1 John 1:6
If we say we have no sin in us we are deceiving ourselves and refusing to admit the truth. But if we acknowledge our sins, then God who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and purify us from everything that is wrong.
1 John 1:8-9
If anyone should sin we have our advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ who is just. He is the sacrifice that takes our sins away, and not only ours, but the whole world’s.
1 John 2:1b-2
We can be sure that we know God only by keeping His commandments.
1 John 2:3
We can be sure that we are in God only when the one who claims to be living in Him is living the same kind of life as Christ lived.
1 John 2:5b-6
You must not love this passing world or anything that is in the world.
1 John 2:15
You have all been anointed by the Holy One and have all received the knowledge.
1 John 2:20
Keep alive in yourselves what you were taught in the beginning.
1 John 2:24a
You have not lost the anointing that He gave you, and you do not need anyone to teach you: The anointing He gave teaches you everything. You are anointed with the truth, not with a lie. As it has taught you, so must you stay in Him.
1 John 2:27
We are already the children of God, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed. All we know is that when it is revealed, we shall be like Him, since we shall see Him as He really is.
1 John 3:2
Do not let anyone lead you astray: to live a holy life is to be holy just as He is holy.
1 John 3:7
If you refuse to love, you must remain dead; to hate your brother is to be a murderer.
1 John 3:15
Our love is not to be just words or mere talk but something real and active. Only by this can we be certain that we are children of the truth.
1 John 3:18-19a
Whatever we ask Him, we shall receive, because we keep His commandments and live the kind of life that He wants.
1 John 3:22
It is not every spirit that you can trust. Test them to see if they come from God. There are many false prophets now in the world.
1 John 4:1
Let us love one another since love comes from God, and everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.
1 John 4:7
Anyone who loves God must also love his neighbor.
1 John 4:21b
Loving God is keeping His commandments, and His commandments are not difficult.
1 John 5:3b-4a
If anybody sees his brother commit a sin that is not a deadly sin, he has only to pray, and God will give life to the sinner.
1 John 5:16a
Be on your guard against false gods.
1 John 5:21
If anybody does not keep within the teaching of Christ but goes beyond it, he cannot have God with him: only those who keep to what He taught can have the Father and the Son with them.
2 John 1:9
If anyone comes to you bringing a different doctrine, you must not receive him in your house or even give him a greeting. To greet him would make you a partner in his wicked work.
2 John 1:10
All texts are taken from the Jerusalem Bible (1966).
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