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1, 2, & 3 John: Crossway Classic Commentaries is unavailable, but you can change that!

John’s epistles have enriched and equipped the followers of Christ down through the centuries. The themes—such as walking in the truth, acknowledging our proneness to sin, being wary of the lies of the antichrist, and denying ourselves the empty enticements of the world—continue to be invaluable for the people of God. This classic commentary will help contemporary Christians obtain a deeper...

6. This is the one who came. In order that our faith may rest safely on Christ, John says that the real substance of the shadows of the law appears in Christ. By water and blood. I have no doubt this alludes to the ancient rites of the law. Moreover, the comparison is intended not only to teach us that the law of Moses was abolished by the coming of Christ, but so we will seek in him the fulfillment of those things that the ceremonies formerly typified. Though they were of various kinds, the apostle
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