Exegesis Of 1 John 2: 1 John

1 John was written to assure believers of their salvation. He continually reminds the audience that they are children of God and have been given eternal life. Throughout the book, the author constantly re-states the love that God has for them and how he sent his son to die for their sins. 1 John can be applied to people of all generations. The author of 1 John is unclear though it is usually ascribed to the Apostle John, hence the title 1 John (Commentary). The letter is written to Christians in general which is indicated by 1 John 2:1 where John addresses the audience as “my little children” meaning that they are followers of the author and can be reasonable assumed that they are, therefore, christians. John the Apostle does not specify who he is writing to, but from Revelations 2 and 3, John may very well be writing to the Roman province in western Turkey (Commentary). 1 John 1 is talking about how to walk it the light and gives a basic timeline for how a believer should live (1 John 1:1-10, ESV). 1 John 2 talks about how Christ died for the sins of the world then he goes on to talk about how if a believer wants to truly know God, he must keep his commandments (1 John 2:2-6, ESV). John then warns the believers to not live in darkness, meaning do not live without Christ (1 John 2:7-11, ESV). The Apostle then tells the audiences that their sins are forgiven and that they have overcome evil with the help of the Father (1 John 2:12-14, …show more content…
Through the book, John constantly tells the audience that they are children to God and have been given eternal life. “The life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which as with the Father and was made manifest to us” (1 John 1:2, ESV). John tries to make it painfully clear that they audience has been granted eternal life so there can be no doubt. “And this is the promise that he made to us — eternal life” (1 John 2:25,