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The four studies which are found in this book will command the attention of a wide circle of readers and indeed will repay this attention. This book contains an introduction to, and an outlined commentary on, four New Testament books, I John, II John, III John, and Jude. These for stimulating epistles are a part of the group of New Testament letters which are usually called the “Catholic” or the...

THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN PART ONE—THE PROLOGUE OF THE EPISTLE (1:1–4) (This prologue, or opening statement, resembles that of John 1:1–18. Both deal with the pre-incarnate existence of Christ, the historical manifestation of Christ, and the human witnesses to Christ. This prologue of First John is a summarization of that which John unfolds in the remainder of his epistle. Almost every word of John’s prologue is a refutation of Gnosticism. The Gnostics denied the deity of Christ, the incarnation
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