1 John Devotionals

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1. 1 John 1: Confession Met by Faithfulness

   John begins with something he and others heard, saw with their own eyes, and touched with their hands, the Word of life who was with the Father and was made known to them (1:1-2).…

2. 1 John 2: An Advocate When We Fail

   John writes so that his readers will not sin, but he knows they will. If anyone does sin, he says, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous One (2:1).…

3. 1 John 3: Called Children by the Father

   John stops to marvel. Look at the kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are (3:1). It is a present fact, not a future…

4. 1 John 4: Love That Starts with God

   John begins with a warning to test what people teach, because not every spirit is from God. The test is whether it confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh (4:1-3).…

5. 1 John 5: Life Held in the Son

   Near the end of his letter John states why he wrote it: so that those who believe in the name of the Son of God may know that they have eternal life (5:13). That confidence rests…