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Jesus Appears at the Sea of Tiberias

¹After these things, Iesus shewed himselfe againe to his disciples at the sea of Tiberias: and thus shewed he himselfe:

²There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas, which is called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galile, and the sonnes of Zebedeus, and two other of his disciples.

³Simon Peter said vnto them, I go a fishing. They said vnto him, We also will goe with thee. They went their way and entred into a ship straightway, and that night caught they nothing.

⁴But when the morning was nowe come, Iesus stoode on the shore: neuerthelesse the disciples knewe not that it was Iesus.

⁵Iesus then said vnto them, Syrs, haue ye any meate? They answered him, No.

⁶Then he said vnto them, Cast out the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall finde. So they cast out, and they were not able at all to draw it, for the multitude of fishes.

⁷Therefore said the disciple whom Iesus loued, vnto Peter, It is the Lord. When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girded his coate to him (for he was naked) and cast himselfe into the sea.

⁸But the other disciples came by shippe (for they were not farre from land, but about two hundreth cubites) and they drewe the net with fishes.

⁹Assoone then as they were come to land, they sawe hoate coales, and fish laide thereon, and bread.

¹⁰Iesus saide vnto them, Bring of the fishes, which ye haue nowe caught.

¹¹Simon Peter stepped foorth and drewe the net to land, full of great fishes, an hundreth, fiftie and three: and albeit there were so many, yet was not the net broken.

¹²Iesus saide vnto them, Come, and dine. And none of the disciples durst aske him, Who art thou? seeing they knewe that he was the Lord.

¹³Iesus then came and tooke bread, and gaue them, and fish likewise.

¹⁴This is now the third time that Iesus shewed himselfe to his disciples, after that he was risen againe from the dead.

Jesus Restores Peter

¹⁵So when they had dined, Iesus said to Simon Peter, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me more then these? He said vnto him, Yea Lord, thou knowest that I loue thee. He said vnto him, Feede my lambes.

¹⁶He said to him againe the second time, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me? He said vnto him, Yea Lord, thou knowest that I loue thee. He said vnto him, Feede my sheepe.

¹⁷He said vnto him the third time, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me? Peter was sorie because he said to him the third time, Louest thou me? and said vnto him, Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus saide vnto him, Feede my sheepe.

¹⁸Verely, verely I say vnto thee, When thou wast yong, thou girdedst thy selfe, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be olde, thou shalt stretch foorth thine hands, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldest not.

¹⁹And this spake he signifying by what death he shoulde glorifie God. And when he had said this, he said to him, Folowe me.

²⁰Then Peter turned about, and sawe the disciple whom JESUS loued, folowing, which had also leaned on his breast at supper, and had saide, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

²¹When Peter therefore sawe him, he saide to Iesus, Lord, what shall this man doe?

²²Iesus said vnto him, If I will that he tarie till I come, what is it to thee? follow thou me.

²³Then went this worde abroade among the brethren, that this disciple shoulde not die. Yet Iesus saide not to him, He shall not die: but if I will that he tarie till I come, what is it to thee?

²⁴This is that disciple, which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things, and we know that his testimonie is true.

²⁵Nowe there are also many other things which Iesus did, the which if they should be written euery one, I suppose the world coulde not conteine the bookes that shoulde be written, Amen.

The Power of Words and the Wisdom of Friendship

¹For the desire thereof hee will separate himselfe to seeke it, and occupie himselfe in all wisdome.

²A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.

³When the wicked commeth, then commeth contempt, and with the vile man reproch.

⁴The words of a mans mouth are like deepe waters, and the welspring of wisdome is like a flowing riuer.

⁵It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.

⁶A fooles lips come with strife, and his mouth calleth for stripes.

⁷A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.

⁸The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

⁹He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.

¹⁰The Name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth vnto it, and is exalted.

¹¹The rich mans riches are his strong citie: and as an hie wall in his imagination.

¹²Before destruction the heart of a man is hautie, and before glory goeth lowlines.

¹³He that answereth a matter before hee heare it, it is folly and shame vnto him.

¹⁴The spirit of a man will susteine his infirmitie: but a wounded spirit who can beare it?

¹⁵A wise heart getteth knowledge, and the eare of the wise seeketh learning.

¹⁶A mans gift enlargeth him, and leadeth him before great men.

¹⁷He that is first in his owne cause, is iust: then commeth his neighbour, and maketh inquirie of him.

¹⁸The lot causeth contentions to cease, and maketh a partition among the mightie.

¹⁹A brother offended is harder to winne then a strong citie, and their contentions are like the barre of a palace.

²⁰With the fruite of a mans mouth shall his belly be satisfied, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

²¹Death and life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.

²²He that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauour of the Lord.

²³The poore speaketh with prayers: but the rich answereth roughly.

²⁴A man that hath friends, ought to shew him selfe friendly: for a friend is neerer then a brother.

Greeting

¹Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,

²To them which are at Colosse, Saintes and faithfull brethren in Christ: Grace bee with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Colossians

³We giue thankes to God euen ye Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, alway praying for you:

⁴Since wee heard of your faith in Christ Iesus, and of your loue toward all Saintes,

⁵For the hopes sake, which is laide vp for you in heauen, whereof yee haue heard before by the word of trueth, which is the Gospel,

⁶Which is come vnto you, eue as it is vnto al the world, and is fruitful, as it is also amog you, from ye day that ye heard and truely knew ye grace of God,

⁷As yee also learned of Epaphras our deare fellowe seruaunt, which is for you a faithfull minister of Christ:

⁸Who hath also declared vnto vs your loue in the Spirit.

Prayer for Wisdom to Walk Worthily

⁹For this cause wee also, since the day wee heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with knowledge of his will in all wisdome, and spirituall vnderstanding,

¹⁰That ye might walke worthy of the Lord, and please him in all things, being fruitefull in all good workes, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

¹¹Strengthened with all might through his glorious power, vnto all patience, and long suffering with ioyfulnesse,

¹²Giuing thankes vnto the Father, which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saintes in light,

¹³Who hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse, and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare Sonne,

¹⁴In whome we haue redemption through his blood, that is, the forgiuenesse of sinnes,

The Supremacy of Christ

¹⁵Who is the image of the inuisible God, the first begotten of euery creature.

¹⁶For by him were all things created, which are in heauen, and which are in earth, thinges visible and inuisible: whether they be Thrones or Dominions, or Principalities, or Powers, all things were created by him, and for him,

¹⁷And hee is before all things, and in him all things consist.

¹⁸And hee is the head of the body of the Church: he is the beginning, and the first begotten of the dead, that in all thinges hee might haue the preeminence.

¹⁹For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulnesse dwell,

²⁰And through peace made by that blood of that his crosse, to reconcile to himselfe through him, through him, I say, all thinges, both which are in earth, and which are in heauen.

Reconciled Through the Cross

²¹And you which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your mindes were set in euill workes, hath he nowe also reconciled,

²²In that body of his flesh through death, to make you holy, and vnblameable and without fault in his sight,

²³If ye continue, grounded and stablished in the faith, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospel, whereof ye haue heard, and which hath bene preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, whereof I Paul am a minister.

Paul's Labor and Ministry for the Church

²⁴Now reioyce I in my suffrings for you, and fulfill the rest of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church,

²⁵Whereof I am a minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen mee vnto you ward, to fulfill the word of God,

²⁶Which is the mysterie hid since the world began, and from all ages, but nowe is made manifest to his Saintes,

²⁷To whome God woulde make knowen what is the riches of his glorious mysterie among the Gentiles, which riches is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

²⁸Whome we preache, admonishing euery man, and teaching euery man in all wisdome, that we may present euery man perfect in Christ Iesus,

²⁹Whereunto I also labour and striue, according to his working which worketh in me mightily.