Reference: John, The First Epistle General of
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John, The First Epistle General of.
There can be no doubt that the apostle John was the author of this epistle. It was probably written from Ephesus, and most likely at the close of the first century. In the introduction, ch.
the apostle states the purpose of his epistle: it is to declare the word of life to those whom he is addressing, in order that he and they might be united in true communion with each other, and with God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. His lesson throughout is that the means of union with God are, on the part of Christ, his atoning blood, ch.
1Jo 1:7; 2:2; 3:5; 4:10,14; 5:6
and advocacy, ch.
on the part of man, holiness, ch.
, obedience, ch.
purity, ch.
faith, ch.
and above all love. ch.
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It is of what existed from the very beginning, of what we heard, of what we saw, of what we witnessed and touched with our own hands, it is of the Logos of Life (the Life has appeared; we saw it, we testify to it, we bring you word of that eternal Life which existed with the Father and was disclosed to us) ??3 it is of what we heard and saw that we bring you word, so that you may share our fellowship; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
We are writing this to you that our own joy may be complete.
If we say, 'We have fellowship with him,' when we live and move in darkness, then we are lying, we are not practising the truth; but if we live and move within the light, as he is within the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.
My dear children, I am writing this to you that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father in Jesus Christ the just; he is himself the propitiation for our sins, though not for ours alone but also for the whole world. read more. This is how we may be sure we know him, by obeying his commands.
Beloved, I am not writing you any new command, but an old command which you have had from the very beginning: the old command is the word you have heard.
And everyone who rests this hope on him, purifies himself as he is pure.
and you know he appeared to take [our] sins away. In him there is no sin;
We know we have crossed from death to life, because we love the brotherhood; he who has no love [for his brother] remains in death.
Now this is what he commands, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do;
and every spirit which does not confess Jesus [incarnate] does not come from God. This latter is the spirit of antichrist; you were told it was coming, and here it is already in the world.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love belongs to God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God;
Love lies in this, not in our love for him but in his love for us ??in the sending of his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
and we have seen, we can testify, that the Father has sent the Son as the Saviour of the world.
Everyone who believes Jesus is the Christ, is born of God; and everyone who loves the Father, loves the sons born of him.
Who is the world's conqueror but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? Jesus Christ, he it is who came by water, blood, and Spirit ??not by the water alone, but by the water and the blood.