A68940:2048
The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the GreekThe Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke
The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the Greek by William Tyndale, and finished in the year of our Lord God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the month of November.The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.
Antwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534Anwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Wherefore though I be bold in Christ to §Benjoin the / that which becometh thee: yet for loves sake I rather beseech the / though I be as I am / even Paul aged / & now in bonds for Jesus Christs sake. I beseech thee for my son Onesimus / whom I begat in my bonds / which in time passed was to the unprofitable: but now profitable both to the & also to me / whom I have sent home again. Thou therefore receive him / that is to say mine own bowels / whom I would fain have retained with me / that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel. Nevertheless / without thy mind / would I do nothing / that that good which springeth of the / should not be as it were of necessity / but willingly.
Wherfore though I be bolde in Christ to §Benioyne the / that which becōmeth the: yet for loves sake I rather beseche the / though I be as I am / evē Paul aged / & now in bondes for Iesu Christes sake. I beseche the for my sonne Onesimus / whom I begat in my bondes / which in tyme passed was to the vnproffetable: but now proffetable bothe to the & also to me / whom I have sent home agayne. Thou therfore receave him / that is to saye myne awne bowels / whom I wolde fayne have retayned with me / that in thy stede he myght have ministred vnto me in ye bondes of the gospell. Neverthelesse / without thy mynde / wolde I doo nothinge / that yt good which springeth of the / shuld not be as it were of necessitie / but willingly.
Haply he therefore departed for a season / y• thou shouldest receive him for ever / not now §Cas a servant: but above a servant / I mean a brother beloved / specially to me: but how much more unto the / both in the flesh / and also in the Lord? If thou count me a fellow / receive him as my self. If he have hurt thee or oweth the ought / that lay to my charge. I Paul ha•e written it with mine own hand. I will recompense it. So that I do not say to the / how that thou owest unto me even thy ne own self. Even so brother / set me enjoy