centers around Jesus Christ. The truth is the reality of Jesus Christ, as opposed to the lies of the false teachers (see 1 John 2:21–23). People may choose to deny the truth and leave the fellowship, but that doesn’t change the truth. Because Christ is eternal, truth is also eternal, not subject to change. Because Christ lives in believers, both he and his truth will be with them forever. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH John refers to truth five times in the first four verses of this brief letter. In
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