1 Corinthians 9:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

To them that are without lawe, become as though I were without lawe, (when I was not without law as parteyning to the lawe of God, but in the lawe of Christe) to winne them that are without lawe.

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  • Rom 2:12 : 12 For whosoeuer hath sinned without lawe, shall also perishe without lawe: And as many as haue sinned in ye lawe, shalbe iudged by the lawe.
  • Rom 2:14 : 14 For when the Gentiles, which haue not the lawe, do of nature the thynges conteyned in the lawe: they hauing not the lawe, are a lawe vnto them selues.
  • Gal 3:2 : 2 This only woulde I learne of you, whether ye receaued the spirite by the deedes of the lawe, or by the hearyng of the fayth?
  • Matt 5:17-20 : 17 Thynke not that I am come to destroy the lawe, or the prophetes. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfyll. 18 For truely I say vnto you, tyll heauen and earth passe, one iotte, or one title of the lawe shall not scape, tyll all be fulfylled. 19 Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen. But who so euer doeth, and teacheth (so) the same shalbe called great in the kyngdome of heauen. 20 For I say vnto you: except your righteousnes, excede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kyngdome of heauen.
  • Acts 15:28 : 28 For it seemed good to the holy ghost, and to vs, to charge you with no more then these necessarie thynges That is to say
  • Acts 16:4 : 4 And as they went through the cities, they delyuered them the decrees for to kepe, that were ordayned of ye Apostles and elders, which were at Hierusalem.
  • Acts 21:25 : 25 As touchyng the Gentiles which beleue, we haue written and concluded, that they obserue no suche thyng, saue only that they kepe them selues from thynges offered to idoles, & from blood, and from strangled, & from fornication.
  • Gal 5:13-14 : 13 For brethren, ye haue ben called into libertie: Only let not libertie be an occasio to the flesshe, but by loue serue one another. 14 For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde, which is this: Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe.
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruite of the spirite is, loue, ioye, peace, long sufferyng, gentlenesse, goodnesse, fayth, 23 Mekenesse, temperauncie: agaynst such there is no lawe.
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Chyldren, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lorde: for this is ryght. 2 Honour thy father and mother (whiche is the first commaundement in promise) 3 That thou mayest prosper, and lyue long on earth.
  • 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Furthermore we besech you brethren, & exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus, that ye encrease more and more, as ye haue receaued of vs, how ye ought to walke and to please God. 2 For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by the Lorde Iesus.
  • Titus 2:2-9 : 2 That the elder men be watchyng, graue, sober, sounde in fayth, in loue, in pacience: 3 The elder women lykewyse, that they be in such behauiour as becometh holynesse, not false accusers, not geuen to much wine, teachers of good thinges, 4 To make the young women sober mynded, to loue their husbandes, to loue their chyldren, 5 (To be) discrete, chaste, house kepers, good, obedient vnto their owne husbandes, that the worde of God be not blasphemed. 6 Young men lykewyse exhort, to be sober mynded. 7 In all thynges shewyng thy selfe a paterne of good workes, in the doctrine, vncorruptnesse, grauitie, integritie, 8 Wholsome worde, vnrebukeable, that he which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you. 9 Exhort seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their owne maisters, and to please them in all thynges, not aunsweryng agayne: 10 Neither pickers, but shewing all good faythfulnesse, that they may adourne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all thynges. 11 For there hath appeared the grace of God which is healthful to all men, 12 Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde:
  • Heb 8:10 : 10 For this is the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes, saith the Lord, geuyng my lawes into their mynde, and in their heart I wyl write them, and I wyll be to them a God, and they shalbe to me a people.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delite in the lawe of God, after the inwarde man:
  • Rom 7:25 : 25 I thanke God through Iesus Christe our Lorde. So then, with the mynde I my selfe serue the lawe of God: but with the fleshe, the lawe of sinne.
  • Rom 8:4 : 4 That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe, myght be fulfylled in vs, which walke not after the fleshe, but after the spirite.
  • Rom 13:8-9 : 8 Owe nothyng to no man, but to loue one another: (For he that loueth another, hath fulfylled the lawe. 9 For this: Thou shalt not commit adultrie, thou shalt not kyll, thou shalt not steale, thou shalt not beare false witnesse, thou shalt not lust: and yf there be any other commaundement, it is comprehended in this saying: Namelye, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. 10 Charitie worketh no yll to his neyghbour, therfore the fulfyllyng of the lawe is charitie.)
  • 1 Cor 7:19-22 : 19 Circumcision is nothing, and vncircumcision is nothing, but the keping of the commaundementes of God. 20 Let euery man abyde in the same calling, wherein he was called. 21 Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather. 22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruaunt, is the Lordes free man: Lykewyse also he that is called beyng free, is Christes seruaunt.
  • Gal 2:3-4 : 3 But neither Titus which was with me, beyng a Greke, was compelled to be circumcised, 4 And that because of incommers, being false brethren, which came in priuily, to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu, that they myght bryng vs into bondage.
  • Gal 2:12-14 : 12 For yer yt certaine came from Iames, he dyd eate with the gentiles: But whe they were come, he withdrue, and seperated himselfe, fearing them which were of the circumcision. 13 And the other Iewes dissembled lykewyse with hym: insomuch that Barnabas also was brought into their simulation. 14 But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel, I saide vnto Peter before them all: If thou beyng a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the gentiles, and not as do the Iewes: Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes?
  • Ps 119:32 : 32 I wyll runne the way of thy commaundementes: when thou shalt set my heart at libertie.

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    16Knowe that a man is not iustified by the deedes of the lawe, but by the fayth of Iesus Christe: And we haue beleued on Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the fayth of Christe, and not by the deedes of the lawe, because by the deedes of the lawe no fleshe shalbe iustified.

    17If then, whyle we seke to be made ryghteous by Christe, we our selues are founde sinners: is therfore Christe the minister of sinne? God forbyd.

    18For yf I builde agayne the thynges which I destroyed, then make I my selfe a trespasser.

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    8Say I these thinges after the maner of men? or saith not the law the same also?

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