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Chiasm

1 John 2:3–18

1 John 2:3–183 matched frames

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

  • A 2:3 hereby we do know that we know him
    • B 2:4 keepeth not his commandments / the truth is not in him
    • B' 2:5 keepeth his word / verily is the love of God perfected
  • A' 2:5 hereby know we that we are in him
  • Center. 2:6 Walking as Christ walked

  • A 2:7 I write no new commandment unto you
    • B 2:7 an old commandment which ye had from the beginning
    • B' 2:7 The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning
  • A' 2:8 a new commandment I write unto you

  • A 2:9 hateth his brother is in darkness
    • B 2:10 abideth in the light
      • C 2:10 none occasion of stumbling in him
  • A' 2:11 hateth his brother is in darkness
    • B' 2:11 walketh in darkness
      • C' 2:11 knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes

  • A 2:12 I write unto you, little children
    • B 2:13 I write unto you, fathers
      • C 2:13 I write unto you, young men
  • A' 2:13 I write unto you, little children
    • B' 2:14 I have written unto you, fathers
      • C' 2:14 I have written unto you, young men
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