Chap. I. He thanketh God for their faith
and loue, and prayeth for the increase of the
same.
Chap. II. He sheweth them that the daye of
the LORDE shal not come, till the departinge
fr&obar; the faith come first: and therfore he exhorteth
them not to be disceaued, but to stonde
stedfast in the thinges that he hath taught
them.
Chap. III. He desyreth them to praye for him
that the gospell maye prospere, and geueth th&ebar;
warnynge to reproue the ydle, and yf they wil
not laboure with their handes, that they shal
not eate.
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].
