The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ Pan•• exhorteth Timothe to stedfastnesse and pacyence 〈◊〉〈◊〉 persecucyon, and to contynue in the doctryne that he had taught him. A commendacyon of Onesyphorus.

CAPI. I.

PAul an Apostle of [unspec A] Iesu Christe, by the wyll of God, accordinge to the promes of lyfe whiche is in Christ Iesu.

To Tymothe hys be∣loued sōne. Grace, mercy and peace, from God the father, and from Iesu Christe oure Lorde.

I thynke God, * 1.1 whom I serue from myne elders with pure cōscyence, that with∣out any ceasynge I make mencion of the in my prayers nyght and daye, desyringe to se the, myndfull of thy teares: so that I am fylled with ioye, when I call to remēbraūce the vnfayned fayth that is in the, whiche dwelt fyrst in thy graund mother Lois, and in thy mother Eunica, & I am assure that it dwelleth in the also.

Wherfore I warne the that thou stere vp the gyfte of God which is in y^• * 1.2 by the put∣tynge [unspec B] on of my handes. ‡ 1.3 For God hath not geuē to vs the spirit of feare: but of power, and of loue, and of sobrenes. * 1.4 Be not thou

therfore ashamed of the testymony of oure Lord, neyther be ashamed of me * 1.5 which am his prisoner: but suffre thou aduersite wyth the Gospel, accordyng to the power of God, whiche ‡ 1.6 saued vs, and called vs with an ho¦ly callynge, not accordynge to oure dedes, but according to his owne purpose & grace, [unspec C] whiche was gyuen vs thorowe Christ Iesu (before the worlde beganne) but is nowe de∣clared openly by the appearynge of our sa∣uiour Iesu Christe * 1.7 whiche hath put away death, and hath brought lyfe and immorta∣lite vnto lyght thorowe the Gospell * 1.8 wher∣vnto I am apoynted, a preacher & Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentyls: for the whiche cause▪ I also suffre these thynges. Neuerthe lesse, I am not ashamed. For I knowe, and am sure, that he (in whom I haue put my trust) is able to kepe that whych I haue co∣mitted to his kepynge, agaynst that day.

* 1.9 Se that thou haue the ensample of the holsome wordes, whiche thou hast heard of me with fayth and loue that is in Christ Ie¦su. That good thynge, whiche was commit¦ted [unspec D] to thy kepyng, hold fast thorow the holy ghost, whiche dwelleth in vs. This y^• kno∣west, howe that al they which are in Asia, be turned from me. Of which sorte are Phige∣lus and Hermogenes. The Lorde gyue mer¦cye vnto the housholde of Onesiphorus for he oft refresshed me, * 1.10 and was not asha∣med of my cheyne: but when he was at Ro∣me, he sought me out very diligētly & foūde me. The Lord graūt vnto him, that he may fynde mercy with the Lord at that day. And in how many thinges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very wel.

Notes

• * 1.1

  ••••re. xx••••. a Rom••. ••. ••. Philip. ••. ••
• * 1.2

  ••. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 4. ••.
• ‡ 1.3

  Ro••••. 8 ••
• * 1.4

  Rom••. ••. ••
• * 1.5

  Ephes. iii. a
• ‡ 1.6

  ••itus. iii. b Ephes ••. a
• * 1.7

  i. Cori. xv. g Hebre. 2. d.
• * 1.8

  Roma. 1. a. and. xi, c. i. Tim. 2. b.
• * 1.9

  ••. Tim. 4. b Titus. ii. b ••. Petr. v. a
• * 1.10

  Math. 25. •• Roma. ••. ••