This is the final post in the series on 1 John. Much of chapter 5 has been covered in previous posts. We will just focus on 1 John 5:16-17 in this post. However, the words in these two verses can be confusing, so we will attempt to uncover what John is writing to us....

1 John 4:7-21 is all about love – the love God has for the world in sending Christ to be the propitiation for sin and the love we can have for God through Christ. We have previously dealt quite a bit with love in 1 John, so the focus of this post will be 1 John 4:18,...

There are false teachers in the world, and unfortunately, there are people in the world who inflict damage upon others. However, this is no excuse for not following Christ and committing our lives to Christ in obedience and righteousness. R.A. Torrey wrote along these...

Love of others and obedience to God are central in the remaining verses of 1 John 3. They are presented as proofs of our abiding in Christ. In verse 11, John recites the second greatest commandment, that we should love each other. Matthew 22:39 He also says “from the...