that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
". . . the epistle . . . is written to a believing community that is dealing with fallout from the departure (1 John 2:19) of persons with beliefs and practices the author cannot endorse." [Note: Yarbrough, p. 29.] 