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| [1]For ye your selues, brethren, knowe our entraunce in vnto you, yt it was not in vayne |
[1]For, britheren, ye witen oure entre to you, for it was not veyn; |
| [2]But euen after that we had suffred before, and were shamefully entreated as ye knowe, at Philippos, we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God, in much stryuyng |
[2]but first we suffriden, and weren punyschid with wrongis, as ye witen in Filippis, and hadden trust in oure Lord, to speke to you the gospel of God in myche bisynesse. |
| [3]For our exhortation was not of deceit, neither of vncleannes, neither in guile |
[3]And oure exortacioun is not of errour, nether of vnclennesse, nether in gile, |
| [4]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 |
[4]but as we ben preued of God, that the gospel of God schulde be takun to vs, so we speken; not as plesynge to men, but to God that preueth oure hertis. |
| [5]For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes, as ye knowe, neither cloke of couetousnes, God [is] recorde |
[5]For nether we weren ony tyme in word of glosing, as ye witen, nether in occasioun of auerise; God is witnesse; nether sekinge glorie of men, |
| [6]Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others |
[6]nether of you, |
| [7]When we myght haue ben in auctoritie, as the Apostles of Christe, but we were tender among you, euen as a nource cherissheth her chyldren |
[7]nether of othere, whanne we, as Cristis apostlis, miyten haue be in charge to you. But we weren maad litle in the myddil of you, as if a nursche fostre hir sones; |
| [8]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 |
[8]so we desiringe you with greet loue, wolden haue bitake to you, not oneli the gospel of God, but also oure lyues, for ye ben maad most dereworthe to vs. |
| [9]For ye remember brethren, our labour and trauayle. For we labouryng nyght & day, because we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you, preached vnto you the Gospell of God |
[9]For, britheren, ye ben myndeful of oure trauel and werynesse; we worchiden nyyt and day, that we schulden not greue ony of you, and prechiden to you the euangelie of God. |
| [10]Ye [are] witnesses, & God [also] howe holyly, and iustly, and vnblameably, we behaued our selues among you that beleue |
[10]God and ye ben witnessis, hou holili, and iustli, and with outen pleynt, we weren to you that bileueden. |
| [11]As ye knowe, howe that as a father his chyldren, so we haue exhorted, comforted, and besought euery one of you |
[11]As ye witen, hou we preyeden you, and coumfortiden ech of you, as the fadir hise sones, |
| [12]That ye woulde walke worthie of God, who hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glorie |
[12]and we han witnessid, that ye schulden go worthili to God, that clepide you in to his kingdom and glorie. |
| [13]For this cause thanke we God also without ceassyng, because ye receauyng the worde which ye hearde of vs concernyng God, ye receaued it not as the worde of man, (but as it is in deede) the worde of God, which effectuously worketh also in you that beleue |
[13]Therfor we doon thankingis to God with outen ceessyng. For whanne ye hadden take of vs the word `of the heryng of God, ye token it not as the word of men, but as `it is verili, the word of God, that worchith in you that han bileued. |
| [14]For ye brethren became folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iurie are in Christe Iesus: for ye haue suffred lyke thynges of your countreymen, as they haue of the Iewes |
[14]For, britheren, ye ben maad foleweris of the chirchis of God, that ben in Jude, in Crist Jhesu, for ye han suffrid the same thingis of youre euene lynagis, as thei of the Jewis. |
| [15]Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus, and their owne prophetes, & haue persecuted vs: and God they please not, and are contrarie to all men |
[15]Whiche slowen bothe the Lord Jhesu and the profetis, and pursueden vs, and thei plesen not to God, and thei ben aduersaries to alle men; |
| [16]And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued, to fulfyll their sinnes alway. For the wrath [of God] is come on them to the vtmost |
[16]forbedinge vs to speke to hethene men, that thei be maad saaf, that thei fille her synnes euere more; for the wraththe of God cam on hem in to the ende. |
| [17]Forasmuch brethren, as we are kept from you for a short season, in person, not in heart, we enforced ye more to see you personally with great desire |
[17]And, britheren, we desolat fro you for a tyme, bi mouth and in biholding, but not in herte, han hiyed more plenteuousli to se youre face with greet desir. |
| [18]And therfore we woulde haue come vnto you, (I Paul) once agayne: but Satan hyndered vs |
[18]For we wolden come to you, yhe, Y Poul, onys and eftsoone, but Sathanas lettide vs. |
| [19]For what is our hope, or ioy, or crowne of reioycyng? Are not ye it in the presence of our Lorde Iesus Christe, at his commyng |
[19]For whi what is oure hope, or ioye, or coroun of glorie? Whether ye ben not bifore oure Lord Jhesu Crist in his comyng? |
| [20]Yes, ye are our glorie and ioy |
[20]For ye ben oure glorie and ioye. |