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I John Chapter 1

I John
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I John

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John writes to the believers to remind them that true faith comes from seeing God’s light, not from darkness. He explains that those who do not know God are like darkness, while believers are children of God who have been born again. The chapter emphasizes that recognizing God’s light leads to a life of truth and love.

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(1) That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
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I John 2:13Proverbs 8:22Proverbs 8:23Proverbs 8:24Proverbs 8:25Proverbs 8:26Proverbs 8:27Proverbs 8:28Proverbs 8:29Proverbs 8:30Proverbs 8:31Isaiah 41:4

(2) (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
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I John 5:11I John 5:20John 1:4John 11:25John 11:26John 14:6I John 3:5I John 3:8Romans 16:25Romans 16:26I Timothy 3:16II Timothy 1:10

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II Samuel 18:20John 1:7John 5:31John 5:36John 8:18I Samuel 12:5

(3) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
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I John 1:1Acts 4:20I John 1:5Psalms 2:7Psalms 22:22Isaiah 66:19John 17:25Acts 13:32Acts 13:41Acts 20:27I Corinthians 15:1Hebrews 2:12

(4) And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
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Isaiah 61:10Habakkuk 3:17Habakkuk 3:18John 15:11John 16:24II Corinthians 1:24Ephesians 3:19Philippians 1:25Philippians 1:26II John 1:12

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II John 1:12John 15:11I John 2:13Isaiah 9:3

(5) This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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I John 3:11I Corinthians 11:23Psalms 27:1Psalms 36:9Psalms 84:11Isaiah 60:19John 1:4John 1:9John 8:12John 9:5John 12:35John 12:36

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Job 10:22Isaiah 5:20Matthew 6:23John 12:35Isaiah 30:26Genesis 1:4

(6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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I John 1:8I John 1:10I John 2:4I John 4:20Matthew 7:22James 2:14James 2:16James 2:18Revelation 3:17Revelation 3:18I John 1:3Psalms 5:4

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Job 10:22Matthew 6:23John 12:35I John 2:11John 8:44I John 2:21

(7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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I John 2:9I John 2:10Psalms 56:13Psalms 89:15Psalms 97:11Isaiah 2:5John 12:35Romans 13:12Ephesians 5:8II John 1:4III John 1:4I John 1:5

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36John 8:12John 12:35

(8) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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I John 1:6I John 1:10I John 3:5I John 3:6I Kings 8:46II Chronicles 6:36Job 9:2Job 14:4Job 15:14Job 25:4Psalms 143:2Proverbs 20:9

(9) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Leviticus 26:40Leviticus 26:41Leviticus 26:42I Kings 8:47II Chronicles 6:37II Chronicles 6:38Nehemiah 1:6Nehemiah 9:2Nehemiah 9:3Nehemiah 9:4Nehemiah 9:5Nehemiah 9:6

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Leviticus 19:36Luke 11:4I Kings 16:13John 8:24John 20:23I Peter 2:24

(10) If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
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I John 1:8Psalms 130:3I John 5:10Job 24:25I John 2:4I John 4:4Colossians 3:16II John 1:2

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