1:9: I John, your brother and fellow sharer in the affliction and kingdom and perseverance in Jesus, came to be in the island called Patmos [in the Aegean Sea thirty-seven miles southwest of Miletus, a port on the west coast of Asia Minor] because of the Word of God and the Testimony of Jesus. “Your brother” means “your fellow Christian.” This self-designation and “your … fellow sharer” are designed to win