1 Thessalonians 5:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And we beseche you brethren to know them whiche labour among you, and haue the ouersight of you in the Lorde, and admonishe you:

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  • 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.
  • 1 Cor 16:16 : 16 That ye be obedient euen vnto suche, and to all that helpe with vs, & labour.
  • 1 Cor 16:18 : 18 For they haue comforted my spirite, and yours: Loke therfore that ye know them that are such.
  • 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.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember them which haue the ouersyght of you, which haue spoken vnto you the worde of God: Whose ende of conuersation ye consideryng, folowe their fayth.
  • Titus 1:3 : 3 But hath made manifest his worde, at ye time appoynted through preaching, which is committed vnto me, according to the ordinaunce of God our sauiour:
  • Rev 1:20-2:1 : 20 The misterie of the seuen starres which thou sawest in my ryght hande, and the seuen golde candlestickes. The seuen starres, are the Angels of the seue Churches: And the seuen candlestickes whiche thou sawest, are the seuen Churches. 1 Vnto the Angel of the Churche at Ephesus, write: these thynges sayth he that holdeth the seuen starres in his ryght hande, and that walketh in the middes of the seuen golden candlestickes:
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 And hast suffred, and hast patience, and for my names sake hast laboured, and hast not faynted.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 And vnto the Angel of the Churche of Smyrna, write: These thynges sayth he that is first and the last, which was dead, and is alyue.
  • Rev 2:12 : 12 And to the Angell of the Churche in Pergamos, write: This saith he which hath ye sharpe sword with two edges:
  • Rev 2:18 : 18 And vnto the Angell of the Churche of Thyatira, write: This saith ye sonne of God, who hath eyes lyke vnto a flambe of fyre, and his feete are like fine brasse.
  • Rev 3:1 : 1 And write vnto the Angel of the Churche that is at Sardis, this sayth he that hath the seuen spirites of God, and the seuen starres. I knowe thy workes: thou hast a name that thou lyuest, and thou art dead.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 And write vnto ye Angel of the Church of Philadelphia, this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the key of Dauid, which openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth.
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 And vnto the Angel of the Churche which is in Laodicea, write: This saith Amen, the faythfull and true witnesse, the begynnyng of the creatures of God.
  • Luke 10:7 : 7 And in the same house tary styll, eatyng and drinking such thynges as they shall set before you. For the labourer is worthy of his rewarde. Go not from house to house.
  • 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 We exhort you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men.
  • 1 Tim 5:1 : 1 Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brethren,
  • 1 Tim 5:17-18 : 17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng. 18 For the scripture sayth: Thou shalt not moosel the oxe that treadeth out the corne: And, the labourer is worthy of his rewarde.
  • 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Them that sinne, rebuke before all, that other also may feare.
  • 2 Tim 2:6 : 6 The labouryng husbandman, must first be partaker of the fruites.
  • John 4:38 : 38 I sent you to reape that, wheron ye bestowed no labour. Other men laboured, and ye are entred into their labours.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 I haue shewed you all thinges, howe that so labouryng ye ought to receaue the weake, and to remember ye wordes of the Lorde Iesu, howe that he said, it is more blessed to geue, then to receaue.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we together are Gods labourers, ye are Gods husbandrie ye are Gods buyldyng.
  • 1 Cor 12:28 : 28 And God hath ordayned some in the Churche, first Apostles, secondarely, prophetes, thirdely teachers, then them that do miracles: after that, the giftes of healyng, helpers, gouernours, diuersitie of tongues.
  • 2 Cor 5:9 : 9 Wherfore, whether we be at home, or from home, we endeuour our selues to be accepted vnto hym.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We also as helpers exhorte you, that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne.
  • 2 Cor 11:23 : 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.
  • Gal 4:11 : 11 I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vayne.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 Holdyng fast the worde of lyfe, to my reioycyng in the day of Christe that I haue not runne in vayne, neither haue laboured in vayne.
  • Phil 2:19 : 19 But I trust in the Lorde Iesus, to sende Timotheus shortly vnto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I knowe your state.
  • Col 1:29 : 29 Wherunto I also labour striuyng, according to his workyng which worketh in me mightylie.
  • 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.
  • Titus 1:5 : 5 For this cause left I thee in Creta, that thou shouldest refourme ye thynges that are left, and ordayne elders in euerye citie, as I had appoynted thee:
  • Titus 2:15 : 15 These thynges speake and exhort, and rebuke with all aucthoritie. Let no man dispise thee.
  • Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then sayth he vnto his disciples: the haruest truely is plenteous, but the labourers are fewe. 38 Pray ye therfore the lorde of the haruest, that he wyl thrust foorth labourers into the haruest.
  • Luke 10:1-2 : 1 After these thynges, the Lorde appoynted other seuentie also, and sent them two and two before hym, into euery citie and place, whyther he hym selfe woulde come. 2 Therefore sayde he vnto them: The haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe. Pray ye therfore the Lorde of the haruest, to sende foorth labourers into his haruest.
  • 1 Pet 5:2-3 : 2 Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde: 3 Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke.

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