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The Great Bible 1539
| 2:1 | But speake thou the thinges which become wholsome learning. |
| 2:2 | That the elder men be sober sage, discrete, sounde in the fayth, in loue, in pacyence: |
| 2:3 | the elder wemen lykewyse, that they be in soche rayment as be commeth holynes, not beynge false accusars, not geuen to moch wyne, but that they teache honest thynges, |
| 2:4 | to make the younge wemen sobre mynded, to loue theyr husbandes, to loue their chyldren, |
| 2:5 | to be discrete, chast, huswyfly good, obedient vnto their husbandes, that the worde of God be not euyll spoken of. |
| 2:6 | Yonge men lykewyse exhorte, that they be sobre mynded. |
| 2:7 | In all thinges shewe thy selfe an ensample of good worckes in the doctryne, with honestie, grauytie, & with the wholsome |
| 2:8 | worde which cannot be rebuked: that he which withstandeth, maye be ashamed, hauinge no euell thynge to saye of you. |
| 2:9 | Exhort seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their awne masters, & to please them in all thinges, not answering agayne, |
| 2:10 | nether to be pickers, but that they shewe all good faythfulnes, that they maye do worshippe to the doctrine of God oure saueoure in all thynges. |
| 2:11 | For the grace of God, that bryngeth saluacyon vnto all men, hath appeared |
| 2:12 | and teacheth vs that we shulde denye vngodlynes and worldy lustes, & that we shulde lyue soberly, and ryghteously, and godly in thys present worlde, |
| 2:13 | lokynge for the blessed hope & appearinge of the glory of the greate God, & of oure sauioure Iesu Christ, |
| 2:14 | whych gaue him selfe for vs, to redeme vs from all vnryghtewesnes, and to pourge vs a peculyer people vnto hym selfe feruently geuen vnto good workes. |
| 2:15 | These thynges speake, and exhorte, and rebuke, with all feruentnes of commaundynge. Se that no man despyse the. |
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."