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Cross-References and Text Notes

1 John 1

1 John 2

e ver 5; 1Jn 3:24; 4:13; 5:2

f S ver 4

l S ver 3

1 2:5 Or word, God’s love

2 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15,17; 4:20; 5:16.

w ver 11; Ps 119:165

x S ver 9

3 2:10 The Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20,21.

a S ver 1

c S Jn 1:1

e ver 14; S Mt 5:37

f S ver 1

g S Jn 1:1

k S ver 13

4 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love

s ver 22; 1Jn 4:3; 2Jn 7

w ver 27; 2Co 1:21

5 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things

c S ver 7

g ver 20

j S ver 1

1 John 3

1 John 4

1 John 5

k ver 1; S 1Jn 2:23

1 5:7,8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)

t S Jn 1:4

w ver 11; S Mt 25:46

y S Mt 7:7

z ver 18,19,20

f ver 16; 1Jn 2:1

l ver 5

o ver 11; S Mt 25:46