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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 1:1 | Simon Peter a seruaunte, and an Apostle of Iesus Christe, to them whyche haue obtained lyke precyous faith wyth vs in the rightuousnes that commeth of oure God and sauiour Iesu Christ. |
| 1:2 | Grace wyth you, and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Iesus Christ oure Lorde. |
| 1:3 | Accordinge as hys godlye power hath geuen vnto vs al thinges that pertayne vnto lyfe and godlines, thorowe the knowledge of him that hath called vs by vertue & glory, |
| 1:4 | by the meanes, wherof are geuen vnto vs excellent and most great promises, that by the helpe of them ye should be partakers of the godly nature, in that ye flee the corruption of worldelye luste. |
| 1:5 | And herunto geue al diligence, in youre fayth, mynyster vertue, and in vertue knowledge, |
| 1:6 | and in knowledge temperancie, and in temperauncie, pacience, in pacience, Godlynes, |
| 1:7 | in Godlines brotherly kyndnes, in brotherlye kindnes, loue. |
| 1:8 | For yf these thinges be amonge you and are plenteous, they wyll make you, that ye neyther shalbe ydle nor vnfruteful in the knowledge of oure Lord Iesu Christe. |
| 1:9 | But he that lacketh these thinges, is blind and gropeth for the waye with his hand, and hath forgotten that he was pourged from his olde synnes. |
| 1:10 | Wherfore brethren, geue the more diligence for to make your callinge and eleccion sure. For if ye do suche thinges, ye shal neuer erre. |
| 1:11 | Yea and by this meanes an entringe in, shalbe minystred vnto you aboundantlye into the euerlastinge kingdome of oure Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christ. |
| 1:12 | Wherfore I wyll not be negligente to put you alwayes in remembraunce of such thynges, though that ye knowe them your selues, and be also stablyshed in the presente trueth. |
| 1:13 | Notwithstanding I thinke it mete, (as long as I am in this tabernacle) to stere you vp by puttynge you in remembraunc |
| 1:14 | for as muche as I am sure how that the tyme is at hande, that I must put of my tabernacle, euen as our Lord Iesus Christ hath shewed me. |
| 1:15 | I wil enforce therfore that on euerye syde ye myght haue wherwith to stere vp the remembraunce of these thynges after my departinge. |
| 1:16 | For we folowed not deceiuable fables, when we opened vnto you the power and comminge of our Lord Iesus Christ, but wyth our eyes we saw his maieste, euen then verelye, |
| 1:17 | when he receiued of God the father honoure and glory, and when there came such a voice to hym from the excellente glorie: This is my deare beloued sonne in whome I haue delyte. |
| 1:18 | This voice we hearde when it came from heauen beynge wyth hym in the holy mounte. |
| 1:19 | We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophesye, whervnto yf ye take hede, as vnto a light, that shineth in a darcke place, ye do wel vntyll the daye dawne, and the daye starre aryse in youre hertes. |
| 1:20 | So that ye fyrste knowe this, that no prophesye in the scripture hath any priuate interpretacion. |
| 1:21 | For the scrypture came neuer by the wyl of man, but holye men of God spake as they were moued by the holy ghoste. |
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.