Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 3:1 | Warne them that they submytte them selues to rule & power: that they obey the officers: that they be ready vnto euery good worke: |
| 3:2 | that they speake euyll of no man: that they be no fyghters, but gentle, shewynge all mekenes vnto all men. |
| 3:3 | For we oure selues also were somtyme foolyshe dysobedient, deceaued, seruynge diuerse lustes and volupteousnes, lyuynge in maliciousnes and enuye, full of hate, hatynge one another. |
| 3:4 | But after that the kyndnes and loue of oure saueoure God to man warde appeared, |
| 3:5 | not by the dedes of rightewesnes which we wrought, but accordynge to hys mercye he saued vs by the fountayne of the newe byrth, and renuynge of the holy goost, |
| 3:6 | which he shedd on vs abountdantly, thorowe Iesus Christ oure saueoure, |
| 3:7 | that we iustifyed by hys grace, shulde be made heyres accordinge to the hope of eternall lyfe, |
| 3:8 | Thys is a true sayinge. Of these thynges I wyll that thou certifye, that they which beleue in God, myght be diligent to go forwarde in good workes. For these thynges are good and profitable vnto men, |
| 3:9 | Folysshe questyons, and genealogies, and braulynge, thorowe stryuinges aboute the lawe, auoyde? for they are vnprofytable and superfluous. |
| 3:10 | A man that is an auctor offectes, after the fyrst & the seconde admonycion auoyde: |
| 3:11 | knowynge, that he (that is soche) is peruerted & synneth euen damned by hym selfe. |
| 3:12 | When I shall sende Artemas vnto the, or Tychicus, be diligent, to come to me vnto Nichopolis: For I haue determined there to winter, |
| 3:13 | Bringe Zenas the lawear & Apollos on their iorney diligently, that nothynge be lackynge vnto them. |
| 3:14 | And let oures also learne to excell in good workes, as farforth as nede requyreth, that they be not vnfrutefull. |
| 3:15 | All that are with me, salute the. Grete them that loue vs in the fayth. Grace be with you all. 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."