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            1 John English Standard Version (ESV)

Chapter 1

     The Word of Life

     1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we

     looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life-- 2the life was made manifest, and

     we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was

     made manifest to us-- 3that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may

     have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4And we

     are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

     Walking in the Light

     5This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness

     at all. 6If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

     7But 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. 8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

     9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all

     unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Chapter 2

     Christ Our Advocate

     1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have

     an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours

     only but also for the sins of the whole world. 3And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we

     keep his commandments. 4Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the

     truth is not in him, 5but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may be

     sure that we are in him: 6whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

     The New Commandment

     7Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning.

     The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8At the same time, it is a new commandment that I

     am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is

     already shining. 9Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. 10Whoever loves his

     brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. 11But whoever hates his brother is in

     the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has

     blinded his eyes.

     12I am writing to you, little children,

        because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.

     13I 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 write to you, children,

        because you know the Father.

     14I write to you, fathers,

        because you know him who is from the beginning.

     I write to you, young men,

        because you are strong,

        and the word of God abides in you,

        and you have overcome the evil one.

     Do Not Love the World

     15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in

     him. 16For all that is in the world-- the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in

     possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world. 17And the world is passing away along with its

     desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

     Warning Concerning Antichrists

     18Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have

     come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if

     they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that

     they all are not of us. 20But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. 21I write

     to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

     22Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father

     and the Son. 23No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

     24Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you,

     then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25And this is the promise that he made to us--eternal

     life.

     26I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27But the anointing that you

     received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing

     teaches you about everything--and is true and is no lie, just as it has taught you--abide in him.

     Children of God

     28And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from

     him in shame at his coming. 29If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices

     righteousness has been born of him.

Chapter 3

     1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.

     The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2Beloved, we are God's children now,

     and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because

     we shall see him as he is. 3And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

     4Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5You know that he

     appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one

     who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever

     practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil,

     for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the

     works of the devil. 9No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he

     cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. 10By this it is evident who are the children of God,

     and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one

     who does not love his brother.

     Love One Another

     11For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12We

     should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him?

     Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world

     hates you. 14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever

     does not love abides in death. 15Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no

     murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

     16By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

     17But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how

     does God's love abide in him? 18Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

     19By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20for whenever our heart

     condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21Beloved, if our heart does not

     condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep

     his commandments and do what pleases him. 23And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of

     his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24Whoever keeps his

     commandments abides in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom

     he has given us.

Chapter 4

     Test the Spirits

     1Beloved, 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. 2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that

     Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

     This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. 4Little

     children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the

     world. 5They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. 6We are

     from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know

     the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

     God Is Love

     7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows

     God. 8Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9In this the love of God was made

     manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10In this is

     love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

     11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; if we love

     one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

     13By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14And we have

     seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15Whoever confesses that

     Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16So we have come to know and to believe the

     love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17By

     this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so

     also are we in this world. 18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with

     punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19We love because he first loved us. 20If

     anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he

     has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves

     God must also love his brother.

Chapter 5

     Overcoming the World

     1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father

     loves whoever has been born of him. 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God

     and obey his commandments. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his

     commandments are not burdensome. 4For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this

     is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. 5Who is it that overcomes the world except the one

     who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

     Testimony Concerning the Son of God

     6This is he who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the

     blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7For there are three that

     testify: 8the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9If we receive the testimony of men,

     the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.

     10Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made

     him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11And this is

     the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12Whoever has the Son has life;

     whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

     That You May Know

     13I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have

     eternal life. 14And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his

     will he hears us. 15And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests

     that we have asked of him.

     16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life--to

     those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one

     should pray for that. 17All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.

     18We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God

     protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

     19We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

     20And 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. 21Little

     children, keep yourselves from idols.