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The Great Bible 1539
| 3:1 | And I coulde not speake (vnto you brethren) as vnto spretuall: but as vnto carnall, euen as vnto babes in Christ. |
| 3:2 | I gaue you mylke to drynke, and not meate. For ye then were not stronge, nether are ye as yet. For ye are yet carnall. |
| 3:3 | As longe verely as ther is amonge you enuyinge, & strife & sectes: are ye not carnall, & walke after the maner of men? |
| 3:4 | For whyle one sayth: I holde of Paul, & another: I am of Apollo, are ye not carnall? |
| 3:5 | What is Paul? What thynge is Apollo? Onely ministers are they by whom ye beleued, euen as the Lorde gaue euery man grace. |
| 3:6 | I haue planted, Apollo watred: but God gaue the encreace. |
| 3:7 | So then, nether is he that planteth eny thyng, nether he that watreth, but God that geueth the encreace. |
| 3:8 | He that planteth and he that watreth, are one. Euery man yet shall receaue hys rewarde, accordynge to his laboure. |
| 3:9 | For we are Goddes labourers, ye are Goddes husbandrye, ye are Goddes buyldyng: |
| 3:10 | Accordynge to the grace of God geuen vnto me, as a wyse buylder haue I layde the foundacyon. And another bylt theron. But let euery man take hede, how he byldeth vpon. |
| 3:11 | For another foundacyon can no man laye, then it that is layde, whych is Iesus Christ. |
| 3:12 | If eny man buylde on this foundacyon, golde, syluer, precyous stones, tymber, haye or stoble: |
| 3:13 | euery mannes worcke shall appeare. For the daye shall declare, whych shalbe shewed in fyre. And the fyre shall trye euery mannes worcke, what it is. |
| 3:14 | If eny mannes worcke that he hath bylt vpon, byde, he shall receaue a rewarde. |
| 3:15 | If eny mannes worcke burne, he shall suffre losse, but he shalbe safe hym selfe: neuertheles, yet as it were thorowe fyre. |
| 3:16 | Knowe ye not, that ye are the temple of God, & how that the sprete of God dwelleth in you? |
| 3:17 | If eny man defyle the temple of God, hym shall God destroye. For the temple of God, is holy, whych temple ye are. |
| 3:18 | Let no man deceaue him selfe. If eny man seme wyse to hym selfe amonge you, let hym become a foole in this worlde, that he maye be wyse. |
| 3:19 | For the wysdom of thys worlde is folyshnes with God. For it is wrytten: he compaseth the wyse in theyr craftynes. |
| 3:20 | And agayne: God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they be vayne. |
| 3:21 | Therfore, let no man reioyce in men. For all thynges are youres, |
| 3:22 | whether it be Paul, ether Apollo, ether Cephas: whether it be the worlde, ether lyfe, ether deeth, whether they be present thynges, or thynges to come: all are youres: |
| 3:23 | and ye are Chrystes, and Christ is Goddes. |
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."