2 Corinthians 11:12

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Neuertheles what I do and wyl do, that do I to cut awaye occasion, from the which seke occasion, that they mighte boast the selues to be like vnto vs.

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  • 1 Cor 9:12 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 1:17 : 17 Whan I thus wyse was mynded, dyd I vse ligthnesse? Or are my thoughtes fleshly.? Not so but with me yee is yee, and nay is naye.
  • 2 Cor 5:12 : 12 We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs, yt ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them, which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce, and not after the hert.
  • 2 Cor 10:17 : 17 Let him that reioyseth, reioyse in the LORDE:
  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 And whan I was present with you, and had nede, I was greuous to no man: for yt which was lackynge vnto me, the brethren which came fro Macedonia, suppleed. And in all thinges I kepte myselfe so, yt I shulde not be greuous to you, & so wyl I kepe my selfe.
  • 2 Cor 11:18 : 18 Seynge that many boaste them selues after ye flesh, I wil boast my selfe also.
  • Gal 1:7 : 7 which is nothinge els, but that there be some, which trouble you, and intende to peruerte the Gospell of Christ.
  • Gal 6:13-14 : 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. 14 But God forbyd that I shulde reioyse, saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.
  • Phil 1:15-30 : 15 Some (no doute) preach Christ of enuye and stryfe, but some of good wil. 16 The one parte preacheth Christ off stryfe and not purely, supposynge to adde more aduersite vnto my bondes. 17 The other parte of loue, for they knowe that I lye here for the defence of the Gospell. 18 What then? So that Christ be preached all maner of wayes (whether it be done by occasion or of true meaninge) I reioyce therin, and wil reioyce. 19 For I knowe that the same shal chaunce to my saluacion, thorow youre prayer and mynistrynge of the sprete of Iesu Christ, 20 as I loke for and hope, that in nothinge I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all cofidence (as allwayes in tymes past, eue so now) Christ shalbe magnified in my body whether it be thorow life or thorow death. 21 For Christ is to me life, & death is to me auautage. 22 But in as moch as to lyue in ye flesh is frutefull to me for the worke, I wote not what 23 I shal chose, for both these thinges lye harde vpon me. I desyre to be lowsed, & to be with Christ, which thinge were moch better (for me) 24 but to abyde in the flesh is more nedefull for you. 25 And this am I sure of, that I shal abyde, and contynue with you all, for the furtheraunce and ioye of youre faith, 26 that ye maye abundauntly reioyse in Christ Iesu thorow me, by my comynge to you agayne. 27 Onely let youre conuersacion be as it becommeth the Gospell of Christ, that whether I come & se you, or els be absent, I maye yet heare of you that ye cotynue in one sprete and one soule, labourynge (as we do) to mayntayne the faith of the Gospell, 28 and in nothinge fearinge youre aduersaries, which is to them a token off perdicion, but vnto you of saluacion, and that of God. 29 For vnto you it is geuen, not onely that ye shulde beleue on Christ, but also suffre for his sake, 30 and to haue euen the same fighte, which ye haue sene in me, and now heare of me.
  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 I wil therfore that the yonger wemen mary, beare children, gyde the house, to geue ye aduersary no occasion to speake euell.
  • Job 23:13 : 13 It is he himself alone, who will turne him back? He doth as him listeth, and bryngeth to passe what he wil.
  • 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Youre reioysinge is not good. Knowe ye not that a litle leuen sowereth the whole lompe of dowe.

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  • 2 Cor 11:16-18
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    16I saye agayne, lest eny man thynke that I am folish: or els take me euen now as a fole, yt I maye boast my selfe a litle also.

    17That I speake now, that speake I not after the LORDE, but as it were in folishnes, whyle we are now come to boastinge:

    18Seynge that many boaste them selues after ye flesh, I wil boast my selfe also.

  • 2 Cor 12:5-6
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    5Here of will I boast, but of my selfe wil I make no boast, excepte it be of myne infirmyties.

    6And though I wolde boast my selfe, I dyd not foolishly, for I wolde saye the trueth. But I refrayne my selfe, lest eny ma shulde thinke of me aboue yt he seyth in me, or heareth of me.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-11
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    9And whan I was present with you, and had nede, I was greuous to no man: for yt which was lackynge vnto me, the brethren which came fro Macedonia, suppleed. And in all thinges I kepte myselfe so, yt I shulde not be greuous to you, & so wyl I kepe my selfe.

    10As surely as the trueth of Christ is in me, this reioysinge shal not be taken fro me in the regions of Achaia.

    11Wherfore? because I shulde not loue you? God knoweth.

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    12We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs, yt ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them, which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce, and not after the hert.

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    5For I suppose that I am no lesse the the hye Apostles are.

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    8And though I shulde boast my selfe somwhat more of oure auctorite which ye LORDE hath geue vs to edifye and not to destroye, it shulde not be to my shame.

    9This I saye, lest I shulde seme, as though I wente aboute to make you afrayed with letters.

  • Rom 15:17-18
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    17Therfore maye I boost myselfe thorow Iesu Christ, that I medle with thinges perteyninge vnto God.

    18For I durst not speake ought, excepte Christ had wroughte the same by me, to make the Heythen obediet thorow worde and dede,

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    15But 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.

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    13For soch false Apostles & disceatfull workers fashion them selues like vnto the Apostles of Christ.

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    29Who is weake, and I be not weake? Who is offended, & I burne not?

    30Yf I must nedes make my boast, I wil boast my selfe of myne infirmyte.

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    20So haue I enforced myselfe to preach ye Gospell, not where Christes name was knowne, lest I shulde buylde on another mans foundacion,

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    11Now whether it be I or they, thus haue we preached, and thus haue ye beleued.

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    12They that wil please in the flesh, constrayne you to be circumcysed, onely lest they shulde be persecuted with the crosse of Christ.

    13For eue they them selues which are circumcysed, kepe not the lawe, but wolde haue you circucysed, that they mighte reioyse in youre flesh.

    14But God forbyd that I shulde reioyse, saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.

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    11Brethren yf I yet preach circumcision, why do I suffre persecucion? then had the slaunder off the crosse ceassed.

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    21I speake concernynge rebuke, as though we were weake.Wherin so euer now eny man darre be bolde (I speake folishly) therin darre I be bolde also.

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    16The one parte preacheth Christ off stryfe and not purely, supposynge to adde more aduersite vnto my bondes.

    17The other parte of loue, for they knowe that I lye here for the defence of the Gospell.

    18What then? So that Christ be preached all maner of wayes (whether it be done by occasion or of true meaninge) I reioyce therin, and wil reioyce.

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    16But let it be so that I greued you not, neuertheles for so moch as I was craftye, I toke you wt gyle.

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    11I am become a fole i boastinge my selfe: Ye haue copelled me. For I oughte to be comended of you, in so moch as I am in nothinge inferior to ye hye Apostles. Though I be nothinge,

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    3Let vs geue no man occasion of euell, that oure office be not euell spoken of:

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    16and preach the Gospell vnto them that dwell beyonde you, and not to reioyse in that, which is prepared with another mans measure.

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    10onely that we shulde remebre the poore, which thinge also I was diligent to do.

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    23But this I do for the Gospels sake, that I mighte be partaker therof.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    32Be not ye an occasion of fallinge, nether to the Iewes, ner to the Gentyles, ner to the congregacion of God,

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    13I speake vnto you Heythen: for in as moch as I am ye Apostle of the Heythen, I wil prayse myne office,

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    10Therfore 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.

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    11Let 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.

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    3Neuertheles yet haue we sent these brethren, lest oure reioysinge ouer you shulde be in vayne in this behalfe, that ye mighte be ready, as I haue reported of you:

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    13Howbeit we wil not boast or selues aboue measure, but onely acordinge to the measure of the rule, wherwith God hath distributed vnto vs the measure to reach euen vnto you.

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    19Agayne, thynke ye yt we excuse oure selues? We speake in Christ in the sighte off God. But all this (dearly beloued) is done for yor edifyenge.

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    12Wherfore though I wrote vnto you, yet is it not done for his cause that dyd hurte, nether for his cause that was hurte, but that youre diligence (which ye haue for vs in the sighte of God) mighte be manifest wt you.