1 John
New Testament · Epistle · 5 chaptersTests of genuine faith — light, love, and truth — so you may know you have eternal life.
1 John gives assurance, contrasting walking in the light with darkness and insisting that those born of God love one another and confess Jesus as the Christ come in the flesh.
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