Ministry Passages 1 John Flashcards
ADMIT SIN
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
CONFESS SIN
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
PROPITIATION FOR THE WHOLE WORLD
1 John 2:2
He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
MATURITY LEVELS IN THE CHURCH
1 John 2:12-14
writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
DON’T LOVE THE WORLD
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him
ENDURANCE IS ASSURANCE
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us.
LAST THINGS PRODUCES PURE LIVES
1 John 3:2-3
we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
REAL LOVE GIVES
1 John 3:17
whoever has the world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
TEST THE SPIRITS
1 John 4:1
do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
GOD IS THE INITIATOR IN LOVE
1 John 4:19
We love, because He first loved us
IF WE LOVE GOD, WE WILL LOVE OUR BROTHERS
1 John 4:20
If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
REAL LOVE KEEPS GOD’S COMMANDMENTS
1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.
THE PURPOSE OF I JOHN
1 John 5:13
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life.