Does the Bible tell us to divide, or is division always wrong? How do we guard against and deal with false teaching and teachers?

John tells us we are in the last hour and warns of the presence of antichrist. How does John say we identify antichrist?

Jesus said, God so loved the world and John here tells us not to love the world. How can both be true?

If we say we are in fellowship with God, but don't love our brothers and sisters in Christ we lie. Who are our brothers and sisters and how do we love them?

Desiring to build our confidence in Christ, John presses us to evaluate our actions to see if they match what we claim.

John grounds the forgiveness of sinner on two attributes of God; His faithfulness and His justness. But, how can God be just and forgive sinners?

Jesus shared a message with the apostles and John shares it with his readers...God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

John opens this little letter by focusing on Christ's deity and humanity, experiencing Christ, and being brought into fellowship with God.