…many deceivers have gone out into the world.

They deny that Jesus Christ came in a real body.

Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist.

Anyone who wanders away from this teaching

has no relationship with God.

But anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ

has a relationship

with both the Father and the Son.

2 John 7, 9

Dear children,

keep away from anything that might take God’s place

in your hearts.

1 John 5:21

And we know that the Son of God has come,

and he has given us understanding

so that we can know the true God.

And now we live in fellowship with the true God

because we live in fellowship with his Son,

Jesus Christ.

He is the only true God,

and he is eternal life.

1 John 5:20

And we are confident that he hears us

whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.

And since we know he hears us

when we make our requests,

we also know that he will give us what we ask for.

1 John 5:14-15

…every child of God defeats this evil world,

and we achieve this victory through our faith.

And who can win this battle against the world?

Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.

1 John 5:4-5

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you,

for when you love the world,

you do not have the love of the Father in you.

For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure,

a craving for everything we see,

and pride in our achievements and possessions.

These are not from the Father,

but are from this world.

And this world is fading away…

1 John 2:15-17

…God’s word lives in your hearts,

and you have won your battle with the evil one.

1 John 2:14

If anyone claims,

“I am living in the light,”

but hates a fellow believer,

that person is still living in darkness.

1 John 2:9

…we have an advocate 

who pleads our case before the Father.

He is Jesus Christ,

the one who is truly righteous.

He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—

and not only our sins 

but the sins of all the world.

1 John 2:1-2

…in the last days scoffers will come,

mocking the truth and following their own desires.

They will say,

“What happened to the promise

that Jesus is coming again?…”

But the day of the Lord will come 

as unexpectedly as a thief. 

Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise,

and the very elements themselves 

will disappear in fire,

and the earth and everything on it 

will be found to deserve judgment. 

2 Peter 3:3-4, 10