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 .v. Chapter.

OF the tymes and seasons brethren ye [ A] have no nede that I write vnto you: for ye youre selves knowe parfectly / that the daye of the Lorde shall come even as a thefe in the nyght. When they shall saye peace and no daunger / than commeth on the* 1.1 soden destruccion / as the travalynge of a wo∣mā with childe / & they shall not scape. But ye brethrē are not in darcknes / that y^e daye shuld come on you as it were a thefe. ✚ Ye are all the childrē of light / & the children of y^e daye. We are not of y^• nyght nether of darcknes.

Therfore let vs not slepe as do other: but [ B] let vs watch and be sober. For they that slepe* 1.2 slepe in the nyght: and they that be dronken / are dronken in the nyght. But let vs which

are of the daye / be sober / armed with the brest* 1.3 plate of fayth and love / and with hope of sal∣vaciō as an helmet. For god hath not apoyn∣ted vs vnto wrath: but to obtayne salvacion by y^e meanes of oure lorde Iesu Christ which died for vs: that whether we wake or slepe / we shuld lyve togedder with him.

Wherfore comforte youre selves togedder / [ C] and edifie one another / even as ye do. ⊢

We beseche you brethren / that ye knowe them which laboure amonge you & have the oversight of you in the Lorde & geve you ex∣hortacion / that ye have them the more in lo∣ve / for their workes sake / and be at peace with them. ✚ We desyre you brethrē / warne them that are vnruly / comforte the feble mynded / for beare the weake / have continuall pacience towarde all men. Se that none recōpence evill for evyll vnto eny man: but ever folowe that which is good / both amonge youre selves / and to all men. Reioyce ever. Praye cōtinually. In all thing{is} geve thankes. For this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you.

Quenche not the * 1.4 sprete. Despise not pro¦phesyinge. Examen all thinges / & kepe that which is good. Abstayne from all suspicious thing{is}. The very God of peace sanctifie you thorow out. And I praye God that youre whole sprete / soulse & body / be kept fautlesse vnto y^• cōmynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ ✚ Faythfull is he which called you: which will also do it. Brethrē / praye for vs. Grete all the* 1.5 brethren with an holy kysse. I charge you in

the Lorde / that this pistle be reed vnto all the holy brethren. The grace of the Lorde Iesus Christ be with you.

Amen.

¶ The fyrst pistle vnto the Tessalony∣ans sent from Athens.

Notes

• * 1.1

  ij. pet. iij. apo. iij. a. and .xvj.
• * 1.2

  esa. lix. c. ••ph. vj. c.
• * 1.3

  Fayth is the brest plate and hope is y^• helmet.
• * 1.4

  The spi¦rite wher by we be∣leue in ch¦rist and cō¦sentto the lawe / is quenched agayne with euell conuersa∣cion & lew¦de cōmu∣nycacion. Examyn¦all maner of learnin¦ge.
• * 1.5

  j. co. j. b.