2 Corinthians 9:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Of the ministryng to the saintes, it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you:

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  • Gen 27:42 : 42 And these wordes of Esau her elder sonne were tolde to Rebecca: And she sent, & called Iacob her younger sonne, & saide vnto him: Beholde, thy brother Esau as touchyng thee doth comforte hym selfe full purposyng to kyll thee.
  • 1 Sam 20:23 : 23 And as touching this which thou and I haue spoken, behold the Lorde be betweene thee and me for euer.
  • 2 Kgs 22:18 : 18 But to the king of Iuda whiche sent you to aske counsell of the Lord, so shall ye say: Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel, as touching the wordes whiche ye haue hearde:
  • Job 37:23 : 23 It is the almightie, we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundaunt in iustice: he afflicteth not.
  • Ps 45:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition (on the instrument) Sosannim (to be song of the) children of Corach. A song of loue, geuyng wise instructions. My heart is endityng of a good matter: I wyll dedicate my workes vnto the king, my tongue is as the penne of a redy writer.
  • Matt 22:31 : 31 But as touchyng the resurrection of the dead: haue ye not read that which is spoken vnto you of God, which sayth.
  • Rom 11:28 : 28 As concernyng the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are loued for the fathers sakes.
  • 2 Cor 8:4-9 : 4 And prayed vs with great instaunce that we woulde receaue this grace and societie of the ministerie to ye saintes. 5 And 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. 6 So that we coulde not but desire Titus to accomplyshe ye same grace among you also, euen as he had begun. 7 Nowe therefore as ye are riche in all thinges, in fayth, in worde, in knowledge, in all feruentnesse, and in loue, which ye haue to vs: euen so, see that ye be plenteous in this grace also. 8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue. 9 For ye knowe the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poore, that ye through his pouertie might be made rich. 10 And I geue councell hereto: For this is expedient for you, which haue begun not to do only, but also to wil a yere ago. 11 Nowe therfore perfourme the thyng which ye began to do: that as ther was in you a redines to wyll, euen so ye may performe ye dede of that which ye haue. 12 For if there be first a wyllyng mynde, it is accepted accordyng to that a man hath, and not accordyng to that he hath not. 13 Truly, not that other be set at ease, & ye brought into combraunce: 14 But that there be equalnesse nowe at this tyme, and that your aboundaunce may succour their lacke, and that their aboundaunce maye supplie your lacke, that there may be equalitie. 15 As it written: He that had much, had not the more aboundaunce, and he that had litle, had not the lesse.
  • 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.
  • Phil 3:5-6 : 5 Circumcised the eyght day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrue of the Ebrues, after the lawe a pharisee, 6 Concernyng feruentnesse, persecutyng the Churche: touchyng ye righteousnesse which is in ye lawe, I was blamelesse.
  • 1 Thess 4:9-9 : 9 But as touchyng brotherly loue, ye nede not that I write vnto you: For ye are taught of God to loue one another. 10 Yea and that thyng veryly ye do vnto all ye brethren which are in al Macedonia: But we beseche you brethren, that ye encrease more and more:
  • 1 Thess 5:1 : 1 But of the tymes & seasons brethre, ye haue no neede that I write vnto you.
  • 1 John 2:27 : 27 And the annoyntyng whiche ye haue receaued of hym dwelleth in you: And ye nede not that any man teach you, but as the same annoynting teacheth you of all thynges, and it is true, and not lying: and as it taught you, ye shall abyde in it.

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    11 That in all thynges ye may be made riche into all singlenesse, which causeth through vs, that thankes are geuen vnto God.

    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:

  • 2 Cor 9:2-5
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    2 For I knowe the redinesse of your mynde, whereof I boast my selfe of you, vnto them of Macedonia, that Achaia was prepared a yere a go: and your zeale hath prouoked many.

    3 Yet 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.

    4 Lest yf they of Macedonia come with me, and fynde you vnprepared, we (I wyll not say you) shoulde be ashamed in this matter of boastyng.

    5 Therfore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren, to come beforehand vnto you, and to prepare your good blessyng promised afore, that it myght be redy, so that it be as a blessyng, and not a defraudyng.

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    8 I robbed other Churches, takyng wages of them, to do you seruice.

    9 And when I was present with you, and had nede, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lackyng vnto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all thynges I haue kept my selfe so that I shoulde not be chargeable to any man, and so wyll I kepe my selfe.

    10 The trueth of Christe is in me, that this reioycyng shall not be shut vp agaynst me in the regions of Achaia.

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

  • 2 Cor 8:3-4
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    3 For to their powers (I beare them recorde) yea & beyonde their powers, they were wyllyng.

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

  • 15 But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Neuerthelesse, I wrote not these thinges, that it shoulde be so done vnto me: For it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vayne.

  • 1 But of the tymes & seasons brethre, ye haue no neede that I write vnto you.

  • 9 For this cause veryly did I write, that I myght knowe the profe of you, whether ye be obedient in all thynges.

  • Rom 15:15-16
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    15 Neuerthelesse brethren, I haue somewhat more boldly written vnto you, to put you in remembraunce, through the grace that is geuen me of God,

    16 That I should be the minister of Iesus Christe, to the gentiles, and shoulde minister the Gospell of God, that the offeryng of the gentiles might be acceptable, and sanctified by the holy ghost.

  • 8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue.

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    13 For what is it, wherin ye were inferiour vnto other Churches, except it be that I was not chargeable vnto you? Forgeue me this wrong.

    14 Beholde, nowe the thirde tyme I am redy to come vnto you, and yet wyll I not be chargeable vnto you: For I seke not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay vp for the fathers and mothers: but the fathers and mothers for the chyldren.

  • 25 But nowe go I vnto Hierusalem, to minister vnto the saintes.

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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)

    20 For this we eschewe, that any man shoulde rebuke vs in this plenteous distribution that is ministred by vs:

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

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

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    15 And in this confidence was I minded first to haue come vnto you, yt ye myght haue had one pleasure more:

    16 And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to haue come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth of you to Iurie.

  • 25 Wherof I am made a minister, accordyng to the dispensation of God, which is geuen to me to youwarde, to fulfyll the worde of God:

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

  • 9 For God is my witnesse, whom I serue with my spirite in the Gospell of his sonne, that without ceassyng I make mention of you,

  • 10 Therfore write I these thynges beyng absent, lest when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, accordyng to the power which the Lorde hath geuen me to edification, and not to destruction.

  • 1 Concerning the gatheryng for the saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galacia, euen so do ye.

  • 9 But as touchyng brotherly loue, ye nede not that I write vnto you: For ye are taught of God to loue one another.

  • 16 And 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.

  • 3 When I am come, whomsoeuer ye shall alowe by your letters, them wyll I sende, to bryng your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem.

  • 5 Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles.

  • 12 I had many thynges to write vnto you: neuerthelesse, I woulde not write with paper & inke, but I trust to come vnto you, and speake with you mouth to mouth, that our ioy may be full.

  • 1 Moreouer, we do you to wite brethren, of the grace of God, which was geuen in the Churches of Macedonia.

  • 14 But without thy mynde woulde I do nothyng, that thy benefite shoulde not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly.

  • 1 It is not expedient doubtles, for me to glorie, I wyl come to visions & reuelations of the Lorde.

  • 8 For 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.

  • 10 And I geue councell hereto: For this is expedient for you, which haue begun not to do only, but also to wil a yere ago.

  • 13 I haue many thynges to write: but I wyll not with inke and penne write vnto thee.

  • 17 For if I do it with a good wil, I haue a reward: but if I do it against my wil, the dispensatio is committed vnto me.

  • 8 God is able to make you riche in all grace, that ye in all thynges hauyng sufficient vnto the vtmost, may be riche vnto all maner of good workes,

  • 23 I call God for a recorde vnto my soule, that to spare you I came not as yet vnto Corinthus.

  • 17 Not that I desire a gyft, but I desire fruite aboundyng to your accompt.

  • 11 For I long to see you, that I myght bestowe among you some spirituall gift, that ye myght be stablisshed.

  • 15 Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus, and loue vnto all the saintes,