Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 3:1 | Furthermore, brethren, pray for vs, that the worde of the Lord may haue free passage and be glorified, euen as it is with you, |
| 3:2 | And that we may be deliuered from vnreasonable and euill men: for all men haue not fayth. |
| 3:3 | But the Lord is faithfull, which wil stablish you, and keepe you from euill. |
| 3:4 | And we are perswaded of you through the Lord, that ye both doe, and will doe the things which we warne you of. |
| 3:5 | And the Lord guide your hearts to the loue of God, and the waiting for of Christ. |
| 3:6 | We warne you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, which hee receiued of vs. |
| 3:7 | For ye your selues know, how ye ought to follow vs: for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you, |
| 3:8 | Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you. |
| 3:9 | Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs. |
| 3:10 | For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any, which would not worke, that he should not eate. |
| 3:11 | For we heare, that there are some which walke among you inordinately, and worke not at all, but are busie bodies. |
| 3:12 | Therefore them that are such, we warne and exhort by our Lord Iesus Christ, that they worke with quietnes, and eate their owne bread. |
| 3:13 | And ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. |
| 3:14 | If any man obey not this our saying in this letter, note him, and haue no company with him, that he may be ashamed: |
| 3:15 | Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother. |
| 3:16 | Now the Lord himselfe of peace giue you peace alwayes by all meanes. The Lord be with you all. |
| 3:17 | The salutation of me Paul, with mine owne hand, which is ye token in euery Epistle: so I write, |
| 3:18 | The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all, Amen. |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
This version is significant because, it came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids, which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features, all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.