New Testament Commentary

Exposition of James and the Epistles of John

Simon J. Kistemaker

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James and I–III John © 1986 by Simon J. Kistemaker

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CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

EXPOSITION OF THE EPISTLE OF JAMES

INTRODUCTION

COMMENTARY

1. Perseverance (1:1–27)

2. Faith (2:1–26)

3. Restraint (3:1–18)

4. Submission (4:1–17)

5. Patience (5:1–20)

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

EXPOSITION OF THE EPISTLES OF JOHN

INTRODUCTION

COMMENTARY: THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN

1. Preface: The Word of Life (1:1–4) and Walk in the Light, part 1 (1:5–10)

2. Walk in the Light, part 2 (2:1–17) and Believe in Jesus, part 1 (2:18–29)

3. Believe in Jesus, part 2 (3:1–24)

4. Love God, part 1 (4:1–21)

5. Love God, part 2 (5:1–12) and Epilogue (5:13–21)

COMMENTARY: THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN

COMMENTARY: THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABBREVIATIONS

asv American Standard Version

Bauer Walter Bauer, W. F. Arndt, F. W. Gingrich, and F. W. Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, 2d ed.

Bib Biblica

BS Bibliotheca Sacra

CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly

CTJ Calvin Theological Journal

I Clem. First Epistle of Clement

EDT Evangelical Dictionary of Theology

EvQ Evangelical Quarterly

ExpT Expository Times

gnb Good News Bible

HTR Harvard Theological Review

Interp Interpretation

ISBE The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, rev. ed., edited by G. W. Bromiley, 1979–.

jb Jerusalem Bible

JBL Journal of Biblical Literature

JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

JTS Journal of Theological Studies

kjv King James Version

LCL Loeb Classical Library edition

LXX Septuagint

mlb The Modern Language Bible

Moffatt The Bible: A New Translation by James Moffatt

nab New American Bible

nasb New American Standard Bible

neb New English Bible

Nes-Al Eberhard Nestle; Kurt Aland, rev., Novum Testamentum Graece, 26th ed.

NIDNTT New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology

niv New International Version

nkjv New King James Version

NovT Novum Testamentum

NTS New Testament Studies

rsv Revised Standard Version

rv Revised Version

SB H. L. Strack and P. Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch

ScotJT Scottish Journal of Theology

SWJournTheol Southwest Journal of Theology

Talmud...