II. Requirements for Fellowship With God Who Is Light (1:5–2:28) A. Walking in the Light (1:5–2:2) If the readers are to have fellowship with the Father and with the Son (v. 3), they must understand what makes this possible. They must know who God is in himself and, consequently, who they are in themselves as creatures of God. So the author first describes the moral character of God in terms of light (v. 5) and then goes on to deny three claims made by those who falsely boast of their knowledge and
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