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1 John – Finding Jesus

Jesus in the 1 John

1:1-3 – “What” refers to Jesus and is neuter instead of masculine probably to emphasize the experience: from the beginning, heard, seen, observed, touched, revealed, seen, revealed

1:1 – The Word (logos) of Life

1:3 – His Son Jesus (human) Christ (divine)

1:7 – Blood of Jesus His Son

2:1 – Advocate with the Father

2:1 – Jesus Christ the Righteous One

2:2 – The propitiation for our sins and for those of the whole world

2:6 – “The one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked”

2:12 – Sins forgiven because of Jesus’ name

2:13,14 – The One who is from the beginning

2:22 – Jesus the Christ/Messiah

2:22-23 – He who confesses the Son has the Father as well

2:24 – If what we have heard from beginning remains in us, we will remain in the Son and in the Father

2:27 – Jesus sends the anointing which is the Holy Spirit

2:28 – Jesus will appear again

2:29 – Jesus is righteous

2:29 – Born of “Him” (Jesus or Father?)

3:1 – The world did not know “Him” (Jesus or Father?)

3:2 – We will be like Jesus when He returns; we will see Jesus as He is

3:3 – Jesus purifies

3:5 – Jesus was revealed to take away sins; there is no sin in Jesus

3:6 – Remaining in Jesus means not sinning (i.e., not practicing sin)

3:7 – Jesus is righteous

3:8 – Son of God revealed to destroy the works of Satan

3:16 – He laid down His life for us which teaches us how to love

3:23 – Must believe in the name of the Son of God and love one another as He commanded

3:24 – “He”(Jesus?) has given us His Spirit

4:2 – Every spirit who confesses Jesus has come in the flesh is from God

4:2 – The antichrist does not confess Jesus came in the flesh

4:4 – The One who is in us is greater than the one in the world

4:9 – One and only Son

4:10 – The Son is the propitiation for our sins

4:13 – We remain in “Him” and “He” in us; “His” Spirit

4:14 – The Son is the world’s Savior

4:15 – Whoever confesses Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him

4:17 – We are as “He” is in the this world

4:19 – We love because “He” first loved us

4:21 – The command from “Him” the one who loves God must also love his brother.

5:1 – If you believe Jesus is the Christ/Messiah, you are born of God

5:5 – Jesus is the Son of God

5:6 – Jesus Christ came by water, blood

5:9 – The Father testifies about His Son

5:10-12 – If you believe in the Son, you have the testimony within of life within the Son

5:13 – Believe in the name of the Son of God

5:14-15 – Pray to “Him” (Jesus)

5:20 – Son of God came and brought understanding

5:20 – Jesus is the True God and eternal life

One of the areas of disagreement in 1 John is the reference points of many of the masculine pronouns (He, Him, His). The ones I considered to refer to Jesus are listed above.


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