Verse 23

They are the ministers of Christe, (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant, in stripes aboue measure, in pryson more plenteouslie, in death oft.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am that I am: And his grace which is in me, was not in vayne: But I laboured more aboundauntly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
  • 2 Cor 6:4-5 : 4 But in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as ye ministers of God, in much pacience, in afflictions, in necessities, in anguisshes, 5 In stripes, in prisonmentes, in strifes, in labours,
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I wyl shew hym how great thinges he must suffer for my names sake.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 Which hath made vs able ministers of the newe testament, not of the letter, but of the spirite: For the letter kylleth, but the spirite geueth lyfe.
  • 2 Cor 6:9 : 9 As vnknowen, and yet knowen, as dying, and beholde we lyue, as chastened, and not kylled,
  • 1 Cor 15:30-32 : 30 Why are they then baptized for them? And why stande we in ieopardie euery houre? 31 By our reioycyng which I haue in Christe Iesu our Lorde, I dye dayly. 32 If I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men, what auauntageth it me, yf the dead ryse not agayne? Let vs eate & drynke, for to morowe we shall dye.
  • 2 Cor 1:9-9 : 9 Yea, we receaued the sentence of death in our selues, that we should not put our trust in our selues, but in God, whiche rayseth the dead: 10 Who delyuered vs from so great a death, and doth deliuer: On whom we trust that yet hereafter he wyll deliuer,
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 What is Paul? what is Apollo? Only ministers are they by whom ye beleued, euen as the Lorde gaue to euery man.
  • 2 Cor 11:24-25 : 24 Of the Iewes fyue tymes receaued I fourtie stripes saue one. 25 Thryse was I beaten with roddes, once stoned, thrise I suffred shipwracke, nyght and day haue I ben in ye depth:
  • 2 Cor 12:11-12 : 11 I am become a foole in gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng, 12 Truely the signes of an Apostle were wrought among you, in all patience, and signes, and wonders, and myghtie deedes.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus Christe, for you heathen:
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I therfore, a prisoner in the Lorde, exhorte you, that ye walke worthy of the vocatio wherewith ye are called,
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 Whereof I am messenger in bondes, that therein I may speake freely, as I ought to speake.
  • Phil 1:13 : 13 So that my bondes in Christe, are manifest, throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other places.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 Yea, and though I be offered vp vpo the offeryng and seruice of your fayth, I reioyce, and reioyce with you all.
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Nowe iowe I in my sufferynges for you, and fulfyll that which is behynde of the passions of Christe, in my fleshe, for his bodyes sake, which is ye Church:
  • Col 1:29 : 29 Wherunto I also labour striuyng, according to his workyng which worketh in me mightylie.
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother and minister of God, and felowe labourer in the Gospell of Christe, to stablishe you & to comfort you concernyng your faith.
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 Yf thou put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast ben norysshed vp in the wordes of fayth and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually folowed.
  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Be not thou therfore ashamed of the testimonie of our Lorde, neither of me his prisoner: but suffer thou aduersitie with the Gospell, accordyng to the power of God,
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 The Lorde geue mercie vnto ye house of Onesiphorus, for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chayne.
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer, euen vnto bondes: But the worde of God is not bounde.
  • Phlm 1:9 : 9 Yet for loues sake, I rather beseche thee, beyng such a one as Paul the aged, & nowe also a prisoner of Iesus Christe.
  • Heb 10:34 : 34 For ye suffred also with my bondes, & toke in woorth the spoylyng of your goodes with gladnesse: knowyng in your selues how that ye haue in heauen a better and an enduryng substaunce.
  • 2 Cor 10:7 : 7 Loke ye on thynges after the vtter appearaunce? If any man trust in hym selfe that he is Christes, let hym consider this agayne of hym selfe, that as he is of Christe, euen so are we of Christe.
  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles.
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 Then thyther came certayne Iewes from Antioche and Iconium: which, whe they had perswaded the people, and had stoned Paule, drewe hym out of the citie, supposyng he had ben dead.
  • Acts 16:23-24 : 23 And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into pryson, commaundyng the iayler of the pryson to kepe them diligently. 24 Which when he had receaued such commaundement, thrust them into the inner pryson, and made their feete fast in the stockes.
  • Acts 20:23 : 23 But that the holy ghost witnesseth in euery citie, saying that bondes & trouble abyde me.
  • Acts 21:11 : 11 And when he was come vnto vs, he toke Paules girdle, & bounde his owne handes and feete, & sayde: Thus sayth the holy ghost, so shall the Iewes at Hierusalem bynde the man that oweth this girdle, and shall delyuer hym into the handes of the gentiles.
  • Acts 24:26-27 : 26 He hoped also, that money shoulde haue ben geuen hym of Paul, that he myght loose hym: wherfore, he sent for hym the oftener, and communed with hym. 27 But after two yere, Porcius Festus came into Felix rowme: And Felix wyllyng to shewe the Iewes a pleasure, left Paul bounde.
  • Acts 25:14 : 14 And when they had ben there a good season, Festus rehearsed Paules cause vnto the kyng, saying: There is a certayne man left in bondes of Felix,
  • Acts 27:1 : 1 And when it was cocluded, that we shoulde sayle into Italie, they delyuered both Paul, & certayne other prysoners, vnto one named Iulius, an vnder captayne of Augustus bande.
  • Acts 28:16 : 16 And when we came to Rome, ye vnder captayne delyuered the prysoners to the chiefe captayne of the hoast: But Paul was suffred to dwell by him selfe, with a souldyer that kept hym.
  • Acts 28:30 : 30 And Paul dwelt two yeres full in his owne hired house, and receaued all that came in vnto hym,
  • Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is written: For thy sake are we kylled all daye long, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.
  • 2 Cor 4:11 : 11 For we which lyue, are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake, that the lyfe also of Iesu myght appeare in our mortall flesshe.
  • 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 Let a man so esteeme of vs, as the ministers of Christe, and disposers of the secretes of God.