1 John 1:9-10
1:9 But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous,
forgiving
us our sins and cleansing
us from all unrighteousness.
1:10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.
1 John 2:2
2:2 and he himself is the atoning sacrifice
for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.
1 John 2:5
2:5 But whoever obeys his
word, truly in this person
the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.
1 John 2:15
2:15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
1 John 2:21
2:21 I have not written to you that
you do not know the truth, but that
you do know it, and that
no lie is of the truth.
1 John 3:15
3:15 Everyone who hates his fellow Christian
is a murderer,
and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing
in him.
1 John 3:20
3:20 that
if our conscience condemns
us, that
God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.
1 John 4:1-2
Testing the Spirits
4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh is from God,
1 John 4:12
4:12 No one has seen God at any time.
If we love one another, God resides
in us, and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:15
4:15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.
1 John 5:14
5:14 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.