Day 58 of 90

1 John 3:1–5:21

3:1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. We know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

3:3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him is no sin.

3:6 Whoever remains in him does not sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

3:7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

3:8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

3:9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

3:10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who does not love his brother.

3:11 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

3:12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

3:13 Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

3:14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love remains in death.

3:15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

3:16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

3:17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

3:18 Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

3:19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and persuade our heart before him,

3:20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

3:21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

3:22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

3:23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded us.

3:24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

4:3 and every spirit who does not confess Jesus is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Anti-Christ, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

4:5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

4:6 We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.

4:8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

4:9 By this God's love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

4:11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

4:12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

4:13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

4:14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

4:15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

4:16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

4:17 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

4:19 We love, because he first loved us.

4:20 If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

4:21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

5:5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

5:6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

5:7 For there are three who testify:

5:8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God's testimony that he has testified concerning his Son.

5:10 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

5:11 The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

5:12 He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have God's Son does not have the life.

5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

5:14 This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

5:15 And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

5:16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I do not say that he should make a request concerning this.

5:17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

5:18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

5:19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

5:20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

2 John 1:1–13

1 The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;

2 for the truth's sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:

3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

4 I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.

5 Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

6 This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Anti-Christ.

8 Watch yourselves, that you do not lose the things which we have accomplished, but that you receive a full reward.

9 Whoever goes on and does not remain in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

10 If anyone comes to you, and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not welcome him,

11 for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works.

12 Having many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.

13 The children of your chosen sister greet you.

3 John 1:1–14

1 The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

3 For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth.

4 I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

5 Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.

6 They have testified about your love before the church. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God,

7 because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the pagans.

8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

9 I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.

10 Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the church.

11 Beloved, do not imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.

12 Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

13 I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;

14 but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.