Category: 1 John

• 1 John

  

  Translation, Comments, and Notes by Matthew Joneskoinefoundationa@gmail.comCompleted February 2024 Book BackgroundStructure and Outline Translation 1:1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked at intently and our hands touched, concerning the Word, the source of life – 2 This Life was revealed. We have…

  Matthew Jones

  October 23, 2025

  1 John, Translation

  1 John, 2 John, 3 John

• First John 5:18-21: Proclamation Summaries

  

  Proclamation Summaries 5:18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the One who was born of God keeps him, and the Evil One does not touch him. 5:19 We know that we are God’s offspring and the whole world rests entirely in the Evil One. 5:20 We also…

  Matthew Jones

  November 8, 2024

  1 John, Proclamation Summary

  1 John 1:18, 1 John 1:19, 1 John 1:20, 1 John 1:21, abide in God, Abiding, ἀληθινός, bible, born of God, eternal life, Evil One, false teaching, Fellowship, god, God’s offspring, homeschool, homeschool Greek, idols, incarnation, Jesus, Real God., Real One, salvation, Son of God, True God, understanding, we know, world

• First John 5:14-17: Epilogue

  

  EpilogueFellowship is Maintained by Praying for Fellow Believers 5:14 And this is the confidence we have in ˹God’s˺ presence, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 5:15 And if we know that He hears us regarding whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests which we have…

  Matthew Jones

  November 1, 2024

  1 John, Epilogue

  1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15, 1 John 5:16, 1 John 5:17, apostasy, bible, blasphemy, Cleansing, confession, death, eternal life, forgiveness, God answers, God hears, God’s will, homeschool, homeschool Greek, intercession, Jesus, mortal sin, prayer, Sin, sin that leads to death, sin unto death, spiritual death, unpardonable sin, unrighteousness

• First John 5:9-13: Epilogue

  

  EpilogueRevelation of the Eternal Life – Divine Witness 5:5 Who then is the one who overcomes the world? None other than the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 5:6 This is the One who came through water and blood – Jesus Christ. Not by the water only, but by the water…

  Matthew Jones

  October 25, 2024

  1 John, Epilogue

  1 John 5:10, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:12, 1 John 5:13, 1 John 5:9, believe in the name, Christ, eternal life, faith, god, homeschool, homeschool Greek, Jesus, making God a liar, Son of God, testimony

• First John 5:5-8 / Overview: Epilogue

  

  EpilogueRevelation of the Eternal Life – Divine Witness 5:5 Who then is the one who overcomes the world? None other than the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 5:6 This is the One who came through water and blood – Jesus Christ. Not by the water only, but by the water…

  Matthew Jones

  October 18, 2024

  1 John, Epilogue

  1 John 5:5, 1 John 5:6, 1 John 5:7, 1 John 5:8, baptism, bible, Cerinthus, communion, Critical Text, Crucifixion, eternal life, faith, gnostic, Holy Spirit, homeschool, homeschool Greek, incarnation, inclusio, Janus Phrase, Jesus, Johannine Comma, overcome the world, Son of God, testimony, textual variant, Textus Receptus, the world, water and blood, water baptism, witnesses

• First John 5:1-4: God is Love

  

  Mature Love is Expressed through Love for One Another 4:19 We love because He first loved us. 4:20 If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his fellow believer, he is a liar. For the one who does not love his fellow believer whom he has seen, cannot love the God whom he has not…

  Matthew Jones

  October 11, 2024

  1 John, God is Love

  1 John 5:1, 1 John 5:2, 1 John 5:3, 1 John 5:4, bible, born of God, christianity, commandments, faith, god, God is Love, homeschool, homeschool Greek, Jesus, koine Greek, love one another, mature love, overcome the world

• First John 4:19-21: God is Love

  

  Mature Love is Expressed through Love for One Another 4:19 We love because He first loved us. 4:20 If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his fellow believer, he is a liar. For the one who does not love his fellow believer whom he has seen, cannot love the God whom he has not…

  Matthew Jones

  October 4, 2024

  1 John, God is Love

  1 John 4:19, 1 John 4:20, 1 John 4:21, christianity, faith, god, God is Love, hate, homeschool, homeschool Greek, Jesus, Johannian Trinitarian Ambiguity, koine Greek, liar, love, love one another, variant

• First John 4:13-18: God is Love

  

  The Presence of Mature Loves Provides Assurance of Fellowship 4:13 This is how we know that we abide in Him and He abides in us, by virtue of His Spirit whom He has given to us. 4:14 We have seen and we testify that the Father sent the Son as the world’s Savior. 4:15 Whoever…

  Matthew Jones

  September 27, 2024

  1 John, God is Love

  1 John 4:13, 1 John 4:14, 1 John 4:15, 1 John 4:16, 1 John 4:17, 1 John 4:18, abide, bible, Chiasmus, day of judgment, faith, fear, fear of punishment, god, God is Love, hilasmos, Holy Spirit, homeschool, homeschool Greek, incarnation, Jesus, judgment, koine Greek, love, love one another, mature love, punishment, Savior, Sin

• First John 4:9-12: God is Love

  

  God’s Love was Revealed in Jesus Christ and is Expressed Through Us 4:9 And this is how the love of God was revealed among us: God has sent His one and only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 4:10 This is love: Not that we have loved God, but that…

  Matthew Jones

  September 20, 2024

  1 John, God is Love

  1 John 4:10, 1 John 4:11, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 4:9, atoning sacrifice, beloved, bible, eternal life, expiation, faith, god, God is invisible, God is Love, God sent His Son, God’s wrath, hilasmos, homeschool, homeschool Greek, incarnation, Jesus, koine Greek, love, love one another, mature love, placater, propitiation, Sin, wrath

• First John 4:7-8 / Overview: God is Love

  

  Third Proclamation Section: God is Love. 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 4:8 The one who does not love does not know God because God is love. 4:9 And this is how the love of God was revealed…

  Matthew Jones

  September 13, 2024

  1 John, God is Love

  1 John 4:7, 1John 4:8, agape, beloved, born of God, christianity, faith, god, God is Love, God’s offspring, homeschool, homeschool Greek, Jesus, knowing God, love, love God, love one another, love your neighbor, unconditional love