
OUTLINE
American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE), New King James Version (NKJV)
& English Standard Version (ESV) with adaptations
I. PROLOGUE (1:1 –
4)
1.1 The Word of
Life
1.1.1 What Was
Heard, Seen, and Touched
2.1 God Is Light
a. Fellowship
with Him and One Another (1:5 – 10)
2.2 Christ and
His Commandments (2:1 – 14)
2.2.1 Christ Our Advocate (2:1 – 6)
2.2.2 The New
Commandment (2:7 – 14)
2.3 Do Not Love
the World (2:15 – 17)
2.4 Antichrists: →
Warning Concerning Antichrists (2:18 – 27)
2.4.1 Deceptions of the Last Hour (2:18 – 23)
2.4.2 Life from
God’s Anointing
a. Let Truth Abide in You (2:24 – 27)
2.5 Children of
God (2:28 – 3:3)
2.5.1 The
Children of God (2:28 – 29)
2.5.2 The Command
to Love (3:1 – 3)
2.6 Avoiding Sin
2.6.1 Sin and the
Child of God (3:4 – 9)
III. LOVE FOR ONE
ANOTHER (3:10 – 5:12)
3.1 The
Imperative of Love (3:10 – 15)
3.2 The
Outworking of Love (3:16 – 23)
3.3. The Spirit
of Truth and the Spirit of Error (3:24)
3.4 Test the Spirits
3.4.1 Love for
God and One Another (4:1 – 6)
3.5 God’s Love
and Christian Life (4:7 – 5:5)
3.5.1 God is Love
(4:7 – 21)
a. Knowing God
Through Love (4:7 – 10)
b. Seeing God
Through Love (4:11 – 16)
c. The
Consummation of Love (4:17 – 21)
3.5.2 Overcoming
the World
a. Faith Is
Victory over the World (5:1 – 5)
3.6 Testimony
Concerning the Son of God
3.6.1 The Certainty of God’s Witness (5:6 – 12)
IV. EPILOGUE (5:13
– 21)
4.1 That You May
Know
4.1.1 Confidence
and Compassion in Prayer (5:13 – 17)
4.1.2 Knowing the
True—Rejecting the False (5:18 – 21)
I. Introduction: the purpose of the epistle 1:1-4
II. Living in the light of fellowship with God 1:5—2:11
A.
Staying on the path by walking in God's light 1:5—2:2
B.
Reaching the goal by knowing the God of light 2:3-11
III. Resisting enemies 2:12-27
A.
Appreciating spiritual advances 2:12-14
B.
Recognizing spiritual adversaries 2:15-27
1.
Overcoming the world 2:15-17
2.
Resisting the antichrists 2:18-27
IV. Living in anticipation of Christ's judgment seat 2:28—4:19
A.
Abiding to face Christ confidently 2:28
B.
Learning to recognize God's children 2:29—3:10a
C.
Learning to recognize Christian love 3:10b-23
1.
What love is not 3:10b-15
2.
What love is 3:16-18
3.
What love does for believers 3:19-23
D.
Learning to recognize the God of love 3:24—4:16
1.
God's indwelling affirmed 3:24
2.
God's Spirit recognized 4:1-6
3.
God's indwelling recognized 4:7-16
E.
Having boldness at Christ's judgment seat 4:17-19
V. Learning how to live obediently 4:20—5:17
A.
The meaning of brotherly love 4:20—5:3a
B.
The empowerment of brotherly love 5:3b-15
C.
The consequences of brotherly love 5:16-17
VI. Christian certainties 5:18-21
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