1 John Chapter 5
Bible Passage: 1 John 5 The ending of 1 John 5 is quite strange…. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. Normally, at the end of an epistle, you would read words of greeting, farewell or blessings.…
1 John Chapter 3
Let me start off with a favourite chorus of mine that we seldom sing today anymore. Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!~ 1 John 3:1a ~ Some…
1 John Chapter 2
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and…
1 John Chapter 1
It struck me how similar the Apostle John starts off his Gospel account and his epistles. In John 1:1, he starts off by saying, “In the beginning was the …” In 1 John 1:1, he starts off…
1 John Chapter 5
I am sure when you read today’s chapter, you will find that there are so many teachings that one can reflect and meditate upon. For me today, I was drawn to the heading that prefaced verses 6…
1 John Chapter 4
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this…
1 John Chapter 2
The older I grow, the more enticing the world appears to be. There seems to be more to buy, more to want, more to do, more to worry about, more to enjoy… The list goes on. To…
1 John Chapter 1
Asking the right questions When it comes to God, we often hear these questions: “If God is good, why did He allow Adam and Eve to sin in the Garden of Eden?” “If God knows everything, why…
1 John 5
Bible Passage: 1 John 5 A year on… Coincidentally, I was assigned to blog about this same chapter last year. Nearly a year has passed since. Having read what I wrote then, I realized the same verse…
1 John 4
Bible Passage: 1 John 4 Love Has Been Perfected Among Us As I read today’s chapter, I see the marvelous relationship between love and the Holy Spirit. At first glance, it may seem as if elder John…