Exposition of I John 2:12-14 (2)

In our former article we noticed that John, in addressing his readers as "children" and "little children" in the verses 12 and 14, has reference to the entire congregation, young and old, and not simply the very young in the congregation. We based this observation and interpretation on the current usage of the term "children" in the entire epistle of John, where it very clearly refers to the entire new-born church of God in distinction from the world which lies in darkness and in the power of...