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1 John · read by Robert F. Adcock
59 verses, in order. Only the verses Robert 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 KJV · 1 John 1 - Part 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 · 1 John 1 - Part 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 · 1 John 1 - Part 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 · 1 John 1 - Part 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 · 1 John 1 - Part 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 · 1 John 1 - Part 1
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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Read from NKJV · 1 John 1 - Part 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 · 1 John 1 - Part 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 · 1 John 1 - Part 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 · 1 John 1 - Part 2
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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 · 1 John 1 - Part 2
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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 · 1 John 1 - Part 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 KJV · 1 John 1 - 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 KJV · 1 John 1 - Part 2
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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 · 1 John 1 - Part 2
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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 · 1 John 1 - Part 2
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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 · 1 John 1 - Part 2
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Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.Read from KJV · 1 John 1 - Part 2
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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 · 1 John 1 - Part 2
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I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.Read from KJV · 1 John 1 - Part 2
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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 · 1 John 1 - Part 2
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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 · 1 John 1 - 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 KJV · 1 John 2
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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 · 1 John 2
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 · 1 John 3
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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 · 1 John 3
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And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.Read from KJV · 1 John 3
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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 · 1 Thessalonians 1
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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 · 1 Thessalonians 1
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 · 1 John 3
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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 · 1 John 3
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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 · 1 John 3
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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 KJV · 1 John 3
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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 KJV · 1 John 3
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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 · 1 John 3
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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 · 1 John 3
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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 · 1 John 3
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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 · 1 John 3
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There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.Read from KJV · 1 John 3
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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 · 1 John 3
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And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.Read from KJV · 1 John 3
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 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 5
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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 · 1 John 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 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 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 NKJV · 1 John 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 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 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 1 - Part 1
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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 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 NKJV · 1 John 5