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1 John · read by Roy Hession
59 verses, in order. Only the verses Roy 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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 1
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We write these things so that our joy may be complete.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Great Words of the Gospel - 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 NASB1995 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Let Us Go on - Part 4
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 1
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 2
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Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · Light, Life, and Love - 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 · (Rebuilding the House of the Lord) 4. a New Phase as Ezra Appears
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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 · Revival in the Book of Ezra - Part 4
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 3
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If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 3
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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 3
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But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 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 KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 3
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 3
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 3
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So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 3
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Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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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 KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 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 KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 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 · Branch Life - John 15 - Sermon 4 of 5
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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 · Branch Life - John 15 - Sermon 4 of 5
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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 · Branch Life - John 15 - Sermon 4 of 5
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.Read from KJV · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 4
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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 · Light, Life, and Love - Part 2