1 John cross-references

1 John has 5 chapters and 105 verses. Choose a chapter to read each verse with its strongest cross-references.

Chapters

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Most connected verses

• 1 John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is… 151 links
• 1 John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of… 110 links
• 1 John 2:1 — My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate… 104 links
• 1 John 5:11 — And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 90 links
• 1 John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 86 links
• 1 John 2:19 — They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have… 86 links
• 1 John 3:1 — Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:… 83 links
• 1 John 3:2 — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he… 83 links
• 1 John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets… 78 links
• 1 John 4:9 — In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world,… 74 links
• 1 John 1:3 — That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly… 72 links
• 1 John 3:14 — We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his… 71 links

Key Greek words in 1 John

Words characteristic of 1 John in the original text, with the number of verses using each. Select one for a full word study.

• μένω menō “to stay” 18
• γινώσκω ginōskō “to know” 21
• ἀγαπάω agapaō “to love” 17
• ἐάν ean “if” 21
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 17
• ἀγάπη agapē “love” 14
• υἱός uhios “son” 18
• ἐντολή entolē “commandment” 10
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 12
• οἶδα oida “to know” 13
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 13
• ζωή zōē “life” 10
• γράφω graphō “to write” 10
• ἁμαρτάνω hamartanō “to sin” 7
• πατήρ patēr “father” 12
• φανερόω phaneroō “to reveal” 7
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 12
• ἀλήθεια alētheia “truth” 8
• ἀρχή archē “beginning” 7
• καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 9
• τηρέω tēreō “to keep” 7
• ψεύστης pseustēs “liar” 5
• ἀγαπητός agapētos “beloved” 6
• ὁμολογέω homologeō “to confess/profess” 5