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First Epistle of John

Index First Epistle of John

The First Epistle of John is the first of the Johannine epistles of the New Testament, and the fourth of the catholic epistles. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 81 relations: Abingdon Press, Allen Wikgren, Amen, Asyndeton, Athanasius of Alexandria, Augustine of Hippo, Authorship of the Johannine works, Bede, Biblical canon, Biblical gloss, Biblical poetry, Bruce M. Metzger, C. H. Dodd, Carlo Maria Martini, Catholic epistles, Christians, Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus, Demonstrative, Diminutive, Docetism, Early Christianity, Early modern period, Ephesus, Epistle, Erasmus, Ernest DeWitt Burton, Ernst von Dobschütz, Eternal life (Christianity), Ethics, Farewell Discourse, Galatians 4, Gentile, Gnosticism, Gospel of John, Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer, Heinrich Julius Holtzmann, History of the Jews in Iraq, Incarnation, Incarnation (Christianity), Interpolation (manuscripts), Jerome Biblical Commentary, Jerusalem Bible, Johannine Comma, Johannine epistles, John 1:1, John 20:31, John the Apostle, ... Expand index (31 more) »

  2. Catholic epistles
  3. Johannine literature
  4. New Testament books

Abingdon Press

Abingdon Press is the book publishing arm of the United Methodist Publishing House which publishes sheet music, ministerial resources, Bible-study aids, and other items, often with a focus on Methodism and Methodists.

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Allen Wikgren

Allen Paul Wikgren (December 3, 1906 – May 7, 1998) was an American New Testament scholar and professor at the University of Chicago.

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Amen

Amen (אָמֵן,; ἀμήν,; ܐܡܝܢ,; آمين) is an Abrahamic declaration of affirmation which is first found in the Hebrew Bible, and subsequently found in the New Testament.

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Asyndeton

Asyndeton (from the ἀσύνδετον, "unconnected", sometimes called asyndetism) is a literary scheme in which one or several conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

Athanasius I of Alexandria (– 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria (as Athanasius I).

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Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo (Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.

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Authorship of the Johannine works

The authorship of the Johannine works (the Gospel of John, the Johannine epistles, and the Book of Revelation) has been debated by biblical scholars since at least the 2nd century AD. First Epistle of John and authorship of the Johannine works are Johannine literature.

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Bede

Bede (Bēda; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk, author and scholar.

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Biblical canon

A biblical canon is a set of texts (also called "books") which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible.

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Biblical gloss

In Biblical studies, a gloss or glossa is an annotation written on margins or within the text of biblical manuscripts or printed editions of the scriptures.

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Biblical poetry

The ancient Hebrews identified poetical portions in their sacred texts, as shown by their entitling as "psalms" or as "chants" passages such as Exodus 15:1-19 and Numbers 21:17-20; a song or chant is, according to the primary meaning of the term, poetry.

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Bruce M. Metzger

Bruce Manning Metzger (February 9, 1914 – February 13, 2007) was an American biblical scholar, Bible translator and textual critic who was a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and Bible editor who served on the board of the American Bible Society and United Bible Societies.

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C. H. Dodd

Charles Harold Dodd (7 April 1884 – 21 September 1973) was a Welsh New Testament scholar and influential Protestant theologian.

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Carlo Maria Martini

Carlo Maria Martini (15 February 1927 – 31 August 2012) was an Italian Jesuit, cardinal of the Catholic Church and a Biblical scholar.

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Catholic epistles

The catholic epistles (also called the general epistles) are seven epistles of the New Testament.

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Codex Alexandrinus

The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manuscript of the Greek Bible,The Greek Bible in this context refers to the Bible used by Greek-speaking Christians who lived in Egypt and elsewhere during the early history of Christianity.

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Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus

The Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (Paris, National Library of France, Greek 9) designated by the siglum C or 04 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 3 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manuscript of the Greek Bible, written on parchment.

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Codex Sinaiticus

The Codex Sinaiticus (Shelfmark: London, British Library, Add MS 43725), designated by siglum [Aleph] or 01 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 2 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), also called Sinai Bible, is a fourth-century Christian manuscript of a Greek Bible, containing the majority of the Greek Old Testament, including the deuterocanonical books, and the Greek New Testament, with both the Epistle of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas included.

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Codex Vaticanus

The Codex Vaticanus (The Vatican, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1209), designated by siglum B or 03 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 1 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a Christian manuscript of a Greek Bible, containing the majority of the Greek Old Testament and the majority of the Greek New Testament.

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Demonstrative

Demonstratives (abbreviated) are words, such as this and that, used to indicate which entities are being referred to and to distinguish those entities from others.

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Diminutive

A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to derogatorily belittle something or someone.

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Docetism

In the history of Christianity, docetism (from the δοκεῖν/δόκησις dokeĩn "to seem", dókēsis "apparition, phantom") was the doctrine that the phenomenon of Jesus, his historical and bodily existence, and above all the human form of Jesus, was mere semblance without any true reality.

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Early Christianity

Early Christianity, otherwise called the Early Church or Paleo-Christianity, describes the historical era of the Christian religion up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

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Early modern period

The early modern period is a historical period that is part of the modern period based primarily on the history of Europe and the broader concept of modernity.

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Ephesus

Ephesus (Éphesos; Efes; may ultimately derive from Apaša) was a city in Ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey.

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Epistle

An epistle is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually an elegant and formal didactic letter.

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Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.

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Ernest DeWitt Burton

Ernest DeWitt Burton (February 4, 1856 – May 26, 1925) was an American biblical scholar and president of the University of Chicago.

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Ernst von Dobschütz

Ernst Adolf Alfred Oskar Adalbert von Dobschütz (9 October 1870 – 20 May 1934) was a German theologian, textual critic, author of numerous books and professor at the University of Halle, the University of Breslau, and the University of Strasbourg.

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Eternal life (Christianity)

Eternal life traditionally refers to continued life after death, as outlined in Christian eschatology.

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Ethics

Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena.

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Farewell Discourse

In the New Testament, chapters 14–17 of the Gospel of John are known as the Farewell Discourse given by Jesus to eleven of his disciples immediately after the conclusion of the Last Supper in Jerusalem, the night before his crucifixion.

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Galatians 4

Galatians 4 is the fourth chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

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Gentile

Gentile is a word that today usually means someone who is not Jewish.

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Gnosticism

Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek:, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Greek: ɣnostiˈkos, 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early Christian sects.

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Gospel of John

The Gospel of John (translit) is the fourth of the New Testament's four canonical gospels. First Epistle of John and gospel of John are 2nd-century Christian texts, Johannine literature and New Testament books.

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Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer

Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (10 January 1800 – 21 June 1873) was a German Protestant divine.

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Heinrich Julius Holtzmann

Heinrich Holtzmann Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (7 May 1832 – 4 August 1910), German Protestant theologian, son of theologian Karl Julius Holtzmann (1804–1877), was born at Karlsruhe, where his father ultimately became prelate and counsellor to the supreme consistory (Evangelischer Oberkirchenrat) of the Evangelical State Church in Baden.

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History of the Jews in Iraq

The history of the Jews in Iraq (יְהוּדִים בָּבְלִים,,; اليهود العراقيون) is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity.

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Incarnation

Incarnation literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh.

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Incarnation (Christianity)

In Christian theology, the doctrine of incarnation teaches that the pre-existent divine person of Jesus Christ, God the Son, the second person of the Trinity, and the eternally begotten Logos (Koine Greek for "word"), took upon human nature and "was made flesh" by being conceived in the womb of a woman, the Virgin Mary, also known as the Theotokos (Greek for "God-bearer" or "Mother of God").

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Interpolation (manuscripts)

An interpolation, in relation to literature and especially ancient manuscripts, is an entry or passage in a text that was not written by the original author.

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Jerome Biblical Commentary

The Jerome Biblical Commentary is a series of books of Biblical scholarship, whose first edition was published in 1968.

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Jerusalem Bible

The Jerusalem Bible (JB or TJB) is an English translation of the Bible published in 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd.

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Johannine Comma

The Johannine Comma (Comma Johanneum) is an interpolated phrase (comma) in verses of the First Epistle of John. First Epistle of John and Johannine Comma are Johannine literature.

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Johannine epistles

The Johannine epistles, the Epistles of John, or the Letters of John are the First Epistle of John, the Second Epistle of John, and the Third Epistle of John, three of the catholic epistles in the New Testament. First Epistle of John and Johannine epistles are Johannine literature.

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John 1:1

John 1:1 is the first verse in the opening chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

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John 20:31

John 20:31 is the thirty-first (and the last) verse of the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament.

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John the Apostle

John the Apostle (Ἰωάννης; Ioannes; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ), also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament.

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John the Evangelist

John the Evangelist is the name traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John. Christians have traditionally identified him with John the Apostle, John of Patmos, and John the Presbyter, although there is no consensus as to whether all of these indeed refer to the same individual.

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King James Version

on the title-page of the first edition and in the entries in works like the "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church", etc.--> The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.

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Koine Greek

Koine Greek (Koine the common dialect), also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek, Septuagint Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during the Hellenistic period, the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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León palimpsest

The León Palimpsest, designated l or 67 (in the Beuron system), is a 7th-century Latin manuscript pandect of the Christian Bible conserved in the cathedral of León, Spain.

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Logos

Logos (lit) is a term used in Western philosophy, psychology and rhetoric, as well as religion (notably Christianity); among its connotations is that of a rational form of discourse that relies on inductive and deductive reasoning.

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Love

Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Muratorian fragment

The Muratorian fragment, also known as the Muratorian Canon (Latin: Canon Muratori), is a copy of perhaps the oldest known list of most of the books of the New Testament.

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New Testament

The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon.

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Papyrus 74

Papyrus 74 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓74, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek.

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Papyrus 9

Papyrus 9 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓9, and named Oxyrhynchus papyri 402, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek.

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Parthia

Parthia (𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 Parθava; 𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅Parθaw; 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭥 Pahlaw) is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran.

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Paul the Apostle

Paul (Koinē Greek: Παῦλος, romanized: Paûlos), also named Saul of Tarsus (Aramaic: ܫܐܘܠ, romanized: Šāʾūl), commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world.

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Pauline epistles

The Pauline epistles, also known as Epistles of Paul or Letters of Paul, are the thirteen books of the New Testament attributed to Paul the Apostle, although the authorship of some is in dispute.

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Protrepsis and paraenesis

In rhetoric, protrepsis (πρότρεψις) and paraenesis (παραίνεσις) are two closely related styles of exhortation that are employed by moral philosophers.

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Raymond E. Brown

Raymond Edward Brown (May 22, 1928 – August 8, 1998) was an American Sulpician priest and prominent biblical scholar.

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Rudolf Bultmann

Rudolf Karl Bultmann (20 August 1884 – 30 July 1976) was a German Lutheran theologian and professor of the New Testament at the University of Marburg.

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Second Epistle of John

The Second Epistle of John is a book of the New Testament attributed to John the Evangelist, traditionally thought to be the author of the other two epistles of John, and the Gospel of John (though this is disputed). First Epistle of John and Second Epistle of John are 2nd-century Christian texts, catholic epistles, Johannine literature and New Testament books.

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Second Epistle of Peter

2 Peter, also known as the Second Epistle of Peter and abbreviated as 2 Pet., is an epistle of the New Testament written in Koine Greek. First Epistle of John and Second Epistle of Peter are 2nd-century Christian texts, catholic epistles and New Testament books.

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Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine is an American online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians.

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Son of God

Historically, many rulers have assumed titles such as the son of God, the son of a god or the son of heaven.

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Stephen L. Harris

Stephen L. Harris (February 5, 1937 - April 14, 2019) was Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies at California State University, Sacramento.

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Textual criticism

Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts (mss) or of printed books.

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Textus Receptus

Textus Receptus (Latin: "received text") refers to the succession of printed editions of the Greek New Testament, starting with Erasmus' Novum Instrumentum omne (1516) and including the editions of Stephanus, Beza, Elzevir, and Scrivener, among some others.

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The Life of the World to Come (album)

The Life of the World to Come is the twelfth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released on October 6, 2009.

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The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats are an American band formed in Claremont, California, by singer-songwriter John Darnielle.

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Third Epistle of John

The Third Epistle of John is the third-to-last book of the New Testament and the Christian Bible as a whole, and attributed to John the Evangelist, traditionally thought to be the author of the Gospel of John and the other two epistles of John. First Epistle of John and third Epistle of John are 2nd-century Christian texts, catholic epistles, Johannine literature and New Testament books.

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Trinity

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (from 'threefold') is the central doctrine concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three,, consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons (hypostases) sharing one essence/substance/nature (homoousion).

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W. Hall Harris III

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Zane C. Hodges

Zane Clark Hodges (June 15, 1932 – November 23, 2008) was an American pastor, seminary professor, and Bible scholar.

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See also

Catholic epistles

Johannine literature

New Testament books

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Epistle_of_John

Also known as 1 Jhn., 1 Jo., 1 Joh., 1 John, 1 John 1, 1 John 1:1, 1 John 2, 1 John 3, 1 John 3:16, 1 John 4, 1 John 5, 1 John 5:20, 1 John 5:5, 1Jo., 1st Epistle of John, First Epistle of St. John, First John, First Letter of John, I Jhn., I Jo., I Joh., I John, John, First Epistle of, Letters of John, One John, The First Letter of John.

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