2 Corinthians 4:5

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

For we preache not oure selves but Christ Iesus to be the Lorde and oure selves youre servautes for Iesus sake.

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  • 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we preache Christ crucified vnto the Iewes an occasion of fallinge and vnto the Grekes folisshnes:
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we be LORdes over youre fayth: but helpers of youre ioye. For by fayth ye stode.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ costrayneth vs be cause we thus iudge yf one be deed for all yt then are all deed 15 and that he dyed for all that they which live shuld not hence forth live vnto them selves but vnto hym whith died for them and rose agayne.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 Brethre ye were called in to (libertie) only let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesshe but in love serve one another.
  • Phil 1:15 : 15 Some ther are which preache Christ of envie and stryfe and some of good wyll.
  • Phil 2:11 : 11 and that all tonges shuld confesse that Iesus Christ is the LORde vnto the prayse of God the father.
  • 1 Thess 2:5-6 : 5 Nether was oure conversacion at eny tyme wt flatterynge wordes as ye well knowe nether in cloked coveteousnes God is recorde: 6 nether sought we prayse of men nether of you nor yet of eny other when we myght have bene chargeable as the apostles of Christ
  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Herefore I suffre all thinges for ye electes sakes that they myght also obtayne that saluacion which is in Christ Iesu with eternall glory.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 whose mouthes must be stopped which pervert whole houses teachinge thinges which they ought not because of filthy lucre.
  • 1 Pet 5:2-5 : 2 se that ye fede Christes flocke which is amonge you takynge the oversyght of them not as though ye were compelled therto but willyngly: not for the desyre of filthy lucre but of a good mynde. 3 not as though ye were LORdes over the parisshes: but that ye be a insample to the flocke. 4 And when the chef shepheerde shall appere ye shall receave an incorruptible croune of glorye. 5 Lykwyse ye yonger submit youre selves vnto the elder. Submit youre selves every man one to another knet youre selves togedder in lowlines of mynde. For god resisteth ye proude and geveth grace to the humble.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 and thorow coveteousnes shall they with fayned wordes make marchandyse of you whose iudgement is not farre of and their dampnacion slepeth not.
  • 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 Nether shewed I my selfe that I knewe eny thinge amonge you save Iesus Christ eve the same that was crucified.
  • 1 Cor 3:5-6 : 5 What is Paul? What thinge is Apollo? Only miministers are they by who ye beleved even as the Lorde gave every ma grace. 6 I have planted: Apollo watred: but god gave increace.
  • 1 Cor 8:6 : 6 yet vnto vs is there but one god which is the father of whom are all thinges and we in him: and one LORde Iesus Christ by whom are all thinges and we by him.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For though I be fre from all men yet have I made my silfe servaunt vnto all men that I myght wynne the moo. 20 Vnto the Iewes I became as a Iewe to winne ye Iewes. To the that were vnder the lawe was I made as though I had bene vnder the lawe to wynne the that were vnder the lawe. 21 To them that were without lawe be ca I as though I had bene without lawe (whe I was not without lawe as perteyninge to god but vnder a lawe as concerninge Christ) to wynne the that were without lawe. 22 To the weake became I as weake to wynne the weake. In all thinge I fassioned my silfe to all men to save at ye lest waye some. 23 And this I do for the gospels sake that I might have my parte therof.
  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 euen as I please all men in all thinges not sekynge myne awne proffet but the proffet of many that they myght be saved. Folowe me as I do Christ.
  • 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakynge in the sprete of god defieth Iesus. Also no man can saye that Iesus is the LORde: but by the holy goost.
  • 1 Cor 15:47 : 47 The fyrst ma is of the erth erthy: the seconde man is ye Lorde fro heave.
  • 2 Cor 1:19 : 19 For Goddis sonne Iesus Christ which was preached amonge you by vs (that is to saye by me and Silvanus and Timotheus) was not ye and naye: but in him it was ye.
  • Matt 3:11 : 11 I baptise you in water in toke of repentauce: but he ye cometh after me is myghtier then I whose shues I am not worthy to beare. He shall baptise you with ye holy gost and with fyre:
  • Matt 20:25-27 : 25 But Iesus called them vnto him and sayde: Ye knowe yt the LORdes of the gentyls have dominacio over them. And they that are great exercise power over the. 26 It shall not be so amoge you. But whosoever wyll be greate amoge you let him be youre minister: 27 and whosoever wil be chefe let him be youre servau
  • Matt 23:8 : 8 But ye shall not suffre youre selves to be called Rabi. For one is youre master that is to wyt Christ and all ye are brethre.
  • Luke 22:25-26 : 25 And he sayde vnto them: the kynges of the getyls raygne over them and they that beare rule over them are called gracious LORdes. 26 But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest amonge you shalbe as the yongest: and he that is chefe shalbe as the minister.
  • John 1:21-23 : 21 And they axed him: what then? arte thou Helyas? And he sayde: I am not. Arte thou a Prophete? And he answered no. 22 Then sayd they vnto him: what arte thou that we maye geve an answer to them that sent vs: What sayest thou of thy selfe? 23 He sayde: I am the voyce of a cryar in the wyldernes make strayght the waye of the Lorde as sayde the Prophete Esaias.
  • John 3:27-31 : 27 Iohn answered and sayde: a man can receave no thinge at all except it be geve him fro heaven. 28 Ye youre selves are witnesses how that I sayde: I am not Christ but am sent before him. 29 He that hath the bryde is the brydegrome. But the frende of the brydegrome which stondeth by and heareth him reioyseth greately of the brydgromes voyce. Tis my ioye is fulfilled. 30 He must increace: and I muste decreace. 31 He that commeth from an hye is above all: He that is of ye erth is of the erth and speaketh of the erth. He that cometh from heaven is above all
  • John 7:18 : 18 He that speaketh of him selfe seketh his awne prayse. But he that seketh his prayse that sent him the same is true and no vnrightewesnes is in him.
  • John 13:14-15 : 14 If I then youre Lorde and master have wesshed youre fete ye also ought to wesshe one anothers fete. 15 For I have geven you an ensample that ye shuld do as I have done to you.
  • Acts 2:36 : 36 So therfore let all the housse of Israel knowe for a suerty yt God hath made ye same Iesus whom ye have crucified LORde and Christ.
  • Acts 3:12-13 : 12 When Peter sawe that he answered vnto the people. Ye men of Israel why marvayle ye at this or why looke ye so stedfastly on vs as though by oure awne power or holynes we had made this man goo? 13 The God of Abraham Isaac and Iacob the God of oure fathers hath glorified his sonne Iesus whom ye delyvered and denyed in the presence of Pylate whe he had iudged him to be lowsed.
  • Acts 5:31 : 31 Him hath god lifte vp with his right hand to be a ruler and a savioure for to geve repetauce to Israell and forgevenes of synnes.
  • Acts 8:9-9 : 9 And ther was a certayne man called Simon which before tyme in the same cite vsed witche crafte and bewitched the people of Samarie sayinge that he was a man yt coulde do greate thinges 10 Whom they regarded from ye lest to the greatest sayinge: this felow is the great power of God.
  • Acts 10:25-26 : 25 And as it chaunsed Peter to come in Cornelius met hym and fell doune at his fete and worshipped hym. 26 But Peter toke him vp sayinge: stonde vp: for evyn I my silfe am a ma.
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 Ye knowe the preachynge that God sent vnto the chyldren of Israel preachinge peace by Iesus Christe (which is Lorde over all thinges):
  • Acts 14:11-15 : 11 And when the people sawe what Paul had done they lifte vp their voyces sayinge in the speache of Lycaonia: Goddes are come doune to vs in the lyknes of men. 12 And they called Barnabas Iupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the preacher. 13 Then Iupiters Preste which dwelt before their cite brought oxe and garlondes vnto the churche porche and wolde have done sacrifise with the people. 14 But when the Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that they rent their clothes and ran in amonge the people cryinge 15 and sayinge: syrs why do ye this? We are mortall men lyke vnto you and preache vnto you that ye shuld turne from these vanyties vnto ye lyvinge God which made heaven and erth and the see and all that in them is:
  • Rom 14:8-9 : 8 For none of vs lyveth his awne servaut: nether doeth anye of vs dye his awne servaunt. Yf we lyve we lyve to be at ye LORdes will. And yf we dye we dye at ye LORdes will. Whether we lyve therfore or dye we are the LORdes. 9 For Christ therfore dyed and rose agayne and revived that he myght be LORde both of deed and quicke.
  • Rom 15:1-2 : 1 We which are stronge ought to beare the fraylnes of them which are weake and not to stonde in oure awne cosaytes. 2 Let every man please his neghbour vnto his welth and edyfyinge.
  • Rom 15:17-18 : 17 I have therfore wherof I maye reioyse in Christ Iesu in tho thinges which pertayne to God. 18 For I dare not speake of eny of tho thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the gentyls obedient with worde and dede
  • 1 Cor 1:13-15 : 13 Ys Christ devided? was Paul crucified for you? ether were ye baptised in ye name of Paul? 14 I thanke God that I christened none of you but Crispus and Gayus 15 lest eny shulde saye that I had baptised in myne awne name.

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    11Seynge then that we knowe how the LORde is to be feared we fare fayre with men. For we are knowen wel ynough vnto God. I trust also that we are knowen in youre consciences.

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    1Therfore seinge that we have soche an office eve as mercy is come on vs we faynte not:

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    24Not that we be LORdes over youre fayth: but helpers of youre ioye. For by fayth ye stode.

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    7Loke ye on thynges after ye vtter apparence? Yf eny man trust in him silfe yt he is Christis let the same also considre of him silfe yt as he is Christis even so are we Christes.

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    10And we all wayes beare in oure bodyes the dyinge of the Lorde Iesus that the lyfe of Iesu myght appere in oure bodyes.

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    4Suche trust have we thorow Christ to god ward

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    6These thinges brethre I have described in myn awne person and Apollos for youre sakes that ye myght learne by vs that no man coute of him selfe beyonde that which is above written: that one swell not agaynst another for eny mans cause.

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    1Let men this wyse esteme vs eve as the ministers of Christ and disposers of ye secretes of God.

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    17For Christ sent me not to baptyse but to preache ye gospell not with wysdome of wordes lest the crosse of Christ shuld have bene made of none effecte.

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    2Nether shewed I my selfe that I knewe eny thinge amonge you save Iesus Christ eve the same that was crucified.

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    19Agayne thynke ye yt we excuse oure selves? We speake in Christ in the sight of God. But we do all thynges dearly beloved for youre edifyinge.

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    5And this they did not as we loked for: but gave their awne selves fyrst to the LORde and after vnto vs by the will of God:

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    14For we knowe that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall rayse vp vs also by the meanes of Iesus and shall seet vs with you.

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    15and that he dyed for all that they which live shuld not hence forth live vnto them selves but vnto hym whith died for them and rose agayne.

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    12Oure reioysynge is this the testimony of oure coscience yt in synglenes and godly purenes and not in flesshly wysdome but by the grace of God we have had oure conuersacion in the worlde and most of all to you wardes.

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    11Whether it were I or they so we preache and so have ye beleved.

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    5What is Paul? What thinge is Apollo? Only miministers are they by who ye beleved even as the Lorde gave every ma grace.

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    19For Goddis sonne Iesus Christ which was preached amonge you by vs (that is to saye by me and Silvanus and Timotheus) was not ye and naye: but in him it was ye.

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    15For we are vnto God the swete savoure of Christ both amoge them that are saved and also amoge them which perisshe.

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    16For we folowed not decevable fables whe we openned vnto you the power and commynge of oure LORde Iesus Christ but with oure eyes we sawe his maieste: