The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

BEholde what love the father hath she∣wed on vs / that we shuld be called the sonnes of god. For this cause the worl¦de knoweth you not because it knoweth not him. Derely beloved / now are we y^e sonnes of God / & yet it dothe not appere what we shal¦be. But we knowe that when it shall appere / we shalbe lyke him. For we shall se him as he is. And every man that hath thys hope in him pourgeth him silfe / even as he ys pure. Whosover committeth synne / committeth vnrighteousnes also / for synne is * 1.1 vnrigh∣teousnes. And ye knowe that he appered to take awaye oure synnes / and in him is no synne. As many as byde in him synne not: whosoever synneth hath not sene him / nether hath knowen him.

Babes let no man deceave you / He that [ B] doeth righteousnes / is righteous / even as he is righteous. He that cōmitteth synne / is of the devill: for the devyll synneth sence the be¦gynnynge.* 1.2 For this purpose appered the son¦ne of god / to lowse the workes of the devill. Whosoever is borne of god / sinneth not: for his seed remayneth in him and he cannot sin¦ne / because* 1.3 he is borne of god. In this are the children of god knowen / and the children of

the devyll. Whosoever doeth not rightewes∣nes / is not of God / nether he that loveth not his brother.* 1.4

For this is the tydinges / that ye hearde frō the begynninge / that we shuld love one ano∣ther: not as Cayn which was of the wicked and slewe his brother. And wherfore slewe he him? Because his awne workes were evyst / & his brothers good. ✚ Marvayle not my bre∣thren though the worlde hate you. We kno∣we that we are translated from * 1.5 deeth vnto lyfe / be cause we love the brethren. He that lo¦veth not his brother / abydeth in deeth. Who∣soever hateth his brother / is a man slear. And ye knowe that no man slear / hath eternall lyfe abydinge in him.

Herby perceave we love: that he gave his [ D] lyfe for vs: and therfore ought we also to geve oure lyves for the brethrē. Whosoever hath this worldes good & seith his hrother have neade: & shutteth vp his cōpassion from him: how dwelleth the love of God in him? My ba¦bes / let vs not love in worde / nether in tonge: but with dede and in veritie: ✚ for * 1.6 therby we knowe that we are of the veritie / and can before him quiet oure hertes. But yf oure hertes condempne vs / God is gretter then oure hertes / and knoweth all thinges. Belo∣ved / yf oure hertes condempne vs not / then have we trust to god warde: and what soever we axe / we shall receave of him: because we* 1.7 kepe his commaundementes / and do those thinges which are pleasinge in his sight.

And this is his cōmaundemēt / that we be∣leve * 1.8 on y^e name of his sonne Iesus Christ / & love one another / as he gave cōmaundemēt. And he y^t kepeth his cōmaundemētes dwel∣leth in him / and he in him: & therby we knowe that ther abydeth in vs of the sprete which he gave vs.

Notes

• * 1.1

  He that worketh ryghteou¦snes / is borne of god & tau¦ght of his spirite.
• * 1.2

  ioh. viij. f
• * 1.3

  Seed / th∣at is the holi goost
• * 1.4

  Loue is the fyrst precept & cause of all other.
• * 1.5

  He that loueth is escaped de¦athe. He that loue∣th not is in deathe & a mur∣therar & hath not eternall li¦fe. He that hath no cōpassion loueth not God
• * 1.6

  By loue we knowe that we a¦re in the truthe & haue quy∣et consciē¦ces to god warde.
• * 1.7

  He that kepeth hī¦selfe from synne / is ••••rōge in the fayth and obta∣yneth all that he prayeth for.
• * 1.8

  Fayth is the fyr∣st cōmaū¦dement: & loue the seconde & he that hath thē is in god & hath his spiri∣te. They th∣at saye workes iustifie from syn∣ne / are th∣ey that de¦nye christ to be co∣me in the flesshe.