[1]The word of life (1 John 1:1-4)
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| | A(1:1) | | To hear, to see |
| | | B(1:2) | | | testify to it and proclaim to you (1:2) |
| | A'(1:3) | | To hear, to see |
| | | B'(1:4) | | | 1:4 We are writing this (1:4) |
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A: To hear, to see. B: To proclaim. |
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[2]God is light (1 John 1:5-2:6)
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| | A(1:5-10) | | 1:6 If we say, "We have fellowship with him," while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth. (1:6) |
| | | B(2:1-2) | | | 2:1 My children, I am writing this to you so that you may not commit sin (2:1) |
| | A'(2:3-6) | | 2:4 Whoever says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him (2:4) |
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A: The truth is not in him. B: The reason to write. |
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[3]A new commandment (1 John 2:7-17)
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| | A(2:7-8) | | 2:7 Beloved, I am writing no new commandment to you but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.(2:7)" (γράφω) |
| | | B(2:9-11) | | | 2:10 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is nothing in him to cause a fall. (2:10)" (ἀγαπῶν) |
| | A'(2:12-14) | | 2:12 I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven for his name's sake. (2:12)" (γράφω) |
| | | B'(2:15-17) | | | 2:15 Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.(2:15)" (ἀγαπᾶτε) |
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A: To write. B: Love. |
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[4]Warning against Antichrists (1 John 2:18-3:12)
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| | A(2:18-19) | | 2:18 so now many antichrists have appeared. (2:18) |
| | | B(2:20-21) | | | 2:21 every lie is alien to the truth (2:21) |
| | | | C(2:22-23) | | | | 2:22 Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist.(2:22) |
| | | | | D(2:24-29) | | | | | 2:27 remain in him (2:27) |
| | | | C'(3:1-2) | | | | 3:1 The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him (3:1) |
| | | B'(3:3-6) | | | 3:6 No one who remains in him sins (3:6) |
| | A'(3:7-12) | | 3:7 Children, let no one deceive you (3:7) |
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A: The antichrist. B: Good and evil. C: Ignorance. D: Remain in him. |
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A: To love one another. B: To lay down our lives. |
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[6]Testing the Spirits (1 John 4:1-6)
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| | A(4:1-2) | | 4:2 This is how you can know the Spirit of God (4:2) (γινώσκετε τὸ πνεῦμα) |
| | | B(4:3) | | | 4:3 This is the spirit of the antichrist that, as you heard, is to come, but in fact is already in the world.(4:3)" (κόσμῳ) |
| | | | C(4:4) | | | | 4:4 You belong to God, children, and you have conquered them (4:4) |
| | | B'(4:5) | | | 4:5 their teaching belongs to the world, and the world listens to them (4:5)" (κόσμου) |
| | A'(4:6) | | 4:6 This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit. (4:6) (γινώσκομεν τὸ πνεῦμα) |
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A: To discern spirits. B: Opponents and the world. C: Victory against evils. |
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[7]God is love (1 John 4:7-5:5)
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| | A(4:7-8) | | 4:8 Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. (4:8) |
| | | B(4:9) | | | 4:9 God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. (4:9) |
| | | | C(4:10-11) | | | | 4:10 In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us (4:10) |
| | | | | D(4:12-13) | | | | | 4:12 Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us. (4:12) |
| | | | | D'(4:14-16) | | | | | 4:16 God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him. (4:16) |
| | | | C'(4:17-21) | | | | 4:19 We love because he first loved us. (4:19) |
| | | B'(5:1) | | | 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God (5:1) |
| | A'(5:2-5) | | 5:3 For the love of God is this, that we keep his commandments (5:3) |
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A: To love God. B: God gives life. C: God loves us. D: To remain in God. |
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[8]Testimony of God (1 John 5:6-12)
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| | A(5:6-8) | | 5:6 This is the one who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ (5:6) |
| | | B(5:9) | | | The testimony of God |
| | | B'(5:10) | | | The testimony of God |
| | A'(5:11-12) | | 5:11 this life is in his Son (5:11) |
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A: Christ. B: The testimony of God. |
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[9]Epilogue (1 John 5:13-21)
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| | A(5:13-15) | | 5:13 you may know that you have eternal life (5:13) |
| | | B(5:16-17) | | | Forgiveness of sin |
| | A'(5:18-21) | | 5:20 He is the true God and eternal life (5:20) |
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A: Eternal life. B: Forgiveness of sin. |
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