| Chapter | Verse/s | Verse Summary |
|---|
| 1. | (1-4) | That which from the beginning |
| (5-10) | God is light |
| 2. | (1-6) | The ye sin not |
| (7-11) | I write no new commandment | |
| (12-14) | I write unto you little children | |
| (15-17) | Love not the world | |
| (18-19) | Many antichrists have come | |
| (20-23) | No lie is of the truth | |
| (24-25) | This is the promise | |
| (26-29) | Abide in him |
| 3. | (1-2) | We should be called sons of God |
| (3-10) | Whosoever is born of God | |
| (11-16) | We should love one another | |
| (17-19) | Let us not love in word | |
| (20-21) | God is greater than our heart | |
| (22-24) | Because we keep his commandments |
| 4. | (1-3) | Try the spirits |
| (4-6) | Ye are of God | |
| (7-11) | If God so loved us | |
| (12-13) | Hereby know we | |
| (14-17) | The Father sent the Son | |
| (18-21) | There is no fear in love |
| 5. | (1-5) | Whatsoever is born of God |
| (6-8) | This is he that came | |
| (9-12) | The witness of God is greater | |
| (13-15) | The confidence that we have in Him | |
| (16-18) | There is a sin unto death | |
| (19-21) | The son of God is come |