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¹ Thou therfore my sonne be stronge in the grace that is in Christ Iesu.² And what thynges thou hast hearde of me many bearynge witnes the same diliver to faythfull men which are apte to teache other³ Thou therfore suffre affliccion as a good soudier of Iesu Christ.⁴ No man that warreth entanglith him silfe with worldely busynes and that be cause he wolde please him that hath chosen him to be a soudier.⁵ And though a man strive for a mastery yet ys he not crouned except he strive laufully.⁶ The husbandma that laboreth must fyrst receave of the frutes.⁷ Consyder what I saye. The lorde geve the vnderstondynge in all thynges.

⁸ Remember that Iesus Christ beynge of he sede of David rose agayne fro deth accordynge to my gospell⁹ wherin I suffre trouble as an evyll doar even vnto bondes. But the worde of god was not bounde.¹⁰ Herefore I suffre all thinges for ye electes sakes that they myght also obtayne that saluacion which is in Christ Iesu with eternall glory.¹¹ It is a true sayinge if we be deed wt him we also shall live with him.¹² Yf we be pacient we shall also raigne wt him. If we denye him he also shall denye vs.¹³ Yf we beleve not yet abideth he faithfull. He cannot denye him silfe.

¹⁴ Of these thynges put them in remembraunce and testifie before the lorde that they stryve not about wordes which is to no proffet but to pervert the hearers.¹⁵ Study to shewe thy silfe laudable vnto god a workman yt nedeth not to be a shamed dividynge the worde of trueth iustly¹⁶ Vngostly and vayne voyces passe over. For they shall encreace vnto greater vngodlynes¹⁷ and their wordes shall fret even as doeth a cancre: of whose nombre ys Hymeneos and Philetos¹⁸ which as concernynge the trueth have erred sayinge that the resurreccion is past all redy and do destroye the fayth of divers persones.

¹⁹ But the sure grounde of god remayneth and hath this seale: the lorde knoweth them that are his and let every man that calleth on the name of Christ departe from iniquite.²⁰ Not withstondinge in a greate housse are not only vesselles of golde and of silver: but also of wood and of erthe some for honoure and some vnto dishonoure.²¹ But Yf a man purdge him silfe from suche felowes he shalbe a vessell sanctified vnto honoure mete for the lorde and prepared vnto all good workes.

²² Lustes of youth avoyde and folowe rightwesnes fayth love and peace with them that call on the lorde with pure herte.²³ Folisshe and vnlearned questions put from the remebrynge that they do but gendre stryfe.²⁴ But the servaunt of the lorde must not stryve: but must be peasable vnto all men and apte to teache and one that can suffre:²⁵ the evyll in meknes and can informe them that resist yf that god at eny tyme will geve them repentauce for to knowe the trueth:²⁶ that they maye come to the selves agayne out of the snare of the devyll which are now taken of him at his will.