1, 2, & 3 John Flashcards
1 John - Overview
Theme: John writes an epistle against Gnostic theology, exhorting his audience to examine the genuineness of their faith through testing their fellowship with God and with Christians.
Author: John
Date/Location: A.D. 90-95 from Ephesus
Audience: Churches in Asia Minor
1 John 1
Fellowship with God and Christ (1:1 - 4)
God is light (1:5 - 10)
1 John 2
Obedience proves fellowship with God (2:1 - 6)
Love proves fellowship with God (2:7 - 11)
Commitment to God and Jesus proves fellowship with God (2:12 - 24)
Righteousness proves fellowship with God (2:25 - 3:3)
1 John 3
Progressive sanctification proves fellowship with God (3:4 - 10a)
Love for believers proves fellowship with God (4:10b - 24)
1 John 4
Test the spirits of fellowship (4:1 - 6)
God loves his children and true believers love other believers (4:7 - 21)
1 John 5
Victory over the world proves fellowship with God (5:1 - 4)
Belief in the humanity and deity of Christ proves fellowship with God (5:5 - 12)
Certainty of eternal life (5:13 - 15)
Sin leading unto death (5:16 - 17)
Abstinence from sin proves fellowship with God (5:18 - 21)
2 John - Overview
Theme: Warning against false teachers. Truth is the ultimate basis for fellowship and anyone not teaching canonized truth is to be rejected.
Author: John
Date/Location: A.D. 90-95 from Ephesus
Audience: Churches in Asia Minor
2 John 1 - 3
Truth is fundamental
2 John 4 - 6
Walk in truth
2 John 7 - 11
Test everyone by truth
2 John 12 - 13
Greeting
3 John - Overview
Theme: Treatise on Truth and Error
Author: John
Date/Location: A.D. 90-95 from Ephesus
Audience: Churches in Asia Minor
3 John 1 - 8
Show hospitality to believers
3 John 9 - 15
Do not imitate evil men like Diotrephes
