1 John

Chapters

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

The verses these writers stop at

• 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous: he will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every kind of wrongdoing. 52
• 1:7 But if we walk in the light, just as he is in the light, we share fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, goes on cleansing us from every sin. 43
• 5:14 And here is the boldness we have in coming to him: whenever we ask for something in line with his will, he listens to us. 30
• 3:2 Dear friends, we are children of God now, and 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 truly is. 28
• 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe just any spirit; test the spirits to find out whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out and are now in the world. 27
• 2:15 Do not give your love to the world or to the things that are in it. Whoever loves the world has no love for the Father in them. 26
• 2:1 My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. Yet if anyone does sin, we have an advocate in the Father's presence, Jesus Christ, who is righteous. 21
• 1:8 If we claim that we are free from sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 20

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Where it is preached

1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 1, Chapter 11 — Impiety of Attributing a Visible Form to God cites 1 John 5:21

   …neither speak, nor see, nor hear, nor walk.” This undoubtedly is the reason why John (1 John 5:21) enjoins us to beware, not only of the worship of idols, but also of idols themselves.…

2. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   A Preliminary Discourse to Catechising cites I John 2:26

   …Seducers are abroad, whose work is to draw away people from the principles of religion. I John 2:26. ‘These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.’ Seducers are the…

3. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   Salvation by Faith cites 1 John 3:5

   …to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not” (1 John 3:5ff.). Again, “Little children, let no man deceive you. he that committeth sin is of the…

4. Communion with God · John Owen

   To the Reader cites 1 John i. 7

   …the words of the Rev. Samuel Clarke (the annotator on the Bible), in his sermon on 1 John i. 7: “It is to be noted, that there is a distinct fellowship with each of the persons of the…

5. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

   Evangelical Religion cites 1 John iii. 9

   …which is distinctly said to “remain” in every one that is born of God. (1 Peter i. 23; 1 John iii. 9.) Where the Spirit is, He will always make His presence known. We hold that it is wrong…

6. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   Obedience cites 1 John 5: 3

   …Consider, God’s commands are not grievous: he commands nothing unreasonable. 1 John 5: 3. It is easier to obey the commands of God than sin. The commands of sin are burdensome —…