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The Gospel of John is so simple that it is often the first biblical book given to recent converts to help them understand Christian truth, and yet it is so difficult that only experienced scholars attempt to study it. It is paradoxically the most accessible and yet the most complex of the four Gospels. In his accessible commentary, Grant Osborne explains the core themes of the Gospel of John. ...

2:17 anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. In contrast to the three evil desires of the world, which are already “fading away,” the one who does God’s will remains forever united to God. COMMENTARY These verses contain a pair of triplets that describe John’s readers as “children,” “fathers,” and “young men.” (Accordingly most translations, including the NLT, set 2:12–14 as poetry.) These three classifications are not physical age groups (John calls all his readers “dear children”—see
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