Hebrews 12:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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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  • Exod 4:22 : 22 And thou shalt saye vnto Pharao: Thus sayeth the Lorde, Israel is my sonne euen my first borne sonne.
  • Luke 10:20 : 20 Neuerthelesse, in this reioyce not, that the spirites are subdued vnto you: but rather reioyce, because your names are written in heauen.
  • Ps 94:2 : 2 Be exalted O thou iudge of the world: and rewarde the proude after their deseruyng.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?
  • Heb 6:10-12 : 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. 11 Yea and we desire that euery one of you do shewe the same diligence, to the full assuraunce of hope, vnto the ende, 12 That ye faynt not, but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises.
  • Heb 11:40 : 40 God prouidyng a better thyng for vs, that they without vs shoulde not be made perfect.
  • Eph 1:22 : 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete, and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche,
  • Eph 5:24-27 : 24 But as the Church is subiect to Christ, lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges. 25 Ye husbandes loue your wyues, euen as Christe also loued the Churche, and gaue hym selfe for it, 26 To sanctifie it, clensyng it in the fountayne of water in the worde, 27 To make it vnto hym selfe a glorious Churche, not hauyng spot or wrinckle, or any such thyng: but that it should be holy, and without blame.
  • Phil 1:21-23 : 21 For Christe is to me lyfe, and death is to me aduantage. 22 But if I lyue in the fleshe, this (is) the fruite of my labour, and what I shall chose, I wote not. 23 For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better.
  • Phil 3:12-21 : 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. 16 Neuerthelesse, vnto that which we haue attayned vnto, let vs proceade by one rule, that we may be of one accorde. 17 Brethren, be folowers together of me, and loke on them which walke so as ye haue vs for an ensample. 18 For many walke, of whom I haue tolde you often, & nowe tel you wepyng, that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christe: 19 Whose ende is dampnation, whose God is their belly, and glorie to their shame, which mynde earthly thynges. 20 But our conuersation is in heauen, from whence also we loke for the sauiour, the Lorde Iesus Christe: 21 Who shall chaunge our vyle body, that it may be fashioned lyke vnto his glorious body, according to the working wherby he is able to subdue all thynges vnto hym selfe.
  • Phil 4:3 : 3 Yea, and I beseche thee also faythfull yockefelowe, helpe those women which laboured with me in the Gospell, and with Clement also, and with other my labour felowes, whose names are in the booke of lyfe.
  • Col 1:12 : 12 Geuyng thankes vnto ye father, which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritaunce of the saintes in lyght.
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Nowe iowe I in my sufferynges for you, and fulfyll that which is behynde of the passions of Christe, in my fleshe, for his bodyes sake, which is ye Church:
  • 2 Thess 1:5-7 : 5 Which is a token of the ryghteous iudgment of God, that ye may be counted woorthy of the kyngdome of God, for which ye also suffer. 6 For it is a ryghteous thing with God, to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you: 7 And to you whiche are troubled, reste with vs, in the reuelation of the Lorde Iesus from heauen, with the Angels of his power,
  • 1 Tim 3:5 : 5 For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God?
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth, that we shoulde be the first fruites of his creatures.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threatned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously.
  • Rev 7:14-17 : 14 And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou wotest. And he sayde to me: These are they which came out of great tribulation, and haue wasshed their long robes, and made them whyte by the blood of the lambe. 15 Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God, and serue hym daye and nyght in his temple, and he that sitteth in the throne, wyll dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst, neither shall the sunne lyght on them, neither any heate. 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 And al yt dwel vpon the earth, worshipped him whose names are not writte in the booke of lyfe of ye lambe, which was killed from the beginnyng of the world.
  • Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they which were not defiled with wome, for they are virgins: These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he goeth: These were redeemed fro men, beyng the first fruites vnto God, and to the lambe.
  • Rev 20:15 : 15 And whosoeuer was not founde written in the booke of lyfe, was cast into the lake of fire.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appoynted vnto men once to dye, and after this the iudgement:
  • Heb 11:4 : 4 By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain: by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous, God testifiyng of his gyftes: by which also he beyng dead, yet speaketh.
  • Ps 96:13 : 13 For he commeth, for he commeth to iudge the earth: he will iudge the world accordyng to iustice, and the people accordyng to his trueth.
  • Ps 98:9 : 9 For he commeth to iudge the earth: he wyll iudge the worlde accordyng to iustice, & the people accordyng to equitie.
  • Ps 111:1 : 1 Prayse ye the Lorde. I wyll prayse God with my whole heart: in the congregation and assemblie of righteous men.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came, and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come weepyng, and with mercifull pitie will I bring them hither agayne: I will leade them to the riuers of water in a strayght way where they shall not stumble: For I am Israels father, and Ephraim is my first borne.
  • Matt 25:31-34 : 31 When the sonne of man shall come in his glorie, and all the holy Angels with hym, then shall he sitte vpon the throne of his glorie. 32 And before hym shalbe gathered all nations: and he shall seperate them one from another, as a shephearde deuideth his sheepe from the goates. 33 And he shall set the sheepe on his right hande, but the goates on the lefte. 34 Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde.
  • John 5:27 : 27 And hath geuen hym power also to iudge, because he is the sonne of man.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood.
  • 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 Nowe we see in a glasse, euen in a darke speakyng: but then shall we see face to face. Nowe I knowe vnperfectly: but then shall I knowe euen as I am knowen.
  • 1 Cor 15:49 : 49 And as we haue borne the image of the earthy, so shall we beare the image of the heauenly.
  • 1 Cor 15:54 : 54 When this corruptible, hath put on incorruption, and this mortal, hath put on immortalitie, then shalbe brought to passe the saying that is written, Death is swalowed vp into victorie.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 Neuerthelesse, we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lorde.
  • Exod 13:2 : 2 Sanctifie vnto me al the first borne, what so euer openeth the wombe among ye chyldren of Israel, aswell of man as of beast, for it is mine.
  • Exod 32:32 : 32 And nowe forgeue them their sinne: or if thou wylt not, wype me I pray thee out of thy booke whiche thou hast written.
  • Deut 21:17 : 17 But he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for the first borne, and geue hym dowble portion of all that he hath: For he is the first of his strength, and to hym belongeth the ryght of the first borne.
  • Ps 50:5-6 : 5 Gather my saintes together vnto me: those that haue made a couenaunt with me with sacrifice. 6 And the heauens shall declare his ryghteousnesse: for God is iudge hym selfe. Selah.
  • Ps 69:28 : 28 Let them be wyped out of the booke of the lyuyng: and not to be written among the ryghteous.
  • Ps 89:7 : 7 God is very terrible in the assemblie of saintes: and to be feared aboue al them that are about him.
  • Ps 89:27 : 27 And I will make him my first borne: in higher state then kinges of the earth.

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