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The Great Bible 1539
| 5:1 | Finally of the tymes & seasons (brethren) it is no nede that I wryte vnto you: |
| 5:2 | for ye yourselues know perfectly, that the daye of the Lord shall come, euen as a thefe in the nyght. |
| 5:3 | For when they shall saye, peace and all thynges are safe, then shall soden destruccyon come vpon them (as sorowe commeth vpon a woman traualynge with chylde) & they shall not scape: |
| 5:4 | But ye brethren are not in darcknes, that that daye shulde come on you as a thefe. |
| 5:5 | Ye are all the chyldren of lyght, and the chyldren of the daye. We are not of the nyght nether of darknes. |
| 5:6 | Therfore let vs not slepe as do other: but let vs wacth, & be sober. |
| 5:7 | For they that slepe, slepe in the nyght: & they that be droncken, are droncken in the nyght. |
| 5:8 | But let vs whych are of the daye, be sober armed wyth the brest plate of fayth and loue, and with hope of saluacyon for an helmet. |
| 5:9 | For God hath not appoynted vs to prouoke wrath vnto oure selues, but to obtayne saluacyon by the meanes of oure Lorde Iesu Christ |
| 5:10 | whych dyed for vs: that whether we wake or slepe, we shulde lyue together wyth him. |
| 5:11 | Wherfore, comforte your selues together, & edifye euery one another, euen as ye do. |
| 5:12 | We beseche you brethren, that ye knowe them whych laboure amonge you, and haue the ouersyght of you in the Lorde, |
| 5:13 | & geue you exhortacyon, that ye haue them in hye reputacyon thorowe loue, for theyr workes sake, and be at peace with them. |
| 5:14 | We desyre you (brethren) warne them that are vnruly, comforte the feble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men. |
| 5:15 | Se that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto eny man: but euer folowe that whych is good, both amonge your selues, and to all men. |
| 5:16 | Reioyce euer. |
| 5:17 | Praye contynually. |
| 5:18 | In all thynges geue thankes. For this is the wyll of God thorowe Christ Iesu towarde you. |
| 5:19 | Quenche not the sprete. |
| 5:20 | Despyse not prophesyinges. |
| 5:21 | Examen all thynges, kepe that which is good. |
| 5:22 | Abstayne from all euell appearaunce. |
| 5:23 | The very God of peace sanctifye you thorowe out. And I praye God that youre whole sprete, and soule and body, maye be preserued: so that in nothyng ye maye be blamed in the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst. |
| 5:24 | Faythfull is he whych called you, which wyll also do it. |
| 5:25 | Brethren, praye for vs. |
| 5:26 | Grete all the brethren wyth an holy kysse. |
| 5:27 | I charge you in the Lorde, that this Epistle be red vnto all the holy brethren. |
| 5:28 | The grace of the Lorde Iesus Christ be wyth you. Amen. |
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."