2 Corinthians 8:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And prayed vs with great instaunce that we woulde receaue this grace and societie of the ministerie to ye saintes.

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  • Acts 24:17 : 17 Nowe after many yeres, I came and brought almes to my nation, and offerynges:
  • 1 Cor 16:3-4 : 3 When I am come, whomsoeuer ye shall alowe by your letters, them wyll I sende, to bryng your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem. 4 And yf it be meete that I go also, they shall go with me.
  • 2 Cor 9:1 : 1 Of the ministryng to the saintes, it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you:
  • Rom 15:25-26 : 25 But nowe go I vnto Hierusalem, to minister vnto the saintes. 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia & Achaia to make a certaine comon gatheryng for the poore saintes whiche are at Hierusalem.
  • Rom 15:31 : 31 That I may be delyuered from them which beleue not in Iurie, & that this my seruice which I haue at Hierusalem may be accepted of the saintes:
  • 1 Cor 16:1 : 1 Concerning the gatheryng for the saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galacia, euen so do ye.
  • 1 Cor 16:15 : 15 I beseche you brethren (ye knowe the house of Stephanas, that it is ye first fruites of Achaia, and that they haue appoynted them selues to minister vnto the saintes)
  • 2 Cor 8:18-19 : 18 We haue sent with hym that brother whose praise is in the Gospel through out all the Churches. 19 (And not that only, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a felowe with vs in our iourney, concernyng this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and to stirre vp your redie mynde)
  • 2 Cor 9:12-14 : 12 For the administration of this seruice, not only supplieth ye neede of the saintes: but also is aboundaunt by the thankes geuyng of many vnto God, 13 Which by the experiment of this ministration, prayse God for the obedience of your consentyng to the Gospell of Christe, and for your singlenesse in distributyng to them, and to all men: 14 And by their prayers for you, which long after you, for the aboundaunt grace of God in you.
  • Gal 2:10 : 10 Onely that we shoulde remember the poore: Wherin also I was diligent to do the same.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 Whyle we haue therefore tyme, let vs do good vnto all men, specially vnto the which are of the housholde of fayth.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 And well reported of in good workes, yf she haue brought vp chyldren, yf she haue lodged straungers, yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete, yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie, yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke.
  • Phlm 1:5-6 : 5 Hearyng of thy loue and fayth, which thou hast towarde the Lorde Iesus, and towarde all saintes: 6 That the felowshippe of thy fayth may be effectuall in the knowledge of euery good worke which is in you, towarde Christe Iesus.
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not vnryghteous, to forget your worke & labour of loue, whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name, hauyng ministred to the saintes, and do minister.
  • 1 John 3:16-18 : 16 Hereby perceaue we loue, because he layde downe his lyfe for vs, & we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren. 17 But who so hath this worldes good, and seeth his brother haue neede, and shutteth vp his compassion from hym: howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym? 18 My babes, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue: but in deede and in veritie.
  • Gen 33:10-11 : 10 And Iacob answered: Nay I pray thee, but if I haue founde grace in thy sight, receaue I pray thee my present of my hande: for I haue seene thy face, as though I had seene the face of God, and so thou hast receaued me to grace. 11 Oh take my blessyng that is brought thee: for God hath had mercy on me, and I haue inough. And so he compelled him, and he toke it,
  • 2 Kgs 5:15-16 : 15 And he turned againe to the man of God, he and al his company, and stoode before him, and saide: Behold, I know nowe that there is no God in all the worlde, but in Israel: Now therfore I pray thee take a blessing of thy seruaunt? 16 But he saide: As the lorde lyueth before whom I stande, I wyll receaue none: And when the other would haue constrayned him to receaue it, he would not.
  • Matt 10:42 : 42 And whosoeuer shall geue vnto one of these litle ones, to drynke, a cuppe of colde water only, in the name of a disciple, veryly I say vnto you, he shall not lose his rewarde.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For whosoeuer shall do the wyll of my father which is in heauen, the same is my brother, sister, and mother.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.
  • Matt 25:44-45 : 44 Then shall they also aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, or a thirste, or harbourlesse, or naked, or sicke, or in pryson, and did not minister vnto thee? 45 Then shall he aunswere them, saying: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye dyd it not to one of the least of these, ye dyd it not to me.
  • Mark 14:7 : 7 For ye haue poore with you alwayes, and whensoeuer ye wyll, ye may do the good: but me haue ye not alwayes.
  • John 19:26-27 : 26 Whe Iesus therfore sawe his mother and the disciple standyng by, whom he loued, he saith vnto his mother: Woman, beholde thy sonne. 27 Then sayde he to the disciple, beholde thy mother. And from that houre, the disciple toke her vnto his owne.
  • Acts 6:1-7 : 1 And in those dayes, when the number of ye disciples grewe, there arose a grudge among the Grekes agaynst ye Hebrues, because their wydowes were despysed in the dayly ministerie. 2 Then the twelue called the multitude of the disciples together, and sayde: It is not good that we shoulde leaue the worde of God, and serue tables. 3 Wherfore brethren, loke ye out among you seuen men of honest report, & full of the holy ghost, and wysedome, to who we may commit this busynesse. 4 But we wyll geue our selues continually to prayer, and to the ministerie of the worde. 5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Steuen, a man full of fayth, and of the holy ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, & Timon, and Permenas, and Nicolas a conuert of Antioche. 6 These they set before the apostles: and whe they had prayed, they layde their handes on them. 7 And the worde of God encreased, & the number of ye disciples multiplied in Hierusalem greatly, and a great companie of the priestes were obedient to ye fayth.
  • Acts 9:39-41 : 39 Then Peter arose, & came with them, and when he was come, they brought hym into the vpper chamber: And all the wydowes stoode rounde about him weepyng, and shewyng the coates and garmentes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them. 40 And Peter put them all foorth, and kneled downe, and prayed, and turned hym to the body, and sayde: Tabitha aryse. And she opened her eyes, and when she sawe Peter, she sate vp. 41 And he gaue her the hande, and lyfte her vp: and when he hadde called the saintes and wydowes, he deliuered her alyue.
  • Acts 11:29 : 29 Then the disciples, euery man accordyng to his abilitie, purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iurie.
  • Acts 16:15 : 15 And when she was baptized, and her householde, she besought vs, saying: Yf ye haue iudged me to be faythfull to the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she constrayned vs.

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    19 (And not that only, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a felowe with vs in our iourney, concernyng this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and to stirre vp your redie mynde)

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    13 Truly, not that other be set at ease, & ye brought into combraunce:

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