Books of the Bible / 1 John
Random Verse from 1 John
Roll a random verse from 1 John -- 5 chapters, 105 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.”
1 John 2:19
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About 1 John (summary)
1 John is book 62 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the New Testament. It runs 5 chapters and 105 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is 1 John compared to other books of the Bible?
1 John is the 46th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 105 verses across 5 chapters -- an average of 21 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does 1 John sit among the other New Testament books?
1 John is book 23 of 27 in the New Testament, and book 62 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after 1 John?
2 Peter comes directly before it (3 chapters). 2 John comes directly after it (1 chapter).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 105 verses in 1 John -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.