Verse 10

For nowe preach I mans doctrine, or Gods? or go I about to please men? for if I should yet please men, I were not the seruant of Christ.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 2:4 : 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.
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 Then Peter and the Apostles answered, & sayd, We ought rather to obey God then men.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, knowe ye not that the amitie of the world is the enimitie of God? Whosoeuer therefore will be a friend of the world, maketh himselfe the enemie of God.
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 Not with seruice to the eye, as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
  • Rom 2:29 : 29 But he is a Iewe which is one wtin, and the circumcision is of the heart, in the spirite not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.
  • 2 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 Wherefore also we couet, that both dwelling at home, and remouing from home, we may be acceptable to him. 10 For we must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ, that euery man may receiue the things which are done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or euill. 11 Knowing therefore that terrour of the Lord, we persuade men, and we are made manifest vnto God, and I trust also that we are made manifest in your consciences.
  • Acts 4:19-20 : 19 But Peter and Iohn answered vnto them, and said, Whether it be right in the sight of God, to obey you rather then God, iudge ye. 20 For we cannot but speake the things which we haue seene and heard.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent vnto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we knowe that thou art true, & teachest the way of God truly, neither carest for any man: for thou considerest not the person of men.
  • Col 3:22 : 22 Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters according to the flesh, in all things, not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but in singlenes of heart, fearing God.
  • 1 John 3:9 : 9 Whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: for his seede remaineth in him, neither can hee sinne, because he is borne of God.
  • 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.
  • Matt 28:14 : 14 And if this matter come before the gouernour to be heard, we will perswade him, and so vse the matter that you shall not neede to care.
  • Rom 2:8 : 8 But vnto them that are contentious and disobey the trueth, and obey vnrighteousnesse, shalbe indignation and wrath.