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The letters of John are important. They give modern believers a snapshot of what life was like within the Christian community of Asia Minor in the first century. They point out that life was not always easy for Christians of the first and second generations. These three brief letters bring modern readers face to face with the external opposition as well as with the doctrinal errors and internal...

Many scholars have recognized that there is a close connection between the authorship of the Johannine epistles and the authorship of the fourth Gospel. Kistemaker (197), for example, notes that there are many similarities in vocabulary and writing style; there also exist many similarities in content and expression. If it can be demonstrated that the letters were written by the same person who wrote the Gospel of John, then it would be appropriate to apply the arguments for the authorship of the
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