ach. 3:11
bJames 1:17; [ch. 4:8; John 4:24]
cch. 2:11; John 12:35; 2 Cor. 6:14
dJohn 3:21
e[Isa. 2:5]
f[Ps. 104:2; 1 Tim. 6:16]
gEph. 1:7; Heb. 9:14; 1 Pet. 1:19; Rev. 5:9; 7:14; 12:11
h[Job 15:14; Jer. 2:35]; See James 3:2
ich. 2:4
jPs. 32:5; 51:3; Prov. 28:13
k[Ps. 143:1; Rom. 3:26]
l[See ver. 7 above]
mch. 5:10
nJohn 5:38; 8:37
oRom. 8:34; 1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 7:25
pch. 4:10; Rom. 3:25; [2 Cor. 5:18, 19; Col. 1:20]
qch. 4:14; John 1:29; 4:42; 11:51, 52; 12:32
rJohn 14:15; 15:10
sch. 1:8; John 8:44
tch. 1:8; John 8:44
uch. 5:3; John 14:23
vch. 4:12
wch. 3:24; 4:13; 5:2
xJohn 15:4, 5, 7
ySee Matt. 11:29
z2 John 5
aaLev. 19:18
ab[ver. 24; ch. 3:11; 2 John 5, 6]
acSee John 13:34
aeRom. 13:12; Eph. 5:8; 1 Thess. 5:4, 5
afJohn 1:9; 8:12
agch. 4:20; [ch. 3:14, 15; Titus 3:3]
aiJohn 11:10; [Prov. 4:19; 2 Pet. 1:10]
ajSee ch. 1:6

1 John 1:5-10

Walking in the Light

5 aThis is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that bGod is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 cIf we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and ddo not practice the truth. 7But eif we walk in the light, fas he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and gthe blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 hIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ithe truth is not in us. 9 jIf we confess our sins, he is kfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and lto cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, mwe make him a liar, and nhis word is not in us.

1 John 2:1-11

Christ Our Advocate

1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, owe have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 pHe is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but qalso for the sins of the whole world. 3And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we rkeep his commandments. 4Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments sis a liar, and tthe truth is not in him, 5but whoever ukeeps his word, in him truly vthe love of God is perfected. wBy this we may know that we are in him: 6whoever says he xabides in him yought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

The New Commandment

7Beloved, I am writing you zno new commandment, but aaan old commandment abthat you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8At the same time, it is aca new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because ▼
▼Or that
 aethe darkness is passing away and afthe true light is already shining. 9Whoever says he is in the light and aghates his brother is still in darkness. 10Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him ▼
▼Or it
 there is no aicause for stumbling. 11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and ajwalks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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