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

Faith (1 John 5:1-5)

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of

Differing Spirits (1 John 4:1-6)

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge

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

Sin and the World in 1 John

Through the incarnation, the revelation of God’s light enters the darkness of our world. The term “world” appears 185 times in the New Testament and 78 of them occur in the gospel of John and the three letters. As in the gospel, the author of 1 John sees the “world” as in thrall to the