JOHN’S 1st EPISTLE
based on The King James Bible of 1611.
Edited & Formatted to be read with the reading of:
John's 1st. Epistle.
If you are reading along from your own King James Bible,
please note, there may be some minor word variations,
depending on which edition of the King James Bible you are using.
JOHN’S 1st EPISTLE
Ch. 1 1st John
1:1 That which was from the
beginning,
which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes,
which we have looked upon,
and our hands have handled,
of the Word of life;
1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we
have seen it, and bear witness, and
shew unto you, that eternal life,
which was with the Father,
and was manifested unto us;)
1:3 That which we have seen and
heard, declare we unto you,
that ye also may have
fellowship with us:
And truly,
our fellowship is with the Father,
and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
1:4 And these things write we unto you,
that your joy may be full.
1:5 This, then, is the message which we
have heard of him, and declare unto you,
that God is light, and in him,
is no darkness at all.
1:6 If we say that we have
fellowship with him,
and walk in darkness,
we lie, and do not the truth:
1:7 But if we walk in the light,
as he is in the light, we have
fellowship, one with another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son,
cleanseth us from all sin.
1:8 If we say that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in us.
1:9 If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
1:10 If we say that we have not sinned,
we make him a liar, and his word
is not in us.
Ch. 2 1st John
2:1 My little children, these things write
I unto you, that ye sin not.
And if any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ, the righteous:
2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins:
And not for ours only,
but also for the sins of the whole world.
2:3 And hereby we do know that we
know him,
if we keep his commandments.
2:4 He that saith, I know him, and
keepeth not his commandments, is a
liar, and the truth is not in him.
2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in
him verily is the love of God perfected:
Hereby know we that we are in him.
2:6 He that saith he abideth in him
ought himself also, so to walk,
even as he walked.
2:7 Brethren, I write no new
commandment unto you,
but an old commandment,
which ye had from the beginning.
The old commandment is the
word which ye have heard from
the beginning.
2:8 Again, a new commandment I
write unto you, which thing is true in
him, and in you:
because the darkness is past, and
the true light now shineth.
2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and
hateth his brother, is in
darkness, even until now.
2:10 He that loveth his brother,
abideth in the light,
and there is none
occasion of stumbling in him.
2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in
darkness, and walketh in darkness,
and knoweth not whither he goeth,
because that darkness hath
blinded his eyes.
2:12 I write unto you, little children,
because your sins are forgiven
you,
for his name's sake.
2:13 I write unto you fathers,
because ye have known him that is
from the beginning.
I write unto you, young men,
because ye have overcome the
wicked one.
I write unto you little children,
because ye have known the Father.
2:14 I have written unto you, fathers,
because ye have known him that is
from the beginning.
I have written unto you young men,
because ye are strong, and the word of
God abideth in you, and ye have
overcome the wicked one.
2:15 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.
2:16 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.
2:17 And the world passeth away,
and the lust thereof:
But he that doeth the will of
God, abideth for ever.
2:18 Little children, it is the last time:
And as ye have heard that
antichrist shall come,
even now, are there many antichrists;
whereby we
know that it is the last time.
2:19 They went out from us,
but they were not of us;
for if they had been of us,
they would no doubt have
continued with us:
But they went out,
that they might be made manifest
that they were not all of us.
2:20 But ye have an unction from the
Holy One, and ye know all things.
2:21 I have not written unto you because
ye know not the truth, but
because ye know it,
and that no lie is of the truth.
2:22 Who is a liar,
but he that denieth that
Jesus is the Christ?
He is antichrist, that denieth the
Father, and the Son.
2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son,
the same hath not the Father:
He that acknowledgeth the Son
hath the Father also.
2:24 Let that therefore abide in you,
which ye have heard from the
beginning.
If that which ye have heard from the
beginning shall remain in you,
ye also shall continue in the Son,
and in the Father.
2:25 And this is the promise that he
hath promised us, even eternal life.
2:26 These things have I written unto
you, concerning them that seduce you.
2:27 But the anointing,
which ye have received of him,
abideth in you, and ye need not that
any man teach you:
But as the same anointing teacheth
you of all things, and is truth, and
is no lie, and even as it hath taught
you, ye shall abide in him.
2:28 And now, little children, abide in
him; that, when he shall appear,
we may have confidence, and not be
ashamed before him at his coming.
2:29 If ye know that he is righteous,
ye know that every one that doeth
righteousness, is born of him.
Ch. 3 1st John
3:1 Behold what manner of love the
Father hath bestowed upon us, that
we should be called the sons of God:
Therefore, the world knoweth us not,
because it knew him not.
3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
But we know, that when he shall appear,
we shall be like him; for we shall
see him, as he is.
3:3 And every man that hath
this hope in him,
purifieth himself,
even as he is pure.
3:4 Whosoever committeth sin,
transgresseth also the law:
For sin is the transgression of the law.
3:5 And ye know that he was
manifested, to
take away our sins;
and in him, is no sin.
3:6 Whosoever abideth in him,
sinneth not:
Whosoever sinneth, hath not
seen him, neither known him.
3:7 Little children,
let no man deceive you:
he that doeth righteousness,
is righteous,
even as he is righteous.
3:8 He that committeth sin,
is of the devil;
for the devil sinneth from
the beginning.
For this purpose,
the Son of God was manifested,
that he might destroy the
works of the devil.
3:9 Whosoever is born of God
doth not commit sin; for his seed
remaineth in him:
and he cannot sin,
because he is born of God.
3:10 In this, the children of God are
manifest,
and the children of the devil:
Whosoever doeth not
righteousness, is not of God,
neither he that
loveth not, his brother.
3:11 For this is the message that ye
heard from the beginning, that we
should love one another.
3:12 Not as Cain,
who was of that wicked one,
and slew his brother.
And wherefore slew he him?
Because his own works were evil, and
his brother's, righteous.
3:13 Marvel not my brethren, if the
world hate you.
3:14 We know that we have passed from
death unto life, because we love
the brethren.
He that loveth not his brother,
abideth in death.
3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is
a murderer:
And ye know that no murderer
hath eternal life abiding in him.
3:16 Hereby perceive we the
love of God,
because he laid down his life for us:
and we ought to lay down our
lives for the brethren.
3:17 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?
3:18 My little children,
let us not love in word,
neither in tongue; but
in deed, and in truth.
3:19 And hereby we know that we are
of the truth, and shall assure our
hearts before him.
3:20 For if our heart condemn us,
God is greater than our heart, and
knoweth all things.
3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not,
then have we confidence toward God.
3:22 And whatsoever we ask,
we receive of him, because we keep
his commandments, and do those
things that are pleasing in his sight.
3:23 And this is his commandment,
that we should believe on the
name of his Son Jesus Christ,
and love one another,
as he gave us commandment.
3:24 And he that keepeth his
commandments, dwelleth in him, and
he in him.
And hereby we know that he abideth in
us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Ch. 4 1st John
4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but
try the spirits, whether they are of God:
Because many false prophets are
gone out into the world.
4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God:
Every spirit that confesseth, that
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh,
is of God:
4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not
that Jesus Christ is come in the
flesh, is not of God:
And this is that spirit of antichrist,
whereof ye have heard that it
should come;
and even now already is it in the world.
4:4 Ye are of God little children,
and have overcome them:
because
greater is he that is in you,
than he that is in the world.
4:5 They are of the world:
therefore speak they of the world,
and the world heareth them.
4:6 We are of God:
He that knoweth God, heareth us;
he that is not of God, heareth not us.
Hereby know we the spirit of truth,
and the spirit of error.
4:7 Beloved, let us love one another:
For love is of God; and every one
that loveth, is born of God, and
knoweth God.
4:8 He that loveth not,
knoweth not God;
for God is love.
4:9 In this was manifested the love of
God toward us,
because that God
sent his only begotten Son into the
world,
that we might live through him.
4:10 Herein is love,
not that we loved God,
but that he loved us, and
sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us,
we ought also to love one another.
4:12 No man hath seen God at any time.
If we love one another,
God dwelleth in us,
and his love is perfected in us.
4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in
him, and he in us,
because he hath
given us, of his Spirit.
4:14 And we have seen, and do testify, that
the Father sent the Son, to be the
Savior of the world.
4:15 Whosoever shall confess that
Jesus is the Son of God,
God dwelleth in him,
and he, in God.
4:16 And we have known, and
believed the love that God hath to us.
God is love; and he that dwelleth in
love dwelleth in God,
and God in him.
4:17 Herein is our love made perfect,
that we may have boldness in the
day of judgment:
Because as he is, so are we
in this world.
4:18 There is no fear in love;
but perfect love casteth out fear:
because fear hath torment.
He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
4:20 If a man say I love God, and
hateth his brother, he is a liar:
For he that loveth not his
brother, whom he hath seen,
how can he love God,
whom he hath not seen?
4:21 And this commandment have we from
him, that he who loveth God
love his brother also.
Ch. 5 1st John
5:1 Whosoever believeth,
that Jesus is the Christ,
is born of God:
And every one that loveth him that
begat,
loveth him also that is begotten of him.
5:2 By this we know that we love the
children of God,
when we love God,
and keep his commandments.
5:3 For this is the love of God, that we
keep his commandments:
And his commandments are not grievous.
5:4 For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world:
And this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our faith.
5:5 Who is he that overcometh the
world, but he that believeth, that
Jesus, is the Son of God?
5:6 This is he that came by water and
blood, even Jesus Christ;
not by water only,
but by water and blood.
And it is the Spirit that beareth
witness, because the Spirit is truth.
5:7 For there are three that
bear record in heaven,
the Father,
the Word, and the
Holy Ghost:
and these three, are one.
5:8 And there are three that
bear witness in earth,
the Spirit, and the water, and
the blood:
And these three agree, in one.
5:9 If we receive the witness of men,
the witness of God is greater:
For this is the witness of God which he
hath testified of his Son.
5:10 He that believeth on the Son of
God, hath the witness in himself:
He that believeth not God, hath
made him a liar; because he
believeth not the record that God
gave of his Son.
5:11 And this is the record,
that God hath given to us,
eternal life,
and this life, is in his Son.
5:12 He that hath the Son hath life;
and he that hath not the Son of God,
hath not life.
5:13 These things have I written unto
you that believe on the name of
the Son of God;
that ye may know that ye have eternal
life, and that ye may believe on the
name of the Son of God.
5:14 And this is the confidence that
we have in him, that,
if we ask any thing according to
his will, he heareth us:
5:15 And if we know that he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we
have the petitions that we desired of him.
5:16 If any man see his brother sin a
sin which is not unto death,
he shall ask,
and he shall give him life for
them that sin not unto death.
There is a sin unto death:
I do not say that he shall pray for it.
5:17 All unrighteousness is sin:
And there is a sin. not unto death.
5:18 We know that whosoever is born of
God sinneth not; but he that is
begotten of God keepeth himself,
and that wicked one, toucheth him not.
5:19 And we know that we are of God,
and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
5:20 And we know that the Son of God
is come, and hath given us an
understanding,
that we may know him that is true,
and we are in him that is true,
even in his Son, Jesus Christ.
This is the true God, and eternal life.
5:21 Little children,
keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
JOHN’S 2nd EPISTLE
based on The King James Bible of 1611.
Edited & Formatted to be read with the reading of:
John's 2nd. Epistle.
If you are reading along from your own King James Bible,
please note, there may be some minor word variations,
depending on which edition of the King James Bible you are using
Ch. 1 2nd John
1:1 The elder,
unto the elect lady and
her children,
whom I love in the truth;
and not I only,
but also all they that
have known the truth;
1:2 for the truth's sake,
which dwelleth in us,
and shall be with us for ever.
1:3 Grace be with you,
mercy, and peace, from
God the Father, and from the
Lord Jesus Christ,
the Son of the Father,
in truth and love.
1:4 I rejoiced greatly
that I found of thy
children walking in truth,
as we have received a
commandment from
the Father.
1:5 And now I beseech thee lady,
not as though I wrote a new
commandment unto thee,
but that which we had from
the beginning,
that we love one another.
1:6 And this is love, that we walk
after his commandments.
This is the commandment, that,
as ye have heard from the beginning,
ye should walk in it.
1:7 For many deceivers are entered into
the world, who confess not that
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
This is a deceiver, and an antichrist.
1:8 Look to yourselves,
that we lose not those things which we
have wrought,
but that we receive a full reward.
1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and
abideth not in the doctrine of Christ,
hath not God.
He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ,
he hath both the Father, and the Son.
1:10 If there come any unto you, and
bring not this doctrine, receive
him not into your house,
neither bid him God speed:
1:11 For he that biddeth him God speed,
is partaker of his evil deeds.
1:12 Having many things to write unto you,
I would not write with paper and ink:
But I trust to come unto you, and
speak face to face, that our
joy may be full.
1:13 The children of thy
elect sister, greet thee. Amen.
JOHN’S 3rd EPISTLE
based on The King James Bible of 1611.
Edited & Formatted to be read with the reading of:
John's 3rd. Epistle.
If you are reading along from your own King James Bible,
please note, there may be some minor word variations,
depending on which edition of the King James Bible you are using
Ch. 1 3rd John
1:1 The elder,
unto the well beloved Gaius,
whom I love in the truth.
1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou
mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth.
1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the
brethren came and testified of the
truth that is in thee,
even as thou walkest in the truth.
1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that
my children walk in truth.
1:5 Beloved,
thou doest faithfully, whatsoever thou
doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
1:6 which have borne witness of thy
*love*charity* before the church:
whom, if thou bring forward on
their journey, after a godly sort,
thou shalt do well:
1:7 Because, that for his name's sake
they went forth, taking nothing of
the Gentiles.
1:8 We, therefore, ought to receive such,
that we might be fellow helpers
to the truth.
1:9 I wrote unto the church:
but Diotrephes,
who loveth to have the
preeminence among them,
receiveth us not.
1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will
remember his deeds which he doeth,
prating against us with malicious words:
And not content therewith,
neither doth he himself receive the
brethren, and forbiddeth them that
would,
and casteth them out of the church.
1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is
evil, but that which is good.
He that doeth good is of God:
But he that doeth evil,
hath not seen God.
1:12 Demetrius hath good report of
all men, and of the truth itself:
Yea, and we also bear record; and
ye know that our record is true.
1:13 I had many things to write,
but I will not with ink and pen write
unto thee:
1:14 But I trust,
I shall shortly see thee,
and we shall speak face to face.
Peace be to thee.
Our friends salute thee.
Greet the friends by name.
*vs.6 should be love; not charity
(agape love; Godly love)*