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1 John 2 — Sermon Preparation
Believers are warned not to love the world, urged to walk in the light as children of God, and alerted to the spirit of antichrist already active in the world. Below is a research summary for 1 John 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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1 John 2 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| μένω | ménō | G3306 | 11 | abide, continue, dwell, endure |
| γράφω | gráphō | G1125 | 11 | describe, write |
| γινώσκω | ginṓskō | G1097 | 9 | allow, be aware, feel, know |
| πατήρ | patḗr | G3962 | 10 | father, parent |
| ἐντολή | entolḗ | G1785 | 6 | commandment, precept |
| σκοτία | skotía | G4653 | 5 | dark |
| κόσμος | kósmos | G2889 | 7 | adorning, world |
How preachers through history handled this text
28 public-domain excerpts on 1 John 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“What knowledge of Christ can that be, which sees not that he is most worthy of our entire obedience? And a disobedient life shows there is neither religion nor honesty in the professor. The love of God is perfected in him that keeps his commandments. God's grace in him attains its true mark, and produces its sovereign effect as far as may be in this world, and this is man's regeneration; though never absolutely perfect here. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 John 2:3–11 (Public Domain)
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