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The Great Bible 1539
| 4:1 | Furthermore, we beseche you (brethren) and exhorte you by the Lord Iesus, that ye increace more & more euen as ye haue receaued of vs, how ye ought to walcke and to please God. |
| 4:2 | For ye knowe, what commaundementes we gaue you by oure Lorde Iesu Christ. |
| 4:3 | For this is the wyll of God euen youre holynes, that ye shuld abstayne from fornicacyon, |
| 4:4 | & that euery one of you shuld knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure, |
| 4:5 | and not in the lust of concupiscence as do the hethen which know not God, |
| 4:6 | that noman oppresse and defraude his brother in bargaynyng: because that the Lord is the auenger of all soch thinges, as we tolde you before, and testifyed. |
| 4:7 | For God hath not called vs vnto vnclennes but vnto holynes. |
| 4:8 | He therfore that despyseth, despyseth not man, but God, whych hath sent his holy sprete amonge you. |
| 4:9 | But as touchynge brotherly loue, ye nede not, that I wryte vnto you. For ye are taught of God, to loue one another. |
| 4:10 | Yee and that thynge verely ye do vnto all the brethren which are in all Macedonia. We beseche you brethren, that ye encreace more & more, |
| 4:11 | and that ye studye to be quyet, & to medle with youre awne busynes, and to worke wyth youre awne handes, as we commaunded you: |
| 4:12 | that ye maye behaue youre selues honestly towarde them that are wythout, and that nothynge be lackynge vnto you. |
| 4:13 | I wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignoraunt concernynge them whych are fallen aslepe, that ye sorowe not as other do, whych haue no hope. |
| 4:14 | For yf we beleue, that Iesus dyed, & rose agayne: euen so them also which slepe by Iesus, wyll God brynge agayne wt hym. |
| 4:15 | For thys saye we vnto you in the worde of the Lorde, that we whych shall lyue, & shall remayne in the commynge of the Lorde, shall not come yer they whych slepe. |
| 4:16 | For the Lorde hym selfe shall descende from heauen with a showte & the voyce of the Archangell and trompe of God. And the deed in Christe shall aryse fyrst: |
| 4:17 | then we which shall lyue (euen we which shall remayne) shall be caught vp with them also in the cloudes, to mete the Lorde in the ayer. And so shall we euer be with the Lorde. |
| 4:18 | Wherfore, comforte your selues one another wt these wordes. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."