1 JOHN

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Author:

• John

Audience:

• Christians- perhaps to churches in the surrounding region

Key Themes:

• The one eternal God became incarnate in his Son, Jesus the Christ, who is "the true God and eternal life."
• All humans are sinful, but Christians have joyful fellowship with the Father, with the Son, and with each other through repentance and faith in Christ.
• Christ is our advocate with the Father and the propitiation for our sins.
• Those who know Christ forsake sin and keep God's commandments- in particular the love commandment.
• Denial of Jesus Christ as God's son in the flesh is denial of God the Father. 
• Faith in Christ results in forgiveness of sins, eternal life, confidence in prayer, protection from the evil one, and understanding and knowing the tru God. 

**Taken from the Crossway ESV Study Bible

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