2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not but that we had auctoritie, but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs.
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- 1 Cor 9:4-9 : 4 Haue we not power to eate and to drinke? 5 Haue we not power to leade about a sister a woman as well as other Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 6 Either only I and Barnabas haue not power this to do? 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne cost? Who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruite therof? Or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke? 8 Say I these thinges after the maner of men? or saith not the law the same also? 9 For it is written in the law of Moyses: Thou shalt not moosell the mouth of the Oxe that treadeth out the corne. Doth God take care for Oxen? 10 Either sayth he it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubt this is written, that he which eareth, should eare in hope: & that he which tressheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope. 11 If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges? 12 If others be partakers of this power wherfore are not we rather? Neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all thinges, lest we shoulde hinder the Gospel of Christ. 13 Do ye not knowe that they which minister about holy thynges, eate of the thinges of the temple? And they whiche wayte at the aulter, are partakers with the aulter? 14 Euen so hath the Lord ordayned, that they which preache the Gospell, shoulde lyue of the Gospell.
- 2 Thess 3:7 : 7 For ye your selues knowe howe ye ought to folowe vs: For we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,
- 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:
- 1 Pet 2:21 : 21 For herevnto veryly were ye called, for Christe also suffered for vs, leauyng vs an ensample, that ye should folowe his steppes.
- Gal 6:6 : 6 Let hym that is taught in the word, minister vnto hym that teacheth hym, in all good thynges.
- John 13:15 : 15 For I haue geuen you an ensample, that ye shoulde do as I haue done to you.
- Matt 10:10 : 10 Nor yet scrippe, towardes your iourney, neither two coates, neither shoes, nor yet a staffe. For the workman is worthy of his meate.
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7 For ye your selues knowe howe ye ought to folowe vs: For we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,
8 Neither toke we breade of any man for nought: but wrought with labour and sweat nyght and daye, because we woulde not be chargeable to any of you.
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10 For when we were with you, this we warned you of: that yf any woulde not worke, the same shoulde not eate.
11 For we haue heard that there are some which walke among you inordinately, workyng not at all, but be busy bodies.
12 Them that are such, we commaunde and exhort by our Lorde Iesus Christ, that they workyng in quietnesse, eate their owne breade.
13 And ye brethren, be not weery in well doyng.
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8 So, beyng tenderly affected towarde you, our good wyll was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospell of God only: but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.
9 For ye remember brethren, our labour and trauayle. For we labouryng nyght & day, because we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you, preached vnto you the Gospell of God.
10 Ye are witnesses, & God also howe holyly, and iustly, and vnblameably, we behaued our selues among you that beleue.
- 1 Thess 2:4-63 verses81%
4 But as it were alowed of God, to be put in credite with the Gospell: euen so we speake, not as pleasyng men, but God, which tryeth our heartes.
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:
- 1 Cor 9:4-63 verses81%
4 Haue we not power to eate and to drinke?
5 Haue we not power to leade about a sister a woman as well as other Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Either only I and Barnabas haue not power this to do?
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11 If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges?
12 If others be partakers of this power wherfore are not we rather? Neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all thinges, lest we shoulde hinder the Gospel of Christ.
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17 Brethren, be folowers together of me, and loke on them which walke so as ye haue vs for an ensample.
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5 For our Gospell came not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy ghost, and in much certayntie, as ye knowe after what maner we were among you for your sake.
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20 For this we eschewe, that any man shoulde rebuke vs in this plenteous distribution that is ministred by vs:
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5 For we preache not our selues, but Christe Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake.
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24 Not that we be Lordes ouer your fayth, but are helpers of your ioy. For by fayth ye stande.
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12 For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.
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7 So that ye were an ensample to all that beleue in Macedonia and Achaia.
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8 For we woulde not brethren haue you ignoraunt of our trouble, whiche came vnto vs in Asia: For we were greeued out of measure, passyng strength, so greatly, that we dispayred euen of lyfe.
9 Yea, we receaued the sentence of death in our selues, that we should not put our trust in our selues, but in God, whiche rayseth the dead:
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8 For though I shoulde boast my selfe somwhat more of our auctoritie, which the Lorde hath geuen to vs for edification, and not for your destruction, it shal not be to my shame:
9 Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters.
- 2 Cor 8:4-52 verses74%
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.
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16 For 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:
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12 And labour, working with our owne handes. We are reuyled, and we blesse. We are persecuted, and suffer it.
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7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of the power be Gods, and not ours.
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1 For ye your selues, brethren, knowe our entraunce in vnto you, yt it was not in vayne:
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5 Not that we are sufficiet of our selues to thynke any thyng as of our selues: but our ablenesse is of God,
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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.
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3 Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed:
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1 Wherfore, sence we coulde no longer forbeare, we thought it good to remaine at Athens alone.
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9 For we together are Gods labourers, ye are Gods husbandrie ye are Gods buyldyng.
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8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue.
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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.
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11 And that ye studie to be quiet, and to do your owne busynesse and to worke with your owne handes as we commaunded you:
12 That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without, & that nothyng be lackyng in you.
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3 Without ceassyng, callyng to remembraunce the worke of your fayth, and labour of loue, and patient abidyng in the hope of our Lorde Iesus Christe, in the syght of God and our father.
- 1 Thess 3:3-42 verses73%
3 That no man shoulde be moued in these afflictions: For ye your selues knowe, that we are appoynted therevnto.
4 For veryly when we were with you, we tolde you before that we shoulde suffer tribulation, euen as it came to passe, and as ye knowe.
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10 We are fooles for Christes sake, but ye are wyse in Christe. We are weake, but ye are stronge. Ye are honorable, but we are despised.
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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.
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13 But we wyll not reioyce aboue measure: but accordyng to the measure of the rule, which God hath distributed vnto vs, a measure to reache euen vnto you.
14 For we stretch not out our selues beyonde measure, as though we reached not vnto you: For euen to you also haue we come with the Gospell of Christe: