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The Great Bible 1539
| 3:1 | Wherfore, sence we coulde no lenger forbeare, we thought it good to remayne at Athens alone, |
| 3:2 | and sent Timothe oure brother & mynyster of God, and the helper forth of oure laboure in the Gospell of Christ, to stablisshe you: and to conforte you concernyng our fayt |
| 3:3 | that no man shulde be moued in these affliccyons, For ye your selues knowe, that we are euen apoynted there vnto. |
| 3:4 | For when we were wyth you, we tolde you before, that we shude suffre tribulacyon, euen as it came to passe, and as ye knowe. |
| 3:5 | For this cause when I coulde no lenger forbeare, I sent that I myght haue knowledge of youre fayth, lest by some meanes the tempter had tempted you, and lest oure laboure had bene bestowed in vayne. |
| 3:6 | But now lately, when Timothe came from you vnto vs, & declared to vs your faith & your loue, & how that ye haue good remembraunce of vs allwayes, desyrynge to se vs as we also desyre to se you. |
| 3:7 | Therfore brethren we receaued consolacyon by you, in all our aduersite & necessite, through your fayth. |
| 3:8 | For now are we alyue, yf ye stande stedfast in the Lorde. |
| 3:9 | For what thankes can we recompence to God agayne for you, ouer al the ioye, that we ioye for your sakes before our God: |
| 3:10 | praying nyght and daye exceadyngly, that we might se you presently, and myght fulfyll the thynges which are lackynge vnto youre fayth. |
| 3:11 | God him selfe oure father, and oure Lorde Iesus Christ shall gyde oure iorney vnto you: |
| 3:12 | the Lord also shall increace you & make you flowe ouer in loue one toward another, and towarde all men, euen as we do toward you, |
| 3:13 | that he maye make youre hertes stable & vnblameable, in holynes before God oure father, at the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ with all saynctes. |
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."