1 Thessalonians 2:6

Coverdale Bible (1535)

nether soughte we prayse of men, nether of you ner of eny other, whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ,

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  • John 5:41 : 41 I receaue not prayse of men.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can ye beleue which receaue prayse one of another, and seke not the prayse, that is of God onely?
  • 1 Cor 9:1-2 : 1 Am I not an Apostle? Am I not fre? Haue I not sene Iesus Christ oure LORDE? 2 Are not ye my worke in the LORDE? Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other, yet am I youre Apostle: for the seale of myne Apostleshippe are ye in the LORDE.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 Preach I men now or God? Or go I aboute to please men? Yf I shulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christ.
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 Ye remembre brethren oure laboure and trauayle. For daye and nighte wroughte we (because we wolde not be chargeable vnto eny of you) and preached the Gospell of God amonge you.
  • Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 Wherfore though I haue great boldnes in Christ to commaunde the that which becommeth the, 9 yet for loues sake I rather beseke ye, though I be as I am, eue Paul aged, and now a presoner also of Iesu Christ.
  • 1 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 For now are we alyue, yf ye stonde stedfast in ye LORDE. 9 For what thankes can we recompece to God agayne for you, because of this ioye that we haue concernynge you before oure God?
  • 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 The Elders that rule well, are worthy of double honoure, most specially they which laboure in the worde & in teachinge.
  • Gal 5:26 : 26 Let vs not be vayne glorious, prouokinge one another, and envyenge another.
  • Gal 6:13 : 13 For eue they them selues which are circumcysed, kepe not the lawe, but wolde haue you circucysed, that they mighte reioyse in youre flesh.
  • 1 Cor 9:4-6 : 4 Haue we not power to eate and drynke? 5 Haue we not power also to leade aboute a sister to wife, as well as other Apostles, and as the brethren of the LORDE, and Cephas? 6 Or haue onely I and Barnabas not power this to do?
  • 1 Cor 9:12-18 : 12 But yf other be partakers of this power on you, wherfore are not we rather? Neuertheles we haue not vsed this power, but suffre all thinges, lest we shulde hynder the Gospell off Christ. 13 Knowe ye not that they which laboure in the temple, haue their lyuynge of ye temple: and they that wayte at the altare, enioye the altare? 14 Euen thus also hath ye LORDE ordeyned, that they which preach the Gospell, shulde lyue of ye Gospell. 15 But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Nether wryte I therof, that it shulde be done so vnto me: for I had rather dye, the that eny man shulde brynge my reioysinge to naughte. 16 For in that I preach the Gospell, I neade not boost my selfe, for I must nedes do it. And wo vnto me, yff I preach not the Gospell. 17 Yf I do it with a good wyll, I shall haue my rewarde: but yff I do it agaynst my wyll, yet is the office commytted vnto me. 18 Wherfore the shal I be rewarded? (Namely therfore) that I preach the Gospell, and do the same frely for naughte, that I abuse not my libertye in ye Gospell.
  • 1 Cor 11:9 : 9 Nether was the man created for the womans sake, but the woma for the mans sake.
  • 1 Cor 12:13-15 : 13 For we are all baptysed in one sprete to be one body, whether we be Iewes or Gentyles, whether we be bonde or fre, and haue all dronke of one sprete. 14 For the body also is not one membre, but many. 15 Yf the fote saye: I am not ye hande, therfore am I not a membre of the body,is he therfore not a membre of ye body?
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we preach not or selues, but Iesus Christ to be the LORDE, and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake.
  • 2 Cor 10:1-2 : 1 I Paul my selfe beseke you by the mekenesse and softnesse off Christ, which when I am present amonge you, am of small reputacion, but am bolde towarde you beynge absent. 2 I beseke you that I nede not be bolde whan I am present, & to vse yt boldnesse wherwith I am supposed to be bolde, agaynst some, which repute vs as though we walked after ye flesh:
  • 2 Cor 10:10-11 : 10 For the pistles (saye they) are sore and stronge, but his bodely presence is weake, and his speache rude. 11 Let him yt is soche, thinke on this wyse, that as we are in worde by letters wha we are absente, soch are we also in dede whan we are present.
  • 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 Therfore wryte I these thinges beynge absent, lest wha I am present, I shulde vse sharpnesse, acordinge to the power which the LORDE hath geue me to edifye, and not to destroye.
  • John 7:18 : 18 He that speaketh of himself, seketh his awne prayse: but he that seketh the prayse of him that sent him, the same is true, & there is no vnrighteousnes in him.
  • John 12:43 : 43 For they loued more the prayse with men, then with God.
  • Esth 1:4 : 4 that he mighte shewe the noble riches of his kingdome, and the glorious worshippe of his greatnesse, many dayes longe, euen an hundreth and foure score dayes.
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 and tolde them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, all together how the kynge had promoted him so greatly, and how that he was taken aboue the prynces and seruauntes of the kynge.
  • Prov 25:27 : 27 Like as it is not good to eate to moch hony, euen so he that wyll search out hye thynges, it shal be to heuy for him.
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 and sayde: This is the greate cite off Babilo, which I myself (with my power & strength) haue made a kynges courte, for the honoure off my magesty.

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