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1 John · read by Francis Chan
22 verses, in order. Only the verses Francis read aloud are shown.
1 John 1
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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 ESV · The Thrill of Obedience
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If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.Read from ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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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.Read from ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Read from ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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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 ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
1 John 2
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If anyone says, "I know Him," but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.Read from ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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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 ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.Read from ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
1 John 3
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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 ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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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 ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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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 ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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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 ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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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 ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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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 ESV · The Purpose of Your Life
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If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?Read from ESV · The Purpose of Your Life
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Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.Read from ESV · The Purpose of Your Life
1 John 4
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Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.Read from ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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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 ESV · Think Hard, Stay Humble: The Life of the Mind and the Peril of Pride
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By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.Read from ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
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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 ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2
1 John 5
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I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.Read from ESV · The Holy Spirit's Power and Our Effort - Part 2