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For we ben not as many, that don auoutrie bi the word of God, but we speken of clennesse, as of God, bifor God in Crist.

and maad opyn, for ye ben the pistle of Crist mynystrid of vs, and writun, not with enke, but bi the spirit of the lyuynge God; not in stony tablis, but in fleischli tablis of herte.

For we han such trist bi Crist to God;

not that we ben sufficient to thenke ony thing of vs, as of vs, but oure sufficience is of God.

But whanne Israel schal be conuertid to God, the veil schal be don awei.

faile we not, but do we awei the preue thingis of schame, not walkinge in sutil gile, nether doynge auoutrye bi the word of God, but in schewynge of the treuthe comendynge vs silf to ech conscience of men bifor God.

in which God hath blent the soulis of vnfeithful men of this world, that the liytnyng of the gospel of the glorie of Crist, which is the ymage of God, schyne not.

For God, that seide liyt to schyne of derknessis, he hath youe liyt in oure hertis, to the liytnyng of the science of the clerenesse of God, in the face of Jhesu Crist.

And alle thingis for you, that a plenteuouse grace bi many thankyngis be plenteuouse in to the glorie of God.

And we witen, that if oure ertheli hous of this dwellynge be dissoluyd, that we han a bildyng of God, an hous not maad bi hondis, euerlastynge in heuenes.

But who is it that makith vs in to this same thing? God, that yaf to vs the ernes of the spirit.

But we ben hardi, and han good wille, more to be in pilgrymage fro the bodi, and to be present to God.

Therfor we witynge the drede of the Lord, councelen men, for to God we ben opyn; and Y hope, that we ben opyn also in youre consciencis.

For ethir we bi mynde passen to God, ether we ben sobre to you.

And lo! alle thingis ben of God, which recounselide vs to hym bi Crist, and yaf to vs the seruyce of recounselyng.

And God was in Crist, recounselynge to hym the world, not rettynge to hem her giltes, and puttide in vs the word of recounselyng.

Therfor we vsen message for Crist, as if God monestith bi vs; we bisechen for Crist, be ye recounselid to God.

God the fadir made hym synne for vs, which knewe not synne, that we schulden be maad riytwisnesse of God in hym.

But we helpynge monesten, that ye resseyuen not the grace of God in veyn.

but in alle thingis yyue we vs silf as the mynystris of God, in myche pacience, in tribulaciouns,