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When to fight and when to compromise are not always easy choices to make. Stubbornly defending the truth can easily end up in arrogance that discredits the gospel, while too readily seeking middle ground can leave truth by the wayside. Torn by conflict and marred by schism, the congregation to whom John addressed his letters stood in need of his strong exhortations to love and unity within the...

The Fundamental Command: Love One Another (2:7–11) To answer the question, What does God want of us? on John’s terms, we also have to answer the question, What do we owe each other? Although response to God is a personal matter, it is not merely a private or internal matter. Jesus made this explicit in talking about the obligation of love that we owe to each other in obedience to his command. Jesus does not require from us what he does not already manifest in his own person and life. In fact his
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