1Poul, apostle of `Crist Jhesu, bi the wille of God,

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Luke 1:3, Luke 1:3, Luke 24:19, Luke 24:19, Matthew 4:23

2and Tymothe, brother, to hem that ben at Colose, hooli and feithful britheren in Crist Jhesu,

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Acts 1:9, Acts 1:9, Hebrews 9:24, Acts 10:38, John 20:21

3grace and pees to you of God oure fadir and of the Lord Jhesu Crist. We don thankyngis to God, and to the fader of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, euermore preiynge for you, herynge youre feith in Crist Jhesu,

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1 Corinthians 15:5, 1 Corinthians 15:7, 1 Corinthians 15:5, 1 Corinthians 15:7, Acts 13:31

4and the loue that ye han to alle hooli men,

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Luke 24:49, Luke 24:49, John 14:16, John 14:16, John 15:26

5for the hope that is kept to you in heuenes. Which ye herden in the word of treuthe of the gospel,

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Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:11, Acts 11:15, Acts 11:16, Acts 11:15

6that cam to you, as also it is in al the world, and makith fruyt, and wexith, as in you, fro that dai in which ye herden and knewen the grace of God in treuthe.

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Luke 19:11, Luke 19:11, Luke 17:20, Luke 17:20, Daniel 7:27

7As ye lerneden of Epafras, oure felawe most dereworthe, which is a trewe mynystre of Jhesu Crist for you;

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Matthew 24:36, Matthew 24:36, 1 Thessalonians 5:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:1

8which also schewide to vs youre louyng in spirit.

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Matthew 28:19, Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:15, Mark 16:15, Romans 15:19

9Therfor we fro the dai in which we herden, ceessen not to preye for you, and to axe, that ye be fillid with the knowing of his wille in al wisdom and goostli vndurstondyng;

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Daniel 7:13, Daniel 7:13, Luke 24:50, Luke 24:51, Luke 24:50

10that ye walke worthili to God plesynge bi alle thingis, and make fruyt in al good werk, and wexe in the science of God,

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Luke 24:4, Luke 24:4, John 20:12, John 20:12, Mark 16:5

11and ben coumfortid in al vertu bi the miyt of his clerenesse, in al pacience and long abiding with ioye,

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Revelation 1:7, Revelation 1:7, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Mark 13:26

12that ye do thankyngis to God and to the fadir, which made you worthi in to the part of eritage of hooli men in liyt.

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Luke 24:52, Luke 24:52, Matthew 21:1, Matthew 21:1, Luke 24:50

13Which delyueride vs fro the power of derknessis, and translatide in to the kyngdom of the sone of his louyng,

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Acts 20:8, Acts 20:8, Luke 22:12, Luke 22:12, Mark 2:14

14in whom we han ayenbiyng and remyssioun of synnes.

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Ephesians 6:18, Acts 6:4, Ephesians 6:18, Acts 6:4, Acts 2:42

15Which is the ymage of God vnuysible, the first bigetun of ech creature.

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1 Corinthians 15:6, 1 Corinthians 15:6, Psalms 32:5, Psalms 32:6, Psalms 32:5

16For in hym alle thingis ben maad, in heuenes and in erthe, visible and vnuysible, ether trones, ether dominaciouns, ether princehodes, ethir poweris, alle thingis ben maad of nouyt bi hym, and in hym,

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Psalms 41:9, Psalms 41:9, John 13:18, John 13:18, Psalms 55:12

17and he is bifor alle, and alle thingis ben in hym.

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Acts 1:25, Acts 1:25, Acts 20:24, Mark 3:19, Acts 21:19

18And he is heed of the bodi of the chirche; which is the bigynnyng and the firste bigetun of deede men, that he holde the firste dignyte in alle thingis.

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Matthew 27:3, Matthew 27:10, Matthew 27:3, Matthew 27:10, Psalms 55:23

19For in hym it pleside al plente to inhabite,

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Matthew 28:15, Acts 21:40, Acts 2:22, 2 Samuel 2:16, Matthew 28:15

20and bi hym alle thingis to be recounselid in to hym, and made pees bi the blood of his cros, tho thingis that ben in erthis, ether that ben in heuenes.

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Psalms 69:25, Psalms 69:25, Psalms 109:8, Psalms 109:15, Psalms 109:8

21And whanne ye weren sumtyme aliened, and enemyes bi wit in yuele werkis,

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John 15:27, John 15:27, Deuteronomy 31:2, John 10:1, John 10:9

22now he hath recounselid you in the bodi of his fleisch bi deth, to haue you hooli, and vnwemmyd, and with out repreef bifor hym.

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Acts 1:2, Acts 1:2, Acts 1:8, Acts 1:9, Acts 4:33

23If netheles ye dwellen in the feith, foundid, and stable, and vnmouable fro the hope of the gospel that ye han herd, which is prechid in al creature that is vndur heuene. Of which Y Poul am maad mynystre,

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Acts 15:22, Acts 15:22, Acts 1:26, Acts 1:26

24and now Y haue ioye in passioun for you, and Y fille tho thingis that failen of the passiouns of Crist in my fleisch, for his bodi, that is the chirche.

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1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Samuel 16:7, Acts 15:8, Acts 15:8, Jeremiah 17:10

25Of which Y Poul am maad mynystre bi the dispensacioun of God, that is youun to me in you,

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Romans 1:5, 1 Corinthians 9:2, John 17:12, John 6:70, John 6:71

26that Y fille the word of God, the priuyte, that was hid fro worldis and generaciouns. But now it is schewid to his seyntis,

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Leviticus 16:8, Leviticus 16:8, Joshua 18:10, Joshua 18:10, 1 Samuel 14:41

27to whiche God wold make knowun the richessis of the glorie of this sacrament in hethene men, which is Crist in you, the hope of glorie.

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28Whom we schewen, repreuynge ech man, and techinge `ech man in al wisdom, that we offre ech man perfit in Crist Jhesu.

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29In which thing also Y trauele in stryuynge bi the worching of hym, that he worchith in me in vertu.

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