Hebrews 13:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Obey them that haue the ouersighte off you, and submytte youre selues vnto them: for they watch for youre soules, euen as they that must geue accoptes therfore, that they maye do it with ioye, and not with grefe: for that is an vnprofitable thinge for you.

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  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take hede therfore vnto youre selues, and to all the flocke, amonge the which the holy goost hath set you to be Bishoppes, to fede the congregacion of God, which he hath purchaced thorow his owne bloude.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remembre the which haue the ouersighte of you, which haue declared vnto you the worde of God. The ende of whose couersacion se that ye loke vpon, and folowe their faith.
  • 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 The Elders that rule well, are worthy of double honoure, most specially they which laboure in the worde & in teachinge.
  • 1 Pet 5:2-3 : 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:
  • 1 Thess 5:12-13 : 12 We beseke you brethren, that ye knowe them which laboure amonge you, and haue the ouersighte of you in the LORDE, 13 and geue you exhortacion, that ye haue the the more in loue for their workes sake, and be at peace with them.
  • Heb 13:24 : 24 Salute the that haue the ouersighte of you and all ye sayntes. The brethren of Italy salute you.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewyse ye yoger submytte youre selues vnto the elder. Submytte youre selues euery man one to another, and knyt yor selues together in lowlynes of mynde. For God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace to the humble.
  • 1 Sam 15:19-20 : 19 Wherfore hast thou not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE, but hast turned thy selfe to the spoyle, and done euell in the sighte of the LORDE? 20 Saul answered Samuel: Yee I haue herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE, & haue gone the waye that ye LORDE sent me, and broughte Agag the kynge of the Amalechites, & damned the Amalechites:
  • Exod 32:31 : 31 Now wha Moses came agayne vnto ye LORDE, he saide: Oh this people haue done a greate synne, & haue made them goddes of golde.
  • Ezek 33:7-9 : 7 And now (O thou sonne of man) I haue made the a watchman vnto the house of Israel: that where as thou hearest eny thinge out of my mouth, thou mayest warne them on my behalfe. 8 Yff I saye vnto the wicked: thou wicked, thou shalt surely dye: and thou geuest him not warnynge, that he maye bewarre off his vngodly waye: then shall the wicked dye in his owne synne, but his bloude will I requyre of thy honde. 9 Neuertheles yf thou warne the wicked off his waye, to turne from it, where as he yet wil not be turned from it: then shal he dye because off his synne, but thou hast delyuered thy soule.
  • 1 Cor 4:1-2 : 1 Let euery man this wyse esteme vs, euen for the mynisters of Christ, and stewardes of the secretes of God. 2 Now is there no more requyred of the stewardes, then, that they be founde faithfull.
  • 1 Cor 16:16 : 16 I exhorte you to be obedient vnto soche, and to all that helpe and laboure.
  • 2 Cor 5:10-11 : 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.
  • Eph 5:21 : 21 submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God.
  • Phil 1:4 : 4 (which I allwayes do in all my prayers for you all, and praye with gladnesse)
  • Phil 2:12 : 12 Wherfore my dearly beloued, as ye haue allwayes obeyed (not onely in my presence, but now also moch more in my absence) euen so worke out youre awne saluacion with feare and tremblynge.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 holdinge fast the worde of life, vnto my reioysinge in the daye of Christ, that I haue not runne in vayne, nether laboured in vayne.
  • Phil 2:29 : 29 Receaue him therfore in the LORDE with all gladnes, and make moch of soche:
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For many walke (off whom I haue tolde you often, but now I tell you wepynge) eue enemies of the crosse of Christ,
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Wherfore my brethre dearly beloued & longed for, my ioye & my crowne contynue so in the LORDE ye beloued.
  • 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 Thess 3:9-9 : 9 For what thankes can we recompece to God agayne for you, because of this ioye that we haue concernynge you before oure God? 10 We praye exceadingly daye and nighte, that we mighte se you presently, and fulfill that which is lackynge in yor faith.
  • Luke 16:2 : 2 And he called him, and sayde vnto him: How is it, that I heare this of the? geue acomptes of yi stewardshipe, for thou mayest be no longer stewarde.
  • Acts 20:24-26 : 24 But I regarde none of them, nether counte I my life dearer then my selfe, that I maye fulfyll my course with ioye, and the office yt I haue receaued of the LORDE Iesu, to testifye the Gospell of the grace of God. 25 And now beholde, I knowe that ye shal se my face nomore, all ye, thorow whom I haue gone, and preached the kyngdome of God. 26 Wherfore I take you to recorde this daye, that I am pure from the bloude of all men:
  • 1 Sam 8:19 : 19 Neuerthelesse the people refused to heare the voyce of Samuel, and sayde: Not so, but there shall be a kynge ouer vs,
  • Prov 5:13 : 13 Wherfore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, & herkened not vnto them that infourmed me?
  • Isa 62:6 : 6 I wil set watchme vpo thy walles (o Ierusalem) which shall nether ceasse daye nor night, to preach ye LORDE. And ye also shall not kepe him close,
  • Jer 13:17 : 17 But yf ye wil not heare me, that geue you secrete warnynge, I will mourne fro my whole herte for youre stubburnesse. Piteously will I wepe, and the teares shall gushe out of myne eyes. For the LORDES flocke shal be caried awaye captiue.
  • Ezek 3:17-21 : 17 Thou sonne off man, I haue made the a watch man vnto the house of Israel: therfore take good hede to the wordes, and geue them warnynge at my commaundement. 18 Yff I saye vnto the, concernynge the vngodly ma, that (without doute) he must dye, and thou geuest him not warnynge, ner speakest vnto him, that he maye turne from his euell waye, and so to lyue: Then shall the same vngodly man dye in his owne vnrightuosnes: but his bloude will I requyre off thyne honde. 19 Neuertheles, yff thou geue warnynge vnto the wicked, and he yet forsake not his vngodlynesse: then shall he dye in his owne wickednesse, but thou hast discharged thy soule. 20 Now yf a rightuous ma go fro his rightuousnesse, and do the thinge that is euell: I will laye a stomblinge blocke before him, and he shall dye, because thou hast not geuen him warninge: Yee dye shall he in his owne synne, so that the vertue, which he did before, shall not be thought vpon: but his bloude will I requyre of thine honde. 21 Neuertheles, yf thou exhortest the rightuous, that he synne not, and so ye rightuous do not synne: Then shall he lyue, because he hath receaued thy warnynge, and thou hast discharged thy soule.
  • Ezek 33:2 : 2 Thou sonne off man, Speake to the childre of thy people, and tell them: When I sende a swearde vpon a londe, yf the people off the londe take a man off their countre, and set him to be their watchman:
  • Jas 4:7 : 7 Submit youre selues to God, and resist the deuell, & he wil flye fro you.
  • Gen 16:9 : 9 And the angel of the LORDE sayde vnto her: Returne to thy mastresse agayne, and submitte thyself vnder hir hande.
  • 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 But yf eny man obey not oure sayenges, sende vs worde of him by a letter, and haue nothinge to do with him, yt he maye be ashamed.
  • Rom 14:12 : 12 Thus shal euery one of vs geue acomptes for himselfe vnto God.

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