1 John 3:1-6New International Version (NIV) 3 See what great love the Father has lavished on 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. 2 Dear friends, now we are children...

1 John 2:26-29New International Version (NIV) 26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you...

1 John 2:18-25New International Version (NIV) Warnings Against Denying the Son 18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out...

1 John 2:15-17New International Version (NIV) On Not Loving the World 15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,the lust of the eyes, and the...

1 John 2:12-14New International Version (NIV) Reasons for Writing 12 I am writing to you, dear children,     because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. 13 I am writing to you, fathers,     because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing...

1 John 2:11New International Version (NIV) 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them. Dear Father, I love my brothers and sisters. When...