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This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to… 1 John 1:5

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5 sin God light
If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true.
1 John 1:6 sin honesty 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.
1 John 1:7 purification sacrifice community
If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 sin purification evil
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2 sin Savior forgiveness
Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world.
1 John 2:15 sin love Father
For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
1 John 2:16 desires addiction pride
And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever.
1 John 2:17 eternal life obedience desires
No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.
1 John 2:23 Jesus Father acknowledging
Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.
1 John 2:24 listening evangelism Jesus
As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and so you do not need 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, abide in him.
1 John 2:27 truth learning receiving
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.
1 John 2:28 trust second coming
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:1 love Father children
Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
1 John 3:2-3 purification family heaven
Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:4 sin law righteousness
Everyone who commits sin is a child of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:8 sin devil
For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1 John 3:11 law love neighbor
We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another.
1 John 3:16 love Jesus neighbor
How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?
1 John 3:17 money neighbor compassion
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
1 John 3:18 honesty truth speaking
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God; and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.
1 John 3:21-22 trust law obedience
All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.
1 John 3:24 law God Spirit