1 John 1:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

(And the lyfe appeared, and we haue seene, and beare witnesse, and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was with the father, and appeared vnto vs.)

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  • John 1:4 : 4 In it was lyfe, and the lyfe was the lyght of men,
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 He that committeth sinne, is of the deuyll: for the deuyll sinneth sence the beginning. For this purpose appeared the sonne of God, to loose the workes of the deuyll.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come, & hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true: and we are in hym that is true, through his sonne Iesus Christe. This same is very God, and eternall lyfe.
  • 1 John 3:5 : 5 And ye know that he appeared to take away our sinnes, & in hym is no sinne.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without doubt, great is that misterie of godlynesse: God was shewed in the flesshe, was iustified in the spirite, was seene among the angels, was preached vnto the gentiles, was beleued on in the worlde, and was receaued vp in glorie.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Iesus sayth vnto hym: I am the way, and the trueth, and the lyfe. No man cometh vnto the father, but by me.
  • John 15:27 : 27 And ye shall beare witnesse also, because ye haue ben with me from the begynnyng.
  • John 17:3 : 3 This is lyfe eternall, that they myght knowe thee, the only true God, & Iesus Christe whom thou hast sent.
  • Acts 3:15 : 15 And kylled the Lorde of lyfe, whom God hath raysed from the dead: of the which we are witnesses.
  • John 1:1-2 : 1 In the begynnyng was the worde, & the worde was with God: and that worde was God. 2 The same was in the begynnyng with God.
  • 1 John 1:1 : 1 That whiche was fro the beginning, whiche we haue heard, which we haue seene with our eyes, whiche we haue loked vpo, & our handes haue handeled of, the worde of lyfe:
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Iesus sayth vnto her, I am the resurrection, and the lyfe: He that beleueth on me, yea, though he were dead, yet shall he lyue. 26 And whosoeuer lyueth, and beleueth on me, shall neuer dye. Beleuest thou this?
  • Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the fulnesse of the tyme was come, God sent his sonne, made of a woman, and made vnder the lawe,
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And this is the recorde, how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe, and this lyfe, is in his sonne.
  • 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 But is nowe made manifest by the appearyng of our sauiour Iesus Christ, who hath put away death, and hath brought life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospell:
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternall lyfe, which God that can not lye, promised before the worlde began:
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 The elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an elder, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened:
  • Prov 8:22-30 : 22 The Lorde him selfe had me in possession in the beginning of his wayes, or euer he began his workes aforetime. 23 I haue ben ordayned from euerlasting, and from the beginning or euer the earth was made. 24 When I was borne there were neither depthes nor springes of water. 25 Before the foundations of the mountaines were layde: yea before all hilles, was I borne: 26 The earth, and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made, no not the dust it selfe. 27 For when he made the heauens, I was present, when he compassed the deapthes about: 28 When he hanged the cloudes aboue, when he fastened the springes of the deepe: 29 When he shut the sea within certaine boundes, that the waters should not go ouer their markes that he commaunded: when he layde the foundations of the earth, 30 I was with him ordring all thinges, deliting dayly and reioysyng alway before hym.
  • John 16:28 : 28 I went out from the father, and came into the worlde: Agayne, I leaue the worlde, and go to the father.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seene God at any tyme: The onely begotten sonne which is in the bosome of the father, he hath declared hym.
  • John 3:13 : 13 And no man ascendeth vp to heauen, but he that came downe from heauen, euen the sonne of man which is in heauen.
  • John 7:29 : 29 But I knowe him, for I am of him, and he hath sent me.
  • John 8:38 : 38 I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father: and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father.
  • Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are recordes of these thynges which we say, & so is also the holy ghost, whom God hath geuen to them that obey hym.
  • Acts 10:41 : 41 Not to al the people, but vnto vs witnesses, chosen before of God, euen to vs whiche dyd eate and drynke with hym after he arose from the dead.
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the lawe coulde not do, in as much as it was weake through the fleshe, God sendyng his owne sonne, in the similitude of sinfull fleshe, euen by sinne, condempned sinne in the fleshe:
  • Rom 16:25-26 : 25 To hym that is of power to stablisshe you, according to my Gospell, and preachyng of Iesus Christe, by reuealyng of the misterie whiche was kept secrete sence the worlde began, 26 But nowe is opened, and by the scriptures of the prophetes, at the comaundement of the euerlastyng God, to the obedience of fayth, among all nations publisshed:
  • John 17:5 : 5 And nowe glorifie thou me, O father, with thine owne selfe, with the glory which I had with thee yer the worlde was.
  • John 21:14 : 14 This is nowe the thirde tyme that Iesus appeared to his disciples, after that he was risen agayne from death.
  • Acts 1:22 : 22 Begynnyng from the baptisme of Iohn, vnto that same day that he was take vp from vs, must one be ordeyned, to be a witnesse with vs of his resurrection.
  • Acts 2:32 : 32 This Iesus hath God raysed vp, wherof we all are witnesses.

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    1That whiche was fro the beginning, whiche we haue heard, which we haue seene with our eyes, whiche we haue loked vpo, & our handes haue handeled of, the worde of lyfe:

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    3That which we haue seene and heard declare we vnto you, that ye also maye haue felowship with vs, and that our felowship may be with the father, and his sonne Iesus Christe.

    4And this write we vnto you, that your ioy may be full,

    5And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym & declare vnto you, that God is lyght, & in hym is no darkenesse at all.

    6If we saye that we haue felowship with hym, and walke in darkenesse, we lye, and do not the trueth.

    7But and yf we walke in light, euen as he is in lyght, then haue we felowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne.

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    14And the same word became fleshe, and dwelt among vs ( and we sawe the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten sonne of the father) full of grace and trueth.

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    16And of his fulnesse haue all we receaued, and grace for grace.

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    1In the begynnyng was the worde, & the worde was with God: and that worde was God.

    2The same was in the begynnyng with God.

    3All thynges were made by it: and without it, was made nothyng that was made.

    4In it was lyfe, and the lyfe was the lyght of men,

    5And the lyght shyneth in darkenesse: and the darknesse comprehended it not.

    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn:

    7The same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of the lyght, that all men through hym myght beleue.

    8He was not that lyght: but was sent to beare witnesse of the lyght.

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    10He was in the worlde, and the worlde was made by hym, and the worlde knewe hym not.

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    18No man hath seene God at any tyme: The onely begotten sonne which is in the bosome of the father, he hath declared hym.

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    11And this is the recorde, how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe, and this lyfe, is in his sonne.

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    9In this appeared the loue of God to vs warde, because God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde, that we myght lyue through hym.

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    20We knowe that the sonne of God is come, & hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true: and we are in hym that is true, through his sonne Iesus Christe. This same is very God, and eternall lyfe.

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  • 2 Tim 1:10
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    10But is nowe made manifest by the appearyng of our sauiour Iesus Christ, who hath put away death, and hath brought life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospell:

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    34And I sawe, and bare recorde, that he is the sonne of God.

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    18This voyce we heard come from heauen, when we were with him in the holye mount.

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    13These thynges haue I written vnto you that beleue on ye name of the sonne of God, that ye may knowe howe that ye haue eternall lyfe, and that ye may beleue on the name of the sonne of God.

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    6This Iesus Christe, is he that came by water and blood: not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse, because the spirite is trueth.

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    27And ye shall beare witnesse also, because ye haue ben with me from the begynnyng.

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    8Agayne, a newe commaundement I write vnto you, that is true in hym, and the same is true also in you: For the darkenesse is past, and the true lyght nowe shyneth.

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    5And nowe beseche I thee Lady, not as though I wrote a newe commaundement vnto thee: but that same which we haue had from the begynnyng, that we shoulde loue one another.