- Christians are washed in the blood of Jesus.
1:7
- John thinks he is living in "the last times." He "knows" this because he sees so many antichrists around.
2:18
- They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us."
Many Christians interpret this verse to mean that it is impossible for a true believer to become an unbeliever. (They become
antichrists instead.)
2:19
- Whoever denies "that Jesus is the Christ" is a liar and an antichrist. If so, then there are about five billion
antichrists now living.
2:22
- John says that whoever sins is "of the devil." But if what he said in , is true, then everyone is "of the devil."
3:8
- How's this for a big lie? "Whatsoever we ask, we receive of him."
3:22
- John says that the antichrist was already present at the time 1 John was written. So Pat Robertson must be wrong
when he says the antichrist is a Jewish man that is alive today.
4:3
- John says that all spirits that say Jesus is the Christ are of God. If so, then the "unclean spirits" in Mark's gospel
(, , ) must have
been of God. ,
5:1
- You're not living unless you've got Jesus.
5:12
- "There is a sin unto death." (But nobody knows what it is.)
5:16
- Christians are "of God"; everyone else is wicked.
5:19
