Jean Ann Williams | Author

“Blessed be God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort, Which comforteth vs in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any affliction by the comfort wherewith we our selues are comforted of God” (2 Corinthians 3, […]

“And I [Paul] wil tary at Ephesus vntill Pentecost. For a great doore and effectuall is opened vnto me: and there are many aduersaries” (1 Corinthians 16:8, 9 1587 Geneva Bible). Father, it is no matter that Paul understood the danger of spreading the Gospel. So should we step into the path of Jesus and […]

“O death where is thy sting? O graue where is thy victorie? The sting of death is sinne: and ye strength of sinne is the Lawe. But thankes be vnto God, which hath giuen vs victorie through our Lord Iesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:55-57 1587 Geneva Bible). Father, You are perfect. You are merciful. You […]

“For this corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortall must put on immortalitie. So when this corruptible hath put on incorruption, and this mortall hath put on immortalitie, then shalbe brought to passe the saying that is written, Death is swallowed vp into victorie” (1 Corinthians 15:53, 54 1587 Geneva Bible). Father, we are […]

“As it is also written, The first man Adam was made a liuing soule: and the last Adam was made a quickening Spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spirituall: but that which is naturall, and afterward that which is spirituall. The first man is of the earth, earthly: the second man is the […]

“So also is the resurrection of the dead. The bodie is sowen in corruption, and is raysed in incorruption. It is sowen in dishonour, and is raysed in glory: it is sowen in weakenesse, and is raysed in power. It is sowen a naturall body, and is raysed a spirituall body: there is a naturall […]

“But God giueth it a body at his pleasure, euen to euery seede his owne body. All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beastes, and another of fishes, and another of birdes. There are also heauenly bodies, and earthly bodies: but the glorie of […]

“For he [Christ] must reigne till hee hath put all his enemies vnder his feete.The last enemie that shalbe destroyed, is death. For he hath put downe all things vnder his feete. (And when he saith that all things are subdued to him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put downe all […]

I’ll be posting from the 1587 Geneva Bible and from time to time give another translation in comparison. Enjoy!“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, euen so in Christ shall all be made aliue, But euery man in his owne order: […]

I’ve used Geneva Bible so you will notice the Old English spelling. “And so they which are a sleepe in Christ, are perished [if Christ did not rise from the dead]. If in this life onely wee haue hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable. But nowe is Christ risen from […]