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1 John · read by Chuck Smith
70 verses, in order. Only the verses Chuck read aloud are shown.
1 John 1
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And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
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We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
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We write these things so that our joy may be complete.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 & 3 John
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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Read from ESV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Proverbs 26-31
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If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.Read from NASB1995 · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
1 John 2
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My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
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By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
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But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
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Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
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Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
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Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
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If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
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I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
1 John 3
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Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.Read from KJV · Man Made God's
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Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.Read from KJV · Man Made God's
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And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.Read from KJV · Man Made God's
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Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.Read from KJV · Man Made God's
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But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.Read from KJV · Man Made God's
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No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.Read from KJV · Man Made God's
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Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.Read from KJV · Man Made God's
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The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.Read from KJV · Man Made God's
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Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God's seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.Read from KJV · Man Made God's
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By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.Read from KJV · Man Made God's
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This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 2:12-3:23
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And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
1 John 4
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Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 4
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By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 4
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They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world's perspective, and the world listens to them.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 4
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Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 4
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Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 4
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This is how God's love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 4
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And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 4
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No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
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And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 4
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If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 4
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And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 4
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In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 1-2:11
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If anyone says, "I love God," but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.Read from KJV · Root of Bitterness
1 John 5
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By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.Read from NKJV · Life Under the Sun
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For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,Read from KJV · Life Under the Sun
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because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.Read from KJV · Life Under the Sun
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Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.Read from KJV · Life Under the Sun
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This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 5
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the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.Read from KJV · Life Under the Sun
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Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.Read from KJV · Life Under the Sun
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Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.Read from KJV · Life Under the Sun
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Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Hebrews 1-2
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And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 5
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And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 5
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All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 5
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We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 5
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And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 John 5