1 John Bible Study, Day 24 Today’s passage: 1 John 4:19–21 Focus verse: We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19) Perhaps the most misused, most misunderstood word in English is love. I love my wife, and I love to watch movies. I love nature, and I love blue. I love to write, and I […]
1 John Bible Study, Day 23 Today’s passage: 1 John 4:16–18 Focus verse: There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear. (1 John 4:18) In the Old Testament of the Bible, we read the command to “fear God” (Ecclesiastes 12:13). In the New Testament we see the principle to “love God” (1 Corinthians 8:3), […]
1 John Bible Study, Day 22 Today’s passage: 1 John 4:13–15 Focus verse: If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. (1 John 4:15) In yesterday’s reading John said that anyone who loves has been born of God and knows him (1 John 4:7). Later we’ll read that […]
1 John Bible Study, Day 21 Today’s passage: 1 John 4:7–12 Focus verse: 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. (1 John 4:9) So far in John’s letter he’s already talked a lot about love, building up to this […]
1 John Bible Study, Day 20 Today’s passage: 1 John 4:4–6 Focus verse: The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (1 John 4:4) After talking about the Holy Spirit and false prophets—that is, false teachers under Satan’s control—John gives us a comforting truth. As Father God’s children who […]
1 John Bible Study, Day 19 Today’s passage: 1 John 4:1–3 Focus verse: This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. (1 John 4:2) The third chapter of 1 John wraps up with a reference to the Holy Spirit, whom God […]
1 John Bible Study, Day 18 Today’s passage: 1 John 3:21–24 Focus verse: And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. (1 John 3:23) John teaches us that if we have a clear conscience before God, we can be confident that […]
1 John Bible Study, Day 17 Today’s passage: 1 John 3:16–20 Focus verse: This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. (1 John 3:16) The ultimate expression of love is to die for another, to sacrifice […]
1 John Bible Study, Day 16 Today’s passage: 1 John 3:11–15 Focus verse: For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. (1 John 3:11) John tells his audience that we are to love one another. It’s not a new command but one we’ve heard from the beginning. He first mentions […]
1 John Bible Study, Day 15 Today’s passage: 1 John 3:6–10 Focus verse: The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. (1 John 3:8) Our passage for the day is one that troubles most people. It talks about sin. John writes that when Jesus lives in us, we won’t keep on sinning. […]