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 .v. Chapter.* 1.1

BEcause therfore that we are iustified by fayth / we are at peace with god tho¦row oure Lorde Iesus Christ: by whō we have awaye in thorow fayth / vnto this grace wherin we stonde aud reioyce in hope of the prayse that shalbe geven of God. Nether do we so only: but also we reioyce in tribula∣cion. For we know that tribulacion bringeth* 1.2 pacience / pacience bringeth experience / expe¦rience bringeth hope. And * 1.3 hope maketh not ashamed / for the love of God is sheed abrod in oure hertes / by the holy goost / which is geven vnto vs.

For when we were yet weake / accordynge to y^• tyme: Christ dyed for vs which were vn¦godly. Yet scace will eny man dye for a righ∣tewes man. Paraventure for a good mā durst [ B] a man dye. ✚ But God setteth out his love that he hath to vs / seinge that whyll we were yet synners / Christ dyed for vs. Moche mo∣re then now (seynge we are iustifyed in his bloud) shall we be saved from wrath / tho∣row him.

For yf when we were enemyes / we were re¦conciled

to God by the deeth of his sonne: moche more / seinge we are reconciled / we shal¦be preservid by his lyfe. Not only so / but we also ioye in God by the meanes of oure Lorde Iesus Christ / by whom we have receavyd the attonment.

Wherfore as by one mā synne entred into the worlde / & deeth by the meanes of synne. And so deeth went over all men / in somoche that all men synned. For even vnto the ty∣me of the lawe was synne in the worlde: but synne was not regarded / as longe as ther was no lawe: neverthelesse deeth rayned frō Adam to Moses / evē over them also that syn¦ned not / w^t lyke transgression as dyd Adam: which is y^• similitude of him that is to come.

But the gyfte is not lyke as the synne. For yf thorow the synne of one / many be deed: mo∣che [ C] * 1.4 more plenteous vpon many was the gra∣ce of God & gyfte by grace: which grace was geven by one man Iesus Christ.

And y^• gifte is not over one synne / as deeth cam thorow one synne of one y^• synned. For damnacion cam of one synne vnto condemna∣cion: but the gyft cam to iustify frō many syn¦nes. For yf by the synne of one / deeth raigned by the meanes of one / moche more shall they which receave aboundance of grace & of the gyfte of rightewesnes raygne in lyfe by the meanes of one (that is to saye) Iesus Christ.

Lykewyse then as by the synne of one / con∣demnacion [ D] cam on all men: evē so by the iusti¦fyinge of one cōmeth the rightewesnes that

bringeth lyfe / vpō all men. For as by one mā¦nes disobediēce many be cam synners: so by y^• obediēce of one shall many be made righteous.

But y^• * 1.5 lawe in the meane tyme entred in / y^t synne shuld encreace. Neverthelater where aboundaunce of synne was / there was more plenteousnes of grace. That as synne had raigned vnto deeth / even so might grace ray∣gne thorow rightewesnes vnto eternall lyfe / by the helpe of Iesu Christ. ⊢

Notes

• * 1.1

  Fayth set¦teth vs at peace wi∣th God.
• * 1.2

  Iaco. j. b.
• * 1.3

  We are not assha¦med of ou¦re hope for we a∣re sure by the deathe of Christ that God loueth vs and will bringe ou¦re hope to passe.
• * 1.4

  Adams disobedyē¦ce damp∣ned vs all yer we ou¦re selues wrought euell. And Christes obedience saueth vs all / yer we oure sel∣ues wor∣ke anye good.
• * 1.5

  the lawe encrease∣th synne •• maketh oure natu¦re more gredie to do euell▪ because y^• lawe my∣nistreth no power ner lust to that she byddeth / or to re∣frayne from that she for∣byddeth. gala. iij. d