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 Prologe vpō the fyrst epist∣le of S. Paul to the Corinthyans.

THis pistle declareth it selfe frō Chapter to Chapter / that it ne deth no Prologe or introducciō to declare it. When Paule had cōuerted a great nombre at Co¦rinthum / as ye reade Act. xviij. & was departed / there came im∣mediatlye false Apostles & sec∣te makers & drue euery man disciples after him / so that the people were whole vnquyeted / deuy∣ded & at varyaunce amonge them selues / eue∣rye man for the zele of his doctoure / those new Apostles not regardynge what deuysion / what vnclennes •••• lyuinge / or what false opinions were amōge the people / as longe as they myght be in auctorite and well at ease in their bellies. But Paule in the .iiij. fyrst Chapters with great wysdome & sobre••es / rebuketh / fyrst the deuysyon and the auctores therof / & calleth the people to Christ agayne & teacheth how & for what the preacher is to be taken.

In the .v. he rebuketh the vnclennes that was amongest them.

In the .vj. he rebuketh the debate & goynge to lawe to gether / pleatynge their causes be∣fore the hethen.

In the .vij. he informeth them concernynge chastite and maryage.

In the .viij. ix. x. & .xj. he teacheth the stron¦ge to forbeare the weake that yet vnderstode not the lybertie of the Gospell / & that with the ensample of him selfe. Which though he were an Apostle & had auctoryte / yet of loue he ab∣stayned / to wynne other. And he feareth them with the ensamples of the olde testament & re∣buketh dyuerse dysorders that were amonge them concernynge the Sacramēt and the goyn∣••e bare hedded of maryed wemen.

In the .xij. xiij. & .xiiij. he teacheth of the ma¦ny folde gyftes of the spirite / & proueth by a sy∣mylitude of the bodye / that all gyftes are geuē that eche shuld helpe other / & thorow loue do seruyce to other / & proueth that where loue is not / there is nothinge that pleaseth God. For that one shuld loue another / is all that God requyreth of vs. And therfore yf we desyer spirituall gyftes he teacheth those gyftes to be desyred that helpe oure neyboures

In the .xv. he teacheth of the resurreccyon of the bodye.

And in the last he exhorteth to helpe the po•• ••e saynctes.

¶ The fyrst epistle of S. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthyans.

¶¶ The fyrst Chapter.

[illustration]

PAul by voca∣cion an Apostle of Iesus Christ tho∣row the will of God / and brother Sostenes.

Vnto the congregacion of God which is at Corin¦thum. To them that are sanctified in Christ Iesu / sainctes by callynge / with all that call on the name of oure lorde Iesus Christ in every place / both of theirs & of oures

Grace be with you and peace frō God oure father / and from the lorde Iesus Christ.

✚ I thanke my God all wayes on youre be∣halfe for y^e grace of God which is geuen you

by Iesus Christ / that in all thinges ve are ma¦de riche by him in all lerninge and in all know¦ledge [ B] even as the testimony of Iesus Christ was confermed in you) so that ye are behynde in no gyft / and wayte for the apperynge of ou¦re lorde Iesus Christ which shall strēght you vnto y^• ende / that ye maye be blamelesse in y^e daye of oure lorde Iesus Christ. ✚ ffor god is* 1.1 faythfull / by whom ye are called vnto y^• felli∣shyppe of his sonne Iesus Christe oure lorde

I beseche you brethrē in y^e name of oure lor¦de Iesus Christ / that ye all speake one thynge & that there be no dissencion amōge you: but be ye knyt together in one mynde & in one meāyn¦ge. It is shewed vnto me (my brethren) of you by them that are of the housse of Cloe / that ther is stryfe amonge you. And this is it that I meane: how that comēlie amonge you / one sayeth: I holde of Paul: another I holde of Apollo: y^e thyrde I holde of Cephas: y^• four y^e I holde of Christ. Ys Christ devided? was Paul crucified for you? ether were ye baptised in y^t name of Paul? I thanke God that I chri¦stened none of you / but Crispus & Gayus / lest eny shulde saye that I had baptised in my∣ne awne name. I baptised also the housse of Stephana. Forthermore knowe I not whe∣ther I baptised eny man or no.

For Christ sent me not to baptyse / but to [ C] * 1.2 preache y^• gospell / not with wysdome of wor∣des / lest the crosse of Christ shuld have bene made of none effecte. For y^e preachinge of the crosse is to them y^t perisshe folishnes: but vn∣to

to vs which are saved / it is y^e power of God.* 1.3 For it is written: I will destroye the wysdo∣me of the wyse / & will cast awaye the vnder∣stondinge of the prudēt. Where is the syse? Where is the scrybe? Where is the searcher of this worlde? Hath not God made the wys∣dome of this worlde folisshnes?

For when the worlde thorow wysdome knew not God / in y^e wysdome of God: it plea∣sed God thorow folisshnes of preachinge to save them y^t beleve. For y^e Iewes requyre a signe / & the Grekes seke after wysdome. But* 1.4 we preache Christ crucified / vnto the Iewes an occasion of fallinge / & vnto the Grekes fo∣lisshnes: but vnto thē which are called both [ D] of Iewes & Grekes / we preache Christ y^e po∣wer of God / and the wysdome of God. For* 1.5 the folishnes of God is wyser then mē: & the weakenes of God is stronger then men.

Brethren loke on youre callinge / how that not many wyse men after the flesshe / not ma∣ny myghty / not many of hye degre are called: but God hath chosen the folysshe thinges of the worlde / to confounde the wyse. And God hath chosyn the weake thing{is} of the worlde / to confounde thing{is} which are mighty. And vile thinges of the worlde / & thinges which are despysed / hath God chosen / yee & thinges of no reputacion / for to brynge to nought thin¦ges of reputacion / that no flesshe shulde re∣ioyce in his presence. And vnto him partay∣ne ye / in Christ Iesu / which of God is made vnto vs * 1.6 wysdome / & also rightewesnes / and

saunc tifyinge & redempcion. That accordin∣ge as it is written: he which reioyseth / shulde reioyce in the Lorde.

¶ The .ii. Chapter.

ANd I brethren when I came to you / ca¦me not in gloriousnes of wordes or of [ A] wysdome / shewynge vnto you the testi¦mony of God. Nether shewed I my selfe that I knewe eny thinge amonge you save Iesus Christ / evē the same that was crucified. And I was amōge you in weaknes / & in feare / & in moche trēblinge. And my wordes & my prea∣chinge were not with entysynge wordes of* 1.7 mānes wysdome: but in shewinge of y^e sprete & of power / that youre fayth shuld not stonde [ B] in y^• wysdome of mē / but in y^• power of God.

That we speake of / is wysdome amonge them that are perfecte: not the wysdome of this worlde nether of the rulars of this worl¦de (which go to nought) but we speake y^• wys¦dome of God / which is in secrete & lieth hyd / which God ordeyned before the worlde vnto oure glory: which wysdome none of y^e rulars of the worlde knewe. For had they knowē it / they wolde not have crucified the Lorde of glory. But as it is written: The eye hath not* 1.8 sene / & the eare hath not hearde / nether have entred into the herte of man / y^e thinges which [ C] God hath prepared for them that love him.

But God hath opened them vnto vs by his sprete. For y^e sprete searcheth all thinges / ye the bottome of Goddes secretes. For what man knoweth the thing{is} of a mā: save y^• spre¦te

of a man which is with in him? Even so y^•* 1.9 thinges of God knoweth no man / but y^e spre∣te of god. And we have not receaved the spre¦te of y^e worlde: but the sprete which cōmeth [ D] of god / for to knowe the thing{is} that are gevē to vs of god / which thinges also we speake / not in the cōnynge wordes of mānes wysdo¦me / but with the cōnynge wordes of the holy goost / makynge spretuall cōparesons of spre∣tuall thing{is}. For y^• naturall man perceaveth not the thing{is} of the sprete of god. For they are but folysshnes vnto him. Nether can he perceave them / because he is spretually exami¦ned. But he that is spretuall / discusseth all* 1.10 thinges: yet he him selfe is iudged of no mā. For who knoweth the mynde of the Lorde / other who shall informe him? But we vnder∣stonde the mynde of Christ.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

ANd I coulde not speake vnto you bre∣thrē as vnto spretuall: but as vnto car∣nall / even [ A] as it were vnto babes in Ch∣rist. I gave you myl••e to drinke & not meate. For ye then were not stronge / no nether yet a¦re. For ye are yet carnall. As longe verely as ther is amōge you envy••ge / stryfe / & dissenciō: are ye not carnall / & walke after y^e manner of mē? As lōge as one sayth / I holde of Paul / & another / I am of Apollo / are ye not carnall? What is Paul? What thinge is Apollo? On¦ly miministers * 1.11 are they by whō ye beleved / [ B] even as the Lorde gave every mā grace. I ha∣ve planted: Apollo watred: but god gave in∣creace.

So then / nether is he that planteth eny¦thinge / nether he y^• watreth: but god which gave the increace.

He that planteth and he that watreth / are nether better then the other. Every man yet shall receave his rewarde accordynge to his* 1.12 laboure. We are goddis labourers / ye are god∣dis husbandrye / ye are goddis byldynge. Ac∣cordynge to the grace of god geven vnto me / as a wyse bylder have I layde the foundaciō And another bylt therō. But let every mā ta∣ke* 1.13 hede how he bildeth apō. For other founda¦cion [ C] can no man laye / then y^t which is layde / which is Iesus Christ. Yf eny man bilde on this foundacion / golde / silver / precious stones tymber / haye or stoble: every mannes worke shall appere. For the daye shall declare it / and* 1.14 it shalbe shewed in fyre. And y^e fyre shall trye euery mannes worke / what it is. Yf eny man¦nes worke y^t he hath bylt apon / byde / he shall receave a rewarde. If eny mānes worke burne he shall suffre losse: but he shalbe safe him sel¦fe: neverthelesse yet as it were thorow fyre. [ D]

✚ Are ye not ware that ye are the temple of* 1.15 god / and how that the sprete of god dwelleth in you? Yf eny man defyle the temple of god him shall god destroye. For the temple of god is holy / which temple ye are. Let no man dece¦ave* 1.16 him silfe. Yf eny man seme wyse amon∣ge you / let him be a fole in this worlde ▪ that he maye be wyse. For y^• wisdome of this worl¦de* 1.17 is folysshnes with god. For it is writtē: he compaseth the wyse in their craftynes. And

agayne / God knoweth the thoughtes of the* 1.18 wyse that they be vayne. Therfore let no mā reioyce in men. For all thinges are youres / whether it be Paul / other Apollo / other Ce∣phas: whether it be y^e worlde / other lyfe / other deeth / whether they be present thing{is} or thin¦ges to come: all are youres / & ye are Christes / and Christ is goddis. ⊢

¶ The .iiii. Chapter. ✚

LEt men this wyse esteme vs / evē as the* 1.19 ministers of Christ / and disposers of y^• [ A] secretes of God. Furthermore it is re∣quyred of the disposers that they be founde faithfull. * 1.20 With me is it but a very smal thinge / that I shuld be iudged of you / ether of (mans daye) No I iudge not myn awne sel¦fe. I know nought by my selfe: yet am I not therby iustified. It is the Lorde that iudgeth me. Therfore iudge no thinge before the ty∣me / vntill the Lorde come / which will lighten* 1.21 thinges that are hyd in darcknes and opē the counsels of the hertes. And then shall every man have prayse of God. ⊢

These thing{is} brethrē I have described in [ B] myn awne person & Apollos / for youre sake / that ye myght learne by vs / that no man coū∣te of him selfe beyonde that which is above written: that one swell not agaynst another for eny mans cause. For who preferreth the? What hast thou / that thou hast not recea∣ved? Yf thou have receaved it / why reioysest thou as though thou haddest not receaved it? Now ye are full: now ye are made rych: ye ray¦gne

as kinge with out vs: & I wold to god ye dyd raygne / that we might raygne with you.

Me thinketh that God hath set forth vs which are Apostles / for the lowest of all / as it were mē appoynted to deeth. For we are a ga¦synge stocke vnto the worlde / & to y^e angels / &* 1.22 to men. We are foles for Christes sake / & ye are wyse thorow Christ. We are weake / & ye a••e strōge. Ye are honorable & we are despised. Evē vnto this daye we honger & thyrst / & are [ C] naked / & are boffetted w^t fistes / & have no cer∣tayne dwellinge place / and laboure workinge with oure awne hondes. We are revyled / & yet we blesse. We are persecuted / & suffer it. We are evyll spoken of / and we praye. We* 1.23 are made as it were the filthynes of the worl¦de / the of scowringe of all thinges / even vnto this tyme.

I write not these thinges to shame you: but as my beloved sonnes I warne you. For though ye have ten thousande instructours in Christ: yet have ye not many fathers. In Christ Iesu / I have begotten you thorowe y^e [ D] gospell. Wherfore I desyre you to folowe me. For this cause have I sent vnto you Timo∣theus / which is my deare sonne / & faithfull in the Lorde / which shall put you in remembraun¦ce of my wayes which I have in Christ / evē as I teache every where in all congregaciōs. Some swell as though I wolde come no mo¦re at you. But I will come to you shortely / yf God will: & will knowe / not y^e wordes of thē which swell / but y^e power: for y^e kyngdome of

God is not in wordes / but in power. What will ye? Shall I come vnto you with a rodde / or els in love & in the sprete of mekenes?

¶ The .v. Chapter.

THere goeth a cōmen sayinge that ther [ A] * 1.24 is fornicacion amōge you / & soche forni¦cacion as is not once named amonge the gentyls: that one shuld have his fathers wyfe. And ye swell and have not rather soro∣wed / y^t he which hath done this dede / myght* 1.25 be put frō amōge you. For I verely as absent in body / even so present in sprete / have deter∣myned all redy (as though I were present) of [ B] him that hath done this dede / in the name of oure Lorde Iesu Christ / when ye are gaddered togedder / & my sprete / with the power of the Lorde Iesus Christ / to deliver him vnto * 1.26 Sa¦tan / for y^• destrucciō of the flesshe / y^t the spre∣te maye be saved in y^e daye of y^e Lorde Iesus.

Youre reioysinge is not good: knowe ye not that a lytle levē sowreth the whole lompe of [ C] dowe. ✚ Pourge therfore the olde leven / that ye maye be newe dowe / as ye a••e swete breed. For Christ oure esterlambe is offered vp for* 1.27 vs. Therfore let vs kepe holy daye / not with oldelevē / nether with the leven of malicious¦nes and wickednes: but with the swete breed of purenes and truth. ⊢

I wrote vnto you in a pistle that ye shuld not company with fornicatours. And I meāt not at all of the fornicatours of this worlde / ether of the covet••ous / or of extorsioners / [ D] ether of the ydolaters: for then must ye nedes

have gone out of y^e worlde. But now I wri¦te vnto you / that ye company not togedder / yf eny that is called a brother / be a fornicator / or coveteous / or a worshipper of ymages / ether a raylar / ether a dronkard / or an extorcionar: with him that is soche se that ye eate not. For what have I to do / to iudge them which are with out? Do ye not iudge them that are with in? Them that are with out / God shall iudge. Put awaye from amonge you / that evyll parson.

¶ The .vi. Chapter.

HOw dare one of you havinge busines with another / goo to lawe vnder the [ A] wicked / & not rather vnder the sainc∣tes?* 1.28 Do ye not know that the sainctes shall iudge the worlde? If the worlde shalbe iud∣ged by you: are ye not good ynough to iudge smale trifles: knowe ye not how that we shall iudge the angels? How moche more maye we iudge thinges that partayne to y^• lyfe? If ye have iudgemente of worldely matters / take them which are despised in y^• congregaciō / & make them iudges. This I saye to youre sha¦me. [ B] Is ther vtterly no wyse man amōge you? What not one at all / y^t can iudge bitwene bro¦ther & brother / but one brother goeth to lawe with another: & that vnder the vnbelevers?

Now therfore ther is vtterly a faute amon¦ge you / because ye goo to lawe one with ano∣ther. Why rather suffer ye not wronge? why rather suffre ye not youre selves to be rob∣bed? Naye ye youre selves do wronge / and rob¦be:

and that the brethren. Do ye not remem∣ber how that the vnrighteous shall not inhe∣ret the kyngdome of God? Be not deceaved. For nether fornicators / nether worshyppers* 1.29 of ymages / nether whormongers / nether wea¦klinges / nerher abusars of them selves with the mankynde / nether theves / nether the cove¦teous / nether dronkardes / nether cursed spea∣kers / nether pillers / shall inheret the kyngdo¦me of God. And soche ware ye verely: but ye* 1.30 are wesshed: ye are sanctified: ye are iustified by the name of the Lorde Iesus / and by the sprete of oure God.

All thinges are lawfull vnto me: but all [ C] thing{is} are not proffitable. I maye do all thin¦ges: but I will be brought vnder nomans power. Meates are ordeyned for the belly / & the belly for meates: but God shall destroy bothe it and them. Let not the body be appli∣ed vnto fornicacion / but vnto the Lorde / and the Lorde vnto the body. God hath raysed vp the Lorde / & shall rayse vs vp by his power. ✚ Ether remember ye not / that youre bodyes are the * 1.31 members of Christ? Shall I now take the members of Christ / and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd. Do ye not vnderstonde that he which coupleth him selfe with an harlot / is be come one bo∣dy? For two (saith he) shalbe one flesshe. But* 1.32 he that is ioyned vnto the Lorde / is one sprete.

Fle fornicacion. All synnes that a man do∣the / are with out y^• body. But he y^• is a forni¦cator / synneth [ D] agaynst his awne body. Ether

knowe ye not how that youre bodyes are the* 1.33 temple of y^e holy goost / which is in you / whō ye have of God / & how that ye are not youre awne? For ye are dearly bought. Therfore glorifie ye God in youre bodyes and in youre spretes / for they are goddes. ⊢

¶ The .vii. Chapter. ✚

AS concerninge the thinges wherof ye [ A] * 1.34 wrote vnto me: it is good for a mā / not to touche a woman. Neverthelesse to a¦voyde fornicaciō / let every man have his wy∣fe: and let every woman have her husbande. Let the man geve vnto the wyfe due benevo∣lence. Lykwyse also the wyfe vnto the man.* 1.35 The wyfe hath not power over her awne bo∣dy: but the husbande. And lykewyse the man hath not power over his awne body: but the wyfe. Withdrawe not youre selves one from another / excepte it be with consent for a ty∣me / for to geve youre selves to fastynge and prayer. And afterwarde come agayne to the same thynge / lest Satan tempt you for youre incontinencye. ⊢

This I saye of faveour / not of cōmaunde∣ment. [ B] For I wolde that all men were as I my selfe am: but every man hath his proper gyf∣te of God / one after this māner / another after that. I saye vnto the vnmaried men & widdo∣wes: it is good for them yf they abyde evē as I do. But & yf they cānot abstayne / let them mary. For it is better to mary then to burne.

Vnto the maryed cōmaunde not I / but the* 1.36 Lorde: that the wyfe separate not her selfe

from the man. Yf she separate her selfe / let* 1.37 her remayne vnmaryed / or be reconciled vnto her husbande agayne. And let not the husban¦de put awaye his wyfe from him.

To the remnaunt speake I / & not the lorde. [ C] Yf eny brother have awyfe that beleveth not / yf she be content to dwell with him / let him not put her awaye. And y^e womā which hath to her husbande an infidell / yf he consent to dwell with her / let her not put him awaye. For y^e vnbelevynge husbande is sanctified by the wyfe: & the vnbelevynge wyfe is sancti∣fied by the husbande. Or els were youre chyl∣dren vnclene: but now are they pure. But and yf the vnbelevynge departe / let him departe. A brother or a sister is not in subiection to so∣che. God hath called vs in peace. For how knowest thou o woman / whether thou shalt save that man or no? Other how knowest thou o man / whether thou shalt save that wo¦man or no? but even as God hath distribu∣ted to every man.

As the lorde hath called every person / so let [ D] him walke: & so orden I in all congregaciōs. Yf eny man be called beynge circumcised / let him adde nothinge therto. Yf eny be cal∣led vncircumcised: let him not be circūcised. Circumcision is nothinge / vncircumcision* 1.38 is nothinge: but the kepyng of the cōmaund∣mentes of god is altogether. ✚ Let every man abyde in the same state wherin he was cal∣led. Arte thou called a servaūt? care not for it. Neverthelesse yf thou mayst be fre / vse it ra∣ther.

For he that is called in the lorde beynge a servaunt / is the lordes freman. Lykwyse he that is called beynge fre / is Christes servaūt. Ye are dearly bought / be not mennes seruaun¦tes. Brethren let everye man wherin he is cal¦led / therin abyde with God. ⊢

As concernynge virgins / I have no cōma∣undment [ E] of the lorde: yet geve I counsell / as one that hath obtayned mercye of the lorde to be faythfull. I suppose that it is good for the present * 1.39 necessite. For it is good for a mā so to be. Arte thou bounde vnto a wyfe? seke not to be lowsed. Arte thou lowsed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe. But and yf thou take a wyfe thou synnest not. Lykwyse if a virgin mary / she synneth not. Neverthelesse soche shall ha¦ve trouble in their flesshe: but I faver you.

This saye I brethrē the tyme is shorte. It remayneth that they which have wives / be as though they had none / and. they that wepe be as though thy wept not: and they that reioy∣ce / be as though they reioysed not: & they that bye be as though they possessed not: & they y^e vse this worlde / be as though they vsed it not. For the fassion of this worlde goeth awaye.

I wolde have you without care: the single [ F] man careth for the thing{is} of the lorde / how he maye please the lorde. But he that hath maried / careth for the thing{is} of the worlde ho¦we he maye please his wyfe. There is differē¦ce bitwene a virgin & a wyfe. The single wo∣man careth for the thinges of the lorde / that she maye be pure both in body & also in sprete

But she that is maryed / careth for the thing{is} of the worlde / how she maye please her hus¦band. This speake I for youre proffit / not to tangle you in a snare: but for that which is ho¦nest and comly vnto you / & that ye maye quy∣etly cleave vnto the lorde w^t out separacion.

I feny man thinke that it is vncomly for [ G] his virgin if she passe the tyme of mariage / ād if so nede requyre / let him do what he listeth / he synneth not: let thē be coupled in mariage. Neverthelesse / he y^t purposeth surely in his herte / havynge none nede: but hath power o∣ver his awne will: and hath so decreed in his herte that he will kepe his virgin / doth well. So then he that ioyneth his virgin in marya¦ge doth well. But he that ioyneth not his vir¦gin in mariage doth better. The wyfe is boun¦de* 1.40 to the lawe as longe as her husband liveth If her husbande slepe / she is at liberte to ma∣ry with whom she wyll / only in the lorde. But she is happiar yf she so abyde / in my iudgmēt And I thinke verely that I have the sprete of God.

¶ The .viii. Chapter.

TO speake of thinges dedicate vnto y∣dols / we [ A] * 1.41 are sure that we all have kno∣wledge. knowledge maketh a man sw∣ell: but love edifieth. If eny man thinke that he knoweth eny thinge / he knoweth nothyn∣ge yet as he ought to knowe. But yf eny man love god / the same is knowen of him.

To speake of meate dedicat vnto ydols / we are sure that ther is none ydoll in the worlde

and that ther is none other god but one. And though ther be y^• are called goddes / whether in heven other in erth (as ther be goddes ma∣ny and lordes many) yet vnto vs is there but one god / which is the father▪of whom are all thinges / & we in him: & one lorde Iesus Christ* 1.42 by whom are all thinges / and we by him.

But every man hath not knowledge. For so¦me suppose that ther is an ydoll / vntyll this houre / and eate as of a thinge offered vnto y^e ydole / & so their consciences beynge yet wea∣ke / are defyled. Meate maketh vs not accepta¦ble to god. Nether yf we eate / are we y^e better.* 1.43 Nether yf we eate not / are we the worsse.

But take hede that youre libertie cause not [ D] y^e weake to faule. For yf some man se y^e which hast knowledge / sit at meate in the ydoles tē∣ple / shall not the conscience of hym which is weake / be boldened to eate those thing{is} which are offered vnto y^e ydole? And so thorow thy knowledge shall y^e weake brother perisshe for whom christ dyed. Whē ye synne so agaynst the brethren and wounde their weake consci∣ences ye synne agaynst Christ. Wherfore yf meate hurt my brother / I will eate no flesshe* 1.44 whill the worlde stondeth / because I will not hurte my brother.

¶ The .ix. Chapter.

AM I not an Apostle? am I not fre? ha∣ve I not sene Iesus Christ oure lorde? [ A] Are not ye my worke in the lorde. Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other / yet am I vnto you. For the seale of myne Apostle shippe are ye in the lorde. Myne answer to them that

axe me / is this. Have we not power to eate & to drynke? Ether have we not power to leade about a sister to wyfe as wel as other Apost¦les / and as the brethren of the lorde / and Ce∣phas? Ether only I and Barnabas have not power this to do? who goeth a warfare eny tyme at his awne cost? who planteth a vyne∣arde & eateth not of the frute? Who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylke?

Saye I these thinges after the manner of [ B] men? Or sayth not the lawe the same also? For it ys written in the lawe of Moses. Thou shall not mosell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne. Doth God take thought for oxen? Ether sayth he it not all to gedder for oure sakes? For oure sakes no dou¦te this is written: that he which eareth / shuld* 1.45 eare in hope: and that he which thressheth in hope / shuld beparttaker of his hope. Yf we sowe vnto you spirituall thynges: is it a grea¦te thynge yf we reepe youre carnall thynges Yf other be parttakers of this power over you? wherfore are not we rather.

Neverthelesse we have not vsed this po∣wer: but suffre all thinges lest we shuld hyn∣der the gospell of Christ. Do ye not vnderstō¦der how that they which minister in the tem¦ple / have their fyndynge of the temple? And they which wayte at the aulter / are partakers with y^e aultre? Even so also dyd y^e lorde orday¦ne / that they which preache y^e gospell / shuld live of the gospell. But I have vs••d none of these thinges.

Nether wrote I these thinges that it shuld [ C] be so done vnto me. For it were better for me to dye / thē y^t eny man shuld take this reioysin¦ge from me. In that I preache the gospell / I have nothinge to reioyce of. For necessite is put vnto me. Wo is it vnto me yf I preache not the gospell. If I do it with a good will / I* 1.46 have a rewarde. But yf I do it agaynst my will / an office is committed vnto me. What is my rewarde then? Verely that whē I prea¦che the gospell / I make the gospell of Christ fre / y^e I misvse not myne auctorite in y^e gospel

For though I be fre from all men / yet have [ D] I made my silfe servaunt vnto all men / that I myght wynne the mo••. Vnto the Iewes / * 1.47 I be came as a Iewe / to winne y^e Iewes. To thē that were vnder the lawe / was I made as though I had bene vnder the lawe / to wynne thē that were vnder the lawe. To them that were with out lawe / be cā I as though I had bene with out lawe (whē I was not without lawe as perteyninge to god / but vnder a lawe as concerninge Christ) to wynne thē that we¦re with out lawe. To the weake became I as weake / to wynne the weake. In all thing{is} I [ E] fassioned my silfe to all men / to save at y^e lest waye some. And this I do for the gospels▪ sa∣ke / that I might have my parte therof.

✚ Perceave ye not how that they which run¦ne in a course / runne all / yet but one receaveth the rewarde. So runne that ye maye obtayne. Euery man y^t proveth masteryes / abstaineth from all thinges. And they do it to obtayne a

corruptible croune: but we to obtayne an vn∣corruptible croune: I therfore so runne / not as at an vncertayne thinge. So fyght I / not as one y^e beateth the ayer: but I tame my bo∣dy and bringe it into subiecciō / lest after that I have preached to other / I my silfe shuld be a castawaye.

¶ The .x. Chapter.

BRethren I wolde not that ye shuld be [ A] * 1.48 ignoraunt of this / how y^t oure fathers were all vnder a cloude / and all passed thorow the see / and were all baptised vnder Moses / in the cloude / and in the see: & dyd all eate of one spirituall meate / & did all drincke of one maner of spirituall drincke. And they dranke of that spretuall rocke that folowed them / which rocke was Christ. ✚ But in ma¦ny of them had god no delite. For they were overthrowen in the wildernes.

These are ensamples to vs ✚ that wesh∣uld* 1.49 not lust after evyll thinge / as they lusted Nether be ye worshippers of Images as we¦re some of them accordynge as it is written: [ B] The people sate doune to eate and drynke / &* 1.50 rose vp agayne to playe. Nether let vs cōmit fornicacion as some of them committed forni¦cacion / and were destroyed in one daye .xxiii. thousande. Nether let vs tempte Christ / as so¦me of them tempted / and were destroyed of ser¦pentes.* 1.51 Nether murmure ye as some of them murmured / and were destroyed of y^e destroyer

All these thing{is} happened vnto them for ensamples / and were written to put vs in re¦membraunce

/ whom the endes of the worlde [ C] are come apon. Wherfore let hym that thyn¦keth hestōdeth / take hede least he fall. There hath none other temptacion taken you / but soche as foloweth y^e nature of mā. But God is faythfull / which shall not suffer you to be tempted above youre strenght: but shall in the myddes of the temptacion make awaye to escape out. ✚ Wherfore my deare beloued / fle from worshippynge of ydols.

I speake as vnto them which have discre∣cion / Iudge [ D] * 1.52 ye what I saye. Ys not the cuppe of blessinge which we blesse / partakynge of y^e bloude of Christ? ys not the breed which we breake / partetakynge of the body of Christ? because that we (though webe many) yet are one breed / and one bodyein as moch as we all are partetakers of one breed. Beholde Isra∣hell which walketh carnally. Are not they which eate of the sacrifyse / partetakers of the aultre?

What saye I then? that the ymage is eny thinge? or that it which is offered to yma¦ges is eny thinge? Nay / but I saye / that tho∣se thinges which the gentyls offer / they offer [ E] to devyls / and not to god. ✚ And I wolde not that ye shuld have fellishippe with y^e devils Ye cānot drincke of the cup of the lorde / & of y^• cup of y^e deuyls. Ye cnanot be partetakers* 1.53 of the lordes table / & of the table of deuelles. Ether shall we provoke the lorde? Or are we stronger then he? All thynges are laufull vn∣to me / but all thynges are not expedient. All

thynges are lawfull to me / but all thinges* 1.54 edifye not. Let noman seke his awne proffet: but let every man seke anothers welthe.

What soever is solde in the market / that [ F] eate / and axe no questions for conscience sake For the erth is the lord is / and all that therein is▪ Yf eny of them which beleve not / bid you to a feest / & yf ye be disposed to goo / what soe¦ver is seet before you: eate / axinge no question for conscience sake. But and yf eny man saye vnto you: this is dedicate vnto ydols / eate not of it for his sake that shewed it / and for hur∣tynge of conscience. The erth is the lordes & all that there in is. Conscience I saye / not thy¦ne: but the cōscieuce of that other. * 1.55 For why shuld my▪ liberte be iudged of another mānes conscience: For yf I take my parte with thā∣kes: why am I evell spoken of for that thyn∣ge wherfore I geve thankes.

Whether therfore ye eate or dryncke / or wh¦at soever ye do / do all to the prayse of God. ✚ Se that ye geve occasion of evell / nether to y^e [ G] Iewes / nor yet to the gentyls / nether to y^e cō∣gregacion of god: euen as I please all men in* 1.56 all thinges / not sekynge myne awne proffet / but the proffet of many / that they myght be sa¦ved. Folowe me as I do Christ.

The .xi. Chapter.

I Commende you brethren that ye remē∣ber [ A] me in all thinges / and kepe the ordi∣naunces even as I delyvered them to you. I wolde ye knew that Christ is the heed of every man. And the man is the womans

heed. And God is Christes heed. Eevery mā prayinge or prophesyinge havynge eny thyn∣ge on his heed / shameth his heed. Every wo∣man that prayeth or prophisieth bare hedded / dishonesteth hyr heed. For it is even all one / and the very same thinge / even as though she were shaven. If the woman be not covered / lett her also beshoren. If it beshame for a wo¦mā to be shorne or shavē / let her cover her heed.

A man ought not to cover his heed / for as [ B] moche as he is the image and glory of God. The woman is the glory of the man. For the* 1.57 man is not of the woman / but the woman of the mā. Nether was the man created for y^e wo¦mās sake: but the womā for the mannes sake For this cause ought the womā to have * 1.58 po∣wer on her heed / for the angels sakes. Never∣thelesse / nether is the mā with oute the womā nether the womā with out the man in the lor¦de. For as the woman is of the man / evē so is the man by the woman: but all is of God.

Iudge in youre selves whether it be cōly y^t [ C] a woman praye vnto god bare heeded. Or els doth not nature teach you / that it is a shame for a man / if he have longe heere: and a prayse to a woman / yf she have longe heere? For her heere is geven her to cover her with all. If the¦re be eny man amonge you y^t lusteth to stryve let him knowe that we have no soche custo∣me / nether the congregacions of God.

This I warne you of / and commende not that ye come to gedder: not after a better ma∣ner but after a worsse. Fyrst of all when ye come

togedder in the cōgregacion / I heare that ther is dissencion amonge you: & I partly / be∣leve it. For ther must be sectes amonge you / * 1.59 that they which are perfecte amonge you / my∣ght be knowen. ✚ When ye come togedder [ D] a man can not eate the lordes supper. For eve¦ry man begynneth a fore to eate his awne sup¦per. And one is hongrye / and another is dron∣ken. Have ye not houses to eate and to drinke in? Or els despyse ye the congregacion of god and shame them that have not? What shall I saye vnto you? shall I prayse you: In this prayse I you not. ⊢

✚ That which I delyvered vnto you / I re∣ceaved of y^e lorde. For y^e lorde Iesus the same [ E] nyght in which he was betrayed / toke breed: &* 1.60 thanked and brake / and sayde. Take ye / & eate ye: this is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembraunce of me. After the same maner he toke the cup / when sop∣per was done / sayinge. This cup is the newe testament in my bloude. This do as oft as ye drynke it / in the temēbraunce of me. For as often as ye shall eate this breed / and drynke this cup / ye shall shewe the lordes deeth tyll he come. Wherfore who soevere shall eate of [ F] this bred / or drynke of the cup vnworthely / shalbe giltie of the body & bloud of the Lorde Let a mā therfore examen him silfe / & so let h•• eate of the breed & drynke of the cup. For he y^t eateth or drinketh vnworthely / eateth & dryn∣keth his awne damnacion / because he maketh no difference of the lordis body. ⊢

For this cause many are weake and sicke [ G] amōge you / & many slepe. Yf we had truly iudged oure selves / we shuld not have bene iudged. But when we are iudged of the lorde we are chastened / because we shuld not be dā∣ned with the worlde. Wherfore my brethren when ye come to gedder to eate / tary one for a∣nother. Yf eny mā hōger / let hi eate at home / y^t ye come not togedder vnto condēnaciō. O∣ther thing{is} will I set in order whē I come.

¶ The .xii. Chapter.

IN spirituall thinges brethren I wolde [ A] * 1.61 not have you ignoraunt. ✚ Ye knowe that ye were gentyls / and went youre wayes vnto domme ydoles / even as ye were ledde. Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakvnge in the sprete of god / defieth Iesus. Also no man can saye that Iesus is the lorde: but by the holy goost.

Ther are diversities of gyftes verely / yet but one sprete. And ther are differences of ad¦ministracions / * 1.62 & yet but one lorde. And ther are divers maners of operacions / and yet but [ B] one God / which worketh all thing{is} that are wrought / in all creatures. The gyftes * 1.63 of y^e sprete are geven to every man to proffit y^e con¦gregacion. To one is geven thorow the spiri∣te the vtteraunce of wisdome? To another is geven the vtteraunce of knowledge by y^e sa∣me sprete. To another is geuen fayth / by y^e sa¦me sprete. To another y^• gyftes of healynge by the same sprete. To another power to do myracles. To another prophesie? To another

iudgement of spretes. To another divers ton¦ges.* 1.64 To another the interpretacion of tōges. And these all worketh evē y^e silfe same spre∣te / devydynge to every man severall gyftes / e∣ven as he will. ⊢

For as the body is one / and hath many mē∣bres / & all the membres of one body though they be many / yet are but one body: even so is [ B] Christ. For in one sprete are we all baptysed to make one body / whether we be Iewes or gē¦tyls whether we be bonde or fre: and have all dronke of one sprete. For the body is not one member / but many. Yf the fote saye: I am not the honde / therfore I am not of the body: is he therfore not of y^• body: And if y^e care saye / I am not the eye: therfore I am not of the body: is he therfore not of the body? If all the body were an eye / where were then the care? If all were hearynge: where were the smellynge?

But now hath god disposed the membres every one of them in the body / at his awne pleasure. If they were all one member: where were the body? Now are ther many membres / yet but one body. And the eye can not saye vn to the honde / I have no nede of the: nor y^e he∣ed also to the fete. I have no nede of you. Ye [ C] rather a greate deale those mēbres of the bo∣dy which seme to be most feble / are most neces¦sary. And apō those mēbres of y^t body which we thinke lest honest / put we most honestie on. And oure vngodly parties have most beau¦ty on. For oure honest members nede it not. But God hath so disposed the body / ād hath

geven most honoure to that parte which la∣ked / lest there shuld be eny stryfe in the body: but that the members shuld indifferētly care one for another. And yf one member suffer / all suffer with him: yf one member be had in ho∣noure / all members be glad also. [ G]

Ye are the body of Christ / and members one of another. And God hath also ordeyned in the congregacion / fyrst the Apostels / secō∣darely* 1.65 prophetes / thyrdly teachers / then thē that do miracles: after that / the gyftes of hea¦lynge / helpers / governers / diversite of ton∣ges.

Are all Apostles? Are all Prophetes? Are all teachers? Are all doars of miracles? Have all the gyftes of healinge? Do all speake w^t tonges? Do all interprete? Covet after y^e best giftes. Amd yet shewe I vnto you a moare ex¦cellent waye.

¶ The .xiii. Chapter. ✚

THough I spake with the tonge of mē [ A] & angels / & yet had no love / I were evē as soundinge brasse: or as a tynklyn∣ge Cymball. And though I coulde prophesy / and vnderstode all secretes / & all knowledge: yee / yf I had * 1.66 all fayth so that I coulde mo¦ve moūtayns oute of ther places / & yet had no love / I were nothynge. And though I besto∣wed all my gooddes to fede y^• poore / & though I gave my body even that I burned / and yet had no love / it profeteth me nothinge.

Love suffreth longe / & is corteous. Love en¦vieth [ B] * 1.67 not. Love doth not frowardly / swelleth

not dealeth not dishonestly / seketh not her aw∣ne* 1.68 / is not provoked to anger / thynketh not evyll / reioyseth not in iniquite: but reioyseth in y^e trueth / suffreth all thyng{is} / beleveth all thyn¦ges / hopeth all thynges / endureth in all thyn¦ges. [ C] Though that prophesyinge fayle / other tonges shall cease / or knowledge vanysshe awaye / yet love falleth never awaye.

For oure knowledge is vnparfect / and oure prophesyinge is vnperfet. But when y^• which is parfect is come / then y^t which is vnparfet shall bedone awave. When I was a chylde / I spake as a chylde / I vnderstode as a childe / [ D] I ymagened as a chylde. But assone as I was a man / I put awaye childesshnes. Now we se in a glasse even in a darke speakynge: but then shall we se face to face. Now I kno∣we vnparfectly: but then shall I knowe even as I am knowen. Now abideth fayth / hope / and love / even these thre: but the chefe of the se is love. ⊢

¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.

LAbour for love and covet spretuall gif¦tes: [ A] & most chefly forto prophesye. For he that speaketh with tōges speaketh* 1.69 not vnto men / but vnto god / for no man hea∣reth him / howbeit in the sprete he speaketh misteries. But he that prophesieth / speaketh vnto men / to edifyinge / to exhortacion and to comforte. He that speaketh with tonges / prof¦fiteth him silfe: he that prophesyeth edifieth the congregacion. I wolde that ye all spake with tonges: but rather that ye prophesied. For greater is he that prophisieth? then he y^t

speaketh with tonges / except he expounde it* 1.70 also / that the congregacion maye have edi∣fyinge. [ B] Now brehren if I come vnto you speak••ge w^t tonges: what shall I profit you / excepte I speake vnto you / other by revelaciō or knowledge / or prophesyinge / or doctrine.

Moreover whē thing{is} with out lyfe / geve sounde: whether it be a pype or an harpe: ex∣cept they make a distinccion in the soundes: how shall it beknowen what is pyped or har∣ped? And also if the trōpe geve an vncertayne voyce / who shall prepare him silfe to fyght? Evē so lykwyse whē ye speake with tōge / ex¦cepte ye speake wordes that have significati∣on / how shall yt be vnderstonde what is spo∣kē? For ye shall but speake in the ayer.

Many kyndes of voyces are in the worlde [ C] and none of them are with out signification. If I knowe not what the voyce meaneth / I shalbe vnto him that speaketh / an alient: and and he that speaketh shalbe an alient vnto me Evē so ye (for as moche as ye covet spretuall giftes) seke that ye maye have plentye vnto y^• edifyinge of the congregacion.

Wherfore let him that speaketh with ton∣ges / praye that he maye interpret also. If I praye with tonge / my sprete prayeth: but my mynde is with out frute. What is it then? I will praye with the sprete / ād will praye w^t the mynde also. I will singe with the sprete / and will singe with the mynde also.

For els when thou blessest with y^e * 1.71 sprete / [ A] how shall he that occupieth the roume of the

vnlearned / saye amen at thy gevinge of than∣kes / seynge he vnderstondeth not what thou sayest. Thou verely gevest thanke well / but [ D] the other is not edyfied. I thanke my god / I speake with tōges moare then ye all. Yet had I lever in y^e cōgregaciō / to speake five wordes with my mynde to y^• informaciō of other / ra∣ther then ten thousande wordes w^t the tonge.

Brethrē be not chyldrē in * 1.72 witte. How be it as cōcerninge maliciousnes be chyldrē: but in witte be perfet. In the lawe it is written / with other tōges / & with other lyppes wyll I speake vnto this people / & yet for all that will they not heare me / sayth the Lorde. Wherfo∣re / tonge are for a signe / not to them that bele¦ve: but to them that beleve not. Contrary wy∣se / prophesyinge serveth not for them that be¦leve not: but for them which beleve.

Yf therfore when all the cōgregacion is co¦me to gedder / & all speake with tonges / ther come in they y^• are vnlearned / or they which beleve not: will they not saye that ye are out of youre wittes? But & yf all prophesy / & ther [ E] come in one that beleveth not / or one vnlear∣ned / he is rebuked of all men / & is iudged of every man: & so are y^• secretes of his hert opē¦ned & so falleth he doune on his face / & worsh¦ippeth God / & sayth y^t God is w^t you in dede.

How is it then brethrē? When ye come to▪ gedder / every mā hath his songe / hath his doc¦tryne / hath his tōge / hath his revelaciō / hath his interpretaciō. Let all thing{is} be done vnto edifyinge. If eny man speake w^t tonges / let

it be two atonce or at the most thre atonce & that by course: & let another interprete it. But yf ther be no interpreter / let him kepe silence in the cōgregacion / and let him speake to him selfe and to God.

Let the Prophete speake two atonce / or thre [ F] at once / & let other iudge. Yf eny revelaciō be made to another that sitteth by / let the fyrst holde his peace. For ye maye all prophesy one by one / that all maye learne / & all maye have comforte. For y^• spretes of the Prophete are in the power of the Prophetes. For God is not causer of stryfe: but of peace / as he is in all other congregacions of the saynctes.

Let youre wyves kepe silence in the cōgre∣gacions. [ G] For it is not permitted vnto them to* 1.73 speake: but let them be vnder obedience / as sayth the lawe. If they will learne eny thin∣ge / let thē aye their husbandes at home. For* 1.74 it is a shame for wemen to speake in the cōgre¦gaciō. Sprōge y^e worde of god frō you? Ether came it vnto you only? Yf eny mā thinke him sylfe a prophet ether spirituall: let him vnder stonde / what thinges I write vnto you. For they are the cōmaundementes of the Lorde. But & yf eny man be ignorāt / let him beigno∣rant. Wherfore brethren covet to prophesye / & forbyd not to speake with tonges. And let all thinges be done honestly & in order.

¶ The .xv. Chapter. ✚

BRethren as pertayninge to the gospell [ A] which I preached vnto you / which ye have also accepted / and in the which ye

continue / by which also ye are saved: I do you to wit / after what maner I preached vnto you yf ye kepe it / except ye have beleved in vayne.

For fyrst of all I delivered vnto you that* 1.75 which I receaved: how that Christ dyed for oure synnes / agreinge to the scriptures: and that he was buried / and that he arose agayne [ B] the thyrd daye accordinge to the scriptures: and that he he was sene of Cephas / then of the twelve. After that he was sene of moo* 1.76 thē five hōdred brethren atonce: of which ma¦ny remayne vnto this daye / and many are fal¦len a slepe. After that appered he to Iames / then to all the Apostles.

And last of all he was sene of me / as of one that was borne out of due tyme. For I am the lest of all the Apostles / which am not wor¦thy to be called an Apostle / because I persecu¦ted the congregacion of God. But by the gra¦ce of God I am that I am. And his grace which is in me / was not in vayne: ✚ but I la¦bored moare aboundauntly then they all / not [ C] I / but the grace of God which is with me. Whether it were I or they / so we preache / & so have ye beleved.

✚ If Christ be preached how that he rose frō deeth: how saye some that are amōge you / * 1.77 that ther is no resurreccion from deeth? If ther be no rysynge agayne from deeth: then is Christ not rysen. If Christ be not rysen / then is oure preachinge vayne / and youre faith is also in vayne. Ye and we are founde falce witnesses of God. For we have testifyed of

God / how that he raysyd vp Christ / whom he raysyd not vp / yf it be so that the deed ryse not vp agayne. For yf the deed ryse not agayne / then is Christ not rysen agayne. If it beso y^e Christ rose not / then is youre fayth in vay∣ne and yet are ye in youre synnes. And therto they which are fallen a slepein Christ / are perisshed. If in this lyfe only we beleve on christ / then are we of all men the miserablest.

But now is Christ rysen from deeth / & is* 1.78 be come the fyrst frutes of them that slept. For by a man came deeth / & by a man came re∣surreccion* 1.79 frō deeth. For as by Adam alldye: evē so by Christ / shall all be made alive / and [ D] * 1.80 every man in his awne order. ✚ The fyrst is Christ / then they y^• are Christis at his com∣mynge. Then cōmeth the ende / when he hath delivered vp y^e kyngdome to God y^• father / when he hath put doune all rule / auctorite & power. For he must raygne tyll he have put* 1.81 all his enemyes vnder his fete.

The last enemye that shalbe destroyed is deeth. For he hath put all thinges vnder his fete. But when he sayth / all thinges are put vnder him / it is many fest that he is excepted / which dyd put all thinges vnder him. When all thinges are subdued vnto him: then shall the sonne also him selfe be subiecte vnto him that put all thinges vnder him / y^• God maye be all in all thinges.

Ether els what do they which are baptised over y^e deed / yf the deed ryse not at all? Why are they then baptised over the deed? Ye and

why stonde we in ieoperdy every houre? By oure reioysinge which I have in Christ Iesu oure Lorde / I dye dayly. That I have fought* 1.82 with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men / what avaūtageth it me / yf the deed ryse* 1.83 not agayne? Let vs eate & drynke / to morowe [ E] we shall dye. Be not deceaved: malicious spea¦kinges corupte good māners. Awake truely cut of slepe / and synne not. For some have not the knowlege of God. I speake this vn∣to youre rebuke.

But some mā will saye: how aryse y^e deed? with what bodyes come they in? Thou fole / that which thou sowest / is not quickened ex¦cept it dye. And what sowest thow? Thow sowest not that body that shalbe: but bare cor¦ne (I meane ether of wheet / or of some other) and God geveth it a body at his pleasure / to every seed a severall body.

✚ All flesshe is not one manner of flesshe: but their is one maner flesshe of men / another maner flesshe of beastes / another maner fles∣she of fysshes / & another of byrdes. Ther are celestiall bodyes / & ther are bodyesterrestriall. But y^e glory of y^e celestiall is one / & y^e glory of the terrestriall is another. Ther is one maner [ F] glory of the sonne / and another glory of the mo••e / & another glory of the starres. For one starre differth frō another in glory. So is the resurrecciō of y^e deed. It is sowē in corrupciō / & ryseth in incorrupcion. It is sowen in disho¦noure / & ryseth in honoure. It is sowē in wea¦knes / and ryseth in power. It is sowne a na∣turall

body / and ryseth a spretuall body.

Ther is a naturall bodye & ther is a spre∣tuall body: as it is written: the fyrste man Adam was made a livinge soule: & y^e last ••o•• was made a quickeninge sprete. How beit y^t* 1.84 is not fyrst which is spirituall: but y^t which is naturall / & then y^t which is spretuall. ✚ The fyrst mā is of the erth / erthy: the seconde man is y^• Lorde frō heavē. As is the erthy / so∣che are they that are erthye. And as is the he∣vēly / soche are they y^t are hevenly. And as we* 1.85 have borne the ymage of the erthy / so shall we beare the ymage of the hevenly.

This saye I brethren / that flesshe & bloud cānot inheret the kyngdome of God. Nether corrupcion inhereth vncorrupcion. Beholde [ G] * 1.86 I shewe you a mystery. We shall not all sle∣pe: but we shall all be chaunged / & that in a moment / and in the twinclinge of an eye / at the sounde of the last trompe. For the trompe shall blowe / & y^e deed shall ryse incorruptible / & we shalbe chaunged. For this corruptible must put on incorruptibilite: & this mortall must put on immortalite.

When this corruptible hath put on incor∣ruptibilite / & this mortall hath put on immor¦talite: then shalbe brought to passe y^• sayinge y^t is writtē. Deeth is consumed in to victory.* 1.87 Deeth where is thy stynge? Hell where is thy victory? The stynge of deeth is synne: and the* 1.88 strength ofsynne is the lawe. But thanks be vnto God / which hath geven vs victory / tho¦row oure Lorde Iesus Christ. Therfore my

deare brethren / be ye stedfast and vnmovable / alwayes ryche in the workes of the Lorde / for as moch as ye knowe how y^t youre labour is not in vayne in the Lorde.

¶ The .xvi. Chapter.

OF the gadderynge for the sayncte / as I have ordeyned in the congregaciōs of Galacia / even so do ye. Vpon some [ A] sondaye let every one of you put a syde at ho∣me & laye vp what soever he thinketh mete / that ther be no gaderinges when I come. When I am come / who soever ye shall alowe by youre letters / them will I sende to bringe youre liberalite vnto Ierusalem. And yf it be mete y^t I goo / they shall go with me. I will come vnto you after I have gone over Mace¦donia. For I will goo thorowout Macedo∣nia. With you paravēture I wyll abyde a whyle: or els winter / that ye maye brynge me on my waye whyther soever I goo.

I will not se you now in my passage: but I [ B] trust to abyde a whyle with you / yf God shall suffreme. I willtary at Ephesus vntyllwhit sontyde. For a greate dore and a frutefull is opēned vnto me: & ther are many adversaries. If Timotheus come / se y^t he be with out fea∣re with you. For he worketh the worke of the Lorde as I doo. Let no man despyse him: but convaye him forthe in peace / y^t he maye come vnto me. For I loke for him with the brethrē.

To speake of brother Apollo: I greatly de∣syred him to come vnto you with y^e brethren / but his mynde was not at allto come at this

tyme. How be it he will come when he shall have conveniēt tyme. Watche ye / stonde fast in the fayth / auyte you lyke men / & be stronge. Let all youre busynes be done in love.

Brethren (ye knowe the housse of Stepha∣na / how y^t they are the fyrst frutes of Achaia / * 1.89 & that they have appoynted them selves to minister vnto the saynctes) I beseche you y^t ye be obedient vnto soche / and to all that hel∣pe and laboure. I am gladde of the cōmynge of Stephana / Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lackinge on youre parte / they have supplied. They have comforted my spre¦te and youres. Loke therfore that ye knowe them that are soche.

The congregacions of Asia salute you. [ D] Aquila and Priscilla salute you moche in the Lorde / and so doeth the congregaciō that is in their housse. All the brethren grete you. Gre∣te ye one another with an holy kysse. The sa∣lutacion of me Paul with myne awne hande. Yf eny man love not the Lorde Iesus Christ / * 1.90 the same be anathema maranatha. The gra¦ce of y^e Lorde Iesus Christ be with you all. My love be with you all in Christ Iesu. Amē

¶ The epistle vnto the Corinthyans sent from Philippos / by Stephana / and Fortunatus / and Acaichus / and Timotheus.

Notes

• * 1.1

  j. The .v.
• * 1.2

  Preachin¦ge of the crosseis y^• power of God.
• * 1.3

  esa. xxix abdie. j. c. esaie. xxxiij. c.
• * 1.4

  Signe.
• * 1.5

  Christ is the power & wisdo∣me of god
• * 1.6

  Christ is wysdo∣dome. &c. And of hi onlye ou¦ght we to holde and in him on lye to reio¦yce.
• * 1.7

  Perfect are they y^• vnderstō¦de the la∣we / fayth & workes trulye / & professe them.
• * 1.8

  ••sa. lxiiij. The spiri¦te vnder∣stondeth godly th∣inges.
• * 1.9

  The spiri¦te vnder∣stondeth godly thy¦uges. The natu¦rall mā th¦at is not renued in Christ cā∣nat perce¦aue the thinges of God
• * 1.10

  esa. xl. d eaxi. ix. c rom. xj. d
• * 1.11

  The apostles & prelates are serua∣untes to preache Christ vnto whi¦ch doctri▪¦ue only ou¦ght all o∣bedyence to be ge∣uen
• * 1.12

  psal lx•• d gala. v.
• * 1.13

  Christ is the foun∣dacy on th¦at beareth all.
• * 1.14

  Daye.
• * 1.15

  Temple.
• * 1.16

  ij. cori. vj
• * 1.17

  iob. v. c. psal xciij b.
• * 1.18

  In the ky¦ngedome of Christ we are su∣biecte to none saue to christ & his doc∣tryne.
• * 1.19

  The Apo¦stles are mynisters
• * 1.20

  Faythful is he that preache∣th his ma¦ster & not him self.
• * 1.21

  (Mānes) day eis in annes wy¦sdome.
• * 1.22

  The fassi¦on of true Apostles
• * 1.23

  ac••. xx. g j. thes. ij. b ii. thes. iij.
• * 1.24

  Fornica∣cion
• * 1.25

  collo. ij. a
• * 1.26

  excōmu¦nication is to de∣stroye f••e¦shli••wy se dome that the sprite maye be founde in the doctry¦ne of Ch∣rist.
• * 1.27

  If anye that pro∣fesseth christ be soch: no nother Christen man ma∣ye beare him com∣panye. If anye th¦at professe¦th Christ be soch: no nother ch¦risten mā maye b•• a¦re him cō∣panye.
• * 1.28

  To goo to lawe.
• * 1.29

  These ād soche lyke haue no parte in Christ.
• * 1.30

  Sanctifiē ge and iu∣seifienge come by Christ & his spiri∣te.
• * 1.31

  Oure ••odyes a∣re themē∣bres of Christ.
• * 1.32

  He that is of chr∣ist: hath his spiri∣te. ro. vii••
• * 1.33

  i. pe. j. d.
• * 1.34

  Of wed∣lock and vyrgynite
• * 1.35

  ••. pe. iij. b
• * 1.36

  mat. v. c ••. ix. b
• * 1.37

  mar. x. v lu. x vj. d
• * 1.38

  Circum∣cision.
• * 1.39

  If a mā haue the gyfte / cha¦••tite is go¦od / the mo¦re quyet∣lye to ser∣ue God. For y^• ma¦••yed haue oftemoch trouble: but if the mynde of the chast be combr¦ed with o∣ther worl¦dly busyn¦es / what helpeth •••••• & if the maryed be the m••are quyet my¦nded ther¦by / what hurteth it Nether of it selfe is better th∣en the ot∣her / or ple¦aseth god more thē the other Nether is outewar∣de circum¦cision or outewar∣de bapty∣me worth a pynne of them sel∣ues / saue that they put vs i•• remēbra∣unce to ke¦pe the co∣uenaunt made bet∣wene vs & God.
• * 1.40

  ••o. vij.
• * 1.41

  A lytle lo¦ue is bet∣ter▪ then moche kn¦owledge.
• * 1.42

  One god One lor∣de.
• * 1.43

  In all ou∣re dedes we must haue a res¦pecte to oure ney∣boures welthe.
• * 1.44

  Charite what it doeth. Paule proueth him selfe an apostle equall to the best: in that the spirite be reth recor¦de to his preachyn¦ge / and as manye we¦re by him conuerted as by the apostles.
• * 1.45

  The prea¦cher hath ryght to chalenge a lyuynge for hys la¦boure.
• * 1.46

  He that worketh of loue to his neyb∣oure / ha¦th his re∣warde.
• * 1.47

  what loue maketh a man do.
• * 1.48

  As it we∣nt in the olde testa¦ment / so shall it do in the ne∣we. nu. ix. d exo xiij d exo xiij. a exo. xvj. d.
• * 1.49

  exo. xvij b. nu. xx. ••. nu. xxvj g.
• * 1.50

  exo. xx xij. nu. xxv. b. nu. xxj. b
• * 1.51

  exo. xiiij f. iudi. viij. ••
• * 1.52

  Cup Breed
• * 1.53

  eccle. xxxvj.
• * 1.54

  e haue p¦rofessed e¦uery man to seke an¦others we al the.
• * 1.55

  we shuld be so full of loue & so circum specte / th∣at we shu¦ld geue no¦ne occasy∣vnto the ygnoraūt for to spe¦ake euell on vs for oure lybe¦rtie / & for doynge t∣hat which we maye lawfull ye do before God
• * 1.56

  Loue seke¦th hir ney∣boures pr¦offyte.
• * 1.57

  gene. ij. d
• * 1.58

  Power is as mo¦che to sa∣ye as a sygne th∣at the wo¦man is in subiecciō / and hath an heed o∣uer hir.
• * 1.59

  The lor∣des sup∣per.
• * 1.60

  mathew. xxxj•• marke .xxiiij. lu. xxij. The in∣stitucion of the sa∣crament.
• * 1.61

  Onlye y^• spirite tea¦cheth that Christ is the lorde.
• * 1.62

  One spir¦ite. One lor∣de / One god
• * 1.63

  the gyf¦tes of the spirite are geuen vs to do seru¦yce to ou∣re brethr∣en.
• * 1.64

  ro, xij. ••. ephe. iii. b
• * 1.65

  ephe. iiij.
• * 1.66

  All fay∣th is as moche to saye as so stronge a faythe
• * 1.67

  Love.
• * 1.68

  phili. ij. c.
• * 1.69

  Prophe¦sienge is here takē for expo undynge /
• * 1.70

  Wordes y^• are not v∣nderston∣de proff∣yt not.
• * 1.71

  to speake with ton∣ges or wi¦th the spi¦rite / is to speake th∣at other v¦nderston∣de not / as prestes sa¦ye their se¦ruyce. To spea∣ke with y^• mynde is to speake that other vnderston¦de / as wh¦en the pre¦acher pre∣ache••g.
• * 1.72

  all dedes must be sa¦w sed with the doctry¦ne of Go¦d / and not with go∣od meany¦nge onlye
• * 1.73

  j. timo. ij. gene. iij. c
• * 1.74

  The wo∣man must be in sub∣ieccion to hir. hus∣band.
• * 1.75

  The fyrst prynciple of oure fayth.
• * 1.76

  esa. liij. b. Ione. ij. a ose. vj. a. ioa. xx. c act. ix. a. ephe. iij. b
• * 1.77

  Resurrec¦cion.
• * 1.78

  Fyrst fru¦tes.
• * 1.79

  apoca. j. b
• * 1.80

  j. thessa. iiij. b.
• * 1.81

  psal. c. ix. a. hebre. j. d. and .x. c. psal. viijc hebre. ij. d
• * 1.82

  esa. xxij.
• * 1.83

  sapi. ij. b.
• * 1.84

  gene. ij. b.
• * 1.85

  Image of Christ
• * 1.86

  Corrup∣tible fle∣she & blou¦de can not &c.
• * 1.87

  o••e. xiij b hebre. ij. d
• * 1.88

  The la∣we is the strenght ofsynne.
• * 1.89

  Fyrst fru¦tes.
• * 1.90

  the same be accur∣sed at the lordes cō¦mynge. Oras: so∣me will y^e same be e∣xcōmuny¦cat & accu¦rssed to de¦athe.