Verse 1
We as helpers therfore exhorte you yt ye receave not the grace of god in (vayne)
Verse 2
For he saith: I have hearde the in a tyme accepted: and in ye daye of saluacion have I suckered the. Beholde now is that well accepted tyme: beholde now is yt daye of saluacion.
Verse 3
Let vs geve no man occasion of evyll that in oure office be founde no faute:
Verse 4
but in all thynges let vs behave oure selves as the ministers of God. In moche pacience in afflicios in necessite in anguysshe
Verse 5
in strypes in presonmet in stryfe in laboure in watchinge in fastyng
Verse 6
in purenes in knowledge in longe sufferynge in kyndnes in the holy goost in love vnfayned
Verse 7
in ye wordes of trueth in the power of God by ye armoure of rightewesnes on ye right honde and on the lyfte
Verse 8
in honoure and dishonoure in evyll reporte and good reporte as desceauers and yet true
Verse 9
as unknowen and yet knowen: as dyinge and beholde we yet live: as chastened and not killed:
Verse 10
as sorowynge and yet alwaye mery: as poore and yet make many ryche: as havynge nothynge and yet possessynge all thynges.
Verse 11
O ye Corinthyans oure mouth is open vnto you. Oure herte is made large:
Verse 12
ye are in no strayte in vs but are in a strayte in youre awne bowelles:
Verse 13
I promyse you lyke rewarde with me as to my childre.
Verse 14
Set youreselues therfore at large and beare not a straugers yoke wyth the vnbelevers. For what fellishippe hath rightewesnes with vnrightewesnes? What company hath light wt darcknes?
Verse 15
What cocorde hath Christ with beliall? Ether what parte hath he yt beleveth with an infidele?
Verse 16
how agreeth the temple of god wt ymages? And ye are the temple of yt lyuynge god as sayde god. I will dwell amonge the and walke amoge the and wilbe their god: and they shalbe my people.
Verse 17
Wherfore come out from amoge the and separate youreselues (sayth the LORde) and touche none vncleane thynge: so wyll I receave you
Verse 18
and wilbe a father vnto you and ye shalbe vnto me sonnes and doughters sayth the LORde almyghty.