1 John study section
1 John related passages
1 John develops the Gospel of John’s themes of light, love, life, and belief.
Within the Bible
- Previous: 2 Peter warned against false teachers; 1 John gives believers assurance and the tests of genuine faith.
- Next: 2 John applies these truths to walking in truth and love and guarding against deceivers.
- Companion: The Gospel of John, whose themes of light, love, life, and belief 1 John develops.
- Thematic Connections:
- John 13:34-35 - The new commandment to love one another, central to 1 John.
- John 20:31 - The Gospel written that we may believe; 1 John that we may know.
- Genesis 4 - Cain, the example of hatred, contrasted with love (1 John 3:12).
Cross-Testament Connections
First John develops the themes of the Gospel of John:
- The word of life: The eternal Son made manifest fulfills the Word who was with God (1 John 1:1-2; John 1:1, 14).
- The propitiation: Christ’s atoning death fulfills the sacrificial system and Isaiah’s Servant (1 John 2:2; 4:10; Leviticus 16; Isaiah 53).
- The new commandment: Love for one another fulfills and deepens the law of love (1 John 3:23; Leviticus 19:18; John 13:34).
- Children of God: Believers’ adoption fulfills God’s promise to make a people His own (1 John 3:1; Hosea 1:10; John 1:12).
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