1 Thessalonians 2:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

So, beyng tenderly affected towarde you, our good wyll was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospell of God only: but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.

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  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 I wyll very gladly bestowe, & wylbe bestowed for your sakes, though the more aboundauntly I loue you, the lesse I am loued agayne.
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 Hereby perceaue we loue, because he layde downe his lyfe for vs, & we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren.
  • 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.
  • Rom 1:11-12 : 11 For I long to see you, that I myght bestowe among you some spirituall gift, that ye myght be stablisshed. 12 That is, that I might haue consolation together with you, eche with others fayth, yours and mine.
  • Rom 9:1-3 : 1 I say ye trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost, 2 That I haue great heauinesse, & continuall sorowe in my heart. 3 For I haue wisshed my selfe to be cursed from Christe, for my brethren, my kynsmen as pertaynyng to ye fleshe,
  • Rom 10:1 : 1 Brethren, my heartes desire & prayer to God for Israel, is, that they myght be saued.
  • Rom 15:29 : 29 And I am sure, that when I come vnto you, I shall come with aboundaunce of the blessyng of the Gospell of Christe.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We also as helpers exhorte you, that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne.
  • 2 Cor 6:11-13 : 11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you, our heart is made large: 12 Ye are in no strayte in vs, but are in a straite in your owne bowels. 13 I promise you lyke rewarde as vnto children: Set your selues at large,
  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My litle chyldren, of whom I trauayle in birth agayne, vntyll Christe be fashioned in you.
  • Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my recorde howe greatly I long after you all, in the bowels of Iesus Christe.
  • Jer 13:15-17 : 15 Heare, geue eare, take not disdayne at it: for it is the Lorde hym selfe that speaketh. 16 Honour the Lorde your God or he take his light from you, and or euer your feete stumble in darcknesse at the hyll: lest when you loke for the lyght, he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death. 17 But if ye wyll not heare me that geue you secrete warnyng, I wyll mourne from my whole heart for your stubburnnesse: Piteously wyll I weepe, and the teares shall gushe out of mine eyes, for the Lordes flocke shalbe caried away captiue.
  • Phil 2:20 : 20 For I haue no man lyke mynded, who wyll naturally care for your state.
  • Phil 2:25-26 : 25 But I supposed it necessarie to sende to you Epaphroditus, my brother and companion in labour, & felowe souldier, but your Apostle, and the minister of my neede. 26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heauinesse, because that ye had hearde that he had ben sicke.
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Therfore my brethren beloued & longed for, my ioy and crowne, so continue in the Lorde ye beloued.
  • Col 1:7 : 7 As ye also learned of Epaphras, our deare felowe seruaunt, which is for you a faythfull minister of Christe:
  • Col 1:28 : 28 Whom we preache, warnyng euery man, and teachyng euery man in all wisdome, to present all men perfect in Christe Iesus:
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras which is of you, a seruaunt of Christe, saluteth you, alwayes labouryng feruently for you in prayers, that ye may stande perfect and fylled in all the wyll of God.
  • Phlm 1:1 : 1 Paul a prisoner of Iesus Christ, and brother Timotheus: Unto Philemo the beloued, and our felowe labourer,
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must geue accomptes, that they may do it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.
  • Luke 7:2 : 2 And a certayne Centurions seruaunt, which was deare vnto hym, lay sicke, and was in peryll of death.
  • Acts 20:23-24 : 23 But that the holy ghost witnesseth in euery citie, saying that bondes & trouble abyde me. 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.

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