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The Bible paints a bleak picture of the world as a place marked by people enslaved to sin and self-concern. If that’s true, then what hope could we ever have of gaining victory over these forces that are ingrained so deeply in all of us? In chapter five of his first letter, John tells us how the Christian gains victory over the world: through faith, love, and obedience.