I'm going to try to read through the whole Bible this year. Why don't
you join me? There are many different websites that offer reading plans
to read the Bible in a year. The one I chose is Read the KJV Bible in One Year. So for today, let's read chapters 1-5 in the book of 1 John.
Special verse(s):
Chapter 1
"If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth ..." - 1 John 1:6
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." - 1 John 1:9
Chapter 2
"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. For all that is
in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." - 1 John 2:15-17
"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son." - 1 John 2:22
Chapter 3
"Behold, what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God..." - 1 John 3:1
"But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth." - 1 John 3:17,18
Chapter 4
"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but
try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are
gone out into the world." - 1 John 4:1
"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." - 1 John 4:7,8
"...God is love..." - 1 John 4:16
Chapter 5
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." - 1 John 5:7
"And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness." - 1 John 5:19
Note:
If you have a reading disability that makes it difficult or impossible
to read along with me this year, please consider going to Biblegateway.com and listening to the Bible. This is a great site with many resources, one of which is an audio version of the Bible
