1 John verse by verse

[Glenda]

1Jo 3:10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone not practicing righteousness is not of God; also the one not loving his brother.

 

[bgoddenia]

1 John 3:11 This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another

 

[StMatthew2429]

1 John 3:12:
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

 

[angelwind]

1 John 3:13

Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.

 

[GaelSong]

1 John 3:14 NIV

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.

 

[barb754]

1 John 3:15 (KJV) Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

 

[doc329]

1 John 3:16 (KJV) Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

 

[angelwind]

1 John 3:17

But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide 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.

 

[angelwind]

1 John 3:19

And by this 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.

 

[worldwatcher]

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

 

[Glenda]

1Jo 3:22 And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments, and we do the things pleasing before Him.

 

[barb754]

1 John 3:23 (KJV) 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.

 

[worldwatcher]

1 John 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.

 

[barb754]

1 John 4:1 (KJV) Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

 

[doc329]

1 John 4:2 (KJV) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

 

[barb754]

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.

 

[Glenda]

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.

 

[angelwind]

1 John 4:5

They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.