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For of myche tribulacioun and angwisch of herte Y wroot to you by many teeris, not that ye be sori, but that ye wite what charite Y haue more plenteuously in you.

For if ony man hath maad me soreuful, he hath not maad me sorewful but a parti, that Y charge not you alle.

For which thing Y biseche you, that ye conferme charite in to hym.

For whi therfor Y wroot this, that Y knowe youre preuyng, whether in alle thingis ye ben obedient.

For to whom ye han foryyuen ony thing, also Y haue foryyue. For Y that that Y foryaf, yif Y foryaf ony thing, haue youun for you in the persone of Crist,

that we be not disseyued of Sathanas; for we knowen hise thouytis.

But whanne Y was comun to Troade for the gospel of Crist, and a dore was opened to me in the Lord,

Y hadde not rest to my spirit, for Y foond not my brother Tite, but Y seide to hem farewel, and Y passide in to Macedonye.

for we ben the good odour of Crist to God, among these that ben maad saaf, and among these that perischen.

For we ben not as many, that don auoutrie bi the word of God, but we speken of clennesse, as of God, bifor God in Crist.

and maad opyn, for ye ben the pistle of Crist mynystrid of vs, and writun, not with enke, but bi the spirit of the lyuynge God; not in stony tablis, but in fleischli tablis of herte.

For we han such trist bi Crist to God;

Which also made vs able mynystris of the newe testament, not bi lettre, but bi spirit; for the lettre sleeth, but the spirit quykeneth.

And if the mynystracioun of deth write bi lettris in stoonys was in glorie, so that the children of Israel myyten not biholde in to the face of Moises, for the glorie of his cheer, which is auoidid,

For if the mynystracioun of dampnacioun was in glorie, myche more the mynysterie of riytwisnesse is plenteuouse in glorie.

For nether that that was cleer was glorified in this part for the excellent glorie; and if that that is auoidid,

But the wittis of hem ben astonyed; for in to this dai the same veil in reding of the olde testament dwellith not schewid, for it is auoidid in Crist, but in to this dai,

For if also oure gospel is kyuerid, in these that perischen it is kyuerid;

For God, that seide liyt to schyne of derknessis, he hath youe liyt in oure hertis, to the liytnyng of the science of the clerenesse of God, in the face of Jhesu Crist.

For euere more we that lyuen, ben takun in to deth for Jhesu, that the lijf of Jhesu be schewid in oure deedli fleisch.