Appendix: The opponents in 1 John
Posted: Wed. Feb, 28 2018Summary of the opponents in 1 John
Verse |
Say |
Do |
ARE |
1:6 |
“We have fellowship with God” |
Walk in the darkness |
Liars who do not practice the truth |
1:8 |
“We have no sin” |
Deceive themselves |
No truth in them (the devil is their father) |
1:10 |
“We have not sinned” |
Make God a liar |
God’s word is not in them |
Verse |
Say |
Do |
ARE |
2:4 |
“I have come to know Him (God)” |
Does not keep His commandments |
A liar The truth is not in him |
2:9 |
“I am in the Light” |
Hates his brother |
Is in the darkness until now (unbeliever) Blind spiritually |
2:19 |
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Went out from us (the apostles). |
They were not of us (true apostles). They are false apostles. |
2:22 |
Denies Jesus is the Christ (Messiah) |
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Liar, antichrist. |
2:22 |
Denies the Father and the Son |
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Antichrist. |
2:23 |
Denies the Son (the deity of Christ) |
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Does not have the Father. They have no fellowship with God and does not have eternal life. |
2:26 |
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Trying to deceive the brethren |
Deceiver. |
Verse(s) |
Say |
Do |
ARE |
1:6, 3:10 |
“We have fellowship with God” |
Does not practice righteousness. Does not love his brother.
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Not of God. Children of the devil. |
1:8, 1:10, 3:4, 3:6, 3:8 |
“We have no sin” “We have not sinned” |
Practices sin and lawlessness = denying Jesus and hating the brethren. |
Has not seen or known God. Of the devil.
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3:6-7 |
Trying to deceive the brethren by saying they have seen God, know God, and abide in God |
Practice sin. |
Of the devil. Have not seen or known God. |
3:11-12 |
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Like Cain, they hate their brother and do evil deeds (false worship) |
Of the evil one. |
3:13-15 |
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They do not love; they hate their brother. |
They are murderers. They do not have eternal life abiding in them. |
Verse(s) |
Say |
Do |
ARE |
4:1 |
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Have gone out into the world. |
False prophets |
4:2-3; 2 John 7 |
They do not confess that Jesus has come in the flesh (His humanity). |
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They are deceivers. They are not from God. They are false prophets. The have the spirit of antichrist. They do not have the Spirit of God. |
4:5 |
They speak as from the world. |
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They are from the world. The world listens to them. |
4:6; 1:1-4 |
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They do not listen to John and his fellow apostles. |
They are not from God. They have the spirit of error. They do not have the Holy Spirit (Spirit of Truth). |
Verse(s) |
Say |
Do |
ARE |
5:5-8 |
They do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God. They do not believe that Jesus came by blood. This means they deny that Jesus died on the cross. |
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5:9-12 |
They do not believe the testimony of God concerning His Son. They do not believe that God has given us eternal life or that eternal life is in His Son. |
They made God a liar. |
They are unbelievers. They do NOT have the Son of God. Therefore they do NOT have eternal life. |