1 Corinthians 9:3 Cross References - Coverdale

³ Myne answere vnto them that axe me, is this:

¹ Ye men, brethren, and fathers, heare myne answere which I make vnto you.

¹⁶ Vnto whom I answered: It is not the maner off the Romaynes to delyuer eny man that he shulde perishe, before that he which is accused, haue his accusers presente, and receaue libertye to answere for him selfe to the accusacion.

³⁷ Yf eny man thynke himselfe to be a prophet, or spirituall, let him knowe what I wryte vnto you, for they are the commaundementes of the LORDE.

⁷ Loke ye on thinges after ye vtter appearauce?Yf eny man trust of himselfe yt he is Christes, let him thinke this also by himselfe, yt like as he is Christes, eue so are we Christes also. ⁸ And though I shulde boast my selfe somwhat more of oure auctorite which ye LORDE hath geue vs to edifye and not to destroye, it shulde not be to my shame.

¹⁶ But let it be so that I greued you not, neuertheles for so moch as I was craftye, I toke you wt gyle. ¹⁷ Haue I defrauded you by eny of the, who I sent vnto you? ¹⁸ I desyred Titus, & with him I sent a brother: dyd Titus defraude you? Haue we not walked in one sprete? Wete we not in like fotesteppes? ¹⁹ Agayne, thynke ye yt we excuse oure selues? We speake in Christ in the sighte off God. But all this (dearly beloued) is done for yor edifyenge.

³ seynge that ye seke experiece of him, which speaketh in me, euen Christ, which amonge you is not weake, but is mightie amoge you.

⁵ Proue youre selues, whether ye are in the faith, exame youre selues. Or knowe ye not yor selues, yt Iesus Christ is in you? Excepte ye be cast awayes.

¹⁰ Therfore wryte I these thinges beynge absent, lest wha I am present, I shulde vse sharpnesse, acordinge to the power which the LORDE hath geue me to edifye, and not to destroye.

⁷ as it becommeth me to iudge of you all, because I haue you in my hert, as those that are partakers with me of grace in my bondes, in defendinge and stablyshinge of the Gospell.

¹⁷ The other parte of loue, for they knowe that I lye here for the defence of the Gospell.

¹⁶ In my first answerynge no man assisted me, but all forsoke me. I praye God that it be not layed to their charges.