John 1:1–3 (NIV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2  As we read through the first part of this chapter, we find John has so much to say about our Lord and John continues, “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made ” (John 1:1-3 ESV). Here in John’s Gospel account, we are told that God the Father created all things by His Son, who is

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Bible.com 1 John 1–2:2 (NIV) 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6   Now John jumps to the other end of the spectrum: those who claim to be without sin. you'll struggle with sin and temptation every moment of our lives, and to think you won't is to, as John Today: 1 John 3

John 1:1–5 (NIV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2  Right away in verse 1, John is making several significant theological claims about who Jesus is. John also claims that not only was the Word with God, but that “the Word was God”. While numerous heresies throughout the ages have tried to deny the divinity of Christ, John makes it This is not a teaching unique to the Gospel of John.

John 14:12-14 (NIV) 12  Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing Summary John 14 is a chapter we've come to often as we read the Bible together. The emphasis gets lost in English, but is super apparent in the Greek words John recorded.

John 1:29 (NIV) The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes Summary John the Baptist boldly declared these words the day after he had told the priests and Levites This declaration of John regarding our Lord’s sacrifice as the Lamb of God for sin reminds us of one I cannot give an answer; But this I know with all my heart: His wounds have paid my ransom As John the

John 1:29-31 (NIV) CONTEXT: The religious establishment had just sent a contingent to inquire whether John the Baptist, who'd been garnering massive crowds, was the coming Messiah. John denied he was, and he also denied being a reincarnation of Elijah or the Prophet. John the Apostle doesn't record what it was that John the Baptist was doing when he saw Jesus coming as a lamb (the other being Rev. 5:12, interestingly also written by John).

John 16:12-15 (NIV) 12  “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13  But when So much of John's gospel - from chapter 14-17 - is dedicated to what Jesus taught that night.

1 John 4:19-21 (NIV) 19  We love because he first loved us. 20  Whoever claims to love God yet hates Summary This is now the fourth time we've turned to 1 John 4 this year ( including two days ago ), But we have a way of pushing this fundamental knowledge out of the way of our own egos, so John has good So if you claim to love God - which John just reminded us is only possible because God initiated that

God's ordinary means of grace ordinarily produce extraordinary people. 1 John 4:11-17 (NIV) 11  Dear So it is with Christians, John writes here. "God lives in us, and His love is made complete in us." God's love is made complete in you, John indicates, as you " testify that the Father has sent His Son John continues, "if anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God