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For we are his workmanshippe, created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes, to ye which God ordeyned vs before, that we shulde walke in them.

and hath also thorow his flesh put awaye the cause off hatred (namely the lawe of the commaundemetes contayned in the lawe wrytten) that of twayne he mighte create one new man in him selfe, and make peace,

and to reconcyle both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse, and so he slewe ye hatred thorow his owne selfe,

which (mystery) in tymes past was not opened vnto the childre of me as it is now declared to his holy Apostles and prophetes by the sprete: namely,

that the Heythen shulde be inheritours also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospell,

wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God, which is geue me acordinge to the workynge of his power.

that he graunte you (acordinge to ye riches of his glory) to be strengthed with power by his sprete in ye inwarde ma,

in whom all the body is coupled together, and one membre hangeth by another thorow out all ye ioyntes. Wherby one mynistreth vnto another (acordinge to the operacion as euery membre hath his measure) and maketh, that ye body groweth to the edifienge of it selfe in loue.

Wherfore put awaye lyenge, and speake euery man the trueth vnto his neghboure, for as moch as we are membres one of another.

He that hath stollen, let him steale nomore: but let him laboure rather, and do some good with his hondes, that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth.

For the hussbande is the wyues heade, eue as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion, and he is the Sauioure of his body.

So oughte men also to loue their wyues, euen as their awne bodyes. He that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.

For no ma euer yet hated his awne flesshe, but norisheth and cherissheth it, euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion.

For we are membres of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.

For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, and they two shal be one flesh:

Neuertheles do ye so, that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe: but let the wife feare hir hussbande.

Fynally my brethren, be stronge in the LORDE, and in the power of his mighte:

For vnto you it is geuen, not onely that ye shulde beleue on Christ, but also suffre for his sake,

and let euery ma loke not for his awne profet, but for the profet of other.

and was founde in his apparell as a man: he humbled himselfe, and became obedient vnto the death, euen vnto the death of the crosse.