1-3 John Flashcards

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“What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have observed and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life” —

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“That life was revealed, and we have seen it and we testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us”

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Why did John say they declare unto them what they have seen and heard?

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So that they may also have fellowship with them; and the Father and his Son Jesus Christ

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Why did John say they were writing these things?

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So that their Joy may be complete

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What is the message that they have heard from Jesus and declare to them:

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God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him

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What are you doing if you say you have fellowship with him and yet walk in darkness?

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We are lying and are not practicing the truth.

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What do you have if you walk in the light as he himself is in the light?

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We have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin

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What are you doing if we say we have no sin in us?

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We are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us

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What will happen if we confess our sins?

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He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness

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What are you doing if we say we have not sinned? (Regarding God)

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We make him a liar and his word is not in us

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What reason did John give his “little children” for writing them these things?

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So that they may not sin

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Who is the advocate with the Father if anyone does sin?

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Jesus Christ the righteous one

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Who is Jesus Christ the righteous one?

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The atoning sacrifice for our sins and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world

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How do we know that we know him?

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If we keep his commands
The one who says he remains in him should walk just as he walked

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The one who says, “I have come to know him,” and yet doesn’t keep his commands is what?

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A liar and the truth is not in him

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Whoever keeps his word, …

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Truly in him the love of God is made complete

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What does John tell his “dear friends” he is writing them?

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Not a new command but an old command that they have had from the beginning

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What is the old command?

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The word they have heard

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Why is the new command his is writing true in Jesus and in us?

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Because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining

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Who is still in the darkness until now?

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The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sister

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Who remains in the light and what is there no cause for?

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The one who loves his brother or sister;
Stumbling in him

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The one who hates his brother or sister is in what?

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In the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going because the darkness has blinded his eyes

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Why is John writing to the little children?

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Since their sins have been forgiven in account of his name

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Why is John writing to the fathers?

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Because they have come to know the one who is from the beginning

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Why is John writing to the young men?

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Because they have conquered the evil one
Because they are strong
God’s word remains in them

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Why is John writing to the children?
Because they have come to know the Father
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The love of the Father is not in who?
Anyone who loves the world
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What is not from the father but from the world?
Everything in the world- Lust of the flesh Lust of the eyes Pride in one’s possession
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What passes away and what remains forever?
The world with its lusts is passing away The one who does the will of God remains
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By what do we know that it is the last hour?
The antichrist is coming and even now many have come
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Who are the Antichrists?
The liars The one who denied that Jesus is Christ The one who denies the Father and the Son
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No _____ comes from the _____
Lie, truth
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If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, then…
You will remain in the Son and in the Father
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The promise that he himself made to us:
Eternal life
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Why does John tell the “little children” to remain in Jesus?
So that when he appears they may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming
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If you know that he is righteous, you know what else as well?
Everyone who does what is right has been born of him
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See what great ____ the Father has given us that we should be called ____ _____
Love; God’s children
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What is the reason the world does not know us
Because it didn’t know him
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We are God’s children now and…
What we will be has not not yet been revealed
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What do we know will happen when he appears?
We will be like him because we will see him as he is
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Everyone who has this hope in him ____ himself just as he is ____
Purifies; pure
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Everyone who commits sin practices ____; and sin is ____
Lawlessness
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Children let no one deceive you. The one who does what is ___ is ____, Just as he is ____. The one who commits ___ is of the ___ for the ____ has ____ from the ____
Right Righteous, Righteous Sin Devil, devil Sinned Beginning
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The Son of God was revealed for this purpose:
To destroy the devil’s works
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Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially…
The one who does not love his brother or sister
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This is the message you have heard from the beginning:
We should love one another
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We should love one another unlike who?
Cain
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Who was of the evil one and murdered his brother?
Cain
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Why did Cain murder his brother?
Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous
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Brothers and sisters we should not be surprised of what?
If the world hates us
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We know that we have passed from ___ to ___ because we ___ our brothers and sisters. The one who does not ___ remains in ____
Death, life, love Love, death
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Everyone who hates his brother or sister is what?
A murderer
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This is how we come to know love: (regarding Jesus)
He laid down his life for us
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Little children let us not live in word or speech,…
But in action and in truth
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God is greater than our ___ and he ___ all things
Hearts; knows
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If our hearts don’t condemn us…
We have confidence before God and receive whatever we ask from him
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We will receive whatever we ask from him because…
We keep his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight
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What is his command? (2)
That we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and we love one another as he commanded us
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How do we know that he remains in us?
From the Spirit he has given us
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Do not believe every ____ but test the ____ to see if they are from God because many ____ ____ have gone out into the____
Spirit, spirits, false prophets, world
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How do you know the Spirit of God?
If it confesses that Jesus has come in the flesh it is from God, but if it does not it is not from God, it is the spirit of the antichrist
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You have conquered them because the one who is in you is …
Greater than the one who is in the world
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They are from the world and what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them
Spirit of deception
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We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us; anyone who is not from God does not listen to us
Spirit of truth
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God’s love was revealed to us in this way:
God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him
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Love consists in this:
Not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins
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There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear..
Because fear involves punishment
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We love…
Because he first loved us
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Everyone who has been born if God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world:
Our faith
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Jesus came by what? (2)
Water and blood
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Three that testify:
The Spirit, the water, the blood
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This is the testimony:
God has given us eternal life and this life is in his Son
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What do you have or do not have if you do or do not have the Son?
Life
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I have written this things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so…
That you may know that you have eternal life
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Who does John address his second letter to?
Elect lady and her children
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How does John start his second and third letter?
The elder
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___, ___, and ___ will be with us from God the father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in ____ and ____
Grace, mercy, peace Truth, love
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This is love:
That we walk according to his commands
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This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning:
That you walk in love
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Why does John tell us to watch ourselves
So we don’t lose why we have worked for but that we may receive a full reward
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Don’t do this to anyone comes to you and does not bring the teaching of Christ?
Do not receive him into your home and don’t greet him
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If you greet a deceiver/antichrist…
You share in his evil works
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Why does John not want to use paper and ink and instead go to them and talk face to face?
So that their Joy may be complete
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Who did John address the third letter to?
Gaius
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I have no greater joy than this:
To hear that my children are walking in truth
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Dear friend, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers and sisters, especially…
When they are strangers
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Gaius sent them on their journey in a manner worthy of God…
For the sake of the Name and accepting nothing from pagans
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Why should we support such people who go out in a manner worthy of God?
So that we can be coworkers with the truth
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Who loves to have first place among the church?
Diotrephes
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What works will John remind Diotrephes he is doing?
Slandering them with malicious words Refuses to welcome fellow believers Stops those who want to do so and expels them from the church
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What should we imitate and not imitate?
Not imitate what is evil; imitate what is good
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Who does everyone speak well of?
Demetrius
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John tells Gaius that friends send him greeting and to do what?
Greet the friends by name