lie to God’s revelation. It is God’s will that we should not sin. When God’s light reveals sin in us we are to confess it and obtain that cleansing which the blood of Jesus and His intercession for us makes possible. 3. Obedience to God’s commands in imitation of Christ (2:2–6). The false teachers maintained that knowledge was the one and all-important thing; if a man were enlightened with what they considered the knowledge of love, it did not matter how he lived. John wishes to show that such knowledge