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The Great Bible 1539
| 2:1 | We beseche you (brethren) by the commynge of oure Lorde Iesu Christ, and in that we shall assemble vnto hym, |
| 2:2 | that ye be not sodenly moued from youre mynde, ner be troubled, nether by sprete, nether by wordes, nor yet by letter whych shulde seme to come from vs, as though the daye of Christ were at hande. |
| 2:3 | Let no man deceaue you by eny meanes, for the Lorde shall not come excepte ther come a departynge fyrst, and that that synfull man be opened, the sonne of perdicyon, |
| 2:4 | whych is an aduersarye: and is exalted aboue all that is called God, or that is worshypped: so that he doth syt in the temple of God, boastynge him selfe to be God. |
| 2:5 | Remember ye not, that when I was yet wyth you, I tolde you these thynges? |
| 2:6 | And nowe ye know what wythholdeth: euen that he myght be vttered at hys tyme. |
| 2:7 | For the mistery of the iniquitie doeth all readye worcke: tyll he which nowe onlye letteth, be taken out of the waye. |
| 2:8 | And then shall that wycked be vttered, whom the Lorde shall consume with the sprete of his mouth, and shall destroye wyth the appearaunce of hys commynge |
| 2:9 | euen hym whose commynge is after the workynge of Satan, with all lyinge power sygnes and wonders. |
| 2:10 | and with all deceauablenes of vnryghtwesnes, amonge them that perysshe: because they receaued not the loue of the trueth, that they myght be saued. |
| 2:11 | And therfore, God shall sende them stronge delusyon, that they shulde beleue lyes: |
| 2:12 | that all they myght be damned, whych beleued not the trueth: but had pleasure in vnryghtewesnes. |
| 2:13 | But we are bounde to geue thankes alwey to God for you (brethren beloued of the Lorde) for because that God hath from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacyon, thorowe sanctifyinge of the sprete, and thorow beleuing of the trueth, |
| 2:14 | wher vnto he called you by oure Gospell, to obtayne the glorye of oure Lord Iesu Christ. |
| 2:15 | Therfore brethren stande fast, & kepe the ordinaunces which ye haue learned: whether it were by oure preachinge, or by Epistle. |
| 2:16 | Oure Lorde Iesu Christ hym selfe, and God and oure father (which hath loued vs, and hath geuen vs euerlastynge consolacyon, and good hope thorowe grace) |
| 2:17 | comforte your hertes and stablysshe you in all good sayenge and doynge. |
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."