John is writing to the “elect lady” who has seemingly erred on the side of love and needs to give more heed to the truth.
These things describe a middle of the road believer: steps of a good man, delight of a good man, and fall of a good man.
May the Lord convict us when we go the way of the world.
How should we love our brethren? Like the Son loves us and like the Father loves the Son.
In our day we have reduced lies to bad lies and white lies. We justify reasons for not telling the truth and it is so much a part of us that our conscience doesn’t even bother us any more.
