- This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
- If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
- But if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
- Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
- The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever.
- Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
- As for you, see that what you heard from the beginning remains in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
- And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you remain in Him.
- Now, little children, remain in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not draw back from Him in shame at His coming.
- See how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know Him.
- Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. And everyone who has this hope set on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
- Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
- The one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
- For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we are to love one another.
- We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.
- But whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or sister in need, and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
- Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
- Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
- The one who keeps His commandments remains in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He remains in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
And not only this, but we also celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor those habitually drunk, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.Next verse!With image