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But, britheren louyd of God, we owen to do thankyngis euermore to God for you, that God chees vs the firste fruytis in to heelthe, in halewing of spirit and in feith of treuthe;

Britheren, fro hennus forward preye ye for vs, that the word of God renne, and be clarified, as it is anentis you;

and that we be delyuered fro noyous and yuele men; for feith is not of alle men.

And, britheren, we trusten of you in the Lord, for what euere thingis we comaunden to you, bothe ye don and schulen do.

For `ye silf witen, hou it bihoueth to sue vs. For we weren not vnpesible among you,

For also whanne we weren among you, we denounsiden this thing to you, that if ony man wole not worche, nethir ete he.

For we han herd that summe among you goon in reste, and no thing worchen, but don curiousli.

For the ende of comaundement is charite of clene herte, and good conscience, and of feith not feyned.

Y do thankingis to hym, that coumfortide me in Crist Jhesu oure Lord, for he gesside me feithful, and putte me in mynystrie,

that first was a blasfeme, and a pursuere, and ful of wrongis. But Y haue getun the merci of God, for Y vnknowinge dide in vnbileue.

A trewe word and worthi al resseyuyng, for Crist Jhesu cam in to this world to make synful men saaf, of whiche Y am the firste.

Therfor Y biseche first of alle thingis, that bisechingis, preieris, axyngis, doyngis of thankyngis, ben maad for alle men,

for kingis and alle that ben set in hiynesse, that we leden a quyet and a pesible lijf, in al pite and chastite.

For this thing is good and acceptid bifor God,

For o God and a mediatour is of God and of men, a man Crist Jhesus,

that yaf him silf redempcioun for alle men. Whos witnessing is confermyd in his tymes;

in which Y am set a prechour and an apostle. For Y seye treuthe, and Y lie not, that am a techere of hethene men in feith and in treuthe.

For Adam was first formed, aftirward Eue;

for if ony man kan not gouerne his house, hou schal he haue diligence of the chirche of God? not new conuertid to the feith,

For it bihoueth hym to haue also good witnessing of hem that ben with outforth, that he falle not in to repreef, and in to the snare of the deuel.