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 vpō the fyrst epist¦le of S. Paule to Timothe.

THis pistle wryteth S. Paule to be an ensample vnto all bis∣shops / what they shuld teache / & how they shuld gouerne the congregacion of Christ in all [ A] degrees / that it shuld be no ne∣de to gouerne Christes flocke with the doctrine of their aw∣good meaninges.

In the fyrst Chapter / he commaundeth that the bysshope shall maynteme the ryght fayth & loue / and resist false preachers which make the lawe & workes equall with Christ and his Go¦spell. And he maketh a shorte conclusion of all Christen learninge / wherto the lawe serueth

& what the ende therof is / also what the gospell is / & setteth him selfe for a cōfortable ensample vnto all synners & troubled consciences.

In the seconde he commaundeth to praye for all degrees / and chargeth that the wemen shall not preache ner were costlye apparell / but to∣be obedyent vnto the men.

In the thyrde he descrybeth •• what maner per¦sons the bysshope or preste and their wyues shuld be / and also the deacones and their wy∣ues: and commendeth it / if anye man desyer to be a bysshope after that maner.

In the fourth he prophisieth and sheweth before of the false bysshopes and spirituall of∣fycers that shuld aryse amonge the christē pe∣ople / and be / do and preache cleane contrary to the fore descrybed ensample / and shuld departe from the fayth in Christ and forbyd to mary & to eate certen meates / teachynge to put trust therin / bothe of iustifienge and forgeuenes of synnes and also of deseruinge of eternall lyfe.

In the fyueth he teacheth how a bysshope shuld vse him selfe towarde younge and olde & concernynge widowes what is to be done / and which shuld be founde of the commen cost: and teacheth also how men shuld honoure the ver∣teous bysshopes and prestes / and how to rebu∣ke the euell.

In the sixte he exhorteth the Bisshope to cleaue to the gospell of Christ and true doctri∣ne / and to auoyde vayne questions and super∣fluous disputynges which gender stryfe and quenche the truthe / and by which also the false prophetes get them auctorite and seke to satisfie their insaciable coue∣tousnes.

¶ The fyrst epistle of S. Paul vnto Timotheus.

¶ The fyrst Chapter.

[illustration]

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 y^t the lawe is good / yf a man [ B] * 1.4 vse it lawfully / vnderstondinge this / how y^t 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

mothers / to manslears and whormongers: to them that defile them selves with mankyn∣de: to menstealers: to lyars and to periured / & so forth yf ther be eny other thinge that is cō¦trary to holsome doctrine / accordinge to the gospell of the glory of the blessed God / which gospell is committed vnto me.

And I thanke Christ Iesus oure Lorde [ C] which hath made me stronge: for he counted me true / & put me in office / when before I was a blasphemar / & a persecuter / & a tyraūt. But I obtayned mercy / because I dyd it ignoraūt¦ly thorow vnbelefe. Neverthelater the grace of oure Lorde was more aboundaunt with fayth and love which is in Christ Iesu. ⊢

✚ This is a true sayinge & by all meanes* 1.5 worthy to be receaved / that Christ Iesus ca∣me into the world to save synners / of whom I am chefe. Notwith stondinge for this cau∣se was mercy gevē vnto me that Iesus Christ shuld fyrst shewe on me all longe pacience / vnto the ensample of them which shall in ty¦me* 1.6 to come beleve on him vnto eternall lyfe. So then vnto god / kynge everlastinge / immor¦tall / invisible / and [ D] wyse only / be honoure and prayse for ever and ever Amen.

This commaundement commit I vnto the sonne Timotheus / accordynge to the pro¦phisies which in tyme past were prophisied of the / y^t thou in them shuldest fyght a good fyght / havinge fayth & good consciēce which some have put awaye frō them / & as cōcernin¦ge fayth have made shipwracke. Of whose

nombre is Himeneus and Alexander which* 1.7 I have delivered vnto Satan / y^t they myght be taught not to blaspheme

The .ii. Chapter. ✚

IExhorte therfore / that above all thyn∣ges / prayers / supplicacions intercessi∣ons / and [ A] gevynge of thankes behad for all men: for kynges / and for all that are in auc¦torite / that we maye live a quyet and a peasa∣ble life / in all godlines and honestie. For that is good and accepted in the sight of god oure savioure / which * 1.8 will have all men saved / and to come vnto the knowledge of y^• trueth. For¦ther [ B] is one god / & one (mediator) bit wene god & man / which is y^e man Christ Iesus which gave him silfe a raunsome for all men / that it shuld be testified at his tyme / where vnto I am ordayned a preacher and an apostle: I tell the trueth in Christ and lye not / beynge the te¦acher of the gentyls in fayth and veritie. ⊢

I wyll therfore that the men praye every* 1.9 where / liftynge vp pure hondes without wrath / or dowtinge. Lykwyse also the wemen [ C] * 1.10 that they araye them selves in comlye aparell with sham fastnes & discrete behaveour / not with broyded heare / other golde / or pearles / or costly araye: but with suche as becōmeth we∣men that professe the worshippynge of God thorow good workes. Let the woman learne* 1.11 in silence with all subieccion. I suffre not a woman to teache / nether to have auctoricie o∣ver a man: but for to be in silence. For Adam was fyrst formed / and then Eve. Also Adam

was not deceaved / but the woman was decea¦ved / and was in transgression. Notwithston∣dynge thorow bearinge of chyldrē they shal be saved / so they continue in fayth / love and holynes with discrecion.

The .iii. Chapter.

THis is a true sayinge. Yf a mā covet y^e* 1.12 office of a bysshope / he desyreth a good [ A] worke. Ye and a bisshope must be faut∣lesse / the husband of one wyfe / sober / discrete / honestly aparelled / harberous / apt to teache / not dronkē / no fighter / not gevē to filthy lu∣cre: but gentle / abhorrynge fightynge / abhor∣rynge coveteousnes / and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly / havynge chyldren vn∣der obedience / with all honeste. For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse / how shall he ca∣re for the congregacion of God. He maye not [ B] be a yonge skoler / lest he swell and faule into the iudgement of the evyll speaker. He must also be well reported of amonge them which are with outforth / lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evyll speaker.

Lykwyse must the deacons be honest / not* 1.13 double tonged / not gevē vnto moche drynkin∣ge / nether vnto filthy lucre: but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure consciēce. And let them fyrst be proved / and then let them mini∣ster / yf they be founde fautlesse. [ C]

Even so must their wynes be honest / not* 1.14 evyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thinges. Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe / and suche as rule their chyldren

well / and their awne housholdes. For they that minister well / get them selves good de∣gre and greate libertie in the fayth / which is in Christ Iesu.

These thinges write I vnto the / trustinge to come shortly vnto the: but and yf I tarie [ D] longe / y^t then thou mayst yet have knowled∣ge how thou oughtest to behave thy silfe in the housse of God / which is the congregacion of the livinge God / the pillar and grounde of trueth. And with out naye great is that miste¦ry of godlines: God was shewed▪ in the fles∣she / was iustified in the sprete / was sene of an¦gels / was preached vnto the gentyls / was be leved on in erth and receaved vp in glory.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

THe sprete speaketh evydently that in the latter tymes some shall departe* 1.15 from the fayth / and shall geve hede [ A] vnto spretes of erroure / and dyvelysshe doctri¦ne of them which speake falce thorow ypocri sye / and have their consciences marked with an hote yron / forbyddinge to mary / and com∣maundinge* 1.16 to abstayne from meates which God hath created to be receaved with gevyn∣ge thankes / of them which beleve and kno∣we y^e trueth. For all the creatures of God are good and nothynge to be refused / yf it be re∣ceaved with thankes gevynge. For it is sanctyfyed by the worde of God and prayer. [ B] Yf thou shalt put the brethren in remem∣braunce of these thynges / thou shalt be a good minister of Iesu Christ / which hast

bene norisshed vp in the wordes of the fayth* 1.17 and good doctryne / which doctryne thou hast [ C] continually followed. But cast awaye vngost¦ly and olde wyves fables.

Eyercyse thy silfe vnto godlines. For bo∣dely exercise proffiteth lyttll: But godlines is good vnto all thynges / as a thynge which hath promyses of the lyfe that is now / and of the lyfe to come. This is a sure sayinge and of all parties worthy to be receaved. For therfore we laboure and suffre rebuke / becau∣se we beleve in the livynge god / which is the savioure of all men: but specially of those that beleve. Suche thynges commannde and te¦ache. Let no man despyse thy youth: but be vnto them that beleve / an insample / in worde in conversacion / in love / in sprete / in fayth and in purenes.

Till I come / geve attendaunce to redynge / [ D] to exhortacion and to doctryne. Despyse not the gyfte that is in y^e / which was geven the thorow prophesye and with layinge on of y^e hondes of an elder. These thynges exercyse / and geve thy silfe vnto them / that it maye be sene how thou profetest in all thinges. Take hede vnto thy silfe and vnto learnynge / and* 1.18 continue therin. For if thou shalt so do / thou shalt save thy silfe & them that heare the.

¶ The .v. Chapter.

REbuke not an elder: but exhorte him [ A] as a father / and the yonger mē as bre∣thren / the elder wemen as mothers / y^e yonger as sisters / with all purenes. Honoure

widdowes which are true wyddowes. Yf eny* 1.19 wyddowe have chyldren or neves / let them learne fyrst to rule their awne houses godly / and to recompence their elders. For that is good and acceptable before God. She that is a very wyddowe and frendlesse / putteth her trust in god / and continueth in supplicacion and prayer nyght and daye. But she that li∣veth in pleasure / is deed even yet alive. And these thynges commaunde / that they maye be without faut / Yf ther be eny that provideth not for his awne / and namly for them of his housholde / the same denyeth the fayth / and [ B] is worsse then an infydell.

Let no wyddowe be chosen vnder threscore* 1.20 yere olde / and soche a one as was the wyfe of one man / and well reported of in good wor∣kes: yf she have noresshed children / yf she ha∣ve bene liberall to straūgers / yf she have wes∣shed the saynctes fete / yf she have ministred vnto them which were in adversite / yf she we¦re continually gevē vnto all maner good wor¦kes. The yonger widdowes refuse. For when they have begone to wexe wantone / to the dishonoure of Christ / then will they mary / havynge * 1.21 damnaciō / because they have brokē their fyrst fayth. And also they learne to goo from housse to housse ydle / ye not ydle only / but also tryflynge and busybodyes / speakyn¦ge [ C] thynges which are not comly.

I will therfore that y^• yonger wemē mary and beare childrē / and gyde the housse / and ge¦ve none occasiō to y^e adversary to speake evill

For many of them are all redy turned bake / and are gone after Satan. And yf eny man or woman that beleveth have widdowes / let thē minister vnto them / & let not the congrega∣cion be charged: that yt maye have fufficient for them that are widdowes in dede.

The elders y^t rule wel / are worthy of dou∣ble honoure / most specially they which labou¦re in y^t worde & in teachinge. For the scripture sayth: Thou shalt not mousell the mouth of* 1.22 the oxe that treadeth out the corne. And the labourer is worthy of his rewarde. Agaynst an elder receave none accusacion: but vnder two or thre witnesses. Them that synne / rebu¦ke [ D] openly / that other maye feare.

I testifie before god and the lorde Iesus Christ / and the electe angels / that thou obser¦ve these thynges with out hasty iudgement / and do nothynge parcially. Laye hondes sodē¦ly on no man nether be partaker of other mēs synnes: kepe thy silfe pure. Drynke no len∣ger water / but vse a lytell wyne / for thy stom∣makes sake and thyne often diseases.

Some mennes synnes are open before hon∣de and goo before vnto iudgement: some men∣nes synnes folowe after. Lykwyse also good workes are manyfest before honde & they that are other wyse / cānot be hid.

The .vi. Chapter

LEt as many servauntes as are vnder y^•* 1.23 yoke / counte their masters worthy of all [ A] honour / that the name of god and his doctryne be not evyll spoken of. Se that they which have belevynge / masters / despyse them

not because they are brethren: but so moche the rather do service / for as moche as they are belevynge and beloved and partakers of the benefite.

These thynges teache and exhorte. Yf eny man teache other wise / and is not contēt with y^• wholsome wordes of oure lorde Iesu christ / and with the doctryne of godlines / he is puf∣te vp & knoweth nothynge: but wasteth his [ B] braynes aboute questions & stryfe of wordes / wherof sprynge envie / stryfe / raylinges / evyll surmysinges and vayne disputacions of men with corrupte myndes and destitute of the trueth / which thynke that lucre is godlines. From soche seperate thy silfe. Godlines is* 1.24 great ryches / yf a man be content with that he hath. For we brought nothynge into the worlde / and it is a playne case that we can ca∣ry nothynge out.

When we have fode & rayment / let vs ther with be contēt. They that wilbe ryche / fauls into temptaciō and snares / and into many fo¦lysshe and noysome lustes / which droune mē* 1.25 in perdicion & destruccion. For coveteousnes is the rote of all evyll / which whill some lus∣ted after / they erred frō the fayth / & tanglyd them selves with many sorowes. But thou [ C] which arte the man of god / flye soche thynge* 1.26 Folowe rightewesnes / godlines / love / pacien¦ce and meknes. Fyght y^e good fyght of fayth. Laye honde on eternall lyfe / where vnto thou arte called / and hast professed a good profes∣sion before many witnesses.

I geve the charge in the sight of God / which* 1.27 quickneth all thing{is} / and before Iesu Christ which vnder Pōcius Pilate witnessed a good witnessinge / y^• thou kepe the cōmaundemēt / & be with out spotte and vnrebukeable / vntyll the apperynge of oure lorde Iesus Christ•• which aperynge (when the tyme ys come) he shall shewe that is blessed and myghty only / * 1.28 kynge of kynges and lorde of lordes / which only hath immortalite / and dwelleth in light that no man can attayne / whom never man sa¦we / * 1.29 nether can se: vnto whom be honoure and rule everlastynge. Amen.

Charge them that are ryche in this worlde / [ D] * 1.30 that they be not excedynge wyse / & that they trust not in the vncertayne ryches / bnt in the livynge god / which geveth vs aboundantly all thynges to enioye them / and that they do* 1.31 good and be ryche in good workes / and redy to geve and to distribute / layinge vp in store for them selves a good foundaciō agaynst the ty¦me to come y^t they maye obteyne eternall lyfe

O Timothe save that which is gevē y^• to kepe / & avoyde vngostly vanities of voyces & opposiciōs of sciēce falsly so called / which sciēce whyll some professed / they ha∣ve erred as concernynge the fayth. Grace be with the

Amen.

Sent from Laodicea / which is the chefest cite of Phri¦gia Pacaciana.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Hope.
• * 1.2

  actu. xvj
• * 1.3

  Loue is the ende of the cō∣maunde∣ment and must in∣terpret it
• * 1.4

  rom. vij.
• * 1.5

  The gro∣wnde of y^• fayth. mat. ix. b mar. ij. c.
• * 1.6

  Paul is an ensam¦ple that none dis∣peare that can repēt
• * 1.7

  Himene∣us. Alex∣ander.
• * 1.8

  Will &c. that is: will haue the gos∣pell prea∣ched to all mē with out ixcep¦cion / & of fereth all men repē¦taunce & will haue all men prayed for (Christ) is the on¦lye media¦toure.
• * 1.9

  Prayer.
• * 1.10

  Wemen.
• * 1.11

  ••. pe. iij. j. co••. x
• * 1.12

  A bisshop or an ouer sear what he ought to be.
• * 1.13

  deacones
• * 1.14

  The wy∣nes of the prestes & deacones.
• * 1.15

  ij. tim. iij. ij▪ pe. iij▪ iude. ii. f.
• * 1.16

  Hote yrō
• * 1.17

  ij. tim. iij. titu. iiij. c
• * 1.18

  How a bysshope or preste shuld be haue him self▪ in ex¦hortynge or rebu∣kinge.
• * 1.19

  widowes
• * 1.20

  widowes
• * 1.21

  What so¦euer be v∣sed amon¦gest vs / yf god be therby dis¦honoured it ought to be bro∣ken.
• * 1.22

  deu. xxv j. cor. ix a mat. x. b. luc. x. b.
• * 1.23

  Servaū∣tes.
• * 1.24

  iob. j. d. eccle. v. ••.
• * 1.25

  Covetou¦snes.
• * 1.26

  O that we at a la¦wfull age myght cō¦fesse and professe
• * 1.27

  Openlye the fayth & lyfe of a Christen man.
• * 1.28

  apo. xvij. and. xix c
• * 1.29

  iohn. j. b. j. io. j. c.
• * 1.30

  Ryche.
• * 1.31

  iohn .j. b.