The True Light
1 John 2:8: Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
Love’s Beginning
1 John 2:7: Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
His Perfect Love
1 John 2:5: But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
Knowing Him
1 John 2:4: He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Saved by Another
1 John 2:2: And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
Our Advocate
1 John 2:1: My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
The Blinding Effects of Sin
1 John 1:10: If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Confession and Forgiveness
1 John 1:9: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.