Study Desk

He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for displeasure in him.

I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name''s sake.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the body, and the covetousness of the eyes, and the pride of material things; does not come from the Father, but is of the world.

They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they left us, that it might be known they did not belong to us.

Let that, therefore, abide in you which you have heard from the very beginning. For if that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, you also shall continue in the Father and in the Son.

SEE how abundant the love of the Fa ther is toward us, for he has called us sons and made us: therefore the world does not know us because it did not know him.

My beloved, now we are the sons of God, and as yet it has not been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be in his likeness; for we shall see him as he is.

Whoever commits sin commits evil: for all sin is evil.

He who commits sin is of the devil; because the devil has been a sinner from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

For this is the commandment that you have heard from the beginning, that you must love one another,

By this we know his love for us, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for our brethren.

For if our hearts condemns us, how much more, then, will God who is greater than our hearts and knows all things.

My beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one who loves is born of God, and knows God.

He who does not love, does not know God; for God is love.

By this was the love of God toward us made known, for God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

And we have believed and have known the love that God has for us. God is love; and he who dwells in love, abides in God.

If a man say, I love God, and yet hates his brother, he is a liar: for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: And his commandments are not difficult.

For whoever is born of God triumphs over the world: and this is the victory which conquers the world, even our faith.