Matthew 24:12 Cross References - Bishops

¹² And because iniquitie shall abounde, the loue of many shall waxe colde

¹ From whence cometh warre and fightyng among you? come they not here hence, euen of your lustes that fight in your members ² Ye lust, and haue not: Ye enuie, and haue indignation, and can not obtayne: Ye fyght and warre, ye haue not, because ye aske not ³ Ye aske and receaue not, because ye aske amisse, euen to consume it vpon your lustes ⁴ Ye adulterers & adultresses, knowe you not howe that the frendship of the world is enmitie with God? Whosoeuer therfore wylbe a friende of the worlde, is made the enemie of God

¹ Go to nowe ye riche men, weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you ² Your riches is corrupt, your garmentes are motheaten ³ Your golde and siluer is cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a witnesse agaynst you, and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes ⁴ Beholde, the hire of labourers, which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which hire is of you kept backe by fraude, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth ⁵ Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth, and ben wanton: Ye haue nourisshed your heartes, as in a day of slaughter ⁶ Ye haue condempned and kylled the iust, and he hath not resisted you

⁴ Neuertheles, I haue [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first loue ⁵ Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first workes: Or els I wyll come vnto thee shortly, & wyll remoue thy candlesticke out of his place, except thou repet

¹⁰ Feare none of those thynges, which thou shalt suffer: Beholde, the deuyll shall caste some of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall haue tribulation ten dayes. Be faythfull vnto the death, and I wyll geue thee a crowne of lyfe

¹⁵ I knowe thy workes, that thou arte neither colde nor hotte: I woulde thou were colde or hotte