1 John 1:2-3
1:2 and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce
to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).
1:3 What we have seen and heard we announce
to you too, so that
you may have fellowship
with us (and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).
1 John 2:16
2:16 because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions)
is not from the Father, but is from the world.
1 John 2:24
2:24 As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
1 John 3:1
3:1 (See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children – and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.