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1 John · read by Joel Portman
37 verses, in order. Only the verses Joel read aloud are shown.
1 John 1
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That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.Read from NKJV · Fellowship, 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 · Fellowship, 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 KJV · Fellowship, 1 John 1
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And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.Read from KJV · Fellowship, 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 · Fellowship, 1 John 1
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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 · Sin in the family of God
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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Read from NKJV · Fellowship, 1 John 1
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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 · Fellowship, 1 John 1
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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 · Fellowship, 1 John 1
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 · Sin in the family of God
1 John 3
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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 · Sin in the family of God
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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 · Sin in the family of God
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 · 1 John 4:5
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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 · 1 John 4:5
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and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.Read from KJV · 1 John 4:5
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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 · 1 John 4:5
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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 KJV · 1 John 4:5
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We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.Read from KJV · 1 John 4:5
1 John 5
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Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.Read from KJV · 1 John 4:5
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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 · 1 John 4:5
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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 · 1 John 4:5
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Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.Read from KJV · 1 John 4:5
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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 · 1 John 4:5
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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 · 1 John 4:5
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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 · 1 John 4:5
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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 KJV · 1 John 4:5
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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 · 1 John 4:5
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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 · 1 John 4:5
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If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.Read from KJV · 1 John 4:5
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All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.Read from KJV · 1 John 4:5
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We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.Read from KJV · Sin in the family of God
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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 · 1 John 4:5
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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 · 1 John 4:5