1 John 3:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Beholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs, that we shoulde be called the sonnes of god: For this cause the worlde knoweth you not, because it knoweth not hym.

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  • John 1:12 : 12 But as many as receaued hym, to them gaue he power to be the sonnes of God, euen them that beleued on his name.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For ye are all the chyldren of God by fayth in Christe Iesu.
  • Gal 4:5-6 : 5 To redeeme them that were vnder the lawe, that we myght receaue the adoption of chyldren. 6 Because ye are sonnes, God hath sent the spirite of his sonne into your heartes, crying, Abba, father.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And wyll be a father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lorde almightie.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his only begotten sonne, that whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shoulde not perishe, but haue euerlastyng lyfe.
  • John 17:25 : 25 O ryghteous father, the worlde also hath not knowen thee: But I haue knowen thee, and these haue knowen that thou hast sent me.
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God setteth out his loue towarde vs, seyng that whyle we were yet sinners, Christe dyed for vs.
  • Ps 36:7-9 : 7 How excellent is thy mercy O Lord: therefore the chyldren of men shall put their trust vnder the shadowe of thy winges. 8 They shalbe satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house: and thou shalt geue them drinke out of the riuer of thy delicates. 9 For with thee is the fountaine of lyfe: and in thy light shall we see light.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 In 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. 10 Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes.
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 Myght be able to comprehende with al saintes, what is the breadth, & length, and deapth, and heygth: 19 And to knowe the loue of Christe, whiche excelleth knowledge, that ye might be fylled with all fulnesse of God.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 Yf the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the worlde, the worlde would loue his owne: Howbeit, because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the worlde: therfore the worlde hateth you.
  • John 16:3 : 3 And such thynges wyll they do vnto you, because they haue not knowen the father, neither yet me.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 Which spared not his owne sonne, but gaue hym for vs all: Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges?
  • Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he sayth also in Osee: I wyll call them my people, which were not my people: and her beloued, which was not beloued. 26 And it shall come to passe, that in the place where it was sayde vnto them: Ye are not my people, there shall they be called ye chyldren of the lyuyng God.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He that ouercommeth, shall inherite all thynges, and I wyl be his God, and he shalbe my sonne.
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God which is ryche in mercie, for his great loue wherwith he loued vs, 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes, hath quickned vs together with Christ, by grace are ye saued:
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 If ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heyres accordyng to the promise.
  • 2 Sam 7:19 : 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lorde God: but thou hast spoken also of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle: but doth this appertayne to man, O Lorde God?
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 Howe plentifull is thy goodnes which thou hast layde vp for them that feare thee? and whiche thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee before the sonnes of men.
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For as many as are led by the spirite of God, they are the sonnes of God. 15 For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare: but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption, wherby we cry, Abba, father. 16 The same spirite, beareth witnesse to our spirite, that we are ye sonnes of God. 17 If we be sonnes, then are we also heyres, the heyres of God, and ioyntheyres with Christe: So that we suffer together, that we may be also glorified together.
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 For the same creature shalbe made free from the bondage of corruptio, into the glorious libertie of ye sonnes of God.
  • Ps 89:1-2 : 1 A wyse instruction of Ethan the Ezrachite. I wyll sing alwayes of the mercy of God: with my mouth I wyll make knowen thy trueth from one generation to another. 2 For I sayde, mercy shall for euer endure: thou hast established thy trueth in the heauens.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 I haue thought thus: howe shall I take thee to be my children, and geue a pleasaunt lande for thine heritage, yea and a goodly hoast of the heathen? And I sayd, Call me father, and shrincke not from me.
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the chyldren of Israel shalbe as the sand of the sea, which can neither be measured nor tolde: and in the place where it was sayde vnto them, Ye are not my people: it shall be saide vnto them, Ye are the chyldren of the liuing God.
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For ye are dead, and your lyfe is hyd with Christe in God.

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  • 1 John 3:2
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    2Dearely beloued, nowe are we the sonnes of God, and yet it doth not appeare what we shalbe: But we knowe that when he shall appeare, we shalbe lyke hym, for we shall see hym as he is.

  • 1 John 4:6-13
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    6We are of God. He that knoweth God, heareth vs: he that is not of God, heareth vs not. Hereby knowe we the spirite of veritie, and the spirite of errour.

    7Dearely beloued, let vs loue one another, for loue commeth of God: And euery one that loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.

    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.

    10Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes.

    11Dearely beloued, yf God so loued vs, we ought also to loue one another.

    12No man hath seene God at any time. If we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfect in vs.

    13Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym, & he in vs: because he hath geuen vs of his spirite.

  • 1 John 1:2-3
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    2(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.)

    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.

  • 1 John 4:15-17
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    15Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God, in him dwelleth God, and he in God.

    16And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, and God in hym.

    17Herein is the loue perfect in vs, that we shoulde haue boldnesse in the day of iudgement: For as he is, euen so are we in this worlde.

  • 1 John 3:9-11
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    9Whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: for his seede remayneth in him, and he can not sinne, because he is borne of God.

    10In this are ye children of God knowe, and the chyldren of the deuyll: Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.

    11For this is the tidynges that ye heard from the begynnyng, that ye shoulde loue one another.

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    15See that ye loue not the worlde, neither the thynges that are in the worlde. If any man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in hym.

    16For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde.

  • 1 John 3:13-14
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    13Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you.

    14We knowe, that we are translated from death vnto lyfe, because we loue the brethren. He that loueth not his brother, abideth in death.

  • 1 John 3:16
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    16Hereby perceaue we loue, because he layde downe his lyfe for vs, & we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren.

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    1Whosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christe, is borne of God: And euerie one that loueth him which begat, loueth hym also which is begotten of hym.

    2By this we knowe that we loue the chyldren of God, when we loue God, and kepe his commaundementes.

  • John 3:16
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    16For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his only begotten sonne, that whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shoulde not perishe, but haue euerlastyng lyfe.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18My babes, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue: but in deede and in veritie.

    19Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth, and shall assure our heartes before hym.

  • 1 John 4:19
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    19We loue hym, for he loued vs first.

  • Gal 4:6-7
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    6Because ye are sonnes, God hath sent the spirite of his sonne into your heartes, crying, Abba, father.

    7Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt, but a sonne: If thou be a sonne, thou art also an heire of God, through Christ.

  • John 1:12-13
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    12But as many as receaued hym, to them gaue he power to be the sonnes of God, euen them that beleued on his name.

    13Which were borne, not of blood, nor of the wyll of the fleshe, nor yet of the wyll of man, but of God.

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The same spirite, beareth witnesse to our spirite, that we are ye sonnes of God.

  • 1 John 3:23
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    23And this is his comaundement, that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe, and loue one another, as he gaue commaundement.

  • 1 Cor 2:12
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    12And we haue receaued, not the spirite of the worlde, but the spirite which is of God, that we myght know the thinges that are geuen to vs of God.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26For ye are all the chyldren of God by fayth in Christe Iesu.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3But if any man loue God, the same is knowen of him.

  • Eph 1:6
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    6To the prayse of the glorie of his grace, wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued.

  • 1 John 5:20
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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.

  • Rom 8:14
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    14For as many as are led by the spirite of God, they are the sonnes of God.

  • 1 John 2:28
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    28And nowe babes abide in him, that when he shal appeare, we may be bolde and not be made ashamed of hym at his commyng.

  • John 1:18
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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.

  • Eph 1:3
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    3Blessed be God, the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng, in heauenly thynges by Christe:

  • 1 John 3:21
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    21Dearely beloued, yf our heart condempne vs not, then haue we boldnesse towarde God.

  • John 17:25
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    25O ryghteous father, the worlde also hath not knowen thee: But I haue knowen thee, and these haue knowen that thou hast sent me.

  • 1 John 4:4
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    4Litle chyldren, ye are of God, & haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in the worlde.

  • 2 John 1:3
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    3Grace be with you, mercie, and peace from God the father, & from the Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of the father, in trueth and loue.

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    3And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym, yf we kepe his comaundementes.

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    35The father loueth the sonne, and hath geuen all thynges into his hande.

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    8Whom ye haue not seene, and yet loue hym, in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not, yet do you beleue, & reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious: