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 fyrst Chapter.

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PEter an Apostle [ A] of Iesu Christ / to them that dwell he¦re* 1.1 and there as straungers thorow out Pontus / Gala∣cia / Capadocia / Asia / & Be∣thinia / electe by y^• for know¦ledge of God y^• father / tho∣row the sanctifyinge of the sprete / vnto obedience and sprinklinge of the bloud of Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace be multiplyed.

Blessed be God y^• father of oure Lorde Ie∣sus Christ / which thorow is aboundant mer∣cie begat vs agayne vnto a lively hope / by the resurreccion of Iesus Christ frō deeth / to en∣ioye an inheritaunce immortall & vndefiled / & that purifieth not / reserved in heven for you / which are kept by the power of God thorow fayth / vnto salvacion / which salvacion is pre∣pared [ B] allredy to be shewed in the last tyme / in the which tyme ye shall reioyce / though now for a season (if nede requyre) ye are in he vines / thorowe manifolde temptacions / that youre fayth once tried / beinge moche more pre¦cious then golde y^• perissheth (though it be tried with fyre) myght be founde vnto lawde / glory / and honoure at the apperinge of Iesus Christ: whō ye have not sene & yet love him / in whom even now / though ye se him not / ye

yet beleue / and reioyce with ioye vnspeakable and glorious: receavynge the ende of youre fayth / the salvacion of youre soules.

Of which salvacion have the Prophete en¦quyred & searched / which prophisied of y^e gra¦ce that shuld come vnto you / searchinge whē or at what tyme the sprete of Christ which was in them shuld signifie / which sprete testi¦fied before / the passions that shuld come vnto Christ / & the glory that shuld folowe after: vnto which Prophetes it was declared / that not vnto them selves / but vnto vs / they shuld minister the thinges which are now shewed vnto you of them which by y^• holy goost sent doune frō heven / have preached vnto you the thinges which the angels desyre to beholde. [ C]

Wherfore gyrde vp y^e loynes of youre myn¦des / be* 1.2 sober / & trust perfectly on the grace y^t is brought vnto you / by the declaringe of Ie∣sus* 1.3 Christ / as obediēt chyldrē / not facioninge youre selves vnto youre olde lustes of ignorā¦cye: but as he which called you is holy / evē so be ye holy in all maner of conuersacion / becau¦se it is written. Be ye holy / for I am holy.

And yf so be y^• ye call on the father which with out respecte of person iudgeth accordin¦ge to every mānes * 1.4 worke / se y^t ye passe the ty¦me of youre pilgremage in feare. ✚ For as mo¦che as ye know how that ye were not rede∣med with corruptible sylver and golde from youre vayne conversacion which ye recea∣ved [ D] by the tradicions of the fathers: but with the precious bloud of Christ / as of a lambe

vndefiled / and withouten spot / which was or¦deyned before the worlde was made: but was declared in the last tymes for youre sakes / which by his meanes have beleved on god* 1.5 that raysed him from deth / and glorified him / * 1.6 that youre fayth and hope myght be in god.

And for as moche as ye have purified you∣re soules thorowe the sprete / in obeyinge the trueth for to love brotherly withouten fay∣uynge / se that ye love one another with a pure hert fervently: for ye are borne a newe / not of mortall seed / but of immortall / by the worde of god which liveth / & lasteth for ever. For all flesshe is as grasse / and all the glory of man* 1.7 is as the floure of grasse. The grasse widde∣reth / and the flower falleth awaye / but the worde of the lorde endureth ever. ✚ And this is the worde which by the gospell was prea¦ched amonge you.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Here Pe∣ter (as▪ o∣ther true apostles do) fyrst setteth forth the treasure of mercye which god hath boū¦de him sel¦fe to geue vs for ch¦ristes sake & then ou¦re dutie what we are boun∣de to do a∣gayne yf we wil be partakers of the mer¦cie.
• * 1.2

  Oure du¦tie againe
• * 1.3

  Ignoraū¦ce is cau∣se of euell lyuynge.
• * 1.4

  By ou∣re work∣es shall we be iud¦ged: for as the inuisi¦ble fayth is / soche are the workes by which the fayth is sene i. eor. vj. and vjjd j. ioa. j. d.
• * 1.5

  apoca. j
• * 1.6

  We be pu¦rified fre∣lye in be∣leuynge the trut∣he of Ch∣rist for to loue one another
• * 1.7

  es. xl. b. apo. viiij iacobi. i. b