From cfaca4bfbcf8435a071242fa6c16d056da6b6fe1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sandyengle Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 19:07:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update '63-1jn/intro.md' --- 63-1jn/intro.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/63-1jn/intro.md b/63-1jn/intro.md index 068b428..2280a45 100644 --- a/63-1jn/intro.md +++ b/63-1jn/intro.md @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ This is why he called his readers "little children." This shows that the audienc John may have known these Christians by name. This is because he often wrote about loving his readers. John’s letter also shows that he loved these Christians and cared for them very much. -See : Heresy; Gnosticism; Resurrect (Resurrection) +See :[Heresy](../articles/heresy.md); [Gnosticism](../articles/gnosticism.md); [Resurrect (Resurrection)](../articles/resurrect.md) ## What John wrote about in his letter @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ When using “remain” to say that Christians remain united to Jesus, it is pos John also wrote that Christians are waiting for God to help them. To do this, John used the word uses “remain.” -See: Eternal Security +See: [Eternal Security](..articles/eternalsecurity.md) ##### Advice to translators: For “remaining” and “remain,” translators should represent these ideas in the same way that they did when they translated the letter of 1 John. @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ God also made a way for Christians to come back to him after they sin. They do t More than anything else, John wanted Christians to “do the will of God,” that is, they must do what God wants them to do in their lives. They must honor and obey God. -See: Fellowship; Confess (Confession); Will of God +See: [Fellowship](../articles/fellowship.md);[Confess (Confession)](../articles/confess.md);[Will of God](../articles/willofgod.md) ### About Christians who are very faithful to Jesus @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ However, some scholars believe that Christians need to be completely faithful to John often wrote about people who belonged to God. He also wrote about people and things that belong to the world and the devil. Here, when John wrote “the world,” he was thinking about everything in this world that is against God, everything that tries to stop God. John wrote that Christians could choose to follow the things that oppose God. If they do this, they sin. However, Christians can instead choose to do the things God wants them to do. When they do this, they show that they belong to God, that they are doing his will. -See: World +See:[World](../articles/world.md) ### About the people who live together with God forever @@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ John wrote much about people who live with God forever. He wanted to say that pe God promised that believers in Jesus that they will live with him forever. Because he has promised this, believers can begin to live with God now, even in this world. See: 1 John 1:2 and 5:20 -See: Eternal life + +See: [Eternal Life](../articles/eternallife.md) ## About why John wrote this letter @@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ John wrote this letter to help a church that had false teachers, teachers who ta Scholars think that John wrote this letter for the same reason that he wrote his gospel (see: John 20:31). He wanted to encourage people to believe in Jesus, so they could have eternal life (see: 1 John 5:13). -See: Eternal life +See: [Eternal Life](../articles/eternallife.md) ## Outline