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 seconde epistle of S. Peter.

¶ The fyrst Chapter.

SImon Peter a seruaunt & [ A] an Apostle of Iesus Christ / to them which have obtay∣ned lyke precious fayth with vs in the rightewesnes that commeth of oure God and sa¦vioure Iesus Christ.

Grace with you▪ & peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God & of Iesus oure Lor∣de. Accordinge as his godly power hath ge∣ven vnto vs all thinges that pertayne vnto lyfe and godlynes / thorow the knowledge of him that hath called vs by vertue and glory /

by the meanes whereof / are geven vnto vs excellent and moste greate promises / that by the helpe of them ye shuld be partakers of the godly nature / in that ye ••lye the corrupci∣on [ B] of worldy lust.* 1.1

And hervnto geve all diligence: in youre fayth minister vertve / and in vertue knowled¦ge / and in knowledge temperancy / and in tem∣rancy pacience / in pacience godlynes / in godly¦nes brotherly kyndnes / in brotherly kyndnes love. For yf these thinges be amonge you and are plenteous / they wyll make you that ye ne∣ther shalbe ydle nor vnfrutefull in the know¦ledge of oure lorde Iesus Christ. But he y^t lac¦keth these thyng{is} is blynde & gropeth for y^• [ C] waye with his honde / and hath forgotten y^• he was pourged from his olde synnes.

Wherfore brethren / geve the moare diligen¦ce* 1.2 for to make youre callynge & eleccion sure. For yf ye do soche thynges / ye shall never e••∣re. Ye & by this meanes an entrynge in shall be ministred vnto you aboundantly in to the everlastynge kyngdome of oure lorde and sa∣veoure Iesus Christ.

Wherfore I will not be necgligent to put you allwayes in remembraunce of soche thin¦ges / though that ye knowe them youre sel∣ves & be also stablisshed in the present trueth. Notwithstōdinge I thynke yt mete (as longe as I am in this tabernacle) to stere you vp by puttynge you in remēbraunce / for as moch as I am sure howe that the tyme is at honde y^• I must put of my tabernacle / even as oure lor¦de* 1.3

Iesus Christ hath shewed me. I will enfo∣arce therfore / that on every syde ye myght ha∣ve wherwith to stere vp the remembraunce of these thynges after my departynge.

✚ For we folowed not decevable fables whē we openned vnto you the power and commyn¦ge of oure lorde Iesus Christ / but with oure eyes we sawe his maieste: even then verely when he receaved of god the father honour &* 1.4 glory / and when ther came soche a voyce to [ D] him from excellent glorie. This is my dere beloved sonne / in whom I have delite. This voyce we hearde when it came from heven / be ynge with him in the holy mounte.

We have also a right sure worde of prophe¦sye wher vnto yf ye take hede / as vnto a lyght y^• shyneth in a darke place / ye do wel / vntill the daye dawne and the daye starre aryse in youre hertes. ✚ So that ye fyrst knowe this. that no prophesye in the scripture hath eny private interpretaciō. For the scripture came* 1.5 never by the will of man: but holy men of god spake as they were moved by the holy goost.

¶ The ii. Chapter.

THer were falce prophetes amonge the [ A] people / even as ther shalbe falce tea∣chers amonge you: wich prevely shall* 1.6 brynge in damnable sectes / even denyinge the Lorde that hath bought them / and brynge vpon them selves swyft damnacion / and ma∣ny shall folowe their damnable wayes / by which the waye of trueth shalbe evyll spo¦ken of / and thorow * coveteousnes shall they

with fayned wordes make marchandyse of you / whose iudgement is not farre of / and the it dampnacion slepeth not.

For yf god spared not the angels that syn∣ned / but [ B] cast them doune into hell / and delyue¦red them in chaynes of darknes / to be kept vn¦to iudgement. Nether spared the olde worlde but saved Noe the ryghte preacher of righte∣wesnes / and brought in the flud vpon the worlde of the vngodly / and turned the cities of zodom and Gomor into asshes: overthrewe them / damned thē / & made on them an ensam∣ple vnto all y^• after shuld live vngodly. And iust Lot vexed with the vnclenly conversaciō of the wicked / delivered he. For he beynge ryghteous and dwellynge amonge them / in seynge and hearynge / vexed his righteous soule from daye to daye with their vnlawfull dedes. The lorde knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptacion / and how to reserve the vniuste vnto the daye of iudgement for to be punisshed: namely them that walke after the flesshe in the lust of vnclennes / and despy¦se the rulars. Presumpteous are they / & stub∣borne and feare not to speake evyll of them that are in auctorite. When y^e angels which are greater bothe in power and myght / recea∣ve [ C] not of y^e lorde raylynge iudgement agaynst them. But these as brute beastes / naturally made to betaken and destroyed / speake evyll of that they knowe not / and shall perisshe through their awne destruccion / and receave the rewarde of vnrightewesnes.

They count it pleasure to live deliciously for a season. Spottes they are & filthines / li∣vinge at pleasure & in disceaveable wayes fea¦stynge with you: havinge eyes full of advou∣trie & that cānot cease to synne / begylynge vn¦stable soules. Hertes they have exercised w^t coveteousnes. They are cursed chyldren / & ha¦ve forsaken the right waye / & are gone astraye* 1.7 folowinge y^e waye of Balam the sonne of Bo¦sor / which loved the rewarde of vnrightewes¦nes: but was rebuked of his iniquitie. The ta¦me & dōme beast / speakinge with mānes voy¦ce / forbade the folisshnes of the Prophete.

These are welles without water / & cloudes caried about of a tēpest / to whome the myst of darcknes is reserved for ever. For when they* 1.8 have spokē the swellinge wordes of vanytie / [ D] they begyle w^t wantānes thorowe y^e lustes of the flesshe / them that were clene escaped: but now are wrapped in errours. They promys them libertye / & are them selves y^e bonde ser∣vaunte of corrupcion. For of whom soever a* 1.9 man is over come / vnto y^e same is he in bonda¦ge. For yf they / after they have escaped from the filthynes of the worlde thorowe y^e know ledge of y^e Lorde & of y^e saviour Iesus Christ / they are yet tāgled agayne therin & overcome: then is y^e latter ende worsse with them then the beginninge. For it had bene better for thē / not to have * 1.10 knowne y^e waye of righteousnes then after they have knowē it / to turne frō the holy cōmaundmēt gevē vnto them. It is hap¦pened vnto them accordinge to the true pro∣verbe:

The dogge is turned to his vomet a∣gayne / * 1.11 and the sow that was wesshed / to her wallowynge in the myre.

The .iiii. Chapter.

THis is the seconde pistle that I now wryte vnto you / beloved / wherwith I [ A] stere vp and warne youre pure myn∣des / to call to remembraūce the worde which were tolde before of the holy prophetes / and also the commaundement of vs the apostles of the lorde and saveour.

This fyrst vnderstōde / that ther shall come* 1.12 in the last dayes mockers / which will walke after their awne lustes & saye. Where is the* 1.13 promes of his cōmynge? For sence y^e fathers dyed / all thing{is} cōtinue in y^e same estate wher¦in they were at y^e begynninge. This they kno¦we not (and that willyngly) how that the he∣vens [ B] a great whyle ago were / & the erth that was in the water / appered vp out of the water by the worde of god: by the which thinge / the worlde y^e then▪ was / perisshed over flowen w^t the water. But the hevēs verely & erth which are now / are kept by the same worde in store / & reserved vnto fyre / agaynst the daye of iudge∣ment and perdicion of vngodly men.

Derely beloved / be not ignorant of this one thynge / how that one daye is w^t the lorde / as a thousande yeare / and a thousand yeare as o∣ne [ C] daye. The lorde is not slacke to fulfill his promes / as some men coūt slacknes: but is pa¦cient to vs warde & wolde have no man lost / but wolde receave all men to repentaūce. Ne∣verthe∣lesse

y^e daye of the lorde will come as a* 1.14 thefe in y^e nyght / in the which daye / y^e hevens shall perisshe with terrible noyes / & the elemē¦tes shall melt with heet / and the erth with the workes that are therin shall burne.

Yf all these thing{is} shall perisshe / what ma¦ner persons ought ye tobe in holy conversaci∣on and godlynes: lokynge for and hastynge vnto the commynge of the daye of God / in which the hevens shall perisshe with fyre / and the elementes shalbe consumed with heate.* 1.15 Neverthelesse we loke for a newe heven and a newe erth / accordynge to his promes / where in dwelleth rightewesnes.

Wherfore derly beloved / seynge y^• ye loke for soche thyng{is} / be diligēt that ye maye be fo¦unde of him in peace / w^t out spotte & vndefiled [ D] And suppose that y^• longe sufferynge of the lorde is saluacion / even as oure derely beloved brother Paul / accordynge to y^e wysdome gevē vnto him / wrote to you / yee / almost in very pi∣stle speakynge of soche thyng{is}: amōge which are many thynges harde to be vnderstonde / which they that are vnlearned & vnstable / per¦vert / as they do other scriptures vnto their awne destrucciō. Ye therfore beloved / seynge ye knowe it before hande / beware lest ye be al¦so plucked a waye with the erroure of the wic¦ked / and fall from youre awne stedfastnes: but growe in grace / and in the knowledge of oure lorde and saveoure Iesus Christ. Towhom he glory bothe now and for ever.

Amen.

Notes

• * 1.1

  * ••e y^• lac¦keth the∣se & soche lyke wor∣kes is b••••¦be & vnder¦stondeth not what the fayth of Christ meaneth.
• * 1.2

  ••e that hath soc∣he workes ma••e be su¦re that he is electe & that he hath the true faith
• * 1.3

  ••oh. xxi
• * 1.4

  mat. xvi••
• * 1.5

  ij. tim. iij.
• * 1.6

  False pro¦phetes m∣ust nedes be amōge∣st vs and also pre∣uayle / & y^• because we haue no loue to the tru¦the .ij. the ij. And co¦uetousn∣es is the father of them: and their prea¦chinge cō¦fioence in workes is the denyē¦ge of Ch¦rist.
• * 1.7

  Balam. nu.. xxij
• * 1.8

  iude. j. d.
• * 1.9

  ioh. viij. rom. vj. c heb. vj. a. mat. xij.
• * 1.10

  It is let¦ter not to haue kno¦wen the truthe / then not to lyue th¦er after.
• * 1.11

  prou. xxj
• * 1.12

  j. tim. iiij.
• * 1.13

  ij. tim. iij iude .j. f. eze. xij. f.
• * 1.14

  j. thes. v. apo. iij. a. and .xvj.
• * 1.15

  apo. xxj. esa. lxv. c &. lxvj. g