1 John 5:6

Easy To Read Version

And loving means living the way he commanded us to live. And God’s command is this: that you live a life of love. You heard this command from the beginning.

Cross References

Ezekiel 36:25

Then I will sprinkle pure water on you and make you pure. I will wash away all your filth. I will wash away the filth from those nasty idols and make you pure.”

Leviticus 17:11

Why? Because the life of the body is in the blood. I have given you rules for pouring that blood on the altar. [309] You must do this to make yourselves pure. [310] You must give that blood {to me} as payment for the life {that you took}.

Zechariah 9:11

Jerusalem, we used blood\par to seal your Agreement.\par So I am setting your people free\par from that empty hole in the ground. {\cf2\super [24]} \par

Matthew 26:28

This wine is my blood. My blood (death) begins the new agreement \{from God to his people\}. This blood is given for many people to forgive their sins.

Matthew 3:16

Jesus was baptized {\cf2\super [46]} and he came up out of the water. The sky opened, and he saw God’s Spirit coming down on him like a dove.

Mark 14:24

Then Jesus said, “This wine is my blood. My blood (death) begins the new agreement \{from God to his people\}. This blood is given for many people.

Luke 22:20

In the same way, after supper, Jesus took the cup of wine and said, “This wine shows the new agreement \{from God to his people\}. This new agreement begins with my blood (death) that I am giving for you.” {\cf2\super [350]}

John 14:17

The Helper is the Spirit of truth. {\cf2\super [214]} The world cannot accept him. Why? Because the world does not see him or know him. But you know him. He lives with you, and he will live in you.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way. I am the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

John 16:13

But when the Spirit of truth {\cf2\super [224]} comes, he will lead you into all truth. The Spirit of truth will not speak his own words. He will speak only what he hears. He will tell you the things that will happen.

John 3:5

But Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. A person must be born from water and the Spirit. {\cf2\super [47]} If a person is not born from water and the Spirit, then he cannot enter God’s kingdom.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, “You don’t know about the thing God gives. And you don’t know who I am that asked you for a drink. If you knew these things, you would have asked me and I would have given you living water.”

John 4:14

But the person that drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. That water I give will become like a spring of water flowing inside that person. That water will bring that person life forever.”

John 6:55

My body is true food. My blood is true drink.

Acts 8:36

While they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The officer said, “Look! Here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized {\cf2\super [180]} ?”

Romans 3:25

God gave Jesus as a way to forgive people’s sins through faith. God forgives by the blood (death) of Jesus. God gave Jesus to show that he always does what is right and fair. God was right in the past when he was patient and did not punish people for their sins.

Ephesians 1:7

In Christ we are made free by Christ’s blood (death). We have forgiveness of sins because of God’s rich grace.

Colossians 1:4

We thank God because we have heard about the faith you have in Christ Jesus and the love you have for all of God’s people.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without any doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great:

Titus 3:5

I thank God because I hear about the love you have for all God’s holy people {\cf2\super [1]} and the faith you have in the Lord Jesus.

Hebrews 10:29

So what do you think should be done to a person who shows his hate for the Son of God? Surely that person should have a much worse punishment. Yes, that person should have a worse punishment for not showing respect for the blood (Jesus’ death) that began the new agreement. {\cf2\super [137]} That blood once made that person holy. And that person should have a worse punishment for showing his hate against the Spirit {\cf2\super [138]} of God’s grace (kindness).

Hebrews 12:24

You have come to Jesus—the One that brought the new agreement {\cf2\super [168]} from God to his people. You have come to the sprinkled blood {\cf2\super [169]} that tells us about better things than the blood of Abel. {\cf2\super [170]}

Hebrews 9:14

So surely the blood of Christ can do much, much more. Christ offered himself through the eternal Spirit {\cf2\super [106]} as a perfect sacrifice {\cf2\super [107]} to God. His blood will make us fully clean from the evil things we have done. His blood will make us pure even in our hearts. We are made pure so that we can worship (serve) the living God.

Hebrews 9:7

But only the high priest {\cf2\super [100]} could go into the second room. And the high priest went into that room only once a year. And the high priest could never enter that room without taking blood with him. The priest offered that blood to God for himself and for the people’s sins. Those sins were the sins the people did without knowing that they were sinning.

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people. {\cf2\super [2]} Making you holy is the Spirit’s {\cf2\super [3]} work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood (death) of Jesus Christ. Grace (kindness) and peace be yours more and more.

1 Peter 3:21

That water is like baptism {\cf2\super [26]} that now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. Baptism is asking God for a pure heart. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death.

1 John 1:7

God is in the light (goodness). We should live in the light, too. If we live in the light, then we share fellowship with each other. And when we live in the light, the blood (death) of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. (Jesus is God’s Son.)

1 John 4:10

True love is God’s love for us, not our love for God. God sent his Son to be the way that God takes away our sins.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ. Jesus is the faithful witness. He was first among those to be raised from death. Jesus is the ruler of the kings of the earth.

Revelation 5:9

And they all sang a new song \{to the Lamb\}:

Revelation 7:14

I answered, “You know who they are, sir.”