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Bishops Bible 1568
| 2:1 | But speake thou the thynges which become wholsome doctrine. |
| 2:2 | That the elder men be watchyng, graue, sober, sounde in fayth, in loue, in pacience: |
| 2:3 | The elder women lykewyse, that they be in such behauiour as becometh holynesse, not false accusers, not geuen to much wine, teachers of good thinges, |
| 2:4 | To make the young women sober mynded, to loue their husbandes, to loue their chyldren, |
| 2:5 | (To be) discrete, chaste, house kepers, good, obedient vnto their owne husbandes, that the worde of God be not blasphemed. |
| 2:6 | Young men lykewyse exhort, to be sober mynded. |
| 2:7 | In all thynges shewyng thy selfe a paterne of good workes, in the doctrine, vncorruptnesse, grauitie, integritie, |
| 2:8 | Wholsome worde, vnrebukeable, that he which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you. |
| 2:9 | [Exhort] seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their owne maisters, and to please them in all thynges, not aunsweryng agayne: |
| 2:10 | Neither pickers, but shewing all good faythfulnesse, that they may adourne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all thynges. |
| 2:11 | For there hath appeared the grace of God [which is] healthful to all men, |
| 2:12 | Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde: |
| 2:13 | Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God, and our sauiour Iesus Christe, |
| 2:14 | Which gaue hym selfe for vs, that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse, and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe, zelous of good workes. |
| 2:15 | These thynges speake and exhort, and rebuke with all aucthoritie. Let no man dispise thee. |
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.