1 John 4:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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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  • John 14:17 : 17 Euen the spirite of trueth, whom the worlde can not receaue, because the worlde seeth hym not, neither knoweth hym. But ye knowe hym: For he dwelleth with you, and shalbe in you.
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they folowe me:
  • 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 If any man thynke hym selfe to be a prophete, either spiritual, let him knowe that the thinges that I write vnto you, are ye commaundementes of the Lorde.
  • 1 John 4:1 : 1 Dearly beloued, beleue not euery spirite: but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not: for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde.
  • 1 John 4:4 : 4 Litle chyldren, ye are of God, & haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in the worlde.
  • John 15:26 : 26 But when the comforter is come, whom I wyl sende vnto you from the father, euen the spirite of trueth, which proceadeth of the father, he shall testifie of me.
  • John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therfore sayde vnto hym: Art thou a kyng then? Iesus aunswered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this cause am I borne, & for this cause came I into the worlde, that I should beare witnesse vnto the trueth: And all that are of the trueth, heare my voyce.
  • John 20:21 : 21 Then sayde Iesus to them agayne, peace be vnto you: As my father sent me, euen so sende I you also.
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul the seruaunt of Iesus Christe, called to be an Apostle, seuered into the Gospel of God.
  • Rom 11:8 : 8 Accordyng as it is written: God hath geuen them the spirite of remorse, eyes that they shoulde not see, and eares that they shoulde not heare, euen vnto this day.
  • 1 Cor 2:12-14 : 12 And 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. 13 Which thynges also we speake, not in the wordes which mans wisedome teacheth, but which ye holy ghost teacheth, comparyng spirituall thynges with spirituall thynges. 14 But the naturall man perceaueth not the thynges of ye spirite of God, for they are foolyshenesse vnto hym: Neither can he knowe them because they are spiritually discerned.
  • John 16:13 : 13 Howebeit, when he is come, whiche is the spirite of trueth, he wyl leade you into all trueth. He shall not speake of himselfe: but whatsoeuer he shal heare, that shall he speake, and he wyll shewe you thynges to come.
  • John 13:20 : 20 Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, he that receaueth whomsoeuer I sende, receaueth me: And he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 Get thee to the lawe, and the testimonie: and if they speake not after this worde, there is no light in them.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For the Lorde hath couered you with a slumbring spirite, and hath closed your eyes: your prophetes also and rulers that shoulde see, them hath he couered.
  • Hos 4:12 : 12 My people aske counsell at their stockes, and their staffe teacheth them: for the spirite of fornication hath caused them to go astray, and they haue committed fornication against their God.
  • Mic 2:11 : 11 If a man walke in the spirite, and would lye falsely saying I wyl prophecie to thee of wine and strong drinke: that were a prophete for this people.
  • Mic 3:8 : 8 Yet notwithstanding, I am full of power by the spirite of the Lorde, and of iudgement, and of strength, to declare vnto Iacob his transgression, and to Israel his sinne.
  • Luke 10:22 : 22 All thynges are geuen me of my father. No man knoweth who the sonne is, but the father, and who the father is, but the sonne, and he to whom the sonne wyll shewe hym.
  • John 8:19 : 19 Then sayde they vnto hym: Where is thy father? Iesus aunswered, Ye neither knowe me, nor yet my father: Yf ye had knowen me, ye should haue knowen my father also.
  • John 8:45-50 : 45 And because I tel you the trueth, therfore ye beleue me not. 46 Which of you rebuketh me of sinne? Yf I say the trueth, why do not ye beleue me? 47 He that is of god, heareth gods wordes. Ye therfore heare the not, because ye are not of God. 48 Then aunswered the Iewes, & saide vnto hym: Say we not well that thou art a Samaritane, and hast the deuyl? 49 Iesus aunswered, I haue not the deuyll: but I honour my father, and ye haue dishonoured me. 50 I seke not myne owne praise, there is one that seketh, and iudgeth.
  • John 10:16 : 16 And other sheepe I haue, which are not of this folde: them also must I bryng, & they shall heare my voyce, and there shalbe one folde, and one sheepehearde.
  • 1 John 4:8 : 8 He that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.
  • Jude 1:17 : 17 But ye beloued, remember the wordes which were spoken before, of the Apostles of our Lorde Iesus Christe.
  • 2 Cor 10:7 : 7 Loke ye on thynges after the vtter appearaunce? If any man trust in hym selfe that he is Christes, let hym consider this agayne of hym selfe, that as he is of Christe, euen so are we of Christe.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 In flamyng fire, rendryng vengeance vnto them that knowe not God, and that obey not the Gospell of our Lorde Iesus Christe.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Euen hym whose commyng is after the workyng of Satan, in all power & signes, and wonders, of lying, 10 And in all deceauablenesse of vnryghteousnesse, in them that peryshe: because they receaued not the loue of the trueth, that they myght be saued. 11 And therefore God shall sende them strong delusion, that they should beleue lyes:
  • 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 Nowe the spirite speaketh euidently, that in the latter tymes some shall depart from the fayth, geuing heede vnto spirites of errour, & doctrines of deuyls,
  • 2 Pet 3:2 : 2 By puttyng you in remembraunce, that ye may be myndfull of the wordes which were tolde before of the holy prophetes, and also the commaundement of vs, whiche be Apostles of the Lorde and sauiour.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 4:1-5
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    1Dearly beloued, beleue not euery spirite: but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not: for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde.

    2Hereby shall ye knowe the spirite of God: Euery spirite that confesseth that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe, is of God:

    3And euery spirite which confesseth not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe, is not of God. And this is that spirite of antichriste, of whom ye haue hearde howe that he shoulde come: and euen nowe alredy is he in the worlde.

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

    5They are of the world, therfore speake they of the worlde, & the world heareth them.

  • 1 John 4:11-13
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    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 4:7-8
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    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.

  • John 8:47
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    47He that is of god, heareth gods wordes. Ye therfore heare the not, because ye are not of God.

  • 1 Cor 2:10-14
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    10But God hath reuealed the vnto vs by his spirite: For the spirite searcheth all thinges, yea the deepe thinges of God.

    11For what man knoweth the thynges of a man, saue ye spirite of man which is in hym? Euen so, the thinges of God, knoweth no man, but ye spirite of God.

    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.

    13Which thynges also we speake, not in the wordes which mans wisedome teacheth, but which ye holy ghost teacheth, comparyng spirituall thynges with spirituall thynges.

    14But the naturall man perceaueth not the thynges of ye spirite of God, for they are foolyshenesse vnto hym: Neither can he knowe them because they are spiritually discerned.

  • 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 3:19-21
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    19Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth, and shall assure our heartes before hym.

    20For yf our heart condempne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all thynges.

    21Dearely beloued, yf our heart condempne vs not, then haue we boldnesse towarde God.

  • 1 John 2:3-5
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    3And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym, yf we kepe his comaundementes.

    4He that sayth I knowe hym, and kepeth not his commaundementes, is a lyer, and the veritie is not in hym:

    5But who so kepeth his worde, in him is the loue of God perfect in deede. Hereby knowe we that we are in hym.

  • 1 John 5:18-20
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    18We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: but he that is begotten of God, kepeth hym selfe, and that wicked toucheth hym not.

    19We knowe that we are of God, & the whole worlde lieth in wickednesse.

    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 3:1
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    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.

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

  • John 9:31
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    31For we be sure, that God heareth not sinners: But yf any man be a worshipper of God, and obedient vnto his wyll, hym heareth he.

  • 1 John 5:2
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    2By this we knowe that we loue the chyldren of God, when we loue God, and kepe his commaundementes.

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

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs.

  • 1 John 3:24
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    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
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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.

  • 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 5:6
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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.

  • 1 John 1:5-6
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    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.

  • 1 John 3:10
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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.

  • 1 John 5:9-10
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    9If we receaue the witnesse of men, the witnesse of God is greater: For this is the witnesse of God that is greater which he testified of his sonne.

    10He that beleueth on the sonne of God, hath the witnesse in hym selfe: He that beleueth not God, hath made hym a lyer, because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne.

  • 1 John 2:19-20
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    19They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: For yf they had ben of vs, they woulde no doubt haue continued with vs: But that it myght appeare that they were not of vs.

    20Neuerthelesse, ye haue an oyntment of hym that is holy, and ye knowe all thynges.

  • 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.

  • John 3:11
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    11Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, we speake that we do knowe, & testifie that we haue seene: and ye receaue not our witnesse.

  • 1 John 5:14-15
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    14And this is the trust that we haue in hym: that yf we aske any thyng accordyng to his wyll, he heareth vs.

    15And yf we knowe that he heare vs, whatsoeuer we aske: we know that we haue ye petitions that we desire of hym.

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