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Published in 1560, the Geneva Bible is arguably the most important early English translation of the Bible. With the publication of the New Testament in 1557, and the complete Bible in 1560, the Geneva Bible predates the King James Version by 51 years. Some of history’s most influential men, such as William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Milton, John Knox, and John Bunyan, used the Geneva...

Verse 2 ″ Or, afflictions. Verse 3 * Rom. 5:3. a. Afflictions trye our faith & ingendre patience. Verse 4 b. Our pacience oght to cōtinue to the end til by working it hathe polished us, & made us perfect in Christ. Verse 5 c. To endure paciently whatsoever God layeth upon him. Verse 6 * Mat. 7:7; mar. 11:24; luk. 11:9; john 14:13; & 16:23. Verse 8 d. Douting in doctrine, or of Gods wil. ″ Or, double. Verse 9 e. That he is called to the companie of Christ and his Angels. Verse 10 f. Or contemptible