1 Corinthians 9:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Neuerthelesse, I wrote not these thinges, that it shoulde be so done vnto me: For it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vayne.

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  • Acts 18:3 : 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought (for their craft was to make tentes)
  • 1 Cor 9:12 : 12 If others be partakers of this power wherfore are not we rather? Neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all thinges, lest we shoulde hinder the Gospel of Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:9-9 : 9 And when I was present with you, and had nede, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lackyng vnto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all thynges I haue kept my selfe so that I shoulde not be chargeable to any man, and so wyll I kepe my selfe. 10 The trueth of Christe is in me, that this reioycyng shall not be shut vp agaynst me in the regions of Achaia. 11 Wherfore? Because I loue you not? God knoweth. 12 But what I do, that wyll I do, to cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they myght be founde lyke vnto vs, in yt wherin they gloried.
  • Matt 18:6 : 6 But who so shall offende one of these litle ones, which beleue in me, it were better for hym, that a myll stone were hanged about his necke, & that he were drowned in the deapth of the sea.
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 As for Saul, he made hauocke of the Churche, and entred into euery house, & drewe out both men and women, and put them into pryson.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these thynges moue me, neither is my lyfe deare vnto my selfe, so that I myght fulfyll my course with ioy, and the ministerie whiche I haue receaued of the Lorde Iesu, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God.
  • Acts 20:34 : 34 Yea, ye your selues knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
  • 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 And labour, working with our owne handes. We are reuyled, and we blesse. We are persecuted, and suffer it.
  • Phil 1:20-23 : 20 Accordyng to my expectation, and my hope, yt in nothyng I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all boldnesse, as alwayes, so now also, Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. 21 For Christe is to me lyfe, and death is to me aduantage. 22 But if I lyue in the fleshe, this (is) the fruite of my labour, and what I shall chose, I wote not. 23 For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better.
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For ye remember brethren, our labour and trauayle. For we labouryng nyght & day, because we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you, preached vnto you the Gospell of God.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 Neither toke we breade of any man for nought: but wrought with labour and sweat nyght and daye, because we woulde not be chargeable to any of you.
  • 2 Cor 12:13-18 : 13 For what is it, wherin ye were inferiour vnto other Churches, except it be that I was not chargeable vnto you? Forgeue me this wrong. 14 Beholde, nowe the thirde tyme I am redy to come vnto you, and yet wyll I not be chargeable vnto you: For I seke not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay vp for the fathers and mothers: but the fathers and mothers for the chyldren. 15 I wyll very gladly bestowe, & wylbe bestowed for your sakes, though the more aboundauntly I loue you, the lesse I am loued agayne. 16 But be it, that I was not chargeable vnto you: Neuerthelesse, when I was craftie, I caught you with guile. 17 Dyd I pyll you by any of them who I sent vnto you? 18 I desired Titus, and with hym I sent a brother: Dyd Titus defraude you of any thyng? Haue we not walked in the same spirite? not in the same steppes?

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    16 For if I preache the Gospell, I haue nothyng to reioyce of: for necessitie is layde vpon me. But wo is vnto me if I preache not the Gospell.

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