Today’s passage: 1 John 4:1–3 Focus verse: This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. (1 John 4:2) The third chapter of 1 John wraps up with a reference to the Holy Spirit, whom God sent to us. John now contrasts […]
Today’s passage: 1 John 3:21–24 Focus verse: And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. (1 John 3:23) John teaches us that if we have a clear conscience before God, we can be confident that we’ll receive from him whatever we […]
Today’s passage: 1 John 3:16–20 Focus verse: This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. (1 John 3:16) The ultimate expression of love is to die for another, to sacrifice ourselves for the good of someone […]
Today’s passage: 1 John 3:11–15 Focus verse: For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. (1 John 3:11) John tells his audience that we are to love one another. It’s not a new command but one we’ve heard from the beginning. He first mentions this in 1 John 2:7–8. And now […]
Today’s passage: 1 John 3:6–10 Focus verse: The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. (1 John 3:8) Our passage for the day is one that troubles most people. It talks about sin. John writes that when Jesus lives in us, we won’t keep on sinning. If we know him, we can’t. […]
Today’s passage: 1 John 3:4–5 Focus verse: But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. (1 John 3:5) John reminds us that anyone who sins breaks the law. He’s talking about the law of Moses. Sin is something we all do. We’re all guilty of breaking God’s law. The Old Testament […]
Today’s passage: 1 John 3:1–3 Focus verse: See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! (1 John 3:1) The Bible says that Jesus is God’s one and only Son (John 3:16–18 and 1 John 4:9). However, God also calls us his children. How can we be God’s children […]
Today’s passage: 1 John 2:26–29 Focus verse: The anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. (1 John 2:27) Our verse for today contains two words that we’ve already read in 1 John 2: anointing and remain. In verse twenty, John reminds us of the fact that we received […]
Today’s passage: 1 John 2:24–25 Focus verse: And this is what he promised us—eternal life. (1 John 2:25) After warning us to be on alert for the antichrist, John encourages us to make sure we hold on to the good news of Jesus—on what we heard from the beginning. We started our journey with Jesus by believing […]
Today’s passage: 1 John 2:18–23 Focus verse: As you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. (1 John 2:18) After John tells us to not love the world, he warns us about antichrists too. Anti means against and Christ means Messiah. Therefore, an antichrist is someone who is against the Messiah, […]