Bible Verses About Religious Zeal

Whome we preache, admonishing euery man, and teaching euery man in all wisdome, that we may present euery man perfect in Christ Iesus,

Whereunto I also labour and striue, according to his working which worketh in me mightily.

For I woulde ye knewe what great fighting I haue for your sakes, and for them of Laodicea, and for as many as haue not seene my person in the flesh,

Walke wisely towarde them that are without, and redeeme the season.

Tychicus our beloued brother and faithfull minister, and fellow seruant in the Lord, shall declare vnto you my whole state:

Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that he might know your state, and might comfort your hearts,

With Onesimus a faithfull and a beloued brother, who is one of you. They shall shew you of all things here.

Aristarchus my prison fellow saluteth you, and Marcus, Barnabas cousin (touching whom ye receiued commandements. If he come vnto you, receiue him)

And Iesus which is called Iustus, which are of the circumcision. These onely are my worke fellowes vnto the kingdome of God, which haue bene vnto my consolation.

We giue God thankes alwayes for you all, making mention of you in our prayers

Without ceasing, remembring your effectuall faith, and diligent loue, and the patience of your hope in our Lord Iesus Christ, in the sight of God euen our Father,

Knowing, beloued brethren, that ye are elect of God.

For our Gospell was not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know after what maner we were among you for your sakes.

And ye became followers of vs, and of the Lord, and receiued the worde in much affliction, with ioy of the holy Ghost,

So that ye were as ensamples to all that beleeue in Macedonia and in Achaia.

For from you sounded out the worde of the Lord, not in Macedonia and in Achaia only: but your faith also which is toward God, spred abroad in all quarters, that we neede not to speake any thing.

But euen after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated at Philippi, (as ye knowe) we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with much striuing.

For our exhortation was not by deceite, nor by vncleannes, nor by guile.

But as we were allowed of God, that the Gospel should be committed vnto vs, so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, which approoueth our hearts.

Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor coloured couetousnes, God is recorde.

Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.

Thus being affectioned toward you, our good will was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospel of God onely, but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day and night, because we would not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God.

Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and iustly, and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleeue.

As ye knowe how that we exhorted you, and comforted, and besought euery one of you (as a father his children)