Romans 4:2 Cross References - Coverdale

² This we saye: Yf Abraham were made righteous thorow workes, then hath he wherin to reioyse, but not before God.

¹² Now whan the Egipcians se the, they wil saye: She is his wife, and so shal they slaye me, and saue the alyue. ¹³ Therfore (I pray ye) saye thou art my sister, that I maye fare the better by reason of the, and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake.

¹⁸ Then Pharao called Abra vnto him, and sayde: Why hast thou dealt thus wt me? Wherfore toldest thou not me at the first, yt she was thy wife?

²⁰ He gaue his officers also a charge ouer him, to conveye him out, and his wife, and all that he had.

⁹ and Abimelech called Abraham, and sayde vnto him: Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs? And what haue I offended ye, that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne? Thou hast not dealt with vs, as a man shulde deale. ¹⁰ And Abimelech saide morouer vnto Abraham: What sawest thou, yt thou hast done this thinge? ¹¹ Abraham sayde: I thought: Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place, & they shall sleye me for my wifes sake, ¹² And of a trueth she is my sister, for she is my fathers doughter, but not my mothers doughter, and is become my wife. ¹³ So whan God charged me to wadre out of my fathers house, I sayde vnto her: Shew this kyndnes vpon me, that, where so euer we come, thou saye of me, that I am thy brother.

² he sayde vnto all the people: Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel: Yor fathers dwelt afore time beyode ye water, Abraha & Nahor wt Tarah their father & serued other goddes.

²³ Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE: Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome, ner the stronge man in his strength, nether the rich man in his riches: ²⁴ But who so wil reioyse, let him reioyse in this, that he vnderstodeth, and knoweth me: for I am the LORDE, which do mercie, equite and rightuousnes vpon earth. Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges, saieth ye LORDE.

⁹ And he sayde vnto me: go thy waye in, & loke what wicked abhominacions they do there.

²⁰ because yt by ye dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte. For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne. ²¹ But now without addinge to of ye lawe is the righteousnes which avayleth before God, declared, hauynge witnesse of ye lawe and the prophetes: ²² but I speake of ye righteousnes before God, which cometh by the faith on Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpo all them that beleue.For here is no difference. ²³ For they are all synners, and wate the prayse that God shulde haue of the, ²⁴ but without deseruynge are they made righteous eue by his grace, thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu, ²⁵ whom God hath set forth for a Mercyseate thorow faith in his bloude, to shewe the righteousnes which avayleth before him, in that he forgeueth the synnes, which were done before vnder the sufferaunce of God, which he suffred, ²⁶ that at this tyme he mighte shewe ye righteousnes which avayleth before him: yt he onely mighte be righteous, & the righteous maker of him which is of the faith on Iesus. ²⁷ Where is now then thy reioysinge? It is excluded. By what lawe? By the lawe of workes? Nay, but by the lawe of faith. ²⁸ We holde therfore that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the lawe.

¹⁷ Therfore maye I boost myselfe thorow Iesu Christ, that I medle with thinges perteyninge vnto God.

²⁹ that no flesh shulde reioyse in his presence.

³¹ that, acordinge as it is wrytten: He that reioyseth, shulde reioyse in the LORDE.

⁷ For who preferreth the? What hast thou that thou hast not receaued? Yf thou hast receaued it, why makest thou the thy boost, as though thou haddest not receaued it?

¹⁶ For in that I preach the Gospell, I neade not boost my selfe, for I must nedes do it. And wo vnto me, yff I preach not the Gospell.

¹² We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs, yt ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them, which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce, and not after the hert.

¹² Neuertheles what I do and wyl do, that do I to cut awaye occasion, from the which seke occasion, that they mighte boast the selues to be like vnto vs.

³⁰ Yf I must nedes make my boast, I wil boast my selfe of myne infirmyte.

¹ It profiteth me nothinge (no doute) to boaste. Neuertheles I wil come to ye visions and reuelacions off the LORDE. ² I knowe a man in Christ aboue fourtene yeares a goo (whether he was in ye body, I can not tell: or whether he was out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth.) the same was taken vp in to the thirde heauen: ³ and I knowe the same man (whether he was in ye body or out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth) ⁴ how that he was take vp in to Paradise, and herde wordes not to be spoken, which no man can vtter. ⁵ Here of will I boast, but of my selfe wil I make no boast, excepte it be of myne infirmyties. ⁶ And though I wolde boast my selfe, I dyd not foolishly, for I wolde saye the trueth. But I refrayne my selfe, lest eny ma shulde thinke of me aboue yt he seyth in me, or heareth of me. ⁷ And lest I shulde exalte my selfe out of measure because of the hye reuelacions, there is a warnynge geuen vnto my flesh, euen ye messaunger of Satan, to buffet me, that I shulde not exalte my selfe out off measure: ⁸ for ye which I besoughte the LORDE thryse, that it mighte departe fro me. ⁹ And he sayde vnto me: My grace is sufficiet for the. For my strength is made perfecte thorow weaknes. Very glad therfore wil I reioyse in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ maye dwell in me.

²² But ye scripture hath shut vp all vnder synne, that ye promes shulde come by the faith on Iesus Christ, geue vnto the that beleue.

¹³ For eue they them selues which are circumcysed, kepe not the lawe, but wolde haue you circucysed, that they mighte reioyse in youre flesh. ¹⁴ But God forbyd that I shulde reioyse, saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.

⁹ not of workes, lest eny ma shulde boast him selfe.

⁹ & be founde in him, not hauynge myne awne righteousnes which commeth of the lawe, but by the faith of Christ (namely) the righteousnes which commeth of God in faith,