2 Corinthians 13:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Truely I pray to God that ye do none euyll, not that we shoulde seeme approued: but yt ye shoulde do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.

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  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And this I pray, that your loue may abounde yet more and more in knowledge, and in all vnderstandyng: 10 That ye maye discerne thynges that differ, that ye maye be pure, and without offence, tyll the day of Christe. 11 Beyng fylled with the fruites of righteousnesse, which are by Iesus Christ, vnto the glorie and prayse of God.
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Furthermore brethren, whatsoeuer, thynges are true, whatsoeuer thynges (are) honest, whatsoeuer thynges (are) iuste, whatsoeuer thynges (are) pure, whatsoeuer thynges pertayne to loue, whatsoeuer thynges (are) of honest report: If there be any vertue, & yf there be any prayse, thynke on these thynges:
  • 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And the very God of peace santifie you throughout And I pray God that your whole spirite, and soule, and body, may be preserued blamelesse in the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christe.
  • 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 For kynges, and for all that are in auctoritie, that we maye leade a quiete and peaceable lyfe, in all godlynesse and honestie.
  • 2 Tim 2:15 : 15 Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth.
  • 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 And the Lorde shall delyuer me from euery euyll worke, & will preserue me vnto his heauenly kingdome: To who be prayse for euer and euer. Amen.
  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: For when he is tryed, he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe, which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym.
  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles: that where as they backbite you as euyll doers, they may by your good workes whiche they shall see, prayse God in the day of visitation.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And leade vs not into temptation, but delyuer vs from euyll. For thyne is the kyngdome, and the power, and the glory, for euer. Amen.
  • John 17:15 : 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the worlde: but that thou kepe them from euyll.
  • Rom 12:17 : 17 Recompensyng to no man euyll for euyll. Prouydyng afore hande thynges honest, not only before God, but also in the syght of all men.
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 Let vs walke honestly as in the day, not in riotyng & dronkennesse, neither in chaumberyng & wantonnesse, neither in strife and enuying.
  • Rom 16:10 : 10 Salute Appelles approued in Christe, salute them whiche are of Aristobulus housholde.
  • 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For me thynketh, that God hath set foorth vs, whiche are the last apostles, as it were men appoynted to death. For we are made a gasyng stocke vnto the worlde, and to the angels, and to men. 10 We are fooles for Christes sake, but ye are wyse in Christe. We are weake, but ye are stronge. Ye are honorable, but we are despised. 11 Euen vnto this time we both hunger and thirste, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwellyng place. 12 And labour, working with our owne handes. We are reuyled, and we blesse. We are persecuted, and suffer it. 13 We are euyll spoken of, and we praye: we are made as the fylthynesse of the worlde, the ofscowryng of all thynges vnto this day.
  • 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For there must be sectes among you, that they which are approued among you, myght be knowen.
  • 2 Cor 6:4 : 4 But in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as ye ministers of God, in much pacience, in afflictions, in necessities, in anguisshes,
  • 2 Cor 6:8-9 : 8 By honour and dishonour, by euyll report and good report, as deceauers and yet true, 9 As vnknowen, and yet knowen, as dying, and beholde we lyue, as chastened, and not kylled,
  • 2 Cor 8:21 : 21 And make prouisio for honest thinges, not only in the syght of the Lorde, but also in the syght of men.
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 For the letters sayth he, are sore and strong: but his bodyly presence is weake, and his speache rude.
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For he that prayseth hymselfe, is not alowed, but whom the Lorde prayseth.
  • 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 For we are glad when we are weake, and ye are strong. Truely this also we wishe, euen your perfection.
  • 1 Chr 4:10 : 10 And Iabes called on the God of Israel, saying: If thou wilt blesse me in deede, and enlarge my coastes, and shalt let thyne hande be with me, and wilt kepe me from euyll that it hurt me not. And God graunted him his desire.

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  • 2 Cor 13:5-6
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    5Examine your selues, whether ye are in the fayth: Proue your owne selues. Knowe ye not your owne selues, howe that Iesus Christe is in you? except ye be reprobates.

    6I trust ye shal knowe that we are not reprobates.

  • 2 Cor 13:8-9
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    8For we can do nothyng agaynst the trueth: but for the trueth.

    9For we are glad when we are weake, and ye are strong. Truely this also we wishe, euen your perfection.

  • Heb 13:18-19
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    18Pray for vs: For we trust we haue a good conscience, in all thynges wyllyng to lyue honestlie.

    19But I desire you the more earnestlie that ye so do, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

  • 16They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate.

  • 2Understande vs, we haue wronged no man, we haue corrupt no man, we haue defrauded no man.

  • Rom 3:7-8
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    7For yf the trueth of God hath more abounded through my lye, vnto his glory, why am I as yet iudged as a sinner?

    8And not rather (as men speake euyll of vs, and as some affirme that we say) let vs do euyll, that good may come therof? Whose dampnation is iuste.

  • 8By honour and dishonour, by euyll report and good report, as deceauers and yet true,

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    11Seing then that we knowe the feare of the Lorde, we fare fayre with men: For we are knowen well enough vnto God. I trust also that we are knowen in your consciences.

    12For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.

    13For yf we be to feruent, to God are we to feruent: Or yf we kepe measure, for your cause kepe we measure.

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    20For this we eschewe, that any man shoulde rebuke vs in this plenteous distribution that is ministred by vs:

    21And make prouisio for honest thinges, not only in the syght of the Lorde, but also in the syght of men.

  • 10That ye maye discerne thynges that differ, that ye maye be pure, and without offence, tyll the day of Christe.

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    3For our exhortation was not of deceit, neither of vncleannes, neither in guile:

    4But as it were alowed of God, to be put in credite with the Gospell: euen so we speake, not as pleasyng men, but God, which tryeth our heartes.

    5For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes, as ye knowe, neither cloke of couetousnes, God is recorde,

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

  • 3Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed:

  • 2But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie, and walke not in craftynesse, neither handle we the word of God disceitefully, but in openyng of the trueth, and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God.

  • 17For we are not as many are, whiche chop & chaunge with the word of God: but as of purenesse of God, in the syght of God, so speake we in Christe.

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    1Furthermore brethren, praye ye for vs, that the worde of the Lord may haue free passage and be glorified, euen as with you:

    2And that we may be delyuered from disordered and euyll men: For all men haue not fayth.

  • 16Let not your good be euyll spoken of.

  • 15That ye may be blamelesse and pure, the sonnes of God, without rebuke in the myddes of a croked and peruerse nation, among who shyne ye as lightes in the worlde,

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    12For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.

    13We write none other thinges vnto you then that ye read, or also yt ye acknowledge, and I trust ye shall acknowledge vs vnto the ende.

  • 2I beseche you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same boldnesse, wherwith I am supposed to haue ben bolde, agaynst some, which repute vs as though we walked accordyng to the fleshe.

  • 10Ye are witnesses, & God also howe holyly, and iustly, and vnblameably, we behaued our selues among you that beleue.

  • 9Wherfore, whether we be at home, or from home, we endeuour our selues to be accepted vnto hym.

  • 11Beloued, 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.

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

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    11Wherfore also we praye alwayes for you, that our God woulde make you worthy of the callyng, & fulfyll all good pleasure of goodnesse in the worke of fayth in power:

    12That the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe may be glorified in you, and ye in hym, accordyng to the grace of our God, and the Lorde Iesus Christe.

  • 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.

  • 12But what I do, that wyll I do, to cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they myght be founde lyke vnto vs, in yt wherin they gloried.

  • 8Wholsome worde, vnrebukeable, that he which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you.

  • 28And as they regarded not to knowe God: euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde, that they should do those thinges which were not comely:

  • 10We are fooles for Christes sake, but ye are wyse in Christe. We are weake, but ye are stronge. Ye are honorable, but we are despised.

  • 17Recompensyng to no man euyll for euyll. Prouydyng afore hande thynges honest, not only before God, but also in the syght of all men.

  • 12That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without, & that nothyng be lackyng in you.

  • 1We also as helpers exhorte you, that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne.

  • 10Approuyng what is acceptable vnto the Lorde.

  • 15See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that whiche is good, both among your selues, and to all men.

  • 16But now ye reioyce in your boastinges: All such reioycyng is euyll.

  • 13We are euyll spoken of, and we praye: we are made as the fylthynesse of the worlde, the ofscowryng of all thynges vnto this day.

  • 14I am therefore not nowe ashamed, though I boasted my selfe to hym of you. For as all thinges which we spake vnto you are true: euen so our boastyng that I made vnto Titus is made true.