2 Corinthians 3:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Do we begyn to prayse our selues agayne? Or neede we as some other of epistles of recomendation vnto you? or letters of recommendation from you?

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  • Acts 18:27 : 27 And when he was disposed to go into Achaia, the brethre wrote, exhorting the disciples to receaue hym: Which when he was come, helped them much which had beleued through grace.
  • 2 Cor 5:12 : 12 For 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.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become a foole in gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng,
  • 2 Cor 10:12 : 12 For we dare not make our selues of the number of them, or to compare our selues to them which praise themselues. Neuerthelesse, whyle they measure them selues, with them selues, and compare them selues with them selues, they vnderstande not.
  • 1 Cor 16:3 : 3 When I am come, whomsoeuer ye shall alowe by your letters, them wyll I sende, to bryng your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem.
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 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.
  • 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:
  • 1 Cor 3:10 : 10 Accordyng to the grace of God geuen vnto me, as a wise maister builder haue I layde the foundation, and another buyldeth theron. But let euery man take heede howe he buyldeth vpon.
  • 1 Cor 4:15 : 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 12:19 : 19 Agayne, 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.

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  • 2 Cor 3:2-5
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    2Ye are our epistle written in our heartes, whiche is vnderstande and read of all men:

    3Forasmuche as ye declare that ye are the epistle of Christ ministred by vs, and written, not with ynke, but with the spirite of the lyuyng God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.

    4Such trust haue we through Christe to Godwarde.

    5Not that we are sufficiet of our selues to thynke any thyng as of our selues: but our ablenesse is of God,

  • 2 Cor 5:12-13
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    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.

  • 1 Thess 2:4-6
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    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:

  • 2 Cor 10:11-13
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    11Let hym that is such, thynke on this wise: that as we are in worde by letters, when we are absent, such are we in deede when we are present.

    12For we dare not make our selues of the number of them, or to compare our selues to them which praise themselues. Neuerthelesse, whyle they measure them selues, with them selues, and compare them selues with them selues, they vnderstande not.

    13But we wyll not reioyce aboue measure: but accordyng to the measure of the rule, which God hath distributed vnto vs, a measure to reache euen vnto you.

  • 2 Cor 1:12-14
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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.

    14Euen as ye haue acknowledged vs partly: For we are your reioycing, euen as ye are ours in the daye of our Lorde Iesus.

  • 2 Thess 3:9
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    9Not but that we had auctoritie, but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs.

  • 2 Cor 12:19
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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.

  • 2 Cor 10:18
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    18For he that prayseth hymselfe, is not alowed, but whom the Lorde prayseth.

  • 2 Cor 10:7-9
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    7Loke ye on thynges after the vtter appearaunce? If any man trust in hym selfe that he is Christes, let hym consider this agayne of hym selfe, that as he is of Christe, euen so are we of Christe.

    8For 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:

    9Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters.

  • 1 Thess 2:1-2
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    1For ye your selues, brethren, knowe our entraunce in vnto you, yt it was not in vayne:

    2But euen after that we had suffred before, and were shamefully entreated as ye knowe, at Philippos, we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God, in much stryuyng.

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5For we preache not our selues, but Christe Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake.

  • 2 Cor 7:2-3
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    2Understande vs, we haue wronged no man, we haue corrupt no man, we haue defrauded no man.

    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.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16And that I shall preache the Gospell, in those regions which are beyonde you: and not to glorie of those thynges, which by another mans measure are prepared alredy.

  • 2 Cor 9:1
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    1Of the ministryng to the saintes, it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you:

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1Furthermore we besech you brethren, & exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus, that ye encrease more and more, as ye haue receaued of vs, how ye ought to walke and to please God.

  • 1 Thess 3:9
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    9For what thankes can we recompence to God agayne for you, for all the ioye wherwith we ioy for your sakes before our God?

  • 2 Cor 8:6
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    6So that we coulde not but desire Titus to accomplyshe ye same grace among you also, euen as he had begun.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6And these thynges brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto my selfe, and to Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man conceaue in mynde aboue that whiche is written, that one swell not agaynst another for any mans cause.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    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.

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    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.

  • 2 Pet 3:1
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    1This is the seconde epistle that I now wryte vnto you, dearely beloued, wherwith I stirre vp & warne your pure myndes,

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5For our Gospell came not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy ghost, and in much certayntie, as ye knowe after what maner we were among you for your sake.

  • 2 Cor 8:24
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    24Wherfore shewe ye vnto them ye profe of your loue, & of our reioycyng of you in the syght of the Churches.

  • 1 Thess 2:9-10
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    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.

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

  • 1 Thess 1:8-9
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    8For from you, sounded out the worde of the Lorde, not only in Macedonia & Achaia: but also in euery place your faith to Godwarde is spread abroade, so that we neede not to speake any thyng.

    9For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entryng in we had vnto you, and howe ye turned to God from images, to serue the lyuyng and true God.

  • 2 Cor 9:3
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    3Yet haue I sent the brethren, lest our boastyng which I make of you, should be in vayne in this behalfe, that ye (as I haue sayde) may prepare your selues.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Wherfore, though I myght be much bolde in Christe, to inioyne thee that which is conuenient:

  • 1 Cor 9:2
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    2If I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet doubtlesse am I vnto you: For the seale of myne Apostleship are ye in the Lorde.

  • Gal 1:10
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    10Do I nowe perswade men, or God? Other do I seke to please men? For yf I shoulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christe.

  • Phil 3:17
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    17Brethren, be folowers together of me, and loke on them which walke so as ye haue vs for an ensample.

  • 1 Thess 3:6
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    6But nowe lately, when Timotheus came from you vnto vs, and brought vs good tydynges of your fayth and loue, and howe that ye haue good remembraunce of vs alwayes, desiryng to see vs, as we also to see you:

  • 2 Thess 3:7
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    7For ye your selues knowe howe ye ought to folowe vs: For we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,

  • 2 Thess 2:1
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    1We besech you brethren, by the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and by our assembling vnto hym,

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1Wherfore, sence we coulde no longer forbeare, we thought it good to remaine at Athens alone.