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The First Epistle of John

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I.  The fellowship of the divine life—1:1-2:11A.  The manifestation of the divine life—1:1-2B.  The divine fellowship—1:3-4C.  The condition of the divine fellowship—1:5-2:11
1.  Confessing our sins—1:5-2:2
2.  Loving God and the brothers—2:3-11
II.  The teaching of the divine anointing—2:12-27A.  Concerning the Divine Trinity according to the growth in life—vv. 12-19B.  For the abiding in the Triune God—vv. 20-27III.  The virtues of the divine birth—2:28-5:21A.  To practice the divine righteousness—2:28-3:10aB.  To practice the divine love—3:10b-5:3
1.  By the divine life (as the divine seed) and the divine Spirit—3:10b-24
2.  By the proving of the spirits—4:1-6
3.  By God (as the supreme love) and the bountiful Spirit—4:7-5:3
C.  To overcome the world, death, sin, the devil, and idols—5:4-21
1.  By the eternal life in the Son—vv. 4-13
2.  By the life-giving petition—vv. 14-17
3.  By the true God as the eternal life—vv. 18-21
Outline of 1 John
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