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 vpon the epistle of S. Paul to the Colossyans.

AS the pistle to the Galathy∣ans holdeth the maner & fas∣sion of the epistle to the Ro¦mayns / breflye comprehendin¦ge all that is therin at length disputed: Euē so this pistle fo¦loweth the ensample of the pist¦le to the Ephesiās / cōtayninge the tenor of the same pistle with fewer wordes.

In the fyrst Chapter / he prayseth them and wyssheth that they continew in the fayth / and growe perfecter therin / and then describeth he the Gospell / how that it is a wysdome that con¦fesseth Christ to be the Lorde and God / cruci∣fied for vs / and a wysdome that hath bene hyd in Christ sence a fore the begininge of the wor¦lde / and now fyrst begonne to be opened tho∣row the preachynge of the Apostles.

In the seconde / he warneth thē of mēnes doc¦tryne / and describeth the false prophetes to the vttermost and rebuketh them accordinge.

In the thyrde / he exhorteth to be frutefull in the pure sayth with all maner of good wor∣kes one to another / and descrybeth all degrees & what their dutyes are.

In the fourth he exhorteth to praye / and also to praye for him / and saluteth them

¶ The pistle of S Paul to the Colossyans.

¶ The fyrst Chapter.

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PAul an Apostle of Iesu Christ by [ A] the wyll of God / and brother Timotheus.

To the sayntes which are at Colossa / & brethren that beleve in Christ.

Grace be with you and peace from God oure fa∣ther / and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.

We geve thankes to God the father of ou¦re Lorde Iesus Christ / alwayes prayenge for you / sence we hearde of youre * 1.1 faith which ye have in Christ Iesu & of the love which ye beare to all sayntes for the hopes sake which is layde vp in store for you in heven / of which hope ye have herde before by y^• true worde of the gospell / which is come vnto you / evē as it is in to all y^• worlde / & is frutefull / as it is amō¦ge you / frō the fyrst daye in y^e which ye herde of it / & had experiēce in y^e grace of God in the

trueth / as ye learned of Epaphra oure deare felowe servaunt / which is for you a faythfull minister of Christ / which also declared vnto vs youre love which ye have in the sprete. ✚ For this cause we also / sence the daye we herde of it have not ceasyd prayinge for you [ B] and desyringe that ye myght be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will / in all wisdome & spretuall vnderstōdynge / that ye myght wal¦ke worthy of the lorde in all thynges that ple¦ase / beynge frutfull in all good workes and en¦creasynge in y^• knowledge of God / strengthed with all myght / thorowe hys glorious power / vnto all pacience and longe sufferynge with ioyfulnes ✚ gevynge thankes vnto the fa∣ther which hath made vs mete to be part ta∣kers of the enheritaunce of sainctes in light.

Which hath delivered vs from the power [ C] of dercknes / and hath translated vs in to the* 1.2 kyngdome of his dere sone / in whom we ha∣ve redempcion thurow his bloud / that is to saye the forgevenes of sinnes / which is the y∣mage of the invisible god / fyrst begotten of all creatures. For by him were all thynges crea∣ted / thynges that are in heven / and thynges that are in erth: thynges visible and thynges invisible: whether they be maieste or lordship¦pe / ether rule or power. All thing{is} are creatyd by hym / and in him / & he is before all thing{is} / and in him all thynges have their beynge.

And he is the heed of the body / that is to wit of the congregacion: he is the begynnyn∣ge and fyrst * 1.3 begotten of the deed / that in all

thynges he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the father that in him shuld all ful¦nes dwell / and by him to reconcile all thyng{is} vnto him silfe / and to set at peace by him tho¦row the bloud of his crosse / both thynges in heven and thynges in erth.

And you (which were in tymes past straun¦gers and enymes / because youre myndes we∣re set in evyll workes) hath he now recōcilied in y^• body of his flesshe thorowe deeth / to ma¦ke you holy vnblameable and with out faut in his awne syght / yf ye continue groun∣ded and stablysshed in the fayth / and be not moved awaye from the hope of the gospell / wher of ye have herde / howe that it is prea∣ched amonge all creatures which are vnder heven / wher of I Paul am made a minister. [ D]

Now ioye I in my * 1.4 soferinges which I suf¦fre for you / and fulfill that which is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesshe for his bodies sake / which is the congregacion / wher of I am made a minister acordynge to the ordi¦naunce of god / which ordinaunce was geven me vnto you warde / to fulfill y^• worde of god / that mistery hid sence the worlde beganne / &* 1.5 sence y^• begynnynge of generacions: but now is opened to his saynctes / to whom god wol∣de make knowen the glorious riches of this mistery amonge the gentyls / which riches is Christ in you / the hope of glory / whom we pre¦ach / warnynge all men / and teachinge all men in all wisdome / to make all men parfect in Christ Iesu. Wherin I also laboure and stry∣ve

/ even as farforth as hys workynge wor∣keth in me myghtely.

¶ 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* 1.6 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* 1.7 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* 1.8 & 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* 1.9 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^• * 1.10 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 / &* 1.11 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 / &* 1.12 do the slesshe no worshype vnto his nede.

¶ The .iii. Chapter: ✚

IF ye be then rysen agayne with christ / [ A] seke those thynges which are above / where Christ sitteth on the right hon∣de of god. Set youre affeccion on thynges y^t are above / and not on thinges which are on y^• erth. For ye are deed / and youre lyfe is hid with Christ in god. When Christ which is oure lyfe / shall shewe him silfe / then shall ye also appere with him in glory. ⊢

Mortifie therfore youre membres which a¦re on the erth / fornicaciō / vnclennes / vnnatu∣rall lust / evyll cōcupiscēce / and coveteousnes which is worshippynge of ydols: for which* 1.13 thynges sakes the wrath of God cometh on the chyldren of vnbeleve. In which thynges ye walked once. when ye lived in them.

But now put ye also awaye from you all* 1.14 thynges wrath / fearsnes / maliciousnes / cur∣sed [ B] speakynge / filthy speakynge out of youre mouthes. Lye not one to another that the olde man with his workes be put of / and the new put on / which is renued in knowledge after the ymage of him that made him / where is ne¦ther* 1.15 gentile ner Iewe / circumcision nor vncir¦cumcision / Barbarous or Sithian / bonde or fre: but Christe is all in all thynges.

✚ Now therfore as electe of god / holy and be∣loved / put* 1.16 on tender mercie / kyndnes / humble¦nes of myndes / meknes / longe sufferynge / for bearynge one another / & forgevynge one ano¦ther /

if eny man have a quarrell to another / * 1.17 even as Christ forgave you / even so doye. Abo¦ve all these thinges put on love / which is the bonde of parfectnes. And y^• peace of god rule [ C] in youre hertes / to y^• which peace ye are cal∣led in one body. And se that ye be thankfull. Let the worde of Christ dwell in you plente∣ously in all wisdome. Teache & exhorte you∣re awne selves / in psalmes / and hymnes / and spretuall songes which have favour w^t them syngynge in youre hertes to the lorde. And all thynges (whatsoever ye do in worde or dede)* 1.18 do in the name of the lorde Iesu / gevinge thā¦kes to god the father by him. ⊢

Wyves / submit youre selves vnto youre* 1.19 awne husbandes / as it is comly in the Lorde. Husbandes love youre wyves and be not bit∣ter [ D] vnto them. Children / obey youre fathers & mothers / in all thinges / for that is wel plea∣synge vnto the lorde. Fathers / rate not youre children / lest they be of a desperate mynde. Servauntes / be obedient vnto youre bodyly masters in all thynges: not with eye service as men pleasers / but in synglenes of herte / fe∣arynge god. And whatsoever ye do / do it her∣tely as though ye did it to the lorde / and not vnto men for as moche as ye knowe that of the lorde ye shall receave the rewarde of inhe∣ritaunce / for ye serve the lorde Christ. But he* 1.20 that doth wronge / shall receave for the wron¦ge that he hath done: for there is no respect of persons. Ye masters / do vnto youre servaun∣tes that which is iust and egall seinge ye

knowe that ye also have a master in heven.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

COntinue in prayer and watch in the sa¦me with thankes gevynge / prayenge al¦so [ A] for vs / that God open vnto vs the dore of vtteraunce / that we maye speake the* 1.21 mistery of Christ / wherfore I am in bondes: y^• I maye vtter it / as it becōmeth me to speake. Walke wysely to them that are with out / & redeme y^• tyme. Let youre speache be all way∣es* 1.22 well favoured & be powdred with * salt / that ye maye know how to answer every mā.

The deare brother Tichicos shall tell you of all my busynes / which is a faythfull mini∣ster [ B] & felowe servaunt in the Lorde / whom I have sent vnto you for the same purpose / that he myght knowe how ye do / and myght com∣fort youre hertes / w^t one Onesimus a fayth∣full & a beloved brother / which is one of you. They shall shewe you of all thinges which are ad••ynge here.

Aristarchus my preson felowe saluteth you / [ C] * 1.23 and Marcus Barnabassis systers sonne: tou¦chinge whom / ye receaved commaundemen∣tes. Yf he come vnto you receave him: & Ie∣sus which is called Iustus / which are of the circumcision. These only are my worke felow∣es vnto the kyngdome of God / which were vnto my consolacion. Epaphras the servaūt of Christ / which is one of you / saluteth you / and all wayes laboreth fervently for you in prayers / that ye maye stonde perfect & full in all that is the will of God. I beare him recor¦de that

he hath a fervēt mynde towarde you* 1.24 and towarde them of Laodicia & them of Hie∣rapolis. Deare Lucas the Phisicion greteth you / and Demas. Salute the brethren which [ D] are of Laodicia / and salute Nymphas and the congregaciō which is in his housse. And whē the pistle is reed of you / make that it be reed in the congregacion of the Laodicians also: & that ye lyke wyse reade y^• epistle of Laodicia. And saye to Archippus: take hede to the of¦fice that thou hast receaved in the Lorde / that thou fulfill it. The salutacion by the honde of me Paul. Remember my bondes. Grace be with you.

Amen.

¶ Sent from Rome by Tichicus / and Onesimus.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Where the fayth of christ is: there is loue to the breth∣ren.
• * 1.2

  Oure re∣demcion is the for∣geuenes of oure synnes.
• * 1.3

  he is the first that hath the glorie and newe lyfe of the re∣surrecciō.
• * 1.4

  Passiōr or sofferi¦ges of ch¦rist: is the passions which we must sof∣fre for his sake. For we haue professed and are appoyn∣ted to sof¦fer with christ Io. xx. as mi father sēt me / so sen¦de I you.
• * 1.5

  A true A∣postle w ol¦de haue all men perfecte in the kn∣owledge of Christ aud of his doctryne.
• * 1.6

  i. cor. ••. b
• * 1.7

  Philoso∣phye and tra•••• of mē
• * 1.8

  Christ is sofficient
• * 1.9

  Fayth is the worki¦ge of god e phe. ij. a.
• * 1.10

  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.
• * 1.11

  (marke) There is none o∣ther mar∣ke thē ch∣rist / ner o∣ther na∣me to be saued by
• * 1.12

  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.
• * 1.13

  These mēbres must be slayne.
• * 1.14

  rom. vj. b ephe. iiij. heb. xii. j. pe. ij. a.
• * 1.15

  Euery man is ch¦rist to ano¦ther
• * 1.16

  ephe. iiij b
• * 1.17

  Christes ensample / of low.
• * 1.18

  j. cor. x. g
• * 1.19

  Wyves. ephe. v. e. j. pet. iij a Husban∣des. eph. vj. a. Childern & fathers
• * 1.20

  sap. vj. b. rom. ij. b. Masters
• * 1.21

  ephe. v. d.
• * 1.22

  ••••alt is the wisdo¦me of ••o¦des wo••∣de▪
• * 1.23

  Marke y^• evāgelist
• * 1.24

  Luke the Evange∣list. ij. tim. iiij