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 .ii. Chapter.

I Wolde ye knewe what fyghtinge I ha¦ve [ A] for youre sake & for them of Laodi∣cia / & for as many as have not sene my parson in the flesshe / that their hertes myght be cōforted & knet togedder in love / & in all ry∣ches of full vnderstondynge / for to knowe y^• mistery of God y^• father & of Christ / in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom & know∣ledge. This I saye lest eny man sheld begyle you with entysinge wordes. For though I be absent in the flesshe / yet am I present with* 1.1 you in the sprete / ioyinge and beholdinge the order that ye kepe / and youre stedfast fayth in Christ. As ye have therfore receaved Christ Iesu the Lorde / even so ••alke / roted and bylt in him and sted faste in the fayth / as ye have learned: and therin be plenteous in gevyn∣ge thankes. [ B]

✚ Beware lest eny mā come & spoyle you tho¦row philosophy & disceatfull vanitie / thorow* 1.2 the tradicions of mē & ordinaunces after the worlde / & not after christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulnes of the godheed bodyly / & ye are complete in him which is the heed of all rule* 1.3 & power / in whom also ye are circūcised with circumcision made mith out honde / by puttin¦ge of the sinfull boddy of the flesshe / thorow the circumcision y^• is in Christ / in that ye are* 1.4 buryed with him thorow baptim / in whom ye are also rysen agayne thorowe fayth / that is

wrought by the operacion of god which ray∣sed him from deeth. [ C]

And ye which weare deed in synne thorow y^• vncircūcision of youre flesshe / hath he quycke¦ned w^t him & hath forgevē vs all oure trespa∣ses ✚ & hath put out y^• * 1.5 handwritinge y^• was agaynst vs / cōtayned in y^• lawe writtē / & that hath he takē out of the waye & hath fastened it to his crosse / & hath spoyled rule and power and hath made a shewe of thē openly / & hath triumphed over them in his awne persone.

Let nomā therfore trouble youre consciēces aboute meate & drynke or for a pece of an ho∣lydaye / as the holydaye of the newe mone or of the sabboth dayes / which are nothinge but shaddowes of thynges to come: but the body is in Christ. Let no man make you shote at a wrōge (marke) / which after his awne ymagi∣nacion walketh in the humblenes and holy∣nes of angels / thinges which he never sawe: causlesse puft vp with his flesshly mynde / &* 1.6 holdeth not the heed / wherofall the body by ioyntes and couples receaveth norisshment / and is knetto gedder / & encreaseth with the [ D] in creasynge thas commeth of god.

Wherfore if ye be deed with Christ frō or∣dinaunces of the worlde / why as though ye yet lived in the worlde / are ye ledde with tradi¦ciōs of them that saye? Touche not / tast not / handell not: which all perysshe w^t the vsinge of thē & are after the cōmaundmentes & doc∣trins of men which thing{is} have the similitu¦de of wisdome in chosen holynes and hum∣blenes

/ and in that they spare not the body / &* 1.7 do the slesshe no worshype vnto his nede.

Notes

• * 1.1

  i. cor. ••. b
• * 1.2

  Philoso∣phye and tra•••• of mē
• * 1.3

  Christ is sofficient
• * 1.4

  Fayth is the worki¦ge of god e phe. ij. a.
• * 1.5

  The la∣we ts ou∣re hande writtinge in that y^• conscien∣ce setteth to hir sea∣le subscri¦beth and cōsenteth that y^• la∣we is iust and we si∣ners / wh∣ich lawe cōcernin∣ge dānaci¦on is takē awaye tho¦row faith in christ.
• * 1.6

  (marke) There is none o∣ther mar∣ke thē ch∣rist / ner o∣ther na∣me to be saued by
• * 1.7

  All the mercie th¦at is set forth in y^•▪ two vp¦per chap∣ters / is promysed to thē on∣lye that will folo∣we christ and lyue as hereaf¦ter folo∣weth.