Third Sunday of Easter, Year B, Second Reading (1 John 2:1-5)

You can find a commentary on this Sunday’s gospel at https://biblestudystjosephsparis.wordpress.com/2021/04/17/third-sunday-of-lent-year-b-luke-24-35-48/ My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins

Children of God (1 John 2:28-29)

28 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him. These two verses, although a transition section, introduce a key theme of the letter, that

Hold Fast to the Truth (1 John 2:18-27)

18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but

God’s Name and the World (1 John 2:12-17)

12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. 13 I am writing to you, elders, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, because you have overcome the evil one. 14 I write to you, dear children, because you know

Knowing and Loving (1 John 2:3-11)

3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live

Christ, Atoning Sacrifice (1 John 2:1-2)

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. This passage begins by closely echoing the