1 Therfor Y boundun for the Lord biseche you, that ye walke worthili in the clepyng,

2 in which ye ben clepid, with al mekenesse and myldenesse, with pacience supportinge ech other in charite,

3 bisi to kepe vnyte of spirit in the boond of pees.

4 O bodi and o spirit, as ye ben clepid in oon hope of youre cleping;

5 o Lord,

6 o feith, o baptym, o God and fadir of alle, which is aboue alle men, and bi alle thingis, and in vs alle.

7 But to ech of vs grace is youun bi the mesure of the yyuyng of Crist;

8 for which thing he seith, He stiynge an hiy, ledde caitifte caitif, he yaf yiftis to men.

9 But what is it, that he stiede vp, no but that also he cam doun first in to the lowere partis of the erthe?

10 He it is that cam doun, and that stiede on alle heuenes, that he schulde fille alle thingis.

11 And he yaf summe apostlis, summe prophetis, othere euangelistis, othere scheepherdis and techeris,

12 to the ful endyng of seyntis, in to the werk of mynystrie, in to edificacioun of Cristis bodi,

13 til we rennen alle, in to vnyte of feith and of knowyng of Goddis sone, in to a parfit man, aftir the mesure of age of the plente of Crist;