Joy of Living Bible study on 1 John 3

1. 1 John

5. 
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
Memory Verse

6. If you know that He is righteous you
know that everyone who does what is
right has been born of Him
1 John 2:29

8. What marvelous love the Father has
extended to us! Just look at it-we’re
called children of God! That’s who we
really are. But that’s also why the world
doesn’t recognize us or take us
seriously, because it has no idea who He
is or what He’s up to.
1 John 3:1
The Message

9. Everyone who has hope in him purifies
himself, just as he is pure.
Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin
is lawlessness. But you know that he
appeared so that he might take away our sins.
And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him
keeps on sinning. No one who continues to
sin has either seen him or known him.
1 John 3:3-6

12. Everyone who has hope in him purifies
himself, just as he is pure.
Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin
is lawlessness. But you know that he
appeared so that he might take away our sins.
And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him
keeps on sinning. No one who continues to
sin has either seen him or known him.
1 John 3:3-6

19. Preview of the next chapter:
This command has two parts:
Believe in Christ –developed in 4:1-6
Love each other –developed in 4:7-12