2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.
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- 1 Cor 9:4-9 : 4 Haue we not power to eat & to drinke? 5 Or haue we not power to lead about a wife being a sister, as well as the rest of the Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 6 Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke? 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne coste? who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke? 8 Say I these thinges according to man? saith not the Lawe the same also? 9 For it is written in the Lawe of Moses, Thou shalt not mussell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne: doeth God take care for oxen? 10 Either saith hee it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubt it is written, that he which eareth, should eare in hope, & that he that thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope. 11 If wee haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges? 12 If others with you bee partakers of this power, are not we rather? neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all things, that we should not hinder the Gospel of Christ. 13 Doe ye not knowe, that they which minister about the holy things, eate of the things of the Temple? and they which waite at the altar, are partakers with the altar? 14 So also hath the Lorde ordeined, that they which preach ye Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.
- 2 Thess 3:7 : 7 For ye your selues know, how ye ought to follow vs: for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,
- 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.
- 1 Pet 2:21 : 21 For hereunto ye are called: for Christ also suffred for you, leauing you an ensample that ye should folow his steppes.
- Gal 6:6 : 6 Let him that is taught in the worde, make him that hath taught him, partaker of all his goods.
- John 13:15 : 15 For I haue giuen you an example, that ye should doe, euen as I haue done to you.
- Matt 10:10 : 10 Nor a scrippe for the iourney, neither two coates, neither shoes, nor a staffe: for the workeman is worthie of his meate.
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7 For ye your selues know, how ye ought to follow vs: for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you,
8 Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you.
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10 For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any, which would not worke, that he should not eate.
11 For we heare, that there are some which walke among you inordinately, and worke not at all, but are busie bodies.
12 Therefore them that are such, we warne and exhort by our Lord Iesus Christ, that they worke with quietnes, and eate their owne bread.
13 And ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
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8 Thus being affectioned toward you, our good will was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospel of God onely, but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day & night, because we would not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and iustly, and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleeue.
- 1 Thess 2:4-63 verses81%
4 But as we were allowed of God, that the Gospel should be committed vnto vs, so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, which approoueth our hearts.
5 Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor coloured couetousnes, God is recorde.
6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.
- 1 Cor 9:4-63 verses81%
4 Haue we not power to eat & to drinke?
5 Or haue we not power to lead about a wife being a sister, as well as the rest of the Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke?
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11 If wee haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges?
12 If others with you bee partakers of this power, are not we rather? neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all things, that we should not hinder the Gospel of Christ.
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17 Brethren, bee followers of mee, and looke on them, which walke so, as yee haue vs for an ensample.
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5 For our Gospell was not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know after what maner we were among you for your sakes.
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20 Auoiding this, that no man shoulde blame vs in this aboundance that is ministred by vs,
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5 For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lorde, and our selues your seruaunts for Iesus sake.
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24 Not that wee haue dominion ouer your faith, but wee are helpers of your ioy: for by faith yee stande.
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12 For we prayse not our selues againe vnto you, but giue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue to answere against them, which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.
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7 So that ye were as ensamples to all that beleeue in Macedonia and in Achaia.
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8 For brethren, we woulde not haue you ignorant of our affliction, which came vnto vs in Asia, howe we were pressed out of measure passing strength, so that we altogether doubted, euen of life.
9 Yea, we receiued the sentence of death in our selues, because we shoulde not trust in our selues, but in God, which rayseth the dead.
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8 For though I shoulde boast somewhat more of our authoritie, which the Lorde hath giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction, I should haue no shame.
9 This I say, that I may not seeme as it were to feare you with letters.
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4 And praied vs with great instance that we woulde receiue the grace, and felowship of the ministring which is toward the Saints.
5 And this they did, not as we looked for: but gaue their owne selues, first to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the will of God,
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16 For we followed not deceiuable fables when we opened vnto you the power, and comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, but with our eyes we saw his maiestie:
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12 And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.
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7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of that power might be of God, and not of vs.
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1 For ye your selues knowe, brethren, that our entrance in vnto you was not in vaine,
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5 Not that we are sufficient of our selues, to thinke any thing, as of our selues: but our sufficiencie is of God,
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16 And to preache the Gospel in those regions which are beyonde you: not to reioyce in another mans line, that is, in the thinges that are prepared alreadie.
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3 We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.
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1 Wherefore since we coulde no longer forbeare, wee thought it good to remaine at Athens alone,
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9 For we together are Gods labourers: yee are Gods husbandrie, and Gods building.
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8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.
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4 Lest if they of Macedonia come with me, and finde you vnprepared, we (that wee may not say, you) should be ashamed in this my constant boasting.
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11 And that ye studie to be quiet, & to meddle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commaunded you,
12 That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.
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3 Without ceasing, remembring your effectuall faith, and diligent loue, and the patience of your hope in our Lord Iesus Christ, in the sight of God euen our Father,
- 1 Thess 3:3-42 verses73%
3 That no man should be moued with these afflictions: for ye your selues knowe, that we are appointed thereunto.
4 For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.
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10 We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.
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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.
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13 But we wil not reioyce of things, which are not within our measure, but according to the measure of the line, whereof God hath distributed vnto vs a measure to attaine euen vnto you.
14 For we stretche not our selues beyonde our measure, as though wee had not attained vnto you: for euen to you also haue we come in preaching the Gospel of Christ,