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Welcome to the Hope Bible School verse-by-verse Bible study of 1 John. This is Jeff M Newman. Get a new lesson every other week on Mondays at 12:00 PM Eastern.

In Lesson 39, we are going to study 1 John 2:14.

Let’s read our verse:

1 John 2:14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

The first part of this verse speaks about fathers knowing Him who is from the beginning.

This is the exact same thing that John writes in 1 John 2:13 in Lesson 36.

The repetition in this verse is used by John to emphasize that the ultimate goal of Christian maturity is to know Jesus by obeying the word of God.

The path to truly knowing Christ comes through obedience to God's commands.

In 2 Peter 3:18, we read that we are to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus. The more you know Jesus the more you will grow spiritually.

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Now, let’s take a look at the definition of the words in the last part of 1 John 2:14:

I have written to you (1125. graphó - Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular) (4771. su - Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural) means to express in written characters.

Young men (3495. neaniskos - Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural) means a youth, or those that are younger in the faith.

Because (3754. hoti - Conjunction) means that or since.

You are strong (2478. ischuros - Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural) means mighty, powerful, or God's power is "standing by" – ready to unleash itself to bring about His preferred-will, through faith. (HELPS - Word Studies)

and the word of God (3056. logos - Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular) (2316. theos - Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular) means speech, divine utterance, or expression of thoughts of the Father through the Spirit or the supreme Divinity. (HELPS - Word Studies)

abides in you (3306. menó - Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular) means to remain in, to wait, to continue, to endure in, or to stay in you.

and you have overcome (3528. nikaó - Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural) means to conquer, be victorious, or prevail.

the evil one (4190. ponéros - Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular) means the one that is wicked, malicious, of a bad nature, or the one that brings toils, annoyances or perils.

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