1 John Quotes: Sources, Meanings & Themes
Browse quotations represented under 1 John with named sources, context notes, meanings and recurring themes.
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“These things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.”
Meaning & context
Shared truth and fellowship are presented as sources of complete joy, making happiness partly relational rather than purely individual.
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1 John 1:4 in the King James Version.
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“He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.”
Meaning & context
The promise places forgiveness inside confession and accountability, rather than treating pardon as a denial that wrongdoing occurred.
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1 John 1:9 in the King James Version; excerpt from the verse about confession, forgiveness, and cleansing.
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“Let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”
Meaning & context
The line places human flourishing inside mutual care: strength, resources, attention, or opportunity become responsibilities toward other people.
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1 John 3:18 in the King James Version.
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“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.”
Meaning & context
Love is measured by conduct rather than verbal display, making practical help and truthful action more important than affectionate claims alone.
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1 John 3:18 in the King James Version, following a contrast between having resources and closing oneself to another person’s need.
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“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.”
Meaning & context
Mature love is pictured as creating security rather than terror, especially where fear is tied to punishment and uncertainty.
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1 John 4:18 in the King James Version; this record uses the opening clauses of the verse.
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“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God.”
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Love is framed as a practice people owe one another, not only as a private emotion or preference.
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1 John 4:7 in the King James Version; this record uses the opening clause of the verse.
