Episode 4: Making common cause
Download MP3When we write messages to other people, it’s common to use pronouns like “I” and “you.” But in the opening four verses of 1 John, the apostle repeatedly says, “we.” Whom does he mean? There are different possibilities—but at the very least, he seems to be embracing his readers, as if to emphasize their mutual fellowship in God the Father and Jesus the Son.
When we write messages to other people, it’s common to use pronouns like “I” and “you.” But in the opening four verses of 1 John, the apostle repeatedly says, “we.” Whom does he mean? There are different possibilities—but at the very least, he seems to be embracing his readers, as if to emphasize their mutual fellowship in God the Father and Jesus the Son.
