[verse 1] And dar þer any of ȝow, þat haþ any þing a-ȝeyn oþer, ben y-demed to-fore wikked men & noȝt to-fore goode men? [verse 2] Wheþer ȝe ne knowen noȝt þat goode men habbeþ to demen þis word? & ȝif þis world schal ben y-demed in ȝow, be ȝe noȝt worþi to demen þe leste þinges? [verse 3] Ne knowe ȝe noȝt þat we schulleþ demen angeles? [verse 4] How muche more þanne wordlyche þinges. & þerfore ȝif ȝe habbeþ wordlyche domes [S folio 41] a-mong ȝow, þilke þat beþ y-left worþi a-mong ȝou, ordeyneþ hem for to demen [For for to demen P. has to comen.] . [verse 5] To ȝoure schame y sugge it. Is þer no wys man of ȝow þat may [verse 6] demen by-twene hym & his broþer, bote on broþer st[r]yueþ [verse 7] in dom wiþ his broþer, & þis is a-mong mysbylefed men?
A fourteenth century English Biblical version, edited by Anna C. Paues ...
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& now algates þer is sunne a-mong ȝow, þat ȝe han domes a-mong ȝou. Why ne suffre ȝe noȝt raþere wrong? Why ne suffre ȝe noȝt raþer gylynge? [verse 8] Bote ȝe doþ wrong in gyle also to ȝoure bryþeren. [verse 9] Wheþer ȝe knowe noȝt þat wykked men ne schuleþ noȝt haue þe kyngdom of heuene? Ne erre ȝe [ne erre ȝe repeated in the margin, 1st corr. (?) S.] noȝt: for nouþer lecchoures, ne þilke þat serfeþ false goddis, [verse 10] ne spouse-brekeres, ne sodomytes, ne þefes, ne coueytous men, ne dronken men, ne glotones, ne curseres, ne rafeneres, ne schulleþ not owe [P folio 47b] þe kyngdom of God. [verse 11] And ȝe weren suche: ȝe [om. P.] , bote ȝe beþ now y-wasche, & ȝe beþ y-halewed, & beþ y-iustyfyed in þe name of oure Lord Iesu Crist, & in þe Spiryt of oure God. [verse 12] Alle þinges beþ lefful to me, bote alle þinges ne beþ noȝt spedful to me. Alle þynges ben lefful to me, bote y ne schal noȝt ben ybrouȝt [y om. P.] aȝeyn vnder no mannes power [e in the margin, S.] . [verse 13] Mete to þe wombe, & wombe to þe mete: & God wole distruye boþe þe body & þe mete. & þe body ne is noȝt to fornycacyoun, bote to oure Lord: & oure Lord to þe body. [verse 14] & God haþ rered up oure Lord, & he wole areren us up by his verteu. [verse 15] And ne knowe ȝe noȝt þat ȝoure bodyes beþ membres of Crist? schal [S folio 41b] me take þanne Cristis membres, & make hem þe membres of an hore? God for|bede. [verse 16] Ne knowe ȝe noȝt þat he þat draweþ hym to an hore ys y-mad on body wiþ hure? For he seyde, þei schulleþ ben [ben (expunged) follows, S.] tweyn in on flesch. [verse 17] Bote þilke þat draweþ to God beþ on spirit. Fle ȝe fornycacyoun. [verse 18] Eferech synne þat a man doþ it is wiþ-outen þe body, bote he þat doþ fornycacyoun synneþ in-to his body. [verse 19] Wheþer ȝe ne knowe noȝt þat ȝoure membres beþ þe temple of þe Holy Gost, þat is in ȝou, whom ȝe han of God? [verse 20] & [P folio 48] ȝe ne beþ noȝt ȝoure owne; for ȝe beþ y-boȝt for a gret prys: & þerfore glorifye ȝe God & bere ȝe hym in ȝoure body.