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1 John in the Daily Office Lectionary

The Daily Office Lectionary appoints 1 John 38 times in its two-year course and 3 times on Holy Days. The course reads all of its 5 chapters, each in full.

Chapter by chapter

  • Year One reads chapters 1–5 during Christmas, Epiphany, and Easter, at Morning Prayer.
  • Year Two reads chapters 1–5 during Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, and the Season after Pentecost, at Evening Prayer.
1 John chapters: both years 1–5.
  • Year One only
  • Year Two only
  • Both years
  • Half filled: only part of the chapter
  • Not in the two-year course

Year One14 lessons

1 John in Year One of the Daily Office Lectionary
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Christmas Day and Following, Christmas DayMorning1 John 4:7-16940
Christmas Day and Following, Second Sunday after ChristmasMorning1 John 2:12-17940
Week of 6 Epiphany, SundayMorning1 John 2:3-11948
Week of 7 Epiphany, SundayMorning1 John 3:4-10948
Week of 2 Easter, MondayMorning1 John 1:1-10958
Week of 2 Easter, TuesdayMorning1 John 2:1-11958
Week of 2 Easter, WednesdayMorning1 John 2:12-17958
Week of 2 Easter, ThursdayMorning1 John 2:18-29958
Week of 2 Easter, FridayMorning1 John 3:1-10958
Week of 2 Easter, SaturdayMorning1 John 3:11-18958
Week of 3 Easter, MondayMorning1 John 3:19–4:6960
Week of 3 Easter, TuesdayMorning1 John 4:7-21960
Week of 3 Easter, WednesdayMorning1 John 5:1-12960
Week of 3 Easter, ThursdayMorning1 John 5:13-20(21)960

Year Two24 lessons

1 John in Year Two of the Daily Office Lectionary
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Christmas Day and Following, Christmas DayEvening1 John 4:7-16941
Week of 6 Epiphany, MondayEvening1 John 1:1-10949
Week of 6 Epiphany, TuesdayEvening1 John 2:1-11949
Week of 6 Epiphany, WednesdayEvening1 John 2:12-17949
Week of 6 Epiphany, ThursdayEvening1 John 2:18-29949
Week of 6 Epiphany, FridayEvening1 John 3:1-10949
Week of 6 Epiphany, SaturdayEvening1 John 3:11-18949
Week of 7 Epiphany, MondayEvening1 John 3:18–4:6949
Week of 7 Epiphany, TuesdayEvening1 John 4:7-21949
Week of 7 Epiphany, WednesdayEvening1 John 5:1-12949
Week of 7 Epiphany, ThursdayEvening1 John 5:13-21949
Week of 2 Easter, SundayEvening1 John 1:1-7959
Week of 3 Easter, SundayEvening1 John 2:7-17961
Week of 4 Easter, SundayEvening1 John 2:18-29961
Week of Proper 1, MondayEvening1 John 1:1-10967
Week of Proper 1, TuesdayEvening1 John 2:1-11967
Week of Proper 1, WednesdayEvening1 John 2:12-17967
Week of Proper 1, ThursdayEvening1 John 2:18-29967
Week of Proper 1, FridayEvening1 John 3:1-10967
Week of Proper 1, SaturdayEvening1 John 3:11-18967
Week of Proper 2, MondayEvening1 John 3:18–4:6967
Week of Proper 2, TuesdayEvening1 John 4:7-21967
Week of Proper 2, WednesdayEvening1 John 5:1-12967
Week of Proper 2, ThursdayEvening1 John 5:13-21967

On Holy Dayspages 996–1000, the same in both years

1 John on Holy Days and other occasions
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
St. JohnEvening1 John 5:1-12996
The PresentationEvening1 John 3:1-8997
St. MatthiasMorning1 John 2:18-25997

Coming up

The next 12 offices on this site that read from 1 John:

4 more through December 27, 2027; see the calendar.

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