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 .iiii. Chapter.

FOr as moche as christ hath suffred for* 1.1 vs in the flesshe / arme youre selves ly∣ke [ A] wyse with the same mynde: for he which suffereth in the flesshe ceasith frō syn¦ne / that he hence forwarde shuld lyve as mo∣che

tyme as remayneth in the flesshe: not af∣ter y^e lustes of men / but after the will of God. For it is sufficient for vs that we have spent the tyme that is past of the lyfe / after the will of the gentyls / walkinge in wantannes / lu∣stes / dronkennes / in eatinge / drinkinge and in abominable ydolatrie.

And it semeth to them a straunge thinge [ B] * 1.2 that ye runne not also with them vnto the sa¦me excesse of ryote / & therfore speake they evill of you / which shall geve a cōptes to him that is redy to iudge quycke & deed. For vnto this purpose verely was y^e gospell preached vnto the (deed) that they shuld be condempned of men in y^e flesshe / but shuld live before God in the sprete. The ende of all thing{is} is at honde.

✚ Be ye therfore discrete & sober / y^• ye maye be apte to prayers. But above all thinges ha∣ve fervēt love amōge you. For love * 1.3 covereth the multitude of synnes. Be yeherberous one to another & that w^t out grudginge. As eve∣ry man hath receaved the gyfte / minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manyfolde grace of God. Yf eny man speake / [ C] let him talke as though he spake y^e wordes of God. If eny man minister / let him do it as of y^e abilitie which god ministreth vnto him. That god in all thing{is} maye be glorified tho¦row Iesus Christ ✚ / to whom be prayse and dominion for ever and whyll the worlde ston¦deth. Amen.

Dearly beloved / be not troubled in this hea¦te / which now is come amōge you to trye you

as though some straūge thinge had happened* 1.4 vnto you: but reioyce in as moche as ye are par¦tetakers of Christes passions / that when his glory appereth / ye maye be mery and glad. [ D]

If ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christ happie are ye. For the sprete of glory and the sprete of god resteth apon you. On their parte he is evyll spoken of: but on youre parte he is glorified.

Se that none of you suffre as a murtherer / or as a thefe / or an evyll doar / or as a busy bo∣dy in other mens matters. Yf eny man suffre as a Christē man / let him not be ashamed: but let him glorifie god on his behalfe. For the ty¦me is come that iudgement must begynne at the housse of god. * 1.5 Yf it fyrst begynne at vs / what shall the ende be of them which beleve not the gospell of god? And yf the righteous scasly be saved: where shall the vngodly & the sinner appere? Wherfore let them that suffer accordynge to the will of god / commit their soules to him with well doynge / as vnto a faythfull creator

Notes

• * 1.1

  We must be parta∣kers with Christ in sofferige if we will haue oure parte wi∣th him in his glorie
• * 1.2

  (the deed) are the ig¦noraūt of God / for they that bedeed fr∣om this worlde ha¦ue no fles¦she.
• * 1.3

  Hate ma∣keth sinne of euery trifle: but loue loke∣th not on small thi∣ges: but suffreth all thīges
• * 1.4

  He that soffreth with chr∣ist / shall raigne wi¦th christ.
• * 1.5

  If the sō¦nes of god must be all scor∣ged & none may be sa∣ued but th¦orow the same fyer that Chr¦ist went thorow: what sh∣all the dā¦pnaciō of the diso∣bedyent & vnbeseu∣ers be?