Bible Studies

Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word that you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. Whoever says, 'I am in the light', while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness. Whoever loves a brother or sister lives in the light, and in such a person there is no cause for stumbling. (vs 7-10)

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; (v. 1)

"By this we may be sure that we are in him: whoever says, 'I abide in him', ought to walk just as he walked." (vv. 5b-6)

“Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word that you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.” (vv. 7-8)

“Whoever says, ‘I am in the light’, while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.” (v. 9)

“Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning.” (v. 7)

"Whoever says, 'I have come to know him', but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but however obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him." (vv. 4-5)

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in these who love the world." (v. 15)

“I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.” (v. 12)