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1 John · read by George Verwer
44 verses, in order. Only the verses George read aloud are shown.
1 John 1
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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 KJV · Bless the Lord 17.5.91
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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 KJV · Bless the Lord 17.5.91
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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Read from NKJV · Purity - Cleansing for World Evangelization
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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 · Bless the Lord 17.5.91
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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 · Bless the Lord 17.5.91
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 · Free in Christ
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He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.Read from ESV · Free in Christ
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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 · Free in Christ
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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 KJV · Free in Christ
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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 · Free in Christ
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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 · Free in Christ
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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 · Free in Christ
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If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.Read from KJV · Free in Christ
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Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.Read from KJV · Free in Christ
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But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.Read from KJV · Free in Christ
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I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.Read from KJV · Free in Christ
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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 · Free in Christ
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I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.Read from KJV · Free in Christ
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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 KJV · A Revolution in Discipleship
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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 · Resisting Temptation
1 John 3
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This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.Read from KJV · Spiritual Survival in the 80s 3
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So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.Read from KJV · Spiritual Survival in the 80s 3
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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 · Spiritual Survival in the 80s 3
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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 KJV · Spiritual Survival in the 80s 3
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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 · Motive Love - Orientation 5
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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 KJV · A Revolution in Discipleship
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Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.Read from KJV · Spiritual Survival in the 80s 3
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And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:Read from NKJV · Spiritual Survival in the 80s 3
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Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.Read from KJV · Spiritual Survival in the 80s 3
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Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,Read from KJV · A Revolution in Discipleship
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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 · A Revolution in Discipleship
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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 · Bless the Lord 17.5.91
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Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.Read from KJV · A Revolution in Discipleship
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 NKJV · Make Your Life Count 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 · Make Your Life Count 4
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You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.Read from KJV · Lessons in Listening 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 Revolution of Love (Reading)
1 John 5
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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 · Doubt Assurance & Temptation
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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 · Doubt Assurance & Temptation
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And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.Read from KJV · Doubt Assurance & Temptation
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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 KJV · Doubt Assurance & Temptation
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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 · Doubt Assurance & Temptation