The First Epistle General of John
1:1That which was from the beginning, that
which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we
beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life 1:2(and
the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare
unto you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and
was manifested unto us); 1:3that which we have seen and heard
declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea,
and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ: 1:4and
these things we write, that our joy may be made full. 1:5And this is the message
which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and
in him is no darkness at all. 1:6If we say that we have fellowship with
him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 1:7but
if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one
with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1:8If we
say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1:9If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1:10If we say that we have
not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
2:1My little children, these things write
I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate
with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2:2and he is the
propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole
world. 2:3And hereby we know that we know him, if
we keep his commandments. 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth
not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 2:5but
whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected.
Hereby we know that we are in him: 2:6he that saith he abideth in him ought
himself also to walk even as he walked. 2:7Beloved, no new
commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the
beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard. 2:8Again, a new commandment write I unto
you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is
passing away, and the true light already shineth. 2:9He that saith he is in
the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. 2:10He
that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of
stumbling in him. 2:11But he that hateth his brother is in
the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he
goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes. 2:12I write unto you,
my little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his
name's sake. 2:13I write unto you, fathers, because ye
know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because
ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children,
because ye know the Father. 2:14I have written unto you, fathers,
because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you,
young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and
ye have overcome the evil one. 2:15Love not the world, neither the things
that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father
is not in him. 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust
of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not
of the Father, but is of the world. 2:17And the world passeth away, and the
lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 2:18Little children, it is the last hour:
and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many
antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour. 2:19They went out from us, but they were
not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us:
but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they all
are not of us. 2:20And ye have an anointing from the Holy
One, and ye know all the things. 2:21I have not written unto you because ye
know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the
truth. 2:22Who is the liar but he that denieth
that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, even he that
denieth the Father and the Son. 2:23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same
hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also. 2:24As
for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that
which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the
Son, and in the Father. 2:25And this is the promise which he
promised us, even the life eternal. 2:26These things have I
written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray. 2:27And
as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye
need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you;
concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught
you, ye abide in him. 2:28And now, my little children,
abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and
not be ashamed before him at his coming. 2:29If ye know that he is
righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is
begotten of him.
3:1Behold what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and
such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it
knew him not. 3:2Beloved, now are we children of God,
and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he
shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he
is. 3:3And every one that hath this hope
set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 3:4Every
one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 3:5And
ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin. 3:6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not:
whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him. 3:7My little children, let no man
lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is
righteous: 3:8he that doeth sin is of the devil; for
the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God
manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 3:9Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no
sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is
begotten of God. 3:10In this the children of God are
manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness
is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 3:11For
this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love
one another: 3:12not as Cain was of the evil one, and
slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil,
and his brother's righteous. 3:13Marvel not, brethren, if the world
hateth you. 3:14We know that we have passed out of
death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth
in death. 3:15Whosoever hateth his brother is a
murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
3:16Hereby know we love, because he laid
down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
3:17But whoso hath the world's goods, and
beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him,
how doth the love of God abide in him? 3:18My Little
children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed
and truth. 3:19Hereby shall we know that we are of
the truth, and shall assure our heart before him: 3:20because if our heart
condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 3:21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not,
we have boldness toward God; 3:22and whatsoever we ask we receive of
him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing
in his sight. 3:23And this is his commandment, that we
should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another,
even as he gave us commandment. 3:24And he that keepeth his commandments
abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us,
by the Spirit which he gave us.
4:1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but
prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets
are gone out into the world. 4:2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every
spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
4:3and every spirit that confesseth not
Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist,
whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.
4:4Ye
are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because
greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. 4:5They
are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the
world heareth them. 4:6We are of God: he that knoweth God
heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the
spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. 4:7Beloved, let us love
one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of
God, and knoweth God. 4:8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for
God is love. 4:9Herein was the love of God manifested
in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we
might live through him. 4:10Herein is love, not that we loved God,
but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for
our sins. 4:11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also
ought to love one another. 4:12No man hath beheld God at any time: if
we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
4:13hereby we know that we abide in him
and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 4:14And
we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to
be the Saviour of the world. 4:15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is
the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. 4:16And we know and have
believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth
in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him. 4:17Herein is love made
perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because
as he is, even so are we in this world. 4:18There is no fear in
love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and
he that feareth is not made perfect in love. 4:19We love, because he
first loved us. 4:20If a man say, I love God, and hateth
his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath
seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. 4:21And this commandment
have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
5:1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the
Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him
also that is begotten of him. 5:2Hereby we know that we love the
children of God, when we love God and do his commandments. 5:3For
this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous. 5:4For whatsoever is begotten of God
overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the
world, even our faith. 5:5And who is he that overcometh the
world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? 5:6This
is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not with the
water only, but with the water and with the blood. 5:7And it is the Spirit
that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 5:8For
there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the
blood: and the three agree in one. 5:9If we receive the witness of men, the
witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath
borne witness concerning his Son. 5:10He that believeth on the Son of God
hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar;
because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning
his Son. 5:11And the witness is this, that God gave
unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 5:12He that hath the Son
hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life. 5:13These things have I written unto you,
that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that
believe on the name of the Son of God. 5:14And this is the
boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to
his will, he heareth us: 5:15and if we know that he heareth us
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked
of him. 5:16If any man see his brother sinning a
sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for
them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning
this do I say that he should make request. 5:17All unrighteousness is
sin: and there is a sin not unto death. 5:18We know that whosoever
is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth
himself, and the evil one toucheth him not. 5:19We know that we are of
God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one. 5:20And we know that the
Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him
that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus
Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 5:21My little
children, guard yourselves from idols.
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