A   Let euery man this wyse esteme vs, euen for the mynisters of Christ, and stewardes of the ^note secretes of God. Now is there no more requyred of the stewardes, then, that they be founde ^note faithfull. It is but a small thinge vnto me, that I

shulde be iudged of you, or of mans daye, nether iudge I myne awne selfe. I knowe noughte by my selfe, ^note yet am I not therby iustified. It is the LORDE that iudgeth me. Therfore iudge ye nothinge before þe; tyme, vntyll the LORDE come, which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse, and op&ebar; the councels of þe; hertes, and th&ebar; shal euery one haue prayse of God.

B   These thinges brethren haue I described in myne awne preson ∧ in Apollos for youre sakes, that ye mighte lerne by vs, that noman counte hygher of him self, then aboue is wrytten, that one be not puft vp agaynst another for eny mans cause. For who preferreth the? ^noteWhat hast thou that thou hast not receaued? Yf thou hast receaued it, why makest thou th&ebar; thy boost, as though thou haddest not receaued it? Now ye are full, now ye are made riche, ye raigne without vs, and wolde God ye dyd raigne, that we might raigne with you.

Me thynketh that God hath set forth vs Apostles for the lowest off all, ^note euen as those that are appoynted vnto death. For we are a gasynge stocke vnto þe; worlde and to the angels, and vnto men. We are fooles for Christes sake, but ye are wyse in Christ: We weake, but ye str&obar;ge: Ye honorable, but we despysed. Euen vnto this daye we h&obar;ger and thyrst, and are naked, and are boffetted with fystes, and haue no certayne dwellinge place, ^note and laboure and worke with oure awne handes. We are reuyled, ^note and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffre it: We are euell spoken of, and we praye: We are become as it were the very outswepinges of þe; worlde, yee the of scowringe of all men vnto this tyme.

C   I wryte not this to shame you, but as my deare childr&ebar; I warne you. For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers. For I haue ^note begotten you in Christ Iesu thorow þe; Gospell? Wherfore I exhorte you, ^note be ye my folowers. For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus (which is my deare sonne, and faithfull in the LORDE) that he maye put you in remembraunce of my wayes, which are in Christ, eu&ebar; as I teach euery where in all congregacions. Some are puft vp, as though I wolde come nomore at you. But I wil come to you shortly ( ^note yf the LORDE wyl) and wyl knowe, not the wordes of th&ebar; that are puft vp, but þe; power. For the kyngdome of God is not &ibar; wordes, but in power. What wil ye? Shal I come vnto you &wt; the rodd, or with loue and the sprete of mekenesse?

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