Jesus Our Advocate
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. 1Ti 2:5Rom 8:34Jhn 14:61Jn 1:8-10Heb 7:24-262Co 5:21Tit 2:11-131Jn 4:4 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice 1for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. 1Jn 4:141Pe 3:181Jn 4:10Jhn 1:291Pe 2:24Jhn 4:422Co 5:18-21Jhn 11:51-52
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. Jhn 14:15Jhn 15:101Jn 5:3Luk 6:461Jn 4:13Jhn 15:141Jn 3:22-24Heb 5:9 If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1Jn 1:6Tit 1:16Jas 2:14-161Jn 1:81Jn 4:201Jn 2:9Hos 8:2-31Jn 1:10 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: Jhn 14:23Jhn 14:211Jn 4:12-13Luk 11:281Jn 3:24Psa 119:21Jn 5:2Rev 14:12 Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked. 1Pe 2:21Jhn 13:151Co 11:11Jn 3:6Jhn 15:4-6Eph 5:2Mat 11:291Jn 1:6-7
A New Commandment
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. 1Jn 3:11Lev 19:18Mrk 12:29-342Jn 1:5-6Gal 5:13-14Rom 13:8-10Mat 22:37-401Jn 3:23 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. Eph 5:8Rom 13:12Jhn 13:34Jhn 8:122Co 4:4-6Jhn 1:9Jhn 12:46Jhn 1:4-5
If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness. 1Jn 4:201Jn 2:111Jn 3:13-17Psa 82:51Co 13:1-32Pe 1:91Jn 2:41Jn 1:6 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. 1Jn 3:14Rom 9:32-33Hos 6:3Rom 14:132Pe 1:10Jhn 8:31Mat 13:21Mat 18:7 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. Jhn 12:35Tit 3:31Jn 1:6Rev 3:171Jn 2:92Co 4:4Jhn 12:40Pro 4:19
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name. Act 10:43Act 13:38Eph 1:7Psa 106:8Act 4:12Luk 7:47-50Psa 25:11Col 1:14
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. Jhn 14:71Jn 2:141Jn 1:11Jn 4:4Luk 10:221Jn 5:4-5Jhn 17:31Jn 3:12
I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. 2
I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. Psa 119:111Jn 2:13Col 3:16Jhn 15:7Eph 6:10Jhn 8:31Jhn 5:38Rev 2:7
I have written 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
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Jas 4:4Rom 12:2Mat 6:24Col 3:1-2Luk 16:131Jn 5:4-5Jhn 15:191Jn 3:17 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. Rom 13:14Gal 5:17Psa 119:36-37Gen 3:6Pro 27:20Eph 2:31Pe 2:112Pe 2:10 The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. Mat 24:351Co 7:31Rom 12:21Pe 4:2Heb 10:36Mrk 3:35Isa 40:6-81Pe 1:24-25
Beware of Antichrists
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. 1Jn 4:32Jn 1:71Jn 2:22Mat 24:24Mat 24:51Jn 4:11Ti 4:1-32Th 2:3-12 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us. Act 20:301Co 11:19Jud 1:19Luk 8:132Pe 2:20-21Mat 13:20-212Ti 2:19Jhn 6:37-39
You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 3 1Jn 2:27Jhn 14:262Co 1:21-22Isa 61:1Psa 23:5Pro 28:5Act 10:38Heb 1:9 I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth. 2Pe 1:12Jud 1:5Pro 1:5Pro 9:8-9Rom 15:14-15 Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son. 2Jn 1:71Jn 4:31Jn 2:18Jud 1:41Jn 2:231Jn 1:61Jn 2:41Jn 4:20 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well. 1Jn 4:15Jhn 8:19Jhn 5:23Jhn 10:302Jn 1:9-11Jhn 15:23-241Jn 5:1Jhn 14:9-10
Remain in Christ
As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father. Jhn 14:23Jhn 15:9-101Jn 4:131Jn 4:162Jn 1:5-61Jn 1:31Jn 2:7Col 3:16 And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life. Jhn 10:28Tit 3:7Jud 1:21Jhn 17:2-3Tit 1:21Ti 6:121Jn 1:2Rom 5:21
I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 2Pe 2:1-32Jn 1:71Jn 3:7Act 20:29-30Mrk 13:22Col 2:81Ti 4:12Co 11:13-15 And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught. Jhn 14:261Jn 2:20-211Co 2:13Jhn 16:13Jer 31:33-34Heb 8:10-111Th 2:13Jhn 15:4-7
And now, little children, remain in Christ, 4 so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming. 1Jn 4:17Mrk 8:381Th 3:131Jn 3:21Jn 3:21Col 3:4Heb 9:281Jn 2:1
If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him. Jhn 3:3-51Jn 3:71Jn 5:1Jhn 1:131Jn 3:9-101Jn 4:7Jas 1:181Jn 5:4