þat plaunteþ & he þat moysteþ beþ on; & eferich man schal vnderfongen his mede aftur his trauayl. [verse 9] & we beþ Goddes helperes, & ȝe beþ Goddes erþe-tylyynge, & Goddes buyld|ynge. [verse 10] And aftur þe grace of God þat is y-granted to me, as a wys buyldere ich hafe y-sett a foundement; bote an oþer buldeþ abofe. Bote loke eferych man how he buyldeþ a-bofe. [verse 11] For no man may setten [setten repeated in the margin, 1st corr. S.] anoþer foundement þan þat þat is y-set, þat is Iesu Crist. [verse 12] & who-efer þat buyldeþ abofe þis foundement gold, oþer selfer, oþer precyous stones, treo [o nearly erased, S.] , oþer [verse 13] hey [om. P.] , oþer stubbel; eferich mannes werke schal ben openliche y-schewed; & þe day of oure Lord schal declaren it, for in fuyr it schal be schewed; & fuyr schal prefen whuch mannes werk. [verse 14] For whos werk þat is y-buyld a-bofe & dwelleþ stylle, it schal vndurfongen his mede. [verse 15] Bote whos werk branneþ a-wey [P folio 46] , he schal suffre harmynge: bote he schal be safed; bote þat schal ben as þoroȝ fuyr. [verse 16] Ne knowe ȝe noȝt þat ȝe beþ Goddes temple, & þe Spiryt of God [S folio 40] dwelleþ in ȝow? [verse 17] & who-efer þat defouleþ þe temple of God, God wole de|struyen [e in the margin, S.] hym: for ȝe beþ þe holy temple of God. [verse 18] No man bygyle ȝow: ȝef þer seme eny man among ȝow a wys man in þis world, be he y-maad a fool, þat he be a wys man. [verse 19] For þe wysdom of þis world is folye byfore God. For it is y-wryten, [verse 20] Ich wole take wyse men in hure folye: & eftsones, God knoweþ þat þe þouȝtes of wyse men beþ veyn. [verse 21] & þerfore no man reioyesche hym-selfen a-mong men. For alle þinges beþ [verse 22] ȝouren; wheþer hit be Poul, oþer Apollo, oþer Petur, oþer þis worlde, oþer lyf [þe lyf P.] , oþer deþ, oþer þinges þat beþ nouþe, oþer þinges þat schuleþ comen heraftur; for alle þinges beþ [verse 23] ȝouren; & ȝe beþ of Crist, & Crist is of God.
[verse 1] Bote þer is y-herd fornycacyoun a-mong ȝow, & such fornycacyoun as ne is noȝt a-mong mysbylefed men, in so muche þat summe of ȝow hafe his fadur wyf. [verse 2] & ȝe beþ y-blowe wiþ pruyde, & ȝe ne hafeþ y-mad no sorow, þat he be don a-wey from þe myddel of ȝow, þat haþ [om. P.] y-do þis dede. [verse 3] & ich, þat am absent in body & present in spiryt, hafe y-demed