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John's First Letter
Practical Insight For Living
~ What It Means to be A True Christian.
1 John 1
He Who Was From The Beginning
1 He who was from the beginning, whom we have heard, whom we have seen with our eyes, whom we have gazed upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of Life; 2 (And the life was revealed, and we have seen it, and we testify and declare to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us: and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we write these things to you, that your joy might be completely full.
God Is Light, Walk in Him
5 And this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say, We have fellowship with him, and yet walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son continually cleanses us from all sin.
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If we say that we have no sin, we're deceiving ourselves, and the truth is
not in us.
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not
in us.
1 John 2
Jesus Our Intercessor and Atoning Sacrifice
1 My little children, I'm writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an
intercessor with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One. 2 And he is the Ransom Sacrifice for our sins: and not only for ours, but also for the sins of the whole world. [1. See Romans 8:34 & 1 Timothy 2:5 "The Father JUDGES NO ONE, because He's given ALL JUDGMENT to the Son." (John 5:32) So the Father isn’t "The Righteous Judge," Jesus Is! (2 Timothy 4:8) "And the Lord Jesus Christ... will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom." (2 Timothy 4:1) "ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED BEFORE HIM." (Matthew 25:32, 25:31-46) Therefore Peter boldly declared, "HE COMMANDED US TO PROCLAIM to the people and to earnestly testify that HE IS THE ONE whom GOD appointed AS JUDGE OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD." (Acts 10:42)]
Do You Really Know Him?
3 And by this we know that we know him, if we keep focused on his commandments. 4 Whoever says, "I know him," but doesn't keep focused on his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in them. 5 But whoever keeps focused on his word, in them the love of God has truly been perfected: by this we know that we are in him. 6 The one who says they live in him ought also to walk, just as he walked.
Love is the New Commandment
7 Brothers and sisters, I'm not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message which you have heard from the beginning. 8 Then again, I am writing a new command to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says that they are in the light, but hates their brother or sister, is in darkness even until now. 10 Whoever loves their brother and sister is in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in them. 11 But whoever hates their brother or sister is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and doesn't know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded their eyes. (See John 13:34 & 15:12)
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I'm writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven through
his name.
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I'm writing to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the
beginning. I'm writing to you, young people, because you have
overcome the wicked one. I've written to you, little children, because you
have known the Father.
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I've written to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the
beginning. I've written to you, young people, because you are strong,
and God's Word resides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.
Don't Love the World's System
15 Don't love the world system or the things that are in the world system. If anyone loves the world system, the love of the Father isn't in them. 16 For everything that is in the world's system, the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, are not of the Father, but are of the world's system. 17 And the world's system with its desire is passing away, but the one who does God's will remain throughout eternity.
Beware of Those Who Are Against-Christ
18 Little children, it's the last hour; and as you have heard the one who stands against-Christ is coming, but even now many who stand against-Christ have come, by this we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they weren't of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be revealed that none of them are of us. 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. 21 I haven't written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you know it, and you know that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar? Is it not the one who denies that Jesus is the Anointed? This is the Anti-Christ, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Everyone who denies the Son doesn't have the Father either; but whoever confesses the Son also has the Father. 24 So let that which you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If that which you have heard from the beginning remains in you, you will also remain in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he has promised us, even eternal life. [Or, Anti-Christ.]
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I've written these things to you concerning those who are trying to deceive
you.
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But the anointing you've received from him remains in you, and you have
no need for anyone to teach you. Rather that same anointing teaches
you all things, and is true and is not a lie; just as it has taught you,
remain in him.
(See Jeremiah 31:31-34)
God's Children
28 And now, little children, remain in him; so that when he appears, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.
1 John 3
The Magnificent Love of God, We Will be Like Him
1 See what manner of love the Father has bestowed unto us, that we should be called God's Children: therefore the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him. 2 Beloved, we are now God's Children, but it hasn't yet been revealed what we will be like: but we know that, when he appears, we will be like him; for we will see him as he is. 3 And everyone who has this confident-expectation in them purifies themselves, even as he is pure.
God's Children & the Devil's Children
4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that he appeared in order to take away our sins; and in him there is no sin. 6 Everyone who remains in him, doesn't continue to sin: everyone who continues to sin, has neither seen him nor known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you: whoever practices righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 Whoever practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning.
God's Son appeared for this purpose: to destroy the works of the devil.
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No one who is born of God practices sin, because his seed remains in them;
and they cannot sin, because they are born of God.
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By this God's Children and the devil's children become obvious: Whoever
doesn't practice righteousness is not of God, neither is the one who doesn't
love their brother and sister.
Love One Another
11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning: that we are to love one another. 12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 13 Don't be astonished, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death into life, because we love our brothers and sisters. Whoever doesn't love their brother and sister remains in death. 15 Whoever hates their brother or sister is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in them.
True Love for God Produces Actions
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By this we have come to know God's love, because he laid down his life for
us: so we also should lay down our own lives for our brothers and sisters.
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But whoever has the world's material possessions and sees their brother or
sister in need and closes their heart against them, how does God's love
reside in them?
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My little children, we must not love with word or tongue, but in deed and in
truth.
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And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and will reassure our
hearts before him.
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For even if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and
knows all things.
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Beloved, if our heart doesn't condemn us, then have we confidence before
God.
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And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep focused on his
commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
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And this is His Commandment: that we trust in the name of his Son
Jesus Christ; and love one another just as he commanded us.
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And the one who keeps focused on his commandments remains in him, and he in
them. And by this we know that he resides in us, by the Spirit whom he has
given to us.
(See John 13:34 & 15:12)
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John 4
Test the Spirits
1 Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is of God: 3 And every spirit that doesn't acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Anti-Christ, which you have heard was coming, and already now is in the world. 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world system. 5 They are of the world's system: therefore they speak of the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are of God: whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not of God doesn't listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
We Must Love Others As God Loves Us
7 Beloved, let's love one another: because love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God. 8 The one who doesn't love doesn't know God, because God is love. 9 God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only born Son into the world so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the Ransom Sacrifice for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us: we are also obligated to love one another. 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.
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By this we know that we reside in him, and he in us, because he has given
us of his Spirit.
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And we have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior
of the world.
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Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is God's Son, God dwells in them, and they
dwell
in God.
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And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is
love! And whoever dwells in love dwells in God and God in them.
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In this way our love is made perfect, that we may have boldness in
the Day of Judgment: because just as he is, so also are we in this world.
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There is no fear in love: Rather perfect love drives out fear, because fear
involves fear of punishment. So the one who fears, hasn't reached
perfection in love.
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We love him, because he first loved us.
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If anyone says, "I love God," yet they hate their brother or sister,
they're a liar! For the one who doesn't love their brother or sister,
whom they have seen; how can they love God, whom they haven't seen?
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And This Commandment we received from him: that the one who loves
God, must love their brother and sister also.
1 John 5
Born of God Through Faith in Jesus
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Anointed is born of God: and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one who is born of him. 2 By this we know that we love God's Children, when we love God and keep focused on his commandments. 3 For this is what loving God is: keeping focused on his commandments. And his commandments aren't a burden. 4 For whoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith. 5 Who is the one who overcomes the world? Is it not the one who believes that Jesus is God's Son? (See John 14:15 & 14:23-24)
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This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but
by water and blood. And it's the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is
truth.
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For there are three who testify in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the
Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
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And there are three who testify on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the
blood; and these three are in one agreement.
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If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater: for
this is God's testimony, which he has testified concerning his Son.
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Whoever believes in God's Son has the witness within themselves: whoever
doesn't believe God has made him a liar; because they haven't believed the
testimony which God has given concerning his Son.
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And this is the testimony that God has given us eternal life, and this life
is in his Son:
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Whoever has the Son, has life. Whoever doesn't have God's Son, doesn't have
life.
John's Purpose in Writing
13 I've written these things to you who believe in the name of God's Son; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of God's Son. 14 And this is the confident-expectation that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us: 15 And if we know that he hears us, then concerning whatever we ask, we know that we have received the requests which we have asked of him.
He is the True God and Eternal Life!
18 We know that everyone who has been born of God doesn't keep on sinning, but whoever has been born of God stands guard over themselves, and the evil one cannot attach himself to them.
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We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the control
of the evil one.
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And we know that God's Son has come, and has given us understanding, that
we might know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son
Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
Amen! (Indeed!)
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