Praying from 1 John 5:1 relating to Salvation, Love, Relationship.
Both.
Command: Believe that Jesus is the Christ.
Promise: If you love the Father, you also love the child who is born of him.
Praying from 1 John 4:21 relating to Love, Brotherhood, Commandment
Command. The verse commands the reader to love their brother if they love God.
Praying from 1 John 4:20 relating to Love, Brotherhood, Hypocrisy.
Command: Love your brother.
Praying from 1 John 4:19 relating to Love, Grace, Redemption.
Promise. The verse is stating that we love God because He loved us first. It is a promise that God’s love for us is the reason for our love for Him.
Praying from 1 John 4:18 relating to Love, Fear, Punishment
Command. The verse commands the reader to not fear and to strive for perfect love, as fear is a sign of imperfection in love.
Praying from 1 John 4:17 relating to Love, Boldness, Judgment.
Promise. The verse promises that through love being made perfect among us, we will have boldness in the day of judgment because we are like Him in this wor…
Praying from 1 John 4:16 relating to Love, Faith, Abiding in God.
Promise. The verse promises that if one remains in love, they remain in God and God remains in them.
Praying from 1 John 4:15 relating to Confession, Son of God, Abiding
Promise. The verse promises that if someone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, then God will remain in them and they will remain in God.
Praying from 1 John 4:14 relating to Salvation, Testimony, Father-Son Relationship.
Promise. The verse is stating that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world, which is a promise of salvation for those who believe in Jesus.
Praying from 1 John 4:13 relating to Spirit, Abiding, Assurance
Promise. The verse is assuring the reader that they remain in God and God remains in them because they have been given the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Praying from 1 John 4:12 relating to Love, God’s presence, Perfection.
Promise. The verse promises that if we love one another, God remains in us and his love is perfected in us.
Praying from 1 John 4:11 relating to Love, Community, Service.
Command. The verse commands the reader to love one another as God has loved us.
Praying from 1 John 4:10 relating to Love, Atonement, Salvation.
Promise. The verse is stating that God loved us first and sent his Son to atone for our sins. It is not giving a command to the reader.
Praying from 1 John 4:9 relating to Love, Salvation, Incarnation.
Promise. The verse is stating that God’s love was revealed through sending his only son into the world so that we may live through him.
Praying from 1 John 4:8 relating to Love, Knowing God, God’s Nature.
Command: Love. The verse commands the reader to love, as not loving means they do not know God.
Praying from 1 John 4:7 relating to Love, Born of God, Knowing God.
Command. The verse commands the reader to love one another because love is from God and those who love have been born of God and know God.
Praying from 1 John 4:6 relating to Truth, Listening, God’s Children
Command. The verse commands the reader to listen to those who are of God and to discern the spirit of truth from the spirit of error.
Praying from 1 John 4:4 relating to Overcoming, God’s power, Identity in Christ.
Promise. The verse assures the reader that they have already overcome the world because of the greater power of God within them.
Praying from 1 John 4:3 relating to Antichrist, Confession, Incarnation.
Command: Confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.
Praying from 1 John 4:2 relating to Salvation, Incarnation, Divinity
Command. The verse commands the reader to use the confession of Jesus Christ coming in the flesh as a test to discern whether a spirit is of God or not.