1 John Overview

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Written for believers in Jesus.

1 John was:

Structured around faith and love.

Applied by living like Christ.

God’s love will never leave us the same.

“I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and

loved them even as you loved me.”

—John 17:23

“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to

lay down our lives for the brothers.”

—1 John 3:16

When we understand we are beloved by God, we will:

When we understand we are beloved by God, we will:

Love God more than the world.

“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is

not in him.” —1 John 2:15

When we understand we are beloved by God, we will:

Love God more than the world.

Love other’s selflessly.

“Anyone who does not love does not know God,

because God is love.”

—1 John 4:8

“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love

one another.”

—1 John 4:11

When we understand we are beloved by God, we will:

Love God more than the world.

Love other’s selflessly.

Live a life of integrity.

“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another,

and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.”

—1 John 1:7

When we understand we are beloved by God, we will:

Love God more than the world.

Love other’s selflessly.

Live a life of integrity.

Live with security.

The key to meaningful connection with others

is Christlikeness.