2 Corinthians 12:14

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Beholde, I am ready the thirde tyme to come vnto you, and wyl not be chargeable vnto you. For I seke not youres, but you. For ye childre ought not to gather treasure for the elders, but the elders for the children.

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  • Prov 19:14 : 14 House & riches maye a ma haue by ye heretage of his elders, but a discrete woma is the gifte of the LORDE.
  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I wryte not this to shame you, but as my deare childre I warne you. 15 For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers. For I haue begotten you in Christ Iesu thorow ye Gospell?
  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 eue as I also please all men in all thinges, not sekinge myne awne profit, but the profit of many, that they mighte be saued. Folowe ye me, as I do Christ.
  • 2 Cor 1:15 : 15 And in this confidence was I mynded the other tyme to come vnto you (that ye mighte haue yet another pleasure more)
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.
  • 2 Cor 13:1-2 : 1 Now come I the thirde tyme vnto you. In the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal euery matter be stablisshed. 2 I haue tolde you before, & tell you before as present ye seconde tyme, & wryte it now beynge absent, vnto the which in tyme passed haue synned, & to all other: & yf I come agayne, I wil not spare,
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Wherfore my brethre dearly beloued & longed for, my ioye & my crowne contynue so in the LORDE ye beloued.
  • Phil 4:17 : 17 Not that I seke giftes, but I seke the frute, that it be abudaunt in yor rekenynge.
  • 1 Thess 2:5-6 : 5 For we haue not gone aboute with flateringe wordes (as ye knowe) ner wayted for oure owne profit ( God is recorde) 6 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,
  • 1 Thess 2:8 : 8 euen so had we hartely affeccion towarde you, and wolde with good wyl haue dealte vnto you, not onely the Gospell of God, but oure lyues also, because ye were deare vnto vs.
  • 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 as ye knowe, how that as a father his children, euen so exhorted we and comforted and besoughte euery one of you,
  • 1 Thess 2:19-20 : 19 For who is oure hope, or ioye, or crowne of reioysinge? are not ye it in ye sighte of oure LORDE Iesus Christ at his commynge? 20 Yes ye are oure prayse and ioye.
  • 1 Pet 5:2-4 : 2 Fede Christes flocke which is amonge you, and take the ouersighte of the, not as though ye were copelled therto, but wyllingly: not for the desyre of filthye lucre, but of a good mynde: 3 not as though ye were lordes ouer the parishes, but that ye be an ensample to the flocke: 4 & whan the chefe shepherde shal appeare, ye shal receaue the vncorruptible crowne of glory.
  • 1 Cor 11:34 : 34 But yf eny man honger, let him eate at home, that ye come not together vnto codempnacion. As for other thinges, I wil set them in order whan I come.
  • 1 Cor 16:5 : 5 But I wil come vnto you, whan I go thorow Macedonia: for thorow Macedonia wyl I take my iourney.
  • 1 Cor 4:19 : 19 But I wil come to you shortly ( yf the LORDE wyl) and wyl knowe, not the wordes of the that are puft vp, but ye power.
  • 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 Let noman seke his awne profit, but let euery man seke anothers welth.
  • Ezek 34:2 : 2 Thou sonne off ma, prophecye agaynst the shepherdes of Israel, prophecy, and speake vnto them: Thus saieth the LORDE God: Wo be vnto the shepherdes off Israel, that fede them selues. Shulde not the shepherdes fede ye flockes?
  • Acts 20:33 : 33 I haue not desyred syluer, golde or rayment off eny off you.
  • Gen 24:35-36 : 35 and the LORDE hath prospered my master richely, so yt he is become greate: and he hath geuen him shepe and oxe, syluer and golde, seruauntes and maidens, Camels and Asses: 36 yee and Sara my masters wife hath borne my master a sonne in hir olde age: vnto him hath he geuen all that he hath.
  • Gen 31:14-15 : 14 Then answered Rachel and Lea, and sayde vnto him: As for vs, we haue no porcion ner inheritauce more in oure fathers house, 15 & he hath couted vs as straugers, for he hath solde vs, & spent vp or wages.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The frute of the rightuous is as the tre of life, a wyse man also wynneth mens soules.

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    15I wil very gladly bestowe, and wyl be bestowed for youre soules: though ye more I loue you, the lesse am I loued agayne.

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

    17Haue I defrauded you by eny of the, who I sent vnto you?

  • 13For what is it, wherin ye are inferiours to the other congregacions? excepte it be yt I haue not bene greuous vnto you.Forgeue me this wroge.

  • 2 Cor 11:8-9
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    8and robbed other cogregacions, and toke wages of the, to preach vnto you.

    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.

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    13This is not done to the intent, that other shulde haue ease, and ye cobraunce,

    14but that it be a lyke. Let youre abundaunce sucker their lacke in this tyme off derth, that their abundaunce also herafter maye supplee youre lacke,

  • Phil 4:16-17
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    16For vnto Tessalonica ye sent once and afterwarde agayne vnto my necessite.

    17Not that I seke giftes, but I seke the frute, that it be abudaunt in yor rekenynge.

  • 13I speake to you, as to childre, that haue like rewarde with vs.

  • 1Of the handreachinge vnto ye sayntes, it is no nede for me to wryte vnto you:

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    15And in this confidence was I mynded the other tyme to come vnto you (that ye mighte haue yet another pleasure more)

    16& to passe by you in to Macedonia, & to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you & to be led forth to Iewrye warde of you.

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    14I wryte not this to shame you, but as my deare childre I warne you.

    15For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers. For I haue begotten you in Christ Iesu thorow ye Gospell?

  • 2I haue tolde you before, & tell you before as present ye seconde tyme, & wryte it now beynge absent, vnto the which in tyme passed haue synned, & to all other: & yf I come agayne, I wil not spare,

  • 1 Cor 16:2-3
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    2Vpon some Sabbath daye let euery one of you put aside by him selfe, and laye vp what so euer he thinketh mete, that the colleccion be not to gather whan I come.

    3Whan I am come, whom so euer ye shal alowe by youre letters, the wyll I sende to brynge youre liberalite vnto Ierusalem.

  • 12Brethre I beseke you, be ye as I am, for I am as ye are. Ye haue not hurte me at all.

  • 2 Cor 9:4-5
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    4lest whan they of Macedonia come with me, and fynde you vnprepared, we (I wyl not saye ye) shulde be ashamed in this presumpcion of boostinge.

    5Wherfore I thoughte it necessary to exhorte the brethren, to come before hande vnto you, for to prepare this blessynge promysed afore, that it mighte be ready, so that it be a blessynge, and not a defraudynge.

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    3And the same haue I wrytten vnto you, lest wha I come, I shulde take heuynes of them, of whom I oughte to reioyse: for somoch as I haue this confidence in you all, that my ioye is the ioye of you all.

    4For in greate trouble and anguysh of hert wrote I vnto you with many teares: not yt ye shulde be sory, but that ye mighte perceaue the loue, which I haue most specially vnto you.

  • 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.

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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.

    20For I feare, lest whan I come, I shal not fynde you soch as I wolde: and lest ye shal fynde me soch as ye wolde not: lest there be amonge you, debates, envyenges, wrathes, stryuynges, bacbytinges, whysperinges, swellinges, vproures:

    21lest whan I come agayne, God bringe me lowe amoge you & lest I be constrayned to bewayle many of the yt haue synned before, & haue not repented ouer ye vnclennesse and whordome, and wantonnes, which they haue comytted.

  • 13But I wolde ye shulde knowe (brethren) how that I haue often tymes purposed to come vnto you (but haue bene let hither to) that I mighte do some good amonge you, like as amonge other Gentyles.

  • 8This I saye not as commaudynge, but seynge, other are so diligent, I proue youre loue also, whether it be perfecte or no.

  • 1But I determyned this wt my selfe, that I wolde not come agayne to you in heuynes.

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    8euen so had we hartely affeccion towarde you, and wolde with good wyl haue dealte vnto you, not onely the Gospell of God, but oure lyues also, because ye were deare vnto vs.

    9Ye 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.

  • 19My litle children (of whom I trauayle in byrth agayne, vntyll Christ be fashioned in you)

  • 6nether 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,

  • 3I speake not this to codemne you, for I haue shewed you before, that ye are in oure hertes, to dye and to lyue wt you.

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    8nether toke we bred of eny man for naughte but wrought wt laboure and trauayle night and daye, lest we shulde be chargeable to eny of you.

    9Not but that we had auctorite, but to geue oure selues for an ensample vnto you to folowe vs.

  • 26that ye maye abundauntly reioyse in Christ Iesu thorow me, by my comynge to you agayne.

  • 19I Paul haue wrytten it with myne awne hande. I wil recompence it: so that I do not saye vnto ye, how that thou owest vnto me euen thine owne selfe.

  • 28Now whan I haue perfourmed this, and haue broughte the this frute sealed, I wil take my iourney by you in to Spayne.

  • 30for because of the worke of Christ, he wente so farre, that he came nye vnto death, and regarded not his life, to fulfyll that seruyce which was lackynge on youre parte towarde me.

  • Rom 15:23-24
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    23But now syth I haue nomore place in these countrees, hauynge yet a desyre many yeares sence to come vnto you,

    24whan I shal take my iourney in to Spayne, I wil come to you: for I trust that I shal passe yt waye and se you, and to be broughte on my waye thitherwarde by you: but so, that I first refresh my selfe a litle with you.

  • 35I haue shewed you all thinges, how that so labouringe ye oughte to receaue the weake, and to remembre the worde of the LORDE, how that he sayde: It is more blessed to geue, then to receaue.

  • 20For I haue no man that is so like mynded to me, which with so pure affeccio careth for you:

  • 14Neuertheles without thy mynde wolde I do nothinge, that ye good which thou doest, shulde not be of compulsion, but wyllingly.

  • 23Bvt I call God to recorde vnto my soule, that to fauoure you withall I came not agayne vnto Corinthum.

  • 10I reioyse greatly in ye LORDE, that now at the last ye are reuyued agayne to care for me, as ye cared for me afore, but ye lacked oportunyte.

  • 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.