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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 6:1 | Chyldren obeye youre fathers and mothers in the Lorde: for so is it ryght. |
| 6:2 | Honoure thy father and mother, that is the fyrst commaundemente that hath anye promes, |
| 6:3 | that thou mayeste be in good estate, and liue longe on the earth. |
| 6:4 | And ye fathers, moue not youre children to wrath, but bringe them vp with the norter and information of the Lorde. |
| 6:5 | Seruauntes be obedient vnto youre carnall maisters, wyth feare and tremblinge, in singlenes of youre hertes, as vnto Christe, |
| 6:6 | not wyth seruice in the eye sight, as men pleasers, but as the seruauntes of Christe, doynge the wyll of God frome the herte |
| 6:7 | wyth good wyll seruynge the Lorde, & not men. |
| 6:8 | And remembre that, whatsoeuer good thinge any man doeth, that shall he receiue agayne of the Lorde, whether he be bounde or fre. |
| 6:9 | And ye maisters, do euen the same thinges vnto them puttinge awaye threateninges: and remembre that euen your maister also is in heauen, neither is ther anye respect of person wyth hym. |
| 6:10 | Finally my brethren, be stronge in the Lord and in the power of his myghte. |
| 6:11 | Put on the armoure of God, that ye maye stande stedfaste agaynste the crafty assautes of the deuyll. |
| 6:12 | For we wrestle not againste fleshe and bloude: but against rule, agaynst power, and againste worldlye rulers of the darckenes of thys worlde, againste spyrytuall wickednes, for heauenly thynges. |
| 6:13 | For thys cause take vnto you the armoure of God, that ye maye be able to resiste in the euyl daye, and stande perfect in al thinges. |
| 6:14 | Stande therfore, and your loynes gyrde about wyth veritie, hauinge on the breste plate of rightuousnes, |
| 6:15 | and shoed with shoes prepared by the Gospel of peace. |
| 6:16 | Aboue all take to you the shelde of fayth, wherwith ye maye quench all the fyrie dartes of the wycked. |
| 6:17 | And take the helmet of saluacion and the swerd of the spyrite, which is the word of God. |
| 6:18 | And praye all wayes wyth all maner prayer and supplicacion: and that in the spirite, and watch therunto with all instaunce and supplication for all sainctes, |
| 6:19 | and for me, that vtteraunce maye be geuen vnto me, that I maye open my mouth bloudly, to vtter the secretes of the Gospel, |
| 6:20 | wherof I am a messenger in boundes that therin I may speake frely, as it becommeth me to speake. |
| 6:21 | But that ye maye also knowe what condicion I am in and what I do. Tichicus my deare brother and faythfull mynyster in the Lorde, shal shewe you of all thinges, |
| 6:22 | whom I sent vnto you for the same purpose, that ye myght knowe what case I stand in, and that he myght comforte your hertes. |
| 6:23 | Peace be with the brethren, and loue with fayth from God the father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christe. |
| 6:24 | Grace be with al them whiche loue oure Lorde Iesus Christe in purenes. Amen. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.