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The Great Bible 1539
| 5:1 | The elders which are amonge you, I exhorte, which am also an elder, and a wytnes of the affliccyons of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened: |
| 5:2 | Fede ye Christes flocke, asmoch as lyeth in you, takynge the ouersyght of them, not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly: not for the desyre of fylthy lucre: but of a good mynde, |
| 5:3 | not as though ye were lordes ouer the parisshes: but that ye be an ensample to the flock |
| 5:4 | And when the chefe sheperd shall appeare; yee shal receaue, an incorruptibile crowne of glorie. |
| 5:5 | Lykewyse ye yonger, submyt your selues vnto the elder: Submit youre selues euery man, one to another, knyt youre selues together in lowlynes of mynde. For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humbl |
| 5:6 | Submyt youre selues therfore vnder the myghty hande of God, that he maye exalte you, when the tyme is come. |
| 5:7 | Cast all your care vpon him: for he careth for you. |
| 5:8 | Be sober and watch, for youre aduersary the deuyll as a roaring lyon walketh about, sekyng whom he maye deuoure: |
| 5:9 | whom resyst stedfast in the fayth, knowing, that the same affliccyons are apoynted vnto your brethren, that are in the worlde. |
| 5:10 | But the God of all grace whych hath called vs vnto hys eternall glory by Christ Iesus, shall hys awne selfe (after that ye haue suffred a lytell affliccyon) make you perfect: settle, strength and stablisshe you. |
| 5:11 | To him be glory and dominyon for euer, and euer. Amen. |
| 5:12 | By Syluanus a faythfull brother vnto you (as I suppose) haue I wrytten brefly, exhortynge and testifyinge, how that thys is the true grace of God, wherin ye stande. |
| 5:13 | The congregacyon of them whych at Babylon are companyons of youre eleccyon, saluteth you, and so doth Marcus my sonne. |
| 5:14 | Grete ye one another wyth the kysse of loue. Peace be wt you all, which are in Christ Iesu. 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."