Bible verses about "strangers" | Coverdale

¹⁰ But vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the LORDE thy God: thou shalt do no maner worke in it, nether thou, ner thy sonne, ner thy doughter, ner thy seruaunt, ner thy mayde, ner thy catell, ner thy straunger that is within thy gates.

²¹ Thou shalt not vexe ner oppresse a straunger, for ye youre selues were straungers also in the londe of Egipte. ²² Ye shall truble no wyddowe ner fatherlesse childe.

²⁹ The people in the londe vseth wicked extorcio and robbery. They vexe the poore and nedy: and oppresse the straunger agaynst right.

⁵ I will come & punysh you, & I myself wil be a swift wytnes agaynst the witches, agaynst the aduouterers, agaynst false swearers: yee ad agaynst those, that wrogeously kepe backe the hyrelynges dewty: which vexe the wyddowes & the fatherlesse, & oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes.

¹ Him that is weake in the faith, receaue vnto you, and trouble not the consciences. ² One beleueth that he maye eate all thinge: but he that is weake, eateth herbes. ³ Let not him that eateth, despyse him that eateth not: and let not him which eateth not, iudge him that eateth: for God hath receaued him. ⁴ Who art thou, that iudgest another mans seruaut? He stondeth or falleth vnto his LORDE: Yee he maye well stode, for God is able to make hi stode. ⁵ Some man putteth differece betwene daye & daye, but another man counteth all dayes alyke. Let euery man be sure of his meanynge. ⁶ He that putteth difference in the daye, doth it vnto the LORDE: & he that putteth no differece in the daye, doth it vnto ye LORDE also. He yt eateth, eateth vnto the LORDE, for he geueth God thakes: ⁷ and he that eateth not, eateth not vnto ye LORDE, and geueth God thankes. ⁸ For none of vs lyueth to himselfe, and none dyeth to him selfe. Yf we lyue, we lyue vnto the LORDE: Yf we dye, we dye vnto the LORDE. Therfore, whether we lyue or dye, we are the LORDES. ⁹ For therto dyed Christ, and rose agayne, and reuyued, that he mighte be LORDE both of deed and quycke. ¹⁰ But why iudgest thou yi brother? Or thou other, why despysest thou yi brother? We shal all be broughte before ye iudgmet seate of Christ. ¹¹ For it is wrytte: As truly as I lyue, (sayeth the LORDE) all knees shal bowe vnto me, & all tuges shal knowlege vnto God. ¹² Thus shal euery one of vs geue acomptes for himselfe vnto God. ¹³ Let vs not therfore iudge one another enymore. But iudge this rather, yt noma put a stomblinge blocke or an occasion to fall in his brothers waye. ¹⁴ I knowe, & am full certified in ye LORDE Iesu, yt there is nothinge comen of itselfe: but vnto him yt iudgeth it to be comen, to him is it comen. ¹⁵ But yf yi brother be greued ouer yi meate, the walkest thou not now after charite. Destroye not wt thy meate, him, for whom Christ dyed, ¹⁶ Se therfore that youre treasure be not euell spoke of. ¹⁷ For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drynke, but righteousnes, & peace, and ioye in the holy goost. ¹⁸ He that in these thinges serueth Christ, pleaseth God, & is comended of me. ¹⁹ Let vs therfore folowe those thinges which make for peace, & thinges wherwith one maye edifye another. ²⁰ Destroye not ye worke of God for eny meates sake. All thinges truly are cleane, but it is euell for yt ma, which eateth wt hurte of his coscience ²¹ It is moch better yt thou eate no flesh, and drynke no wyne, nor eny thinge, wherby thy brother stombleth, or falleth, or is made weake. ²² Hast thou faith, haue it with yi selfe before God Happye is he, that codemneth not him selfe in yt thinge which he aloweth. ²³ But he that maketh conscience of it and yet eateth, is dampned: because he doth it not of faith. For what so euer is not of faith, that same is synne.

²² There shal be one maner of lawe amonge you, to ye straunger as to one of youre selues: for I am the LORDE youre God.

⁴⁹ One maner of lawe be vnto him yt is borne in the londe, & vnto the strauger yt dwelleth amoge you.

³⁵ Whan thy brother waxeth poore, and falleth in decaye besyde the, thou shalt receaue him as a straunger, or gest, that he maye lyue by the: ³⁶ and thou shalt take no vsury of him, ner more then thou hast geue, but shalt feare thy God, that thy brother maye lyue besydes the. ³⁷ For thou shalt not lende him yi money vpon vsury, ner delyuer him thy meate vpon vauntage. ³⁸ For I am the LORDE yor God, which haue brought you out of the lode of Egipte, to geue you the lande of Canaan, and to be youre God.

¹⁴ For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde, namely in this: loue thy neghboure as thy selfe.

²⁸ Here is nether Iewe ner Greke: here is nether bode ner fre: here is nether man ner woman, for ye are all one in Christ Iesu.

³ Thus the LORDE commaundeth: kepe equite and rightuousnesse, delyuer the oppressed fro the power off the violent: do not greue ner oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse ner the wyddowe, ad shed no innocet bloude in this place.

³⁵ For I was hongrie, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye lodged me:

² Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers: for therby haue dyuerse receaued angels in to their houses vnawares.