1 John 1:9; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:9; 1 John 4:12; 1 John 4:13; 1 John 4:16; 1 John 5:11; 1 John 5:20

1 John 1:9

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 2:25

25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.

1 John 3:1

1 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.

1 John 3:23

23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

1 John 3:24

24 The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

1 John 4:9

9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

1 John 4:12

12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

1 John 4:13

13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.

1 John 4:16

16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.

1 John 5:11

11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1 John 5:20

20 We know also 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 by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.