2 Corinthians 5:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christe, euen as though God dyd beseche you through vs. So praye we you in Christes steade, that ye be reconciled vnto God.

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  • Eph 6:20 : 20 Whereof I am messenger in bondes, that therein I may speake freely, as I ought to speake.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We also as helpers exhorte you, that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne.
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 And the Lorde sayde to the seruaunt: Go out into the hye wayes & hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be fylled.
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priestes lippes shall kepe knowledge, and they shall seeke the lawe at his mouth: because he is the messenger of the Lorde of hoastes.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seke the Lorde whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye. 7 Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde, so shall he be mercifull vnto hym: and to our God, for he is very redy to forgeue.
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Seing 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.
  • Ezek 18:31-32 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions wherby ye haue transgressed, and make you a newe heart and a newe spirite: for why wyll ye dye O ye house of Israel? 32 Seing I haue no pleasure in the death of hym that dyeth, saith the Lord God: bryng agayne your selues then, and ye shall lyue.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 Which hath made vs able ministers of the newe testament, not of the letter, but of the spirite: For the letter kylleth, but the spirite geueth lyfe.
  • Job 22:21 : 21 Therefore reconcile thee vnto God, and be at peace: so shall all thinges prospere with thee right well.
  • Luke 10:16 : 16 He that heareth you, heareth me, and he that despiseth you, despiseth me: and he that despiseth me, despiseth hym that sent me.
  • Prov 1:22-33 : 22 O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge? 23 O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes. 24 Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded: 25 But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught: 26 Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you, 27 Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you. 28 Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me: 29 And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde, 30 They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction. 31 Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions. 32 For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them. 33 But whoso hearkeneth vnto me, shal dwell safely, and be sure from any feare of euyll.
  • John 20:21 : 21 Then sayde Iesus to them agayne, peace be vnto you: As my father sent me, euen so sende I you also.
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 Delyueryng thee from the people, and from the gentiles, vnto whom nowe I sende thee, 18 To open their eyes, that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght, & from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes, & inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me.
  • 1 Cor 4:4-5 : 4 For I knowe nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde. 5 Therefore iudge nothyng before the tyme, vntyll the Lorde come, who wyl lyghten thynges that are hyd in darkenesse, & open the counsels of the heartes, and then shall euery man haue prayse of God.
  • Prov 13:17 : 17 An vngodly messenger falleth into mischiefe: but a faythfull embassadour is as health.
  • 2 Kgs 17:13 : 13 And the Lorde testified in Israel and in Iuda by all the prophetes and by all the sears, saying: Turne from your wicked wayes, and kepe my commaundementes and my statutes, according to all the law which I commaunded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my seruauntes the prophetes.
  • 2 Chr 36:15 : 15 And the Lorde God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising vp betimes, and sending: for he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place.
  • Jer 13:16-17 : 16 Honour the Lorde your God or he take his light from you, and or euer your feete stumble in darcknesse at the hyll: lest when you loke for the lyght, he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death. 17 But if ye wyll not heare me that geue you secrete warnyng, I wyll mourne from my whole heart for your stubburnnesse: Piteously wyll I weepe, and the teares shall gushe out of mine eyes, for the Lordes flocke shalbe caried away captiue.
  • Jer 38:20 : 20 But Ieremie aunswered, No, they shall not betray thee: O hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde I beseche thee, which I speake vnto thee, so shalt thou be well, and saue thy lyfe:
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 Howbeit I sent vnto them my seruauntes all the prophetes, I rose vp early, I sent vnto them and gaue them warning, O do no suche abhominable thinges, and thinges that I hate.
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath geuen to you his holy spirite.
  • Job 33:6 : 6 Beholde, before God I am euen as thou: for I am fashioned & made euen of the same molde.
  • Job 33:23 : 23 Now yf there be a messenger, one among a thousande, sent for to speake vnto man, and to shew him the right way:
  • Isa 27:5 : 5 Let it take holde of my strength, and it shalbe at one with me, euen at one shall it be with me.

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