John 1:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of the lyght, that all men through hym myght beleue.

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  • Acts 19:4 : 4 Then sayde Paul: Iohn veryly baptized with the baptisme of repentaunce, saying vnto the people, that they should beleue on hym which shoulde come after hym, that is, on Christe Iesus.
  • John 1:19 : 19 And this is the recorde of Iohn: When the Iewes sent priestes and leuites from Hierusalem, to aske hym: What art thou?
  • John 1:12 : 12 But as many as receaued hym, to them gaue he power to be the sonnes of God, euen them that beleued on his name.
  • John 3:26-36 : 26 And they came vnto Iohn, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyonde Iordane, to whom thou barest witnesse, beholde the same baptizeth, and all men come to hym. 27 Iohn aunswered, and sayde: A man can receaue nothyng, except it be geuen hym from heauen. 28 Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym. 29 He that hath ye bride, is the bridegrome. But the friende of the brydegrome, which standeth & heareth him, reioyceth greatly because of ye brydegromes voyce. This my ioy therfore is fulfylled. 30 He must increace, but I must decreace. 31 He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all: He that is of the earth, is earthlye, and speaketh of the earth. He that commeth from heauen, is aboue all: 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. 34 For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the wordes of God: For God geueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym. 35 The father loueth the sonne, and hath geuen all thynges into his hande. 36 He that beleueth on the sonne, hath euerlastyng lyfe: He that beleueth not the sonne, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abydeth on hym.
  • John 5:33-35 : 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.
  • John 1:15 : 15 Iohn beareth witnesse of hym, and cryeth, saying: This was he of whom I spake, he that commeth after me, is preferred before me, for he was before me.
  • John 1:26-27 : 26 Iohn aunswered them, saying: I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye knowe not, 27 He it is, which though he came after me, was before me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose.
  • John 1:32-34 : 32 And Iohn bare recorde, saying: I sawe the spirite descende from heauen, lyke vnto a doue, and abode vpon hym, 33 And knewe hym not. But he that sent me to baptize with water, the same saide vnto me: vpon whom thou shalt see the spirite descende, and tary styll on hym, the same is he which baptizeth with the holy ghost. 34 And I sawe, and bare recorde, that he is the sonne of God.
  • John 1:36 : 36 And he behelde Iesus as he walked by, & sayth: beholde the lambe of God.
  • Eph 3:9 : 9 And to bring to lyght to all men what the felowship of the misterie is whiche from the begynnyng of the world hath ben hid in god, which made all thinges through Iesus Christe:
  • 1 Tim 2:4 : 4 Who wyll haue all men to be saued, and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth.
  • Titus 2:11 : 11 For there hath appeared the grace of God which is healthful to all men,
  • 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 The Lorde that hath promised, is not slacke, as some men count slacknesse, but is pacient to vswarde forasmuch as he woulde haue no man lost, but wyll receaue all men to repentaunce.
  • John 1:9 : 9 That lyght was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde.

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  • John 1:8-11
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    8 He was not that lyght: but was sent to beare witnesse of the lyght.

    9 That lyght was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde.

    10 He was in the worlde, and the worlde was made by hym, and the worlde knewe hym not.

    11 He came among his owne, and his owne receaued hym not.

  • John 1:3-6
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    3 All thynges were made by it: and without it, was made nothyng that was made.

    4 In it was lyfe, and the lyfe was the lyght of men,

    5 And the lyght shyneth in darkenesse: and the darknesse comprehended it not.

    6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn:

  • John 1:14-15
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    14 And the same word became fleshe, and dwelt among vs ( and we sawe the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten sonne of the father) full of grace and trueth.

    15 Iohn beareth witnesse of hym, and cryeth, saying: This was he of whom I spake, he that commeth after me, is preferred before me, for he was before me.

  • 26 And they came vnto Iohn, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyonde Iordane, to whom thou barest witnesse, beholde the same baptizeth, and all men come to hym.

  • 46 I am come a lyght into ye worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth on me, should not byde in darknesse.

  • John 1:28-35
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    28 These thynges were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordane, where Iohn dyd baptize.

    29 The next day, Iohn seeth Iesus comming vnto hym, and saith, beholde the lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the worlde.

    30 This is he of whom I sayde, After me commeth a man, which is preferred before me, for he was before me.

    31 And I knewe hym not: but that he shoulde be declared to Israel, therfore am I come, baptizing with water.

    32 And Iohn bare recorde, saying: I sawe the spirite descende from heauen, lyke vnto a doue, and abode vpon hym,

    33 And knewe hym not. But he that sent me to baptize with water, the same saide vnto me: vpon whom thou shalt see the spirite descende, and tary styll on hym, the same is he which baptizeth with the holy ghost.

    34 And I sawe, and bare recorde, that he is the sonne of God.

    35 The next day after, Iohn stoode agayne, and two of his disciples.

  • John 3:19-21
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    19 And this is the condempnation: that lyght is come into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then lyght, because their deedes were euyll.

    20 For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued.

    21 But he that doeth trueth, cometh to the lyght, yt his deedes may be knowen, howe that they are wrought in God.

  • John 5:32-35
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    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.

  • 2 Which bare recorde of the worde of God, and of the testimonie of Iesus Christe, and of all thinges that he sawe.

  • 1 John 1:1-3
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    1 That whiche was fro the beginning, whiche we haue heard, which we haue seene with our eyes, whiche we haue loked vpo, & our handes haue handeled of, the worde of lyfe:

    2 (And the lyfe appeared, and we haue seene, and beare witnesse, and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was with the father, and appeared vnto vs.)

    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.

  • 28 Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym.

  • 18 And the disciples of Iohn, shewed hym of all these thynges.

  • 6 This 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.

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

  • John 1:17-19
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    17 For the lawe was geuen by Moyses: but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christe.

    18 No man hath seene God at any tyme: The onely begotten sonne which is in the bosome of the father, he hath declared hym.

    19 And this is the recorde of Iohn: When the Iewes sent priestes and leuites from Hierusalem, to aske hym: What art thou?

  • 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.

  • 9 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.

  • 27 This is he, of whom it is written: Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • 7 And preached, saying: He that is stronger then I, commeth after me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to stowpe downe, and vnloose.

  • 3 A voyce of hym that crieth in the wyldernesse: Prepare ye the waye of the Lorde, and make his pathes strayght.

  • 41 And many resorted vnto hym, and sayde: Iohn dyd no miracle, but all thynges that Iohn spake of this man were true.

  • 3 For this is he, of whom it is spoken by the prophete Esayas, saying. The voyce of one crying in the wyldernesse: prepare ye the way of the Lorde, make his pathes strayght.

  • 79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace.

  • 26 Iohn aunswered them, saying: I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye knowe not,

  • 35 And he that sawe it, bare recorde, and his recorde is true: & he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might beleue also.

  • 5 And all the land of Iurie, and they of Hierusalem, went out vnto hym, and were all baptized of hym in the ryuer of Iordane, confessyng their synnes.

  • 13 Then commeth Iesus from Galilee to Iordane, vnto Iohn, to be baptized of hym.