1 John (KJV)
5 chapters · 105 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of 1 John
First John assures believers of eternal life and tests genuine faith by right belief about Christ, obedience, and love. It counters deceptive teaching with the marks of those who truly know God.
- Genre
- Epistle
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the apostle John
- First audience
- Churches unsettled by false teaching
How to read it: Read with its situation in mind; trace its recurring tests of authentic faith — truth, obedience, and love — woven throughout.
It opens: “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;” (1 John 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in 1 John
The verses of 1 John that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
We love him, because he first loved us.
Read 1 John with a guide
- 1 John: Walking in Love7 days through the first letter of JohnAll 7 days in 1 John
- New Believer: Your First 30 Days30 days on the first steps of following Jesus2 of 30 days in 1 John
- Called to Be Holy7 days on living a life set apart for God1 of 7 days in 1 John
- Discerning True & False Teaching7 days on testing teaching by God's word1 of 7 days in 1 John
- Forgiveness7 days of receiving and giving forgiveness1 of 7 days in 1 John
- Heaven & the Return of Christ7 days on resurrection hope and all things made new1 of 7 days in 1 John