In today’s study of 1 John 2:12-14, we see three stages in spiritual maturity, and John’s exhortations to them.
While ABP is not a scholarly work, I would like to reference any material that my teaching was based on or influenced by:
– The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008), p. 2431
-John Piper, Desiring God (Multnomah Publishers, Inc., 2003), p. 18, I quoted “The chief end of man is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever.”
– Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2014)
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