Preface to Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
PRELIMINARY CHAPTERS—GENERAL AIM OF THE BOOK
I. The Doctrine and Fellowship of the Apostles:—1 JOHN 1:3
II. The Joy of the Lord, and its Fulness:—1 JOHN 1: 4
PART FIRST: PRIMARY CONDITION OF THE DIVINE FELLOWSHIP—LIGHT
III. The Ground or Reason of this Condition; Light at once the Nature and the Dwelling-place of God:—1 JOHN 1:5–7.
IV. This Condition Fulfilled in the Confession of a Guileless Spirit:—1 JOHN 1:8–10
V. Sinless Aim of the Guileless Spirit—Provision for its Continued Sense of Sin:—1 JOHN 2:1
VI. Nature and Ground of Christ’s Advocacy as Meeting the Need of the Guileless Spirit:—1 JOHN 2:1, 2
VII. The Guileless Spirit realising through Obedience the Knowledge of God as the means of Being and Abiding in God:—1 JOHN 2:3–5
VIII. The Christlike Walk of one with Guileless Spirit Abiding in God: ——1 JOHN 2:6
IX. The Commandment at once Old and New to one Walking with Guileless Spirit in the Light—1 JOHN 2:7, 8
X. Brotherly Love a Test and Means of Being and Abiding, with Guileless Spirit, in the Light: —1 JOHN 2:9–11
XI. The Guileless Spirit abiding in the Light in its threefold aspect of Childhood, Fatherhood, and Youth:”—1 JOHN 2:12–14
XII. The Guileless Spirit loving not the World, which is Darkness; but God, who is Light:—1 JOHN 2:15, 16.
XIII. The Guileless Spirit, amid the Dark World’s flow, established in the Light of Godliness—1 JOHN 2:17.
XIV. The Guileless Spirit, amid Antichristian Defections, established by a Messianic Unction and Illumination—1 JOHN 2:18–20
XV. The Guileless Spirit, amid Antichristian Denial of the Son, acknowledging the Son so as to have the Father also:—1 JOHN 2:21, 22, 23
XVI. The Guileless Spirit abiding in the Son and in the Father, so as to receive the Promise of Eternal Life—1 JOHN 2:24, 25
XVII. The Guileless Spirit, through the Abiding Messianic Unction and Illumination of the Holy Ghost, abiding in Christ, so as to have Confidence at his Coming:—1 JOHN 2:26–28
PART SECOND: INTERMEDIATE CONDITION OF THE DIVINE FELLOWSHIP—RIGHTEOUSNESS
XVIII. Ground or Reason of this Condition in the Righteous Nature of God—the New Birth unto Righteousness:—1 JOHN 2:29; 3:1
XIX. The Divine Birth—The Family Likeness:—1 JOHN 2:29; 3:2
XX. The Divine Hope Perfecting the Sinless Family Likeness:—1 JOHN 3:2, 4.
XXI. The Secret of Sinlessness—Abiding in the Sinless One as manifested to take away our Sins:—1 JOHN 3:4–6.
XXII. The Secret of Sinlessness—Our abiding in Christ—The Seed of God abiding in us—Our being born of God:—1 JOHN 3:6 and 9
XXIII. The Secret of Sinlessness—The Contrasted “Doings”—Doing Righteousness and Doing Sin—Their Incompatibility in respect of their Opposite Origins or Parentages—God and the Devil:—1 JOHN 3:7, 8
XXIV. Connection of doing Righteousness with Brotherly Love as proving a Divine Birth, in contrast with the Unrighteous and Unloving Spirit indicating a Devilish Parentage:—1 JOHN 3:10–12
XXV. Brotherly Love the Fruit and Test of passing from Death unto Life—the World’s Hatred—the Love of God:—1 JOHN 3:13–16
XXVI. Righteousness or Truth in Brotherly Love—Essential to the Answer of a Good Conscience in Ourselves and before God:—1 JOHN 3:17–21
XXVII. Righteousness essential to our Pleasing God, and to his Hearing us:—1 JOHN 3:22, 23
XXVIII. Our Righteousness attested by Obedience, as implying our Abiding in God, and His Abiding in us, by the Spirit given by Him to us:—1 JOHN 3:24; 4:1
XXIX. Our Righteousness exercised in Trying the Spirits; the Test, confessing that Jesus Christ is come in the Flesh:—1 JOHN 3:24–4:4
XXX. The Spirit of Christ in us greater than the Spirit of Antichrist in the World:—1 JOHN 4:4–6
PART THIRD: ULTIMATE CONDITION OF THE DIVINE FELLOWSHIP—LOVE
XXXI. Love is of God—God is Love:—1 JOHN 4:7–10
XXXII. Love going forth towards what is seen:—1 JOHN 4:10–12
XXXIII. Love the means of Mutual Indwelling; God in us and we in God:—1 JOHN 4:13–16
XXXIV. The Boldness of Perfected Love:—1 JOHN 4:17–19
XXXV. The Objects of our Love—the Children of God and God himself:—1 JOHN 4:20, 21–5:1–3
PART FOURTH: THE DIVINE FELLOWSHIP OF LIGHT, RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND LOVE, OVERCOMING THE WORLD AND ITS PRINCE
XXXVI. Love to God keeping his Commandments and not finding them Grievous—1 JOHN 5:2, 3
XXXVII. Filial Faith overcoming the World:—1 JOHN 5:4, 5
XXXVIII. The Three Witnesses and their Agreement—1 JOHN 5:6 and 8
XXXIX. The Witness or Testimony of God to and in Believers:—1 JOHN 5:9, 10
XL. The Substance of the Testimony—Eternal Life God’s Gift in his Son:—1 JOHN 5:11, 12
XLI. Eternal Life connected with Confidence in Prayer: —1 JOHN 5:13–15
XLII. Prayer for a Brother’s Sin, but not for a Sin unto Death:—1 JOHN 5:16, 17
XLIII. The Believer as born of God keeping himself so as not to sin—1 JOHN 5:17, 18
XLIV. Our being of God—The World lying in the Wicked One:.—1 JOHN 5:18, 19
XLV. Knowing the True One and being in Him:—1 JOHN 5:20
XLVI. Jesus the True God and Eternal Life against all Idols:—1 JOHN 5:20, 21
