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¶ The fyrst epistle of S. Paul vnto Timotheus.
¶ The fyrst Chapter.
PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ / by the cōmaunde∣ment of God oure saviou∣re / & [ A] Lorde Iesus Christ / * 1.1 which is oure hope.
vnto Timothe his na∣turall* 1.2 sonne in the fayth.
Grace / mercy and peace from God oure father & Lorde Iesus Christ oure Lorde.
As I besought the to abyde styll in Ephe¦sus when I departed into Macedonia / even so do / that thou cōmaunde some that they tea¦che no nother wise: nether geve hede to fables & genealogies which are endlesse / & brede dou∣tes more then godly edyfyinge which is by fayth: for y• ende of the cōmaundemēt is * 1.3 love that cōmeth of a pure herte & of a good consci¦ence / & of fayth vnfayned: frō the which thin¦ges some have erred / & have turned vnto vay∣ne iangelinge / because they wolde be doctours the scripture / and yet vnderstonde not what they speake / nether wherof they affirme.
✚ We knowe yt the lawe is good / yf a man [ B] * 1.4 vse it lawfully / vnderstondinge this / how yt the lawe is not geven vnto a righteous man / bu vnto the vnrighteous & disobediēt / to the vngodly & to synners / to vnholy and vncle∣an / to murtherers of fathers & murtherers of