Bible verses about "patriotism" | Coverdale

¹⁴ to humble my people, which is named after my name: and yf they praye, and seke my face, and turne from their euell wayes, the wyl I heare them from heauen, and wyll forgeue their sinne, and heale their londe.

³⁷ Iesus saide vnto him: Thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God with all thy hert, with all thy soule, and with all thy mynde: ³⁸ this is the pryncipall and greatest comaundement. ³⁹ As for the seconde, it is like vnto it: Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self. ⁴⁰ In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the prophetes.

⁶ Ye shal heare of warres, and of ye noyse of warres: take hede, and be not ye troubled. All these thinges must first come to passe, but the ende is not yet.

¹³ No man hath greater loue, then to set his life for his frende.

¹ Let euery soule submytte himselfe to the auctorite off the hyer powers. For there is no power but of God. ² The powers that be, are ordeyned of God: so that who so euer resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinaunce of God. And they that resiste, shal receaue to them selues danacion. ³ For rulers are not to be feared for good workes, but for euell. Yf thou wilt be without feare off the power, do well then, and thou shalt haue prayse of the same: ⁴ for he is the minister off God for thy wealth. But yff thou do euell, then feare, for he beareth not the swerde for naughte. For he is the mynister of God, a taker of vengeaunce, to punyshe him that doth euell. ⁵ Wherfore ye must nedes obeye, not onely for punyshmet, but also because of conscience. ⁶ For this cause must ye geue trybute also. For they are Gods mynisters, which mateyne ye same defence. ⁷ Geue to euery man therfore his dutye: tribute, to whom tribute belongeth: custome, to whom custome is due: feare, to whom feare belongeth: honoure, to whom honoure pertayneth. ⁸ Owe nothinge to eny man, but to loue one another. For he that loueth another, hath fulfylled the lawe. ⁹ For where it is sayde: ( Thou shalt not breake wedlocke: thou shalt not kyll: thou shalt not steale: thou shalt not beare false witnesse: thou shalt not lust) and yf there be eny other commaundement, it is compreheded in this worde.Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy selfe. ¹⁰ Loue doth his neghboure no euell. Therfore is loue ye fulfillynge of the lawe. ¹¹ And for so moch as we know this, namely the tyme that the houre is now for vs to ryse from slepe (For now is oure saluacion nearer, then whan we beleued: ¹² the nighte is past, but the daye is come nye.) Let vs therfore cast awaye ye workes of darknesse, and put on the armoure of lighte. ¹³ Let vs walke honestly as in the daye, not in excesse off eatinge aud in dronkennesse, not in chamburynge and wantonnesse, not in stryfe and enuyenge: ¹⁴ but put ye on the LORDE Iesus Christ, and make not prouysion for ye flesh, to fulfill the lustes of it.

¹⁶ as fre, and not as hauynge the libertye for a cloke of wickednes, but eue as the seruauntes of God.

²⁹ But Peter and the Apostles answered, and sayde: We ought more to obeye God then men.

³⁶ Iesus answered: My kyugdome is not of this worlde. Yf my kyngdome were of this worlde, my mynisters wolde fight therfore, yt I shulde not be delyuered vnto the Iewes. But now is my kyngdome not from hence.

⁹ But ye are that chosen generacion, that kyngly presthode, that holy nacion, that peculier people, yt ye shulde shewe the vertues of him, which hath called you out of darknesse in to his maruelous lighte: ¹⁰ Euen you which in tyme past were not a people, but now are the people of God: which were not vnder mercy, but now haue optayned mercy.

¹⁷ Honoure all men. Loue brotherly fellishippe. Feare God. Honoure the kynge.

¹ I exhorte therfore, yt aboue all thinges, prayers, supplicacions, intercessions and geuynge of thakes be had for all men ² for kynges, and for all that are in auctorite, that we maye lyue a quyete & peaceable life in all godlynes and honestie. ³ For that is good and accepted in ye sighte of God oure Sauioure,

¹ Let euery soule submytte himselfe to the auctorite off the hyer powers. For there is no power but of God. ² The powers that be, are ordeyned of God: so that who so euer resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinaunce of God. And they that resiste, shal receaue to them selues danacion. ³ For rulers are not to be feared for good workes, but for euell. Yf thou wilt be without feare off the power, do well then, and thou shalt haue prayse of the same: ⁴ for he is the minister off God for thy wealth. But yff thou do euell, then feare, for he beareth not the swerde for naughte. For he is the mynister of God, a taker of vengeaunce, to punyshe him that doth euell. ⁵ Wherfore ye must nedes obeye, not onely for punyshmet, but also because of conscience.

¹³ All these dyed acordinge to faith, and receaued not the promyses, but sawe the afarre off, and beleued them, and saluted them: and cofessed, that they were straungers & pilgrems vpo earth. ¹⁴ For they that saye soch thinges, declare, that they seke a naturall countre. ¹⁵ And doutles yf they had bene myndefull off that countre from whence they came out, they had leysure to haue returned agayne. ¹⁶ But now they desyre a better, that is to saye, a heauely. Wherfore God is not ashamed of the, eue to be called their God: for he hath prepared a cite for them.

²⁰ But oure conuersacion is in heauen, from whence we loke for the Sauioure Iesu Christ ye LORDE,

¹² Blessed are the people that holde the LORDE for their God, & blessed are the folke whom he hath chosen to be his heretage. ¹³ The LORDE loketh downe from heauen, & beholdeth all the children of men: ¹⁴ from his stronge seate he considreth all them yt dwell in the worlde. ¹⁵ He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them, & knoweth all their workes. ¹⁶ A kynge is not helped by his owne greate hoost, nether is a giaunte saued thorow the might of his owne stregth. ¹⁷ A horse is but a vayne thynge to saue a man, it is not the power of his stregth that can delyuer him. ¹⁸ Beholde, the eye of the LORDE loketh vnto them that feare him, & put their trust in his mercy. ¹⁹ That he maye delyuer their soules from death, and to fede them in the deare tyme. ²⁰ Let oure soule paciently abyde the LORDE, for he is oure helpe and shilde. ²¹ So shal oure herte reioyse in him, because we haue hoped in his holy name. ²² Let thy mercifull kyndnesse (o LORDE) be vpon vs, like as we put oure trust in the.