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| [1]What euere seruauntis ben vndur yok, deme thei her lordis worthi al onour, lest the name of the Lord and the doctryn be blasfemyd. |
[1]Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke, count their maisters worthy of all honour, that the name of god and his doctrine be not blasphemed |
| [2]And thei that han feithful lordis, dispise hem not, for thei ben britheren; but more serue thei, for thei ben feithful and louyd, whiche ben parceneris of benefice. Teche thou these thingis, and moneste thou these thingis. |
[2]And they whiche haue beleuyng maisters, despise them not because they are brethren: but rather do seruice, forasmuch as they are beleuyng and beloued and partakers of the benefite. These thynges teache and exhort |
| [3]If ony man techith othere wise, and acordith not to the hoolsum wordis of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and to that teching that is bi pitee, |
[3]Yf any man teache otherwyse, and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse |
| [4]he is proud, and kan no thing, but langwischith aboute questiouns and stryuyng of wordis, of the whiche ben brouyt forth enuyes, stryues, blasfemyes, yuele suspiciouns, fiytingis of men, |
[4]He is puft vp, knowyng nothing, but dotyng about questions and strifes of wordes, wherof commeth enuie, stryfe, raylynges, euyll surmysynges |
| [5]that ben corrupt in soule, and that ben pryued fro treuthe, that demen wynnyng to be pitee. |
[5]Uayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes, destitute of the trueth, thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse. From suche be thou separate |
| [6]But a greet wynnyng is pitee, with sufficience. |
[6]Godlynesse is great lucre, if a man be content with that he hath |
| [7]For we brouyten in no thing in to this world, and no doute, that we moun not bere `awey ony thing. |
[7]For we brought nothyng into the worlde, and it is certayne that we may carry nought away |
| [8]But we hauynge foodis, and with what thingus we schulen be hilid, be we paied with these thingis. |
[8]But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content |
| [9]For thei that wolen be maad riche, fallen in to temptacioun, and `in to snare of the deuel, and in to many vnprofitable desiris and noyous, whiche drenchen men in to deth and perdicioun. |
[9]For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction |
| [10]For the rote of alle yuelis is coueytise, which summen coueitinge erriden fro the feith, and bisettiden hem with many sorewis. |
[10]For loue of money, is the roote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the fayth, & pearced the selues through with many sorowes |
| [11]But, thou, man of God, fle these thingis; but sue thou riytwisnesse, pite, feith, charite, pacience, myldenesse. |
[11]But thou O man of God, flee these thynges, and folow after righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes |
| [12]Stryue thou a good strijf of feith, catche euerlastinge lijf, in to which thou art clepid, and hast knoulechid a good knouleching bifor many witnessis. |
[12]Fight the good fight of faith, lay hand on eternall lyfe, wherevnto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses |
| [13]I comaunde to thee bifor God, that quikeneth alle thingis, and bifor Crist Jhesu, that yeldide a witnessing vnder Pilat of Pounce, a good confessioun, |
[13]I geue thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all thynges, and before Iesus Christe, which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good profession |
| [14]that thou kepe the comaundement with out wem, with out repreef, in to the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist; |
[14]That thou kepe the commaundement without spot, vnrebukeable, vntyll the appearyng of our Lorde Iesus Christ |
| [15]whom the blessid and aloone miyti king of kyngis and Lord of lordis schal schewe in his tymes. |
[15]Which in his tymes he shall shewe that is blessed and prince only, the kyng of kynges, and Lorde of Lordes |
| [16]Which aloone hath vndeedlynesse, and dwellith in liyt, to which no man may come; whom no man say, nether may se; to whom glorie, and honour, and empire be with out ende. |
[16]Who only hath immortalitie, dwelling in the light that no man can attayne vnto, Whom no man hath seene, neither can see, vnto whom be honour & power euerlastyng. Amen |
| [17]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; |
[17]Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy |
| [18]to do wel, to be maad riche in good werkis, liytli to yyue, |
[18]That they do good, that they be riche in good workes, that they be redye to geue, glad to distribute |
| [19]to comyne, to tresoure to hem silf a good foundement in to tyme to comynge, that thei catche euerlastinge lijf. |
[19]Laying vp in store for them selues a good foundation agaynst the tyme to come, that they may lay holde on eternall lyfe |
| [20]Thou Tymothe, kepe the thing bitakun to thee, eschewynge cursid noueltees of voicis, and opynyouns of fals name of kunnyng; |
[20]O Timotheus, saue that which is geuen thee to kepe, auoydyng prophane [and] vayne bablynges, and oppositions of science, falslie so called |
| [21]which summen bihetinge, aboute the feith fellen doun. The grace of God be with thee. Amen. |
[21]Which some professyng, haue erred concernyng the fayth. Grace [be] with thee. Amen |