The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .xv. Chap.

U••e which are stronge / ought to beare the staylnes of them which are wea∣ke / and [ A] not to stonde in oure awne cō∣saytes.

Let every man please his neghbour vn¦to* 1.1 his welth and edyfyinge. For Christ plea∣sed not him selfe: but as it is written. The re∣bukes of thē which rebuked the / fell one me. ✚ Whatsoever thinges are written afore ty∣me / are written for oure learnynge / that we thorow pacience and comforte of the scriptu∣re / myght have hope. [ B]

The God of pacience and consolacion / ge∣ve* 1.2 vnto every one of you / that ye be lyke myn∣ded one towardes another after the insample of Christ: that ye all agreynge together / ma∣ye with one mouth prayse God the father of oure Lorde Iesus. Wherfore receave ye one another as Christ receaved vs / to the prayse of God.

And I saye that Iesus Christ was a mini∣ster of the circumcision for the trueth of god / to conferme the promyses made vnto the fa∣thers. And let the gentyls prayse god for his mercy / as it is written: For this cause I will prayse the amonge the gentyls / and synge in* 1.3 thy name. And agayne he sayth: reioyse ye gen¦tyles with his people. And agayne / prayse the Lorde all ye gentyls / and laude him all na∣cions. And in another place Esaias sayth: [ C] ther shal be the rote of Iesse / and he that shall ryse to raygne over the gentyls: in him shall the gentyls trust. The God of hope fyll you with all ioye and peace in belevynge: that ye maye be ryche in hope thorowe the power of the holy goost. ⊢

I my selfe am full certified of you my bre∣thren /

that ye youre selves are full of goodnes and filled with all knowledge / and are able to exhorte one another. Neverthelesse brethren I have some what boldly written vnto you / as one that putteth you in remembraūce / tho∣row the grace that is geven me of God / that I shuld be the minister of Iesu Christ amon¦ge [ D] the gentyls / and shuld minister the glad∣de tydynges of God / that the gentyls myght be an acceptable offerynge / sanctyfied by the holy goost. I have therfore wherof I maye reioyse in Christ Iesu / in tho thinges which pertayne to God. For I dare not speake of eny of tho thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me / to make the gentyls obedi∣ent / with worde and dede / in myghty signes and wonders / by the power of the sprete of God: so that from Ierusalem and the costes rounde aboute vnto Illyricum / I have fyl∣led all countres with the gladde tydynges of Christ.

So have I enforsed my selfe to preache the [ E] gospell / not where Christ was named / left I* 1.4 shuld have bylt on another mannes founda∣cion: but as it is written: To whom he was not spoken of / they shall se: & they that hearde not / shall vnderstonde. For this cause I have bene ofte let to come vnto you: but now seyn∣ge I have no moare to do in these countres / and also have bene desyrous many yeares to come vnto you / when I shall take my iorney into spayne / I will come to you. I trust to se you in my iorney / and to be brought on my

waye thither warde by you after that I have somwhat enioyed you.

Now go I vnto Ierusalem / & minister vn∣to the saynctes. For it hath pleased them of [ F] Macedonia & Achaia to make a certayne di∣stribuciō vpō the poore sayncts which are at Ierusalem. It hath pleased them verely / and their detters are they. For yf the gētils be ma¦de partetakers of their spirituall things / their* 1.5 dutie is to minister vnto thē in carnall thin∣ges. When I have performed this / and have brought them this frute sealed. I will come backe agayne by you into Spayne. And I am sure when I come / that I shall come with aboundaunce of the blessinge of the gospell of Christ.

I beseche you brethrē for oure Lorde Iesus Christes sake / & for the love of the sprete / that ye helpe me in my busynes / with youre pray∣ers to God for me / that I maye be delyvered from them which beleve not in Iewry / & that this my service / which I have to Ierusalem / maye be accepted of y^• saynctes / that I maye come vnto you with ioye / by the will of God / and maye with you be refresshed. The God of peace be with you. Amen. ⊢

Notes

• * 1.1

  He is strō¦ge that cā¦beare ano¦ther man¦nes wea¦kenes. psalx viij
• * 1.2

  j. cor. j. b.
• * 1.3

  psa. xvij. ij. re. xxij psal. cx vj. esa. xj. c.
• * 1.4

  esa. liij. d.
• * 1.5

  j. co. ix. b