2 Corinthians 8:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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  • 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 But this I saye of fauoure, and not of commaundemet.
  • 1 Cor 7:12 : 12 As for the other, vnto the saye I, not ye LORDE: Yf eny brother haue an vnbeleuynge wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not put hir awaye.
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 As concernynge virgins, I haue no commaundement of the LORDE, neuertheles I saye my goodmeanynge, as I haue optayned mercy of the LORDE to be faithfull.
  • 2 Cor 6:6 : 6 in purenesse, in knowlege, in longe sufferynge, in kyndnesse, in the holy goost, in loue vnfayned,
  • 2 Cor 8:1-3 : 1 I do you to wit (brethren) the grace of God, which is geue in the congregacions of Macedonia. 2 For their reioysinge was most abundaunt, whan they were tryed by moch trouble: & though they were exceadinge poore, yet haue they geue exceadinge richely, and that in synglenesse. 3 For to their power (I beare recorde) yee and beyonde their power, they were wyllinge of their awne acorde,
  • 2 Cor 8:10 : 10 And my councell herin I geue, for this is profitable for you, which haue begonne a yeare a goo,not onely to do, but also to wyll.
  • 2 Cor 8:24 : 24 Shewe now the profe off youre loue and off oure boastinge of you, vnto these, and opely in the sighte of the cogregacions.
  • 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 for I knowe youre redynesse of mynde, wherof I boast my selfe amonge them of Macedonia, and saye: Achaia was ready a yeare agoo. And youre feruentnesse hath prouoked many.
  • 2 Cor 9:7 : 7 euery one acordynge as he hath purposed in his hert, not grudgingly, or of compulsion. For God loueth a chearfull geuer.
  • Eph 4:15 : 15 But let vs folowe the trueth in loue, and in all thinges growe in him, which is the heade, euen Christ,
  • Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all them that loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly. Amen.
  • Heb 10:24 : 24 and let vs considre one another to ye prouokinge of loue and of good workes:
  • Jas 2:14-16 : 14 What a vayleth it my brethre, though a man saye he hath faith, when he hath no dedes? Can faith saue him? 15 If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode, 16 & one of you saye vnto them: Departe in peace, God sende you warmnes and fode: notwithstodinge ye geue them not tho thinges which are nedfull to the body: what helpeth it them?
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,
  • 1 John 3:17-19 : 17 But he yt hath this worldes good, & seyth his brother haue nede, and shutteth vp his hert fro him, how dwelleth the loue of God in him? 18 My litle children, let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge, but with ye dede, and with the trueth. 19 Hereby knowe we, that we are of the verite, and can quyete oure hertes before him.
  • Josh 24:14 : 14 Feare the LORDE now therfore, and serue him perfectly and in the trueth, and let go the goddes, whom youre fathers serued beyonde the water and in Egipte, and serue ye ye LORDE.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 These come vnto the, after ye maner of a greate people: yee my people syt downe before the, and heare thy wordes, but they do not therafter: For in their mouthes they shewe themselues, as though they were feruent, but their herte goeth after their owne couetous lucre.
  • Rom 11:12-14 : 12 For yf their fall be the riches of the worlde, and the mynishinge of the the riches of the Heythen: how moch more shulde it be so, yf their fulnesse were there? 13 I speake vnto you Heythen: for in as moch as I am ye Apostle of the Heythen, I wil prayse myne office, 14 yf I mighte prouoke them vnto zele, which are my fleshe, and saue some of them.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Let loue be without dissimulacion. Hate that which is euell: Cleue vnto that which is good.

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  • 2 Cor 8:1-7
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    1I do you to wit (brethren) the grace of God, which is geue in the congregacions of Macedonia.

    2For their reioysinge was most abundaunt, whan they were tryed by moch trouble: & though they were exceadinge poore, yet haue they geue exceadinge richely, and that in synglenesse.

    3For to their power (I beare recorde) yee and beyonde their power, they were wyllinge of their awne acorde,

    4and prayed vs with greate instauce, that we wolde receaue their benefite and fellishippe of the hadreachinge that is done for the sayntes:

    5And not as we loked for, but gaue ouer them selues first to the LODRE, and afterwarde vnto vs by ye wyl of God,

    6so that we coulde not but desyre Titus, that like as he had begonne afore he wolde euen so accomplish the same beniuolence amonge you.

    7Now as ye are riche in all poyntes, in faith and in worde, and in knowlege, and in all diligence, and in youre loue towarde vs, euen so se that ye be plenteous also in this benyuolece.

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    9For ye knowe the liberalite of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which though he be riche, yet for youre sakes he became poore, yt ye thorow his pouerte mighte be made riche.

    10And my councell herin I geue, for this is profitable for you, which haue begonne a yeare a goo,not onely to do, but also to wyll.

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    8Wherfore though I haue great boldnes in Christ to commaunde the that which becommeth the,

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    24Shewe now the profe off youre loue and off oure boastinge of you, vnto these, and opely in the sighte of the cogregacions.

  • 2 Cor 8:13-14
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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,

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    8For fro you was the worde of the LORDE noysed out, not onely in Macedonia & Achaia, but i all quarters also is yor faith i God spred abrode so that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thinge at all.

  • 2 Cor 2:8-9
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    8Wherfore I exhorte you, that ye shewe loue vpo him.

    9For therfore dyd I wryte vnto you also, that I mighte knowe the profe of you, whether ye were obediet in all thinges.

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

    2for I knowe youre redynesse of mynde, wherof I boast my selfe amonge them of Macedonia, and saye: Achaia was ready a yeare agoo. And youre feruentnesse hath prouoked many.

    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:

    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.

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    19Not onely that, but he is chosen also of the congregacions, to be a felowe with vs in oure iourney, for this benyuolence that is mynistred by vs vnto the prayse of the LORDE, and to stere vp youre prompte mynde,

    20and to bewarre, lest eny ma reporte euell of vs because of this plenteousnes, which is mynistred by vs:

    21and therfore make we prouision for honest thinges, not onely before the LORDE, but also before men.

    22We haue sent with them also a brother of oures, whom we haue oft proued diliget in many thinges, but now moch more diligent.

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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.

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    6But this I saye of fauoure, and not of commaundemet.

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    13and prayse God for yor obedient professynge of the Gospell of Christ, & for yor synglenesse in distributynge vnto the, and to all men,

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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.

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    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.

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

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    12For oure reioysinge is this, euen the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes & godly purenesse, not in fleshlye wyssdome, but in the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersacion in the worlde, but most of all with you.

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

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    8For God is my recorde, how I loge after you all euen fro the very hert rote in Iesus Christ.

    9And for the same I praye, yt yor loue maye increace more & more in all maner of knowlege and in all experience,

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    8which also declared vnto vs youre loue in the sprete.

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    12But the LORDE increace you, & make you flowe ouer in loue one towarde another, and towarde all men (euen as we do towarde you)

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10yee and that thinge ye do vnto all the brethre, which are thorow out all Macedonia. But we beseke you brethren that ye increace yet more and more,

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

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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.

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    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.

    4I am very bolde towarde you, I make moch boost of you, I am fylled with comforte, I am exceadynge ioyous in all oure tribulacion.

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    15And his inwarde affeccion is more abundaunt towarde you, whan he remembreth the obedience of you all, how ye receaued him with feare and treblynge.

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    4but as we are alowed of God, that the Gospell shulde be commytted vnto vs to preache, euen so we speake, not as though we wolde please me, but God, which tryeth oure hertes.

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    17For he accepted the request in dede, yee he was rather so well wyllynge, that of his awne acorde, he came vnto you.

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    8and robbed other cogregacions, and toke wages of the, to preach vnto you.