1 John Phrasing
1 John 5:13-21
The results of the child of God, who has the 3 signs of life: confidence in prayer
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Published February 8th, 2022; Updated February 8th, 2022
1 John 5:13-21
1 John 5:13-21
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1 John 5:13-21
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The purpose of 1 John
I write these things
to you
Purpose advantage
who believe
in the name
Purpose Advantage
of the Son
Possessive
of God
Relationship
that you may know
that you have eternal life.
Content
The child of God's privelege (who has the 3 signs): answered prayers
The General Statement
And this is the confidence
that we have
toward him,
Destination
that ... he hears us.
Explanation
if we ask anything
Condition
according to his will
Standard
And ... we know
that we have the requests
if we know
that he hears us
in whatever we ask,
that we have asked
of him.
Source
The kinds of prayers he usually gives: for others
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin
not leading to death,
he shall ask,
and God will give him life—
Result
to those
Purpose Advantage
who commit sins
that do not lead to death.
There is sin
Concessive
that leads to death;
I do not say that one should pray
for that.
Purpose Advantage
All wrongdoing is sin,
and but there is sin
that does not lead to death.
The Final Summary: A begotten child of God believes in the Son and keeps the commandments
who was born
of God
Subjective
We know that ... but he ... protects him,
everyone ... does not keep on sinning,
Negative
who has been born
of God
and the evil one does not touch him.
We know
that we are from God,
Content 1 and 2
and the whole world lies in the power
of the evil one.
Possessive or Subjective
And we know
that the Son of God has come
and has given us understanding
Purpose
so that we may know him
who is true;
and we are in him
who is true,
in his Son Jesus Christ.
Reference or Explanation
This He is the true God
Reference or Explanation 1 and 2
and eternal life.
Little children,
Reference
keep yourselves from idols.
Observations 1. I am fairly sure that in 5:18, that it is Jesus who is protecting the believer from evil. 3 reasons for this: A. There are two different tenses used for begotten: aorist, and then the perfect, which differentiates the two. B. Does a Christian believer "protect" a fellow believer, or "ask for" a fellow believer. Moreover, is it the job of a Christian brother to protect another from Satan, or Jesus? Based on the language differences, I take this to be Jesus. C. I think the "everyone does not.." language refers again to Christians in general, and that there really is another section break here. The "evil one" in 19 argues more for a new section as well.
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