Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 5:1 | Whosoeuer beleeueth that Iesus is that Christ, is borne of God: and euery one that loueth him, which begate, loueth him also which is begotten of him. |
| 5:2 | In this we know that we loue the children of God, when we loue God, and keepe his commandements. |
| 5:3 | For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements: and his commandements are not burdenous. |
| 5:4 | For all that is borne of God, ouercommeth this world: and this is that victorie that hath ouercome this world, euen our faith. |
| 5:5 | Who is it that ouercommeth this world, but he which beleeueth that Iesus is that Sonne of God? |
| 5:6 | This is that Iesus Christ that came by water and blood: not by water onely, but by water and blood: and it is that Spirit, that beareth witnesse: for that Spirit is trueth. |
| 5:7 | For there are three, which beare recorde in heauen, the Father, the Worde, and the holy Ghost: and these three are one. |
| 5:8 | And there are three, which beare record in the earth, the spirit, and the water and the blood: and these three agree in one. |
| 5:9 | If we receiue the witnesse of men, the witnesse of God is greater: for this is the witnesse of God, which he testified of his Sonne. |
| 5:10 | He that beleeueth in that Sonne of God, hath the witnes in himselfe: he that beleeueth not God, hath made him a lyar, because he beleeued not ye record, that God witnessed of that his Sonne. |
| 5:11 | And this is that record, to wit, that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life, and this life is in that his Sonne. |
| 5:12 | He that hath that Sonne, hath that life: and he that hath not that Sonne of God, hath not that life. |
| 5:13 | These things haue I written vnto you, that beleeue in the Name of that Sonne of God, that ye may knowe that ye haue eternall life, and that ye may beleeue in the Name of that Sonne of God. |
| 5:14 | And this is that assurance, that we haue in him, that if we aske any thing according to his will, he heareth vs. |
| 5:15 | And if we know that he heareth vs, whatsoeuer we aske, we know that we haue the petitions, that we haue desired of him. |
| 5:16 | If any man see his brother sinne a sinne that is not vnto death, let him aske, and he shall giue him life for them that sinne not vnto death. There is a sinne vnto death: I say not that thou shouldest pray for it. |
| 5:17 | All vnrighteousnesse is sinne, but there is a sinne not vnto death. |
| 5:18 | We know that whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himselfe, and that wicked one toucheth him not. |
| 5:19 | We knowe that we are of God, and this whole world lieth in wickednesse. |
| 5:20 | But we know that that Sone of God is come, and hath giue vs a mind to know him, which is true: and we are in him that is true, that is, in that his Sone Iesus Christ: this same is that very God, and that eternal life. |
| 5:21 | Litle children, keepe your selues from idoles, Amen. |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
This version is significant because, it came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids, which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features, all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.