The Epistles of John: Living in Truth and Love. 1 John 2:16-2:18a
Week 21: Feb 26, 2012 We left off last time in the middle of John’s commandment to believers not to love the world. In verse 16 John expands on what he means with this commandment. Study d. Our Position (2:12-17) ii Warning: Do not love the world (2:15-17) 16 – For everything that is in […]
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Week 20: Feb 12, 2012 Last time we saw how John, after pointing out the inconsistency between the claims and the actions of his opponents, switched to talking about his readers, talking first about “children” i.e., about all Christians. Now he continues talking to “Father” i.e., church leaders, and then “Young men” which could be […]
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Week 19: Feb 5, 2012 Last time we saw how John was expanding on the commandments, in particular that we are to love one another. John now demonstrates his point with another claim from his opponents. This is not really a new claim; it is similar to those he has already dealt (see 1:6-10), but here […]
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Week 18: Jan 29, 2012 – Last time we saw how John was emphasizing that to love God was to Obey God’s commandments. This naturally raises the question which commandment are we to keep? Starting in verse 2:7 John answers this question. Study a. Expansion: Love One Another (2:7:11) i. The commandment to Love (2:7-8) […]
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The Epistles of John: Living in Truth and Love. 1 John 2:2-2:6 Week 17: Jan 15, 2012 I have fallen a little behind in posting the class, and will try to catch up in the next few days. When we finished from the last posted class John had interrupted is refutation of the claims of his […]
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