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Bishops Bible 1568
| 16:1 | Concerning the gatheryng for the saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galacia, euen so do ye. |
| 16:2 | Upon some Sabboth daye, let euery one of you put asyde by hym selfe, and laye vp as God hath prospered hym, that then there be no gatherynges when I come. |
| 16:3 | When I am come, whomsoeuer ye shall alowe by [your] letters, them wyll I sende, to bryng your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem. |
| 16:4 | And yf it be meete that I go also, they shall go with me. |
| 16:5 | I wyll come vnto you, after I haue gone ouer Macedonia (For I wyl passe through Macedonia) |
| 16:6 | And it may be, that I wyll abyde, yea or wynter with you, that ye may bryng me on my way whyther soeuer I go. |
| 16:7 | For I wyll not see you nowe in my passage, but I trust to abyde a whyle with you, yf the Lorde shall suffer me. |
| 16:8 | I wyll tarie at Ephesus vntyll whytsontyde: |
| 16:9 | For a great doore and effectuall is opened vnto me, and there are many aduersaries. |
| 16:10 | Yf Timotheus come, see that he be without feare with you: For he worketh the worke of the Lorde, as I do. |
| 16:11 | Let no man therfore despise hym, but conuay him foorth in peace, that he may come vnto me: for I loke for hym with the brethren. |
| 16:12 | As touchyng our brother Apollo, I greatly desired hym to come vnto you with the brethren, but his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme: Howebeit, he wyll come when he shall haue conuenient tyme. |
| 16:13 | Watche ye, stande fast in the fayth, quyte you lyke men, be strong. |
| 16:14 | Let al your thinges be done with loue. |
| 16:15 | I beseche you brethren (ye knowe the house of Stephanas, that it is ye first fruites of Achaia, and that they haue appoynted them selues to minister vnto the saintes) |
| 16:16 | That ye be obedient euen vnto suche, and to all that helpe with vs, & labour. |
| 16:17 | I am glad of the commyng of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, & Achaicus: for that whiche was lackyng [vnto me] on your part, they haue supplied. |
| 16:18 | For they haue comforted my spirite, and yours: Loke therfore that ye know them that are such. |
| 16:19 | The Churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you muche in the Lord, and so doth the Churche that is in their house. |
| 16:20 | All the brethren greete you: Greete ye one another with an holy kysse. |
| 16:21 | The salutatio of [me] Paul, with mine owne hande. |
| 16:22 | Yf any man loue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, the same be Anathema maranatha. |
| 16:23 | The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you. |
| 16:24 | My loue be with you all in Christe Iesus. Amen. |
Bishops Bible 1568
The Bishops' Bible was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Bible completed in 1611. The thorough Calvinism of the Geneva Bible offended the Church of England, to which almost all of its bishops subscribed. They associated Calvinism with Presbyterianism, which sought to replace government of the church by bishops with government by lay elders. However, they were aware that the Great Bible of 1539 , which was the only version then legally authorized for use in Anglican worship, was severely deficient, in that much of the Old Testament and Apocrypha was translated from the Latin Vulgate, rather than from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. In an attempt to replace the objectionable Geneva translation, they circulated one of their own, which became known as the Bishops' Bible.