C.R.P. Day 360 - 1 John

The first epistle of John; this is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all; my little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the righteous; but he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes; do you not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the father is not in him; let us love one another; whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness and sin is lawlessness; by this we know love, because he lay down his life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren; beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world; we are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us; by this we know the spirit of truth in the spirit of error; there is no fear in love; but perfect love cast out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love; God is love; faith overcomes the world; for there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one; now this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us; we know that whoever is born of God does not say but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.