2 Corinthians 8:8

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Thys saye I not as commaundynge: but be cause other are so fervent therfore prove I youre love whether it be perfait or no.

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  • 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 This I saye of faveour not of comaundement.
  • 1 Cor 7:12 : 12 To the remnaunt speake I and not the LORde. Yf eny brother have a wyfe that beleveth not yf she be content to dwell with him let him not put her awaye.
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 As concernynge virgins I have no comaundment of the LORde: yet geve I counsell as one that hath obtayned mercye of the LORde to be faythfull.
  • 2 Cor 6:6 : 6 in purenes in knowledge in longe sufferynge in kyndnes in the holy goost in love vnfayned
  • 2 Cor 8:1-3 : 1 I do you to wit brethren of the grace of god which is geven in the congregacions of Macedonia 2 how that the aboundaunce of their reioysing is that they are tried wt moche tribulacio. And therto though they were excedinge poore yet haue they geue excedinge richly and that in singlenesse. 3 For to their powers (I beare recorde) yee and beyonde their power they were willynge of their owne accorde
  • 2 Cor 8:10 : 10 And I geve counsell hereto. For this is expedient for you which beganne not to do only: but also to will a yeare a goo.
  • 2 Cor 8:24 : 24 Wherfore shewe vnto them the proffe of youre love and of the reioysynge that we have of you that ye congregacions maye se it.
  • 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 for I knowe youre redynes of mide wherof I bost my silfe vnto them of Macedonia and saye that Achaia was prepared a yeare a goo and youre ferventnes hath provoked many.
  • 2 Cor 9:7 : 7 And let every man do accordynge as he hath purposed in his herte not groudgyngly or of necessite. For god loveth a chearfull gever.
  • Eph 4:15 : 15 But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thynges growe in him which is the heed that ys to saye Christ
  • Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all them which love oure LORde Iesus Christ in puernes. Amen.
  • Heb 10:24 : 24 and let vs consyder one another to provoke vnto love and to good workes:
  • Jas 2:14-16 : 14 What a vayleth it my brethren though a man saye he hath sayth when he hath no dedes? Can fayth save him? 15 If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode 16 and one of you saye vnto them: Departe in peace God sende you warmnes and fode: not withstondinge ye geve the not tho thynges which are nedfull to the body: what helpeth it the?
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 And for as moche as ye have purified youre soules thorowe the sprete in obeyinge the trueth for to love brotherly withouten saynynge se that ye love one another with a pure hert fervently:
  • 1 John 3:17-19 : 17 Whosoever hath this worldes good and seith his brother have neade: and shutteth vp his copassion from him: how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My babes let vs not love in worde nether in tonge: but with dede and in veritie: 19 for therby we knowe that we are of the veritie and can before him quiet oure hertes.
  • Rom 11:12-14 : 12 Wherfore yf the faule of them be the ryches of the worlde: and the mynysshynge of them the ryches of the gentyls: How moche more shuld it be so yf they all beleved. 13 I speake to you gentyls in as moche as I am the Apostle of ye gentyls I will magnify myn office 14 that I myght provoke them which are my flesshe and myght save some of them.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Let love be wt out dissimulacion. Hate that which is evyll and cleave vnto that which is good.

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  • 2 Cor 8:1-7
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    1I do you to wit brethren of the grace of god which is geven in the congregacions of Macedonia

    2how that the aboundaunce of their reioysing is that they are tried wt moche tribulacio. And therto though they were excedinge poore yet haue they geue excedinge richly and that in singlenesse.

    3For to their powers (I beare recorde) yee and beyonde their power they were willynge of their owne accorde

    4and prayed vs with great instaunce that we wolde receave their benefite and suffre them to be parttakers with other in ministrynge to the saynctes.

    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:

    6so that we coulde not but desyre Titus to acomplysshe the same benivolence amonge you also even as he had begonne.

    7Now therfore as ye are ryche in all parties in fayth in worde in knowledge in all fervetnes and in love which ye have to vs: even so se that ye be plenteons in this benivolence.

  • 2 Cor 8:9-10
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    9Ye knowe the liberalitie of oure LORde Iesus Christ which though he were riche yet for youre sakes be came poore: that ye thorow his povertie myght be made ryche.

    10And I geve counsell hereto. For this is expedient for you which beganne not to do only: but also to will a yeare a goo.

  • Phlm 1:8
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    8Wherfore though I be bolde in Christ to enioyne the that which becometh the:

  • 2 Cor 8:24
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    24Wherfore shewe vnto them the proffe of youre love and of the reioysynge that we have of you that ye congregacions maye se it.

  • 2 Cor 8:13-14
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    13It is not my mynde that other be set at ease and ye brought into combraunce:

    14but that ther be egalnes now at this tyme that youre aboundaunce sucker their lacke: that their aboundaunce maye supplie youre lacke:

  • 1 Thess 1:8
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    8For from you sounded out the worde of the LORde not in Macedonia and in Achaia only: but youre fayth also which ye have vnto god spred her silfe abroade in all quartars so greatly that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thynge at all.

  • 2 Cor 2:8-9
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    8Wherfore I exhorte you that love maye have stregth over him.

    9For this cause verely dyd I write that I myght knowe the profe of you whether ye shuld be obediet in all thinges.

  • 2 Cor 9:1-5
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    1Of the ministrynge to ye saynctes it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you:

    2for I knowe youre redynes of mide wherof I bost my silfe vnto them of Macedonia and saye that Achaia was prepared a yeare a goo and youre ferventnes hath provoked many.

    3Never thelesse yet have I sent these brethren lest oure reioysynge over you shuld be in vayne in this behalfe and that ye (as I have sayd) preparare youre selues

    4lest paraveture yf they of Macedonia come with me and fynde you vnprepared the boost that I made in this matter shuld be a shame to vs: I saye not vnto you.

    5Wherfore I thought it necessary to exhorte the brethren to come before hode vnto you forto prepare youre good blessynge promysed afore that it myght be redy: so yt it be a blessynge and not a defraudynge.

  • 2 Cor 8:19-22
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    19and not so only but is also chosen of the congregacions to be a felowe with vs in oure iorney concerninge this benivolence that is ministred by vs vnto the prayse of ye LORde and to stere vp youre prompt mynde.

    20For thys we eschue that eny man shuld rebuke vs in this plenteous distribucion that is ministred by vs

    21and therfore make provision for honest thynges not in the sight of god only but also in the sight of men.

    22We have sent with them a brother of oures whom we have ofte tymes proved diliget in many thynges but now moche more diligent. The great confidence which I have in you.

  • 2 Cor 10:8
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    8And though I shuld bost my silfe somewhat moare of oure auctorite which the LORde hath geven vs to edifie and not to destroye you it shulde not be to my shame.

  • 1 Cor 7:6
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    6This I saye of faveour not of comaundement.

  • 2 Cor 9:13
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    13of many whiche prayse god for the obedience of youre professynge ye gospell of Christ and for youre synglenes in distributynge to them and to all me:

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15I will very gladly bestowe and wilbe bestowed for youre soules: though the moare I love you ye lesse I am loved agayne.

  • 2 Cor 2:4
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    4For in great affliccion and anguysshe of hert I wrote vnto you with many teares: not to make you sory but that ye myght perceave the love which I have most specially vnto you.

  • Phil 1:17
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    17The other parte of love because they se that I am set to defend the gospell.

  • 2 Cor 1:12
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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.

  • Phil 4:17
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    17not that I desyre gyftes: but I desyre aboudant frute on youre parte.

  • Phil 1:8-9
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    8For God beareth me recorde how greatly I longe after you all from the very herte rote in Iesus Christ.

    9And this I praye yt youre love maye increace more and more in knowledge and in all fealinge

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    8which also declared vnto vs youre love which ye have in the sprete.

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12and the LORde increace you and make you flowe ouer in love one towarde another and towarde all men even as we do towarde you

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10Ye and that thinge verely ye do vnto all the brethre which are thorow oute all Macedonia. We beseche you brethren that ye encreace more and more

  • 2 Thess 3:9
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    9not but that we had auctoritie: but to make oure selves an insample vnto you to folowe vs.

  • 1 Thess 2:8
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    8so was oure affeccion towarde you oure good will was to have dealte vnto you not the gospell of God only: but also oure awne soules because ye were deare vnto vs.

  • 2 Cor 7:3-4
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    3I speake not this to condempne you: for I have shewed you before yt ye are in oure hertes to dye and live with you.

    4I am very bolde over you and reioyce greatly in you. I am filled with comforte and am excadinge ioyouse in all oure tribulacions.

  • 2 Cor 7:15-16
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    15And now is his inwarde affection more aboundant towarde you when he remembreth the obedience of every one of you: how with feare and trymblynge ye receaved hym.

    16I reioyce that I maye be bolde over you in all thynges.

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

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    4but as we were alowed of God that the gospell shuld be comitted vnto vs: even so we speake not as though we entended to please men but God which trieth oure hertes.

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    12We prayse not oure selves agayne vnto you but geve you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye maye have some what agaynst the whych reioyce in the face and not in the hert.

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    17For he accepted ye request yee rather he was so well willynge that of his awne accorde came vnto you.

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    8I robbed other congregacions and toke wages of the to do you service with all.