New Testament Survey

6. To warn of danger from within: Apostasy and false teaching.

7. Christian exiles, probably the same group listed in I Peter.

8. The greatest two dangers from within the church are apostasy and false teachers.

9. This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance; That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior. (II Peter 3:1-2)

CHAPTER NINETEEN:

1. John.

2. To explain the standards of true fellowship in Jesus Christ.

3. Christians who were falling into Satanic deception which was breaking their fellowship with God and other believers.

4. True fellowship with God and other believers is based on the standards of God's Word and maintained by the principle of confession of sin.

5. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (I John 1:8-9)

6. To admonish believers to be faithful to sound doctrine and to warn against false teachers.

7. The "elect lady and her children," which means the Church and its members.

8. We must guard against false teachers who cause us to lose the spiritual qualities we have developed and who make us partakers of their evil.

9. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. (II John 1:9)

10. To commend Gaius and Demetrius for their Christian testimony and to reprove the unchristian behavior of Diotrephes.