Bible (Tyndale)/1 Corinthians

Chapter 1
Paul by vocacion an Apostle of Iesus Christ thorow the will of God and brother Sostenes. 

Vnto the congregacion of God which is at Corinthum. To them that are sanctified in Christ Iesu sainctes by callynge with all that call on the name of oure lorde Iesus Christ in every place both of theirs and of oures 

Grace be with you and peace fro God oure father and from the lorde Iesus Christ. 

I thanke my God all wayes on youre behalfe for ye grace of God which is geuen you by Iesus Christ 

that in all thinges ve are made riche by him in all lerninge and in all knowledge 

even as the testimony of Iesus Christ was confermed in you) 

so that ye are behynde in no gyft and wayte for the apperynge of oure lorde Iesus Christ 

which shall streght you vnto ye ende that ye maye be blamelesse in ye daye of oure lorde Iesus Christ. 

<section begin="1:9"/>ffor god is faythfull by whom ye are called vnto ye fellishyppe of his sonne Iesus Christe oure lorde <section end="1:9"/>

<section begin="1:10"/>I beseche you brethre in ye name of oure lorde Iesus Christ that ye all speake one thynge and that there be no dissencion amoge you: but be ye knyt together in one mynde and in one meaynge. <section end="1:10"/>

<section begin="1:11"/>It is shewed vnto me (my brethren) of you by them that are of the housse of Cloe that ther is stryfe amonge you. And this is it that I meane: <section end="1:11"/>

<section begin="1:12"/>how that comelie amonge you one sayeth: I holde of Paul: another I holde of Apollo: ye thyrde I holde of Cephas: ye four ye I holde of Christ. <section end="1:12"/>

<section begin="1:13"/>Ys Christ devided? was Paul crucified for you? ether were ye baptised in ye name of Paul? <section end="1:13"/>

<section begin="1:14"/>I thanke God that I christened none of you but Crispus and Gayus <section end="1:14"/>

<section begin="1:15"/>lest eny shulde saye that I had baptised in myne awne name. <section end="1:15"/>

<section begin="1:16"/>I baptised also the housse of Stephana. Forthermore knowe I not whether I baptised eny man or no. <section end="1:16"/>

<section begin="1:17"/>For Christ sent me not to baptyse but to preache ye gospell not with wysdome of wordes lest the crosse of Christ shuld have bene made of none effecte. <section end="1:17"/>

<section begin="1:18"/>For ye preachinge of the crosse is to them yt perisshe folishnes: but vnto vs which are saved it is ye power of God. <section end="1:18"/>

<section begin="1:19"/>For it is written: I will destroye the wysdome of the wyse and will cast awaye the vnderstondinge of the prudet. <section end="1:19"/>

<section begin="1:20"/>Where is the wyse? Where is the scrybe? Where is the searcher of this worlde? <section end="1:20"/>

<section begin="1:21"/>Hath not God made the wysdome of this worlde folisshnes? For when the worlde thorow wysdome knew not God in ye wysdome of God: it pleased God thorow folisshnes of preachinge to save them yt beleve. <section end="1:21"/>

<section begin="1:22"/>For ye Iewes requyre a signe and the Grekes seke after wysdome. <section end="1:22"/>

<section begin="1:23"/>But we preache Christ crucified vnto the Iewes an occasion of fallinge and vnto the Grekes folisshnes: <section end="1:23"/>

<section begin="1:24"/>but vnto the which are called both of Iewes and Grekes we preache Christ ye power of God and the wysdome of God. <section end="1:24"/>

<section begin="1:25"/>For the folishnes of God is wyser then me: and the weakenes of God is stronger then men. <section end="1:25"/>

<section begin="1:26"/>Brethren loke on youre callinge how that not many wyse men after the flesshe not many myghty not many of hye degre are called: <section end="1:26"/>

<section begin="1:27"/>but God hath chosen the folysshe thinges of the worlde to confounde the wyse. And God hath chosyn the weake thinges of the worlde to confounde thinges which are mighty. <section end="1:27"/>

<section begin="1:28"/>And vile thinges of the worlde and thinges which are despysed hath God chosen yee and thinges of no reputacion for to brynge to nought thinges of reputacion <section end="1:28"/>

<section begin="1:29"/>that no flesshe shulde reioyce in his presence. <section end="1:29"/>

<section begin="1:30"/>And vnto him partayne ye in Christ Iesu which of God is made vnto vs wysdome and also rightewesnes and saunctifyinge and redempcion. <section end="1:30"/>

<section begin="1:31"/>That accordinge as it is written: he which reioyseth shulde reioyce in the Lorde. <section end="1:31"/>

Chapter 2
<section begin="2:1"/>And I brethren when I came to you came not in gloriousnes of wordes or of wysdome shewynge vnto you the testimony of God. <section end="2:1"/>

<section begin="2:2"/>Nether shewed I my selfe that I knewe eny thinge amonge you save Iesus Christ eve the same that was crucified. <section end="2:2"/>

<section begin="2:3"/>And I was amoge you in weaknes and in feare and in moche treblinge. <section end="2:3"/>

<section begin="2:4"/>And my wordes and my preachinge were not with entysynge wordes of manes wysdome: but in shewinge of ye sprete and of power <section end="2:4"/>

<section begin="2:5"/>that youre fayth shuld not stonde in ye wysdome of me but in yt power of God. <section end="2:5"/>

<section begin="2:6"/>That we speake of is wysdome amonge them that are perfecte: not the wysdome of this worlde nether of the rulars of this worlde (which go to nought) <section end="2:6"/>

<section begin="2:7"/>but we speake ye wysdome of God which is in secrete and lieth hyd which God ordeyned before the worlde vnto oure glory: <section end="2:7"/>

<section begin="2:8"/>which wysdome none of ye rulars of the worlde knewe. For had they knowe it they wolde not have crucified the Lorde of glory. <section end="2:8"/>

<section begin="2:9"/>But as it is written: The eye hath not sene and the eare hath not hearde nether have entred into the herte of man ye thinges which God hath prepared for them that love him. <section end="2:9"/>

<section begin="2:10"/>But God hath opened them vnto vs by his sprete. For ye sprete searcheth all thinges ye the bottome of Goddes secretes. <section end="2:10"/>

<section begin="2:11"/>For what man knoweth the thinges of a ma: save ye sprete of a man which is with in him? Even so ye thinges of God knoweth no man but ye sprete of god. <section end="2:11"/>

<section begin="2:12"/>And we have not receaved the sprete of ye worlde: but the sprete which cometh of god for to knowe the thinges that are geve to vs of god <section end="2:12"/>

<section begin="2:13"/>which thinges also we speake not in the conynge wordes of manes wysdome but with the conynge wordes of the holy goost makynge spretuall coparesons of spretuall thinges. <section end="2:13"/>

<section begin="2:14"/>For ye naturall man perceaveth not the thinges of the sprete of god. For they are but folysshnes vnto him. Nether can he perceave them because he is spretually examined. <section end="2:14"/>

<section begin="2:15"/>But he that is spretuall discusseth all thinges: yet he him selfe is iudged of no ma. <section end="2:15"/>

<section begin="2:16"/>For who knoweth the mynde of the Lorde other who shall informe him? But we vnderstonde the mynde of Christ. <section end="2:16"/>

Chapter 3
<section begin="3:1"/>And I coulde not speake vnto you brethre as vnto spretuall: but as vnto carnall even as it were vnto babes in Christ. <section end="3:1"/>

<section begin="3:2"/>I gave you mylke to drinke and not meate. For ye then were not stronge no nether yet are. <section end="3:2"/>

<section begin="3:3"/>For ye are yet carnall. As longe verely as ther is amoge you envyige stryfe and dissencio: are ye not carnall and walke after ye manner of me? <section end="3:3"/>

<section begin="3:4"/>As loge as one sayth I holde of Paul and another I am of Apollo are ye not carnall? <section end="3:4"/>

<section begin="3:5"/>What is Paul? What thinge is Apollo? Only miministers are they by who ye beleved even as the Lorde gave every ma grace. <section end="3:5"/>

<section begin="3:6"/>I have planted: Apollo watred: but god gave increace. <section end="3:6"/>

<section begin="3:7"/>So then nether is he that planteth eny thinge nether he yt watreth: but god which gave the increace. <section end="3:7"/>

<section begin="3:8"/>He that planteth and he that watreth are nether better then the other. Every man yet shall receave his rewarde accordynge to his laboure. <section end="3:8"/>

<section begin="3:9"/>We are goddis labourers ye are goddis husbandrye ye are goddis byldynge. <section end="3:9"/>

<section begin="3:10"/>Accordynge to the grace of god geven vnto me as a wyse bylder have I layde the foundacio And another bylt thero But let every ma take hede how he bildeth apo. <section end="3:10"/>

<section begin="3:11"/>For other foundacion can no man laye then yt which is layde which is Iesus Christ. <section end="3:11"/>

<section begin="3:12"/>Yf eny man bilde on this foundacion golde silver precious stones tymber haye or stoble: <section end="3:12"/>

<section begin="3:13"/>every mannes worke shall appere. For the daye shall declare it and it shalbe shewed in fyre. And ye fyre shall trye euery mannes worke what it is. <section end="3:13"/>

<section begin="3:14"/>Yf eny mannes worke yt he hath bylt apon byde he shall receave a rewarde. <section end="3:14"/>

<section begin="3:15"/>If eny manes worke burne he shall suffre losse: but he shalbe safe him selfe: neverthelesse yet as it were thorow fyre. <section end="3:15"/>

<section begin="3:16"/> Are ye not ware that ye are the temple of god and how that the sprete of god dwelleth in you? <section end="3:16"/>

<section begin="3:17"/>Yf eny man defyle the temple of god him shall god destroye. For the temple of god is holy which temple ye are. <section end="3:17"/>

<section begin="3:18"/>Let no man deceave him silfe. Yf eny man seme wyse amonge you let him be a fole in this worlde that he maye be wyse. <section end="3:18"/>

<section begin="3:19"/>For ye wisdome of this worlde is folysshnes with god. For it is writte: he compaseth the wyse in their craftynes. <section end="3:19"/>

<section begin="3:20"/>And agayne God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne. <section end="3:20"/>

<section begin="3:22"/>Therfore let no ma reioyce in men. For all thinges are youres whether it be Paul other Apollo other Cephas: whether it be ye worlde other lyfe other deeth whether they be present thinges or thinges to come: all are youres <section end="3:22"/>

<section begin="3:23"/> and ye are Christes and Christ is goddis. <section end="3:23"/>

Chapter 4
<section begin="4:1"/>Let men this wyse esteme vs eve as the ministers of Christ and disposers of ye secretes of God. <section end="4:1"/>

<section begin="4:2"/>Furthermore it is requyred of the disposers that they be founde faithfull. <section end="4:2"/>

<section begin="4:3"/>With me is it but a very smal thinge that I shuld be iudged of you ether of (mans daye) No I iudge not myn awne selfe. <section end="4:3"/>

<section begin="4:4"/>I know nought by my selfe: yet am I not therby iustified. It is the Lorde that iudgeth me. <section end="4:4"/>

<section begin="4:5"/>Therfore iudge no thinge before the tyme vntill the Lorde come which will lighten thinges that are hyd in darcknes and ope the counsels of the hertes. And then shall every man have prayse of God. <section end="4:5"/>

<section begin="4:6"/>These thinges brethre I have described in myn awne person and Apollos for youre sakes that ye myght learne by vs that no man coute of him selfe beyonde that which is above written: that one swell not agaynst another for eny mans cause. <section end="4:6"/>

<section begin="4:7"/>For who preferreth the? What hast thou that thou hast not receaved? Yf thou have receaved it why reioysest thou as though thou haddest not receaved it? <section end="4:7"/>

<section begin="4:8"/>Now ye are full: now ye are made rych: ye raygne as kinges with out vs: and I wold to god ye dyd raygne that we might raygne with you. <section end="4:8"/>

<section begin="4:9"/>Me thinketh that God hath set forth vs which are Apostles for the lowest of all as it were me appoynted to deeth. For we are a gasyngestocke vnto the worlde and to ye angels and to men. <section end="4:9"/>

<section begin="4:10"/>We are foles for Christes sake and ye are wyse thorow Christ. We are weake and ye are stroge. Ye are honorable and we are despised. <section end="4:10"/>

<section begin="4:11"/>Eve vnto this daye we honger and thyrst and are naked and are boffetted wt fistes and have no certayne dwellinge place <section end="4:11"/>

<section begin="4:12"/>and laboure workinge with oure awne hondes. We are revysed and yet we blesse. We are persecuted and suffer it. <section end="4:12"/>

<section begin="4:13"/>We are evyll spoken of and we praye. We are made as it were the filthynes of the worlde the ofscowringe of all thinges even vnto this tyme. <section end="4:13"/>

<section begin="4:14"/>I write not these thinges to shame you: but as my beloved sonnes I warne you. <section end="4:14"/>

<section begin="4:15"/>For though ye have ten thousande instructours in Christ: yet have ye not many fathers. In Christ Iesu I have begotten you thorowe ye gospell. <section end="4:15"/>

<section begin="4:16"/>Wherfore I desyre you to folowe me. <section end="4:16"/>

<section begin="4:17"/>For this cause have I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my deare sonne and faithfull in the Lorde which shall put you in remembrauce of my wayes which I have in Christ eve as I teache every where in all congregacios. <section end="4:17"/>

<section begin="4:18"/>Some swell as though I wolde come no more at you. <section end="4:18"/>

<section begin="4:19"/>But I will come to you shortely yf God will: and will knowe not ye wordes of the which swell but ye power: <section end="4:19"/>

<section begin="4:20"/>for ye kyngdome of God is not in wordes but in power. <section end="4:20"/>

<section begin="4:21"/>What will ye? Shall I come vnto you with a rodde or els in love and in the sprete of mekenes? <section end="4:21"/>

Chapter 5
<section begin="5:1"/>There goeth a comen sayinge that ther is fornicacion amoge you and soche fornicacion as is not once named amonge the gentyls: that one shuld have his fathers wyfe. <section end="5:1"/>

<section begin="5:2"/>And ye swell and have not rather sorowed yt he which hath done this dede myght be put fro amoge you. <section end="5:2"/>

<section begin="5:3"/>For I verely as absent in body even so present in sprete have determyned all redy (as though I were present) of him that hath done this dede <section end="5:3"/>

<section begin="5:4"/>in the name of oure Lorde Iesu Christ when ye are gaddered togedder and my sprete with the power of the Lorde Iesus Christ <section end="5:4"/>

<section begin="5:5"/>to deliver him vnto Satan for ye destruccio of the flesshe yt the sprete maye be saved in ye daye of ye Lorde Iesus. <section end="5:5"/>

<section begin="5:6"/>Youre reioysinge is not good: knowe ye not that a lytle leve sowreth the whole lompe of dowe. <section end="5:6"/>

<section begin="5:7"/>Pourge therfore the olde leven that ye maye be newe dowe as ye are swete breed. For Christ oure esterlambe is offered vp for vs. <section end="5:7"/>

<section begin="5:8"/>Therfore let vs kepe holy daye not with olde leve nether with the leven of maliciousnes and wickednes: but with the swete breed of purenes and truth. <section end="5:8"/>

<section begin="5:9"/>I wrote vnto you in a pistle that ye shuld not company with fornicatours. <section end="5:9"/>

<section begin="5:10"/>And I meat not at all of the fornicatours of this worlde ether of the coveteous or of extorsioners ether of the ydolaters: for then must ye nedes have gone out of ye worlde. <section end="5:10"/>

<section begin="5:11"/>But now I write vnto you that ye company not togedder yf eny that is called a brother be a fornicator or coveteous or a worshipper of ymages ether a raylar ether a dronkard or an extorcionar: with him that is soche se that ye eate not. <section end="5:11"/>

<section begin="5:12"/>For what have I to do to iudge them which are with out? Do ye not iudge them that are with in? <section end="5:12"/>

<section begin="5:13"/>Them that are with out God shall iudge. Put awaye from amonge you that evyll parson. <section end="5:13"/>

Chapter 6
<section begin="6:1"/>How dare one of you havinge busines with another goo to lawe vnder the wicked and not rather vnder the sainctes? <section end="6:1"/>

<section begin="6:2"/>Do ye not know that the sainctes shall iudge the worlde? If the worlde shalbe iudged by you: are ye not good ynough to iudge smale trifles: <section end="6:2"/>

<section begin="6:3"/>knowe ye not how that we shall iudge the angles? How moche more maye we iudge thinges that partayne to ye lyfe? <section end="6:3"/>

<section begin="6:4"/>If ye have iudgementes of worldely matters take them which are despised in ye congregacio and make them iudges. <section end="6:4"/>

<section begin="6:5"/>This I saye to youre shame. Is ther vtterly no wyse man amoge you? What not one at all yt can iudge bitwene brother and brother <section end="6:5"/>

<section begin="6:6"/>but one brother goeth to lawe with another: and that vnder the vnbelevers? <section end="6:6"/>

<section begin="6:7"/>Now therfore ther is vtterly a faute amonge you because ye goo to lawe one with another. Why rather suffer ye not wronge? why rather suffre ye not youre selves to be robbed? <section end="6:7"/>

<section begin="6:8"/>Naye ye youre selves do wronge and robbe: and that the brethren. <section end="6:8"/>

<section begin="6:9"/>Do ye not remember how that the vnrighteous shall not inheret the kyngdome of God? Be not deceaved. For nether fornicators nether worshyppers of ymages nether whormongers nether weaklinges nether abusars of them selves with the mankynde <section end="6:9"/>

<section begin="6:10"/>nether theves nether the coveteous nether dronkardes nether cursed speakers nether pillers shall inheret the kyngdome of God. <section end="6:10"/>

<section begin="6:11"/>And soche ware ye verely: but ye are wesshed: ye are sanctified: ye are iustified by the name of the Lorde Iesus and by the sprete of oure God. <section end="6:11"/>

<section begin="6:12"/>All thinges are lawfull vnto me: but all thinges are not proffitable. I maye do all thinges: but I will be brought vnder no mans power. <section end="6:12"/>

<section begin="6:13"/>Meates are ordeyned for the belly and the belly for meates: but God shall destroy bothe it and them. Let not the body be applied vnto fornicacion but vnto the Lorde and the Lorde vnto the body. <section end="6:13"/>

<section begin="6:14"/>God hath raysed vp the Lorde and shall rayse vs vp by his power. <section end="6:14"/>

<section begin="6:15"/>Ether remember ye not that youre bodyes are the members of Christ? Shall I now take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd. <section end="6:15"/>

<section begin="6:16"/>Do ye not vnderstonde that he which coupleth him selfe with an harlot is become one body? For two (saith he) shalbe one flesshe. <section end="6:16"/>

<section begin="6:17"/>But he that is ioyned vnto the Lorde is one sprete. <section end="6:17"/>

<section begin="6:18"/>Fle fornicacion. All synnes that a man dothe are with out ye body. But he yt is a fornicator synneth agaynst his awne body. <section end="6:18"/>

<section begin="6:19"/>Ether knowe ye not how that youre bodyes are the temple of ye holy goost which is in you who ye have of God and how that ye are not youre awne? <section end="6:19"/>

<section begin="6:20"/>For ye are dearly bought. Therfore glorifie ye God in youre bodyes and in youre spretes for they are goddes. <section end="6:20"/>

Chapter 7
<section begin="7:1"/>As concerninge the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me: it is good for a ma not to touche a woman. <section end="7:1"/>

<section begin="7:2"/>Neverthelesse to avoyde fornicacio let every man have his wyfe: and let every woman have her husbande. <section end="7:2"/>

<section begin="7:3"/>Let the man geve vnto the wyfe due benevolence. Lykwyse also the wyfe vnto the man. <section end="7:3"/>

<section begin="7:4"/>The wyfe hath not power over her awne body: but the husbande. And lykewyse the man hath not power over his awne body: but the wyfe <section end="7:4"/>

5. Withdrawe not youre selves one from another excepte it be with consent for a tyme for to geve youre selves to fastynge and prayer. And afterwarde come agayne to the same thynge lest Satan tempt you for youre incontinencye. <section begin="7:6"/>This I saye of faveour not of comaundement. <section end="7:6"/>

<section begin="7:7"/>For I wolde that all men were as I my selfe am: but every man hath his proper gyfte of God one after this maner another after that. <section end="7:7"/>

<section begin="7:8"/>I saye vnto the vnmaried men and widdowes: it is good for them yf they abyde eve as I do. <section end="7:8"/>

<section begin="7:9"/>But and yf they canot abstayne let them mary. For it is better to mary then to burne. <section end="7:9"/>

<section begin="7:10"/>Vnto the maryed comaunde not I but the Lorde: that the wyfe separate not her selfe from the man. <section end="7:10"/>

<section begin="7:11"/>Yf she separate her selfe let her remayne vnmaryed or be reconciled vnto her husbande agayne. And let not the husbande put awaye his wyfe from him. <section end="7:11"/>

<section begin="7:12"/>To the remnaunt speake I and not the lorde. Yf eny brother have a wyfe that beleveth not yf she be content to dwell with him let him not put her awaye. <section end="7:12"/>

<section begin="7:13"/>And ye woma which hath to her husbande an infidell yf he consent to dwell with her let her not put him awaye. <section end="7:13"/>

<section begin="7:14"/>For ye vnbelevynge husbande is sanctified by the wyfe: and the vnbelevynge wyfe is sanctified by the husbande. Or els were youre chyldren vnclene: but now are they pure. <section end="7:14"/>

<section begin="7:15"/>But and yf the vnbelevynge departe let him departe. A brother or a sister is not in subiection to soche. God hath called vs in peace. <section end="7:15"/>

<section begin="7:16"/>For how knowest thou o woman whether thou shalt save that man or no? Other how knowest thou o man whether thou shalt save that woman or no? <section end="7:16"/>

<section begin="7:17"/>but even as God hath distributed to every man. As the lorde hath called every person so let him walke: and so orden I in all congregacios. <section end="7:17"/>

<section begin="7:18"/>Yf eny man be called beynge circumcised let him adde nothinge therto. Yf eny be called vncircumcised: let him not be circucised. <section end="7:18"/>

<section begin="7:19"/>Circumcision is nothinge vncircumcision is nothinge: but the kepyng of the comaundmentes of god is altogether. <section end="7:19"/>

<section begin="7:20"/>Let every man abyde in the same state wherin he was called. <section end="7:20"/>

<section begin="7:21"/>Arte thou called a servaut? care not for it. Neverthelesse yf thou mayst be fre vse it rather. <section end="7:21"/>

<section begin="7:22"/>For he that is called in the lorde beynge a servaunt is the lordes freman. Lykwyse he that is called beynge fre is Christes servaut. <section end="7:22"/>

<section begin="7:23"/>Ye are dearly bought be not mennes seruauntes. <section end="7:23"/>

<section begin="7:24"/>Brethren let everye man wherin he is called therin abyde with God. <section end="7:24"/>

<section begin="7:25"/>As concernynge virgins I have no comaundment of the lorde: yet geve I counsell as one that hath obtayned mercye of the lorde to be faythfull. <section end="7:25"/>

<section begin="7:26"/>I suppose that it is good for the present necessite. For it is good for a ma so to be. <section end="7:26"/>

<section begin="7:27"/>Arte thou bounde vnto a wyfe? seke not to be lowsed. Arte thou lowsed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe. <section end="7:27"/>

<section begin="7:28"/>But and yf thou take a wyfe thou synnest not. Lykwyse if a virgin mary she synneth not. Neverthelesse soche shall have trouble in their flesshe: but I faver you. <section end="7:28"/>

<section begin="7:29"/>This saye I brethre the tyme is shorte. It remayneth that they which have wives be as though they had none <section end="7:29"/>

<section begin="7:30"/>and they that wepe be as though thy wept not: and they that reioyce be as though they reioysed not: and they that bye be as though they possessed not: <section end="7:30"/>

<section begin="7:31"/>and they yt vse this worlde be as though they vsed it not. For the fassion of this worlde goeth awaye. <section end="7:31"/>

<section begin="7:32"/>I wolde have you without care: the single man careth for the thinges of the lorde how he maye please the lorde. <section end="7:32"/>

<section begin="7:33"/>But he that hath maried careth for the thinges of the worlde howe he maye please his wyfe. <section end="7:33"/>

<section begin="7:34"/>There is differece bitwene a virgin and a wyfe. The single woman careth for the thinges of the lorde that she maye be pure both in body and also in sprete But she that is maryed careth for the thinges of the worlde how she maye please her husband. <section end="7:34"/>

<section begin="7:35"/>This speake I for youre proffit not to tangle you in a snare: but for that which is honest and comly vnto you and that ye maye quyetly cleave vnto the lorde wt out separacion. <section end="7:35"/>

<section begin="7:36"/>If eny man thinke that it is vncomly for his virgin if she passe the tyme of mariage ad if so nede requyre let him do what he listeth he synneth not: let the be coupled in mariage. <section end="7:36"/>

<section begin="7:37"/>Neverthelesse he yt purposeth surely in his herte havynge none nede: but hath power over his awne will: and hath so decreed in his herte that he will kepe his virgin doth well. <section end="7:37"/>

<section begin="7:38"/>So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage doth well. But he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage doth better. <section end="7:38"/>

<section begin="7:39"/>The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as longe as her husband liveth If her husbande slepe she is at liberte to mary with whom she wyll only in the lorde. <section end="7:39"/>

<section begin="7:40"/>But she is happiar yf she so abyde in my iudgmet And I thinke verely that I have the sprete of God. <section end="7:40"/>

Chapter 8
<section begin="8:1"/>To speake of thinges dedicate vnto ydols we are sure that we all have knowledge. knowledge maketh a man swell: bnt love edifieth. <section end="8:1"/>

<section begin="8:2"/>If eny man thinke that he knoweth eny thinge he knoweth nothynge yet as he ought to knowe. <section end="8:2"/>

<section begin="8:3"/>But yf eny man love god the same is knowen of him. <section end="8:3"/>

<section begin="8:4"/>To speake of meate dedicat vnto ydols we are sure that ther is none ydoll in the worlde and that ther is none other god but one. <section end="8:4"/>

<section begin="8:5"/>And though ther be yt are called goddes whether in heven other in erth (as ther be goddes many and lordes many) <section end="8:5"/>

<section begin="8:6"/>yet vnto vs is there but one god which is the father of whom are all thinges and we in him: and one lorde Iesus Christ by whom are all thinges and we by him. <section end="8:6"/>

<section begin="8:7"/>But every man hath not knowledge. For some suppose that ther is an ydoll vntyll this houre and eate as of a thinge offered vnto ye ydole and so their consciences beynge yet weake are defyled. <section end="8:7"/>

<section begin="8:8"/>Meate maketh vs not acceptable to god. Nether yf we eate are we ye better. Nether yf we eate not are we the worsse. <section end="8:8"/>

<section begin="8:9"/>But take hede that youre libertie cause not ye weake to faule. <section end="8:9"/>

<section begin="8:10"/>For yf some man se ye which hast knowledge sit at meate in the ydoles teple shall not the conscience of hym which is weake be boldened to eate those thinges which are offered vnto ye ydole? <section end="8:10"/>

<section begin="8:11"/>And so thorow thy knowledge shall ye weake brother perisshe for whom christ dyed. <section end="8:11"/>

<section begin="8:12"/>Whe ye synne so agaynst the brethren and wounde their weake consciences ye synne agaynst Christ. <section end="8:12"/>

<section begin="8:13"/>Wherfore yf meate hurt my brother I will eate no flesshe whill the worlde stondeth because I will not hurte my brother. <section end="8:13"/>

Chapter 9
<section begin="9:1"/>Am I not an Apostle? am I not fre? have I not sene Iesus Christ oure lorde? <section end="9:1"/>

<section begin="9:2"/>Are not ye my worke in the lorde. Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other yet am I vnto you. For the seale of myne Apostleshippe are ye in the lorde. <section end="9:2"/>

<section begin="9:3"/>Myne answer to them that axe me is this. <section end="9:3"/>

<section begin="9:4"/>Have we not power to eate and to drynke? <section end="9:4"/>

<section begin="9:5"/>Ether have we not power to leade about a sister to wyfe as wel as other Apostles and as the brethren of the lorde and Cephas? <section end="9:5"/>

<section begin="9:6"/>Ether only I and Barnabas have not power this to do? <section end="9:6"/>

<section begin="9:7"/>who goeth a warfare eny tyme at his awne cost? who planteth a vynearde and eateth not of the frute? Who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylke? <section end="9:7"/>

<section begin="9:8"/>Saye I these thinges after the manner of men? Or sayth not the lawe the same also? <section end="9:8"/>

<section begin="9:9"/>For it ys written in the lawe of Moses. Thou shall not mosell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne. Doth God take thought for oxen? <section end="9:9"/>

<section begin="9:10"/>Ether sayth he it not all to gedder for oure sakes? For oure sakes no doute this is written: that he which eareth shuld eare in hope: and that he which thressheth in hope shuld be parttaker of his hope. <section end="9:10"/>

<section begin="9:11"/>Yf we sowe vnto you spirituall thynges: is it a greate thynge yf we reepe youre carnall thynges <section end="9:11"/>

<section begin="9:12"/>Yf other be parttakers of this power over you? wherfore are not we rather.Neverthelesse we have not vsed this power: but suffre all thinges lest we shuld hynder the gospell of Christ. <section end="9:12"/>

<section begin="9:13"/>Do ye not vnderstoder how that they which minister in the temple have their fyndynge of the temple? And they which wayte at the aulter are partakers with ye aultre? <section end="9:13"/>

<section begin="9:14"/>Even so also dyd ye lorde ordayne that they which preache ye gospell shuld live of the gospell. <section end="9:14"/>

<section begin="9:15"/>But I have vsed none of these thinges. Nether wrote I these thinges that it shuld be so done vnto me. For it were better for me to dye the yt eny man shnld take this reioysinge from me <section end="9:15"/>

16. In that I preache the gospell I have nothinge to reioyce of. For necessite is put vnto me. Wo is it vnto me yf I preache not the gospell. <section begin="9:17"/>If I do it with a good will I have a rewarde. But yf I do it agaynst my will an office is committed vnto me. <section end="9:17"/>

<section begin="9:18"/>What is my rewarde then? Verely that whe I preache the gospell I make the gospell of Christ fre yt I misvse not myne auctorite in ye gospel <section end="9:18"/>

<section begin="9:19"/>For though I be fre from all men yet have I made my silfe servaunt vnto all men that I myght wynne the moo. <section end="9:19"/>

<section begin="9:20"/>Vnto the Iewes I became as a Iewe to winne ye Iewes. To the that were vnder the lawe was I made as though I had bene vnder the lawe to wynne the that were vnder the lawe. <section end="9:20"/>

<section begin="9:21"/>To them that were without lawe be ca I as though I had bene without lawe (whe I was not without lawe as perteyninge to god but vnder a lawe as concerninge Christ) to wynne the that were without lawe. <section end="9:21"/>

<section begin="9:22"/>To the weake became I as weake to wynne the weake. In all thinge I fassioned my silfe to all men to save at ye lest waye some. <section end="9:22"/>

<section begin="9:23"/>And this I do for the gospels sake that I might have my parte therof. <section end="9:23"/>

<section begin="9:24"/>Perceave ye not how that they which runne in a course runne all yet but one receaveth the rewarde. So runne that ye maye obtayne. <section end="9:24"/>

<section begin="9:25"/>Euery man yt proveth masteryes abstaineth from all thinges. And they do it to obtayne a corruptible croune: but we to obtayne an vncorruptible croune: <section end="9:25"/>

<section begin="9:26"/>I therfore so runne not as at an vncertayne thinge. So fyght I not as one yt beateth the ayer: <section end="9:26"/>

<section begin="9:27"/>but I tame my body and bringe it into subieccio lest after that I have preached to other I my silfe shuld be a castawaye. <section end="9:27"/>

Chapter 10
<section begin="10:1"/>Brethren I wolde not that ye shuld be ignoraunt of this how yt oure fathers were all vnder a cloude and all passed thorow the see <section end="10:1"/>

<section begin="10:2"/>and were all baptised vnder Moses in the cloude and in the see: <section end="10:2"/>

<section begin="10:3"/>and dyd all eate of one spirituall meate <section end="10:3"/>

<section begin="10:4"/>and did all drincke of one maner of spirituall drincke. And they dranke of that spretuall rocke that folowed them which rocke was Christ. <section end="10:4"/>

<section begin="10:5"/>But in many of them had god no delite. For they were overthrowen in the wildernes. <section end="10:5"/>

<section begin="10:6"/>These are ensamples to vs that we shuld not lust after evyll thinges as they lusted <section end="10:6"/>

<section begin="10:7"/>Nether be ye worshippers of Images as were some of them accordynge as it is written: The people sate doune to eate and drynke and rose vp agayne to playe. <section end="10:7"/>

<section begin="10:8"/>Nether let vs comit fornicacion as some of them committed fornicacion and were destroyed in one daye .xxiii. thousande. <section end="10:8"/>

<section begin="10:9"/>Nether let vs tempte Christ as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes. <section end="10:9"/>

<section begin="10:10"/>Nether murmure ye as some of them murmured and were destroyed of ye destroyer <section end="10:10"/>

<section begin="10:11"/>All these thinges happened vnto them for ensamples and were written to put vs in remembraunce whom the endes of the worlde are come apon. <section end="10:11"/>

<section begin="10:12"/>Wherfore let hym that thynketh he stodeth take hede least he fall. <section end="10:12"/>

<section begin="10:13"/>There hath none other temptacion taken you but soche as foloweth ye nature of ma. But God is faythfull which shall not suffer you to be tempted above youre strenght: but shall in the myddes of the temptacion make awaye to escape out. <section end="10:13"/>

<section begin="10:14"/>Wherfore my deare beloued fle from worshippynge of ydols. <section end="10:14"/>

<section begin="10:15"/>I speake as vnto them which have discrecion Iudge ye what I saye. <section end="10:15"/>

<section begin="10:16"/>Ys not the cuppe of blessinge which we blesse partakynge of ye bloude of Christ? ys not the breed which we breake partetakynge of the body of Christ? <section end="10:16"/>

<section begin="10:17"/>because that we (though we be many) yet are one breed and one bodye in as moch as we all are partetakers of one breed. <section end="10:17"/>

<section begin="10:18"/>Beholde Israhell which walketh carnally. Are not they which eate of the sacrifyse partetakers of the aultre? <section end="10:18"/>

<section begin="10:19"/>What saye I then? that the ymage is eny thinge? or that it which is offered to ymages is eny thinge? <section end="10:19"/>

<section begin="10:20"/>Nay but I saye that those thinges which the gentyle offer they offer to devyls and not to god. And I wolde not that ye shuld have fellishippe with ye devils <section end="10:20"/>

<section begin="10:21"/>Ye canot drincke of the cup of the lorde and of yt cup of ye deuyls. Ye cnanot be partetakers of the lordes table and of the table of deuelles. <section end="10:21"/>

<section begin="10:22"/>Ether shall we provoke the lorde? Or are we stronger then he? All thynges are laufull vnto me but all thynges are not expedient. <section end="10:22"/>

<section begin="10:23"/>All thynges are lawfull to me but all thinges edifye not. <section end="10:23"/>

<section begin="10:24"/>Let no man seke his awne proffet: but let every man seke anothers welthe. <section end="10:24"/>

<section begin="10:25"/> What soever is solde in the market that eate and axe no questions for conscience sake <section end="10:25"/>

<section begin="10:26"/>For the erth is the lordis and all that therein is. <section end="10:26"/>

<section begin="10:27"/>Yf eny of them which beleve not bid you to a feest and yf ye be disposed to goo what soever is seet before you: eate axinge no question for conscience sake. <section end="10:27"/>

<section begin="10:28"/>But and yf eny man saye vnto you: this is dedicate vnto ydols eate not of it for his sake that shewed it and for hurtynge of conscience. <section end="10:28"/>

<section begin="10:29"/>The erth is the lordes and all that there in is. <section end="10:29"/>

<section begin="10:29"/>Conscience I saye not thyne: but the coscieuce of that other. For why shuld my liberte be iudged of another manes conscience: <section end="10:29"/>

<section begin="10:30"/>For yf I take my parte with thakes: why am I evell spoken of for that thynge wherfore I geve thankes. <section end="10:30"/>

<section begin="10:31"/>Whether therfore ye eate or dryncke or what soever ye do do all to the prayse of God. <section end="10:31"/>

<section begin="10:32"/>Se that ye geve occasion of evell nether to ye Iewes nor yet to the gentyls nether to ye cogregacion of god: <section end="10:32"/>

<section begin="10:33"/>euen as I please all men in all thinges not sekynge myne awne proffet but the proffet of many that they myght be saved. Folowe me as I do Christ. <section end="10:33"/>

Chapter 11
<section begin="11:1"/>I commende you <section end="11:1"/>

<section begin="11:2"/>brethren that ye remeber me in all thinges and kepe the ordinaunces even as I delyvered them to you. <section end="11:2"/>

<section begin="11:3"/>I wolde ye knew that Christ is the heed of every man. And the man is the womans heed. And God is Christes heed. <section end="11:3"/>

<section begin="11:4"/>Eevery ma prayinge or prophesyinge havynge eny thynge on his heed shameth his heed. <section end="11:4"/>

<section begin="11:5"/>Every woman that prayeth or prophisieth bare hedded dishonesteth hyr heed. For it is even all one and the very same thinge even as though she were shaven. <section end="11:5"/>

<section begin="11:6"/>If the woman be not covered lett her also be shoren. If it be shame for a woma to be shorne or shave let her cover her heed. <section end="11:6"/>

<section begin="11:7"/>A man ought not to cover his heed for as moche as he is the image and glory of God. The woman is the glory of the man. <section end="11:7"/>

<section begin="11:8"/>For the man is not of the woman but the woman of the ma. <section end="11:8"/>

<section begin="11:9"/>Nether was the man created for ye womas sake: but the woma for the mannes sake <section end="11:9"/>

<section begin="11:10"/>For this cause ought the woma to have power on her heed for the angels sakes. <section end="11:10"/>

<section begin="11:11"/>Neverthelesse nether is the ma with oute the woma nether the woma with out the man in the lorde. <section end="11:11"/>

<section begin="11:12"/>For as the woman is of the man eve so is the man by the woman: but all is of God. <section end="11:12"/>

<section begin="11:13"/>Iudge in youre selves whether it be coly yt a woman praye vnto god bare heeded. <section end="11:13"/>

<section begin="11:14"/>Or els doth not nature teach you that it is a shame for a man <section end="11:14"/>

<section begin="11:15"/>if he have longe heere: and a prayse to a woman yf she have longe heere? For her heere is geven her to cover her with all. <section end="11:15"/>

<section begin="11:16"/>If there be eny man amonge you yt lusteth to stryve let him knowe that we have no soche custome nether the congregacions of God. <section end="11:16"/>

<section begin="11:17"/>This I warne you of and commende not that ye come to gedder: not after a better maner but after a worsse. <section end="11:17"/>

<section begin="11:18"/>Fyrst of all when ye come togedder in the cogregacion I heare that ther is dissencion amonge you: and I partly beleve it. <section end="11:18"/>

<section begin="11:19"/>For ther must be sectes amonge you that they which are perfecte amonge you myght be knowen. <section end="11:19"/>

<section begin="11:20"/>When ye come to gedder a man cannot eate the lordes supper. For every man begynneth a fore to eate his awne supper. <section end="11:20"/>

<section begin="11:21"/>And one is hongrye and another is dronken. Have ye not houses to eate and to drinke in? <section end="11:21"/>

<section begin="11:22"/>Or els despyse ye the congregacion of god and shame them that have not? What shall I saye vnto you? shall I prayse you: In this prayse I you not. <section end="11:22"/>

<section begin="11:23"/>That which I delyvered vnto you I receaved of ye lorde. For ye lorde Iesus the same nyght in which he was betrayed toke breed: <section end="11:23"/>

<section begin="11:24"/>and thanked and brake and sayde. Take ye and eate ye: this is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembraunce of me. <section end="11:24"/>

<section begin="11:25"/>After the same maner he toke the cup when sopper was done sayinge. This cup is the newe testament in my bloude. This do as oft as ye drynke it in the remebraunce of me. <section end="11:25"/>

<section begin="11:26"/>For as often as ye shall eate this breed and drynke this cup ye shall shewe the lordes deeth tyll he come. <section end="11:26"/>

<section begin="11:27"/>Wherfore whosoevere shall eate of this bred or drynke of the cup vnworthely shalbe giltie of the body and bloud of the Lorde <section end="11:27"/>

<section begin="11:28"/>Let a ma therfore examen him silfe and so let hi eate of the breed and drynke of the cup. <section end="11:28"/>

<section begin="11:29"/>For he yt eateth or drinketh vnworthely eateth and drynketh his awne damnacion because he maketh no difference of the lordis body. <section end="11:29"/>

<section begin="11:30"/>For this cause many are weake and sicke amoge you and many slepe. <section end="11:30"/>

<section begin="11:31"/>Yf we had truly iudged oure selves we shuld not have bene iudged. <section end="11:31"/>

<section begin="11:32"/>But when we are iudged of the lorde we are chastened because we shuld not be daned with the worlde. <section end="11:32"/>

<section begin="11:33"/>Wherfore my brethren when ye come to gedder to eate tary one for another. <section end="11:33"/>

<section begin="11:34"/>Yf eny ma hoger let hi eate at home yt ye come not togedder vnto condenacio. Other thinges will I set in order whe I come. <section end="11:34"/>

Chapter 12
<section begin="12:1"/>In spirituall thinges brethren I wolde not have you ignoraunt. <section end="12:1"/>

<section begin="12:2"/>Ye knowe that ye were gentyls and went youre wayes vnto domme ydoles even as ye were ledde. <section end="12:2"/>

<section begin="12:3"/>Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakynge in the sprete of god defieth Iesus. Also no man can saye that Iesus is the lorde: but by the holy goost. <section end="12:3"/>

<section begin="12:4"/>Ther are diversities of gyftes verely yet but one sprete. <section end="12:4"/>

<section begin="12:5"/>And ther are differences of administracions and yet but one lorde. <section end="12:5"/>

<section begin="12:6"/>And ther are divers maners of operacions and yet but one God which worketh all thinges that are wrought in all creatures. <section end="12:6"/>

<section begin="12:7"/>The gyftes of ye sprete are geven to every man to proffit ye congregacion. <section end="12:7"/>

<section begin="12:8"/>To one is geven thorow the spirite the vtteraunce of wisdome? To another is geven the vtteraunce of knowledge by ye same sprete. <section end="12:8"/>

<section begin="12:9"/>To another is geuen fayth by ye same sprete. To another ye gyftes of healynge by the same sprete. <section end="12:9"/>

<section begin="12:10"/>To another power to do myracles. To another prophesie? To another iudgement of spretes. To another divers tonges. To another the interpretacion of toges. <section end="12:10"/>

<section begin="12:11"/>And these all worketh eve ye silfe same sprete devydynge to every man severall gyftes even as he will. <section end="12:11"/>

<section begin="12:12"/>For as the body is one and hath many mebres and all the membres of one body though they be many yet are but one body: even so is Christ. <section end="12:12"/>

<section begin="12:13"/>For in one sprete are we all baptysed to make one body whether we be Iewes or getyls whether we be bonde or fre: and have all dronke of one sprete. <section end="12:13"/>

<section begin="12:14"/>For the body is not one member but many. <section end="12:14"/>

<section begin="12:15"/>Yf the fote saye: I am not the honde therfore I am not of the body: is he therfore not of ye body: <section end="12:15"/>

<section begin="12:16"/>And if ye eare saye I am not the eye: therfore I am not of the body: is he therfore not of the body? <section end="12:16"/>

<section begin="12:17"/>If all the body were an eye where were then the eare? If all were hearynge: where were the smellynge? <section end="12:17"/>

<section begin="12:18"/>But now hath god disposed the membres every one of them in the body at his awne pleasure. <section end="12:18"/>

<section begin="12:19"/>If they were all one member: where were the body? <section end="12:19"/>

<section begin="12:20"/>Now are ther many membres yet but one body. <section end="12:20"/>

<section begin="12:21"/>And the eye can not saye vnto the honde I have no nede of the: nor ye heed also to the fete. I have no nede of you. <section end="12:21"/>

<section begin="12:22"/>Ye rather a greate deale those mebres of the body which seme to be most feble are most necessary. <section end="12:22"/>

<section begin="12:23"/>And apo those mebres of yt body which we thinke lest honest put we most honestie on. And oure vngodly parties have most beauty on. <section end="12:23"/>

<section begin="12:24"/>For oure honest members nede it not. But God hath so disposed the body ad hath geven most honoure to that parte which laked <section end="12:24"/>

<section begin="12:25"/>lest there shuld be eny stryfe in the body: but that the members shuld indifferetly care one for another. <section end="12:25"/>

<section begin="12:26"/>And yf one member suffer all suffer with him: yf one member be had in honoure all members be glad also. <section end="12:26"/>

<section begin="12:27"/> Ye are the body of Christ and members one of another. <section end="12:27"/>

<section begin="12:28"/>And God hath also ordeyned in the congregacion fyrst the Apostels secodarely prophetes thyrdly teachers then the that do miracles: after that the gyftes of healynge helpers governers diversite of tonges. <section end="12:28"/>

<section begin="12:29"/>Are all Apostles? Are all Prophetes? Are all teachers? Are all doars of miracles? <section end="12:29"/>

<section begin="12:30"/>Have all the gyftes of healinge? Do all speake wt tonges? Do all interprete? <section end="12:30"/>

<section begin="12:31"/>Covet after ye best giftes. Amd yet shewe I vnto you a moare excellent waye. <section end="12:31"/>

Chapter 13
<section begin="13:1"/>Though I spake with the tonges of me and angels and yet had no love I were eve as soundinge brasse: or as a tynklynge Cymball. <section end="13:1"/>

<section begin="13:2"/>And though I coulde prophesy and vnderstode all secretes and all knowledge: yee yf I had all fayth so that I coulde move moutayns oute of ther places and yet had no love I were nothynge. <section end="13:2"/>

<section begin="13:3"/>And though I bestowed all my gooddes to fede ye poore and though I gave my body even that I burned and yet had no love it profeteth me nothinge. <section end="13:3"/>

<section begin="13:4"/>Love suffreth longe and is corteous. Love envieth not. Love doth not frowardly swelleth not dealeth <section end="13:4"/>

<section begin="13:5"/>not dishonestly seketh not her awne is not provoked to anger thynketh not evyll <section end="13:5"/>

<section begin="13:6"/>reioyseth not in iniquite: but reioyseth in ye trueth <section end="13:6"/>

<section begin="13:7"/>suffreth all thynge beleveth all thynges hopeth all thynges endureth in all thynges. <section end="13:7"/>

<section begin="13:8"/>Though that prophesyinge fayle other tonges shall cease ) or knowledge vanysshe awaye yet love falleth never awaye <section end="13:8"/>

<section begin="13:9"/>For oure knowledge is vnparfect and oure prophesyinge is vnperfet. <section end="13:9"/>

<section begin="13:10"/>But when yt which is parfect is come then yt which is vnparfet shall be done awaye. <section end="13:10"/>

<section begin="13:11"/>When I was a chylde I spake as a chylde I vnderstode as a childe I ymagened as a chylde. But assone as I was a man I put awaye childesshnes. <section end="13:11"/>

<section begin="13:12"/>Now we se in a glasse even in a darke speakynge: but then shall we se face to face. Now I knowe vnparfectly: but then shall I knowe even as I am knowen. <section end="13:12"/>

<section begin="13:13"/>Now abideth fayth hope and love even these thre: but the chefe of these is love. <section end="13:13"/>

Chapter 14
<section begin="14:1"/>Labour for love and covet spretuall giftes: and most chefly forto prophesye. <section end="14:1"/>

<section begin="14:2"/>For he that speaketh with toges speaketh not vnto men but vnto god for no man heareth him how be it in the sprete he speaketh misteries. <section end="14:2"/>

<section begin="14:3"/>But he that prophesieth speaketh vnto men to edifyinge to exhortacion and to comforte. <section end="14:3"/>

<section begin="14:4"/>He that speaketh with tonges proffiteth him silfe: he that prophesyeth edifieth the congregacion. <section end="14:4"/>

<section begin="14:5"/>I wolde that ye all spake with tonges: but rather that ye prophesied. For greater is he that prophisieth? then he yt speaketh with tonges except he expounde it also that the congregacion maye have edifyinge. <section end="14:5"/>

<section begin="14:6"/>Now brehren if I come vnto you speakige wt tonges: what shall I profit you excepte I speake vnto you other by revelacio or knowledge or prophesyinge or doctrine. <section end="14:6"/>

<section begin="14:7"/>Moreover whe thinges with out lyfe geve sounde: whether it be a pype or an harpe: except they make a distinccion in the soundes: how shall it be knowen what is pyped or harped? <section end="14:7"/>

<section begin="14:8"/>And also if the trope geve an vncertayne voyce who shall prepare him silfe to fyght? <section end="14:8"/>

<section begin="14:9"/>Eve so lykwyse whe ye speake with toges excepte ye speake wordes that have signification how shall yt be vnderstonde what is spoke? For ye shall but speake in the ayer. <section end="14:9"/>

<section begin="14:10"/> Many kyndes of voyces are in the worlde and none of them are with out signification. <section end="14:10"/>

<section begin="14:11"/>If I knowe not what the voyce meaneth I shalbe vnto him that speaketh an alient: and and he that speaketh shalbe an alient vnto me <section end="14:11"/>

<section begin="14:12"/>Eve so ye (for as moche as ye covet spretuall giftes) seke that ye maye have plentye vnto ye edifyinge of the congregacion. <section end="14:12"/>

<section begin="14:13"/>Wherfore let him that speaketh with tonges praye that he maye interpret also. <section end="14:13"/>

<section begin="14:14"/>If I praye with tonge my sprete prayeth: but my mynde is with out frute. <section end="14:14"/>

<section begin="14:15"/>What is it then? I will praye with the sprete ad will praye wt the mynde also. I will singe with the sprete and will singe with the mynde also. <section end="14:15"/>

<section begin="14:16"/>For els when thou blessest with ye sprete how shall he that occupieth the roume of the vnlearned saye amen at thy gevinge of thankes seynge he vnderstondeth not what thou sayest <section end="14:16"/>

<section begin="14:17"/> Thou verely gevest thankes well but the other is not edyfied. <section end="14:17"/>

<section begin="14:18"/>I thanke my god I speake with toges moare then ye all. <section end="14:18"/>

<section begin="14:19"/>Yet had I lever in ye cogregacio to speake five wordes with my mynde to ye informacio of other rather then ten thousande wordes wt the tonge. <section end="14:19"/>

<section begin="14:20"/>Brethre be not chyldre in witte. How be it as cocerninge maliciousnes be chyldre: but in witte be perfet. <section end="14:20"/>

<section begin="14:21"/>In the lawe it is written with other toges and with other lyppes wyll I speake vnto this people and yet for all that will they not heare me sayth the Lorde. <section end="14:21"/>

<section begin="14:22"/>Wherfore tonges are for a signe not to them that beleve: but to them that beleve not. Contrary wyse prophesyinge serveth not for them that beleve not: but for them which beleve. <section end="14:22"/>

<section begin="14:23"/>Yf therfore when all the cogregacion is come to gedder and all speake with tonges ther come in they yt are vnlearned or they which beleve not: will they not saye that ye are out of youre wittes? <section end="14:23"/>

<section begin="14:24"/>But and yf all prophesy and ther come in one that beleveth not or one vnlearned he is rebuked of all men and is iudged of every man: <section end="14:24"/>

<section begin="14:25"/>and so are ye secretes of his hert opened and so falleth he doune on his face and worshippeth God and sayth yt God is wt you in dede. <section end="14:25"/>

<section begin="14:26"/>How is it then brethre? When ye come to gedder every ma hath his songe hath his doctryne hath his toge hath his revelacio hath his interpretacio. Let all thinges be done vnto edifyinge. <section end="14:26"/>

<section begin="14:27"/>If eny man speake wt tonges let it be two at once or at the most thre at once and that by course: and let another interprete it. <section end="14:27"/>

<section begin="14:28"/>But yf ther be no interpreter let him kepe silence in the cogregacion and let him speake to him selfe and to God. <section end="14:28"/>

<section begin="14:29"/> Let the Prophetes speake two at once or thre at once and let other iudge. <section end="14:29"/>

<section begin="14:30"/>Yf eny revelacio be made to another that sitteth by let the fyrst holde his peace. <section end="14:30"/>

<section begin="14:31"/>For ye maye all prophesy one by one that all maye learne and all maye have comforte. <section end="14:31"/>

<section begin="14:32"/>For ye spretes of the Prophetes are in the power of the Prophetes. <section end="14:32"/>

<section begin="14:33"/>For God is not causer of stryfe: but of peace as he is in all other congregacions of the saynctes. <section end="14:33"/>

<section begin="14:34"/> Let youre wyves kepe silence in the cogregacions. For it is not permitted vnto them to speake: but let them be vnder obedience as sayth the lawe. <section end="14:34"/>

<section begin="14:35"/>If they will learne enythinge let the axe their husbandes at home. For it is a shame for wemen to speake in the cogregacio. <section end="14:35"/>

<section begin="14:36"/>Sproge ye worde of god fro you? Ether came it vnto you only? <section end="14:36"/>

<section begin="14:37"/>Yf eny ma thinke him sylfe a prophet ether spirituall: let him vnderstonde what thinges I write vnto you. For they are the comaundementes of the Lorde. <section end="14:37"/>

<section begin="14:38"/>But and yf eny man be ignorat let him be ignorant. <section end="14:38"/>

<section begin="14:39"/>Wherfore brethren covet to prophesye and forbyd not to speake with tonges. <section end="14:39"/>

<section begin="14:40"/>And let all thinges be done honestly and in order. <section end="14:40"/>

Chapter 15
<section begin="15:1"/>Brethren as pertayninge to the gospell which I preached vnto you which ye have also accepted and in the which ye continue <section end="15:1"/>

<section begin="15:2"/>by which also ye are saved: I do you to wit after what maner I preached vnto you yf ye kepe it except ye have beleved in vayne. <section end="15:2"/>

<section begin="15:3"/>For fyrst of all I delivered vnto you that which I receaved: how that Christ dyed for oure synnes agreinge to the scriptures: <section end="15:3"/>

<section begin="15:4"/>and that he was buried and that he arose agayne the thyrd daye accordinge to the scriptures: <section end="15:4"/>

<section begin="15:5"/>and that he he was sene of Cephas then of the twelve. <section end="15:5"/>

<section begin="15:6"/>After that he was sene of moo the five hodred brethren at once: of which many remayne vnto this daye and many are fallen aslepe. <section end="15:6"/>

<section begin="15:7"/>After that appered he to Iames then to all the Apostles. <section end="15:7"/>

<section begin="15:8"/>And last of all he was sene of me as of one that was borne out of due tyme. <section end="15:8"/>

<section begin="15:9"/>For I am the lest of all the Apostles which am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the congregacion of God. <section end="15:9"/>

<section begin="15:10"/>But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace which is in me was not in vayne: but I labored moare aboundauntly then they all not I but the grace of God which is with me. <section end="15:10"/>

<section begin="15:11"/>Whether it were I or they so we preache and so have ye beleved. <section end="15:11"/>

<section begin="15:12"/>If Christ be preached how that he rose fro deeth: how saye some that are amoge you that ther is no resurreccion from deeth? <section end="15:12"/>

<section begin="15:13"/>If ther be no rysynge agayne from deeth: then is Christ not rysen. <section end="15:13"/>

<section begin="15:14"/>If Christ be not rysen then is oure preachinge vayne and youre faith is also in vayne. <section end="15:14"/>

<section begin="15:15"/>Ye and we are founde falce witnesses of God. For we have testifyed of God how that he raysyd vp Christ whom he raysyd not vp yf it be so that the deed ryse not vp agayne. <section end="15:15"/>

<section begin="15:16"/>For yf the deed ryse not agayne then is Christ not rysen agayne. <section end="15:16"/>

<section begin="15:17"/>If it be so yt Christ rose not then is youre fayth in vayne and yet are ye in youre synnes. <section end="15:17"/>

<section begin="15:18"/>And therto they which are fallen a slepe in Christ are perished. <section end="15:18"/>

<section begin="15:19"/>If in this lyfe only we beleve on christ then are we of all men the miserablest. <section end="15:19"/>

<section begin="15:20"/>But now is Christ rysen from deeth and is become the fyrst frutes of them that slept. <section end="15:20"/>

<section begin="15:21"/>For by a man came deeth and by a man came resurreccion fro deeth. <section end="15:21"/>

<section begin="15:22"/>For as by Adam all dye: eve so by Christ shall all be made alive <section end="15:22"/>

<section begin="15:23"/>and every man in his awne order. The fyrst is Christ then they yt are Christis at his commynge. <section end="15:23"/>

<section begin="15:24"/>Then cometh the ende when he hath delivered vp ye kyngdome to God ye father when he hath put doune all rule auctorite and power. <section end="15:24"/>

<section begin="15:25"/>For he must raygne tyll he have put all his enemyes vnder his fete. <section end="15:25"/>

<section begin="15:26"/>The last enemye that shalbe destroyed is deeth. <section end="15:26"/>

<section begin="15:27"/>For he hath put all thinges vnder his fete. But when he sayth all thinges are put vnder him it is manyfest that he is excepted which dyd put all thinges vnder him. <section end="15:27"/>

<section begin="15:28"/>When all thinges are subdued vnto him: then shall the sonne also him selfe be subiecte vnto him that put all thinges vnder him yt God maye be all in all thinges. <section end="15:28"/>

<section begin="15:29"/>Ether els what do they which are baptised over ye deed yf the deed ryse not at all? Why are they then baptised over the deed? <section end="15:29"/>

<section begin="15:30"/>Ye and why stonde we in ieoperdy every houre? <section end="15:30"/>

<section begin="15:31"/>By oure reioysinge which I have in Christ Iesu oure Lorde I dye dayly. <section end="15:31"/>

<section begin="15:32"/>That I have fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what avautageth it me yf the deed ryse not agayne? Let vs eate and drynke to morowe we shall dye. <section end="15:32"/>

<section begin="15:33"/>Be not deceaved: malicious speakinges corrupte good maners. <section end="15:33"/>

<section begin="15:34"/>Awake truely out of slepe and synne not. For some have not the knowlege of God. I speake this vnto youre rebuke. <section end="15:34"/>

<section begin="15:35"/>But some ma will saye: how aryse ye deed? with what bodyes come they in? <section end="15:35"/>

<section begin="15:36"/>Thou fole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it dye. <section end="15:36"/>

<section begin="15:37"/>And what sowest thow? Thow sowest not that body that shalbe: but bare corne (I meane ether of wheet or of some other) <section end="15:37"/>

<section begin="15:38"/>and God geveth it a body at his pleasure to every seed a severall body. <section end="15:38"/>

<section begin="15:39"/>All flesshe is not one manner of flesshe: but ther is one maner flesshe of men another maner flesshe of beastes another maner flesshe of fysshes and another of byrdes. <section end="15:39"/>

<section begin="15:40"/>Ther are celestiall bodyes and ther are bodyes terrestriall. But ye glory of ye celestiall is one and ye glory of the terrestriall is another. <section end="15:40"/>

<section begin="15:41"/>Ther is one maner glory of the sonne and another glory of the mone and another glory of the starres. For one starre differth fro another in glory. <section end="15:41"/>

<section begin="15:42"/>So is the resurreccio of ye deed. It is sowe in corrupcio and ryseth in incorrupcion. <section end="15:42"/>

<section begin="15:43"/>It is sowen in dishonoure and ryseth in honoure. It is sowe in weaknes and ryseth in power. It is sowne a naturall body and ryseth a spretuall body. <section end="15:43"/>

<section begin="15:44"/>Ther is a naturall bodye and ther is a spretuall body: <section end="15:44"/>

<section begin="15:45"/>as it is written: the fyrste man Adam was made a livinge soule: and ye last Ada was made a quickeninge sprete. <section end="15:45"/>

<section begin="15:46"/>How be it yt is not fyrst which is spirituall: but yt which is naturall and then yt which is spretuall. <section end="15:46"/>

<section begin="15:47"/>The fyrst ma is of the erth erthy: the seconde man is ye Lorde fro heave. <section end="15:47"/>

<section begin="15:48"/>As is the erthy soche are they that are erthye. And as is the hevely soche are they yt are hevenly. <section end="15:48"/>

<section begin="15:49"/>And as we have borne the ymage of the erthy so shall we beare the ymage of the hevenly. <section end="15:49"/>

<section begin="15:50"/>This saye I brethren that flesshe and bloud canot inheret the kyngdome of God. Nether corrupcion inhereth vncorrupcion. <section end="15:50"/>

<section begin="15:51"/>Beholde I shewe you a mystery. We shall not all slepe: but we shall all be chaunged <section end="15:51"/>

<section begin="15:52"/>and that in a moment and in the twinclinge of an eye at the sounde of the last trompe. For the trompe shall blowe and ye deed shall ryse incorruptible and we shalbe chaunged. <section end="15:52"/>

<section begin="15:53"/>For this corruptible must put on incorruptibilite: and this mortall must put on immortalite. <section end="15:53"/>

<section begin="15:54"/>When this corruptible hath put on incorruptibilite and this mortall hath put on immortalite: then shalbe brought to passe ye sayinge yt is writte. Deeth is consumed in to victory. <section end="15:54"/>

<section begin="15:55"/>Deeth where is thy stynge? Hell where is thy victory? <section end="15:55"/>

<section begin="15:56"/>The stynge of deeth is synne: and the strength of synne is the lawe. <section end="15:56"/>

<section begin="15:57"/>But thankes be vnto God which hath geven vs victory thorow oure Lorde Iesus Christ. <section end="15:57"/>

<section begin="15:58"/>Therfore my deare brethren be ye stedfast and unmovable alwayes ryche in the workes of the Lorde for as moch as ye knowe how yt youre labour is not in vayne in the Lorde. <section end="15:58"/>

Chapter 16
<section begin="16:1"/>Of the gadderynge for the saynctes as I have ordeyned in the congregacios of Galacia even so do ye. <section end="16:1"/>

<section begin="16:2"/>Vpon some sondaye let every one of you put a syde at home and laye vp what soever he thinketh mete that ther be no gaderinges when I come. <section end="16:2"/>

<section begin="16:3"/>When I am come whosoever ye shall alowe by youre letters them will I sende to bringe youre liberalite vnto Ierusalem. <section end="16:3"/>

<section begin="16:4"/>And yf it be mete yt I goo they shall go with me. <section end="16:4"/>

<section begin="16:5"/>I will come vnto you after I have gone over Macedonia. For I will goo thorowout Macedonia. <section end="16:5"/>

<section begin="16:6"/>With you paraveture I wyll abyde awhyle: or els winter that ye maye brynge me on my waye whyther soever I goo. <section end="16:6"/>

<section begin="16:7"/>I will not se you now in my passage: but I trust to abyde a whyle with you yf God shall suffre me. <section end="16:7"/>

<section begin="16:8"/>I will tary at Ephesus untyll whit sontyde. <section end="16:8"/>

<section begin="16:9"/>For a greate dore and a frutefull is opened vnto me: and ther are many adversaries. <section end="16:9"/>

<section begin="16:10"/>If Timotheus come se yt he be with out feare with you. For he worketh the worke of the Lorde as I doo. <section end="16:10"/>

<section begin="16:11"/>Let no man despyse him: but convaye him forthe in peace yt he maye come vnto me. For I loke for him with the brethre. <section end="16:11"/>

<section begin="16:12"/>To speake of brother Apollo: I greatly desyred him to come vnto you with ye brethren but his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme. How be it he will come when he shall have conveniet tyme. <section end="16:12"/>

<section begin="16:13"/>Watche ye stonde fast in the fayth auyte you lyke men and be stronge. <section end="16:13"/>

<section begin="16:14"/>Let all youre busynes be done in love. <section end="16:14"/>

<section begin="16:15"/>Brethren (ye knowe the housse of Stephana how yt they are the fyrst frutes of Achaia and that they have appoynted them selves to minister vnto the saynctes) <section end="16:15"/>

<section begin="16:16"/>I beseche you yt ye be obedient vnto soche and to all that helpe and laboure. <section end="16:16"/>

<section begin="16:17"/>I am gladde of the comynge of Stephana Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lackinge on youre parte they have supplied. <section end="16:17"/>

<section begin="16:18"/>They have comforted my sprete and youres. Loke therfore that ye knowe them that are soche. <section end="16:18"/>

<section begin="16:19"/>The congregacions of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you moche in the Lorde and so doeth the congregacio that is in their housse. <section end="16:19"/>

<section begin="16:20"/>All the brethren grete you. Grete ye one another with an holy kysse. <section end="16:20"/>

<section begin="16:21"/>The salutacion of me Paul with myne awne hande. <section end="16:21"/>

<section begin="16:22"/>Yf eny man love not the Lorde Iesus Christ the same be anathema maranatha. <section end="16:22"/>

<section begin="16:23"/>The grace of ye Lorde Iesus Christ be with you all. <section end="16:23"/>

<section begin="16:24"/>My love be with you all in Christ Iesu. Ame <section end="16:24"/>