1 John related passages

Within the Bible

• Previous: 2 Peter warned against false teachers; 1 John gives believers assurance and the tests of genuine faith.
• Next: 2 John applies these truths to walking in truth and love and guarding against deceivers.
• Companion: The Gospel of John, whose themes of light, love, life, and belief 1 John develops.
• Thematic Connections:
  • John 13:34-35 - The new commandment to love one another, central to 1 John.
  • John 20:31 - The Gospel written that we may believe; 1 John that we may know.
  • Genesis 4 - Cain, the example of hatred, contrasted with love (1 John 3:12).

Cross-Testament Connections

First John develops the themes of the Gospel of John:

• The word of life: The eternal Son made manifest fulfills the Word who was with God (1 John 1:1-2; John 1:1, 14).
• The propitiation: Christ’s atoning death fulfills the sacrificial system and Isaiah’s Servant (1 John 2:2; 4:10; Leviticus 16; Isaiah 53).
• The new commandment: Love for one another fulfills and deepens the law of love (1 John 3:23; Leviticus 19:18; John 13:34).
• Children of God: Believers’ adoption fulfills God’s promise to make a people His own (1 John 3:1; Hosea 1:10; John 1:12).