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| Series Foreword | |
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| General Introduction | |
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| General Foreword | |
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| Editor's Preface | |
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| 1 John | |
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| Introduction to the First Letter of John | |
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| The Pastor's Aim (1:1-4) | |
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| The Pastor's Right to Speak (1:1-4) (contd) | |
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| The Pastor's Message (1:1-4) (contd) | |
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| God is Light (1:5) | |
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| The Hostile Dark (1:5) (contd) | |
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| The Necessity of Walking in the Light (1:6-7) | |
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| The Tests of Truth (1:6-7) (contd) | |
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| The Threefold Lie (1:6-7) (contd) | |
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| The Sinner's Self-deception (1:8-10) | |
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| A Pastor's Concern (2:1-2) | |
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| Jesus Christ our Friend and Defender (2:1-2) (contd) | |
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| Jesus Christ the Atoning Sacrifice (2:1-2) (contd) | |
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| The True Knowledge of God (2:3-6) | |
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| The Commandment which is Old and New (2:7-8) | |
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| The Defeat of the Dark (2:7-8) (contd) | |
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| Love and Hate, Light and Dark (2:9-11) | |
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| The Effect of Love and Hate (2:9-11) (contd) | |
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| Remembering who we are (2:12-14) | |
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| At Every Stage (2:12-14) (contd) | |
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| God's Gifts in Christ (2:12-14) (contd) | |
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| Rivals for the Human Heart (2:15-17) | |
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| The Life in which there is No Future (2:15-17) (contd) | |
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| The Time of the Last Hour (2:18) | |
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| The Antichrist (2:18) (contd) | |
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| The Battle of the Mind (2:18) (contd) | |
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| The Sifting of the Church (2:19-21) | |
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| The Supreme Lie (2:22-3) | |
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| The Universal Privilege (2:24-9) | |
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| Abiding in Christ (2:24-9) (contd) | |
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| Remember the Privileges of the Christian Life (3:1-2) | |
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| Remember the Possibilities of the Christian Life (3:1-2) (contd) | |
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| The Obligation of Purity (3:3-8) | |
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| Those who have been Born of God (3:9) | |
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| Those who Cannot Sin (3:9) (contd) | |
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| The Marks of the Children of God (3:10-18) | |
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| The World's Resentment of the Christian Way (3:10-18) (contd) | |
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| The Only Test (3:19-24a) | |
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| The Inseparable Commands (3:19-24a) (contd) | |
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| The Perils of the Surging Life of the Spirit (3:24b-4:1) | |
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| The Ultimate Heresy (4:2-3) | |
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| The Split between the World and God (4:4-6) | |
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| Love Human and Divine (4:7-21) | |
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| God is Love (4:7-21) (contd) | |
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| Son of God and Saviour (4:7-21) (contd) | |
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| Love within the Divine Family (5:1-2) | |
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| The Necessary Obedience (5:3-4a) | |
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| The Conquest of the World (5:4b-5) | |
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| The Water and the Blood (5:6-8) | |
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| The Triple Witness (5:6-8) (contd) | |
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| The Undeniable Witness (5:9-10) | |
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| The Essence of the Faith (5:11-13) | |
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| The Basis and the Principle of Prayer (5:14-15) | |
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| Praying for Those who Sin (5:16-17) | |
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| Sin whose End is Death (5:16-17) (contd) | |
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| The Essence of Sin (5:16-17) (contd) | |
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| The Threefold Certainty (5:18-20) | |
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| The Constant Peril (5:21) | |
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| Introduction to the Second and Third Letters of John | |
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| 2 John | |
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| The Elect Lady (1-3) | |
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| Love and Truth (1-3) (contd) | |
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| Trouble and Cure (4-6) | |
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| The Threatening Peril (7-9) | |
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| No Compromise (10-13) | |
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| 3 John | |
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| The Teacher's Joy (1-4) | |
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| Christian Hospitality (5-8) | |
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| The Christian Adventurers (5-8) (contd) | |
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| Love's Appeal (9-15) | |
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| Jude | |
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| Introduction to the Letter of Jude | |
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| What it Means to be a Christian (1-2) | |
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| The Call of God (1-2) (contd) | |
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| Defending the Faith (3) | |
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| The Peril from Within (4) | |
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| The Dreadful Examples (5-7) | |
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| The Fate of Israel | |
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| The Fate of the Angels | |
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| Sodom and Gomorrah | |
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| Contempt for the Angels (8-9) | |
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| The Gospel of the Flesh (10) | |
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| Lessons from History (11) | |
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| A Picture of the Wicked (12-16) | |
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| The Selfishness of the Wicked (12-16) (contd) | |
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| The Fate of Disobedience (12-16) (contd) | |
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| The Characteristics of Those who are Evil (12-16) (contd) | |
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| The Characteristics of Error (1) (17-19) | |
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| The Characteristics of Error (2) (17-19) (contd) | |
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| The Characteristics of Goodness (20-1) | |
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| Reclaiming the Lost (22-3) | |
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| The Final Ascription of Praise (24-5) | |