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- Concerning the gatheryng for the saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galacia, euen so do ye.
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- Upon some Sabboth daye, let euery one of you put asyde by hym selfe, and laye vp as God hath prospered hym, that then there be no gatherynges when I come.
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- When I am come, whomsoeuer ye shall alowe by [your] letters, them wyll I sende, to bryng your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem.
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- And yf it be meete that I go also, they shall go with me.
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- I wyll come vnto you, after I haue gone ouer Macedonia (For I wyl passe through Macedonia)
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- And it may be, that I wyll abyde, yea or wynter with you, that ye may bryng me on my way whyther soeuer I go.
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- For I wyll not see you nowe in my passage, but I trust to abyde a whyle with you, yf the Lorde shall suffer me.
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- I wyll tarie at Ephesus vntyll whytsontyde:
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- For a great doore and effectuall is opened vnto me, and there are many aduersaries.
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- Yf Timotheus come, see that he be without feare with you: For he worketh the worke of the Lorde, as I do.
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- Let no man therfore despise hym, but conuay him foorth in peace, that he may come vnto me: for I loke for hym with the brethren.
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- As touchyng our brother Apollo, I greatly desired hym to come vnto you with the brethren, but his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme: Howebeit, he wyll come when he shall haue conuenient tyme.
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- Watche ye, stande fast in the fayth, quyte you lyke men, be strong.
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- Let al your thinges be done with loue.
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- I beseche you brethren (ye knowe the house of Stephanas, that it is ye first fruites of Achaia, and that they haue appoynted them selues to minister vnto the saintes)
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- That ye be obedient euen vnto suche, and to all that helpe with vs, & labour.
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- I am glad of the commyng of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, & Achaicus: for that whiche was lackyng [vnto me] on your part, they haue supplied.
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- For they haue comforted my spirite, and yours: Loke therfore that ye know them that are such.
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- The Churches of Asia salute you.
Aquila and Priscilla salute you muche in the Lord, and so doth the Churche that is in their house.
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- All the brethren greete you: Greete ye one another with an holy kysse.
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- The salutatio of [me] Paul, with mine owne hande.
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- Yf any man loue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, the same be Anathema maranatha.
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- The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you.
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- My loue be with you all in Christe Iesus.
Amen.
[The first (epistle) to the Corinthians, was sent from Philippos by Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and Timotheus.]
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