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Michael Eaton believes that John’s epistles were written to counteract false teachers who were influencing Christians in the church. An exposition of these epistles could not be timelier, as often people who come to Christ today have little or no church background—they can be easily influenced by false teaching. John showed in his letters that the most secure way to avoid being deceived was the...

1 John 2:15–17 After the rich words of encouragement in the previous passage, John mentions the danger of what is normally called ‘worldliness’. He directs attention not to breach of law-codes but to inward appetites and to pride; matters that receive minimal attention in ‘the law’ of Exodus-Leviticus-Numbers-Deuteronomy. First comes a command 15Do not love the world nor the things in the world. ‘The world’ is not the fabric of the universe. Nor is he simply talking
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