The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

For it is sanctyfyed by the worde of God and prayer.

Yf thou shalt put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges thou shalt be a good minister of Iesu Christ which hast bene norisshed vp in the wordes of the fayth and good doctryne which doctryne thou hast continually followed.

But cast awaye vngostly and olde wyves fables. Exercyse thy silfe vnto godlines.

For bodely exercise proffiteth lyttll: But godlines is good vnto all thynges as a thynge which hath promyses of the lyfe that is now and of the lyfe to come.

This is a sure sayinge and of all parties worthy to be receaved.

For therfore we laboure and suffre rebuke because we beleve in the livynge god which is the savioure of all men: but specially of those that beleve.

Suche thynges commaunde and teache.

Let no man despyse thy youth: but be vnto them that beleve an insample in worde in conversacion in love in sprete in fayth and in purenes.

Till I come geve attendaunce to redynge to exhortacion and to doctryne.

Despyse not the gyfte that is in ye which was geven the thorow prophesye and with layinge on of the hondes of an elder.

These thynges exercyse and geve thy silfe vnto them that it maye be sene how thou profetest in all thinges.

Take hede vnto thy silfe and vnto learnynge and continue therin. For if thou shalt so do thou shalt save thy silfe and them that heare the.

Rebuke not an elder: but exhorte him as a father and the yonger me as brethren

the elder wemen as mothers the yonger as sisters with all purenes.

Honoure widdowes which are true wyddowes.

Yf eny wyddowe have chyldren or neves let them learne fyrst to rule their awne houses godly and to recompence their elders. For that is good and acceptable before God.

She that is a very wyddowe and frendlesse putteth her trust in god and continueth in supplicacion and prayer nyght and daye.

But she that liveth in pleasure is deed even yet alive.

And these thynges commaunde that they maye be without faut

Yf ther be eny that provideth not for his awne and namly for them of his housholde the same denyeth the fayth and is worsse then an infydell.

Let no wyddowe be chosen vnder threscore yere olde and soche a one as was the wyfe of one man

and well reported of in good workes: yf she have noresshed children yf she have bene liberall to straugers yf she have wesshed the saynctes fete yf she have ministred vnto them which were in adversite yf she were continually geve vnto all maner good workes.

The yonger widdowes refuse. For when they have begone to wexe wantone to the dishonoure of Christ then will they mary

havynge damnacion because they have broke their fyrst fayth.

And also they learne to goo from housse to housse ydle ye not ydle only but also tryflynge and busybodyes speakynge thynges which are not comly.

I will therfore that the yonger weme mary and beare childre and gyde the housse and geve none occasion to the adversary to speake evill

For many of them are all redy turned bake and are gone after Satan.

And yf eny man or woman that beleveth have widdowes let the minister vnto them and let not the congregacion be charged: that that maye have sufficient for them that are widdowes in dede.

The elders that rule wel are worthy of double honoure most specially they which laboure in the worde and in teachinge.

For the scripture sayth: Thou shalt not mousell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne. And the labourer is worthy of his rewarde.

Agaynst an elder receave none accusacion: but vnder two or thre witnesses.

Them that synne rebuke openly that other maye feare.

I testifie before god and the lorde Iesus Christ and the electe angels that thou observe these thynges with out hasty iudgement and do nothynge parcially.

Laye hondes sodely on no man nether be partaker of other mens synnes: kepe thy silfe pure.

Drynke no lenger water but vse a lytell wyne for thy stommakes sake and thyne often diseases.

Some mennes synnes are open before honde and goo before vnto iudgement: some mennes synnes folowe after.

Lykwyse also good workes are manyfest before honde and they that are other wyse cannot be hid.

Let as many servauntes as are vnder the yoke counte their masters worthy of all honour that the name of god and his doctryne be not evyll spoken of.

Se that they which have belevynge masters despyse them not because they are brethren: but so moche the rather do service for as moche as they are belevynge and beloved and partakers of the benefite. These thynges teache and exhorte.

Yf eny man teache other wise and is not content with the wholsome wordes of oure lorde Iesu christ and with the doctryne of godlines

he is pufte vp and knoweth nothynge: but wasteth his braynes aboute questions and stryfe of wordes wherof sprynge envie stryfe raylinges evyll surmysinges

and vayne disputacions of men with corrupte myndes and destitute of the trueth which thynke that lucre is godlines. From soche seperate thy silfe.

Godlines is great ryches yf a man be content with that he hath.

For we brought nothynge into the worlde and it is a playne case that we can cary nothynge out.

When we have fode and rayment let vs therwith be content.

They that wilbe ryche faule into temptacion and snares and into many folysshe and noysome lustes which droune me in perdicion and destruccion.

For coveteousnes is the rote of all evyll which whill some lusted after they erred from the fayth and tanglyd them selves with many sorowes.

But thou which arte the man of god flye soche thynges Folowe rightewesnes godlines love pacience and meknes.

Fyght the good fyght of fayth. Laye honde on eternall lyfe where vnto thou arte called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

I geve the charge in the sight of God which quickneth all thinges and before Iesu Christ which vnder Pocius Pilate witnessed a good witnessinge

that thou kepe the commaundement and be with out spotte and vnrebukeable vntyll the apperynge of oure lorde Iesus Christ

which aperynge (when the tyme ys come) he shall shewe that is blessed and myghty only kynge of kynges and lorde of lordes

which only hath immortalite and dwelleth in light that no man can attayne whom never man sawe nether can se: vnto whom be honoure and rule everlastynge. Amen.

Charge them that are ryche in this worlde that they be not excedynge wyse and that they trust not in the vncertayne ryches but in the livynge god which geveth vs aboundantly all thynges to enioye them

and that they do good and be ryche in good workes and redy to geve and to distribute

layinge vp in store for them selves a good foundacion agaynst the tyme to come that they maye obteyne eternall lyfe

O Timothe save that which is geve ye to kepe and avoyde vngostly vanities of voyces and opposicios of sciece falsly so called

which science whyll some professed they have erred as concernynge the fayth. Grace be with the Amen. ‘Sent from Laodicea which is the chefest cite of Phrigia Pacaciana.’

Paul an Apostle of Iesu Christ by the will of God to preache the promes of lyfe which lyfe is in Christ Iesu.

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

I thanke god whom I serve from myne elders with pure consciece that with out ceasynge I make mencion of the in my prayres nyght and daye

desyrynge to se the myndfull of thy teares: so that I am filled with ioye

when I call to remembraunce the vnfayned fayth that is in the which dwelt fyrst in thy graumoder Lois and in thy mother Eunica: and am assured that it dwelleth in the also.

Wherfore I warne the that thou stere vp the gyfte of god which is in the by the puttynge on of my hondes.

For god hath not geven to vs the sprete of feare: but of power and of love and of sobrenes of mynde.

Be not a shamed to testyfye oure lorde nether be a shamed of me which am bounde for his sake: but suffre adversite with the gospell also thorow the power of god

which saved vs and called vs with an holy callinge not acordinge to oure dedes but accordynge to his awne purpose and grace which grace was geve vs thorowe Christ Iesu before the worlde was

but is nowe declared openly by the appearynge of oure savioure Iesu Christ which hath put away derth and hath brought lyfe and immortalite vnto light thorow the gospell

whervnto I am apoynted a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher of the gentyls:

for the which cause I also suffre these thinges. Neverthelesse I am not a shamed For I knowe who I have beleved and am sure that he is able to kepe that which I have committed to his kepynge agaynst that daye.

Se thou have the ensample of the holsome wordes which thou heardest of me in fayth and love which is in Iesu Christ.

That good thinge whiche was committed to thy kepynge kepe in the holy goost which dwelleth in vs.

This thou knowest how that all they which are in Asia be turned from me. Of which sorte are Phigelos and hermogenes.

The lorde geve mercie vnto the housse of Onesiphoros for he ofte refresshed me and was not a shamed of my chayne:

but when he was at Rome he sought me out very diligently and founde me.

The lorde graunt vnto him that he maye fynde mercie with the lorde at that daye. And in how many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very wel.

Thou therfore my sonne be stronge in the grace that is in Christ Iesu.

And what thynges thou hast hearde of me many bearynge witnes the same diliver to faythfull men which are apte to teache other

Thou therfore suffre affliccion as a good soudier of Iesu Christ.

No man that warreth entanglith him silfe with worldely busynes and that be cause he wolde please him that hath chosen him to be a soudier.

And though a man strive for a mastery yet ys he not crouned except he strive laufully.

The husbandman that laboreth must fyrst receave of the frutes.

Consyder what I saye. The lorde geve the vnderstondynge in all thynges.

Remember that Iesus Christ beynge of he sede of David rose agayne from deth accordynge to my gospell

wherin I suffre trouble as an evyll doar even vnto bondes. But the worde of god was not bounde.

Herefore I suffre all thinges for the electes sakes that they myght also obtayne that saluacion which is in Christ Iesu with eternall glory.

It is a true sayinge if we be deed with him we also shall live with him.

Yf we be pacient we shall also raigne with him. If we denye him he also shall denye vs.

Yf we beleve not yet abideth he faithfull. He cannot denye him silfe.

Of these thynges put them in remembraunce and testifie before the lorde that they stryve not about wordes which is to no proffet but to pervert the hearers.

Study to shewe thy silfe laudable vnto god a workman that nedeth not to be a shamed dividynge the worde of trueth iustly.

Vngostly and vayne voyces passe over. For they shall encreace vnto greater vngodlynes

and their wordes shall fret even as doeth a cancre: of whose nombre ys Hymeneos and Philetos

which as concernynge the trueth have erred sayinge that the resurreccion is past all redy and do destroye the fayth of divers persones.

But the sure grounde of god remayneth and hath this seale: the lorde knoweth them that are his and let every man that calleth on the name of Christ departe from iniquite.

Not withstondinge in a greate housse are not only vesselles of golde and of silver: but also of wood and of erthe some for honoure and some vnto dishonoure.

But Yf a man purdge him silfe from suche felowes he shalbe a vessell sanctified vnto honoure mete for the lorde and prepared vnto all good workes.

Lustes of youth avoyde and folowe rightwesnes fayth love and peace with them that call on the lorde with pure herte.

Folisshe and vnlearned questions put from the remebrynge that they do but gendre stryfe.

But the servaunt of the lorde must not stryve: but must be peasable vnto all men and apte to teache and one that can suffre: the evyll in meknes