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| Series Preface | |
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| Author's Preface | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Introductory Matters Related to 1, 2, and 3 John | |
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| A Scenario | |
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| The Johannine Community | |
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| 1, 2, and 3 John and the Fourth Gospel | |
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| The Interrelationship of 1, 2, and 3 John | |
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| 1, 2, and 3 John and the NT Canon | |
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| Introductory Matters Related to 1 John | |
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| Authorship | |
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| Internal Evidence | |
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| External Evidence | |
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| Addressees | |
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| Opponents | |
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| The Teaching of the Secessionists | |
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| The Secessionists and the Author's Community | |
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| The Secessionists and Early Christian Heretics | |
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| Purpose and Time of Writing | |
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| Genre, Rhetorical Form, and Structure | |
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| Genre | |
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| Rhetorical Form | |
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| Structure | |
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| 1 John and Qumran | |
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| Major Theological Themes | |
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| What the Author Affirmed While Rejecting Secessionist Teaching | |
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| What the Author Affirmed While Reassuring His Readers | |
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| What the Author Taught along the Way | |
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| Introductory Matters Related to 2 John | |
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| Authorship | |
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| Addressees | |
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| Opponents | |
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| Purpose and Time of Writing | |
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| Genre, Rhetorical Form, and Structure | |
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| Major Themes | |
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| Introductory Matters Related to 3 John | |
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| Authorship | |
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| Addressee | |
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| Itinerant Missionaries | |
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| Diotrephes and the Elder | |
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| Purpose and Time of Writing | |
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| Genre, Rhetorical Form, and Structure | |
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| Major Themes | |
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| Analyses | |
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| Analysis of 1 John | |
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| Analysis of 2 John | |
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| Analysis of 3 John | |
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| Commentary on 1 John | |
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| A Preface Concerning the Word of Life | |
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| A Note on the Language of Sense Perception | |
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| A Note on 'From the Beginning' (ap' arches) | |
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| A Note on the Meaning of 'Fellowship' (koinonia) | |
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| A Note on the Use of First Person Forms | |
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| Claims to Know God Tested by Attitudes to Sin | |
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| A Note on Light and Darkness | |
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| A Note on Truth | |
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| A Note on Hilasmos | |
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| Claims to Know God Tested by Obedience | |
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| Affirmation and Exhortation for Believers | |
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| Warnings Against Being Deceived by the Secessionists | |
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| A Note on Antichrist | |
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| A Note on Chrisma, Spirit or Word? | |
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| A Note on the Teaching Authority of the Church | |
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| Distinguishing the Children of God From the Children of the Devil | |
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| A Note on God's 'Seed' | |
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| A Note on Sinless Perfectionism | |
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| The Gospel Demand to Love One Another and Confidence in Prayer | |
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| Testing the 'Spirits' | |
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| A Note on the Role of the Spirit | |
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| Claims to Love God Tested by Love for Fellow Believers | |
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| A Note on Monogenes | |
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| A Note on the Son's Preexistence | |
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| A Note on the Saviour of the World | |
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| Accepting God's Testimony and Eternal Life | |
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| A Note on Witness | |
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| A Note on Eternal Life | |
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| Concluding Reassurances and Exhortations | |
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| A Note on Sins That Do and Do Not Lead to Death | |
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| A Note on the Bases of Assurance | |
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| Commentary on 2 John | |
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| Opening Greetings | |
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| Walking in the Truth | |
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| Denial of the Truth | |
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| Do Not Receive Those Who Deny the Truth | |
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| A Note on Hospitality | |
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| Final Greetings | |
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| Commentary on 3 John | |
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| Opening Greetings | |
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| Rejoicing That Gaius Walks in the Truth | |
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| Gaius Commended for his Hospitality | |
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| Diotrephes' Opposition to the Elder | |
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| A Note on Love and Hate in the Christian Community | |
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| The Elder's Commendation of Demetrius | |
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| Final Greetings | |
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| Biblical and Extrabiblical References to Cain | |
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| Indexes | |
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| Modern Authors | |
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| Biblical and Extrabiblical Literature | |