Cyril of Alexandria

In his own words on 1 John

• 1 John 2:7

  John is talking here about love. The commandment was not new, because long before that time it had been proclaimed by the prophets.

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• 1 John 2:14

  The young men are a model of courage, the elders are a model of understanding, and the sons and daughters are a model of what it means to be children in Christ.

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• 1 John 2:15

  What is there in the world but vanity, which is of no use to anybody? The distractions of the present life are unnecessary and pointless, as is the excessive abundance of worldly passions.

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• 1 John 3:21

  As long as you are in this life (for this life is nothing other than the way which we all take), do not ignore or reject the warnings of your conscience. For if you do so, when you have run your course, your conscience will rise up against you and accuse you before your judge, and thrust you in front of the judge's sentence and turn you over to eternal punishment. You will not have to endure this if along the way you show yourself kind toward this adversary and accept his well-intended rebukes with gratitude.

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• 1 John 5:4

  Neither a Jew nor a pagan nor a heretic can do anything in the face of this victory which is ours through faith.

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