Grammar School

👍 Here’s a good rule of thumb: If you want to understand God’s Word, you first have to understand God’s words. Today we slow down over a few verses in 1 John as Kelly gives us some great study tools to understand this beautiful but tricky passage. So, what say you? Wanna diagram a sentence together?

Pencils up! 🤓

✏️ Underline the verbs.

  • Notice the tense of the verbs (past, present, future, etc)

✏️ Put a box around connecting words and phrases.

  • These show the relationship between two words or ideas.

✏️ Highlight repeated words and ideas.

  • These can help us figure out the theme of a book or what’s important in the passage.

✏️ Identify the subject.

  • Frequently a sentence begins with “what” or “that” as the subject. This leads us to be investigative. 🕵️‍♂️ Read the surrounding text to learn more about what “what” or “that” could be referring to.

Digging into the passage:

Diagramming our Bibles can help draw a more life-like picture of the meaning of God’s words. 1 John is a first-hand account testifying John actually SAW Jesus. John likes poetic language. But he is proclaiming his own experiences for the readers - that he saw and touched Jesus! He was real! How marvelous!

Application questions:

  • Why did John communicate that Jesus was real and that Jesus really was raised from the dead? (Hint: see verse 3.)

  • Dedicate some time to continue this type of Bible Study through the rest of 1 John. It’s a short book - you can do it!

Additional resources:


We couldn’t answer every question about this passage but we certainly hope we helped! Want to ask more questions? Email question@clearlypodcast.com.


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