Number 1 Flashcards
What is the subtitle of first John?
The assurance epistle
John is the human author of____ of the ____ New Testament books
5/ 27 - this is more than any other New Testament writer with the exception of Paul
Johns writings include what other books
John, John 1,2,3 and Revelation
John grew up as a_____ _____
Galilean fisherman
Who was John’s brother?
James
John and his brother James were the sons of____ and were also called the sons of_____
Zebedee / Thunder
John was originally a disciple of______ and then _____
John the Baptist and Jesus
In his latter years, John pastored in and around ______ ministering to the churches of_____ ______
Ephesus and Asia Minor
John outlived all of the other apostles and was known as John the_____
Elder
John was the only one of the apostles to die a______ death and he did suffer much for Christ
Natural
John was exiled to the island of_____
Patmos
1 John was apparently written to the same____churches in ____ ____ to whom he would send Revelation.
7/ Asia Minor
There were varieties of gnostic thought which John may have written to combat. One of them is _______ and the other is ______
Docetism / Cerinthianism
_____ this heresy taught that Jesus only appeared to have a physical body. They believe Jesus was a spirit with no real physical substance who left no footprints when he walked.
Docetism
______ was an opponent of John in Ephesus
Cerinthus -