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 seconde Epistle of S. Paul to the Tessalonyans.

¶ The fyrst Chapter.

PAul / Syluanus and Ti∣motheus.

Vnto the congregacion of [ A] the Tessalonyans which are in God oure father / and in the Lorde Iesus Christ.

Grace be with you and peace from God oure father / & from the Lorde Iesus Christ.

We are bounde to thanke God all wayes for you brethren / as it is mete / because that youre fayth groweth excedyngly / and every [ B] one of you swymmeth in love towarde ano∣ther betwene youre selves / so y^• we oureselves reioyce of you in the congregacions of God over youre pacience and fayth in all youre per¦secucions & tribulaciōs that ye suffre / which is a token * 1.1 of y^• ryghtewes iudgemēt of god that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdom of god / for which ye also suffre. It is verely a rightewes thinge with God to recōpence tri∣bulacion to them that trouble you: and to you [ C] which are troubled / rest with vs / when the lor¦de Iesus shall shewe him silfe from heven with his myghty angels / in flammynge fyre / rendrynge vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not God / and to them that obeye not vnto the gospell of oure Lorde Iesus Christ / which

shalbe punysshed with everlastynge damna∣cion / from the presence of the lorde / and from the glory of his power / when he shall come to be glorified in his saincte / & to be made marve¦lous in all them that beleve: because oure tes∣timonye that we had vnto you / was beleved [ D] evē the same daye that we preached it. Wher¦fore we praye allwayes for you that oure god make you worthy of the callynge / and fulfill all delectacion of goodnes and the worke of fayth / with power: that the name of oure lor∣de Iesus Christ maye be gloryfied in you / and ye in him / thorowe the grace of oure God / and of the lorde Iesus Christ.

The .ii. Chapter.

VVe beseche you brethren by the com∣mynge of oure lorde Iesu Christ / & [ A] in that we shall assemble vnto him / that ye be not sodēly moved from youre myn¦de / and be not troubled / nether by sprete / ne∣ther by wordes / nor yet by letter which shuld seme to come from vs / as though the daye of Christ were at honde. Let no mā deceave you by eny meanes / for the lorde commeth not / ex∣cepte* 1.2 ther come a departynge fyrst / and that that synfull man be opened / y^• sonne of per∣dicion which is an adversarie / & is exalted a¦bove* 1.3 all that is called god / or that is worship∣ped: so that he shall sitt as God in temple of [ B] god / and shew him silfe as god.

Remember ye not / that when I was yet with you / I tolde you these thynges? And no¦we

ye knowe what with holdeth: even that he myght be vttered at his tyme. For the miste∣ry of that iniquitie doeth he all readie worke which onlie loketh / vntill it be taken out of y^e waye. And then shall that wicked be vttered / whom the lorde shall consume with the spre∣te* 1.4 of hys mouth / and shall destroye with the apearaunce of his commynge / ✚ even him whose commynge is by the workynge of Sa∣tan / wyth [ C] all * 1.5 lyinge power / signes and won¦ders: and in all deceavablenes of vnrighte∣wesnes / amonge them that perysshe: because they receaved not the (love) of the truth / that they myght have bene saved. And therfore* 1.6 god shall sende them stronge delusion / that they shuld beleve lyes: that all they myght be damned which beleved not the trueth but had pleasure in vnrightewesnes.

But we are bounde to geve thankes alwa∣ye to god for you brethren beloved of the lor∣de for because that God hath from the be∣gynnynge chosen you to saluacion / thorow sanctifyinge of the sprete / and thorowe bele∣vynge the trueth: whervnto he called you by∣oure gospell / to obtayne y^e glorye that cōmeth of oure lorde Iesu Christ.

✚ Therfore brethren stonde fast and kepe y^• [ D] ordinaunces which ye have learned: whether it were by oure preachynge / or by pistle. Oure lorde Iesu Christ hym silfe / and God ou∣re father which hath loved vs and hath ge∣ven vs everlastynge consolacion and good

hope thorowe grace / comforte youre hertes / & stablysshe you in all doctrine & good doynge.

The .iii. Chapter.

Furthermore brethren praye for vs / y^t the worde of god maye have fre passa∣ge and be gloryfied / as it is with you: [ A] and that we maye be delivered from vnreso∣nable and evyll men. For all men have not fayth: but the lorde is sayth full / which shall stablysshe you / and kepe you from evyll. We∣have confidence thorow the lorde to you war¦de / that ye both do / and will do / that which we cōmaūde you. And y^e lorde gyde youre her¦te vnto y^e love of God & paciēce of Christ. ✚ [ B]

We requyre you brethren in the name of oure lorde Iesu Christ / y^• ye with drawe you∣re selves from every brother that walketh in ordinatly / and not after the instituciō which ye receaved of vs. Ye youre selves knowe how ye ought to folowe vs. For we behaved not oure selves inordinatly amonge you. Ne∣ther toke we breed of eny mā for nought: but wrought with laboure and travayle nyght & daye / because we wolde not be grevous to eny of you: not but that we had auctoritie: but to make oure selves an insample vnto you / to folowe vs. For when we were with you / this we warned you of / y^t yf ther were eny which wolde not worke / that y^e same shuld not eate.

We have hearde saye no doute that ther a∣re some which walke amonge you inordinatly [ C] & worke not at all / but are besy bodies. Them that are soche / we commaunde and exhorte

by oure lorde Iesu Christ / that they worke with quyetnes / and eate their awne breed. Bre¦thren be not wery in well doynge. Yf eny man obey not oure sayinges / sende vs worde of* 1.7 him by a letter: & have no cōpanie with him [ D] that he maye be ashamed. And count him not as an enemy: but warne him as a brother.

The very lorde of peace geve you peace all wayes / by all meanes. The lorde be with you all. The salutacion of me Paul with myne awne honde. This is the token in all pistles. So I write. The grace of oure lorde Iesus Christ be with you all Amen.

Sent from Athens.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Tribu∣lacion is a token of saluaciō.
• * 1.2

  ephe. v. b
• * 1.3

  Antich∣rist.
• * 1.4

  esa. xj. a.
• * 1.5

  Lyenge myracles because they testi∣fye a fal∣se fayth.
• * 1.6

  (where no loue) is to the truthe on them dothe god let slype false pro∣phetes to deceaue them.
• * 1.7

  Excōmu¦nicacion.