2 Corinthians 4:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For we preache not our selues, but Christe Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake.

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  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we preache Christe crucified, vnto the Iewes a stumblyng blocke, and vnto the Grekes foolyshnesse:
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we be Lordes ouer your fayth, but are helpers of your ioy. For by fayth ye stande.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all dead. 15 And he dyed for all, that they which lyue, shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto hym which dyed for them, and rose agayne.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For brethren, ye haue ben called into libertie: Only let not libertie be an occasio to the flesshe, but by loue serue one another.
  • Phil 1:15 : 15 Some preache Christe of enuie & strife, and some of good wyll.
  • Phil 2:11 : 11 And that euery tongue should confesse that the Lorde, Iesus Christe is to the glorie of God the father.
  • 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:
  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therfore I suffer all thynges for the electes sakes, that they myght also obtaine the saluation, which is in Christ Iesus, with eternall glorie.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouthes must be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng thynges which they ought not, for fylthie lucre sake.
  • 1 Pet 5:2-5 : 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. 5 Likewise ye younger, submit your selues vnto the elder: Submit your selues euery man one to another, decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde: For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through couetousnesse, shall they with fayned wordes make marchaudize of you, whose iudgement is nowe not farre of, and their damnation sleepeth not.
  • 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I esteemed not to knowe any thyng among you saue Iesus Christe, and hym crucified.
  • 1 Cor 3:5-6 : 5 What is Paul? what is Apollo? Only ministers are they by whom ye beleued, euen as the Lorde gaue to euery man. 6 I haue planted, Apollo watered: but God gaue the encrease.
  • 1 Cor 8:6 : 6 Yet vnto vs is there but one God, which is the father, of whom are all thinges, and we in him, and one Lorde Iesus Christe, by whom are al thinges, and we by him.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For though I be free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I might win the mo. 20 Unto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I might win the Iewes: To them that are vnder the lawe, I become as though I were vnder the lawe, that I might win them that are vnder the lawe: 21 To them that are without lawe, become as though I were without lawe, (when I was not without law as parteyning to the lawe of God, but in the lawe of Christe) to winne them that are without lawe. 22 To the weake became I as weake, that I might winne the weake. I am made all thinges to all men, that I might at the least way saue some. 23 And this I do for the Gospels sake, that I might haue my part therof.
  • 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.
  • 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 Wherfore I declare vnto you, that no man speakyng by the spirite of God, defieth Iesus. Also no man can say that Iesus is ye Lord, but by the holy ghost.
  • 1 Cor 15:47 : 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the seconde man is the Lorde from heauen.
  • 2 Cor 1:19 : 19 For Gods sonne Iesus Christe which was preached among you by vs, euen by me, and Siluanus, and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in hym it was yea.
  • Matt 3:11 : 11 I baptize you in water vnto repentaunce: But he that shall come after me, is mightier then I, whose shoes I am not worthy to beare, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire.
  • Matt 20:25-27 : 25 But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayde: Ye know that the princes of the gentiles haue dominion ouer them: and they that are great, exercise aucthoritie vpon them. 26 It shall not be so among you: But whosoeuer wyll be great among you, let hym be your minister: 27 And who so wyl be chiefe among you, let hym be your seruaunt.
  • Matt 23:8 : 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: For one is your maister, euen Christe, and all ye are brethren.
  • Luke 22:25-26 : 25 And he saide vnto them: The kinges of nations raigne ouer them, and they that haue aucthoritie vpo them, are called gracious Lordes. 26 But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shalbe as the younger, and he that is chiefe, shalbe as he that doth minister.
  • John 1:21-23 : 21 And they asked hym: What then? art thou Elias? And he sayth, I am not. Art thou that prophete? And he aunswered, no. 22 Then sayde they vnto hym: What art thou? that we may geue an aunswere to them that sent vs: What sayest thou of thy selfe? 23 He sayde: I am the voyce of a cryer in the wildernesse, make strayght the way of the Lorde, as sayde the prophete Esaias.
  • John 3:27-31 : 27 Iohn aunswered, and sayde: A man can receaue nothyng, except it be geuen hym from heauen. 28 Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym. 29 He that hath ye bride, is the bridegrome. But the friende of the brydegrome, which standeth & heareth him, reioyceth greatly because of ye brydegromes voyce. This my ioy therfore is fulfylled. 30 He must increace, but I must decreace. 31 He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all: He that is of the earth, is earthlye, and speaketh of the earth. He that commeth from heauen, is aboue all:
  • John 7:18 : 18 He that speaketh of hym selfe, seketh his owne praise: But he that seketh his praise that sent hym, the same is true, & no vnryghteousnes is in hym.
  • John 13:14-15 : 14 If I then your Lorde and Maister, haue wasshed your feete, ye also ought to wasshe one anothers feete. 15 For I haue geuen you an ensample, that ye shoulde do as I haue done to you.
  • Acts 2:36 : 36 Therfore, let all the house of Israel know for a suretie, that God hath made that same Iesus, whom ye haue crucified, Lorde and Christe.
  • Acts 3:12-13 : 12 And when Peter sawe that, he aunswered vnto the people: Ye men of Israel, why maruayle ye at this, or why loke ye so on vs, as though by our owne power or godlynesse, we had made this man to go? 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Iacob, the God of our fathers hath glorified his sonne Iesus, whom ye betrayed and denyed in the presence of Pilate, when he had iudged hym to be loosed.
  • Acts 5:31 : 31 Hym hath God lyft vp with his ryght hande, to be a prince and a sauiour, for to geue repentaunce to Israel, and forgeuenesse of sinnes.
  • Acts 8:9-9 : 9 But there was a certayne man called Simon, which beforetyme in the same citie vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he was a man that coulde do great thynges: 10 Whom they regarded from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God.
  • Acts 10:25-26 : 25 And it came to passe, as Peter came in, Cornelius met hym, & fell downe at his feete, and worshipped hym. 26 But Peter toke him vp, saying: stande vp, I my selfe also am a man.
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 Touchyng the worde which God set vnto the chyldren of Israel, preachyng peace by Iesus Christe (he is Lord ouer all.)
  • Acts 14:11-15 : 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lyft vp their voyces, saying in the speache of Lycaonia: Gods are come downe to vs in the lykenesse of men. 12 And they called Barnabas Iupiter, and Paul Mercurius, because he was the chiefe speaker. 13 Then Iupiters priest, which was before their citie, brought oxen and garlandes vnto the doore, and woulde haue done sacrifice with the people. 14 Which when the Apostles, Barnabas & Paul heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying, 15 And saying: Sirs, why do ye these thynges? We are mortall men lyke vnto you, and preach vnto you, that ye shoulde turne from these vanities, vnto the lyuyng God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all thynges that are therin.
  • Rom 14:8-9 : 8 For yf we lyue, we lyue vnto ye Lorde: And if we dye, we dye vnto the Lorde. Whether we lyue therfore, or dye, we are the Lordes. 9 For to this ende Christe both dyed and rose agayne and reuyued, that he myght be Lorde both of dead & quicke.
  • Rom 15:1-2 : 1 We whiche are stronge, ought to beare ye fraylnes of the weake, & not to stande in our owne conceiptes. 2 Let euery man please his neygbour, in that that is good to edifiyng.
  • Rom 15:17-18 : 17 I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce through Christ Iesus, in those thynges which parteyne to God. 18 For I dare not speake of any of those thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the gentiles obedient with worde and deede,
  • 1 Cor 1:13-15 : 13 Is Christe deuided? was Paul crucified for you? eyther were ye baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thanke God that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius: 15 Lest any shoulde say, that I had baptized in myne owne name.

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    10We alwayes beare about in the body the dying of the Lorde Iesus, that the lyfe of Iesus myght also appeare in our bodie.

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    2For I esteemed not to knowe any thyng among you saue Iesus Christe, and hym crucified.

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    5And this they dyd not as we loked for: but gaue their owne selues first to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the wyll of God.

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    5What is Paul? what is Apollo? Only ministers are they by whom ye beleued, euen as the Lorde gaue to euery man.

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    19For Gods sonne Iesus Christe which was preached among you by vs, euen by me, and Siluanus, and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in hym it was yea.

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    15For we are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christe in them that are saued, and in them which perisshe.

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    16For we haue not folowed deceitfull fables, when we opened vnto you the power and commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, but with our eyes we sawe his maiestie: