1 Thessalonians 1:3 Cross References - Coverdale

³ without ceassynge, and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faith, and youre laboure in loue, & youre pacience in hope, which is oure LORDE Iesus Christ before God oure father:

²⁰ So Iacob serued seuen yeare for Rachel, and they semed vnto him but few dayes, he loued her so well.

²⁶ he geueth vnto ma, what it pleaseth him: whether it be wy?dome. vnderstondinge, or gladnesse. But vnto the synner he geueth weerynes and sorow, that he maye gather and heape together ye thinge, yt afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vayne thinge, yee a very disquietnesse and vexacio of mynde.

⁷ so yt many waters are not able to quench loue, nether maye ye streames drowne it. Yee yf a man wolde geue all the good of his house for loue, he shulde counte it nothinge.

²⁷ Laboure not for the meate which perisheth but yt endureth vnto euerlastinge life, which the sonne of ma shal geue you: For him hath God the father sealed. ²⁸ The sayde they vnto him: What shal we do, that we maye worke ye workes of God? ²⁹ Iesus answered, and sayde vnto the: This is the worke of God, that ye beleue on him, whom he hath sent.

¹⁵ Yf ye loue me, kepe my commaundementes.

²¹ He that hath my comaundementes, and kepeth them, the same is he that loueth me: and he that loueth me, shalbe loued of my father: & I wyl loue him, and wyl shewe myne awne self vnto him. ²² Iudas sayde vnto hi: (not that Iscarioth) LORDE, What is the cause the, that thou wilt shewe thy self vnto vs, and not vnto the worlde? ²³ Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him: He that loueth me, wyl kepe my worde, and my father wyl loue him: and we wyl come vnto him, and wyll make oure dwellynge with him.

¹⁰ Yf ye kepe my comaundementes, ye shal cotynue in my loue: like as I haue kepte my fathers comaundementes, and cotynue in his loue.

¹⁵ Now wha they had dyned, Iesus sayde vnto Symon Peter: Symo Iohana, louest thou me more then these do? He sayde vnto him: Yee LORDE, thou knowest yt I loue the. He sayde vnto him: Fede my labes. ¹⁶ He sayde vnto him agayne the seconde tyme: Symo Iohana, louest thou me? He sayde vnto him: Yee LORDE, thou knowest, yt I loue ye. He sayde vnto him: Fede my shepe. ¹⁷ He saide vnto him ye thirde tyme: Symon Iohana, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto him, louest thou me? And he sayde vnto him: LORDE, thou knowest all thinges, thou knowest, that I loue ye. Iesus sayde vnto him: Fede my shepe.

¹⁹ Do penaunce now therfore and turne you, that youre synnes maye be done awaye, whan the tyme of refreshinge shal come before the presence of the LORDE,

³¹ and sayde: Cornelius, yi prayer is herde, and thine allmesse dedes are had in remebraunce iu the sighte of God.

⁷ namely, prayse & honoure, and vncorrupcion, vnto them that with pacience in doinge good, seke euerlastinge life:

³ Not onely yt, but we reioyse also i troubles, for so moch as we knowe, yt trouble bryngeth paciece, ⁴ paciece bryngeth experiece, experiece bryngeth hope: ⁵ As for hope, is letteth vs not come to cofusion, because the loue of God is shed abrode in oure hertes, by the holy goost which is geuen vnto vs.

²⁴ For we are saued i dede, howbeit i hope: but ye hope that is sene, is no hope: for how can a man hope for that which he seyeth? ²⁵ But yf we hope for that which we se not, the do we thorow pacience abyde for it.

¹² Reioyse in hope, be pacient in trouble. Continue in prayer.

⁴ What so euer thinges are wrytte afore tyme, are wrytten for oure learnynge, that we thorow pacience and comforte off the scriptures, might haue hope.

¹³ The God off hope fyll you wt all ioye and peace in beleuynge, yt ye maye be plenteous in hope thorow ye power of the holy goost.

⁶ Grete Mary, which hath bestowed moch laboure on vs.

²⁶ but now is opened, & shewed by the scriptures of ye prophetes, at the comaundemet of the euerlastinge God, to set vp ye obediece of the faith amonge all Heythen:

⁴ Loue is pacient & curteous, loue envyeth not, loue doth not frowardly, is not puft vp, dealeth not dishonestly, ⁵ seketh not hir awne, is not prouoked vnto anger, thynketh not euell, ⁶ reioyseth not ouer iniquyte, but reioyseth in the trueth, ⁷ beareth all thinges, beleueth all thinges, hopeth all thinges, suffreth all thinges.

¹³ Now abydeth faith, hope, loue, these thre: but the greatest of these is loue.

⁵⁸ Therfore my deare brethre, be ye stedfast, vnmoueable, & all waye riche in the worke of the LORDE, for as moch as ye knowe, that youre laboure is not in vayne in the LORDE.

¹⁷ For we are not as many are, which choppe & chaunge wt the worde of God, but eue out of purenesse, and out of God, in ye sighte of God, so speake we in Christ.

¹⁴ For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs, in as moch as we thus iudge, that yf one be deed for all, then are all deed. ¹⁵ And therfore dyed he for all, that they which lyue, shulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto him, which dyed for them and rose agayne.

⁷ Now as ye are riche in all poyntes, in faith and in worde, and in knowlege, and in all diligence, and in youre loue towarde vs, euen so se that ye be plenteous also in this benyuolece. ⁸ This I saye not as commaudynge, but seynge, other are so diligent, I proue youre loue also, whether it be perfecte or no. ⁹ For ye knowe the liberalite of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which though he be riche, yet for youre sakes he became poore, yt ye thorow his pouerte mighte be made riche.

⁴ which gaue him selfe for oure synnes, that he mighte delyuer vs from this present euel worlde, acordinge to the wyll of God oure father,

⁶ For in Christ Iesu nether is circumcision eny thinge worth ner vncircumcision, but faith which by loue is mightie in operacion.

¹³ But brethre, ye are called vnto liberty, onely let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.

⁹ Let vs not be weery of well doynge: for wha the tyme is come, we shal reape without ceassinge.

¹³ For this cause thanke we God without ceassynge, because that wha ye receaued of vs the worde of the preachinge of God, ye receaued it not as ye worde of men, but (eue as it is of a trueth) the worde of God, which worketh in you that beleue. ¹⁴ For ye brethren are become the folowers off the congregacions off God which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu, so that ye haue suffred euen like thinges of youre kynsmen, as they haue suffred of the Iewes.

⁶ But now that Timotheus is come fro you vnto vs, and hath shewed vs of youre faith and loue, & how that ye haue allwaye good remembraunce of vs, desyringe to se vs as we also longe to se you:

³ We are bounde to thanke God allwayes for you brethren, as it is mete: because that youre faith groweth exceadingly, and the loue of euery one of you increaseth towarde another amoge youre selues,

¹¹ Wherfore we praye allwayes for you, that oure God make you worthy of ye callynge, and fulfill all delectacion of goodnes, and the worke of faith in power,

³ For that is good and accepted in ye sighte of God oure Sauioure,

³ I thanke God, whome I serue fro my fore elders in a pure conscience, that without ceassynge I make mencion of the in my prayers night and daye: ⁴ and longe to se the (whan I remembre thy teares) so that I am fylled with ioye, ⁵ whan I call to remembraunce the vnfayned faith that is in the, which dwelt first in thy graundemother Lois, and in thy mother Eunica: And am assured, that it dwelleth in ye also.

⁵ (for so moch as I heare of thy loue and faith which thou hast on the LORDE Iesu, and towarde all sayntes) ⁶ that oure comen faith maye be frutefull in the, thorow knowlege of all ye good that ye haue in Christ Iesu. ⁷ Greate ioye and consolacion haue I in thy loue. For by the (brother) the sayntes are hertely refresshed.

¹¹ Let vs make haist therfore to enter in to that rest, lest eny man fall after the same ensample of vnbeleue.

¹⁰ For God is not vnrighteous, that he shulde forget youre worke and laboure of loue, which ye shewed in his name, whan ye mynistred vnto the sayntes, and yet mynister. ¹¹ Yee and we desyre, that euery one of you shewe the same diligence, to the stablyshinge of hope euen vnto the ende,

¹⁵ And so he abode pacietly, and optayned the promes.

³⁶ For ye haue nede of pacience, that after ye haue done the wil of God, ye mighte receaue the promes.

⁷ By faith Noe honoured God, after yt he was warned of thinges which were not sene, & prepared the Arke, to ye sauinge of his housholde: thorow the which Arke he condemned the worlde, and became heyre of the righteousnes, which commeth by faith. ⁸ By faith Abraham (wha he was called) obeyed, to go out in to the place, which he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he wente out, not knowynge whither he shulde go.

¹⁷ By faith Abraha offered vp Isaac, wha he was tempted, and gaue ouer his onely begotten sonne, in whom he had receaued the promyses,

²⁴ By faith Moses whan he was greate, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos doughter: ²⁵ and chose rather to suffre aduersite with the people of God, then to enioye ye pleasures of synne for a season: ²⁶ and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches, then the treasure of Egipte: for he had respecte vnto the rewarde. ²⁷ By faith he forsoke Egipte, and feared not the fearcenes of the kynge: for he endured, eue as though he had sene him which is inuisible. ²⁸ By faith he helde Easter, and the effusion of bloude, lest he which slewe the firstborne, shulde touche them. ²⁹ By faith they passed thorow the reed See as by drye londe: which wha the Egipcians assayed to do, they were drowned. ³⁰ By faith the walles of Iericho fell, wha they were compased aboute seuen dayes. ³¹ By faith the harlot Raab perished not with the vnbeleuers, wha she had receaued the spyes to lodginge peaceably. ³² And what shal I more saye? ye tyme wolde be to shorte for me to tell of Gedeon, of Barac, and of Samson, & of Iepthae, and of Dauid, and Samuel, and of the prophetes, ³³ which thorow faith subdued kyngdomes, wroughte righteousnes, optayned ye promyses, stopped ye mouthes of lyos ³⁴ quenched the violece of fyre, escaped ye edge of the swerde, of weake were made stronge, became valeaunt in batayll, turned to flighte the armyes of the aleauntes,

²¹ make you perfecte in all good workes, to do his wyll, workynge in you that which is pleasaunt in his sighte thorow Iesus Christ, to whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen.

³ for as moche as ye knowe, how yt the tryinge of youre faith bringeth pacience: ⁴ and let pacience haue her parfect worke, yt ye maye be parfecte aud sounde, lakinge nothinge.

¹⁷ Euen so faith, yf it haue no dedes, is deed in it selfe. ¹⁸ Ye & a man might saye: Thou hast faith, and I haue dedes: Shewe me thy faith by thy dedes: and I wil shewe the my faith by my dedes. ¹⁹ Beleuest thou yt ther is one God? Thou doest well. The deuils also beleue and tremble. ²⁰ Wilt thou vnderstode o thou vayne man that faith with out dedes is deed: ²¹ Was not Abraham oure father iustified thorow workes when he offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter? ²² Thou seist how yt faith wrought with his dedes, and through ye dedes was the faith made perfect: ²³ & the scripture was fulfilled which faith: Abraha beleued God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called ye frende of God. ²⁴ Ye se then how that of dedes a man is iustified, and not of faith only ²⁵ Likewise also was not Raab the harlot iustified thorow workes, when she receaued the messengers, and sent them out another waye? ²⁶ For as the body, with oute the sprete is deed, euen so faith wt out dedes is deed.

⁷ Be pacient therfore brethren, vnto the comynge of the LORDE. Beholde, the hussbade man wayteth for the precious frute of ye earth, and hath longe pacience there vpon, vntill he receaue the erly and the latter rayne. ⁸ Be ye also pacient therfore, and settle youre hertes, for the commynge of the LORDE draweth nye.

⁴ but let ye inwarde ma of ye hert be vncorrupte wt a meke & a quyete sprete, which before God is moch set by.

³ And euery man yt hath this hope in him, pourgeth him selfe, euen as he is pure.

¹⁸ My litle children, let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge, but with ye dede, and with the trueth.

²¹ Dearly beloued, yf oure hert condemne vs not, then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde.

³ For this is the loue of God, that we kepe his commaundementes, and his commaundemetes are not greuous.

² I knowe thy workes, and thy labour, and thy pacience, & howe thou cannest not forbeare them which are euell: and examinest them which saye they are Apostles, and are not: & hast founde the lyars ³ and hast suffred. And hast paciece: and for my names sake hast laboured and hast not faynted. ⁴ Neuerthelesse I haue somwhat agaynst the, for thou hast lefte thy fyrst loue.

¹⁹ I knowe thy workes and thy loue, seruice, and faith and thy pacience, and thy dedes, which are mo at the last then at the firste

¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience, therfore wil I kepe the from the houre of temptacion, which will come vpon all the worlde, to tempte them that dwell vpo the earth.