We have entered the second wave in John’s presentation of the principles of fellowship. These were introduced in the first section of the body of this letter, and now he is developing these principles. In each principle he deals with one of the primary barriers preventing us from getting closer to God in our Christian walk or fellowship. Our sin is a major barrier. He has dealt with that twice: 1 John 1:5−2:2 and 1 John 2:28−3:10a. Now he wants to develop the
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