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Written during a time of church schism that has left Christians confused and questioning their status before God, the author of 1, 2, 3 John argues that the Christian life has two fundamental markers: Acceptance of Jesus Christ’s role in God’s plan of salvation, and the need to practice love in interactions with other believers. In his commentary, J. E. McDermond shows that that these two crucial...

Verse five is connected to the introduction in that both focus on a message that has been heard (vv. 1, 3, and 5) and is now being proclaim[ed] (apangellomen, v. 3; anangellomen, v. 5). In the opening verses the message is about the incarnate Word, and in verse 5 the message accords with Jesus’ teaching in John’s Gospel, in which Jesus himself reveals God: God is light and in him there is no darkness at all (cf. John 8:12; 12:35–36, 45–46). The light/
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