Acts 20:18 Cross References - Bishops

¹⁸ Which when they were come to hym, he saide vnto them: Ye knowe from the first daye that I came into Asia, after what maner I haue ben with you at all seasons

¹⁹ And he came to Ephesus, and left the there, but he hym selfe entred into the synagogue, & reasoned with ye Iewes

¹ And it came to passe, yt whyle Apollo was at Corinth, Paul passed through the vpper coastes, and came to Ephesus, and founde certaine disciples

¹⁰ And this continued by the space of two yeres, so that all they whiche dwelt in Asia, hearde the worde of the Lord Iesu, both Iewes and Grekes

¹² For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes

³ Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed ⁴ But in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as ye ministers of God, in much pacience, in afflictions, in necessities, in anguisshes ⁵ In stripes, in prisonmentes, in strifes, in labours ⁶ In watchynges, in fastinges, in purenesse, in knowledge, in long suffryng, in kyndnesse, in the holy ghost, in loue vnfaigned ⁷ In the worde of trueth, in the power of God, by the armour of righteousnes, of the ryght hande and on the lefte ⁸ By honour and dishonour, by euyll report and good report, as deceauers and yet true ⁹ As vnknowen, and yet knowen, as dying, and beholde we lyue, as chastened, and not kylled ¹⁰ As sorowyng, and yet alway merie: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauyng nothyng, and yet possessyng all thynges ¹¹ O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open vnto you, our heart is made large

⁵ For our Gospell came not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy ghost, and in much certayntie, as ye knowe after what maner we were among you for your sake ⁶ And ye became folowers of vs, and of the Lorde, receauyng the worde in much affliction, with ioy of the holy ghost

¹ For ye your selues, brethren, knowe our entraunce in vnto you, yt it was not in vayne ² But euen after that we had suffred before, and were shamefully entreated as ye knowe, at Philippos, we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God, in much stryuyng ³ For our exhortation was not of deceit, neither of vncleannes, neither in guile ⁴ But as it were alowed of God, to be put in credite with the Gospell: euen so we speake, not as pleasyng men, but God, which tryeth our heartes ⁵ For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes, as ye knowe, neither cloke of couetousnes, God [is] recorde ⁶ Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others ⁷ When we myght haue ben in auctoritie, as the Apostles of Christe, but we were tender among you, euen as a nource cherissheth her chyldren ⁸ So, beyng tenderly affected towarde you, our good wyll was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospell of God only: but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs ⁹ For ye remember brethren, our labour and trauayle. For we labouryng nyght & day, because we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you, preached vnto you the Gospell of God ¹⁰ Ye [are] witnesses, & God [also] howe holyly, and iustly, and vnblameably, we behaued our selues among you that beleue

⁷ For ye your selues knowe howe ye ought to folowe vs: For we behaued not our selues inordinately among you ⁸ Neither toke we breade of any man for nought: but wrought with labour and sweat nyght and daye, because we woulde not be chargeable to any of you ⁹ Not but that we had auctoritie, but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs ¹⁰ But thou hast folowed my doctrine, fashion of lyuyng, purpose, fayth, long sufferyng, loue, patience