1 John 5:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If 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.

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  • Matt 3:16-17 : 16 And Iesus, when he was baptized, came strayghtwaye out of the water, and loe the heauens was open vnto hym, and (Iohn) sawe the spirite of God descendyng lyke a doue, and lyghtyng vpon hym. 17 And loe, there (came) a voyce from the heauens, saying: This is my beloued sonne, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 Because he hath appoynted a day in the which he wyll iudge the worlde in ryghteousnesse, by that man by whom he hath appoynted, and hath offered fayth to all men, in that he hath raysed hym from the dead.
  • John 10:38 : 38 But yf I do, and yf ye beleue not me, beleue the workes: that ye may knowe and beleue, that the father is in me, and I in hym.
  • 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.
  • Heb 2:4 : 4 God bearyng witnesse therto both with signes & wonders also, and with diuers powers and gyftes of the holy ghost, accordyng to his owne wyll.
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolation, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs:
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 He 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.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 Whyle he yet spake, beholde, a bryght cloude shadowed them: And beholde, there came a voyce out of the cloude, which sayde, this is my beloued sonne in whom I am well pleased, heare hym.
  • John 3:32-33 : 32 And what he hath seene and hearde, that he testifieth: and no man receaueth his testimonie. 33 He that hath receaued his testimonie, hath set to his seale, that God is true.
  • John 5:31-37 : 31 Yf I shoulde beare witnesse of my selfe, my witnesse were not true. 32 There is another that beareth witnesse of me, and I am sure that the witnesse which he beareth of me is true. 33 Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth. 34 But I receaue not the recorde of man: Neuerthelesse, these thinges I say, that ye myght be safe. 35 He was a burnyng & a shynyng lyght, and ye would for a season haue reioyced in his lyght. 36 But I haue greater witnesse, then the witnesse of Iohn: For the workes whiche the father hath geuen me to finishe, the same workes that I do, beare witnesse of me, that the father hath sent me. 37 And the father hymselfe which hath sent me, hath borne witnesse of me. Ye haue not hearde his voyce at any tyme, nor seene his shape,
  • John 5:39 : 39 Searche the scriptures, for in them ye thynke ye haue eternall lyfe: and they are they which testifie of me.
  • John 8:17-19 : 17 It is also written in your lawe, that the testimonie of two men is true. 18 I am one that beareth witnesse of my selfe, & the father that sent me beareth witnesse of me. 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.

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  • 1 John 5:10-13
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    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.

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

    12He that hath the sonne, hath lyfe: and he that hath not the sonne of God, hath not lyfe.

    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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    5Who is it that ouercommeth ye worlde, but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God?

    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.

    7For there are three which beare recorde in heauen, the father, the worde, and the holy ghost, and these three are one.

    8And there are three which beare recorde in earth, the spirite, and water, and blood, and these three agree in one.

  • John 3:32-33
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    32And what he hath seene and hearde, that he testifieth: and no man receaueth his testimonie.

    33He that hath receaued his testimonie, hath set to his seale, that God is true.

  • John 5:31-34
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    31Yf I shoulde beare witnesse of my selfe, my witnesse were not true.

    32There is another that beareth witnesse of me, and I am sure that the witnesse which he beareth of me is true.

    33Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth.

    34But I receaue not the recorde of man: Neuerthelesse, these thinges I say, that ye myght be safe.

  • John 5:36-37
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    36But I haue greater witnesse, then the witnesse of Iohn: For the workes whiche the father hath geuen me to finishe, the same workes that I do, beare witnesse of me, that the father hath sent me.

    37And the father hymselfe which hath sent me, hath borne witnesse of me. Ye haue not hearde his voyce at any tyme, nor seene his shape,

  • 3 John 1:12
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    12Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the trueth it selfe: Yea, and we our selues also beare recorde, and ye knowe that our recorde is true.

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    32And we are recordes of these thynges which we say, & so is also the holy ghost, whom God hath geuen to them that obey hym.

  • Heb 10:15
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    15And the holy ghost also beareth vs recorde: For after that he tolde before,

  • John 8:17-18
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    17It is also written in your lawe, that the testimonie of two men is true.

    18I am one that beareth witnesse of my selfe, & the father that sent me beareth witnesse of me.

  • 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.

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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.

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

    14And we haue seene, and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde.

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    23Because that all men shoulde honour the sonne, euen as they honour the father. He that honoureth not the sonne, the same honoureth not ye father which hath sent hym.

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  • 2 John 1:9
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    34And I sawe, and bare recorde, that he is the sonne of God.

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