Study Desk

And they belong to the world, so what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.

This is how God showed his love to us: He sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could have life through him.

And so we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love. God is love. Those who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

Where God's love is, there is no fear, because God's perfect love drives out fear. It is punishment that makes a person fear, so love is not made perfect in the person who fears.

So the one who conquers the world is the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

So there are three witnesses:

I write this letter to you who believe in the Son of God so you will know you have eternal life.

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we can know the True One. And our lives are in the True One and in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the eternal life.

So, dear children, keep yourselves away from false gods.

I have many things to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and talk face to face so we can be full of joy.

So we should help such people; when we do, we share in their work for the truth.

So if I come, I will talk about what Diotrephes is doing, about how he lies and says evil things about us. But more than that, he refuses to accept the other brothers and sisters; he even stops those who do want to accept them and puts them out of the church.

They are like dirty spots in your special Christian meals you share. They eat with you and have no fear, caring only for themselves. They are clouds without rain, which the wind blows around. They are autumn trees without fruit that are pulled out of the ground. So they are twice dead.

So write the things you see, what is now and what will happen later.

So remember where you were before you fell. Change your hearts and do what you did at first. If you do not change, I will come to you and will take away your lampstand from its place.

So change your hearts and lives. If you do not, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword that comes out of my mouth.

So I will throw her on a bed of suffering. And all those who take part in adultery with her will suffer greatly if they do not turn away from the wrongs she does.

So do not forget what you have received and heard. Obey it, and change your hearts and lives. So you must wake up, or I will come like a thief, and you will not know when I will come to you.

But you have a few there in Sardis who have kept their clothes unstained, so they will walk with me and will wear white clothes, because they are worthy.

You have obeyed my teaching about not giving up your faith. So I will keep you from the time of trouble that will come to the whole world to test those who live on earth.