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 .x. Chapter.

I Paule my silfe beseche you by the meke¦nes [ A] and softnes of Christ / which when I am present amōge you / am of no repu¦taciō / but am bolde towarde you beinge absent. I besech you that I nede not to be bolde when I am present (with that same confidēce / wher¦with I am supposed to be bolde) agaynst so∣me which repute vs as though we walked car¦nally. Neverthelesse though we walke compa¦sed [ B] with y^e fleshe / yet we warre not flesshlye For the weapēs of oure warre are not carnall thinges / but thynges myghty in god to cast doune stronge holdes / wherwith we overthro¦we ymaginacyons / & every hye thynge that exalteh it silfe agaynst the knowledge of god and brynge into captivite all vnderstondynge to the obedience of Christ / and are redy to ta¦ke vengeaunce on all disobedience / when you∣re obedience is fulfilled. Loke ye on thynges after y^e vtter apparence?

Yf eny man trust in him silfe y^• he is Chri¦stis / let [ C] the same also considre of him silfe / y^• as he is Christis / even so are we Christe. And though I shuld bost my silfe somewhat moa¦re

of oure auctorite which the lorde hath ge∣ven vs to edifie & not to destroye you / it shul∣de not be to my shame. This saye I / lest I shuld seme as though I went a bout to make you a frayde with letters. For y^e pistles (sayth he) are sore and stronge: but his bodyly presen¦ce is weake / and his speache rude. Let him y^t is soche thynke on this wyse / that as we are in wordes by letters when, we are absent / so∣che are we in dedes when we are present.

For we cannot fynde in oure hertes to ma∣ke oure selves of y^e nombre of them / or to com¦pare oure selves to them / which laude thē sel¦ves neuerthelesse whill they measure thē sel∣ves w^t them selves / & cōpare thē selves w^t thē selves / they vnderstōde nought. But we wyll not reioyce above measure: but accordynge to [ D] the quantitie of y^• measure which god hath distributed vnto vs / a measure that reacheth even vnto you. For we stretche not out oure selves beyōde measure as though we had not reached vnto you. For even vnto you have we* 1.1 come with the gospell of Christ / & we bost not oure selves out of measure in other mens la∣bours. Ye & we hope / when youre fayth is in∣creased amōge you / to be magnified acordyn∣ge to oure measure more largely / and to prea∣che y^• gospell in those regions which are beyō¦de you: & not to reioyce of that which is by a¦nother mans measure prepared all redy. Let him y^t reioyseth / reioyce in the * 1.2 lorde. For he that prayseth him silfe / is not alowed: but he whom the lorde prayseth.

Notes

• * 1.1

  ephe. iiijd
• * 1.2

  Let eue¦ry mā re∣ioyse in th¦at Christ dyed for him & not in the ho∣lynes of his awne workes.