1 Thessalonians 1:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Knowyng, brethren beloued, your election of God.

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  • 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lorde, because that God hath fro the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite, & in fayth of the trueth:
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Wherfore brethren, geue the more diligence for to make your callyng and election sure: For yf ye do such thynges, ye shall neuer fall.
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Without 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.
  • Titus 3:4-5 : 4 But after that the kyndenesse and loue of our sauiour God to manwarde appeared, 5 Not of workes which be in ryghteousnesse wrought, but accordyng to his mercie, he saued vs by the fountayne of regeneration and renuyng of the holy ghost,
  • Rom 1:7 : 7 To all that be in Rome, beloued of God, saintes by callyng, grace to you, and peace, from God our father, and the Lorde Iesus Christe.
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 For we knowe yt all thinges worke for the best, vnto them that loue God, to them which also are called of purpose. 29 For those which he knewe before, he also dyd predestinate, that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne, that he myght be ye first begotten among many brethren. 30 Moreouer, whom he dyd predestinate, the also he called. And whom he called, them also he iustified: And whom he iustified, them he also glorified.
  • Rom 9:25 : 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.
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world, that we shoulde be holy, and without blame before hym, through loue.
  • 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:
  • Phil 1:6-7 : 6 And beyng perswaded of this same thyng, that he which hath begun good worke in you, wyll perfourme it vntyll the day of Iesus Christe, 7 As it becommeth me to iudge this of you al, because I haue you in my heart, and in my bondes, in the defence and confirmation of the Gospell, you all beyng partakers of my grace.
  • Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therfore (as the elect of God, holy and beloued) bowels of mercie, kyndenesse, humblenesse of mynde, mekenesse, long sufferyng,
  • Rom 11:5-7 : 5 Euen so at this tyme, there is a remnaunt, according to the election of grace. 6 If it be of grace, then is it not nowe of workes: For the grace is no more grace. But yf it be of workes, then is it nowe no grace: For then worke is no more worke. 7 What then? Israel hath not obtayned that which he sought: but the election hath obtayned it, the remnaunt hath ben blynded,
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 Elect accordyng to the foreknoweledge of God the father, vnto the sanctifiyng of the spirite, through obedience & sprinklyng of ye blood of Iesus Christ: Grace & peace be multiplied vnto you.
  • 2 Tim 1:9-9 : 9 Who hath saued vs, & called vs with an holy callyng, not accordyng to our workes: but accordyng to his owne purpose and grace, which was geuen vs in Christe Iesus, before the world began: 10 But is nowe made manifest by the appearyng of our sauiour Iesus Christ, who hath put away death, and hath brought life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospell:

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  • 3 Without 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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    13 But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lorde, because that God hath fro the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite, & in fayth of the trueth:

    14 Wherevnto he called you by our Gospell, to the obteyning of the glorie of our Lorde Iesus Christe.

  • 5 For our Gospell came not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy ghost, and in much certayntie, as ye knowe after what maner we were among you for your sake.

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

    5 For 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,

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    10 Wherfore brethren, geue the more diligence for to make your callyng and election sure: For yf ye do such thynges, ye shall neuer fall.

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

  • 1 Pet 1:2-4
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    2 Elect accordyng to the foreknoweledge of God the father, vnto the sanctifiyng of the spirite, through obedience & sprinklyng of ye blood of Iesus Christ: Grace & peace be multiplied vnto you.

    3 Blessed 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,

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

  • Eph 1:4-6
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    4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world, that we shoulde be holy, and without blame before hym, through loue.

    5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childre, by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe, according to the good pleasure of his wyll:

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

  • 8 Who also declared vnto vs your loue in the spirite.

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

  • 17 But ye beloued, remember the wordes which were spoken before, of the Apostles of our Lorde Iesus Christe.

  • 11 Wherfore also we praye alwayes for you, that our God woulde make you worthy of the callyng, & fulfyll all good pleasure of goodnesse in the worke of fayth in power:

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

  • Phlm 1:5-6
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    5 Hearyng of thy loue and fayth, which thou hast towarde the Lorde Iesus, and towarde all saintes:

    6 That the felowshippe of thy fayth may be effectuall in the knowledge of euery good worke which is in you, towarde Christe Iesus.

  • 1 For ye your selues, brethren, knowe our entraunce in vnto you, yt it was not in vayne:

  • 26 Brethren, ye see your callyng, howe that not many wise men after the fleshe, not many myghtie, not many noble are called.

  • Eph 1:17-18
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    17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe, the father of glorie, may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation, in the knowledge of hym:

    18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened, that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng, and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes:

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

    21 Which 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:

    22 Euen 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:

  • 13 The sonnes of thy elect sister greete thee. Amen.

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

  • 2 Pet 1:2-3
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    2 Grace and peace be multiplied vnto you, through the knowledge of God, and of Iesus our Lorde:

    3 Accordyng as his godly power hath geuen vnto vs all thynges that parteine vnto lyfe and godlynesse, through the knowledge of hym that hath called vs vnto glorie and vertue:

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    3 We are bound to thanke God alwayes for you brethren, as it is meete, because that your fayth groweth exceedyngly, and the loue of euery one of you toward another aboundeth:

    4 So 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,

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

  • 12 And we beseche you brethren to know them whiche labour among you, and haue the ouersight of you in the Lorde, and admonishe you:

  • 9 God is faythfull, by whom ye are called vnto the felowship of his sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde.

  • 9 But as touchyng brotherly loue, ye nede not that I write vnto you: For ye are taught of God to loue one another.

  • 1 The elder to the elect Lady & her chyldren, whom I loue in the trueth: and not I only, but also all that haue knowen ye trueth:

  • 5 For your felowship in the Gospell, fro the first day vntyll nowe.

  • 1 Cor 1:4-6
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    4 I thanke my God alwayes on your behalfe, for the grace of God whiche is geuen you in Iesus Christe:

    5 That in all thynges ye are made riche in hym, in all vtteraunce, & in all knowledge:

    6 As the testimonie of Iesus Christ was confirmed in you.

  • 1 Paul a seruaunt of God, & an Apostle of Iesus Christe, according to the fayth of Gods elect, & the knowledge of ye trueth, whiche is after godlynesse,

  • 7 In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse, in brotherly kyndnesse loue.

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

  • 3 Knowyng (this) that the trying of your fayth worketh patience:

  • 1 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.

  • 18 Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth, that we shoulde be the first fruites of his creatures.

  • 10 That ye myght walke worthie of the Lorde in all pleasyng, beyng fruitefull in all good workes, and encreasyng in the knowledge of God,