1 John 2:7-8 Part 1 of 2

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

 

Dear friends,

1 Corinthians 10:14  Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. (see verses 1-14)

Hebrews 6:9  Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are convinced of better things in your case--things that have to do with salvation. (see all chapter 6)

1 Peter 2:11  Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. (see all chapter 2)

Jude 3  Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's holy people. (see all Jude)

 

I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. 

1 John 2:24  As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. (see verses 18-29)

1 John 3:11  For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. (see verses 11-24)

2 John 5-6  And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. (see all 2 John)

 

Yet I am writing you a new command; 

John 13:34-35  "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

John 15:12-13  "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command." (see all chapter 15)

 

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1 John 2:5-6

But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

 

But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them.

1 John 4:7-8  Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:12  No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. (see verses 7-12)

 

This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. 

Matthew 11:29  "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." (see verses 25-30)

John 3:15  "I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you." (see verses 1-17)

Philippians 1:27-28  Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved--and that by God. (see all chapter 1)

Philippians 2:5-8  In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death--even death on a cross! (see verses 1-11)

Philippians 2:12-13  Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. (see verses 12-18)

 

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1 John 2:3-4

We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.

 

We know that we have come to know him

1 John 2:5-6  But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

1 John 3:24  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. (see verses 16-24)

1 John 4:13  This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. (see verses 7-21)

1 John 5:2  This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. (see verses 1-12)

 

if we keep his commands. 

John 14:15  "If you love me, keep my commands." (see verses 15-21)

John 15:10  "If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love." (see verses 9-17)

Revelation 14:12  This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus. (see verses 1-13, also Revelation 12:17)

2 John 6  And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. (see all 2 John)

 

Whoever says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 

1 John 1:6  If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

1 John 1:8  If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. (see verses 5-10)

1 John 3:5-6  But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. (see verses 1-10)

 

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1 John 2:1-2 Part 3 of 3

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

 

and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Matthew 1:21  "She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus (the LORD saves), because he will save his people from their sins." (see verses 18-25)

Psalm 130:7-8  Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins. (see all Psalm 130)

John 3:17  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (see verses 1-21)

Acts 5:30-32  "The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead--whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. We are the witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him." (see verses 17-42)

Romans 11:13-14  I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. (see all chapter 11)

Titus 2:11-14  For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope--the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. (see all chapter 2)

 

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1 John 2:1-2 Part 2 of 3

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

 

But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

Romans 8:34  Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. (see all chapter 8)

Job 16:19-21  "Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend."

Isaiah 53:12  Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (see all chapter 53)

Hebrews 7:25  Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. (see verses 11-28)

Hebrews 9:24  For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's presence. (see verses 11-28)

1 Timothy 2:5-6  For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time. (see verses 1-7)

 

He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, 

Romans 3:25-26  God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood--to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished--he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. (see all chapter 3)

1 John 4:9-10  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. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. (see verses 7-21)

 

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1 John 2:1-2 Part 1 of 3

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

 

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin.

1 John 2:12  I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. (see verses 12-14)

1 John 2:28  And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. (see verses 18-29)

1 John 3:7  Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. (see verses 1-10)

1 John 3:18  Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. (see verses 11-24)

1 John 4:4  You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (see verses 1-6)

1 John 5:21  Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. (see verses 13-21)

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12  For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (see all chapter 2)

1 Corinthians 4:14  I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. (see verses 14-21)

Galatians 4:19-20  My dear children, for whom I am again in pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you! (see verses 18-20)

1 Timothy 1:2  To Timothy, my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Philemon 10  ... that I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains. (see all of Philemon)

 

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1 John 1:9-10

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins

Psalm 32:5  Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD." And you forgave the guilt of my sin. (see all Psalm 32)

Psalm 51:1-2  Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. (see all Psalm 51)

Proverbs 28:13  Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

 

and purify us from all unrighteousness. 

Psalm 103:8-10  The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. (see all Psalm 103)

Isaiah 43:25  "I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more." (see all chapter 43)

Hebrews 10:22-23  ... let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. (see all chapter 10)

 

If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar 

1 John 5:10  Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. (see verses 1-12)

 

and his word is not in us. 

John 5:37-38  "And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent." (see verses 16-47)

 

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