Verse 14

Behold, the thirde time I am ready to come vnto you, and yet will I not be slouthfull to your hinderance: for I seeke not yours, but you: for the children ought not to laye vp for the fathers, but the fathers for the children.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:14 : 14 House & riches are the inheritance of the fathers: but a prudent wife commeth of the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued children I admonish you. 15 For though ye haue tenne thousand instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.
  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.
  • 2 Cor 1:15 : 15 And in this confidence was I minded first to come vnto you, that ye might haue had a double grace,
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 The good man shall giue inheritance vnto his childrens children: and the riches of the sinner is layde vp for the iust.
  • 2 Cor 13:1-2 : 1 Lo this is the thirde time that I come vnto you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall euery worde stand 2 I tolde you before, and tell you before: as though I had bene present the seconde time, so write I nowe being absent to them which heretofore haue sinned and to all others, that if I come againe, I will not spare,
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Therefore, my brethre, beloued and longed for, my ioy and my crowne, so continue in the Lorde, yee beloued.
  • Phil 4:17 : 17 Not that I desire a gift: but I desire the fruit which may further your reckoning.
  • 1 Thess 2:5-6 : 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 Thess 2:8 : 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.
  • 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As ye knowe how that we exhorted you, and comforted, and besought euery one of you (as a father his children)
  • 1 Thess 2:19-20 : 19 For what is our hope or ioye, or crowne of reioycing? are not euen you it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming? 20 Yes, ye are our glory and ioy.
  • 1 Pet 5:2-4 : 2 Feede the flocke of God, which dependeth vpo you, caring for it not by constraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready minde: 3 Not as though ye were lords ouer Gods heritage, but that yee may bee ensamples to the flocke. 4 And when that chiefe shepheard shal appeare, ye shall receiue an incorruptible crowne of glory.
  • 1 Cor 11:34 : 34 And if any man be hungry, let him eate at home, that ye come not together vnto condemnation. Other things will I set in order when I come.
  • 1 Cor 16:5 : 5 Nowe I will come vnto you, after I haue gone through Macedonia (for I will passe through Macedonia.)
  • 1 Cor 4:19 : 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lorde will, and will knowe, not the wordes of them which are puffed vp, but the power.
  • 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 Let no man seeke his owne, but euery man anothers wealth.
  • Ezek 34:2 : 2 Sonne of man, prophesie against the shepherdes of Israel, prophesie & say vnto them, Thus saieth the Lord God vnto the shepherds, Wo be vnto the shepherds of Israel, that feede them selues: should not the shepherds feede the flockes?
  • Acts 20:33 : 33 I haue coueted no mans siluer, nor gold, nor apparell.
  • Gen 24:35-36 : 35 And the Lord hath blessed my master wonderfully, that he is become great: for he hath giuen him sheepe, and beeues, and siluer, and golde, and men seruants, and maide seruants, and camels, and asses. 36 And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.
  • Gen 31:14-15 : 14 Then answered Rahel and Leah, and sayde vnto him, Haue wee any more porcion and inheritance in our fathers house? 15 Doeth not he count vs as strangers? For he hath solde vs, and hath eaten vp and consumed our money.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruite of the righteous is as a tree of life, and he that winneth soules, is wise.