1 John 4:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • 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.
  • 1 John 2:5 : 5 But who so kepeth his worde, in him is the loue of God perfect in deede. Hereby knowe we that we are in hym.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortalitie, dwelling in the light that no man can attayne vnto, Whom no man hath seene, neither can see, vnto whom be honour & power euerlastyng. Amen.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If a man say, I loue God, & yet hate his brother, he is a lyer: For how can he yt loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God who he hath not seene?
  • 1 John 4:17-18 : 17 Herein 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. 18 There is no feare in loue, but perfect loue casteth out feare: for feare hath paynefulnesse. He that feareth, is not perfect in loue.
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By fayth he forsoke Egypt, fearyng not the wrath of the kyng: For he endured, euen as though he had seene him which is inuisible.
  • 1 John 3:24 : 24 And he that kepeth his commaundementes, dwelleth in him, and he in him: and hereby we knowe that he abideth in vs, euen by the spirite which he hath geuen vs.
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 Nowe abydeth fayth, hope, and loue, these three, but the chiefe of these is loue.
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 And Iacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 And he said furthermore, Thou mayest not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and lyue.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 Unto hym wyll I speake mouth to mouth in a vision, not in darke speaches and similitudes of the Lord shall he see: Wherfore then were ye not afrayde to speake against my seruaunt Moyses?
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Nowe, vnto the kyng euerlastyng, immortall, inuisible, vnto God onlye wise be honour and glorie for euer and euer, Amen.
  • 1 John 4:6 : 6 We 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.

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  • 1 John 4:15-21
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    84%

    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.

    18There is no feare in loue, but perfect loue casteth out feare: for feare hath paynefulnesse. He that feareth, is not perfect in loue.

    19We loue hym, for he loued vs first.

    20If a man say, I loue God, & yet hate his brother, he is a lyer: For how can he yt loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God who he hath not seene?

    21And this commaundement haue we of hym: that he which loueth God, shoulde loue his brother also.

  • 1 John 4:6-11
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    84%

    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.

  • 1 John 4:13
    83%

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

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    5But who so kepeth his worde, in him is the loue of God perfect in deede. Hereby knowe we that we are in hym.

    6He that sayth he bydeth in him, ought to walke euen as he walked.

  • John 1:18
    77%

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

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    75%

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

    24And he that kepeth his commaundementes, dwelleth in him, and he in him: and hereby we knowe that he abideth in vs, euen by the spirite which he hath geuen vs.

  • 1 John 3:14-19
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    14We knowe, that we are translated from death vnto lyfe, because we loue the brethren. He that loueth not his brother, abideth in death.

    15Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslear: And ye knowe that no manslear, hath eternall life abidyng in hym.

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

    17But who so hath this worldes good, and seeth his brother haue neede, and shutteth vp his compassion from hym: howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym?

    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 3:6
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    6As many as byde in hym, sinne not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither knowen hym.

  • 1 John 3:10-11
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    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 3:1-2
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    74%

    1Beholde 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.

    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 1:2-3
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    73%

    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 1:5-8
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    73%

    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.

    8If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
    72%

    3But if any man loue God, the same is knowen of him.

  • John 6:46
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    46Not that any man hath seene the father, saue he which is of God, the same hath seene the father.

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    72%

    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 14:23
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    23Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: If a man loue me, he wyll kepe my sayinges: and my father wyll loue hym, and we wyll come vnto hym, and dwell with hym.

  • 1 John 2:15
    71%

    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.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whosoeuer transgresseth, and bideth not in the doctrine of Christe, hath not God: He that endureth in the doctrine of Christe, hath both the father and the sonne.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11Beloued, folow not that which is euyl, but that which is good. He that doth well, is of God: but he that doth euyll, seeth not God.

  • John 13:35
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    35By this shall all men knowe that ye are my disciples, yf ye haue loue one to another.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth, with brotherly loue vnfayned, see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye:

  • 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.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10If we say we haue not sinned, we make hym a lyer, and his worde is not in vs.

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym, yf we kepe his comaundementes.

  • John 15:12
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    12This is my commaundement, that ye loue together, as I haue loued you.