\NormalFont\ShortTitle{1 John}
{\MT John’s First Letter

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Preface
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}We
write
to
you
about
the
Word
of
life,
which
has
been
in existence
from
the
beginning.
We
write
of
what
we
have
heard,
of
what
we
have
seen
with
our
eyes,
of
what
we
watched reverently
and
touched
with
our
hands.
\VS{2}That
life
was
made
visible,
and
we
have
seen
it.
We
bear
our
testimony
to
it,
and
tell
you
of
that
eternal
life
which
was
with
the
Father
and
was
made
visible
to
us.
\VS{3}It
is
of
what
we
have
seen
and
heard
that
we
now
tell
you,
so
that
you
may
have
fellowship
with
us.
And
our
fellowship
is
with
the
Father
and
with
his
Son,
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{4}We
are
writing
all
this
to
you
that
our
joy
may
be
complete.
\par }{\SH Fellowship
with
God
\par }{\PP \VS{5}This
is
the
message
which
we
have
heard
from
him
and
announce
to
you:
God
is
light,
and
there
is
no
darkness
in
him
at
all.
\VS{6}If
we
say
that
we
have
fellowship
with
him
and
yet
continue
to
walk
in
the
darkness,
our
words
and
our
lives
are
a
lie.
\VS{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,
his
Son,
cleanses
us
from
all
sin.
\VS{8}If
we
say, “we
have
no
sin,”
then
we
are
deceiving
ourselves,
and
the
truth
is
not
in
us.
\VS{9}If
we
confess
our
sins,
he
is
just
and
may
be
trusted
to
forgive
our
sins
and
cleanse
us
from
all
wrongdoing.
\VS{10}If
we
say
that
we
haven’t
sinned,
we
make
God
a
liar,
and
his
Word
is
not
in
us.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
children,
I
am
writing
to
you
to
keep
you
from
sinning.
But
if
anyone
does
sin,
we
have
an
advocate
with
the
Father –
Jesus
Christ,
the
righteous.
\VS{2}He
is
the
atoning
sacrifice
for
our
sins,
and
not
for
ours
only,
but
the
sins
of
the
whole
world.
\VS{3}It
is
by
keeping
God’s
commands
that
we
can
be
sure
we
know
him.
\VS{4}Whoever
says “I
know
him,”
but
does
not
keep
his
commands,
is
a
liar.
The
truth
has
no
place
in
them.
\VS{5}But
the
person
who
keeps
God’s
word,
in
them
the
love
of
God
has
indeed
reached
its
perfection.
This
is
how
we
can
be
sure
we
are
in
him:
\VS{6}whoever
claims
to
live
in
him
should
live
just
as
Jesus
did.
\par }{\SH A
new
commandment
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Dear
friends,
it
is
no
new
command
that
I
am
writing
to
you,
but
an
old
command,
which
you
have
had
from
the
beginning.
That
old
command
is
the
message
you
have
already
heard.
\VS{8}Yet,
in
a
way,
it
is
a
new
command
that
I
am
writing
to
you –
which
is
shown
true
in Christ’s
life
and
in
yours –
for
the
darkness
is
passing
away
and
the
true
light
is
already
shining.
\VS{9}The
person
who
says
that
they
are
in
the
light,
and
yet
hates
others,
is
still
in
the
darkness.
\VS{10}The
person
who
loves
others
is
always
in
the
light,
and
there
is
nothing
within
them
to
cause
them
to
stumble.
\VS{11}The
person
who
hates
is
in
the
dark.
They
stumble
along
in
the
darkness;
they
do
not
know
where
they
are
going
because
the
darkness
blinds
them.
\par }{\SH Those
who
know
God
should
not
love
the
world
\par }{\PP \par }{\Q \VS{12}Little
children,
I
am
writing
to
you
\par }{\QB because
your
sins
have
been
forgiven
for Christ’s
sake.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Parents,
I
am
writing
to
you
\par }{\QB because
you
have
come
to
know
him
who
has
been
from
the
beginning.
\par }{\Q Young
people,
I
am
writing
to
you
\par }{\QB because
you
have
conquered
the
evil
one.
\par }{\Q Children,
I
write
to
you
\par }{\QB because
you
have
come
to
know
the
Father.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Parents,
I
write
to
you
\par }{\QB because
you
have
learned
to
know
him
who
has
been
from
the
beginning.
\par }{\Q Young
people,
I
write
to
you
\par }{\QB because
you
are
strong,
\par }{\QB and
God’s
message
is
always
in
your
hearts,
\par }{\QB and
you
have
conquered
the
evil
one.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Do
not
love
the
world
or
what
the
world
can
offer.
When
anyone
loves
the
world,
there
is
no
love
for
the
Father
in
them.
\VS{16}For
all
that
the
world
can
offer –
the
desires
for
physical
pleasure,
the enticements
to
the
eye,
the
arrogance
of
wealth –
belongs,
not
to
the
Father,
but
to
the
world.
\VS{17}And
the
world,
and
all
that
it gratifies,
is
passing
away,
but
they
who
do
God’s
will
remain
for
ever.
\par }{\SH Warnings
against
an antichrist
\par }{\PP \VS{18}My
children,
it
is
the
last
hour.
You
were
told
that
an antichrist
was
coming;
and
many antichrists
have
already
arisen.
This
is
why
we
know
that
this
is
the
last
hour.
\VS{19}These
people
come
from
our
ranks,
but
they
were
never
truly
part
of
us –
if
they
had
been
then
they
would
have
stayed
with
us.
They
left
so
it
would
be
clear
that
none
of
them
really
belonged
to
us.
\VS{20}You,
however,
have
been annointed
by
the
Holy
One.
You
all
know
the
truth.
\VS{21}I
am
not
writing
to
you
because
you
do
not
know
the
truth,
but
because
you
do
know
it,
and
because
no
lie
can
come
from
the
truth.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Who
is
a
liar,
if
not
the
one
who denies
that
Jesus
is
the
Christ?
That
person
is
the antichrist –
one
who
rejects
the
Father
and
the
Son.
\VS{23}No
one
who
rejects
the
Son
has
the
Father;
to
acknowledge
the
Son
is
to
have
the
Father
also.
\VS{24}As
for
you,
you
must
let
what
you
have
heard
from
the
beginning
continue
to
live
in
you.
If
what
you
heard
from
the
beginning
dwells
in
you,
you
will
remain
both
in
the
Son
and
the
Father.
\VS{25}And
this
is
what
he
himself
promised
us –
eternal
life!
\par }{\PP \VS{26}In
writing
this
to
you,
I
have
in
mind
those
who
are
trying
to
mislead
you.
\VS{27}As
for
you,
the
anointing
which
you
received
from
him
remains
with
you.
You
do
not
need
anyone
to
teach
you.
His
anointing
teaches
you
about
everything.
What
it
teaches
you
is
true,
it
is
not
a
lie.
Do
what
it
has
taught
you:
abide
in
him.
\VS{28}Yes,
my
children,
remain
in
him,
so
that
when
he
appears
our
confidence
doesn’t
fail
us,
and
we
are
not
ashamed
to
meet
him
at
his
coming.
\VS{29}Since
you
know
he
is
righteous,
you
realize
that
everyone
who
does
what
is
right
is
his
child.

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH God’s Children
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}See
what
great
love
the
Father
has
lavished
on
us:
he
lets
us
be
called
God’s
children!
For
that
is
what
we
are.
The
reason
why
the
world
does
not
know
us
is
that
it
has
not
learned
to
know
him.
\VS{2}Dear
friends,
we
are
God’s
children
now,
and
what
we
will
be
has
not
yet
been
revealed.
What
we
do
know
is
that,
when
it
is
revealed,
we
will
be
like
him,
because
we
will
see
him
as
he
is.
\VS{3}And
just
as
he
is
pure,
everyone
who
has
this
hope,
makes
and
keeps
themselves
pure.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Everyone
who
lives
sinfully
is
living
in violation
of
God’s
law.
Sin
is lawlessness.
\VS{5}You
know
that Christ
appeared
to
take
away
our
sins
and
that
there
is
no
sin
in
him.
\VS{6}No
one
who
lives
in
him
continues
to
sin;
the
sinner
has
not
seen
or
known
him.
\VS{7}My
children,
don’t
let
anyone
mislead
you.
The
person
who
does
what
is
right
is
righteous,
just
as Christ
is
righteous.
\VS{8}The
person
who
lives
in
sin
is
a
child
of
the
devil,
for
the
devil
has
been
sinning
from
the
beginning.
To
undo
the devil’s
work
is
the
reason
the
Son
of
God
appeared.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}No
child
of
God
sins,
because
God’s nature
dwells
in
them.
They
can’t
live
in
sin,
because
they
are
God’s
children.
\VS{10}By
this
it
is
made
clear
who
are
the
children
of
God
and
who
are
the devil’s:
anyone
who
doesn’t
do
what
is
right
or
doesn’t
love
others
is
not
a
child
of
God.
\VS{11}For
this
is
the
message
we
heard
from
the
beginning:
we
are
to
love
one
another.
\VS{12}We
must
not
be
like
Cain,
who
belonged
to
the
evil
one
and
murdered
his
brother.
Why
did
he
kill
him?
Because
his
actions
were
evil,
and
his
brother’s
were
righteous.
\par }{\SH Love
each
other
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Do
not
be suprised,
friends,
if
the
world
hates
you.
\VS{14}We
know
that
we
have
passed
out
of
death
into
life,
because
we
love
each
other.
The
person
who
does
not
love
remains
in
a
state
of
death.
\VS{15}The
person
who
hates
another
is
a
murderer,
and
you
know
that
no
murderer
has
eternal
life
dwelling
within
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}This
is
how
we
know
what
love
is: Christ
gave
his
life
for
us.
So
we
should
lay
down
our
own
lives
for
each
other.
\VS{17}If
anyone
has
material
possessions,
and
sees
one
of
our
own
in
need,
but
closes
their
heart
against
that
person,
how
can
it
be
said
that
the
love
of
God
is
within
them?
\VS{18}My
children,
our
love
must
not
be
mere
words
or
talk.
It
must
be
true
and
show
itself
in
actions.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}This
is
how
we
will
know
we
belong
to
the
truth
and
reassure
ourselves
in
God’s
presence:
\VS{20}though
our
conscience
condemns
us,
God
is
greater
than
our
conscience
and
knows
everything.
\VS{21}Dear
friends,
if
our
conscience
does
not
condemn
us,
then
we
approach
God
with
confidence,
\VS{22}and
we
receive
from
him
whatever
we
ask,
because
we
are
keeping
his
commands,
and
are
doing
what
pleases
him.
\VS{23}His
command
is
that
we
should
believe
in
his
Son,
Jesus
Christ,
and
love
one
another,
as
Christ
commanded
us.
\VS{24}The
person
who
keeps
his
commands
dwells
in
God
and
God
dwells
in
them.
And
we
are
sure
he
lives
in
us
because
of
the
Spirit
he
has
given
us.

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH True and False Inspiration
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Dear
friends,
do
not
trust
every
spirit,
but
test
the
spirits
to
see
whether
they
are
from
God,
because
many
false
prophets
have
gone
out
into
the
world.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}This
is
the
way
to
recognize
the
Spirit
of
God:
those
who
acknowledge
Jesus
Christ
as
come
in
the
flesh
have
God’s
Spirit,
\VS{3}while
a
spirit
that
doesn’t
acknowledge
Jesus
isn’t
from
God.
Instead
it
is
the
spirit
of
the antichrist;
you
have
heard
that
it
was
coming,
and
it
is
now
already
in
the
world!
\par }{\PP \VS{4}You,
my
children,
come
from
God,
and
you
have
successfully resisted
such
people
as
these,
because
he
who
is
in
you
is
greater
than
the
one
who
is
in
the
world.
\VS{5}Those
people
belong
to
the
world
and
therefore
they
speak
as
the
world
speaks,
and
the
world
listens
to
them.
\VS{6}We
come
from
God.
Whoever
knows
God
listens
to
us;
the
person
who
does
not
come
from
God
does
not
listen
to
us.
This
is
how
we
distinguish
the
spirit
of
truth
and
the
spirit
of
deception.
\par }{\SH God
is
love
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Dear
friends,
let
us
love
one
another,
because
love
comes
from
God
and
everyone
who
loves
is
a
child
of
God
and
knows
God.
\VS{8}Those
who
do
not
love
know
nothing
of
God,
for
God
is
love.
\VS{9}This
is
how
God
showed
his
love
among
us:
he
sent
his
one
and
only
Son
into
the
world
that
we
might
live
through
him.
\VS{10}This
is
what
love
is:
it
is
not
that
we
have
loved
God,
but
that
he
loved
us
and
sent
his
Son
to
be
an
atoning
sacrifice
for
our
sins.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Dear
friends,
since
God
loved
us
in
this
way,
we
should
love
one
another.
\VS{12}No
one
has
ever
seen
God,
but
if
we
love
one
another,
God
lives
in
us
and
his
love
reaches
perfection
within
us.
\VS{13}We
know
that
we
live
in
him,
and
he
lives
in
us,
because
he
has
given
us
a
measure
of
his
Spirit.
\VS{14}Moreover,
we
have
seen
for
ourselves
and
testify
that
the
Father
has
sent
the
Son
to
be
the
Savior
of
the
world.
\VS{15}Whoever
acknowledges
that
Jesus Christ
is
the
Son
of
God,
God
lives
in
them,
and
they
live
in
God.
\VS{16}And
so
we
have
come
to
know
and
believe
the
love
which
God
has
for
us.
\par }{\PP God
is
love;
and
whoever
lives
in
love
lives
in
God,
and
God
lives
in
them.
\VS{17}This
is
the
way
love
has
reached
its
perfection
among
us,
so
that
we
may
have
confidence
on
the
day
of
judgment,
because
in
this
world
we
are
like Christ.
\VS{18}There
is
no
fear
in
love;
perfect
love
drives
out
fear
because
fear
has
to
do
with
punishment.
So
anyone
who
is
afraid
has
not
reached
perfection
in
love.
\VS{19}We
love,
because
God
first
loved
us.
\VS{20}If
someone
says ‘I
love
God,’
and
yet
hates
others,
they
are
a
liar.
For
the
person
who
does
not
love
their
brother
or
sister,
whom
they
have
seen,
cannot
love
God,
whom
they
have
not
seen.
\VS{21}Indeed,
we
have
this
command
from Christ:
Those
who
love
God
must
also
love
each
other.

\par }\Chap{5}{\SH Faith and Confidence
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Everyone
who
believes
that
Jesus
is
the
Christ
is
a
child
of
God,
and
everyone
who
loves
a parent
loves
his
child.
\VS{2}By
this
we
know
that
we
love
God’s
children –
when
we
love
God
and
carry
out
his
commands.
\VS{3}For
to
love
God
is
to
do
what
he
commands
and
his
commands
are
not
a
burden,
\VS{4}for
whatever
is
born
of
God
overcomes
the
world.
What
is
the
victory
by
which
the
world
is
overcome?
Our
faith!
\VS{5}Who
can
overcome
the
world
but
the
person
who
believes
that
Jesus
is
the
Son
of
God?
\VS{6}Jesus
Christ,
the
one
who
came
by
water
and
blood –
not
by
water
only
but
by
water
and
blood –
and
the
Spirit
testifies
to
this
because
the
Spirit
is
truth.
\VS{7}Indeed
three
testify:
\VS{8}the
Spirit,
the
water,
and
the
blood,
and
these
three
agree.
\VS{9}We
accept
human
testimony,
surely
God’s
testimony
is
even
stronger!
And
God’s
testimony
is
the
testimony
he
has
given
about
his
Son.
\VS{10}The
person
who
believes
in
the
Son
of
God
has
that
testimony
within
them.
The
person
who
does
not
believe
God
has
made
God
a
liar,
by
not
believing
the
testimony
God
has
given
about
his
Son.
\VS{11}And
this
is
that
testimony:
God
gave
us
eternal
life,
and
this
life
is
in
his
Son.
\VS{12}Whoever
has
the
Son
has
life;
whoever
who
doesn’t
have
God’s
Son
does
not
have
life.
\par }{\SH Final
words
\par }{\PP \VS{13}I
have
written
these
things
to
you
who
believe
in
the
name
of
God’s
Son,
so
that
you
may
know
that
you
have
eternal
life.
\VS{14}We
can
approach
him
with
this
confidence,
that
whenever
we
ask
anything
that
is
in
accordance
with
his
will,
he
listens
to
us.
\VS{15}And
if
we
know
he
hears
us –
whatever
we
ask –
we
know
also
that
what
we
ask
for
is
ours.
\VS{16}If
anyone
sees
one
of
our
people
committing
some
sin
that
is
not
a
sin
leading
to
death,
they
should
ask,
and
God
will
give
them
life.
I
refer
to
those
whose
sin
does
not
lead
to
death.
There
is
a
sin
that
leads
to
death.
I
am
not
saying
that
you
should
pray
about
that.
\VS{17}All
wrongdoing
is
sin,
but
there
is
sin
that
does
not
lead
to
death.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}We
know
that
those
who
have
been
born
of
God
do
not
keep
sinning.
God
protects
his
children
and
the
evil
one
cannot
get
hold
of
them.
\VS{19}We
know
that
we
are
God’s
children,
though
the
whole
world
lies
in
the
power
of
the
evil
one.
\VS{20}We
also
know
that
the
Son
of
God
has
come
and
has
given
us
understanding,
so
that
we
may
know
the
true
God –
and
we
are
in
him
who
is
true,
by
being
in
his
Son
Jesus
Christ.
He
is
the
true
God
and
eternal
life.
\VS{21}My
children,
guard
yourselves
against
false ideas
of
God.
\par }