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For he is oure pees, that made bothe oon, and vnbyndynge the myddil wal of a wal with out morter, enmytees in his fleisch;

Which was not knowun to othere generaciouns to the sones of men, as it is now schewid to his hooli apostlis and prophetis in the spirit,

that hethene men ben euen eiris, and of oo bodi, and parteneris togidere of his biheest in Crist Jhesu bi the euangelie;

whos mynystre Y am maad, bi the yifte of Goddis grace, which is youun to me bi the worchyng of his vertu.

that he yyue to you, aftir the richessis of his glorie, vertu to be strengthid bi his spirit in the ynnere man,

For which thing `ye putte awei leesyng, and speke ye treuthe ech man with his neiybore, for we ben membris ech to othere.

as to the Lord, for the man is heed of the wymman, as Crist is heed of the chirche; he is sauyour of his bodi.

So and men `schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf;

for no man hatide euere his owne fleisch, but nurischith and fostrith it, as Crist doith the chirche.

And we ben membris of his bodi, of his fleisch, and of his boonys.

For this thing a man schal forsake his fadir and modir, and he schal drawe to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.

Netheles ye alle, ech man loue his wijf as hym silf; and the wijf drede hir hosebonde.

Her aftirward, britheren, be ye coumfortid in the Lord, and in the miyt of his vertu.

not biholdinge ech bi hym silf what thingis ben his owne, but tho thingis that ben of othere men.

For the werk of Crist he wente to deth, yyuynge his lijf, that he schulde fulfille that that failide of you anentis my seruyce.

to knowe hym, and the vertu of his risyng ayen, and the felouschipe of his passioun, and be maad lijk to his deeth,

which schal reforme the bodi of oure mekenesse, that is maad lijk to the bodi of his clerenesse, bi the worching bi which he mai `also make alle thingis suget to hym.

Therfor we fro the dai in which we herden, ceessen not to preye for you, and to axe, that ye be fillid with the knowing of his wille in al wisdom and goostli vndurstondyng;

and ben coumfortid in al vertu bi the miyt of his clerenesse, in al pacience and long abiding with ioye,

Which delyueride vs fro the power of derknessis, and translatide in to the kyngdom of the sone of his louyng,