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Bi al preier and bisechyng preie ye al tyme in spirit, and in hym wakinge in al bisynesse, and bisechyng for alle hooli men, and for me;

for which Y am set in message in a chayne; so that in it Y be hardi to speke, as it bihoueth me.

whom Y sente to you for this same thing, that ye knowe what thingis ben aboute vs, and that he coumforte youre hertis.

in al mynde of you euere more in alle my preyeris for alle you with ioye, and

As it is iust to me to feele this thing for alle you, for that Y haue you in herte, and in my boondis, and in defending and confermyng of the gospel, that alle ye be felowis of my ioye.

For God is a witnesse to me, hou Y coueyte alle you in the bowelis of Jhesu Crist.

For, britheren, Y wole that ye wite, that the thingis that ben aboute me han comun more to the profit of the gospel,

that mo of britheren tristinge in the Lord more plenteuously for my boondis, dursten without drede speke the word of God.

But summe for enuye and strijf, summe for good wille, prechen Crist;

For in no thing Y schal be schamed, but in al trist as euere more and now, Crist schal be magnefied in my bodi, ether bi lijf, ether bi deth.

For me to lyue is Crist, and to die is wynnyng.

is nedeful for you.

but to you cause of heelthe. And this thing is of God. For it is youun to you for Crist, that not oneli ye bileuen in hym, but also that ye suffren for hym;

For which thing God enhaunside hym, and yaf to hym a name that is aboue al name;

For it is God that worchith in you, bothe to wilne, and to performe, for good wille.

And holde ye togidere the word of lijf to my glorie in the day of Crist; for Y haue not runnen in veyn, nether Y haue trauelid in veyn.

For Y haue no man so of o wille, that is bisi for you with clene affeccioun.

For alle men seken tho thingis that ben her owne, not tho that ben of Crist Jhesu.

But knowe ye the asaie of hym, for as a sone to the fadir he hath seruyd with me in the gospel.

For he desiride you alle, and he was sorewful, therfor that ye herden that he was sijk.