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The Great Bible 1539
| 5:1 | Whosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christ, is borne of God. And euery one that loueth hym which begat, loueth him also which was begotten of him. |
| 5:2 | By this we knowe, that we loue the chyldren of God, when we loue God, and kepe his commaundementes. |
| 5:3 | For this is the loue of God, that We kepe his commaundementes, and his commaundementes are not greuous. |
| 5:4 | For all that is borne of God, ouercommeth the worlde. And this is the victory that ouer commeth the worlde, euen oure fayth. |
| 5:5 | Who is it that ouercommeth the worlde: but he which beleueth, that Iesus is the sonne of God? |
| 5:6 | This Iesus Christ is he that cam by water & bloud, not by water onely: but by water and bloud. And it is the sprete that beareth wytnes, because the sprete is trueth. |
| 5:7 | (For ther are thre which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde & the wholy goost. And these thre are one.) |
| 5:8 | And ther are thre which beare recorde (in earth) the sprete & water, and bloud: & these thre are one. |
| 5:9 | If we receaue the wytnes of men, the witnes of God is greater. For this is the witnes of God (that is greater) which he testifyed of his sonne. |
| 5:10 | He that beleueth on the sonne of God, hath the witnes in hym selfe. He that be beleueth not God, hath made him a liar |
| 5:11 | because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of hys sonne. And this is that recorde, how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe, & this lyfe is in hys sonne. |
| 5:12 | He that hath the sonne hath lyfe: & he that hath not the sonne of God, hath not lyfe. |
| 5:13 | These thynges haue I wrytten vnto you that beleue on the name of the sonne of God, that ye maye knowe, how that ye haue eternall lyfe, & that ye maye beleue on the name of the sonne of God. |
| 5:14 | And thys is the trust that we haue in hym: that yf we aske eny thynge accordynge to hys wyll, he heareth vs. |
| 5:15 | And yf we knowe that he heare vs whatsoeuer we aske, we knowe, that we haue the peticyons, that we desyre of hym. |
| 5:16 | If eny man se hys brother synne a synne not vnto deeth, let him aske, & he shall geue him lyfe for them that synne not vnto deeth. Ther is a synne vnto deeth, for which saye I not that a man shuld praye. |
| 5:17 | All vnryghtewesnes is synne, & ther is synne not vnto deeth |
| 5:18 | We knowe, that whosoeuer is borne of God, synneth not: but he that is begotten of God, kepeth hym selfe, & that wycked toucheth hym not. |
| 5:19 | We knowe, that we are of God, and the worlde is all together set on wyckednes. |
| 5:20 | We knowe, that the sonne of God is come, and hath geuen vs a mynde to knowe hym which is true: & we are in hym that is true, through is sonne Iesu Christ. This same is very God, and eternall lyfe. |
| 5:21 | Babes kepes youre selues from ymages. Amen. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."