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Bible study · 1 John 5:1-21

1 John 5: This is the victory

Read 1 John 5:1-21 before you meet.

In a few lines

In 5:4-5 the chapter speaks three times of overcoming the world: "For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world" (5:4), and 5:5 asks who overcomes it. The letter's last verse is "Little children, keep yourselves from idols." (5:21).

The verse to carry

“The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.”

1 John 5:11-12

To talk about

  1. 1. "This is the victory that has overcome the world" (5:4). What do you notice in the way 5:1-5 speaks of overcoming?

  2. 2. "The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son." (5:11). Which words of this verse would you most like to talk over together?

  3. 3. "We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding" (5:20). As you finish this letter together, what has grown clearer to you?

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