2 Corinthians 7:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Seyng that we haue these promises (dearely beloued) let vs clense our selues from all fylthynesse of the flesshe & spirite, and growe vp to full holynesse in the feare of God.

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  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes, pryde, disdayne, and the euil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre.
  • 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God hath not called vs vnto vncleanenesse, but into holynesse.
  • 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dearely beloued, I beseche you as straugers and pilgrimes, abstaine from fleshly lustes, whiche fight agaynst the soule:
  • 2 Pet 1:4-8 : 4 By the which are geuen vnto vs excellent and most great promises, that by the meanes thereof, ye might be partakers of the godly nature, yf ye flee the corruption of worldly lust. 5 And herevnto geue all diligence: in your fayth minister vertue, in vertue knowledge, 6 In knowledge temperaunce, in temperaunce pacience, in pacience godlynesse, 7 In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse, in brotherly kyndnesse loue. 8 For yf these thynges be among you, and be plenteous, they wyll make you that ye neither shalbe idle nor vnfruitefull in the knowledge of our Lorde Iesus Christe.
  • Heb 4:1 : 1 Let vs feare therfore, lest at any tyme, by forsakyng the promise of entryng into his reste, any of you shoulde be defrauded.
  • Heb 12:28 : 28 Wherfore, we receauyng a kingdome which can not be moued, let vs haue grace, wherby we may so serue God acceptablie, with reuerence & godly feare.
  • Jas 4:8 : 8 Drawe nye to God, and he wyll drawe nye to you. Clense your handes ye sinners, and purifie your heartes ye double mynded.
  • Phil 3:12-15 : 12 Not as though I had alredy attayned, either were alredy perfect: but I folowe, yf that I may comprehende, wherein also I am comprehended of Christe Iesus. 13 Brethren I count not my selfe as yet that I haue attained: but this one thing I say I forget those thinges which are behynde, and endeuour my selfe vnto those thynges which are before, 14 And I prease towarde the marke, for the price of the hye callyng of God in Christe Iesus. 15 Let vs therfore as many as be perfect, be thus mynded, and if ye be otherwyse mynded, God shall reueale the same also vnto you.
  • 2 Cor 6:17-18 : 17 Wherfore come out fro among them, and separate your selues from them (saith the Lorde) and touche none vncleane thyng, and I wyll receaue you, 18 And wyll be a father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lorde almightie.
  • Ezek 36:25-26 : 25 Then wyll I sprinckle cleane water vpon you, and ye shalbe cleane: yea from all your vncleannes and from all your idols shall I cleanse you. 26 A newe heart also wyll I geue you, and a newe spirite wyll I put into you: as for that stony heart I wyll take it out of your fleshe, and geue you a fleshy heart.
  • Ps 51:10 : 10 Make thou vnto me a cleane heart O Lorde: and renue thou a ryght spirite within me.
  • 1 John 3:3 : 3 And euery man that hath this hope in hym, purgeth hym selfe, euen as he also is pure.
  • Ps 119:9 : 9 Beth Wherby shall a young man refourme his way: euen in guiding it accordyng to thy worde.
  • 2 Chr 19:9 : 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shal ye do in the feare of the Lord faythfully, and with a pure heart:
  • Ps 19:9 : 9 The feare of God is sincere, & endureth for euer: the iudgementes of God are trueth, they be iust in all poyntes.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that thynke them selues cleane, and yet is not cleansed from their filthinesse.
  • Isa 1:16 : 16 Washe you, make you cleane, put away your euyll thoughtes out of my syght: ceasse from doyng of euyll,
  • Isa 55:7 : 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.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 O Hierusalem, washe thine heart from wickednesse, that thou mayest be helped: Howe long shall thy vayne thoughtes remayne with thee?
  • Jer 13:27 : 27 Thy adulteries, thy neyghinges, thy shamefull whoredome on the hylles in the fieldes, and thy abhominations haue I seene: Wo be vnto thee (O Hierusalem) wylt thou neuer be clensed any more? Or when shall that be?
  • Matt 5:8 : 8 Blessed (are) the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
  • Prov 16:6 : 6 With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen: and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed.
  • Matt 12:33 : 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruite good: or els make the tree euyll, and his fruite euyll. For the tree, is knowen by his fruite.
  • 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For ye are dearely bought: therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirite, which are Gods.
  • 2 Cor 1:20 : 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and are in him Amen, vnto the glorie of God, through vs.
  • 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 To stablyshe your heartes vnblameable, in holynesse before God and our father, in the commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, with all his saintes.
  • 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 Pet 1:22 : 22 Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth, with brotherly loue vnfayned, see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye:
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 But and yf we walke in light, euen as he is in lyght, then haue we felowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace whiche hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christe Iesus, shal his owne selfe, after that ye haue suffred a litle affliction, make you perfite, setle, strength, and stablyshe you.
  • 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we knowledge our sinnes, he is faythfull & iust to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse.
  • Titus 2:11-14 : 11 For there hath appeared the grace of God which is healthful to all men, 12 Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde: 13 Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God, and our sauiour Iesus Christe, 14 Which gaue hym selfe for vs, that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse, and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe, zelous of good workes.
  • Eph 2:3 : 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe, fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe, and of the mynde, & were by nature the chyldren of wrath, euen as other:
  • Eph 4:12-13 : 12 To the gatheryng together of the saintes, into the worke of ministration, into the edifiyng of the body of Christe: 13 Tyll we all meete together into the vnitie of fayth, and knowledge of the sonne of God, vnto a perfect man, vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christe:
  • Matt 23:25-26 : 25 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter syde of the cup, & of the platter: but within they are full of brybery & excesse. 26 Thou blynde Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outsyde of them may be cleane also.
  • Luke 11:39-40 : 39 And the Lorde said vnto him: Now do ye pharisees make cleane the outsyde of the cuppe, and the platter, but the inward part is full of your rauenyng and wickednesse. 40 Ye fooles, dyd not he that made that whiche is without, make that which is within also?
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 Then had the Churches rest throughout all Iurie, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified, and walked in the feare of the Lorde, & multiplied by the comfort of the holy ghost.
  • Rom 5:20-6:11 : 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in, that sinne shoulde encrease. But where sinne was plenteous, grace was more plenteous. 21 That as sinne hath raigned vnto death: euen so myght grace raigne thorowe ryghteousnes vnto eternall lyfe, by Iesus Christe our Lorde. 1 What shall we saye then? Shall we continue in sinne, that grace maye abound? God forbyd. 2 Howe shall we that are dead to sinne, lyue any longer therin? 3 Knowe ye not, that all we whiche haue ben baptized into Iesus Christe, haue ben baptized into his death? 4 We are buryed then with him by baptisme into his death, that lykewyse as Christe was raysed vp from the dead by the glorie of the father: euen so, we also shoulde walke in newnesse of lyfe. 5 For if we be graft together by the likenesse of his death: euen so shall we be partakers of the resurrection: 6 Knowyng this, that our olde man is crucified with hym also, that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed, that hencefoorth we shoulde not serue sinne. 7 For he that is dead, is iustified from sinne. 8 And yf we be dead with Christe, we beleue that we shall also lyue with him: 9 Knowyng that Christe beyng raysed from the dead, dyeth no more, death hath no more power ouer hym. 10 For as touchyng that he dyed, he dyed concerning sinne once: And as touching that he lyueth, he lyueth vnto God. 11 Lykewyse, recken your selues to be dead to sinne, but alyue vnto God, thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde.
  • Prov 20:9 : 9 Who can say, I haue made my heart cleane, I am pure from my sinne?
  • Matt 5:48 : 48 Ye shall therfore be perfecte, euen as your father, which is in heauen, is perfecte.
  • Ezek 18:30-32 : 30 Therefore I wyll iudge you, euery man according to his wayes, O ye house of Israel saith the Lorde: returne and bryng your selues agayne from all your wickednesse, so iniquitie shall not be your destruction. 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.
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 And vnto the congregation of the first borne, written in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the spirites of iust and perfect men:

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