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 .iii. Chapter.

VVhat preferment then hath the Ie∣we•• other what a vauntageth circum¦cision? Surely very moche. Fyrst vn¦to [ A] them was committed the worde of God What then though some of them did not be∣leve? shall their vnbeleve make the promes of god with out effecte? God forbid. Let god be* 1.1 true / and all men lyars / as it is written: That thou myghtest be iustifyed in thy sayinge and shuldest overcome when thou arte iudged.

Yf oure vnrightewesnes make the righte¦wesnes of God more excellent: what shall we [ B] saye? Is God vnrighteous which taketh ven¦geaūce? I speake after the maner of mē. God forbid. For how then shall God iudge the worlde? Yf the veritie of God appere moare excellent thorow my lye / vnto his prayse / why am I hence forth iudged as a synner? & saye not rather (as men evyll speake of vs / and as some affirme that we saye) let vs do evyll / that good maye come therof. Whose damna∣cion is iuste.

What saye we then? Are we better then they? No▪in no wyse. For we have all ready proved how that both Iewes & Gentils are all vnder synne / as it is writtē: There is none* 1.2 righteous / no not one: There is none that vn¦derstondith / there [ C] is none y^e seketh after God / they are all gone out of y^e waye / they are all made vnprofytable / ther is none that doeth good / no not one. Their throte is an open se¦pulchre / with their tounges they have disce¦aved: the poyson of Aspes is vnder their lip¦pes. Whose mouthes are full of coursynge & bitternes. Their fete are swyfte to sheed blo∣ud. Destruccion & wretchednes are in their wayes. And the waye of peace they have not knowen. There is no feare of God before their eyes.

✚ Ye and we knowe that whatsoever y^e la∣we sayth / he sayth it to them which are vnder the lawe. That all mouthes maye be stopped* 1.3 and all the worlde be subdued to god / because

that by y^e dedes of the* 1.4 lawe / shall no flesshe be iustified in the sight of God. For by the la¦we commeth the knowledge of synne.

Now verely is y^• rigtewesnes that cōmeth [ D] of God declared without the fulfillinge of y^• lawe / havinge witnes yet of y^e lawe & of the Prophete. The rightewesnes no dout which* 1.5 is good before God / cōmeth by y^e fayth of Ie∣sus Christ / vnto all & vpon all that beleve.

Ther is no differēce: for all have synned / & lacke the prayse y^• is of valoure before God: but are iustified frely by his grace / through the redemcion that is in Christ Iesu / whom God hath made a seate of mercy thorow faith in his bloud / to shewe y^e rightewesnes which before him is of valoure / in y^t he forgeveth y^• synnes y^• are passed / which God dyd suffre to shewe at this tyme / y^• rightewesnes y^t is alowed of him / y^e he myght be coūted iuste / & a iustifiar of him which belevith on Iesus. ⊢

Where is then thy reioysinge? It is exclu¦ded. By what lawe? by y^e lawe of workes? Na¦ye: but by the lawe of fayth.

For we suppose that a man is iustified by* 1.6 fayth without the dedes of y^• lawe. Is he the God of the Iewes only? Is he not also the God of the Gentyls? Yes / evē of the Genty¦les also. For it is God only which iustifieth circumcision which is of fayth / & vncircumci¦sion thorow fayth. Do we then destroye the lawe thorow fayth? God forbid. But we ra∣ther* 1.7 mayntayne the lawe.

Notes

• * 1.1

  ioa. iii. b. psal. cxv psal. l.
• * 1.2

  gala. iii. d psal. xiii. a. psal. v. c. & .xiii. b psalm. C xxxix. & psal. ix. c. esai. lix. b ps. xiii. b
• * 1.3

  Gala. ij. d
• * 1.4

  The la∣we iustifi¦eth not be¦fore god / but vtte∣reth synne onlye.
• * 1.5

  Iustifyin¦ge cōmeth by fayth.
• * 1.6

  Fayth iu¦stifieth.
• * 1.7

  Fayth mayntay∣neth the la¦we / becau¦se therby we obtay¦ne power to loue it & to kepe it