Posts with the tag “1-john-2”

John calls believers to abide in Christ so that they may have confidence when He appears. The return of Jesus will expose every false refuge, hidden motive, and empty profession. Yet for those who rem...  Read More

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