Study Desk

The one who believes in the Son of God has this testimony within himself. The one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony God has given about his Son.

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

The one who has the Son has life. The one who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

If anyone sees a fellow believer committing a sin that doesn’t lead to death, he should ask, and God will give life to him—to those who commit sin that doesn’t lead to death. There is sin that leads to death. I am not saying he should pray about that.

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the one who is born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one. We are in the true one—that is, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Anyone who does not remain in Christ’s teaching but goes beyond it does not have God. The one who remains in that teaching, this one has both the Father and the Son.

They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God,

Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting expectantly for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.

to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen.

The revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, whatever he saw.

and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

I, John, your brother and partner in the affliction, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.