1 John 2:12-27

III. RESISTING ENEMIES 2:12-27

"In this section . . . John refers to the Revisionists directly. In so doing he makes clear the overall purpose of the epistle. The appearance of these ’antichrists’ on the scene is what has occasioned this letter. Appropriately, the apostle’s concern is with the threat they constitute to the readers’ continuing fellowship with God (cf. 1 John 1:3). Of course, no matter how much the readership might be misled, there was no danger to their eternal salvation; although, as we shall see, there was a threat to their assurance of salvation." [Note: Hodges, The Epistles . . ., p. 93.]