1 John 2:15-17New Living Translation (NLT) Do Not Love This World 15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a...

1 John 2:12-14New Living Translation (NLT) 12 I am writing to you who are God’s children     because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus. 13 I am writing to you who are mature in the faith     because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I am...

1 John 2:7-11New Living Translation (NLT) A New Commandment 7 Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before. 8 Yet...

1 John 2:1-6New Living Translation (NLT) 2 My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. 2 He himself is the...

1 John 1:7-10New Living Translation (NLT) 7 But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and...

1 John 1:1-4New Living Translation (NLT) Introduction 1 We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. 2 This one who is life itself was...

Ephesians 6:21-24New Living Translation (NLT) Final Greetings 21 To bring you up to date, Tychicus will give you a full report about what I am doing and how I am getting along. He is a beloved brother and faithful helper in the Lord’s work. 22 I have sent him to you...