1–3 John (Biblia.com)

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These epistles represent the singular voice of an extraordinary theologian. John, the last living apostle, writes to his “children.” For decades he has served as the elder father of the house churches of Asia Minor, but during his exile, false teaching has persuaded some to abandon the faith and the life in the community of the beloved. At least one church’s leader has presumed to advance his own...

that I know God?” when the goal is to testify to apostates and unbelievers.242 Rather, John’s concern is with the question of us (John and his addressees) versus them (the secessionists). His question is “How can we know that we know God when they seem to think that they know God?” What are the implications, the stakes? On what basis must each side’s claims be evaluated? How are we to know that we know what we need to know so that we really do know God? “Now in this way, in this way alone, do we

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