2 Corinthians 12:14

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • Prov 19:14 : 14 House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders: but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde.
  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I write not these thynges to shame you, but as my beloued sonnes I warne you. 15 For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: For in Christe Iesu I haue begotten you through the Gospell.
  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 Euen as I please all men in all thynges, not seking myne owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.
  • 2 Cor 1:15 : 15 And in this confidence was I minded first to haue come vnto you, yt ye myght haue had one pleasure more:
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 He that is vertuous leaueth an heritaunce vnto his childers children, & the riches of ye sinner is layde vp for the iust.
  • 2 Cor 13:1-2 : 1 Nowe come I the third time vnto you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall euery worde be stablisshed. 2 I tolde you before, and tell you before, as though I had ben present with you the seconde tyme, so write I nowe beyng absent, to them which in time past haue sinned, and to all other, that yf I come agayne, I wyll not spare,
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Therfore my brethren beloued & longed for, my ioy and crowne, so continue in the Lorde ye beloued.
  • Phil 4:17 : 17 Not that I desire a gyft, but I desire fruite aboundyng to your accompt.
  • 1 Thess 2:5-6 : 5 For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes, as ye knowe, neither cloke of couetousnes, God is recorde, 6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:
  • 1 Thess 2:8 : 8 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.
  • 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As ye knowe, howe that as a father his chyldren, so we haue exhorted, comforted, and besought euery one of you,
  • 1 Thess 2:19-20 : 19 For what is our hope, or ioy, or crowne of reioycyng? Are not ye it in the presence of our Lorde Iesus Christe, at his commyng? 20 Yes, ye are our glorie and ioy.
  • 1 Pet 5:2-4 : 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. 4 And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory.
  • 1 Cor 11:34 : 34 If any man hunger, let hym eate at home, that ye come not together vnto condempnation. Other thynges wyll I set in order when I come.
  • 1 Cor 16:5 : 5 I wyll come vnto you, after I haue gone ouer Macedonia (For I wyl passe through Macedonia)
  • 1 Cor 4:19 : 19 But I wyll come to you shortly, if the Lorde wyll, & wyll knowe, not the wordes of the which swell, but the power.
  • 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 Let no man seeke his owne: but euery man anothers wealth.
  • Ezek 34:2 : 2 Thou sonne of man, prophecie against the shepheardes of Israel, prophecie and speake vnto them: thus saith the Lorde God vnto the shepheardes, Wo be vnto the shepheardes of Israel that feede them selues: should not the shepheards feede the flockes?
  • Acts 20:33 : 33 I haue desired no mans syluer, golde, or vesture.
  • Gen 24:35-36 : 35 And God blessed my maister merueylously, that he is become great, and hath geuen him sheepe and oxen, siluer and golde, men seruauntes, and maydeseruauntes, camelles and asses. 36 And Sara my maisters wyfe bare hym a sonne when she was olde, and vnto him hath he geue all that he hath.
  • Gen 31:14-15 : 14 Then aunswered Rachel, and Lea, and said vnto him: haue we had as yet any portion or inheritaunce in our fathers house? 15 Doth not he count vs euen as straungers? for he hath solde vs, & hath quite deuoured also our money.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.

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    15I wyll very gladly bestowe, & wylbe bestowed for your sakes, though the more aboundauntly I loue you, the lesse I am loued agayne.

    16But be it, that I was not chargeable vnto you: Neuerthelesse, when I was craftie, I caught you with guile.

    17Dyd I pyll you by any of them who I sent vnto you?

  • 13For what is it, wherin ye were inferiour vnto other Churches, except it be that I was not chargeable vnto you? Forgeue me this wrong.

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    8I robbed other Churches, takyng wages of them, to do you seruice.

    9And 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.

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    13Truly, not that other be set at ease, & ye brought into combraunce:

    14But that there be equalnesse nowe at this tyme, and that your aboundaunce may succour their lacke, and that their aboundaunce maye supplie your lacke, that there may be equalitie.

  • Phil 4:16-17
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    16For euen in Thessalonica, ye sent once, & afterward agayne vnto my necessitie.

    17Not that I desire a gyft, but I desire fruite aboundyng to your accompt.

  • 13I promise you lyke rewarde as vnto children: Set your selues at large,

  • 1Of the ministryng to the saintes, it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you:

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    15And in this confidence was I minded first to haue come vnto you, yt ye myght haue had one pleasure more:

    16And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to haue come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth of you to Iurie.

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    14I write not these thynges to shame you, but as my beloued sonnes I warne you.

    15For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: For in Christe Iesu I haue begotten you through the Gospell.

  • 2I tolde you before, and tell you before, as though I had ben present with you the seconde tyme, so write I nowe beyng absent, to them which in time past haue sinned, and to all other, that yf I come agayne, I wyll not spare,

  • 1 Cor 16:2-3
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    2Upon some Sabboth daye, let euery one of you put asyde by hym selfe, and laye vp as God hath prospered hym, that then there be no gatherynges when I come.

    3When I am come, whomsoeuer ye shall alowe by your letters, them wyll I sende, to bryng your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem.

  • 12Brethren, I besech you be as I am for I am as ye are. Ye haue not iniured me at all.

  • 2 Cor 9:4-5
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    4Lest yf they of Macedonia come with me, and fynde you vnprepared, we (I wyll not say you) shoulde be ashamed in this matter of boastyng.

    5Therfore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren, to come beforehand vnto you, and to prepare your good blessyng promised afore, that it myght be redy, so that it be as a blessyng, and not a defraudyng.

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    3And I wrote this same vnto you, lest when I came, I shoulde take heauynesse of them of whom I ought to reioyce. This confidence haue I toward you all, that my ioy is the ioy of you all.

    4For in great affliction and anguishe of heart, I wrote vnto you with many teares, not that ye shoulde be made sorie, but that ye myght perceaue the loue which I haue, most specially vnto you.

  • 12Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I dyd it not for his cause that had done the hurt, neither for his cause that was hurt: but that your good minde to vswarde myght appeare among you in the syght of God.

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    19Agayne, thynke you that we excuse our selues vnto you? We speake in Christ in the syght of God: but we do all thinges dearely beloued, for your edifiyng.

    20For I feare lest when I come, I shall not fynde you such as I woulde: and that I shalbe founde vnto you, such as ye woulde not: lest there be debates, enuyinges, wrathes, strifes, backbitinges, whisperinges, swellinges, & seditions:

    21And that when I come agayne, my God bryng me lowe among you, and I shall bewayle many of the which haue sinned alredy, and haue not repented of the vncleannesse, and fornication, and wantonnes, which they haue comitted.

  • 13I woulde that ye should knowe brethren, howe that I haue oftentymes purposed to come vnto you ( and haue ben let hytherto,) that I myght haue some fruite also among you, as among other of the gentiles.

  • 8This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue.

  • 1But I determined this in my selfe, yt I would not come againe to you in heauynesse.

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    8So, 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.

    9For 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.

  • 19My litle chyldren, of whom I trauayle in birth agayne, vntyll Christe be fashioned in you.

  • 6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:

  • 3I speake not this to condempne you: for I haue shewed you before, that ye are in our heartes to dye and lyue with you.

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    8Neither 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.

    9Not but that we had auctoritie, but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs.

  • 26That your reioysyng may be ye more aboundaunt in Iesus Christe for me, by my commyng to you agayne.

  • 19I Paul haue written it with myne owne hande, I wyll recompence it: Albeit, I do not say to thee, howe that thou owest vnto me euen thyne owne selfe.

  • 28When I haue perfourmed this, and haue sealed to the this fruite, I wyll come by you into Spayne.

  • 30Because, for the worke of Christe, he was nye vnto death, not regardyng his lyfe, to fulfyll your lacke of seruice towarde me.

  • Rom 15:23-24
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    23But nowe, seyng I haue no more to do in these countreys, and also haue ben desirous many yeres to come vnto you:

    24Whensoeuer I take my iourney into Spayne, I wyll come to you: For I trust to see you in my iourney, and to be brought on my waye thytherwarde by you, after that I be somewhat fylled with you.

  • 35I 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.

  • 20For I haue no man lyke mynded, who wyll naturally care for your state.

  • 14But without thy mynde woulde I do nothyng, that thy benefite shoulde not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly.

  • 23I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you I came not as yet vnto Corinthus.

  • 10But I reioyce in the Lorde greatly, that nowe at the last you are reuiued againe to care for me, in ye wherin ye were also carefull, but ye lacked oportunitie.

  • 6For though I woulde desire to glorie, I shall not be a foole, for I wyll say the trueth: but I nowe refrayne, lest any man shoulde thynke of me, aboue that which he seeth me to be, or yt he heareth of me.