Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of 1 John
Chapter 1  -  Read Chapter - Click the Play Button for Chapter Audio MediaPlayer
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:5 JFB -> Commentary on 1:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:5 PNT -> Commentary on 1:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:5 TSK -> Commentary on 1:5 TSK -> Entry for 1:5 WEN -> Notes on 1:5 NTB -> Darkness; Fellowship; God (continued); Light; Word Of God TTT -> God; Light 1:5 - [In Context] This is the message he has given us to announce to you: God is light and there is no darkness in him at all.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:6 JFB -> Commentary on 1:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:6 PNT -> Commentary on 1:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:6 TSK -> Commentary on 1:6 TSK -> Entry for 1:6 WEN -> Notes on 1:6 NTB -> Blindness; Confession; Darkness; Fellowship; Holiness; Hypocrisy; Wicked (People) TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Lying EBD -> Forgiveness of sin SBD -> John, The First Epistle General of SPG -> Devotional using 1:6 1:6 - [In Context] So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not living in the truth.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:7 JFB -> Commentary on 1:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:7 PNT -> Commentary on 1:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:7 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:7 TSK -> Commentary on 1:7 TSK -> Entry for 1:7 WEN -> Notes on 1:7 NTB -> Ablution; Atonement; Blood; Cleanliness; Communion; Darkness; Fellowship; Holiness; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Light; Righteous; Sin; Walking; Wicked (People) TTT -> Atonement, The; Blindness, Spiritual; Communion of Saints; Pardon; Purifications or Baptisms; Sin EBD -> Dwell; Forgiveness of sin SBD -> John, The First Epistle General of UTM -> Devotional using 1:7 SPG -> Devotional using 1:7 TV -> Devotional using 1:7 TV -> Devotional using 1:7 TV -> Devotional using 1:7 TV -> Devotional using 1:7 TV -> Devotional using 1:7 1:7 - [In Context] But if we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ is, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:8 JFB -> Commentary on 1:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:8 PNT -> Commentary on 1:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:8 TSK -> Commentary on 1:8 TSK -> Entry for 1:8 WEN -> Notes on 1:8 NTB -> Blindness; Depravity Of Man; Sin; Sinlessness TTT -> Fall of Man, The EBD -> Forgiveness of sin; Sanctification SBD -> Proverbs, Book of 1:8 - [In Context] If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:9 JFB -> Commentary on 1:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:9 PNT -> Commentary on 1:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:9 TSK -> Commentary on 1:9 TSK -> Entry for 1:9 WEN -> Notes on 1:9 NTB -> Ablution; Cleanliness; God; God (continued); Penitent; Repentance; Righteous; Sanctification; Sin TTT -> Confession of Sin; Faithfulness of God, The; Justice of God, The; Pardon EBD -> Atonement; Forgiveness of sin TV -> Devotional using 1:9 TV -> Devotional using 1:9 TV -> Devotional using 1:9 TV -> Devotional using 1:9 TV -> Devotional using 1:9 TV -> Devotional using 1:9 TV -> Devotional using 1:9 TV -> Devotional using 1:9 1:9 - [In Context] But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:10 JFB -> Commentary on 1:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:10 PNT -> Commentary on 1:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:10 TSK -> Commentary on 1:10 TSK -> Entry for 1:10 WEN -> Notes on 1:10 NTB -> Depravity Of Man; Hypocrisy; Sin; Sinlessness; Truth TTT -> Sin; Truth of God, The 1:10 - [In Context] If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:1 JFB -> Commentary on 2:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:1 PNT -> Commentary on 2:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:1 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:1 TSK -> Commentary on 2:1 TSK -> Entry for 2:1 WEN -> Notes on 2:1 NTB -> Advocate; God; God (continued); Holiness; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Sin TTT -> Privileges of Saints; Titles and Names of Christ; Titles and Names of Saints SBD -> Advocate; John, The First Epistle General of SPG -> Devotional using 2:1 TV -> Devotional using 2:1 TV -> Devotional using 2:1 TV -> Devotional using 2:1 TV -> Devotional using 2:1 TV -> Devotional using 2:1 2:1 - [In Context] My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if you do sin, there is someone to plead for you before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who pleases God completely. F3
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:2 JFB -> Commentary on 2:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:2 PNT -> Commentary on 2:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:2 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:2 TSK -> Commentary on 2:2 TSK -> Entry for 2:2 WEN -> Notes on 2:2 NTB -> Atonement; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Propitiation; Sin TTT -> Atonement, The EBD -> Propitiation SBD -> John, The First Epistle General of UTM -> Devotional using 2:2 TV -> Devotional using 2:2 TV -> Devotional using 2:2 TV -> Devotional using 2:2 TV -> Devotional using 2:2 TV -> Devotional using 2:2 2:2 - [In Context] He is the sacrifice for our sins. He takes away not only our sins but the sins of all the world.
FOOTNOTES: F3: Greek Jesus Christ, the righteous.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.