I, II, III John: A Handbook on the Greek Text (Biblia.com)

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In this volume, Culy provides a basic lexical, analytical, and syntactical analysis of the Greek text of 1, 2, and 3 John—information often presumed by technical commentaries and omitted by popular ones. But more than just an analytic key, I, II, III John reflects the latest advances in scholarship on Greek grammar and linguistics. The volume also contains recommendations for further reading and...

These include questions of genre and structure, the significance of the writer’s choices of verb tense, the writer’s use of mitigated exhortations, and the writer’s propensity for Trinitarian ambiguity. The fact that 1 John lacks many of the features of contemporary letters, such as a greeting from the author, a thanksgiving section, and a conclusion, has led to some debate over the years regarding its genre. Although most scholars, in the end, are content to label the work a

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