3 John 1:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I haue no greater ioy, the for to heare how that my sonnes walke in veritie.

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  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My litle chyldren, of whom I trauayle in birth agayne, vntyll Christe be fashioned in you.
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 I beseche thee for my sonne Onesimus, whom I haue begotten in my bondes:
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel, I saide vnto Peter before them all: If thou beyng a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the gentiles, and not as do the Iewes: Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes?
  • 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 Unto Timothie a natural sonne in the faith: Grace, mercie and peace from God our father and Iesus Christe our Lorde.
  • 2 Tim 1:2 : 2 To Timothie a beloued sonne: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the father, and Christe Iesus our Lorde.
  • 1 Kgs 2:4 : 4 That the Lorde also may make good his worde which he spake vnto me, saying: If thy children take heede to their way, that they walke before me in trueth, with all their heartes, & with al their soules, thou shalt not (saith he) be without a man on the seate of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 And Solomon sayde: Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaut Dauid my father great mercie, when he walked before thee in trueth, in righteousnesse, and in plainnesse of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, that thou hast geuen him a sonne to sit on his seate, as it is come to passe this day.
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 I beseche the, O Lorde, remember now how I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfect heart, & haue done that whiche is good in thy sight. And Hezekia wept sore.
  • Ps 26:1-3 : 1 Of Dauid. Iudge thou me O God, for I haue walked in my perfection: my trust also hath ben in God therfore I shall not fall. 2 Examine me O God and proue me: trye out my reynes and my heart. 3 For thy louing kindnes is before mine eyes: and I wyll walke in thy trueth.
  • Prov 23:24 : 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 But lo, as for me and the chyldren whiche the Lorde hath geuen me, we are to be a token and a wonder in Israel from the Lorde of hoastes, whiche dwelleth vpon the hill of Sion.
  • Isa 38:3 : 3 And sayde: Remember O Lorde I beseche thee, that I haue walked before thee in trueth and a stedfast heart, & haue done the thyng that is pleasaunt to thee. And Hezekia wept sore.
  • John 12:35-36 : 35 Then Iesus sayde vnto them: Yet a litle while is the light with you. Walke while ye haue light, lest the darknesse come on you: For he that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth. 36 Whyle ye haue lyght, beleue on the lyght, that ye may be the chyldren of the lyght. These thynges spake Iesus, and departed, & hyd hym selfe from the.
  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I write not these thynges to shame you, but as my beloued sonnes I warne you. 15 For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: For in Christe Iesu I haue begotten you through the Gospell.

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  • 3 John 1:1-3
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    1 The elder vnto ye beloued Gaius, whom I loue in the trueth.

    2 Beloued, I wishe in all thynges that thou prosperedst and faredst well, euen as thy soule prospereth.

    3 For I reioyced greatly, when the brethren came & testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in ye trueth.

  • 2 John 1:1-5
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    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:

    2 For the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs, and shalbe in vs for euer:

    3 Grace be with you, mercie, and peace from God the father, & from the Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of the father, in trueth and loue.

    4 I reioyced greatly, that I founde of thy chyldren walkyng in trueth, as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father.

    5 And nowe beseche I thee Lady, not as though I wrote a newe commaundement vnto thee: but that same which we haue had from the begynnyng, that we shoulde loue one another.

  • 1 John 1:3-6
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    3 That 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.

    4 And this write we vnto you, that your ioy may be full,

    5 And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym & declare vnto you, that God is lyght, & in hym is no darkenesse at all.

    6 If we saye that we haue felowship with hym, and walke in darkenesse, we lye, and do not the trueth.

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

  • 4 Desiryng to see thee, myndefull of thy teares: that I may be fylled with ioy.

  • 2 Cor 2:3-4
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    3 And I wrote this same vnto you, lest when I came, I shoulde take heauynesse of them of whom I ought to reioyce. This confidence haue I toward you all, that my ioy is the ioy of you all.

    4 For in great affliction and anguishe of heart, I wrote vnto you with many teares, not that ye shoulde be made sorie, but that ye myght perceaue the loue which I haue, most specially vnto you.

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    18 My babes, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue: but in deede and in veritie.

    19 Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth, and shall assure our heartes before hym.

  • 11 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remayne in you, and that your ioy myght be full.

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

  • 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym.

  • 13 Nowe come I to thee, and these wordes speake I in the worlde, that they myght haue my ioy fulfylled in them seues.

  • 18 What then? So that Christe be preached any maner of way, whether it be by pretence, or by trueth, I ioy therein, and wyll ioy.

  • 6 Reioyceth not in iniquitie: bur reioyceth in the trueth:

  • 21 I haue not written vnto you, as though ye knewe not the trueth: but because ye knowe it, and that no lye is of the trueth.

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    12 I had many thynges to write vnto you: neuerthelesse, I woulde not write with paper & inke, but I trust to come vnto you, and speake with you mouth to mouth, that our ioy may be full.

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

  • 20 Yes, ye are our glorie and ioy.

  • 12 Demetrius 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.

  • 19 My litle chyldren, of whom I trauayle in birth agayne, vntyll Christe be fashioned in you.

  • 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.

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

  • 26 That your reioysyng may be ye more aboundaunt in Iesus Christe for me, by my commyng to you agayne.

  • 28 And nowe babes abide in him, that when he shal appeare, we may be bolde and not be made ashamed of hym at his commyng.

  • 8 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:

  • 8 We therfore ought to receaue such, that we myght be helpers to the trueth.

  • 8 For we can do nothyng agaynst the trueth: but for the trueth.

  • 17 Sanctifie them through thy trueth. Thy worde is the trueth.

  • 4 ( Alwayes in all my prayer for all you, makyng prayer with gladnesse,)

  • 18 For the same cause also do ye reioyce, and reioyce with me.

  • 4 I am very bolde ouer you, I reioyce greatly in you. I am fylled with comfort, and am exceedyng ioyous in all our tribulation.

  • 12 For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.

  • 1 I say ye trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost,

  • 3 For thy louing kindnes is before mine eyes: and I wyll walke in thy trueth.

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

  • 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.

  • 1 Therfore my brethren beloued & longed for, my ioy and crowne, so continue in the Lorde ye beloued.

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

  • 28 Ye haue hearde howe I sayde vnto you, I go away, and come agayne vnto you. Yf ye loued me, ye woulde veryly reioyce, because I sayde, I go vnto the father: for the father is greater then I.

  • 15 But folowyng trueth in loue, let vs growe vp into him in all thynges whiche is the head, Christ: