Biblical Concept: Meno
in First John
Introduction:
Meno = “to stay, abide, remain.”
The Apostle John uses meno 24 times in
First John. Of interest, he uses it 40
times in his Gospel. Of the times meno is used in the New Testament, 60% of the time it
is by Apostle John. The last living of the 12 original Apostles, wanted the
growing Christian Church to abide onward in Christ.
Findings:
Abide obligation.
Relationship: Abides, obligation, walk, manner.
“abides in the light”
Love, abides, stumbling not.
“the word of God abides in you”
Relationship: Strong, word abides, overcome.
Abide security.
Remain / abide failure.
Relationship: Heard, abide.
Heard, abide, success.
Anointing, abides, teaches.
Abide, confidence, relationship.
Abide versus shame.
Abide eschatology.
Abide confidently now for the future.
Abide versus sin.
Abide, born, relationship.
“He who does not love abides in death.”
Sanctified idealism: “no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.”
Need, abide, relationship.
“one who keeps His commandments abides in Him”
Commandments, abide, relationship.
Abides, Spirit, relationship.
“if we love one another, God abides in us”
Abide, Spirit, relationship.
Belief, abide relationship.
“God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides
in him.”
Mutual abiding.
Love, abide, standard.
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NAS 1 John 2:6 the one who says he abides in Him ought himself
to walk in the same manner as He walked. (Abide obligation.) (Relationship:
Abides, obligation, walk, manner.)
NAS 1 John 2:10 The one who loves his brother abides in the light
and there is no cause for stumbling in him. (“abides in the light”) (Love,
abides, stumbling not.)
NAS 1 John 2:14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know
Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because
you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the
evil one. (“the word of God abides in you”) (Relationship: Strong, word abides,
overcome.)
NAS 1 John 2:17 And the world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the
will of God abides forever. (Abide security.)
NAS 1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of
us, they would have remained with us; but they
went out, in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us. (Remain
/ abide failure.)
NAS 1 John 2:24 As for you, let that abide in you which you heard
from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you
also will abide in the Son and in the Father. (Relationship: Heard, abide.)
(Heard, abide, success.)
NAS 1 John 2:27 And as for you, the anointing which you received
from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as
His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and
just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. (Anointing, abides, teaches.)
NAS 1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in Him, so that
when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame
at His coming. (Abide, confidence, relationship.) (Abide versus shame.) (Abide
eschatology.) (Abide confidently now for the future.)
NAS 1 John 3:9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because
His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. (Abide
versus sin.) (Abide, born, relationship.)
NAS 1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed out of death into
life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. (“He
who does not love abides in death.”)
NAS 1 John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and
you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (Sanctified idealism:
“no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.”)
NAS 1 John 3:17 But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds
his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God
abide in him? (Need, abide, relationship.)
NAS 1 John 3:24 And the one who keeps His commandments abides in
Him, and He in him. And we know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit
whom He has given us. (“one who keeps His commandments abides in Him”)
(Commandments, abide, relationship.) (Abides, Spirit, relationship.)
NAS 1 John 4:12 No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one
another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. (“if we love one
another, God abides in us”)
NAS 1 John 4:13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in
us, because He has given us of His Spirit. (Abide, Spirit, relationship.)
NAS 1 John 4:15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God,
God abides in him, and he in God. (Belief, abide relationship.)
NAS 1 John 4:16 And we have come to know and have believed the
love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides
in God, and God abides in him. (“God is love, and the one who abides in love
abides in God, and God abides in him.”) (Mutual abiding.) (Love, abide,
standard.)