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And alle thingis ben clene to clene men; but to vnclene men and to vnfeithful no thing is clene, for the soule and conscience of hem ben maad vnclene.

For the grace of `God, oure sauyour,

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.

For we weren sum tyme vnwise, vnbileueful, errynge, and seruynge to desiris, and to dyuerse lustis, doynge in malice and enuye, worthi to be hatid, hatinge ech othere.

And eschewe thou foltische questiouns, and genologies, and stryues, and fiytyngis of the lawe; for tho ben vnprofitable and veyn.

Whanne Y sende to thee Arteman, or Titicus, hiy thou to `come to me to Nycopolis; for Y haue purposid to dwelle in wyntir there.

And Y hadde greet ioye and coumfort in thi charite, for the entrailis of hooli men restiden bi thee, brother.

For which thing Y hauynge myche trist in Crist Jhesu, to comaunde to thee that that perteyneth to profit;

but Y biseche more for charite, sithen thou art siche as the elde Poul, and now the boundun of Jhesu Crist.

Y biseche thee for my sone Onesyme, whom Y in boondis bigat,

whom Y wolde withholde with me, that he schulde serue for thee to me in boondis of the gospel;

For perauenture therfor he departide fro thee for a tyme, that thou schuldist resseyue hym with outen ende;

now not as a seruaunt, but for a seruaunt a most dere brother, most to me; and how myche more to thee, bothe in fleisch and in the Lord?

Therfor if thou hast me a felowe, resseyue hym as me; for if he hath ony thing anoied thee,

Also make thou redi to me an hous to dwelle in; for Y hope that bi youre preyeris Y schal be youun to you.

For to whiche of the aungels seide God ony tyme, Thou art my sone, Y haue gendrid thee to dai? And eftsoone, Y schal be to hym in to a fadir, and he schal be to me in to a sone?

Whether thei alle ben not seruynge spiritis, sente to seruen for hem that taken the eritage of heelthe?

For if the ilke word that was seid bi aungels, was maad sad, and ech brekyng of the lawe and vnobedience took iust retribucioun of meede,

For God witnesside to gidere bi myraclis, and wondris, and grete merueilis, and dyuerse vertues, and departyngis of the Hooli Goost, bi his wille.

But sum man witnesside in a place, and seide, What thing is man, that thou art myndeful of hym, or mannus sone, for thou visitist hym?