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The three letters of John found near the end of the New Testament have a tendency to be oversimplified or simply overlooked in the study of the Scriptures. However, though these letters may on the surface seem less applicable to our time because they address heresies and church management issues that seem unique to the early church, careful study reveals just how contemporary these concerns are. ...

or of belief in the Lord Jesus Christ as God incarnate. The tests have been developed one by one, but it has been obvious even as John talks about them that they belong together and that each is important. But which is most important? In one sense this obviously is an illegitimate question, for any approach to the tests is illegitimate if it allows us to minimize one of them. For example, if we say doctrine is most important, we thereby imply that we do not need to live a righteous life or love one
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