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. Chap. [ A]

MOrover my brethren / reioyce in the lorde. It greveth me not to write one thinge often to you. For to you it is asure thynge. Beware of dogges / beware of evyll workers. Beware of dissencion. For we are circūcision which * 1.1 worshippe god in the sprete / and reioyce in Christ Iesu / and have no confidence in the flesshe: though I have wher of I myght reioyce in the flesshe. Yf eny o∣ther man thynketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the flesshe: moche moare I: cir¦cumcised the eyght daye / of y^• kynred of Isra∣hell / of y^• trybe of Beniamyn / an Ebrue borne of y^• Ebrues: as concernynge the lawe / a pha∣risaye / and as concernynge fervētnes / I perse¦uted [ B] the congregacion / and as touchynge the

rightewesnes which is in the lawe I was vnrebukable.

But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me I counted losse for Christes sake. Ye I thinke all thynges but losse for that excellēt knowledges sake of Christ Iesu my lorde. [ C] For whom I have counted all thyng{is} losse / & do iudge them but donge / that I myght wyn∣ne Christ / and myght befounde in him / not ha¦vynge myne awne rightewesnes which is of the lawe: But that which spryngeth of the fayth which is in Christ. I meane the righte¦wesnes which cōmeth of God thorowe fayth in knowynge him and the vertue of his resur¦reccion / and the fellowshippe of his passions / that I myght be cōformable vnto his (deeth) yf by enymeanes I myght attayne vnto the resurreccion from deeth.

Not as though I had all redy attayned to it / Ether were all redy parfect: but I folowe / yf y^t I maye comprehende that / wherin I am comprehended of Christ Iesu. Brethren I co¦unte not my silfe that I have gotten it: but o∣ne thynge I saye: I * 1.2 forget y^• which is behyn¦de and stretche my silfe vnto that which is be¦fore and preace vnto y^• marke apoynted / to ob¦tayne the rewarde of the hye callynge of god in Christ Iesu. Let vs therfore as many as be perfect be thus wyse minded: and yf ye be otherwyse mynded / I praye God open even this vnto you. Neverthelesse in that wher vn¦to [ D] we are come / let vs procede by one rule / y^t we maye be of one acorde.

✚ Brethren be folowers of & me loke on them which walke even so / as ye have vs for an en [ D] sample. For many walke (of whom I have tolde you often / and now tell you wepynge)* 1.3 that they are y^e enemyes of y^e crosse of Christ / whose ende is dampnaciō / whose God is their bely / and whose glory is to their shame / which are worldely mynded. But oure conversacion* 1.4 is in heven / from whence we loke for a save∣our euen the lorde Iesus Christ / which shall chaunge oure vile bodies / that they maye be fassioned lyke vnto his glorious body / acordin¦ge to the workynge wherby he is able to sub∣due all thinges vnto hym silfe. ⊢

Notes

• * 1.1

  We wor¦shipe god in spirite thorow fayth and loue. We reioyce th¦at christ hath rede∣nied vs & trust not in oure workes. Chri••▪ onlye is oure righ¦teousnes for his sake oure synnes a∣re forge∣uen vs. And for his sake oure good workes a¦re accept∣ed. Which else were dānable for the s••¦ne that is in them. (deeth) we must dye with christ yf we will lyue with him.
• * 1.2

  I loke not on the workes that I ha∣ue done / but what I lacke of the perfec¦tnes of ch¦rist.
• * 1.3

  ••om. xvij
• * 1.4

  If we be lyke christ in conuer¦sacion / we shalbe ly∣ke him in glorye.