2 Corinthians · Chapter 6

[ edit] Forſoþe we helpinge moneſtyn, þat ȝe reſceyuen not þe grace of God in veyn. Soþli he ſeiþ, In tyme accept, or wel pleſynge, I haue herd þee, and in þe day of helþe I haue helpid þee. Lo! now a tyme acceptable, lo! now a day of heelþe.

To no man ȝyuynge ony offencioun, or hurtynge, þat oure myniſterie, or ſeruyſe, be not reprouyd; but in alle þingis ȝyue we vs ſilf as myniſtris of God, in moche pacience, in tribulaciouns, and in nedis, in angwiſchis, in betyngis, or ſcorgingis, in priſouns, in diſſenciouns wiþ ynne forþ, in trauelis, in wakyngis, in faſtingis, in chaſtite, in ſcience, or kunnynge, in long abydinge, in ſwetneſſe, in þe Hooly Gooſt, in charite not feyned, in þe word of treuþe, in þe vertu of God; by armers of riȝtwyſneſſe on þe riȝt half and left half; by glorie and vnnobley; by yuel fame and good fame; as diſſeyueris, and trewe men; as þei þat ben vnknowen, and knowun; as men deyinge, and lo! we lyuen; as chaſtiſid, and not maad deed; as ſorowful, forſoþ euermore ioyinge; as hauynge nede, or as nedy men, ſoþly makynge manye riche; as no þing hauynge, and weldinge alle þingis.

A! ȝe Corynþis, oure mouþ is opyn to ȝou, oure herte is alargid; be ȝe not maad ſtreit in vs, but be ȝe maad ſtreit in ȝoure entrailis. Forſoþe we hauynge þe ſame reward, I ſeye as to ſones, and be ȝe alargid. Nyle ȝe lede ȝok wiþ vnfeiþful men. Soþli what partynge, or comunynge, of riȝtwyſneſſe wiþ wickidneſſe? or what felowſchip of liȝt to derkneſſis? ſoþli what acordinge of Criſt to Belial? or what part of a feiþful, or criſten man, wiþ vnfeiþful, or heþene? but what conſent to þe temple of God wiþ ydols? Forſoþ ȝe ben þe temple of quyk God, as þe Lord ſeiþ, For I ſchal dwelle in hem, and I ſchal walken in; and I ſchal be þe God of hem, and þei ſchulen be to me a peple.

For which þing go ȝe out of þe myddel of hem, and be ȝe departid, ſeiþ þe Lord, and touche ȝe not vnclene þing; and I ſchal reſceyue ȝou, and I ſchal be to ȝou in to a fadir, and ȝe ſchulen be to me into ſones and douȝtris, ſeiþ þe Lord almyȝti.