Chapter by chapter
1The chapter grounds fellowship with God in the revealed Jesus Christ and joins walking in light with honesty about sin.2The chapter joins assurance in Christ’s atoning work with the call to obey him, love fellow believers, and remain in the truth.4The chapter joins discernment about Jesus with love for fellow believers, grounding both in God’s presence and his gift of the Son.5The chapter grounds assurance of eternal life in God’s testimony about his Son, joining faith with love, obedience, and prayer.
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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).