Born of God Assignment 2
1 John 2
Tests that should we are in the Light.
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Published November 12th, 2021; Updated November 15th, 2021
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1 John 2:1-27
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My little children,
Reference
I am writing these things
to you
Destination
so that you may not sin.
Purpose
But if anyone does sin,
Condition
we have an advocate
Result
with the Father,
Accompaniment
Jesus Christ
the righteous.
Explanation
He is the propitiation
Ground
for our sins,
and not for ours only
Negative
but also
for the sins
of the whole world.
Producer
And ... we know
by this
Means
that we have come to know him,
Content
if we keep his commandments.
Condtion
Whoever says “I know him”
but does not keep his commandments
Concessive
is a liar,
and the truth is not in him,
but whoever keeps his word,
in him
Context
truly the love ... is perfected.
of God
Objective
By this we may know
Manner
that we are in him:
whoever says
he abides in him
ought to walk
in the same way
Comparison
in which he walked.
Beloved, I am writing you
no new commandment,
but an old commandment
that you had
from the beginning.
Temporal
The old commandment is the word
that you have heard.
At the same time,
it is a new commandment
that I am writing
to you,
Locative
which is true
in him
and in you,
because the darkness is passing away
and the true light is already shining.
Whoever says
he is in the light
and hates his brother
is still in darkness.
Whoever loves his brother abides
in the light,
and in him
there is no cause for stumbling.
But whoever hates his brother is
in the darkness
and walks in the darkness,
and does not know
where he is going,
because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
I am writing to you, little children,
because your sins are forgiven
for his name’s sake.
Advantage
I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know him
who is
from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have overcome
the evil one.
I write to you, children,
because you know
the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
because you know him
who is
from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word ... abides in you,
of God
Subjective
and you have overcome
the evil one.
Do not love
the world
or the things
in the world.
If anyone loves the world,
the love ... is not
of the Father
Plenary
in him.
For all that is in the world—
the desires of the flesh
and the desires of the eyes
and pride of life —
is not from the Father
but is from the world.
And the world is passing away
along with its desires,
but ... abides forever.
whoever does the will
of God
Possessive
Children, it is
the last hour,
and as you have heard
that antichrist is coming,
so now many antichrists have come.
Therefore we know
that it is the last hour.
They went out from us,
but they were not
of us;
Partitive
for if they had been
of us,
they would have continued with us.
But they went out,
that it might become plain
that they all are not
of us.
But you have been anointed
by the Holy One,
Agency
and you all have knowledge.
I write to you,
not because you do not know
the truth,
but because you know it,
and because no lie is
of the truth.
Who is the liar
but he
who denies
that Jesus is the Christ?
This is the antichrist,
he who denies the Father
and the Son.
No one ... has the Father.
who denies the Son
Whoever confesses the Son
has the Father also.
Let ... abide in you.
what you heard
from the beginning
If ... abides in you,
Conditional
what you heard
from the beginning
then you too will abide
in the Son
and in the Father.
And this is the promise
that he made to us —
eternal life.
I write these things
to you
about those
who are trying to deceive you.
But the anointing ... abides in you,
that you received
from him
and you have no need
that anyone should teach you.
Contrent
But ... abide in him.
as his anointing teaches you
about everything,
and is true,
and is no lie—
just as it has taught you,
1 John 1:6-10
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