1 John 1:18-27John warns his readers about teachers who deny that Jesus is the Christ. False teaching often sounds spiritual while quietly diminishing the identity, authority, or saving work of Jesus....  Read More

1 John 2:12-17John reminds believers who they already are: forgiven children, people who know the Father, and conquerors strengthened by God’s Word. Only then does he warn them, “Do not love the world...  Read More

1 John 2:7-11The command to love is both old and new. It is old because God has always required love for our neighbor. It is new because Jesus revealed its fullest meaning by laying down His life for ...  Read More

1 John 2:3-6John teaches that knowing God changes our lives. Obedience does not earn salvation, but it reveals that God’s grace is truly at work within us. A profession of faith without any desire to ...  Read More

1 John 2:1-2John writes so that believers will not sin, but he knows that Christians still stumble. The gospel neither excuses sin nor leaves sinners without hope: “If anyone does sin, we have an advo...  Read More

Read: 1 John 1:8-10John warns that claiming to have no sin is self-deception. Sin does not disappear because we deny it, rename it, or compare ourselves favorably with others. Refusing confession does...  Read More

Read: 1 John 1:7John does not say that the blood of Jesus merely cleansed us once in the distant past. He describes Christ’s blood as continually cleansing His people from all sin.This does not mean C...  Read More

Read: 1 John 1:6-7Walking in the light does not mean living without any remaining sin. John will soon tell believers to confess their sins. Walking in the light means living honestly before God — refu...  Read More

Read: 1 John 1:5John summarizes the character of God with a powerful declaration: “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” God is perfectly holy, completely truthful, and morally pure. Nothin...  Read More

Read: 1 John 1:3–4John proclaims Christ so that his readers may share fellowship with the apostles and, through them, fellowship with the Father and His Son. The gospel does not merely forgive isolate...  Read More

Read: 1 John 1:1–2John does not begin with an abstract idea but with a Person whom the apostles heard, saw, and touched. Eternal life entered history in Jesus Christ. Christianity is not built upon pr...  Read More

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