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Study Guide

In the first chapter of 1 John, we are invited to join in fellowship with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, along with the apostle John.

In Chapter 2, we are urged to abide, to remain in that fellowship with God. According to the key verse in chapter 2 (see memory verse below), there are definite advantages to do so.

How’s your fellowship with God?

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Chiastic Outline.

►A chiastic outline presents ideas in a certain order (A, B)
and then repeats them in reverse order (B’, A’).
►The term “chiastic” comes from the Greek letter “chi”
(pronounced “ki”), which looks like the English letter X.
► The outline is indented in the middle,
like the left side of the letter “X”.
►The middle point of the outline (the center of the “X”)
is usually the core message of the outline (B, B’).

How to Abide in Fellowship with God (1 John 2:1-11)

• (A) Avoid Sin (1 John 2:1-2)
  • (B) Obey Jesus (1 John 2:3-5)
  • (B’) Walk with Jesus (1 John 2:6)
• (A’) Abide in the light (1 John 2:7-11)

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Read the Passage

Read 1 John 2:1-11 several times from one or more of the following key translations. This, with the outline above, will help you see the boundaries, content, and flow of the study passage.

1. Your own Bible
2. New Living Translation (NLT)
3. Berean Standard Bible (BSB with audio and transcript)

How would you describe the relationship between
(A) Avoid Sin and (A’) Abide in the light?

And how about the relationship between
(B) Obey Jesus and (B’) Walk with Jesus?

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Study the Passage

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Memory Verse

1 John 2:28 (NLT)
“And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ
so that when he returns, you will be full of courage
and not shrink back from him in shame.”