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The Beloved Disciple’s Memoirs and Letters: The Gospel of John, I, II, and III John is unavailable, but you can change that!

John structures his presentation around miracles and signs, interviews, worship and feast days and “I Am” statements. It was written at the end of the first century when John was an old man. The letters of John answer questions about the deity and humanity of Christ, assurance of salvation, brotherly love, rejection of the fallen world system and recognizing false teachers.

It is interesting to note that Christ is described in IMPERFECT TENSE (pre-existence) verbs, while John is described in AORIST (manifested in time) and PERFECT TENSE (a historical event with lasting results) verbs (cf. v. 6). Jesus has always existed. 1:6–8 These verses and v. 15 (a parenthetical flash back) record the witness of John the Baptist to Jesus. He was the last OT prophet. It is difficult to put these verses in poetic form. There is much debate among scholars as to whether the prologue
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