The Apostle John’s First Letter Part 6

Verse by Verse Comments on 1 John Combining the Three Tests (5:1-5) “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his

The Apostle John’s First Letter Part 5

Verse by Verse Comments on 1 John More on Love (3:11-18) “This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his

The Apostle John’s First Letter Part 4

Verse by Verse Comments on 1 John A Digression (2:12-17) “I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. 13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil

The Apostle John’s First Letter Part 3

Verse by Verse Comments on 1 John John 1:6-10 “If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of

The Apostle John’s First Letter: Part 2

John’s Purpose in Writing this Letter One or more congregations under John’s care had been attacked by teachers of false doctrine. The teachers claimed they had new, more accurate, information about Christ and His salvation. Their teaching was counter to the apostles’ teaching. Some people believed the false teaching and left the congregation. Those remaining

The Apostle John’s First Letter: Part 1

Introduction This is Part 1 of 6 in a series on 1 John. Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotes are from the Holy Bible (New International Version), Zondervon1984. Commentaries studied include The Epistles of John by James Montgomery Boice (Zondervan, 1979), The Tests of Life (A Study of The First Epistle of St. John by Rev.