Textus Receptus Bibles
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 4:1 | Wherof ben batelis and cheestis among you? Whether not of youre coueitisis, that fiyten in youre membris? |
| 4:2 | Ye coueiten, and ye han not; ye sleen, and ye han enuye, and ye moun not gete. Ye chiden, and maken batel; and ye han not, for ye axen not. |
| 4:3 | Ye axen, and ye resseyuen not; for that ye axen yuele, as ye schewen opynli in youre coueitisis. |
| 4:4 | Auowtreris, witen not ye, that the frenschip of this world is enemye to God? Therfor who euere wole be frend of this world, is maad the enemye of God. |
| 4:5 | Whether ye gessen, that the scripture seith veynli, The spirit that dwellith in you, coueitith to enuye? |
| 4:6 | But he yyueth the more grace; for which thing he seith, God withstondith proude men, but to meke men he yyueth grace. |
| 4:7 | Therfor be ye suget to God; but withstonde ye the deuel, and he schal fle fro you. |
| 4:8 | Neiye ye to God, and he schal neiye to you. Ye synneris, clense ye hondis, and ye double in soule, purge ye the hertis. |
| 4:9 | Be ye wretchis, and weile ye; youre leiyyng be turned in to weping, and ioye in to sorewe of herte. |
| 4:10 | Be ye mekid in the siyt of the Lord, and he schal enhaunse you. |
| 4:11 | My britheren, nyle ye bacbite ech othere. He that bacbitith his brothir, ethir that demeth his brothir, bacbitith the lawe, and demeth the lawe. And if thou demest the lawe, thou art not a doere of the lawe, but a domesman. |
| 4:12 | But oon is makere of the lawe, and iuge, that may lese, and delyuere. |
| 4:13 | And who art thou, that demest thi neiybore? Lo! now ye, that seien, To dai ethir to morewe we schulen go in to thilke citee, and there we schulen dwelle a yeer, and we schulen make marchaundise, and we schulen make wynning; |
| 4:14 | whiche witen not, what is to you in the morewe. |
| 4:15 | For what is youre lijf? A smoke apperinge at a litil, and aftirward it schal be wastid. Therfor that ye seie, If the Lord wole, and if we liuen, we schulen do this thing, ether that thing. |
| 4:16 | And now ye maken ful out ioye in youre pridis; euery siche ioye is wickyd. |
| 4:17 | Therfor it is synne to hym, that kan do good, and doith not. |
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
The Wycliffe Bible is the only Bible here that was not translated from the Textus Receptus. Its inclusion here is for the Bible's historic value and for comparison in the English language.
John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor produced the first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts in the 1380's. While it is doubtful Wycliffe himself translated the versions that bear his name, he certainly can be considered the driving force behind the project. He strongly believed in having the scriptures available to the people.
Wycliffe, was well-known throughout Europe for his opposition to the teaching of the organized Church, which he believed to be contrary to the Bible. With the help of his followers (called Lollards), Wycliffe produced dozens of English language manuscript copies of the scriptures. They were translated out of the Latin Vulgate, which was the only source text available to Wycliffe. The Pope was so infuriated by his teachings and his translation of the Bible into English, that 44 years after Wycliffe died, he ordered the bones to be dug-up, crushed, and scattered in the river.