Reference: John, First Epistle of
Easton
the fourth of the catholic or "general" epistles. It was evidently written by John the evangelist, and probably also at Ephesus, and when the writer was in advanced age. The purpose of the apostle (1Jo 1:1-4) is to declare the Word of Life to those to whom he writes, in order that they might be united in fellowship with the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. He shows that the means of union with God are, (1) on the part of Christ, his atoning work (1Jo 1:7; 2:2; 3:5; 4:10,14; 5:11-12) and his advocacy (1Jo 2:1); and (2), on the part of man, holiness (1Jo 1:6), obedience (1Jo 2:3), purity (1Jo 3:3), faith (1Jo 3:23; 4:3; 5:5), and love (1Jo 2:7-8; 3:14; 4:7; 5:1).
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It is what existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, what our own hands have touched, about the very message of life -- and that life has been unveiled to us, and we have seen it and now testify to it and we now announce it to you, yea, the eternal life that was with the Father and has been unveiled to us. read more. I repeat, it is what we have seen and heard that we now announce to you, so that you too may share this fellowship with us, for this fellowship that we have is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ; and now we write these things to you to make our joy complete.
If we say "We have fellowship with Him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth. But if we continue to live in the light, just as He is in the light, we have unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son continues to cleanse us from every sin.
My dear children, I am writing you this so that you may not sin; yet if anyone ever sins, we have One who pleads our case with the Father, Jesus Christ, One who is righteous. And He is Himself the atoning sacrifice for our sins; and not for ours alone, but also for the whole world. read more. By this we can be sure that we know Him -- if we practice obedience to His commands.
Dearly beloved, I am not writing you a new command, but an old one that you have had from the beginning. That old command is the message that you have heard. Yet it is a new command that I am writing you; it is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
And everyone who has this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as He is.
You know that He appeared to take our sins away, and that there is no sin in Him.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Whoever does not continue to love continues still in death.
His command is this, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and practice loving one another, just as He commanded us to do.
and no spiritual utterance which disowns Jesus can come from God; it is the utterance of Antichrist. You have heard that it is coming, and right now it is already in the world.
Dearly beloved, let us practice loving one another, because love originates with God, and everyone who practices loving is a child of God and knows God by experience.
In this way is seen the true love, not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
We have seen and now testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child.
Now who is it that continues to conquer the world, if it is not the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
And this testimony is that God has given us eternal life, and this life is given through union with His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son does not have life.
Morish
This was doubtless written after the epistles of Peter and Paul. Morally John's writings have their place when the church as a testimony had failed, and the 'last time' had arrived. The three Epistles come in between the Gospel of John and the Revelation. The real remedy for the evils spoken of is the coming in of the Lord as the faithful witness.
Near the end of the first century the error had arisen that Christ had no real body
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The man who had been cured did not know who He was, for since there was a crowd at the place, Jesus had slipped away.
My dear children, I am writing you this so that you may not sin; yet if anyone ever sins, we have One who pleads our case with the Father, Jesus Christ, One who is righteous.
I am writing to you, dear children, because for His sake your sins have been forgiven.
And now, dear children, I repeat, you must continue to live in union with Him, so that if He is unveiled, we may have unshaken confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame when He comes.
Whoever practices obedience to His commands remains in union with Him and He in union with him; and in this way we know that He remains in union with us, by the Spirit that He has given us.
By the fact that He has given us a portion of His Spirit we can be sure that we remain in union with Him and He in union with us.