Righteousness through Faith in Christ
(Romans 3:21–31)

1Morover my brethren, reioyce in the LORDE. Where as I wryte euer one thinge vnto you, it greueth me not, and maketh you the surer.

2Bewarre off dogges, bewarre of euell workers, bewarre off discension: 3for we are the circumcision, euen we that serue God in the sprete, and reioyce in Christ Iesu, and haue no confidence in the flesh, 4though I haue wherof I mighte reioyce in ye flesh. Yf eny other ma thynke that he hath wherof he mighte reioyce in the flesh, moch more I, 5which was circucysed on the eight daye, one of the people of Israel, of the trybe off Ben Iamin, an hebrue of the Hebrues: as concernynge the lawe a Pharise: 6as concernynge feruentnes I persecuted the cogregacion: and as touchinge the righteousnes which is in the lawe, I was vnrebukable.

7But the thinges that were vauntage vnto me, haue I counted losse for Christes sake. 8Yee I thynke all thinges but losse, for that excellent knowleges sake of Christ Iesu my LORDE: for whom I haue counted all thinge losse, and do iudge them but donge, that I mighte wynne Christ, 9& be founde in him, not hauynge myne awne righteousnes which commeth of the lawe, but by the faith of Christ (namely) the righteousnes which commeth of God in faith, 10to knowe him and the vertue of his resurreccion, and the fellishippe of his passion, that I maye be conformable vnto his death, 11yff by eny meanes I mighte attayne to the resurreccion from the deed.

Pressing on toward the Goal

12Not that I haue attayned vnto it all ready, or that I am allready perfecte: but I folowe, yf I maye comprehende that, wherin I am comprehended off Christ Iesu. 13Brethren, I counte not my selfe yet that I haue gotten it: but one thinge I saye: I forget that which is behynde, and stretch my selfe vnto that which is before, 14& preace vnto ye marck apoynted, to optayne the rewarde of the hye callynge of God in Christ Iesu. 15Let vs therfore (as many as be parfecte) be thus wyse mynded: and yf ye be otherwyse mynded, I praye God open euen this vnto you. 16Neuertheles in that wher vnto we are come, let vs procede by one rule, that we maye be of one accorde.

Citizenship in Heaven

17Brethren, be ye ye folowers of me, and loke on the which walke eue so as ye haue vs for an ensample. 18For many walke (off whom I haue tolde you often, but now I tell you wepynge) eue enemies of the crosse of Christ, 19whose ende is damnacion, whose God is the bely, & whose glory shalbe to their shame, which are earthly mynded. 20But oure conuersacion is in heauen, from whence we loke for the Sauioure Iesu Christ ye LORDE, 21which shal chauge or vyle body, yt it maye be like fashioned vnto his glorious body, acordinge to ye workynge wherby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto himselfe.