Fray James G.

Esplanada, OAR
Johannine Literature

THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN

New American Bible: 1995
Chapter Verse OT Citation NT Citation
Chapter 1
The Word of Life
1:1 1 Jn 2:13; Jn 1:1, 14; 20:20,
25, 27.
1:2 1 Jn 2:13; Jn 1:1, 14; 20:20,
25, 27.
II. God as Light 1:3 Jn 17:21; Acts 4:20.
1:4 Jn 15:11; 2 Jn 12.
1:6 Jn 12:35.
1:7 Mt 26:28; Rom 3:24–25; Hb
9:14; 1 Pt 1:19; Rev 1:5.
2 Chr 6:36; Prv 20:9.
1:8 Jas 5:16.
Prv 28:13
1:9 1 Jn 5:10.
1:10
Chapter 2
Christ and His 2:1 Jn 14:16; Hb 7:25.
Commandments 2:2 Jn 4:10.
2:3 Jn 14:15; 15:10.
2:4 1 Jn 4:20.
2:5 Jn 14:23.
The New Commandment 2:7 Dt 6:5 Jn 3:11; Mt 22:37–40.
2:8 Jn 13:34 / Jn 1:5; Rom
13:12.
2:9 Jn 8:12.
Eccl 2:14
2:10 Jn 11:10.
Members of the 2:12 1 Cor 6:11.
Community 2:13 1:1; Jn 1:1
2:15 Is 40:8 Rom 8:7–8; Jas 4:4; 2 Pt 1:4
2:17 Mt 7:21; 1 Cor 7:31; 1 Pt
Antichrists 4:2
2:18 1 Tm 4:1.
2:20 Jn 14:26.
2:21 1 Jn 3:19; 2 Pt 1:12.
2:22 2 Thes 2:4.
Life from God’s Anointing 2:23 Jn 14:7–9.
2:24 Jn 14:23.
Children of God 2:25 n 5:24; 10:28; 17:2.
2:28
 Chapter 3
3:1 Jn 1:12; Eph 1:5 / Jn 15:21;
17:25.
3: 2 Phil 3:21.
3:3 1 Jn 2:6.
Avoiding Sin 3:5 Is 53:9 Jn 1:29; 8:46; 1 Pt 2:22.
III. Love for One Another 3:8 Jn 8:44; 12:31–32.
Confidence Before God 3:11 1 Jn2:7; Jn 13:34; 15:12, 17.
3:12 Gn 4:8
Jude 11.
3: 13 Mt 24:9; Jn 15:18; 17:14.
Lv 19:17
3:14 Jn 5:24.
3:15 Jn 8:44.
3:16 Dt 15:7, 11 Mt 20:28; Jn 10:11; 15:13.
3:17 Jas 2:15–16.
3:18 Jas 1:22.
3:22 1 Jn 5:15; Mt 7:7–11;
21:22; Jn 14:13–14.
3:23 Jn 13:34; 15:17.
3:24 1 Jn 4:13; Jn 14:21–23.
Chapter 4
Testing the Spirits 4:1 1 Jn 2:18; Mt 24:24.
4:2 1 Cor 12:3; 1 Thes 5:21.
4:3 1 Jn 3:22.
4:5 Jn 15:19
God’s Love and Christian 4:6 Jn 8:47; 10:16
Life 4:9 Jn 3:16.
4:10 Rom 5:8.
4:12 Jn 1:18; 1 Tm 6:16.
4:17 1 Jn 2:28.
4:20 1 Jn 2:4.
4:21 Jn 13:34; 14:15, 21; 15:17.
Chapter 5
Faith Is Victory over the 5:1 Jn 8:42; 1 Pt 1:23.
World 5:3 Jn 14:15.
5:4 Jn 16:33.
5:5 1 Cor 15:57.
5:6 Jn 15:26; 19:34.
5:8 Jn 5:32, 36; 15:26.
5:9 Jn 5:32, 37.
5:10 Jn 3:33.
5:11 1 Jn 1:2; Jn 1:4; 5:21, 26;
IV. Epilogue
17:3.
Prayer for Sinners 5:13 Jn 1:12; 20:31.
5:14 1 Jn 3:21–22; Mt 7:7; Jn
14:13–14.
5:16 Jer 24:7 Mt 12:31.
5:20 Jn 17:3; Eph 1:17.