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Yes. It says that claiming to have no sin is self-deception and contradicts the truth. It also says that if anyone does sin, Jesus Christ is an advocate with the Father. See 1 John 1:8 and 1 John 2:1.
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The letter says knowledge of God is shown by keeping his commandments. It contrasts this with someone who claims to know him but does not keep his commandments. See 1 John 2:3–4.
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It says not to believe every spirit but to test them, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. The key test given is whether they confess Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. See 1 John 4:1–2.
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It says love is shown by Jesus laying down his life for others. It then applies this to practical help rather than words only. See 1 John 3:16–18.
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1 John defines sin as lawlessness. It then connects Jesus’ appearing with taking away sins. See 1 John 3:4–5.
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1 John summarizes its message with the statement that God is light and that in him is no darkness at all. The next verses use this claim to test whether someone’s life matches their claim of fellowship with God. See 1 John 1:5–6.
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The letter says the distinction is shown by practice: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, and neither is the one who does not love a brother. It presents behavior as the identifying evidence. See 1 John 3:10.
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The letter states that God is love and that love is shown in God sending his only Son into the world so that people might live through him. It also links love for one another to being born of God and knowing God. See 1 John 4:8–9.
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1 John opens by describing "the word of life" as something the witnesses heard, saw, and touched, then proclaimed. The point is that the life was revealed and testified to publicly. See 1 John 1:1–2.
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It says that if anyone sins, "we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." The statement presents Jesus as the one who speaks for believers before the Father. See 1 John 2:1.
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1 John uses Cain as an example of someone who murdered his brother and explains it in terms of contrasting deeds. It also says hatred of a brother is like murder in this framework. See 1 John 3:12 and 1 John 3:15.
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1 John says every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. It contrasts this with not confessing Jesus, which it associates with error and antichrist. See 1 John 4:2–3.
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The letter says believers can have confidence before God, and that if they ask anything according to his will, he hears them. It adds that knowing he hears implies they have what they asked. See 1 John 5:14–15.
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It says there is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The passage links mature love with confidence for the day of judgment. See 1 John 4:17–18.
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1 John says Jesus Christ is "the propitiation for our sins" and extends the statement beyond "ours only" to "the whole world." This is tied to Jesus’ role in dealing with sin. See 1 John 2:2.
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It warns that loving the world is incompatible with the love of the Father. It lists "the desires of the flesh," "the desires of the eyes," and "pride of life" and says the world is passing away. See 1 John 2:15–17.
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It says that when he appears, believers will be like him because they will see him as he is. The statement is connected to future hope. See 1 John 3:2.
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The letter says the one who denies the Son does not have the Father, while the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. This frames confession of the Son as central to having the Father. See 1 John 2:23.
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The letter says that if sins are confessed, God is faithful and just to forgive sins and to cleanse from all unrighteousness. It contrasts confession with denying sin. See 1 John 1:9.
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1 John says the readers have an anointing from the Holy One and that it teaches them, so they do not need someone to teach them in the same way. It links this anointing to abiding in what they heard from the beginning. See 1 John 2:20 and 1 John 2:27.
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1 John speaks of an "old commandment" they had from the beginning and also calls it a "new commandment" that is true in Christ and in them. The context explains it in terms of light and love versus darkness and hate. See 1 John 2:7–8.
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Walking in darkness while claiming fellowship is described as lying and not practicing the truth. Walking in the light is linked with fellowship with one another and cleansing through Jesus’ blood. See 1 John 1:6–7.
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1 John says many antichrists have come and connects this to people who went out from the community. It also ties antichrist to denying the Father and the Son. See 1 John 2:18–19 and 1 John 2:22.
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The letter says it is written so readers may know they have eternal life. It also connects this assurance to believing in the name of the Son of God. See 1 John 5:13.