Chapter Summary

Faith the overcoming principle. The advantages of faith in salvation, prayer, preservation from sin.

Discussion Questions for 1 John, Chapter 5

1. According to verse 1, can a person truly love the Father without loving the Son? Why or why not?
2. According to verses 3-4, loving God means keeping His commands. Is this a burden or a joy? Why?
3. How do we conquer the world (cf. verse 5)? Why does believing in Christ bring us victory over the world?
4. The Spirit of God testifies about Jesus (cf. verse 6). How can we know we are not being misled?
5. Is God's testimony greater than human testimony (cf. verse 9)? Why? In what ways is God's testimony greater?
6. If God has testified about Jesus, yet a human has a different testimony about Jesus, what is the human saying about God (cf. verse 10)? What is the reality?
7. According to verse 11, where is eternal life found? Can it be found through anyone else? Why not?
8. According to verse 13, who is the Book of 1 John written to? Why does this include you?
9. Does God always listen to our prayers (cf. verse 14)? Why is praying according to God's will important?
10. In verse 19, what do you believe it means when John writes, "The whole world is under the sway of the evil one" (CSB)? What should we do since this is true?

Key Words/Phrase

Overcoming faith, v. 4.

Characters

God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Satan, John.

Strong Verse(s)

1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.