1 John verse by verse

[angelwind]

1 john 3:16

We know love by this, that he laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for our brethren.

 

[barb754]

1 John 3:17 (KJV)
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

 

[doc329]

1 John 3:18 (KJV)
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

 

[CaerMac]

1Jo 3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

 

[barb754]

1 John 3:20 (KJV)
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

 

[doc329]

1 John 3:21 (KJV)
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

 

[CaerMac]

1Jo 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

 

[worldwatcher]

1 John 3:23
And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

 

[CaerMac]

1Jo 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

 

[SavedByAnAngel]

1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

 

[Glenda]

1Jo 4:2 By this know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

 

[doc329]

1 John 4:3 (KJV)
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

 

[CaerMac]

1Jo 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

 

[SavedByAnAngel]

1 John 4:5

They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.

 

[CaerMac]

1Jo 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

 

[worldwatcher]

1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
AMEN!!

 

[barb754]

1 John 4:8 (KJV)
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

 

[Glenda]

1Jo 4:9 By this the love of God was revealed in us, because His Son, the Only begotten, God has sent into the world that we might live through Him.

 

[CaerMac]

1Jo 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

 

[doc329]

1 John 4:11 (KJV)
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.