• Background of 1 John
• A Brief Biographical Sketch of the Apostle John
• The Purpose of 1 John
• The Structure of 1 John
• Outline of 1 John

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• 1 John 1:1-4 - John's Introduction To His Letter
• Some Initial Observations
• A Parallel Passage: John 1:1-17
• Some Observations on 1 John 1:2
• From the Beginning
• A Short Explanation of Some of the Titles Used by John Concerning Jesus
• Fellowship (koinonia)
• Joy - (chara)

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• 1 John 1:5-7 - Walking in the Light
• God is Light
• Light and Darkness
• The Blood of Christ
• 1 John 1:8-2:2 - Walking in the Light Tested by Righteousness - First in the Confession of Sin
• Cleansed From All Sin
• Confess - (homologeo)
• If we confess our sins . . .
• God is Faithful and Just to Forgive Us
• Propitiation - (hilasmos)
• Christ the Righteous One is the Propitiation for Our Sins
• To Whom Does “Our” Refer in 1 John 2:2
• Who is Meant by “the Whole World” in 1 John 2:2?
• World - (kosmos)
• For Whose Sins is Christ “the Propitiation” (i.e. the means by which God’s wrath is appeased)?

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• 1 John 2:3-6 - Walking in the Light Tested by Righteousness - Secondly in Actual Obedience
• “know” - ginosko
• Why does John refer to “knowledge” so frequently in this letter?
• “abide (in Him)” meno
• …whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. (1 John 2:6)
• 1 John 2:7-11 - Walking in the Light Tested by Love - Positively – By Love of One’s Brother
• “Beloved” - agapetos
• An Old / New Command
• In What Sense Was the Love-Command Old?
• In What Sense Was the Love-Command New?
• …because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining (1 John 2:8b)
• love - agapao
• Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. (1 John 2:10)

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• 1 John 2:12-14 - Affirmation and Encouragement to John’s Readers
• Who are the “Children”, “Fathers”, and “Young Men”?
• Little Children…
• Fathers…
• Young Men…
• 1 John 2:15-17 - Walking in the Light Tested by Love - Negatively – By Not Loving the World
• Do not love the world or the things in the world. (1 John 2:15a)
• love - agapao
• What in the world does John mean?
• the desires of the flesh
• the desires of the eyes
• pride in possessions

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• 1 John 2:18-21 - Contrast Between False Teachers and True Believers
• High Level Overview
• The Last Hour
• Eschatology of 1 John
• The Last Hour/Days/Times A Time of Trouble, Deception, and Intensified Wickedness
• Was John Mistaken In Thinking That the Second Coming of Christ Was Imminent?
• The antichrist
• Anointing

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• 1 John 2:22-23 - Christological Test
• High Level Overview
• What does it mean to deny “that Jesus is the Christ”?
• The Christ (christos)
• The Son of God (huios tou theou)
• What does it mean to deny “that Jesus is the Christ”?
• Cerinthian Gnosticism

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• Christmas Special
• The Origins of Christmas
• The Origin of the Christmas Tree
• The Origin of Santa Clause
• Other Christmas Symbols

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• 1 John 2:24-28 - Exhortation to Continue in the Truth
• High Level Overview
• What is it that John’s readers had “heard from the beginning” (1 John 2:24)?
• abide(s)(review)(meno)
• anointing (review)(chrisma)
• What does John mean when he tells his readers, “you do not need anyone to teach you… his anointing teaches you about everything” (1 John 2:27)?
• how did the Holy Spirit “teach” John’s readers the truth about Jesus, etc.? What did that look like?

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• 1 John 2:29 John’s Opening Statement on Divine Sonship
• righteous (dikaios)
• born of him (ek autos gennao)
• So what does it mean for a person to be “born of God”?
• In the Greek, two different words are used for “know” in this text
• Pulling together the grammatical analysis of this text
• 1 John 3:1-3 The Present Status and Future Hope of the “Children of God”
• High Level Overview
• Love (agape)
• The reason why the world does not know us…
• What does seeing Jesus “as He is” have to do with our being “like Him”?
• hope (elpis)
• purifies (hagnizo)

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• 1 John 3:4-10a Divine Sonship is Utterly Contrary to All Sin
• “sin” (hamartia)
• “lawlessness” (anomia)
• “sin” versus “lawlessness”
• Is John Teaching That Christians Never Sin?
• Perfectionism
• So What Does John Mean in 1 John 3:4-10 When He Seems to Say That Christians Don’t Keep on Sinning?

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• 1 John 3:4-10a Divine Sonship is Utterly Contrary to All Sin (Part 2)
• John’s Teaching about the Devil
• In what way did Christ’s appearance “destroy the works of the devil”?
• “born of God” – (gennao ek theos)
• “seed ” – (sperma)
• Paraphrastic Commentary on 1John 2:29-3:10a by Donald W. Burdick

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• 1 John 3:10b-11 - Anyone who does not obey the command to “love one another” is not a child of God
• At this point, without introducing a new sentence, John makes a transition from the subject of righteousness to that of love.

• 1 John 3:12-15 - Cain as the Model of Murder and Hate - Whose Example is Followed by the World
• “murdered” - sphazo
• “we have passed” - metabaino
• Love for Christians is evidence that one is saved; hatred for Christians reveals that one is still lost.
• We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers
• The Love Test - (1 John 3:14-15)

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• 1 John 3:16-24a - Christ as the Model of Love
• 3:16 – Points to Christ as the ultimate example of genuine love
• 3:17 – Gives an example of a lack of love
• 3:18 – Exhorts us to have a genuine love
• 3:19-20 – The assurance that comes with genuine love
• 3:21-22 – The confidence that comes with that assurance
• 3:23-24a – The benefit of obeying the God’s command to love
  

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• 1 John 3:24b-4:6 - Divine Sonship Tested by Belief in the Spirit’s Message
• 3:24b – We can know God remains in us because [our lives show evidence that] He has given us the Holy Spirit
• 4:1 – John then warns us not to be gullible concerning spiritual teachers – we are to test their teachings, because there are many false teachers in the world!
• 4:2-3 – John tells us we can test spiritual teachers by applying the Christological test: Do they have a right belief about Jesus?
• 4:4 – John is confident that his readers are true believers, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, because they have not succumbed to the diabolical doctrines advocated by the false teachers.
• 4:5-6 – Often the truth or falsehood of a teaching can be seen by who (receptively) listens to it:
• The message of the false teachers appeals to the world.
• The message of the apostles appeals to true believers.

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• 1 John 4:7-12 - The Source of Love
• 4:7 – True born again believers love one another with a love that comes from God.
• We love one another because:
• 4:8-9 – God is love
• 4:10-11 – God loved us
• 4:12 – God dwells in us and His love is perfected in us

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• 1 John 4:13-16 - The Synthesis of LOVE and BELIEF – True belief is the vital ground of Christian love

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• 1 John 4:17-5:1 - The Effect and Motives of LOVE
• 1 John 5:2-3a - The Synthesis of LOVE and RIGHTEOUSNESS – We love God by keeping His commandments

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• 1 1 John 5:3b-4 - The Synthesis of Belief and Righteousness - The Power of Obedience Lies in Belief
• 1 John 5:5-12 - The Contents, Basis, and Issue of Christian Belief

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• 1 John 5:13-21 - The Certainties of Christian Belief

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