1 John 1:7; 1 John 1:9; 1 John 2:16; 1 John 2:19-21; 1 John 2:23; 1 John 2:27; 1 John 2:29; 1 John 3:3-4; 1 John 3:6; 1 John 3:9-10; 1 John 3:15; 1 John 3:20; 1 John 4:1-3; 1 John 4:7; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 5:4; 1 John 5:17-18 (New American Standard)

7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 19 They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us. 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father ; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. 27 As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him. 3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. 4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness ; and sin is lawlessness. 6 No one who abides in Him sins ; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. 9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious : anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer ; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 20 in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

Testing the Spirits

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God : every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God ; 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God ; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.

God Is Love

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God ; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

Overcoming the World

1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world ; and this is the victory that has overcome the world -our faith. 17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death. 18 We know that no one who is born of God sins ; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.