Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The V. Chapter.

STonde fast therfore in the libertye [ A] wherwith Christ hath made vs fre, and be not wrapped agayne in the yocke off bondage. Beholde, I Paul say•• vnto you: Yf ye be circumcysed, Christ pro¦fiteth you nothinge at all. I testifye aga••••ne vnto euery man which is circumcyse that he is bounde to kepe the whole lar•• Ye are gone quyte from Christ, as many •• you as wylbe made righteous by the la•••• and are fallen from grace. But we wa•• in the sprete off hope, to 〈…〉〈…〉 by faith. For in Christ 〈…〉〈…〉

circumcision eny thinge worth ner vncir∣cumcision, but faith which by loue is migh¦t••e in operacion. Ye ranne well, who was a let vnto you, that ye shulde not obeye the trueth? Soch councell is not of him that hath called you. A litle leuen sowreth the whole lompe of dowe.

[ B] I haue trust towarde you in y^e LORDE, that ye wylbe none otherwyse mynded. But he that troubleth you, shal beare his iudg∣ment, what so euer he be. Brethren yf I yet preach circumcision, why do I suffre perse∣cucion? then had the slaunder off the crosse ceassed. Wolde God they were roted out frō amōge you, which trouble you. But brethrē, ye are called vnto liberty, onely let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another. For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde, namely in this: lo¦ue thy neghboure as thy selfe. But yf ye by∣te and deuoure one another, take hede, that ye be not consumed one of another.

[ C] I saye: Walke in the sprete, and so shal ye not fulfill the lustes off the fleshe. For the flesh lusteth agaynst the sprete, and the sprete agaynst the flesh. These are contrary one to the other, so that ye can not do that which ye wolde: But and yf ye be led of the sprete, then are ye not vnder the lawe. The dedes of y^e flesh are manifest, which are the∣se: Aduoutrye, whordome, vnclēnes, wantā∣nes, Idolatrye, witchcraft, hatred, variaun∣ce, zele, wrath, stryfe, sedicion, sectes, envyen∣ge, murthur, dronkennes, glotony, and soch li¦ke: of the which I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, that they which commytte soch, shal not inheret the kyngdo¦me of God. But the frute of the sprete, is loue, ioye, peace, longe sufferinge, gētlenes, goodnesse, faithfulnes, mekenesse, tēperaun∣ce, Agaynst soch is not y^e lawe: But they that are Christes, haue crucified their flesh, with the lustes and desyres.

Notes

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• 1. Co. 13. a
• 1. Cor. 5. a
• Leuit 19. e Ro. 13. b
• 1. Pet. 2. b
• 1. Tim. 5. c
• 1. Cor. 6. b
• Ephe. 5. b
• 1. Tim. 1. b ••. Ro 13. b 1. Pet. 2. b
• 1. Tim. 1. b ••. Ro 13. b 1. Pet. 2. b