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But, thou, man of God, fle these thingis; but sue thou riytwisnesse, pite, feith, charite, pacience, myldenesse.

Amen. Comaunde thou to the riche men of this world, that thei vndurstonde not hiyli, nether that thei hope in vncerteynte of richessis, but in the lyuynge God, that yyueth to vs alle thingis plenteuously to vse;

For whi God yaf not to vs the spirit of drede, but of vertu, and of loue, and of sobrenesse.

Therfor nyl thou schame the witnessyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, nether me, his prisoner; but trauele thou togidere in the gospel bi the vertu of God;

that delyueride vs, and clepide with his hooli clepyng, not after oure werkis, but bi his purpos and grace, that is youun in Crist Jhesu bifore worldli tymes;

but now it is opyn bi the liytnyng of oure sauyour Jhesu Crist, which destriede deth, and liytnede lijf and vncorrupcioun bi the gospel.

For which cause also Y suffre these thingis; but Y am not confoundid. For Y woot to whom Y haue bileuyd, and Y am certeyne that he is miyti for to kepe that is take to my keping in to that dai.

But whanne he cam to Rome, he souyte me bisili, and foond.

For he that fiytith in a batel, schal not be corowned, but he fiyte lawfuli.

aftir my gospel, in which Y trauele `til to boondis, as worching yuele, but the word of God is not boundun.

Teche thou these thingis, witnessinge bifore God. Nyle thou stryue in wordis; for to no thing it is profitable, but to the subuerting of men that heren.

But eschewe thou vnhooli and veyn spechis, for whi tho profiten myche to vnfeithfulnesse,

But the sad foundement of God stondith, hauynge this marke, The Lord knowith whiche ben hise, and, Ech man that nameth the name of the Lord, departith fro wickidnesse.

But in a greet hous ben not oneli vessels of gold and of siluer, but also of tree and of erthe; and so summen ben in to onour, and summe in to dispit.

And fle thou desiris of yongthe, but sue thou riytwisnesse, feith, charite, pees, with hem that inwardli clepen the Lord of a clene herte.

But it bihoueth the seruaunt of the Lord to chide not; but to be mylde to alle men, able to teche,

But wite thou this thing, that in the laste daies perelouse tymes schulen neiye, and men schulen be louynge hem silf,

hauynge the licknesse of pitee, but denyynge the vertu of it. And eschewe thou these men.

But ferthere thei schulen not profite, for the vnwisdom of hem schal be knowun to alle men, as hern was.

But thou hast getun my teching, ordinaunce, purposing, feith, long abiding, loue,