Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Read and translate 1 John from a Greek text

• Make the case for who you think John’s implied audience was

• Make the case for who you think John’s implied opposition was

• Discuss common interpretive problems and argue for good contextual solutions

• Make an exegetically based application of John’s message to today’s church

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and Course

Unit 1: Introduction to 1 John

• Inductive Bible Study Method Applied

• Implied Opposition: Part 1

• Implied Opposition: Part 2

• The Big Picture of 1 John

Unit 2: The Age of Light/Life and the Age of Darkness/Death (1 John 1:1–10)

• The Opening (1 John 1:1)

• Structure and Patterns (1 John 1:1–2)

• Focus: Eternal Life (1 John 1:1–2)

• Reason for Writing: Fellowship (1 John 1:3–4)

• Message: God Is Light (1 John 1:5)

• Message: Dark Side (1 John 1:6–10)

• Message: Light Side (1 John 1:6–10)

• Dialogue Partners (1 John 1:10)

Unit 3: Reconciliation through Christ (1 John 2:1–27)

• The New High Place (1 John 2:1)

• Concerning the World (1 John 2:2)

• Paradigm of the New World (1 John 2:3–5)

• Restatement of Fellowship (1 John 2:6)

• Law of the New World (1 John 2:7–8)

• Inhabitants of Two Worlds (1 John 2:9–11)

• Victory of the New World (1 John 2:12–14)

• Passing of Old World (1 John 2:15–17)

• Two Forces: The Leavers (1 John 2:18–19)

• Two Forces: Those Who Stay (1 John 2:20–21)

• The Liar (1 John 2:22–23)

• The Promise (1 John 2:24–25)

• An Anointing (1 John 2:26–27)

Unit 4: The Children of God (1 John 2:28–3:12)

• Overview of 1 John 2:28–4:21

• Abiding in God (1 John 2:28–29)

• The Love of God (1 John 3:1)

• Sons of God (1 John 3:2–3)

• Not Lawless (1 John 3:4–6)

• Two Fathers: Part 1 (1 John 3:7–8)

• Two Fathers: Part 2 (1 John 3:9–10)

• Two Fathers: Part 3 (1 John 3:11–12)

Unit 5: Antithetical Example: Cain (1 John 3:13–24)

• World as Cain (1 John 3:13–15)

• Cain versus Christ: Part 1 (1 John 3:16)

• Cain versus Christ: Part 2 (1 John 3:17–18)

• Law on the Heart: Part 1 (1 John 3:19–20)

• Law on the Heart: Part 2 (1 John 3:21–22)

• The Law and Its Seal (1 John 3:23–24)

Unit 6: Love as a Family Trait (1 John 4:1–21)

• Opposing Spirits: Part 1 (1 John 4:1)

• Opposing Spirits: Part 2 (1 John 4:2–3)

• Overcoming Children (1 John 4:4)

• God’s Offspring (1 John 4:5–6)

• True Confession (1 John 4:7–8)

• True Love (1 John 4:9–10)

• The Spirit among Us: Part 1 (1 John 4:11–12)

• The Spirit among Us: Part 2 (1 John 4:13–14)

• The Spirit among Us: Part 3 (1 John 4:15–16)

• Day of Judgment (1 John 4:17)

• Fear vs. Love (1 John 4:18)

• Seeing God (1 John 4:19–21)

Unit 7: Faith as a Family Trait (1 John 5:1–21)

• Victorious Faith (1 John 5:1, 4)

• True Heirs (1 John 5:1, 4)

• Loving One Another and God (1 John 5:2–3)

• The Victor (1 John 5:5)

• The Witnesses (1 John 5:6–9)

• The Faithful Witness (1 John 5:10–12)

• Benefits in This Age (1 John 5:13–15)

• Sin unto Death: Part 1 (1 John 5:16–17)

• Sin unto Death: Part 2 (1 John 5:18–19)

• The True God vs. Idols (1 John 5:20–21)

Conclusion

• Conclusion to the Course

Product Details

• Title: NT371 Greek Exegesis: 1 John

• Instructor: John D. Schwandt

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2020

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 7