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Stephen Smalley’s exhaustive commentary on the Greek text of the letters of John argues that these epistles, together with the fourth Gospel, record and reflect the spiritual history of the Johannine community itself. These letters contain theological, ethical and practical truths that are fundamental to the Christian position in every age: that Jesus is one with God as well as one with us; that...

the subject of God as light (1:5–7), and then with four conditions for living as a believer (illumined and illumining) in the world (1:8–2:29). Cf. the parallel structure in 3:1–5:13, where “God is Father” (3:1–3) balances “God is light” here. The reason for subdividing the material in 1 John as we do is entirely thematic; and this accounts for the treatment of 1:5–7 here as a separate unit. This section contains a statement of the good news: “God is light, and there is no darkness of any kind in
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