The aged Apostle John is writing this epistle around AD90 to provide guidance and comfort to those brothers and sisters that had just experienced an ecclesial split, where those that followed the Gnostic heresy had left: “They went out from us” (2:19).
The Gnostics taught that they had a supe…
First John (2) – Our Fellowship Is With The Father Read More »
Even at a superficial reading, it is evident that the first epistle of John contains many wonderful and encouraging themes. For example:
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God…Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not…
It is commonly accepted that the Apostle John outlived the other apostles and the general picture is that this occurred in the last years of the first century.
We are fortunate to have many details of the Apostle John’s life and activities for, apart from the five chapters of his first …
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