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.