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Geneva Bible Notes (1560)1 John 4

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See 1 John 4:1 in… The King James Bible Geneva Bible (1599)
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1 ! Difference of spirites.

1 a Them which boast that thei haue the Spirit to preache or prophecie.

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2 ! How the Spirit of God may be knowen from the spirit of errour.

2 b Who being very God came from his Father and toke vpon him our flesh. He that confesseth or preacheth this truly, hathe the Spirit of God, els not.

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3 c He began to buylde the mysterie of iniquitie.

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4 d Satan the prince of the worlde.

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6 e With pure affection & obedience.

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7 ! Of the loue of God and of our neighbours.

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9 f Trueth it is, that God hathe declared his loue in many other things, but herein hathe passed all other.

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10 g By his onelie death.

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15 h So that his confession procedeth of faith.

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16 i By inspiring it into vs.

16 / Or, towarde vs.

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18 k Suche as shulde trouble the conscience.

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20 l For god presenteth him self to vs in them which beare his image.