Tag: 1 john

‘For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?’ —

‘Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.’ — 1 John 4:11 Forty-six times the word ‘love’ is found in 1 John. In chapter four, the emphasis is on loving other Christians. We should love

‘And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.’ — 1 John 3:3 First John is a book of extreme statements such as: ‘whosoever sinneth hath not seen [God], neither known [God]’ (3:6)

‘And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.’ — 1 John 2:28 Various challenges faced the people John wrote to in 1 John.

‘That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you,