2 Corinthians 13:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For we can do nothyng agaynst the trueth: but for the trueth.

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  • Num 16:28-35 : 28 And Moyses sayde: Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to do all these workes, for I haue not done them of myne owne mynde. 29 If these men dye the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, then the Lorde hath not sent me: 30 But and if the Lorde make a newe thyng, and the earth open her mouth, and swallowe them vp with all that they haue, and they go downe quicke into the pit: then ye shall vnderstande that these men haue prouoked ye Lorde. 31 And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking al these wordes, the ground cloue asunder that was vnder them: 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swalowed them vp, and their houses, and all the men that were with Corah, and all their goodes. 33 And they and all that they had went downe alyue vnto the pit, and the earth closed vpon them: and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were about them, fled at the crye of them: And they sayde, lest the earth swalowe vs vp also. 35 And there came out a fire from the Lorde, and consumed the two hundred and fiftie men that offered incense.
  • 1 Kgs 22:28 : 28 And Michea sayde: If thou returne in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he sayde: Hearken ye people euery one of you.
  • 2 Kgs 1:9-9 : 9 Then the king sent vnto him a captayne ouer fiftie, with his fiftie men: which came to him (and beholde he sat on the top of an hill) And he spake vnto him, Thou man of God, the king hath saide: come downe. 10 Elias aunswered and saide to the captaine ouer the fiftie: If I be a man of God, let fyre come downe from heauen & consume thee & thy fiftie. And there came fyre from heauen, and consumed him and his fiftie. 11 Againe also he sent vnto him an other captaine ouer fiftie, with his fiftie: And he spake and saide vnto him, O man of God, thus hath the king saide: Make haste, and come downe. 12 Elias aunswered & saide vnto them: If I be a man of God, let fyre come downe from heauen, and consume thee and thy fiftie. And there came fyre of God from heauen, and consumed him and his fiftie. 13 And the king yet againe sent the third captaine ouer fiftie, with his fiftie men: And the third captaine ouer fiftie went vp, and came and fell on his knees before Elias, and besought him, & sayde vnto him: Oh man of God, I pray thee let my lyfe and the lyfe of the fiftie thy seruauntes be precious in thy sight.
  • 2 Kgs 2:23-25 : 23 And he went vp from thence vnto Bethel: And as he was going vp the way, there came litle children out of the citie, and mocked him, & saide vnto him: Go vp thou balde head, go vp thou balde head. 24 And he turned backe, and loked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lorde: And there came two shee beares out of the wood, and tare fourtie and two children of them. 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he turned againe to Samaria.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wysdome, there is no vnderstanding, there is no counsayle against the Lorde.
  • Prov 26:2 : 2 As the byrde and the swalowe take their flight and flee here and there: so the curse that is geuen in vayne, shall not light vpon a man.
  • Mark 9:39 : 39 But Iesus sayde, forbyd hym not: For there is no man, whiche, yf he do a miracle in my name, can lyghtly speake euyll of me.
  • Mark 16:17-19 : 17 And these tokens shall folowe them that beleue. In my name they shal cast out deuils, they shall speake with newe tongues, 18 They shall driue away serpentes: and yf they drinke any deadly thyng, it shall not hurte them: They shall lay their handes on the sicke, & they shal recouer. 19 So then, when the Lorde had spoken vnto them, he was receaued into heauen, and sate hym downe on the ryght hande of God.
  • Luke 9:49-56 : 49 And Iohn aunswered, and sayde: Maister, we sawe one castyng out deuyls in thy name, and we forbad hym, because he foloweth not with vs. 50 And Iesus sayde vnto hym, Forbyd ye hym not: For he that is not against vs, is with vs. 51 And it came to passe, when the tyme was come that he shoulde be receaued vp, he set his face to go to Hierusalem. 52 And sent messengers before him: And they went, & entred into a towne of the Samaritanes, to make redy for hym. 53 And they woulde not receaue him, because his face was as though he woulde go to Hierusalem. 54 When his disciples, Iames & Iohn, sawe this, they sayde: Lord, wylt thou that we comaunde fire to come downe from heauen and consume them, euen as Elias dyd? 55 Iesus turned about, & rebuked them, saying: Ye wote not what maner spirite ye are of. 56 For the sonne of man is not come to destroye mens lyues, but to saue them. And they went to another towne.
  • Acts 4:28-30 : 28 For to do whatsoeuer thy hande & thy counsel determined before to be done. 29 And nowe Lorde, beholde their threatnynges, & graunt vnto thy seruauntes, that with all boldensse they may speake thy worde. 30 So that thou stretch foorth thyne hande, that healyng, and signes, and wonders, be done by the name of thy holy chylde Iesus.
  • Acts 5:1-9 : 1 But a certayne man, named Ananias, with Saphyra his wyfe, solde a possession, 2 And kept away part of the price, his wyfe also beyng of counsell, and brought a certayne part, and layde it downe at the Apostles feete. 3 But Peter sayde: Ananias, howe is it, that Satan hath fylled thyne heart, that thou shouldest lye vnto the holy ghost, and kepe away part of the price of the lande? 4 Whyles it remayned, was it not thyne owne? And after it was solde, was it not in thyne owne power? Why haste thou conceaued this thyng in thyne heart? Thou hast not lyed vnto men, but vnto God. 5 When Ananias hearde these wordes, he fell downe, and gaue vp the ghost. And great feare came on all them that hearde these thynges. 6 And the young rose vp, and put hym a part, and caryed hym out, and buryed hym. 7 And it came to passe, that as it were about the space of three houres after, his wyfe came in, ignoraunt of that which was done. 8 And Peter sayde vnto her: Tell me, Solde ye not the lande for so much? And she sayde: Yea, for so much. 9 Then Peter sayde vnto her: Why haue ye agreed together, to tempt the spirite of the Lorde? Beholde, the feete of the which haue buried thy husbande, are at the doore, and shall cary thee out. 10 Then fell she downe strayghtway at his feete, and yelded vp the ghost. And the young men came in, and founde her dead, and caryed her out, and buryed her by her husbande. 11 And great feare came vpon all the Churche, and vpon as many as hearde these thynges.
  • Acts 13:3-9 : 3 And when they had fasted & prayed, & layde their hades on the, they let the go. 4 And they, after they were sent foorth of the holy ghost, departed vnto Seleucia, & from thence they sealed to Cyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamine, they preached the worde of God in the synagogues of the Iewes: And they had also Iohn to their minister. 6 And when they had gone through the Ile vnto Paphos, they founde a certayne sorcerer, a false prophete, a Iewe, whose name was Bariesu: 7 Which was with the deputie of the countrey, one Sergius Paulus, a prudent man: The same called vnto hym Barnabas and Saul, and desired to heare the worde of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstoode them, and sought to turne the deputie away from the fayth. 9 Then Saul (which also is called Paul) beyng full of the holy ghost, set his eyes on hym, 10 And sayde: O full of all subtiltie and all mischiefe, thou chylde of the deuyll, thou enemie of all righteousnesse, wylt thou not cease to peruert the wayes of the Lorde? 11 And nowe beholde, the hande of the Lorde is vpon thee, and thou shalt be blynde, and not see the sunne for a season. And immediatly, there fell on hym a myste, and a darcknesse, and he went about, seekyng them that shoulde leade hym by the hande. 12 Then the deputie, when he sawe what was done, beleued, and wondred at the doctrine of the Lorde.
  • Acts 19:11-17 : 11 And God wrought speciall miracles by the handes of Paul. 12 So that from his body, were brought vnto the sicke, napkins, and partlettes, and the diseases departed from them, & the euyll spirites went out of them. 13 Then certaine of the vagabounde Iewes, exorcistes, toke vpon them to call ouer them which had euyll spirites, the name of the Lorde Iesus, saying: We adiure you by Iesus, whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there were seuen sonnes of one Sceua a Iewe, and chiefe of ye priestes, which dyd so. 15 And the euyll spirite aunswered, and sayde, Iesus I knowe, and Paul I knowe: but who are ye? 16 And the man in whom the euyll spirite was, ran on them, & ouercame the, & preuayled agaynst them, so that they fled out of that house naked & wouded. 17 And this was knowen to all ye Iewes & Grekes also which dwelt at Ephesus, and feare came on them all, & the name of the Lorde Iesus was magnified.
  • 1 Cor 5:4-5 : 4 In the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe, when ye are gathered together and my spirite, with the power of the Lorde Iesus Christe, 5 To delyuer suche a one vnto Satan for the destruction of the flesshe, that the spirite may be saued in the daye of the Lorde Iesus.
  • 2 Cor 10:8 : 8 For though I shoulde boast my selfe somwhat more of our auctoritie, which the Lorde hath geuen to vs for edification, and not for your destruction, it shal not be to my shame:
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 Therfore write I these thynges beyng absent, lest when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, accordyng to the power which the Lorde hath geuen me to edification, and not to destruction.
  • 1 Tim 1:20 : 20 Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I haue delyuered vnto Satan, that they maye learne not to blaspheme.
  • Heb 2:3-4 : 3 Howe shall we escape, yf we neglect so great saluation? which at the first began to be preached of the Lorde, and was confirmed vnto vswarde, by them that hearde it: 4 God bearyng witnesse therto both with signes & wonders also, and with diuers powers and gyftes of the holy ghost, accordyng to his owne wyll.

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  • 7 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.

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

  • 8 We therfore ought to receaue such, that we myght be helpers to the trueth.

  • 2 For the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs, and shalbe in vs for euer:

  • 2 Cor 6:7-8
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    7 In the worde of trueth, in the power of God, by the armour of righteousnes, of the ryght hande and on the lefte,

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

  • 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the trueth it selfe: Yea, and we our selues also beare recorde, and ye knowe that our recorde is true.

  • 6 Reioyceth not in iniquitie: bur reioyceth in the trueth:

  • 14 I 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.

  • 5 To whom, no not for an houre, we gaue place by subiection, that the trueth of the Gospel might continue with you.

  • 2 But 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.

  • 20 For we cannot but speake that, which we haue seene and hearde.

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    18 My babes, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue: but in deede and in veritie.

    19 Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth, and shall assure our heartes before hym.

  • 8 If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs.

  • 1 I say ye trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost,

  • 10 The trueth of Christe is in me, that this reioycyng shall not be shut vp agaynst me in the regions of Achaia.

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

  • 21 But he that doeth trueth, cometh to the lyght, yt his deedes may be knowen, howe that they are wrought in God.

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    12 For 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.

    13 We 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.

  • 3 John 1:3-4
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    3 For I reioyced greatly, when the brethren came & testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in ye trueth.

    4 I haue no greater ioy, the for to heare how that my sonnes walke in veritie.

  • 2 But we are sure that the iudgement of god is according to the trueth, against them which commit such thynges.

  • 18 God is faythfull: For our preaching to you, was not yea and nay.

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

  • 31 What shall we then say to these thynges? If God be on our syde, who can be agaynst vs?

  • 17 For 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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    4 But 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.

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

  • 16 Am I therfore become your enemie, because I tell you the trueth?

  • 37 Neuerthelesse, in all these thinges we ouercome, through hym that loued vs.

  • 32 And ye shall knowe the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free.

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

  • 24 Not that we be Lordes ouer your fayth, but are helpers of your ioy. For by fayth ye stande.

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

    8 And 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.

  • 8 For nowe we lyue, yf ye stande fast in the Lorde.

  • 9 For the fruite of the spirite (is) in all goodnesse, and righteousnesse, & trueth,

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

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

  • 40 For he that is not against vs, is on our part.

  • 21 I haue not written vnto you, as though ye knewe not the trueth: but because ye knowe it, and that no lye is of the trueth.

  • 6 If we saye that we haue felowship with hym, and walke in darkenesse, we lye, and do not the trueth.

  • 8 For though I shoulde boast my selfe somwhat more of our auctoritie, which the Lorde hath geuen to vs for edification, and not for your destruction, it shal not be to my shame:

  • 25 Wherfore, puttyng away lying, speake euery man trueth vnto his neyghbour, forasmuch as we are members one of another.

  • 8 Therefore let vs kepe holy day, not with old leauen, neither with the leauen of maliciousnes and wickednesse, but with the vnleauened bread of purenesse and trueth.

  • 16 Now the thinges that ye shall do, are these: Speake euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour, execute iudgement truely & peaceably within your portes:

  • 12 But 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.

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