New Testament · Pastoral Letter
1 John
5 chapters · 105 verses · John (elderly) · ~90 AD
How do you know you're really saved? Not by a prayer you prayed once — by three tests that John repeats throughout: do you love, do you obey, do you believe?
Overview
1 John is a letter of assurance written by the last surviving apostle. False teachers were splitting churches with competing claims about Jesus. John responds with devastating simplicity: walk in the light, love one another, and believe that Jesus came in the flesh. "God is love" appears here. So does the test: "if we love one another, God lives in us."
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Themes:lovetruthassurancelightfellowship
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