1 Thessalonians 4:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

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  • Mark 4:11 : 11 And he saide vnto them, To you it is giuen to knowe the mysterie of the kingdome of God: but vnto them that are without, all thinges bee done in parables,
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Walke wisely towarde them that are without, and redeeme the season.
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 So that wee walke honestly, as in the day: not in gluttonie, and drunkennesse, neither in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying.
  • Rom 12:17 : 17 Recompence to no man euill for euill: procure things honest in the sight of all men.
  • 1 Tim 3:7 : 7 He must also be well reported of, euen of them which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the deuill.
  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 And haue your conuersation honest among the Gentiles, that they which speake euill of you as of euill doers, may by your good woorkes which they shall see, glorifie God in the day of visitation.
  • 1 Pet 3:1 : 1 Likewise let the wiues bee subiect to their husbandes, that euen they which obey not the worde, may without the worde be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues,
  • 1 Pet 3:16-17 : 16 Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ. 17 For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for euil doing.
  • Titus 2:8-9 : 8 And with the wholesome woorde, which can not be condemned, that hee which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauing nothing concerning you to speake euill of. 9 Let seruants be subiect to their masters, & please them in al things, not answering again, 10 Neither pickers, but that they shew al good faithfulnesse, that they may adorne the doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Absteine from all appearance of euill.
  • 1 Cor 5:12-13 : 12 For what haue I to doe, to iudge them also which are without? doe ye not iudge them that are within? 13 But God iudgeth them that are without. Put away therefore from among your selues that wicked man.
  • 2 Cor 8:20-21 : 20 Auoiding this, that no man shoulde blame vs in this aboundance that is ministred by vs, 21 Prouiding for honest thinges, not onely before the Lord, but also before men.
  • 2 Cor 11:7-9 : 7 Haue I committed an offence, because I abased my selfe, that ye might be exalted, and because I preached to you ye Gospell of God freely? 8 I robbed other Churches, and tooke wages of them to doe you seruice. 9 And when I was present with you, and had neede, I was not slouthfull to the hinderance of any man: for that which was lacking vnto me, the brethre which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all thinges I kept and will keepe my selfe, that I should not be grieuous to you.
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Furthermore, brethre, whatsoeuer things are true, whatsoeuer things are honest, whatsoeuer thinges are iust, whatsoeuer thinges are pure, whatsoeuer thinges are worthie loue, whatsoeuer things are of good report, if there be any vertue, or if there be any praise, thinke on these things,

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