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The Great Bible 1539
| 3:1 | Moreouer, (brethren) reioyce ye in the Lorde. It greueth me not to wryte one thynge often to you. For to you it is a sure thynge. |
| 3:2 | Beware of dogges, beware of euyll workers. Beware of dissensyon. |
| 3:3 | For we are circumcisyon, which serue God in the sprete, and reioyce in Chryst Iesu, and haue no confydence in the flesshe: |
| 3:4 | though I myght also reioyce in the flesshe. If eny other man thynketh that he hath wherof he might trust in the flesshe: I haue more: |
| 3:5 | beynge circumcysed the eyght daye, of the kynred of Israel, of the trybe of Beniamin an Ebrue borne of the Ebrues as concernynge the lawe, a Pharisaye: |
| 3:6 | as concernynge feruentnes, I persecuted the congregacyon, as touchynge the ryghtewesnes which is in the lawe, I was vnrebukable. |
| 3:7 | But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me, those I counted losse for Chrystes sake. |
| 3:8 | ye I thynke all thynges but losse for the excellencye of the knowledge of Chryst Iesu my Lorde. For whom I haue counted all thynge losse, and do iudge them but vyle, that I maye wynne Chryst, |
| 3:9 | and be founde in him not hauynge myne awne ryghtewesnes of the lawe: but that which is thorow the fayth of Chryst: euen the ryghtewesnes which commeth of God thorowe fayth: |
| 3:10 | that I maye knowe hym and the vertue of hys resurrecyon, and the fellowshyppe of hys passyons, whyle I am conformable vnto hys (deeth) |
| 3:11 | yf by eny meanes I myght attayne vnto the resurreccyon of the deed. |
| 3:12 | Not that I haue attayned vnto it all ready, or that I am all ready perfecte: but I folowe, yf that I maye comprehende that, wherin I am comprehended of Chryst Iesu. |
| 3:13 | Brethren, I counte not my selfe that I haue gotten it as yet, but this one thynge I saye: I forget those thinges which are behinde, & endeuoure my selfe vnto those thinges which are before, |
| 3:14 | and (accordinge to the marke apoynted) I preace to the rewarde of the hye callynge of God thorowe Chryst Iesu. |
| 3:15 | Let vs therfore as many as be perfect, be thus wyse mynded, and yf ye be other wyse mynded, God shall open the same also vnto you. |
| 3:16 | Neuerthelesse vnto that which we haue attayned vnto, lett vs proceade by one rule, that we maye be of one accorde. |
| 3:17 | Brethren, be folowers together of me, and loke on them which walke euen so, as ye haue vs for an ensample. |
| 3:18 | For many walke (of whom I haue tolde you often and nowe tell you wepynge) that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ, |
| 3:19 | whose ende is damnacion, whose God is theyr belly and glory to theyr shame, which are worldely mynded. |
| 3:20 | But oure conuersacyon is in heauen, from whence we loke for the saueoure, euen the Lorde Iesus Chryst, |
| 3:21 | which shall chaunge oure vyle bodie, that he maye make it lyke vnto hys glorious body, accordynge to the workynge, wherby he is able also to subdue all thynges vnto him selfe. |
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."