1 John

Question 1

Authorship (of 1 John) :
1. ______ mentioned directly
2. Some believe it could also have been someone known as the _____ (presbyter) John but this
is unlikely
3. The _____ church held it was the Apostle John. It has a similar vocabulary, ______ and
_____ as the Gospel of John

Answer 1

No one, Elder, early, grammar, style

Question 2

When was 1 John likely written?

Answer 2

Probably 80’s or 90’s A.D.

Question 3

Recipients (of 1 John):
o Probably written to a group of Christians in ____ _____, John was living in ________at this time.
o May have been meant to be an encyclical letter (a circular letter ______ around the churches)

Answer 3

Asia Minor, Ephesus, passed

Question 4

Purpose (of 1 John)
1. To warn against false teachers (probably _______ or ________) they were schismatics (seemed to start in the church but separated themselves from the church 2:19)
2. The false teachers _____ that Jesus Christ came in the flesh (4:2)
3. To provide ________ of salvation is the PURPOSE of this book (1 John 5:13)
4. To provide _________ about the Christian life

Answer 4

Gnostics, Docetics, denied, assurance, instruction