2 Corinthians 8:21

Coverdale Bible (1535)

and therfore make we prouision for honest thinges, not onely before the LORDE, but also before men.

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  • Rom 12:17 : 17 Recompese vnto no man euell for euell. Prouyde honestie afore hade towarde euery ma.
  • Rom 14:18 : 18 He that in these thinges serueth Christ, pleaseth God, & is comended of me.
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Furthermore brethren, whatsoeuer thinges are true, whatsoeuer thinges are honest, what soeuer thinges are iust, what so euer thinges are pure, what soeuer thinges pertayne to loue, whatsoeuer thinges are of honest reporte: yf there be eny vertuous thinge, yf there be eny laudable thinge,
  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 and lede an honest conuersacion amonge the Heythen, that they which bacbyte you as euell doers, maye se youre good workes, and prayse God in the daye of visitacion.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstayne fro all suspicious thinges.
  • 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.
  • Titus 2:5-8 : 5 to be discrete, chaste, husswyfly, good, obedient vnto their awne hussbandes, that the worde of God be not euell spoken of. 6 Exhorte the yonge men likewyse, that they be sober mynded. 7 Aboue all thinge shewe thy selfe an ensample off good workes, with vncorrupte doctryne, with honestye, with the wholsome 8 worde which can not be rebuked: that he which withstodeth maye be ashamed, hauynge nothinge in you that he maye disprayse.
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not as many are, which choppe & chaunge wt the worde of God, but eue out of purenesse, and out of God, in ye sighte of God, so speake we in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 Wherfore, whether we be at home or fro home, we endeuoure oure selues to please him. 10 For we must all appeare before the iudgment seate of Christ, yt euery one maye receaue in his body, acordinge to yt he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 11 Seynge then that we knowe, how that the LORDE is to be feared, we fare fayre with men, but we are knowne well ynough vnto God: I trust also, that we are knowne in youre consciences.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Let youre light so shyne before men, that they maye se youre good workes, and glorify youre father which is in heauen.
  • Matt 6:1 : 1 Take hede to youre almes, that ye geue it not in the syght of men, to the intent that ye wolde be sene of them: or els, ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heauen.
  • Matt 6:4 : 4 that thine almes maye be secrete: and thy father which seith in secrete, shall rewarde the openly.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 All their workes do they to be sene of men. They set abrode their Philateries, and make large borders vpon their garmentes,

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