Beloved, if god loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. This summary of the book of 1 john provides information about the title, author s, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of 1 john. He was from bethany, the village of mary and her sister martha. Dear friends, since god so loved us, we also ought to love one another. Now viewing scripture range from the book of 1 john chapter 4. John 11, new international version niv the bible app. John 11 the death of lazarus now a man named bible. If we love one another, god dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Watch our overview video on the letters of john, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. John then returns to the theme of love, explaining how believer ought to live out. Every spirit that acknowledges that jesus christ has come in the flesh is from god, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge jesus. Instead, believers are to compare what they hear to the basic truths of the gospel. The first epistle of john, often referred to as first john and written 1 john or i john, is the first of the johannine epistles of the new testament, and the fourth of the catholic epistles. In this was manifested the love of god toward us, because that god sent his only. With bible gateway plus, you gain instant access to a digital bible study library, including complete notes from the niv cultural backgrounds study bible and the new bible commentary. John 11 new international version niv the death of lazarus. Although the first epistle of john does not bear any authors name it was never seriously doubted that the apostle john is the author of this epistle as well as of the fourth gospel. There is no scholarly consensus as to the authorship of the johannine works. The author of the first epistle is termed john the evangelist, who most scholars believe is not the same as john the apostle. No other book of the bible talks about love as often as first john.
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