Bible verses about "greatness" | Coverdale

²⁶ And God sayde: let vs make man in or similitude after oure licknesse, that he maye haue rule ouer the fysh of the see, and ouer the foules vnder ye heauen, and ouer catell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer all wormes that crepe on ye earth.

¹ The earth is the LORDES, & all that therin is: the copase of the worlde, ad all yt dwell therin. ² For he hath fouded it vpo the sees, & buylded it vpon the floudes. ³ Who shal go vp in to the hill off the LORDE? Or, who shal remayne in his holy place? ⁴ Eue he yt hath innocet hodes & a clene herte: which lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite, & sweareth not to disceaue. ⁵ He shal receaue the blessinge fro the LORDE, ad mercy fro God his sauioure. ⁶ This is ye generacio of the yt seke him, of the yt seke yi face, o Iacob. ⁷ Sela. Open yor gates (o ye prices) let the euerlastinge dores be opened, yt ye kynge of glory maye come in. ⁸ Who is this kynge of glory? It is the LORDE stroge and mightie, euen the LORDE mightie in batell. ⁹ Open youre gates (o ye prynces) let the euerlastinge dores be opened, yt the kynge off glory maye come in. ¹⁰ Who is this kynge off glory? It is the LORDE of hoostes, he is the kynge of glory. Sela.

³ He healeth the contrite in herte, and byndeth vp their woundes.

¹ The sprete of the LORDE God is wt me, for ye LORDE hath anoynted me, & sent me, to preach good tydiges vnto the poore, yt I might bynde vp ye wounded hertes, yt I might preach delyueraunce to ye captyue, & open the preson to the that are bounde:

¹¹ For I knowe, what I haue deuysed for you, saieth the LORDE. My thoughtes are to geue you peace, & not trouble (which I geue you all redie) & that ye might haue hope agayne.

²⁸ Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.

²⁵ But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayde: Ye knowe that ye prynces of the worlde haue domynacion of the people, and the greatest exercise power amonge the. ²⁶ It shal not be so amonge you. But whoso euer wyl be greate amonge you, let him be youre mynister: ²⁷ & who soeuer wyl be chefe, let him be youre seruaunt: ²⁸ Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.

¹ At the same tyme came the disciples vnto Iesus, and sayde: Who is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen? ² And Iesus called a childe vnto him, and set him in the myddest amonge them, ³ and sayde: Verely I saye vnto you: Excepte ye turne and become as children, ye shal not entre into the kyngdome of heauen. ⁴ Whosoeuer therfore humbleth him self as this childe, ye same is the greatest in ye kyngdome of heauen. ⁵ And who so receaueth soch a childe in my name, receaueth me.

¹⁰ And ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called masters, for one is youre master, namely, Christ. ¹¹ He that is greatest amoge you, shalbe youre seruaunt. ¹² For who so exalteth himself, shal be brought lowe: and he that humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

²⁸ For I saye vnto you: Amonge the yt are borne of weme, there is no greater prophet the Ihon the baptist. Notwith stondynge he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God, is greater then he.

²⁰ I am crucified with Christ, yet do I lyue: neuerthelesse now not I, but Christ lyueth in me. For ye life which I now lyue in ye flesshe, I lyue in the faith of ye sonne of God which loued me, and gaue himselfe for me.

²⁸ But sure we are, that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God, which are called of purpose.

¹ Though I spake with the tunges of men and angels, and yet had not loue, I were euen as sowndinge brasse, or as a tynklinge Cymball. ² And though I coulde prophecy, & vnderstode all secretes, and all knowlege, and had all faith, so that I coulde moue moutaynes out of their places, and yet had not loue, I were nothinge. ³ And though I bestowed all my goodes to fede ye poore, and though I gaue my body euen that I burned, and yet haue not loue, it profiteth me nothinge. 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. ⁸ Though prophecienges fayle, or tunges ceasse, or knowlege perishe, yet loue falleth neuer awaye. ⁹ For oure knowlege is vnparfecte, and oure prophecienge is vnparfecte. ¹⁰ But wha that which is perfecte, commeth, then shal the vnparfecte be done awaye. ¹¹ Whan I was a childe, I spake as a childe, I vnderstode as a childe, I ymagined as a childe. But as soone as I was a man, I put awaye childishnes. ¹² Now we se thorow a glasse in a darke speakynge, but the shal we se face to face. Now I knowe vnperfectly: but the shal I knowe eue as I am knowne. ¹³ Now abydeth faith, hope, loue, these thre: but the greatest of these is loue.

¹⁷ For the LORDE yor God is God of all goddes, & LORDE ouer all lordes, a greate God, mightie & terryble, which regardeth no personne, & taketh no giftes

⁶ Thou hast set him aboue the workes off thy hondes: thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete.

¹⁵ for he shal be greate before the LORDE. Wyne and stronge drynke shal he not drynke. And he shalbe fylled wt the holy goost, euen in his mothers wombe.

⁵ when God sendeth out his voyce: greate thinges doth he, which we can not coprehende.

²¹ My lippes wolde fayne synge prayses vnto the:

² And fashion not youre selues like vnto this worlde, but be chaunged thorow the renewynge off yor mynde, yt ye maye proue, what thinge that good, yt acceptable, & perfecte wil of God is.

¹³ I can do all thinges thorow Christ, which stregtheth me.