The III. Chapter.
[ B] WArne them * 1.1 that they submytte them selues vnto Prynces and to the hyer auctorite, to obey the offi¦cers, to be ready vnto all good workes, that they speake euell of no man, that they be no stryuers, but soft, shewynge all mekenes vn¦to all men. For we oure selues also were in ty¦mes past, vnwyse, dishobedient, in erroure, seruynge lustes and dyuerse maners of vo∣luptuousnes, lyuynge in maliciousnes and envye, full of hate, hatynge one another.
But after that ye kyndnesse and loue of God oure Sauioure to man warde appea¦red, not for ye dedes of righteousnes which we wroughte, but after his mercy he saued vs by the * 1.2 fountayne of the new byrth, and renuynge of the holy goost, which he shed on vs abundauntly, thorow Iesus Christ ou¦re Sauioure: yt we beynge made righteous * 1.3 by his grace, shulde be heyres of eternall li¦fe acordynge to hope. This is a true sayēge.
[ B] Of these thinges wolde I that thou shul¦dest speake earnestly, that they which are be∣come beleuers in God, might be diligent to excell in good workes: for these thinges are good and profitable vnto mē. * 1.4 As for folish questions, and genealogies, and braulynges and stryuynges aboute ye lawe, auoyde thē, for they are vnprofitable and vayne.* 1.5 A mā that is geuen vnto heresye, after ye first and seconde monicion, auoyde, and knowe, that he that is soch, is peruerted, & synneth euen ••amned by his awne iudgment.
Whan I shal sende Artemas or Tichicus ••••to ye, make spede to come to me vnto Ni∣••••polis, for I haue determyned there to ••••ynter. Brynge Zenas ye Scrybe and Apol¦••••s on their iourney diligently, that nothin∣•••• be lackynge vnto them. And let oures 〈…〉〈…〉 ••••cell in good workes, as farre 〈…〉〈…〉, that they be not 〈…〉〈…〉
〈…〉〈…〉 with me, salute the. Gre¦te them that loue vs in the faith. Grace be with you all, Amen.
Wrytten from Nicopolis in Macedonia.