Romans 15:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to make a certaine distribution vnto the poore Saints which are at Hierusalem.

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  • Acts 11:27-30 : 27 In those dayes also came Prophets from Hierusalem vnto Antiochia. 28 And there stoode vp one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be great famine throughout all the world, which also came to passe vnder Claudius Cesar. 29 Then the disciples, euery man according to his habilitie, purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iudea. 30 Which thing they also did, and sent it to the Elders, by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
  • 2 Cor 8:1-9 : 1 We doe you also to wit, brethren, of the grace of God bestowed vpon the Churches of Macedonia, 2 Because in great triall of affliction their ioy abounded, and their most extreeme pouertie abounded vnto their rich liberalitie. 3 For to their power (I beare record) yea, and beyonde their power, they were willing, 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, 6 That we should exhort Titus, that as hee had begon, so he would also accomplish the same grace among you also. 7 Therefore, as yee abound in euery thing, in faith and woorde, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your loue towardes vs, euen so see that yee abound in this grace also. 8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue. 9 For ye knowe the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, that hee being rich, for your sakes became poore, that yee through his pouertie might be made rich.
  • 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 For I knowe your readinesse of minde, whereof I boast my selfe of you vnto them of Macedonia, and say, that Achaia was prepared a yeere agoe, and your zeale hath prouoked many.
  • 2 Cor 9:12 : 12 For the ministration of this seruice not onely supplieth the necessities of the Saintes, but also aboundantly causeth many to giue thankes to God,
  • Gal 6:6-9 : 6 Let him that is taught in the worde, make him that hath taught him, partaker of all his goods. 7 Be not deceiued: God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall hee also reape. 8 For hee that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reape corruption: but hee that soweth to the spirit, shal of the spirit reape life euerlasting. 9 Let vs not therefore be weary of well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not. 10 While we haue therefore time, let vs doe good vnto all men, but specially vnto them, which are of the housholde of faith.
  • Phlm 1:5 : 5 (When I heare of thy loue & faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Iesus, and towarde all Saintes)
  • Jas 2:5-6 : 5 Hearken my beloued brethren, hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, that they should be rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome which he promised to them that loue him? 6 But ye haue despised the poore. Doe not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and doe not they drawe you before the iudgement seates?
  • Acts 16:9 : 9 Where a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stoode a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come into Macedonia, and helpe vs.
  • Acts 18:12 : 12 Now when Gallio was Deputie of Achaia, the Iewes arose with one accorde against Paul, and brought him to the iudgement seate,
  • 1 Cor 16:15 : 15 Nowe brethren, I beseeche you (ye knowe the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruites of Achaia, and that they haue giuen themselues to minister vnto the Saintes)
  • Prov 14:21 : 21 The sinner despiseth his neighbour: but he that hath mercie on the poore, is blessed.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.
  • Prov 17:5 : 5 Hee that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him, that made him: and he that reioyceth at destruction, shall not be vnpunished.
  • Zech 11:7 : 7 For I fed the sheepe of slaughter, euen the poore of the flocke, and I tooke vnto me two staues: the one I called Beautie, and the other I called Bandes, and I fed the sheepe.
  • Zech 11:11 : 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poore of the sheepe that waited vpon me, knew that it was the worde of the Lord.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.
  • Matt 26:11 : 11 For yee haue the poore alwayes with you, but me shall yee not haue alwaies.
  • Luke 6:20 : 20 And hee lifted vp his eyes vpon his disciples, and sayd, Blessed be ye poore: for yours is the kingdome of God.
  • Luke 14:13 : 13 But when thou makest a feast, call ye poore, the maimed, the lame, and the blind,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 15:27-28
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    27For it hath pleased them, and their detters are they: for if the Gentiles be made partakers of their spirituall things, their duetie is also to minister vnto them in carnall things.

    28When I haue therefore performed this, and haue sealed them this fruite, I will passe by you into Spaine.

  • Rom 15:25
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    25But now go I to Hierusalem, to minister vnto the Saints.

  • 1 Cor 16:1-4
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    1Concerning the gathering for the Saintes, as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galatia, so doe ye also.

    2Euery first day of the weeke, let euery one of you put aside by himselfe, and lay vp as God hath prospered him, that then there be no gatherings when I come.

    3And when I am come, whomsoeuer ye shal alowe by letters, them will I send to bring your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem.

    4And if it be meete that I goe also, they shall goe with me.

  • 2 Cor 8:1-5
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    1We doe you also to wit, brethren, of the grace of God bestowed vpon the Churches of Macedonia,

    2Because in great triall of affliction their ioy abounded, and their most extreeme pouertie abounded vnto their rich liberalitie.

    3For to their power (I beare record) yea, and beyonde their power, they were willing,

    4And praied vs with great instance that we woulde receiue the grace, and felowship of the ministring which is toward the Saints.

    5And 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,

  • Acts 11:29-30
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    29Then the disciples, euery man according to his habilitie, purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iudea.

    30Which thing they also did, and sent it to the Elders, by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

  • 2 Cor 9:4-5
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    4Lest 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.

    5Wherefore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren to come before vnto you, and to finish your beneuolence appointed afore, that it might be readie, and come as of beneuolence, and not as of niggardlinesse.

  • Rom 15:31
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    31That I may be deliuered from them which are disobedient in Iudea, & that my seruice which I haue to doe at Hierusalem, may be accepted of the Saintes,

  • 2 Cor 8:12-15
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    12For if there be first a willing minde, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

    13Neither is it that other men should be eased and you grieued: But vpon like condition, at this time your abundance supplieth their lacke:

    14That also their aboundance may bee for your lacke, that there may be equalitie:

    15As it is written, Hee that gathered much, had nothing ouer, and hee that gathered litle, had not the lesse.

  • Phil 4:15-17
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    15And yee Philippians knowe also that in the beginning of the Gospell, when I departed from Macedonia, no Church communicated with me, concerning the matter of giuing and receiuing, but yee onely.

    16For euen when I was in Thessalonica, yee sent once, and afterward againe for my necessitie,

    17Not that I desire a gift: but I desire the fruit which may further your reckoning.

  • 2 Cor 9:12-13
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    12For the ministration of this seruice not onely supplieth the necessities of the Saintes, but also aboundantly causeth many to giue thankes to God,

    13(Which by the experiment of this ministration praise God for your voluntarie submission to the Gospell of Christ, and for your liberall distribution to them, and to all men)

  • 2 Cor 8:19
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    19(And not so onely, but is also chosen of the Churches to be a fellowe in our iourney, concerning this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde, and declaration of your prompt minde)

  • Gal 2:10
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    10Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.

  • 2 Cor 9:1-2
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    1For as touching the ministring to the Saints, it is superfluous for me to write vnto you.

    2For I knowe your readinesse of minde, whereof I boast my selfe of you vnto them of Macedonia, and say, that Achaia was prepared a yeere agoe, and your zeale hath prouoked many.

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16And to passe by you into Macedonia, and to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you, and to be led foorth towarde Iudea of you.

  • 1 Cor 16:15
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    15Nowe brethren, I beseeche you (ye knowe the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruites of Achaia, and that they haue giuen themselues to minister vnto the Saintes)

  • Acts 15:25-26
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    25It seemed therefore good to vs, when we were come together with one accord, to send chosen men vnto you, with our beloued Barnabas and Paul,

    26Men that haue giuen vp their liues for the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 11:8-9
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    8I robbed other Churches, and tooke wages of them to doe you seruice.

    9And 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.

  • Acts 18:27
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    27And when hee was minded to goe into Achaia, the brethren exhorting him, wrote to the disciples to receiue him: and after hee was come thither, he holpe them much which had beleeued through grace.

  • 1 Cor 16:17
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    17I am glad of the comming of Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus: for they haue supplied the want of you.

  • Rom 15:16
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    16That I should be the minister of Iesus Christ toward the Gentiles, ministring the Gospel of God, that the offering vp of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the holy Ghost.

  • Rom 12:13
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    13Distributing vnto the necessities of the Saintes: giuing your selues to hospitalitie.

  • 3 John 1:6-7
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    6Which bare witnesse of thy loue before the Churches. Whom if thou bringest on their iourney as it beseemeth according to God, thou shalt doe well,

    7Because that for his Names sake they went forth, and tooke nothing of the Gentiles.

  • Acts 15:3-4
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    3Thus being brought forth by ye Church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conuersion of the Gentiles, and they brought great ioy vnto all the brethren.

    4And when they were come to Hierusalem, they were receiued of the Church, and of the Apostles and Elders, and they declared what things God had done by them.

  • 2 Cor 9:7
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    7As euery man wisheth in his heart, so let him giue, not grudgingly, or of necessitie: for God loueth a cheerefull giuer.

  • 1 Tim 6:18
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    18That they doe good, and be riche in good woorkes, & readie to distribute, and comunicate,

  • Acts 14:26
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    26And thence sailed to Antiochia, from whence they had bene comended vnto the grace of God, to the woorke, which they had fulfilled.

  • Acts 19:21
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    21Nowe when these things were accomplished, Paul purposed by the Spirite to passe through Macedonia and Achaia, and to goe to Hierusalem, saying, After I haue bene there, I must also see Rome.

  • 2 Cor 1:11
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    11So that ye labour together in prayer for vs, that for the gift bestowed vpon vs for many, thankes may be giuen by many persons for vs.

  • Acts 20:34
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    34Yea, ye knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me.