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The letters of John speak words of encouragement and reproach to the grave concerns of the early church, yet reveal a God who not only loves his people, but wants them to experience life abundantly. Gary M. Burge’s commentary on the letters of John focuses on understanding the significance of John’s letters when he wrote them, and conveys the power they still have today.

A clear subdivision runs from 3:11–24. First John 4:1 not only introduces one of the most clearly defined units in the letter but changes John’s topic abruptly. Furthermore, 3:11 buttresses the command to love as coming from the beginning, and 3:23 reminds us that this exhortation comes from Jesus. These two verses are even constructed in the same grammatical form.4 The structure of the unit is simple: John follows his initial exhortation to love with a negative example (Cain) and in this finds a
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