1 John Introduction

Category: Epistle

Written by: John the Apostle

Written for: written to the church in Ephesus

At the time of: Written in the late first century (around A.D 85 – 90), after the destruction of Jerusalem when the Jewish nation ended, so he did not mention the persecutions stirred by the Jews against Christians, but rather the resistance stirred by the heretics. By the end of the first century and the beginning of the second century, some heresies emerged concerning the person of the Lord Christ. (Fr Tadros Malaty).

Main Focus: To dispel doubts and to build assurance by presenting a clear picture of God as light, as love and as life.

A Key Verse:  1 John 5:10

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Bible Knowledge Question: What does the author say they have heard, seen and touched and now proclaim to others?