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“Throughout the various periods of the Christian era,” writes D. Edmond Hiebert in the preface to this commentary, “devout believers have always cherished the Johannine Epistles as a priceless portion of the New Testament. The grand simplicity of their contents have unfailingly nurtured the faith and stimulated the life of the humblest believer, while the profound depths of their teachings have...

Besides our verbal expressions, our love must express itself in the realm of “deed,” in love-prompted, beneficent action. As Dodd remarks, “In rejecting a false legalism, and insisting upon the inwardness of true morality and religion, Christianity still demands that the spirit of charity should embody itself in definite outward action.”31 Christianity then is concerned about the nature and motivation of our deeds. The performance of our deed must be combined with “truth.” “Truth” here possibly may
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