A Call to Endurance (2 Timothy 2:1–13)
2 TNT lokynge vnto Iesus the auctor and fynnyssher of oure fayth which for the ioye that was set before him abode the crosse and despysed the shame and is set doune on the right honde of the trone of God. BSB BSB: Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 TNT Consider therfore how that he endured suche speakinge agaynst him of synners lest ye shuld be weried and faynte in youre myndes. BSB BSB: Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
God Disciplines His Sons 4 TNT For ye have not yet resisted vnto bloud sheddinge stryvinge agaynst synne. BSB BSB: In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
5 TNT And ye have forgotten the consolacion which speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren: My sonne despyse not the chastenynge of the Lorde nether faynt when thou arte rebuked of him: BSB BSB: And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
6 TNT For whom the Lorde loveth him he chasteneth: yee and he scourgeth every sonne that he receaveth. BSB BSB: For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
7 TNT Yf ye endure chastninge God offereth him selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes. What sonne is that whom the father chasteneth not? BSB BSB: Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
8 TNT If ye be not vnder correccion (where of all are part takers) then are ye bastardes and not sonnes. BSB BSB: If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
9 TNT Moreover seynge we had fathers of oure flesshe which corrected vs and we gave them reverence: shuld we not moche rather be in subieccion vnto the father of spretuall gyftes that we myght live? BSB BSB: Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
10 TNT And they verely for a feaue dayes nurtred vs after their awne pleasure: but he learneth vs vnto that which is proffitable that we myght receave of his holines. BSB BSB: Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
11 TNT No manner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyeous but greveous: neverthelesse afterwarde it bryngeth the quyet frute of rightewesnes vnto them which are therin exercysed. BSB BSB: No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
12 TNT Stretch forthe therfore agayne the hondes which were let doune and the weake knees BSB BSB: Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
13 TNT and se that ye have strayght steppes vnto youre fete lest eny haltinge turne out of the waye: yee let it rather be healed. BSB BSB: Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
A Call to Holiness (1 Peter 1:13–21)
14 TNT Embrace peace with all men and holynes: with out the which no man shall se the Lorde. BSB BSB: Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
15 TNT And looke to that no man be destitute of the grace of God and that no rote of bitternes springe vp and trouble and therby many be defiled: BSB BSB: See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
16 TNT and that there be no fornicator or vnclene person as Esau which for one breakfast solde his birthright. BSB BSB: See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
17 TNT Ye knowe how that afterwarde when he wolde have inherited the blessinge he was put by and he foude no meanes to come therby agayne: no though he desyred it with teares. BSB BSB: For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
An Unshakable Kingdom (Exodus 20:18–21; Deuteronomy 5:22–33)
18 TNT For ye are not come vnto the mounte that can be touched and vnto burninge fyre nor yet to myst and darcknes and tempest of wedder BSB BSB: For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
19 TNT nether vnto the sounde of a trope and the voyce of wordes: which voyce they that hearde it wisshed awaye that the communicacion shuld not be spoken to them. BSB BSB: to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
20 TNT For they were not able to abyde that which was spoken. If a beast had touched the mountayne it must have bene stoned or thrust thorowe with a darte: BSB BSB: For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
21 TNT even so terreble was the sight which appered. Moses sayde I feare and quake. BSB BSB: The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
22 TNT But ye are come vnto the mounte Sion and to the citie of the livinge god the celestiall Ierusalem: and to an innumerable sight of angels BSB BSB: Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
23 TNT and vnto the congregacion of the fyrst borne sonnes which are writte in heven and to God the iudge of all and to the spretes of iust and parfecte men BSB BSB: in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
24 TNT and to Iesus the mediator of the newe testament and to the spryncklynge of bloud that speaketh better then the bloud of Abell. BSB BSB: to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
25 TNT Se that ye despise not him that speaketh. For yf they escaped not which refused him that spake on erth: moche more shall we not escape yf we turne awaye from him that speaketh from heven: BSB BSB: See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
26 TNT whose voyce the shouke the erth and now declareth sayinge: yet once more will I shake not the erth only but also heven. BSB BSB: At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
27 TNT No dout that same that he sayth yet once more signifieth the removinge a waye of those thinges which are shaken as of thinges which have ended their course: that the thynges which are not shaken maye remayne. BSB BSB: The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
28 TNT Wherfore if we receave a kyngdom which is not moved we have grace wherby we maye serve god and please him with reverence and godly feare. BSB BSB: Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
29 TNT For oure god is a consumynge fyre. BSB BSB: “For our God is a consuming fire.”
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