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¹ But speke thou tho thingis that bisemen hoolsum teching;² that elde men be sobre, chast, prudent, hool in feith, in loue, and pacience;³ also olde wymmen in hooli abite, not sclaundereris, not seruynge myche to wyn, wel techynge, that thei teche prudence.⁴ Moneste thou yonge wymmen, that thei loue here hosebondis, that thei loue her children;⁵ and that thei be prudent, chast, sobre, hauynge cure of the hous, benygne, suget to her hosebondis, that the word of God be not blasfemyd.⁶ Also moneste thou yonge men, that thei be sobre.⁷ In alle thingis yyue thi silf ensaumple of good werkis, in teching, in hoolnesse, in sadnesse.⁸ An hoolsum word, and vnrepreuable; that he that is of the contrarie side, be aschamed, hauynge noon yuel thing to seie of you.⁹ Moneste thou seruauntis to be suget to her lordis; in alle thingis plesinge, not ayenseiynge, not defraudynge,¹⁰ but in alle thingis schewinge good feith, that thei onoure in alle thingis the doctryn of `God, oure sauyour.

¹¹ For the grace of `God, oure sauyour,<sup>12</sup> hath apperid to alle men, and tauyte vs, that we forsake wickidnesse, and worldli desyris, lyue sobreli, and iustli, `and piteuousli in this world,¹³ abidinge the blessid hope and the comyng of the glorie of the greet God, and of oure sauyour Jhesu Crist;¹⁴ that yaf hym silf for vs, to ayenbie vs fro al wickidnesse, and make clene to hym silf a puple acceptable, and suere of good werkis.

¹⁵ Speke thou these thingis, and moneste thou, and repreue thou with al comaundement; no man dispise thee.