Title Exposition on 1 John 1:1-4
Contents Exposition on 1 John / 1 John 1:1-4
* summary
1. Author
Unlike other New Testament letters, 1 John is not authoritative.
This fact can also be found in the content of 1 John.
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1) The author mentions that he is an eyewitness to the works of Christ (1:1-4)
To say that this author was a follower of Christ's early life
to be.
2) The apostolic authority (speech, command, recommendation) expressed as a whole in the content of the letter
3) The contents and expressions of the Gospel of John and 1st John are very similar. this is
It is to say that these two books are written by one person (light and darkness, life and death).
sharp contrast of tones, similarity of content 1 John 1:1 and John 1:1,14; 1 John 1:4 and 1 John
6:24 )
2. Recipient
3. Date and place of writing
4. Motivation and purpose of authoring
The apostle John wrote 1 John for two purposes.
One was to refute the false teachings of gnosticism (2:26), and the other was to instill unshakable faith in believers (5:13).
He refutes gnosticism by pointing out their immorality (3:8-10) and confirming their belief in the incarnation by emphasizing that they had personally witnessed Christ (1:3).
5. Gnosticism (Gnosticism)
The most dangerous heresy faced by the early church was gnosticism (Gnosticism).
The central idea of this gnosticism (Gnosticism) is that the soul is absolutely good and the body is absolutely evil. Due to this dualism, there is a huge biblical error.
1) The human body is evil because it is material. Therefore, the human body is pure
It is contrary to God who is good and spirit.
2) Salvation is the liberation of the spirit from this body, which is obtained through faith.
It can be obtained through special knowledge (gnosis).
3) They deny the humanity of Jesus in two ways.
(1) Gahyeonseol (Docetism)
It just seemed to have the body of Christ. The Greek word for looking like .. is dokeo, from which the word doketism is derived.
(2) Carinthianism
This claim is that the heavenly Christ was united to the human Jesus at his baptism and departed from him when he died on the cross (called Caerinthianism because Caerintus is a representative figure).
4) Because the body is evil, it must be treated harshly. For this thought
One criticism appears in Colossians (Colossians 2:21-23).
5) This dualism of soul and body caused moral corruption. That is, the body is evil.
Therefore, even if you break the commandments of God through the flesh, it is still a sin.
that it is not going to be
6. Content breakdown
The contents of 1 John can be divided into the following five categories.
1) Introduction (1:1-4)
2) God is light (1:5-2:27)
3) God is righteous. (2:28-4:6)
4) God is love. (4:7-5:12)
5) Conclusion (5:13-21)