The Letters of John
Tyndale New Testament Commentary
Published on 26. March 2015
240 pages
978-1-78359-343-9 (ISBN)
Description
John's affection for the recipients of his letters is clear: 'They are his "dear children", his "dear friends",' as John Stott points out. He continues, '[John] longs to protect them from both error and evil, and to see them firmly established in faith, love and holiness. He has no new doctrine for them.
On the contrary, he appeals to them to remember what they already know, have and are. Whenever innovators trouble the church, and ridicule whatever is old or traditional, we need to hear and heed John's exhortation, to continue in what we have learnt and received, and to let it continue in us.'
On the contrary, he appeals to them to remember what they already know, have and are. Whenever innovators trouble the church, and ridicule whatever is old or traditional, we need to hear and heed John's exhortation, to continue in what we have learnt and received, and to let it continue in us.'
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Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78359-343-9 (9781783593439)
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09/2009
Inter-Varsity Press
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Person
The Revd Dr John Stott, CBE, was for many years Rector of All Souls Church, Langham Place, London, and chaplain to the Queen. Stott's global influence is well established, mainly through his work with Billy Graham and the Lausanne conferences - he was one of the principal authors of theLausanne Covenant in 1974. In 2005, Time magazine ranked Stott among the100 most influential people in the world. He passed away on July 27, 2011.
Content
- Intro
- Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
- The Letters of John
- Contents
- General preface
- Author's preface to the first edition
- Author's preface to the second edition
- Chief Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Authorship
- a. External evidence for the first letter
- b. External evidence for the second and third letters
- c. Common authorship of the Gospel and the first letter
- d. The relation of the second and third letters to each other and to the first letter
- e. The author as an eyewitness
- f. The author's self-conscious authority
- g. The title 'elder'
- 2. Occasion
- a. Internal evidence: theological and ethical error
- b. External evidence: docetism, Gnosticism, Cerinthianism
- 3. Message
- a. Certainty about Christ
- b. Certainty about eternal life
- 1 john: ANALYSIS
- 1. THE PREFACE (1:1-4)
- 2. THE APOSTOLIC MESSAGE AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS (1:5-2:2)
- 3. FIRST APPLICATION OF THE TESTS (2:3-27)
- 4. SECOND APPLICATION OF THE TESTS (2:28-4:6)
- 5. THIRD APPLICATION OF THE TESTS (4:7-5:5)
- 6. THE THREE WITNESSES AND OUR CONSEQUENT ASSURANCE (5:6-17)
- 7. THREE AFFIRMATIONS AND A CONCLUDING EXHORTATION (5:18-21)
- 1 JOHN: COMMENTARY
- 1. THE PREFACE (1:1-4)
- a. The eternal pre-existence
- b. The historical manifestation
- c. The authoritative proclamation
- d. The communal fellowship
- e. The completed joy
- Additional note: 'The Word of life' (1:1)
- A. The meaning of 'logos'
- B. The meaning of 'peri'
- 2. THE APOSTOLIC MESSAGE AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS (1:5-2:2)
- Additional note: The symbolism of light in Scripture (1:5)
- a. The denial that sin breaks our fellowship with God (1:6-7)
- b. The denial that sin exists in our nature (1:8-9)
- c. The denial that sin shows itself in our conduct (1:10-2:2)
- Additional note: The biblical concept of propitiation (2:2)
- 3. FIRST APPLICATION OF THE TESTS (2:3-27)
- a. Obedience, or the moral test (2:3-6)
- b. Love, or the social test (2:7-11)
- c. A digression about the church (2:12-14)
- d. A digression about the world (2:15-17)
- Additional note: The meaning of 'the world' (2:15-17)
- A. The world and Satan
- B. The world and God
- C. The world and the Christian
- e. Belief, or the doctrinal test (2:18-27)
- 1. The heretics and the genuine Christians (2:18-21)
- Additional note: 'The last hour' (2:18)
- Additional note: The meaning of 'chrisma' (2:20)
- 2. The nature and effect of the heresy (2:22-23)
- 3. Safeguards against heresy (2:24-27)
- 4. SECOND APPLICATION OF THE TESTS (2:28-4:6)
- a. An elaboration of the moral test: righteousness (2:28-3:10)
- 1. Christ's future appearing (2:28-3:3)
- 2. Christ's past appearing (3:4-10)
- i. The nature of sin: lawlessness (3:4-7)
- ii. The origin of sin: the devil (3:8-10)
- Additional note: The meaning of 'God's seed' (3:9)
- Additional note: The interpretation of 1 John 3:4-9
- Additional note: John's teaching about the devil (3:8, 10)
- b. An elaboration of the social test: love (3:11-18)
- 1. The hatred of Cain, and of the world (3:12-13)
- 2. The love of Christ, and of the church (3:14-18)
- c. A digression about assurance and the condemning heart (3:19-24)
- 1. The condemning heart, and how to reassure it (3:19-20)7
- Additional note: The meaning of 1 John 3:19-20
- 2. The uncondemning heart, and its blessings (3:21-24)
- d. An elaboration of the doctrinal test: belief (4:1-6)
- 1. The content of the teaching (4:1-3)
- Additional note: The interpretation of 1 John 4:2
- 2. The character of the audience (4:4-6)
- 5. THIRD APPLICATION OF THE TESTS (4:7-5:5)
- a. A further elaboration of the social test: love (4:7-12)
- b. A combination of the doctrinal and social tests (4:13-21)
- 1. God's indwelling (4:13-16)
- 2. Perfect love (4:17-21)
- c. A combination of the three tests (5:1-5)
- 6. THE THREE WITNESSES AND OUR CONSEQUENT ASSURANCE (5:6-17)
- a. The three witnesses (5:6-12)
- b. Our consequent assurance (5:13-17)
- 7. THREE AFFIRMATIONS AND A CONCLUDING EXHORTATION (5:18-21)
- 2 JOHN: ANALYSIS
- 1. THE INTRODUCTION (1-3)
- 2. THE MESSAGE (4-11)
- 3. THE CONCLUSION (12-13)
- 2 JOHN: COMMENTARY
- 1. THE INTRODUCTION (1-3)
- 2. THE MESSAGE (4-11)
- 3. THE CONCLUSION (12-13)
- 3 JOHN: ANALYSIS
- 1. THE MESSAGE TO GAIUS (1-8)
- 2. THE MESSAGE CONCERNING DIOTREPHES (9-10)
- 3. THE MESSAGE CONCERNING DEMETRIUS (11-12)
- 4. THE CONCLUSION AND GREETING (13-14)
- 3 JOHN: COMMENTARY
- 1. THE MESSAGE TO GAIUS (1-8)
- 2. THE MESSAGE CONCERNING DIOTREPHES (9-10)
- 3. THE MESSAGE CONCERNING DEMETRIUS (11-12)
- 4. THE CONCLUSION AND GREETING (13-14)
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 JOHN: 1. THE PREFACE (1:1-4)
- 1 JOHN: 2. THE APOSTOLIC MESSAGE AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS (1:5-2:2)
- 1 JOHN: 3. FIRST APPLICATION OF THE TESTS (2:3-27)
- 1 JOHN: 4. SECOND APPLICATION OF THE TESTS (2:28-4:6)
- 1 JOHN: 6. THE THREE WITNESSES AND OUR CONSEQUENT ASSURANCE (5:6-17)
- 2 JOHN: COMMENTARY
