1 Peter 1:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Whom 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:

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  • John 20:29 : 29 Iesus sayth vnto hym: Thomas, because thou hast seene me, thou hast beleued: Blessed are they that haue not seene, and yet haue beleued.
  • 2 Cor 5:7 : 7 (For we walke by fayth, not after outwarde appearaunce.)
  • 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.
  • Matt 25:35-40 : 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me. 37 Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke? 38 When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee? 40 And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me.
  • 2 Cor 4:18 : 18 Whyle we loke not on the thynges whiche are seene, but on the thynges which are not seene. For the thynges which are seene, are temporall: but the things which are not seene, are eternal.
  • Heb 11:1 : 1 Fayth is the grounde of thynges hoped for, the euidence of thynges not seene.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all dead. 15 And he dyed for all, that they which lyue, shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto hym which dyed for them, and rose agayne.
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 So when they had dyned, Iesus saith to Simon Peter: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me more then these? He sayd vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayth vnto hym: feede my lambes. 16 He sayth to hym agayne the seconde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? He sayth vnto hym: Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He sayde vnto hym: feede my sheepe. 17 He sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme, louest thou me: And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou knowest all thynges, thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus sayth vnto hym: feede my sheepe.
  • Acts 16:34 : 34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and ioyed that he with all his householde beleued on God.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kyngdome of God, is not meat and drinke: but righteousnesse, & peace, and ioy in the holy ghost.
  • Rom 15:13 : 13 The God of hope, fyll you with al ioy and peace in beleuyng, that ye may be riche in hope, through the power of the holy ghost.
  • 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 Yf any man loue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, the same be Anathema maranatha.
  • 2 Cor 1:22 : 22 Which hath also sealed vs, and hath geuen the earnest of the spirite in our heartes.
  • 1 Pet 1:6 : 6 In the which ye reioyce, though nowe for a season (yf nede require) ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations:
  • 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 Unto you therfore which beleue, he is precious: but vnto them whiche beleue not, the stone which the buylders refused, the same is made the head of the corner:
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory.
  • 1 John 4:19-20 : 19 We loue hym, for he loued vs first. 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?
  • John 8:42 : 42 Iesus saide vnto them: Yf God were your father, truely ye woulde loue me: For I proceaded foorth, and came from God: neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.
  • John 14:15 : 15 If ye loue me, kepe my commaundementes,
  • John 14:21 : 21 He that hath my commaundementes, and kepeth them, the same is he that loueth me: And he that loueth me, shalbe loued of my father, and I wyll loue him, and wyll shew myne owne selfe to hym.
  • John 14:24 : 24 He that loueth me not, kepeth not my sayinges: And the word which ye heare, is not myne, but the fathers which sent me.
  • John 16:22 : 22 And ye nowe therefore haue sorowe: but I wyll see you agayne, and your heartes shall reioyce, and your ioy shall no man take from you.
  • Song 1:7 : 7 Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth, where thou feedest the sheepe, where thou makest them rest at the noone day: for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions?
  • Song 5:9 : 9 What maner of man is thy loue aboue other louers, O thou fairest among women? Or what can thy loue do more then other louers, that thou chargest vs so straytly?
  • Song 5:16 : 16 The wordes of his mouth are sweete: yea he is altogether louely: Such a one is my loue O ye daughters of Hierusalem, such a one is my loue.
  • Hab 3:17-18 : 17 For the figgetree shall not floorish, neither shall fruite be in the vines: the labour of the oliue shall fayle, & the fieldes shall yelde no meate: the sheepe shalbe cut of from the folde, and there shalbe no bullocke in the stalles. 18 But I will reioyce in the Lord, I will ioy in the God of my saluation.
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 He that loueth father or mother, more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that loueth sonne or daughter, more the me, is not worthy of me.
  • 2 Cor 12:4 : 4 Howe that he was take vp into paradise, & hearde vnspeakeable wordes, which is not lawfull for man to vtter.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Iesus Christe, neither is circumcision any thing woorth, neither yet vncircumcision: but fayth, which worketh by loue.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruite of the spirite is, loue, ioye, peace, long sufferyng, gentlenesse, goodnesse, fayth,
  • Eph 1:13-14 : 13 In whom also ye, after that ye heard the worde of trueth, the Gospell of your saluation, wherin also after that ye beleued, were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse, 14 Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce, vnto ye redemption of the purchased possession, vnto the prayse of his glorie.
  • Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christe in sinceritie. Amen. Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians, by Tichicus.
  • Phil 1:25 : 25 And this am I sure of, that I shall abyde & continue with you all, for your furtheraunce and ioy of fayth,
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirite, and reioyce in Christ Iesus, and haue no confidence in the fleshe:
  • Phil 4:4 : 4 Reioyce in the Lorde alway, and agayne I say reioyce.
  • 2 Cor 9:15 : 15 Thankes be vnto God, for his vnspeakeable gyft.

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  • 1 Pet 1:3-7
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    3Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope, by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death,

    4To an inheritaunce immortall, and vndefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserued in heauen for you,

    5Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme.

    6In the which ye reioyce, though nowe for a season (yf nede require) ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations:

    7That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe,

  • 9Receauyng the ende of your fayth, euen the saluation of your soules.

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    18Forasmuch as ye knowe, howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges, as siluer and golde, from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers:

    19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lambe vndefiled, & without spot:

    20Which was ordeyned beforehande, euen before the worlde was made, but was declared in the last tymes for your sakes:

    21Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death, and glorified hym, that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God:

    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:

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    12Dearely beloued, thinke it not straunge concerning the fierie triall, which thing is to trye you, as though some straunge thyng happened vnto you.

    13But reioyce, in as much as ye are partakers of Christes passions: that when his glory appeareth, ye maye be mery and glad.

  • 14Wherfore dearely beloued, seyng that ye loke for such thynges, be diligent that ye may be founde of hym in peace, without spot, and vndefyled:

  • 24Unto him that is able to kepe you free from sinne, and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glory with ioy,

  • Col 1:4-5
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    4Sence we hearde of your fayth in Christe Iesus, and of the loue which is to all saintes,

    5For the hopes sake which is layde vp for you in heauen, of which hope ye hearde before, in the worde of trueth of the Gospell,

  • 1 John 1:3-4
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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,

  • 3Without ceassyng, callyng to remembraunce the worke of your fayth, and labour of loue, and patient abidyng in the hope of our Lorde Iesus Christe, in the syght of God and our father.

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    13Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you, by the reuelation of Iesus Christe:

    14As obedient chyldren, not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce:

  • 18Whyle we loke not on the thynges whiche are seene, but on the thynges which are not seene. For the thynges which are seene, are temporall: but the things which are not seene, are eternal.

  • 15Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus, and loue vnto all the saintes,

  • 11Yea, and by this meanes an entryng in shalbe ministred vnto you aboudantlye, into the euerlastyng kyngdome of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe.

  • 5Hearyng of thy loue and fayth, which thou hast towarde the Lorde Iesus, and towarde all saintes:

  • 21And kepe your selues in the loue of God, lokyng for the mercie of our Lord Iesus Christe, vnto eternall lyfe.

  • 1Fayth is the grounde of thynges hoped for, the euidence of thynges not seene.

  • 10When he shall come to be glorified in his saintes, and to be made marueylous in all them that beleue (because our testimonie toward you was beleued) in that day.

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    19For what is our hope, or ioy, or crowne of reioycyng? Are not ye it in the presence of our Lorde Iesus Christe, at his commyng?

    20Yes, ye are our glorie and ioy.

  • 13The God of hope, fyll you with al ioy and peace in beleuyng, that ye may be riche in hope, through the power of the holy ghost.

  • 5Beloued, thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to straungers,

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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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.

    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.

  • 8Whiche shall also strength you vnto the ende, that ye may be blamelesse in the day of our Lord Iesus Christ.

  • 9But as it is written: The eye hath not seen, & the eare hath not heard, neither haue entred into the heart of man, the thynges which God hath prepared for them that loue hym.

  • 7For we haue great ioy & consolation in thy loue, because the bowels of the saintes are refresshed by thee, brother.

  • 6And ye became folowers of vs, and of the Lorde, receauyng the worde in much affliction, with ioy of the holy ghost:

  • 4So that we our selues reioyce in you in the Churches of God, ouer your pacience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye suffer,

  • 29Iesus sayth vnto hym: Thomas, because thou hast seene me, thou hast beleued: Blessed are they that haue not seene, and yet haue beleued.

  • 8For yf these thynges be among you, and be plenteous, they wyll make you that ye neither shalbe idle nor vnfruitefull in the knowledge of our Lorde Iesus Christe.

  • 13To stablyshe your heartes vnblameable, in holynesse before God and our father, in the commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, with all his saintes.

  • 7(For we walke by fayth, not after outwarde appearaunce.)

  • 25But and yf we hope for that we see not, the do we with pacience abide for it.

  • 9Neuerthelesse, deare frendes, we haue perswaded our selues better thynges of you, and thynges whiche accompanie saluation, though we thus speake.

  • 11Strenthened with all might, through his glorious power, vnto all patience and long sufferyng with ioyfulnesse:

  • 16For we haue not folowed deceitfull fables, when we opened vnto you the power and commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, but with our eyes we sawe his maiestie:

  • 27To whom God woulde make knowe what is the riches of the glorie of this misterie among the gentiles, which is Christe in you, the hope of glorie:

  • 10But the God of all grace whiche hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christe Iesus, shal his owne selfe, after that ye haue suffred a litle affliction, make you perfite, setle, strength, and stablyshe you.