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... Prologue: The Word of Life (1:1-1:4)
A. The Life Revealed (1:1-1:2)
B. The Life Experienced (1:3-1:4)
II. Walking in the Light (1:5-2:27)
A. God Is Light (1:5)
B. The Atonement of Christ (1:6-2:2)
1. The Incompatibility of Light and Darkness (1:6-1:7)
2. The Necessity of Confession (1:8-1:9)
3. The Intercession of Jesus Christ (1:10-2:2)
C. Obedience to Gods Commands (2:3-2:11)
1. ... Warnings (2:15-2:27)
1. ... Being Confident and Ready for His Coming (2:28-3:3)
1. ... The Children of God (3:1-3:3)
B. Being Righteous and Do not Sin (3:4-3:10)
1. ... Love One Another: Part One (3:11-3:24)
1. ... Discerning the Spirits (4:1-4:6)
1. Spirit-inspired Prophets (4:1)
2. ... Love One Another: Part Two (4:7-4:21)
1. ... Obey God and Experience the Victory of Faith (5:1-5:5)
E. Believe in the Son and Enjoy Eternal Life (5:6-5:12)
1. ... The Coming of the Son of God (5:20-5:21)
CONTENT
The first epistle of John seems that the words of a pastor who concerned about congregations of believers for which he has responsibility, but which lie at some geographical distance from him. Thompson says, Absent from them, yet anxious about them, John pens this short epistle out of his urgent pastoral concern and deep love.E
According to Hunter, John wrote to build up his readers in the Christian faith by stressing its fundamentals. ...
While John deals with the problem, he writes the same idea or thought repeatedly. ... The first epistle of John is not for a systematic exposition of the Christian faith, but it is the basic underlying beliefs which John confronts those threatening to be the wreckers of the Christian faith. ... First, God is lightE(1:5). ... Johns conviction is that God is self-revealing and self-giving. ... Jesus is he who was from the beginning (1:1; 2:14). ... By believing and receiving the Son (4:10-13); one is born again (5:1); becomes a child of God (3:1-2); and receives the gift of eternal life. According to Akin, Johns concept of eternal life is dualistic but in a Judeo-Christian sense. ... E John looks forward to the realization of all that Christ means at his eschatological parousia (2:28). ...
Eschatology
John uses Greek word e[scatoVEin 2:18, means last.
Approximate Word count = 2107
Approximate Pages = 8.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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