I. First Test: Keeping His Commandments II. Second Test: Loving Each Other III. Exhortation to Everyone to Do Both

I. Paul's Entrance and Suffering (2:1-2) II. What Paul's Ministry Was Not (2:3-6) III. What Paul's Ministry Was (2:7-8)

I. God: "Ask for a Sign" II. God Gives a Sign III. God Fulfills the Sign

I. vv.18-19- Obedience Overcomes II. v.20- Grace Abounds III. v.21- Grace Reigns

I. The Blessedness of Being a Justified Sinner (vv.1-2a) II. The Sorrows of Deception (vv. 2b-4) III. The Joys of Confession (vv. 5-11)

I. v.15- Grace Abounds II. v.16- Grace Justifies III. v.17- Grace Reigns

I. Welcoming the Word (1:5b-6) II. An Example to the Saints (1:7-8) III. To Serve and To Wait (1:9-10)

I. Sympathy (v. 13) II. Singing (vv. 14-15) III. Broken (vv. 16-17) IV. Building (vv. 18-19)

I. Glorifying God Through Submission II. The Grace of God in Submission III. The Ground for our Submission