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.

¶ A Prologe to the fyrst epistle of Saynt Peter.

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THis epistle dyd saynt Peter wryte to the Hethen that we reconuerted & exhorteth thē to stonde fast in the fayth / to grow therin and to wexe per¦fect / thorow all maner of sof¦feringe & also good workes.

In the fyrst he declareth the iustyfyenge of fayth thorow Christes bloude / & comforteth them with the hope of the lyfe to come / and she∣weth that we haue not deserued it / but that the Prophetes prophisied it shuld be geuen vs / & as Christ which redemed vs oute of synne and all vnclennes is holye / so he exhorteth to leade an holye conuersacion: & because we be rychlye bought & made heyres of a ryche in herytaunce / to take hede that we lose it not agayne thorow oure awne necgligence.

In the seconde Chap. he sheweth that Christ is the foundacion & hed corner stone wherō all are bylr thorow fayth / whether it be Iewe or gē¦tyle / & how that in Christ they are made Pre∣stes / to offer them selues to god (as christ dyd him selfe) & to sle the lustes of the flesshe that fyght agaynst the soule. And fyrst he teacheth them in generall to obeye the worldlye rulars and then in speciall he teacheth the seruauntes to obey their masters be they good or bad / & to soffre wronge of them as Christ soffered wrō¦ge for vs.

In the thyrde he teacheth the wyues to obeye their husbandes / ye though they be vnbeleuers and to apparell them selues godlye and as yt be commeth h•• lynes. And therto that the husban¦des soffre and beare the infirmite of their wy∣ues and lyue accordinge to knowledge with them. And then in generall he exhorteth them to be softe / courteous / pacient and frendlye one to another / and to soffre for ryghteousnes af∣ter the ensample of Christ.

In the fourthe he exhorteth to fle synne & to tame the flesshe with sobrenes watchinge and prayer / and to loue eche other / and to kno∣we that all good gyftes are of God and euery mā to helpe his neyboure with soche as he hath receaued of god / & fynallie not to wonder / but to reioyce though they must soffre for christes names sake seinge as they be here partakers of his afflicciōs / so shall they be partakers of his glorye to come.

In the fyueth he teacheth the bysshopes and prestes how they shuld lyue and fede Christes flocke: and warneth vs of the deuell which on euery syde lyeth in wayte for vs.

¶ The fyrst epistle of S. Peter the Apostle.

¶ 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.

¶ The .ii. Chapter.

VVherfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle / and dissimulacion / and [ A] envie / and all back bytynge: and as ne¦we borne babes / desyre that reasonable mylke which is with out corrupcion / that ye maye growe therin. If so be that ye have tasted how plesaunt the lorde is / to whom ye come as vn¦to a livynge stone disalowed of men / but cho∣sen of god and precious: and ye as lyvynge sto¦nes / are made a spretuall * 1.8 housse / and an holy presthode / for to offer vp spretuall sacryfice / acceptable to god by Iesus Christ.

Wherfore it is contayned in the scripture: [ B] beholde / I put in Sion an heed corner stone /

electe and precious: and he that beleveth on* 1.9 him shall not be a shamed. Vnto you therfore which beleve / he is precious: but vnto them which beleve not / y^• stone which y^e bylders re¦fused y^e same is made y^e heed stone in the cor∣ner / & a stone to stomble at / & a rocke to offen∣de* 1.10 them which stomble at the worde / and bele¦ve not that where on they were set. But ye are a chosyn generacion / a royall presihod / an ho∣ly naciō / and a peculiar people / that ye shuld shewe the vertues of him that called you out of darknes into hys marvelous light which* 1.11 in tyme past were not a people / yet are now the people of God: which were not vnder mer¦cye but now have obteyned mercye. ⊢

✚ Derly beloved / I beseche you as straūgers [ C] * 1.12 and pilgrems / abstayne from flesshly lustes which fyght agaynst the soule / and se that ye have honest conversacion amonge the gētyls that they which backbyte you as evyll doars* 1.13 maye se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitacion.

Submit youre selves vnto all manner ordi∣nannce of man for the lordes sake / whether it* 1.14 be vnto the kynge as vnto the chefe heed: o∣ther vnto rulars / as vnto them that are sent of him / for the punysshment of evyll doars: but for the laude of them that do well. For so is the will of god / that ye put to sylence the ygnorancie of the folyshe men: as fre / and not as havinge y^e libertie for a cloke of malicious∣nes but even as the servaūtes of god. Honou∣re all men. Love brotherly felishippe. Feare* 1.15

god and honour the kynge.

Servauntes obey youre masters with all* 1.16 feare / not only yf they be good & courteous: but also though they be frowarde. For it is thankeworthye yf a man for conscience to∣warde god endure grefe / sufferinge wrongful¦ly. For what prayse is it / if when ye be buffe∣ted for youre fautes / ye take it paciently? But and yf when ye do well / ye suffer wron∣ge and take it paciently / then is there than∣ke with God.

For herevnto verely were ye * 1.17 called: for ✚ Christ also suffered for vs levinge vs an in sample y^t ye shuld folowe his steppes / which dyd no sinne / nether was ther gyle founde in his mouth: which when he was reviled / re∣viled not agayne: whē he suffered / he threate¦ned* 1.18 not: but comitted the cause to him that iudgeth ryghteously / which his awne silfe ba¦re oure synnes in his body on the tree / that we shuld be delyvered from synne and shuld lyve in rightewesnes. By whose strypes ye were healed. For ye were as shepe goinge ast∣raye: but are now returned vnto y^e shepheerd* 1.19 and bisshoppe of youre soules. ⊢

The .iii. Chapter.

LYkewyse let the wyves be in subiecciō [ A] * 1.20 to their husbādes / that evē they which beleve not the worde / maye with out the worde be wonne by the conversacion of y^e wyves: whill they beholde youre pure cōver¦sacion coupled with feare. Whose apparell shall not be outwarde with broyded heare / &

hanginge on of golde / other in puttinge on of gorgious aparell: but let the hyd man of the* 1.21 herte be incorrupt / with a meke & aquyet spre¦re / which sprete is before God a thinge moche set by. For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy wemen which trusted in God / tyer thē selves / & were obediēt to their husbā∣des / evē as Sara obeyed Abrahā & called him* 1.22 Lorde: whose doughters ye are as longe as ye do well / and be not afrayde of every shadowe.

Lyke wyse ye men dwell with them accor∣dinge [ B] to knowledge / gevinge honoure vnto* 1.23 the wyfe / as vnto the weaker vessell / & as vn∣to them that are heyres also of the grace of ly¦fe / that youre prayers be not let.* 1.24

✚ In cōclusion / be ye all of one mynde / one suffre with another / love as brethren / be peti∣full / be courteous / not rēdringe evyll for evyll / * 1.25 nether rebuke for rebuke: but contrary wyse / blesse / remembringe y^t ye are thervnto called / even y^• ye shuld be heyres of blessinge. If eny mā longe after life / & loveth to se good dayes / let him refrayne his tonge frō evyll / & his lip¦pes that they speake not gyle. Let him eschue euyll & do good: let him seke peace / & ensue it. For y^• eyes of y^e Lorde are over y^e righteous / & his eares are open vnto their prayers. But y^• face of the Lorde beholdeth thē that do evyll.

Moreover who is it that will harme you [ C] yf ye folowe y^t which is good? Not withston∣dynge happy are ye yf ye suffre for rightewes¦ness is sake. Ye and feare not though they se∣me terrible vnto you / nether be troubled: but

sanctifie the Lorde God in youre hertes. Be* 1.26 redy all wayes to geve an answere to every man that axeth you a reson of the hope that is in you / & that with meaknes and feare: ha∣vinge a good consciēce / that when they back∣byte you as eyll doars / they maye be asha∣med / for as moche as they have fal••ely accu∣sed youre good conversacion in Christ.

It is better (yf the wyll of God be so) that ye suffre for well doynge / then for evyll doyn∣ge.* 1.27 ✚ For as moche as Christ hath once suffe¦red for synnes / y^e iuste for y^e vniuste / for to brin¦ge vs to God / & was kylled / as pertayninge to the flesshe: but was quyckened in the sprete.

In which sprete / he also wēt & preached vn¦to [ D] the spretes that were in preson / which we∣re in tyme passed disobedient / when the longe sufferinge of God abode excedinge paciently in the dayes of Noe / whyll the arcke was a* 1.28 preparinge / wherin frawe (that is to saye. viii soules) were saved by water / which signifi∣eth baptim that ••ow saveth vs / not y^e puttin ge awaye of y^e filth of the flesshe / but in that a good conscience consenteth to God / by y^e re∣surrecciō of Iesus Christ which is oure right honde of God ✚ & is gone into hevē / angels / power and myght subdued vnto him.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

FOr as moche as christ hath suffred for* 1.29 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] * 1.30 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 * 1.31 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* 1.32 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. * 1.33 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

¶ The .v. Chapter.

THe elders which are amonge you / I ex¦horte / which am also an elder and a wit¦nes [ A] of the affliccions of Christ / and al∣so a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened: se that ye fede Christes flocke which is amon¦ge you / takynge the oversyght of them / not as though ye were compelled therto / but willyn¦gly: not for the desyre of filthy lucre / but of a good mynde. not as though ye were lordes o∣ver the * 1.34 parisshes: but that ye be ā insample

to the flocke. And when the chef shepheerde shall appere / ye shall receave an incorruptible croune of glorye.

Lykwyse ye yonger submit youre selves vn¦to the elder. Submit youre selves every man / one to another / knet youre selves togedder in lowlines of mynde. For god resisteth y^• prou¦de & geveth grace to the humble. ✚ Submit [ B] youre selves therfore vnder the myghty hon¦de of god / that he maye exalt you / whē the tyme is come. Cast all youre care to him: for he careth for you.

Be sober and watch / for youre adversary y^e* 1.35 devyll as arorynge lion walketh about / sekyn¦ge whom he maye devoure: whom resist sted∣fust in the fayth / remēbrynge that ye do but fulfill the same afflicciōs which are * 1.36 apoyn¦ted to youre brethren that are in the worlde. The God of all grace / which called you vnto his eternall glory by Christ Iesus / shall his awne silfe after ye have soffred a lytell afflic¦ciō make you perfect: shall settle strenght & stablishe you. To him be glory & dominiō for ever / and whill the worlde endureth Amen. ⊢

By Silvanus a faythfull brother vnto you [ C] (as I suppose) have I written brefly / ex∣hortynge and testifyinge how that this is the true grace of god / wherin ye stonde. The com¦panious of youre eleccion y^• are at Babilō / sa¦luteh* 1.37 you / and Marcus my sonne. Grete ye one another with the kysse of love. Peace be with you all which are in Christ Iesus.

Amen.

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
• * 1.8

  We be y^e churche: & the obedy¦ence of y^e harte is y^e spirituall sacrifice. Bodilye sacrifice must be offered to oure ney∣boures / for yf th∣ou offere∣st it to god thou ma∣kest a bo∣dylie ydo∣le of him
• * 1.9

  es. xxviij rom. ix. g
• * 1.10

  psa. cxvij mat. xxj. act. iiij. b. esa. viij. c exo. xix.
• * 1.11

  osee. ij. d. rom. ix. e
• * 1.12

  gala. v. c. rom. xiij.
• * 1.13

  rom. xiij.
• * 1.14

  Obedyen¦ce to ru∣lars.
• * 1.15

  rom. xij. c
• * 1.16

  Servaun¦tes. ephe. vj. a coll. iij. d. ij. co. vij.
• * 1.17

  Oure ca¦lligne is to folowe Christ.
• * 1.18

  csa. liij. c. j. io. iij. a.
• * 1.19

  esa. liij. b.
• * 1.20

  Wyves.
• * 1.21

  j. tim. iij. ••
• * 1.22

  gen. xviij
• * 1.23

  Husban∣des.
• * 1.24

  j. co. vij. a
• * 1.25

  pro. xvij. and .xxi. rom. xij. j. thes. v. d psalmo. xxxiij.
• * 1.26

  Geue ••▪ reason of youre doc¦tryne.
• * 1.27

  hebr. ix. d rom. v. b.
• * 1.28

  gen. vi. b ma. vxiiij luc. xvij f
• * 1.29

  We must be parta∣kers with Christ in sofferige if we will haue oure parte wi∣th him in his glorie
• * 1.30

  (the deed) are the ig¦noraūt of God / for they that bedeed fr∣om this worlde ha¦ue no fles¦she.
• * 1.31

  Hate ma∣keth sinne of euery trifle: but loue loke∣th not on small thi∣ges: but suffreth all thīges
• * 1.32

  He that soffreth with chr∣ist / shall raigne wi¦th christ.
• * 1.33

  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?
• * 1.34

  Parys∣shes: the greke ha∣th lottes: that is / th ey to who¦me any lot chaunce or elecciō is to prea¦che godes worde.
• * 1.35

  mat. vj. c luc. xij. c. roma. xij psa. liiij. ••
• * 1.36

  We be a∣poynted to soffre in this worlde.
• * 1.37

  Marke y^• euange∣list.