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Taking away in his flesshe the hatred, [euen] the lawe of commaundementes, [conteyned] in ordinaunces, for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe, so makyng peace,

But ye haue not so learned Christe.

Yf so be that ye haue hearde hym, and haue ben taught in hym, as the trueth is in Iesus,

So ought men to loue their wyues, as their owne bodies. He that loueth his wyfe, loueth hym selfe.

Therfore euery one of you [do ye so] Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe, and [let] the wyfe reuerence her husbande.

So that my bondes in Christe, are manifest, throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other [places.]

What then? So that Christe be preached any maner of way, whether it be by pretence, or by trueth, I ioy therein, and wyll ioy.

Accordyng to my expectation, and my hope, yt in nothyng I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all boldnesse, as alwayes, so now also, Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

Brethren, be folowers together of me, and loke on them which walke so as ye haue vs for an ensample.

Therfore my brethren beloued & longed for, my ioy and crowne, so continue in the Lorde ye beloued.

As ye haue therfore receaued Christe Iesus the Lorde, [so] walke ye in hym:

Forbearyng one another, and forgeuyng one another, yf any man haue a quarel agaynst any: euen as Christe forgaue you, so also [do] ye.

So that ye were an ensample to all that beleue in Macedonia and Achaia.

For from you, sounded out the worde of the Lorde, not only in Macedonia & Achaia: but also in euery place your faith to Godwarde is spread abroade, so that we neede not to speake any thyng.

But as it were alowed of God, to be put in credite with the Gospell: euen so we speake, not as pleasyng men, but God, which tryeth our heartes.

So, beyng tenderly affected towarde you, our good wyll was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospell of God only: but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.

As ye knowe, howe that as a father his chyldren, so we haue exhorted, comforted, and besought euery one of you,

For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne: euen so them also whiche sleepe by Iesus, wyll God bryng with hym.

Than we which lyue, which remaine, shalbe caught vp together with them in the cloudes, to meete the Lorde in the ayre: And so shall we euer be with the Lorde.

For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght.