A   Morover my brethren, reioyce in the LORDE. Where as I wryte euer one thinge vnto you, it greueth me not, and maketh you the surer. Bewarre off dogges, bewarre of euell workers, bewarre off discension: ^note for we are the circumcision, euen we that serue God in the sprete, and reioyce in Christ Iesu,

and haue no confidence in the flesh, though I haue wherof I mighte reioyce in þe; flesh. Yf eny other m&abar; thynke that he hath wherof he mighte reioyce in the flesh, moch more I, which was circ&ubar;cysed on the eight daye, one of the people of Israel, of the trybe off Ben Iamin, an hebrue of the Hebrues: as concernynge the lawe ^note a Pharise: as concernynge feruentnes ^note I persecuted the c&obar;gregacion: and as touchinge the righteousnes which is in the lawe, I was vnrebukable.

^noteBut the thinges that were vauntage vnto me, haue I counted losse for Christes sake. Yee I thynke all thinges but losse, for that excellent ^note knowleges sake of Christ Iesu my LORDE: for whom I haue counted all thinge losse, and do iudge them but donge, that I mighte wynne Christ, ∧ be founde in him, not hauynge myne awne righteousnes which commeth of the lawe, B   but by the faith of Christ (namely) the righteousnes which commeth of God in faith, to knowe him and the vertue of his resurreccion, and the fellishippe of his passion, ^note that I maye be conformable vnto his death, yff by eny meanes I mighte attayne to the resurreccion from the deed. Not that I haue attayned vnto it all ready, or that I am allready perfecte: but I folowe, yf I maye comprehende that, wherin I am comprehended off Christ Iesu. Brethren, I counte not my selfe yet that I haue gotten it: but one thinge I saye: I forget that which is behynde, and stretch my selfe vnto that which is before, ∧ preace vnto þe; marck apoynted, to optayne the rewarde of the hye callynge of God in Christ Iesu.

C   Let vs therfore (as many as be parfecte) be thus wyse mynded: and yf ye be otherwyse mynded, I praye God open euen this vnto you. Neuertheles in that wher vnto we are come, let vs procede by one rule, that we maye be of one accorde. ^noteBrethren, be ye þe; folowers of me, and loke on th&ebar; which walke eu&ebar; so as ye haue vs for an ensample. For many walke (off whom I haue tolde you often, but now I tell you wepynge) eu&ebar; enemies of the crosse of Christ, whose ende is damnacion, ^note whose God is the bely, ∧ whose glory shalbe to their shame, which are earthly mynded. ^noteBut oure conuersacion is in heauen, from whence we loke for the Sauioure Iesu Christ þe; LORDE, ^note which shal cha&ubar;ge o&highr; vyle body, þt; it maye be like fashioned vnto his glorious body, acordinge to þe; workynge wherby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto himselfe.

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