1Hennus forward, my britheren, haue ye ioye in the Lord. To write to you the same thingis, to me it is not slow, and to you it is necessarie.

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John 19:39, John 19:39, John 7:47, John 7:50, John 7:47

2Se ye houndis, se ye yuele werk men, se ye dyuysioun.

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John 5:36, John 5:36, Acts 10:38, Acts 10:38, Acts 2:22

3For we ben circumcisioun, which bi spirit seruen to God, and glorien in Crist Jhesu, and han not trist in the fleisch,

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2 Corinthians 5:17, 2 Corinthians 5:17, John 3:5, John 3:6, John 3:5

4thouy Y haue trust, yhe, in the fleisch. If ony othere man is seyn to triste in the fleisch,

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1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 1:18, John 4:11

5Y more, that was circumcidid in the eiytthe dai, of the kyn of Israel, of the lynage of Beniamyn, an Ebrew of Ebrewis, bi the lawe a Farisee,

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Ezekiel 36:25, Ezekiel 36:27, Ezekiel 36:25, Ezekiel 36:27, Acts 2:38

6bi loue pursuynge the chirche of God, bi riytwisnesse that is in the lawe lyuynge with out playnt.

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Galatians 5:16, Galatians 5:21, Galatians 5:16, Galatians 5:21, Ezekiel 36:26

7But whiche thingis weren to me wynnyngis, Y haue demed these apeyryngis for Crist.

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John 3:3, John 3:3, Ephesians 4:22, Ephesians 4:24, Ephesians 4:22

8Netheles Y gesse alle thingis to be peirement for the cleer science of Jhesu Crist my Lord. For whom Y made alle thingis peyrement, and Y deme as drit,

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Ecclesiastes 11:4, Ecclesiastes 11:5, Ecclesiastes 11:4, Ecclesiastes 11:5, 1 Corinthians 2:11

9that Y wynne Crist, and that Y be foundun in hym, not hauynge my riytwisnesse that is of the lawe, but that that is of the feith of Crist Jhesu, that is of God the riytwisnesse in feith,

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Luke 1:34, Isaiah 42:16, John 6:60, John 6:52, Luke 1:34

10to knowe hym, and the vertu of his risyng ayen, and the felouschipe of his passioun, and be maad lijk to his deeth,

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Matthew 22:29, Matthew 22:29, Jeremiah 8:8, Jeremiah 8:9, Jeremiah 8:8

11if on ony maner Y come to the resurreccioun that is fro deth.

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John 8:38, John 8:38, John 14:24, John 12:49, John 14:24

12Not that now Y haue takun, or now am parfit; but Y sue, if in ony maner Y comprehende, in which thing also Y am comprehendid of Crist Jhesu.

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1 Corinthians 3:1, 1 Corinthians 3:2, 1 Corinthians 3:1, 1 Corinthians 3:2, 1 Corinthians 2:7

13Bretheren, Y deme me not that Y haue comprehendid; but o thing, Y foryete tho thingis that ben bihyndis, and stretche forth my silf to tho thingis that ben bifore,

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Proverbs 30:4, Proverbs 30:4, John 6:38, John 6:38, John 1:18

14and pursue to the ordeyned mede of the hiy clepyng of God in Crist Jhesu.

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Numbers 21:7, Numbers 21:9, Numbers 21:7, Numbers 21:9, John 8:28

15Therfor who euere we ben perfit, feele we this thing. And if ye vndurstonden in othere manere ony thing, this thing God schal schewe to you.

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John 3:16, John 3:16, John 6:40, John 6:40, John 12:44

16Netheles to what thing we han comun, that we vndurstonden the same thing, and that we perfitli dwelle in the same reule.

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Romans 5:8, Romans 5:8, 1 John 4:9, 1 John 4:10, 1 John 4:9

17Britheren, be ye my foleweris, and weyte ye hem that walken so, as ye han oure fourme.

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1 John 4:14, 1 John 4:14, Luke 19:10, Luke 19:10, John 12:47

18For many walken, whiche Y haue seid ofte to you, but now Y wepinge seie, the enemyes of Cristis cros,

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1 John 5:10, Mark 16:16, 1 John 5:10, Mark 16:16, Romans 8:1

19who ende is deth, whos god is the wombe, and the glorie in confusioun of hem, that saueren ertheli thingis.

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John 8:12, John 8:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:12, John 9:39

20But oure lyuyng is in heuenes; fro whennus also we abiden the sauyour oure Lord Jhesu Crist,

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Ephesians 5:11, Ephesians 5:13, Ephesians 5:11, Ephesians 5:13, John 7:7

21which schal reforme the bodi of oure mekenesse, that is maad lijk to the bodi of his clerenesse, bi the worching bi which he mai `also make alle thingis suget to hym.

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1 John 1:6, 1 John 1:6, Psalms 139:23, Psalms 139:24, Psalms 139:23