The fyrst Epistle to the Corinthyans. The .iij. Chapter.
- And I coulde not speake vnto you brethre as vnto spretuall: but as vnto carnall even as it were vnto babes in Christ.
- I gave you mylke to drinke and not meate. For ye then were not stronge no nether yet are.
- For ye are yet carnall. As longe verely as ther is amoge you envyige stryfe and dissencio: are ye not carnall and walke after ye manner of me?
- As loge as one sayth I holde of Paul and another I am of Apollo are ye not carnall?
- What is Paul? What thinge is Apollo? Only miministers are they by who ye beleved even as the Lorde gave every ma grace.
- I have planted: Apollo watred: but god gave increace.
- So then nether is he that planteth eny thinge nether he yt watreth: but god which gave the increace.
- He that planteth and he that watreth are nether better then the other. Every man yet shall receave his rewarde accordynge to his laboure.
- We are goddis labourers ye are goddis husbandrye ye are goddis byldynge.
- Accordynge to the grace of god geven vnto me as a wyse bylder have I layde the foundacio And another bylt thero But let every ma take hede how he bildeth apo.
- For other foundacion can no man laye then yt which is layde which is Jesus Christ.
- Yf eny man bilde on this foundacion golde silver precious stones tymber haye or stoble:
- every mannes worke shall appere. For the daye shall declare it and it shalbe shewed in fyre. And ye fyre shall trye euery mannes worke what it is.
- Yf eny mannes worke yt he hath bylt apon byde he shall receave a rewarde.
- If eny manes worke burne he shall suffre losse: but he shalbe safe him selfe: neverthelesse yet as it were thorow fyre.
- Are ye not ware that ye are the temple of god and how that the sprete of god dwelleth in you?
- Yf eny man defyle the temple of god him shall god destroye. For the temple of god is holy which temple ye are.
- Let no man deceave him silfe. Yf eny man seme wyse amonge you let him be a fole in this worlde that he maye be wyse.
- For ye wisdome of this worlde is folysshnes with god. For it is writte: he compaseth the wyse in their craftynes.
- And agayne God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne.
- Therfore let no ma reioyce in men. For all thinges are youres
- whether it be Paul other Apollo other Cephas: whether it be ye worlde other lyfe other deeth whether they be present thinges or thinges to come: all are youres
- and ye are Christes and Christ is goddis.