1 Thessalonians 1:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And ye became folowers of vs, and of the Lorde, receauyng the worde in much affliction, with ioy of the holy ghost:

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  • Acts 13:52 : 52 And the disciples were fylled with ioy, and with the holy ghost.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruite of the spirite is, loue, ioye, peace, long sufferyng, gentlenesse, goodnesse, fayth,
  • 1 Cor 11:1 : 1 Be ye the folowers of me, euen as I am of Christe.
  • 1 Cor 4:16 : 16 Wherfore, I desire you, be ye folowers of me.
  • Acts 17:5-9 : 5 But the Iewes whiche beleued not, moued with enuie, toke vnto them certaine vagaboundes and euyll men, and gathered a companie, and set all the citie on a rore, and made assault vnto the house of Iason, & sought to bryng them out to the people. 6 And when they founde them not, they drewe Iason and certaine brethren vnto the heades of the citie, crying: these that trouble the world, are come hyther also, 7 Whom Iason hath receaued priuily. And these al do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another kyng one Iesus. 8 And they troubled the people, and the officers of the citie, when they hearde these thynges. 9 And when they were sufficiently aunswered of Iason, and of the other, they let them go. 10 And the brethren immediatlye sent away Paul & Silas by nyght, vnto Berea: Which when they were come thyther, they entred into the synagogue of the Iewes.
  • 2 Thess 3:9 : 9 Not but that we had auctoritie, but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs.
  • 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.
  • 1 Pet 1:6 : 6 In the which ye reioyce, though nowe for a season (yf nede require) ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations:
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Whom ye haue not seene, and yet loue hym, in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not, yet do you beleue, & reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious:
  • 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 Moreouer, who is it that wyll harme you, yf ye folowe that which is good?
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloued, folow not that which is euyl, but that which is good. He that doth well, is of God: but he that doth euyll, seeth not God.
  • 2 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Moreouer, we do you to wite brethren, of the grace of God, which was geuen in the Churches of Macedonia. 2 Howe that ye aboundance of their reioycing is, that they are tryed with muche tribulation. And though they were exceedyng poore, yet haue they geuen exceedyng rychlye, and that in singlenesse.
  • 2 Cor 8:5 : 5 And this they dyd not as we loked for: but gaue their owne selues first to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the wyll of God.
  • Rom 5:3-5 : 3 Not that only: but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience: 4 Pacience profe, profe hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed, because the loue of God is shedde abrode in our heartes by the holy ghost, which is geuen vnto vs.
  • Rom 8:16-18 : 16 The same spirite, beareth witnesse to our spirite, that we are ye sonnes of God. 17 If we be sonnes, then are we also heyres, the heyres of God, and ioyntheyres with Christe: So that we suffer together, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I am certaynely perswaded that the afflictions of this tyme, are not worthy of the glory which shalbe shewed vpon vs.
  • Rom 15:13 : 13 The God of hope, fyll you with al ioy and peace in beleuyng, that ye may be riche in hope, through the power of the holy ghost.
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Be ye therefore folowers of God, as deare chyldren:
  • Phil 3:17 : 17 Brethren, be folowers together of me, and loke on them which walke so as ye haue vs for an ensample.
  • 1 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 For this cause thanke we God also without ceassyng, because ye receauyng the worde which ye hearde of vs concernyng God, ye receaued it not as the worde of man, (but as it is in deede) the worde of God, which effectuously worketh also in you that beleue. 14 For ye brethren became folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iurie are in Christe Iesus: for ye haue suffred lyke thynges of your countreymen, as they haue of the Iewes:
  • 1 Thess 3:2-4 : 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. 3 That no man shoulde be moued in these afflictions: For ye your selues knowe, that we are appoynted therevnto. 4 For veryly when we were with you, we tolde you before that we shoulde suffer tribulation, euen as it came to passe, and as ye knowe.
  • 2 Thess 1:4 : 4 So that we our selues reioyce in you in the Churches of God, ouer your pacience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye suffer,
  • Hos 2:14 : 14 Wherefore beholde, I wyll allure her and bryng her into the wildernesse, and speake frendly vnto her.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples: If any man wyll folowe me, let hym forsake him selfe, and take vp his crosse, and folowe me.
  • Mark 10:29-30 : 29 Iesus aunswered, & sayde: Ueryly I say vnto you, there is no man that hath forsaken house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wyfe, or chyldren, or landes, for my sake and the Gospels, 30 But he shall receaue an hundreth folde nowe at this present, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and chyldren, and landes, with persecutions, and in the worlde to come, eternall lyfe.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, saying, I am the light of ye world: He that foloweth me, doth not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life.
  • John 13:13-15 : 13 Ye call me Maister, and Lorde, and ye say well, for so am I. 14 If I then your Lorde and Maister, haue wasshed your feete, ye also ought to wasshe one anothers feete. 15 For I haue geuen you an ensample, that ye shoulde do as I haue done to you.
  • John 14:16-18 : 16 And I wyll pray the father, and he shall geue you another comforter, that he may byde with you for euer: 17 Euen the spirite of trueth, whom the worlde can not receaue, because the worlde seeth hym not, neither knoweth hym. But ye knowe hym: For he dwelleth with you, and shalbe in you. 18 I wyll not leaue you comfortlesse, but wyll come to you.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 And they departed from the counsell, reioycing that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke for his name.
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 Then had the Churches rest throughout all Iurie, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified, and walked in the feare of the Lorde, & multiplied by the comfort of the holy ghost.

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