1 Peter 5
1 Peter chapter 5 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 Therfor be ye mekid vndir the myyti hoond of God, that he reise you in the tyme of visitacioun, 2 and caste ye al youre bisynesse in to hym, for to hym is cure of you. 3 Be ye sobre, and wake ye, for youre aduersarie, the deuel, as a rorynge lioun goith aboute, sechinge whom he schal deuoure. 4 Whom ayenstonde ye, stronge in the feith, witynge that the same passioun is maad to thilke brithirhode of you, that is in the world. 5 And God of al grace, that clepide you in to his euerlastinge glorie, you suffrynge a litil, he schal performe, and schal conferme, and schal make sad. 6 To hym be glorie and lordschip, in to worldis of worldis. Amen. 7 Bi Siluan, feithful brother to you as Y deme, Y wroot schortli; bisechinge, and witnessinge that this is the very grace of God, in which ye stonden. 8 The chirche that is gaderid in Babiloyne, and Marcus, my sone, gretith you wel. 9 Grete ye wel togidere in hooli cos. Grace be to you alle that ben in Crist. Amen. 10 2 Petre 12 Simount Petre, seruaunt and apostle of `Jhesu Crist, to hem that han take with vs the euene feith, in the riytwisnesse of oure God and sauyour Jhesu Crist, 13 grace and pees be fillid to you, bi the knowing of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. 14 Hou alle thingis of his godlich vertu, that ben to lijf and pitee, ben youun to vs, bi the knowyng of hym, that clepide vs for his owne glorie and vertu.
