Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
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The first Chapter.
A Paul an Apostle of Iesus
Christ by the will
of God. To þe; sayntes
which are Ephesus, ∧
to th&ebar; that beleue on
Iesus Christ.
noteGrace be with you
and peace from God
oure father, ∧ fr&obar; the LORDE Iesus Christ.
Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE
Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs &wt;
all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly
thynges by Christ note acordinge as he had
chosen vs by him, or euer the foundacion of
the worlde was layed, that we shulde be holy
and without blame before him in loue, ∧
ordeyned vs before, to receaue vs as children
thorow Iesus Christ, acordinge to the pleasure
of his will, vnto the prayse of the glory
of his grace, wherby he hath made vs accepted
in the
B note Beloued, in whom we haue
redempcion thorow his bloude (namely) the
forgeuenes of synnes, acordynge to þe; riches
of his grace, which he hath shed vpon vs
abundauntly in all wy&esset;dome and prud&ebar;ce:
and hath opened vnto vs the mystery of his
wil acordinge to his pleasure, which he had
purposed in himselfe, þt; it shulde be preached
note wh&abar; the tyme was full come, that all thinges
shulde be gathered together by Christ,
both the thinges which are in heauen, and
also the thinges that are vpon earth, euen
by him, by whom also we are come to the
inheritaunce note we that were therto predestinate
before, acordinge to þe; purpose of him,
which worketh all thinges after þe; councell
of his owne wyll, that we mighte be to the
prayse of his glory, euen we that before beleued
on Christ, on wh&obar; also ye beleued, after
that ye herde the worde of trueth, namely þe;
Gospell of youre saluacion: wherin whan
ye beleued, ye were note sealed with the holy sprete
of promes, which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce
to oure redempcion, that we
mighte be his owne to the prayse off his
glory.
C Wherfore I also, (in so moch as I haue
herde of the faith which ye haue in þe; LORDE
Iesu, and of youre loue vnto all þe; sayntes)
ceasse not to geue thankes for you, and
make mencion of you in my prayers, that þe;
God of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, the father
of glory maye geue vnto you the sprete
of wy&esset;dome, and open vnto you the knowlege
of himselfe, and lighten the eyes of youre
vnderstondinge, that ye maye knowe what
is the hope of youre callynge, and what the
riches of his glorious enheritaunce is vpon
the sayntes, ∧ what is the exceadinge greatnesse
of his power towarde vs, which beleue
acordinge to þe; workynge of his mightie
power, which he wroughte in Christ, whan
he raysed him vp fr&obar; the deed, note and set him
on his righte h&abar;de &ibar; heau&ebar;ly thinges, aboue
all rule, power, and mighte, and dominaci&obar;,
and aboue all that maye be named, not onely
in this worlde, but also in þe; worlde to come.
noteAnd hath put all thinges vnder his fete,
and hath made him aboue all thinges note
the heade of the c&obar;gregacion, which is his
body, and the fulnesse of him that fylleth all
in all.
Coverdale [1535], BIBLIA The Bible / that is, the holy Scripture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully and truly translated out of Douche and Latyn in to Englishe () [word count] [B04000].
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