verely a rightewes thinge with God to recopence tribulacion to them that trouble you:

and to you which are troubled rest with vs when the lorde Iesus shall shewe him silfe from heven with his myghty angels

in flammynge fyre rendrynge vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not God and to them that obeye not vnto the gospell of oure Lorde Iesus Christ

which shalbe punysshed with everlastynge damnacion from the presence of the lorde and from the glory of his power

when he shall come to be glorified in his sainctes and to be made marvelous in all them that beleve: because oure testimonye that we had vnto you was beleved even the same daye that we preached it.

Wherfore we praye all wayes for you that oure god make you worthy of the callynge and fulfill all delectacion of goodnes and the worke of fayth with power:

that the name of oure lorde Iesus Christ maye be gloryfied in you and ye in him thorowe the grace of oure God and of the lorde Iesus Christ.

We beseche you brethren by the commynge of oure lorde Iesu Christ and in that we shall assemble vnto him

that ye be not sodely moved from youre mynde and be not troubled nether by sprete nether by wordes nor yet by letter which shuld seme to come from vs as though the daye of Christ were at honde.

Let no man deceave you by eny meanes for the lorde commeth not excepte ther come a departynge fyrst and that that synfnll man be opened the sonne of perdicion

which is an adversarie and is exalted above all that is called god or that is worshipped: so that he shall sitt as God in temple of god and shew him silfe as god.

Remember ye not that when I was yet with you I tolde you these thynges?

And nowe ye knowe what with holdeth: even that he myght be vttered at his tyme.

For the mistery of that iniquitie doeth he all readie worke which onlie loketh vntill it be taken out of the waye.

And then shall that wicked be vttered whom the lorde shall consume with the sprete of hys mouth and shall destroye with the apearaunce of his commynge

even him whose commynge is by the workynge of Satan wyth all lyinge power signes and wonders:

and in all deceavablenes of vnrightewesnes amonge them that perysshe: because they receaved not the (love) of the truth that they myght have bene saved.

And therfore god shall sende them stronge delusion that they shuld beleve lyes:

that all they myght be damned which beleved not the trueth but had pleasure in vnrightewesnes.

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:

whervnto he called you byoure gospell to obtayne the glorye that cometh of oure lord Iesu Christ.

Therfore brethren stonde fast and kepe the ordinaunces which ye have learned: whether it were by oure preachynge or by pistle.

Oure lorde Iesu Christ hym silfe and God oure father which hath loved vs and hath geven vs everlastynge consolacion and good hope thorowe grace

comforte youre hertes and stablysshe you in all doctrine and good doynge.

Furthermore brethren praye for vs that the worde of god maye have fre passage and be gloryfied as it is with you:

and that we maye be delivered from vnresonable and evyll men. For all men have not fayth:

but the lorde is faythfull which shall stablysshe you and kepe you from evyll.

We have confidence thorow the lorde to you warde that ye both do and will do that which we commaude you.

And the lorde gyde youre hertes vnto the love of God and paciece of Christ.

We requyre you brethren in the name of oure lorde Iesu Christ that ye with drawe youre selves from every brother that walketh inordinatly and not after the institucion which ye receaved of vs.

Ye youre selves knowe how ye ought to folowe vs. For we behaved not oure selves inordinatly amonge you.

Nether toke we breed of eny man for nought: but wrought with laboure and travayle nyght and daye because we wolde not be grevous to eny of you:

not but that we had auctoritie: but to make oure selves an insample vnto you to folowe vs.

For when we were with you this we warned you of that yf ther were eny which wolde not worke that the same shuld not eate.

We have hearde saye no doute that ther are some which walke amonge you inordinatly and worke not at all but are besy bodies.

Them that are soche we commaunde and exhorte by oure lorde Iesu Christ that they worke with quyetnes and eate their awne breed.

Brethren be not wery in well doynge.

Yf eny man obey not oure sayinges sende vs worde of him by a letter: and have no companie with him that he maye be ashamed.

And count him not as an enemy: but warne him as a brother.

The very lorde of peace geve you peace all wayes by all meanes. The lorde be with you all.

The salutacion of me Paul with myne awne honde. This is the token in all pistles. So I write.

The grace of oure lorde Iesus Christ be with you all Amen. ‘Sent from Athens.’

Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the commaundement of God oure savioure and Lorde Iesus Christ which is oure hope.

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

As I besought the to abyde styll in Ephesus when I departed into Macedonia even so do that thou commaunde some that they teache no nother wise:

nether geve hede to fables and genealogies which are endlesse and brede doutes more then godly edyfyinge which is by fayth:

for the ende of the commaundement is love that cometh of a pure herte and of a good conscience and of fayth vnfayned:

from the which thinges some have erred and have turned vnto vayne iangelinge

because they wolde be doctours the scripture and yet vnderstonde not what they speake nether wherof they affirme.

We knowe that the lawe is good yf a man vse it lawfully

vnderstondinge this how that the lawe is not geven vnto a righteous man but vnto the vnrighteous and disobedient to the vngodly and to synners to vnholy and vnclean to murtherers of fathers and murtherers of mothers to manslears

and whormongers: to them that defile them selves with mankynde: to menstealers: to lyars and to periured and so forth yf ther be eny other thinge that is contrary to holsome doctrine

accordinge to the gospell of the glory of the blessed God which gospell is committed vnto me.

And I thanke Christ Iesus oure Lorde which hath made me stronge: for he counted me true and put me in office

when before I was a blasphemar and a persecuter and a tyraut. But I obtayned mercy because I dyd it ignorauntly thorow vnbelefe.

Neverthelater the grace of oure Lorde was more aboundaunt with fayth and love which is in Christ Iesu.

This is a true sayinge and by all meanes worthy to be receaved that Christ Iesus came into the world to save synners of whom I am chefe.

Notwithstondinge for this cause was mercy geve vnto me that Iesus Christ shuld fyrst shewe on me all longe pacience vnto the ensample of them which shall in tyme to come beleve on him vnto eternall lyfe.

So then vnto god kynge everlastinge immortall invisible and wyse only be honoure and prayse for ever and ever Amen.

This commaundement commit I vnto the sonne Timotheus accordynge to the prophisies which in tyme past were prophisied of the that thou in them shuldest fyght a good fyght

havinge fayth and good consciece which some have put awaye from them and as concerninge fayth have made shipwracke.

Of whose nombre is Himeneus and Alexander which I have delivered vnto Satan that they myght be taught not to blaspheme

I exhorte therfore that above all thynges prayers supplicacions intercessions and gevynge of thankes behad for all men:

for kynges and for all that are in auctorite that we maye live a quyet and a peasable life in all godlines and honestie.

For that is good and accepted in the sight of god oure savioure

which will have all men saved and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth.

For ther is one god and one (mediator) bitwene god and man which is the man Christ Iesus

which gave him silfe a raunsome for all men that it shuld be testified at his tyme

where vnto I am ordayned a preacher and an apostle: I tell the trueth in Christ and lye not beynge the teacher of the gentyls in fayth and veritie.

I wyll therfore that the men praye every where liftynge vp pure hondes without wrath or dowtinge.

Lykwyse also the wemen that they araye them selves in comlye aparell with shamfastnes and discrete behaveour not with broyded heare other golde or pearles or costly araye:

but with suche as becometh wemen that professe the worshippynge of God thorow good workes.

Let the woman learne in silence with all subieccion.

I suffre not a woman to teache nether to have auctoricie over a man: but forto be in silence.

For Adam was fyrst formed and then Eve.

Also Adam was not deceaved but the woman was deceaved and was in transgression.

Notwithstondynge thorow bearinge of chyldre they shalbe saved so they continue in fayth love and holynes with discrecion.

This is a true sayinge. Yf a man covet the office of a bysshope he desyreth a good worke.

Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe sober discrete honestly aparelled harberous apt to teache

not dronken no fighter not geve to filthy lucre: but gentle abhorrynge fightynge abhorrynge coveteousnes

and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly havynge chyldren vnder obedience with all honeste.

For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God.

He maye not be a yonge skoler lest he swell and faule into the iudgement of the evyll 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.

Lykwyse must the deacons be honest not double tonged not geve vnto moche drynkinge nether vnto filthy lucre:

but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure conscience.

And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse.

Even so must their wynes be honest not evyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thinges.

Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes.

For they that minister well get them selves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth which is in Christ Iesu.

These thinges write I vnto the trustinge to come shortly vnto the:

but and yf I tarie longe that then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thy silfe in the housse of God which is the congregacion of the livinge God the pillar and grounde of trueth.

And with out naye great is that mistery of godlines: God was shewed in the flesshe was iustified in the sprete was sene of angels was preached vnto the gentyls was beleved on in erth and receaved vp in glory.

The sprete speaketh evydently that in the latter tymes some shall departe from the fayth and shall geve hede vnto spretes of erroure and dyvelysshe doctrine

of them which speake falce thorow ypocrisye and have their consciences marked with an hote yron

forbyddinge to mary and commaundinge to abstayne from meates which God hath created to be receaved with gevynge thankes of them which beleve and knowe the trueth.

For all the creatures of God are good and nothynge to be refused yf it be receaved with thankes gevynge.