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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...

☐ Walking in the Light: Belief and Love (4:1–5:12) With 4:1 the epistle shifts its focus somewhat. The previous section (2:28–3:24) dealt with what it means to be God’s children. Now a long section on belief and love begins. To be sure, belief and love are both identifying marks of the children of God. But the emphasis here will not fall so much on how these characterize God’s children as it will on how God works to bring about true confession and true love. This long section begins and ends with
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