2 Thessalonians 3:9

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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  • 1 Cor 9:4-9 : 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? 7 Who goeth a warfare at eny tyme vpon his awne wages? Who planteth a vynyarde, and eateth not of the frute therof? Who fedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the mylke of the flocke? 8 Saye I these thinges after the maner of men? Sayeth not the lawe the same also? 9 For it is wrytten in the lawe off Moses: Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne. Doth God take thought for the oxen? 10 Or sayeth he it not alltogether for oure sakes? For no doute it is wrytte for oure sakes. For he that eareth, shulde eare vpon hope: and he yt throssheth, shulde trosshe vpon hope, yt he mighte be partaker of his hope. 11 Yf we haue sowne vnto you spiritual thinges, is it a greate thige yf we reape yor bodely thiges? 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.
  • 2 Thess 3:7 : 7 For ye yor selues knowe, how ye oughte to folowe vs: for we behaued not oure selues inordinatly amonge you,
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 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 Pet 2:21 : 21 For here vnto are ye called, for so moch as Christ also suffred for vs, leauynge vs an ensample, that ye shulde folowe his fotesteppes,
  • Gal 6:6 : 6 But let him that is taughte with the worde, mynister in all good thinges, vnto him that teacheth him.
  • John 13:15 : 15 I haue geue you an ensample, that ye shulde do as I haue done vnto you.
  • Matt 10:10 : 10 nor yet scrip towardes your iorney: nether two cotes, nether shues, nor yet a staffe. For the workman is worthy of his meate.

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  • 2 Thess 3:7-8
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    7 For ye yor selues knowe, how ye oughte to folowe vs: for we behaued not oure selues inordinatly amonge you,

    8 nether 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.

  • 2 Thess 3:10-13
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    10 And whan we were wt you, this we warned you of, that yf there were eny which wolde not worke, ye same shulde not eate.

    11 For we heare saye, that there are some which walke amonge you inordinatly, and worke not at all, but are busy bodies.

    12 But them that are soche, we commaunde and exhorte by oure LORDE Iesus Christ, that they worke with quyetnes, and eate their awne bred.

    13 Neuertheles brethren, be not ye weery of well doynge.

  • 1 Thess 2:8-10
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    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.

    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.

    10 Ye are witnesses, and so is God, how holyly and iustly and vnblameable we behaued oure selues amoge you that beleue:

  • 1 Thess 2:4-6
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    4 but 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.

    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 Cor 9:4-6
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    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 9:11-12
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    11 Yf we haue sowne vnto you spiritual thinges, is it a greate thige yf we reape yor bodely thiges?

    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.

  • Phil 3:17
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    17 Brethren, be ye ye folowers of me, and loke on the which walke eue so as ye haue vs for an ensample.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5 for oure Gospell hath not bene with you in worde onely, but both in power and in the holy goost, and in moch certayntie, as ye knowe after what maner we were amonge you for youre sakes.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20 and to bewarre, lest eny ma reporte euell of vs because of this plenteousnes, which is mynistred by vs:

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5 For we preach not or selues, but Iesus Christ to be the LORDE, and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake.

  • 2 Cor 1:24
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    24 Not that we are lordes ouer youre faith, but we are helpers of youre ioye, for ye stonde in faith.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    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.

  • 1 Thess 1:7
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    7 so that ye were an example to all that beleued in Macedonia and Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 1:8-9
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    8 Brethren we wolde not haue you ignoraunt of oure trouble, which happened vnto vs in Asia, for we were greued out off measure passynge strength, so that we euen dispared of life,

    9 and had concluded in oure selues yt we must nedes dye. But this was done, because we shulde not put oure trust in oure selues, but in God, which rayseth vp the deed to life agayne:

  • 2 Cor 10:8-9
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    8 And 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.

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

  • 2 Cor 8:4-5
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    4 and prayed vs with greate instauce, that we wolde receaue their benefite and fellishippe of the hadreachinge that is done for the sayntes:

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

  • 2 Pet 1:16
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    16 For we folowed not deceaueable fables, whan we declared vnto you the power and commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ: but with oure eyes we sawe his maiestie,

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    12 and laboure and worke with oure awne handes. We are reuyled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffre it:

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7 But this treasure haue we in earthen vessels, that ye power which excelleth might be of God, and not of vs.

  • 1 Thess 2:1
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    1 For ye youre selues (brethren) knowe of oure intrauce vnto you, how that it was not in vayne,

  • 2 Cor 3:5
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    5 not that we are sufficient of oure selues to thynke eny thinge, as of oure selues, but oure ablenesse commeth of God,

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16 and 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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    3 Let vs geue no man occasion of euell, that oure office be not euell spoken of:

  • 1 Thess 3:1
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    1 Wherfore sence we coulde no longer forbeare, we thoughte it good to remayne at Athens alone,

  • 1 Cor 3:9
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    9 For we are Gods labourers, ye are Gods hussbandry, ye are Gods buyldinge.

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

  • 2 Cor 9:4
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    4 lest 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.

  • 1 Thess 4:11-12
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    11 and that ye study to be quyete, and to medle with youre awne busynesse, and to worke with youre awne hades, as we commaunded you,

    12 that ye maye walke honestly towarde the that are without, and that nothinge be lackynge vnto you.

  • 1 Thess 1:3
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    3 without ceassynge, and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faith, and youre laboure in loue, & youre pacience in hope, which is oure LORDE Iesus Christ before God oure father:

  • 1 Thess 3:3-4
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    3 that noman shulde be moued in these troubles: (for ye youre selues knowe, that we are euen appoynted there vnto.

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    10 We are fooles for Christes sake, but ye are wyse in Christ: We weake, but ye stroge: Ye honorable, but we despysed.

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  • 2 Cor 10:13-14
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    13 Howbeit 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.

    14 For we stretche not or selues to farre as though we had not reached vnto you. For euen vnto you haue we come with the Gospell of Christ,