The Epistles of John

by Zodhiates, Spiros

• ISBN13: 9780899571072
• ISBN10: 0899571077
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Amg Pubs

Summary

A detailed exegesis that gives thorough discussions for each verse by delineating and interpreting from the original Greek. Contains Greek index and 1,000+ word glossary.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	xiv
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN	1	(432)
AN OUTLINE OF FIRST JOHN	3	(2)
AUTHOR'S TRANSLATION OF FIRST JOHN	5	(11)
PERSONAL WITNESS
1 JOHN 1:1	16	(3)
LIFE REVEALED TO US
1 JOHN 1:2	19	(4)
WITNESSING RESULTS IN FELLOWSHIP
1 JOHN 1:3	23	(3)
THE FULFILLMENT OF JOY
1 JOHN 1:4	26	(2)
THERE IS NO SIN IN GOD
1 JOHN 1:5	28	(3)
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD NECESSITATES A NONSINFUL LIFESTYLE
1 JOHN 1:6	31	(2)
CLEANSING BY CHRIST'S BLOOD
1 JOHN 1:7	33	(3)
THE SELF-DECEPTION OF SINLESSNESS
1 JOHN 1:8	36	(3)
FAITHFULNESS AND JUSTICE IN CLEANSING BELIEVERS OF THEIR SINS
1 JOHN 1:9	39	(4)
THOSE WHO SAY THEY HAVE NEVER SINNED DO NOT HAVE CHRIST WITHIN THEM
1 JOHN 1:10	43	(2)
BELIEVERS HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER SHOULD THEY FALL INTO SIN
1 JOHN 2:1	45	(4)
WHAT GIVES JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHT TO BE THE BELIEVERS' ADVOCATE?
1 JOHN 2:2	49	(6)
HOW JOYFULLY WE KEEP CHRIST'S COMMANDMENTS REFLECTS UPON OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM
1 JOHN 2:3	55	(3)
PROFESSING CHRIST IS A DELUSION IF ONE DOES NOT PRACTICE CHRIST
1 JOHN 2:4	58	(4)
THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD'S LOVE IS IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE IN CHRIST
1 JOHN 2:5	62	(2)
OUR DUTY TO WALK AS JESUS WALKED
1 JOHN 2:6	64	(5)
GOD'S COMMANDMENT DOES NOT CHANGE
1 JOHN 2:7	69	(3)
MAN IS INEXCUSABLE FOR BEING IN DARKNESS BECAUSE CHRIST ILLUMINATES EVERYTHING
1 JOHN 2:8	72	(6)
ONE CANNOT CLAIM TO BE IN THE LIGHT AND HATE HIS BROTHER
1 JOHN 2:9	78	(2)
A BELIEVER'S TRANSPARENCY DOES NOT PROVIDE OCCASION FOR STUMBLING
1 JOHN 2:10	80	(4)
LACK OF DIRECTION IN THE WALK OF AN IMMATURE BELIEVER
1 JOHN 2:11	84	(3)
THIS KNOWLEDGE AND VICTORY OF BELIEVERS
1 JOHN 2:12	87	(2)
THE MATURE BELIEVER IN GOD'S KINGDOM
1 JOHN 2:13	89	(4)
OUR STRENGTH Is IN THE LORD
1 JOHN 2:14	93	(2)
GOD'S LOVE DIMINISHES THE BELIEVER'S DELIGHT IN THE THINGS OF THE WORLD
1 JOHN 2:15	95	(2)
HOW CAN WE TELL WHETHER WE ARE OF GOD OR OF THE WORLD?
1 JOHN 2:16	97	(6)
THE IMPERMANENCE OF THE WORLD AND THE PERMANENCE OF THE OBEDIENT BELIEVER
1 JOHN 2:17	103	(3)
IN THE LAST HOUR THERE WILL BE MANY ANTICHRISTS
1 JOHN 2:18	106	(3)
ANTICHRISTS NEVER WERE BELIEVERS
1 JOHN 2:19	109	(5)
CAN A BELIEVER KNOW ALL THINGS WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING?
1 JOHN 2:20	114	(5)
A BELIEVER KNOWS WHAT IS GENUINE
1 JOHN 2:21	119	(2)
THE ANTICHRIST CONSISTENTLY DENIES THAT THE HISTORICAL JESUS IS THE CHRIST
1 JOHN 2:22	121	(11)
A DENIER OF CHRIST IS A DENIER OF GOD
1 JOHN 2:23	132	(3)
THE BELIEVER ABIDES IN GOD THE FATHER AND GOD THE SON
1 JOHN 2:24	135	(3)
CHRIST'S PROMISE IS ETERNAL LIFE
1 JOHN 2:25	138	(4)
CONSTANT EFFORTS TO DECEIVE BELIEVERS
1 JOHN 2:26	142	(8)
A BELIEVER HAS THE ABILITY TO KNOW THE GENUINENESS OF WHAT HE LEARNS
1 JOHN 2:27	150	(4)
ABIDE IN CHRIST IN ANTICIPATION OF HIS COMING AGAIN
1 JOHN 2:28	154	(3)
THE BELIEVER SHOULD NEVER FORGET THAT GOD IS RIGHTEOUS
1 JOHN 2:29	157	(2)
GOD'S LOVE IS UNIQUE, BUT THE WORLD DOES NOT RECOGNIZE IT
1 JOHN 3:1	159	(4)
WE MUST FIRST BE CHANGED IN ORDER TO SEE JESUS CHRIST AS HE TRULY IS
1 JOHN 3:2	163	(3)
THE CHRISTIAN'S HOPE OF SEEING JESUS CAUSES HIM TO MAINTAIN PURITY
1 JOHN 3:3	166	(2)
SIN IS LAWLESSNESS
1 JOHN 3:4	168	(3)
THE SINLESS CHRIST REVEALED HIMSELF TO TAKE AWAY OUR SINS
1 JOHN 3:5	171	(2)
ONE WHO PRACTICES SIN HAS NEVER KNOWN GOD
1 JOHN 3:6	173	(2)
ONE CANNOT ACT JUSTLY UNLESS HE IS MADE JUST BY JESUS CHRIST
1 JOHN 3:7	175	(3)
SATAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIN IN THE WORLD
1 JOHN 3:8	178	(5)
MAN CANNOT LIVE IN SIN WHEN GOD'S LIFE IS IN HIM
1 JOHN 3:9	183	(3)
EXTERNAL SIGNS OF WHO IS A CHILD OF GOD AND WHO IS NOT
1 JOHN 3:10	186	(6)
LOVING ONE ANOTHER IS A MESSAGE THAT NEVER CHANGES
1 JOHN 3:11	192	(2)
JEALOUSY AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS KILL
1 JOHN 3:12	194	(2)
DO NOT BE SURPRISED WHEN UNBELIEVERS HATE YOU
1 JOHN 3:13	196	(2)
HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE HIS BROTHER IS STILL DEAD IN SIN
1 JOHN 3:14	198	(6)
REFUSING TO HELP ONE'S BROTHER IS EQUATED TO KILLING HIM
1 JOHN 3:15	204	(2)
CHRIST'S LOVE IS A REDEMPTIVE LOVE
1 JOHN 3:16	206	(3)
NOT SHARING WHAT A BELIEVER HAS IS INEXCUSABLE
1 JOHN 3:17	209	(5)
A BELIEVER'S LOVE SHOULD BE EXPRESSED IN WORDS AND WORKS COMING FROM THE TRUTH
1 JOHN 3:18	214	(2)
THE FRUITFUL BELIEVER KNOWS HE IS OF THE TRUTH
1 JOHN 3:19	216
DO NOT BE SELF-CONDEMNING; LEAVE IT TO THE JUDGMENT OF GOD
1 JOHN 3:20	218	(3)
BELIEVERS SHOULD HAVE BOLD ENTRANCE INTO GOD'S PRESENCE
1 JOHN 3:21	221	(2)
LIVING CLOSE TO GOD ENABLES US TO DO WHAT PLEASES HIM
1 JOHN 3:22	223	(5)
GOD'S COMMANDMENT: EXERCISE FAITH IN HIS SON AND CONSTANTLY LOVE ONE ANOTHER
1 JOHN 3:23	228	(3)
KEEPING GOD'S COMMANDMENTS THROUGH THE INDWELLING CHRIST BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
1 JOHN 3:24	231	(5)
THE BELIEVER'S DUTY TO DISCERN THE SPIRITS WHETHER THEY ARE TRUE OR FALSE
1 JOHN 4:1	236	(4)
A TRUE BELIEVER CONFESSES THAT THE ETERNAL SON OF GOD BECAME FLESH
1 JOHN 4:2	240	(3)
ALL WHO DENY THAT JESUS CHRIST CAME IN THE FLESH ARE OF THE ANTICHRIST
1 JOHN 4:3	243	(5)
THE BELIEVER'S VICTORY OVER FALSE PROPHETS AND ANTICHRISTS
1 JOHN 4:4	248	(2)
BELIEVERS SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE WORLD DOES NOT LISTEN TO THEM
1 JOHN 4:5	250	(2)
WHY THE WORLD DOES NOT LISTEN TO BELIEVERS
1 JOHN 4:6	252	(2)
LOVE IS A NATURAL DEMONSTRATION OF HAVING BEEN BORN OF GOD
1 JOHN 4:7	254	(3)
ONE NOT CHARACTERIZED BY GOD'S LOVE NEVER EXPERIENTIALLY KNEW GOD
1 JOHN 4:8	257	(3)
GOD SENT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD SO THAT HUMANS MIGHT HAVE GOD'S LIFE IN THEM
1 JOHN 4:9	260	(3)
THE BELIEVER'S REDEMPTION IS INITIATED BY GOD, NOT BY MAN
1 JOHN 4:10	263	(2)
THE CERTAINTY OF GOD'S LOVE FOR US OBLIGATES US TO LOVE ALL PEOPLE
1 JOHN 4:11	265	(2)
GOD IN HIS TOTALITY IS INVISIBLE, YET HIS LOVE FINDS ITS REALIZATION IN US
1 JOHN 4:12	267	(6)
GOD'S SPIRIT IS OUR WITNESS THAT WE ARE BORN AGAIN
1 JOHN 4:13	273	(2)
BELIEVERS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FATHER SENT HIS SON TO BE THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD
1 JOHN 4:14	275	(5)
GOD'S GRACE IS FOR ANYONE WHO WILL CONFESS JESUS
1 JOHN 4:15	280	(4)
HE WHO HAS GOD'S LOVE IN HIM KNOWS AND BELIEVES THAT GOD IS LOVE
1 JOHN 4:16	284	(5)
LOVE PREPARES US FOR THE JUDGMENT OF OUR WORKS
1 JOHN 4:17	289	(4)
LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR OF PUNISHMENT AND INSTILLS RESPECT FOR GOD'S ALMIGHTY PRESENCE
1 JOHN 4:18	293	(6)
WHEN SPEAKING OF OUR LOVE FOR GOD, LET US INCLUDE OTHER BELIEVERS
1 JOHN 4:19	299	(2)
LOVE FOR GOD IS PROVEN BY OUR LOVE FOR OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS
1 JOHN 4:20	301	(3)
GOD HAS COMMANDED US TO LOVE HIM AT ALL TIMES AND TO LOVE OUR FELLOW HUMANS
1 JOHN 4:21	304	(2)
A BELIEVER BORN OF GOD LOVES OTHERS ALSO BORN OF GOD
1 JOHN 5:1	306	(6)
ONE BORN OF GOD LOVES THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND KEEPS HIS COMMANDMENTS
1 JOHN 5:2	312	(4)
GOD'S LOVE ENABLES A BELIEVER TO JOYFULLY KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS
1 JOHN 5:3	316	(4)
A BELIEVER OVERCOMES THE WORLD THROUGH FAITH
1 JOHN 5:4	320	(4)
TO BELIEVE IS TO BE A SURE VICTOR
1 JOHN 5:5	324	(3)
HOW JESUS CHRIST CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD
1 JOHN 5:6	327	(9)
THE TRINITY IN HEAVEN
1 JOHN 5:7	336	(3)
THE HOLY SPIRIT CONVICTS, CHRIST GIVES THE LIVING WATER, AND CLEANSES THROUGH HIS BLOOD
1 JOHN 5:8	339	(3)
HEAVEN'S WITNESS IS GREATER THAN MEN'S
1 JOHN 5:9	342	(6)
THE INNER WITNESS THAT GOD'S TESTIMONY IS TRUE
1 JOHN 5:10	348	(11)
YOU WILL KNOW IT WHEN YOU HAVE GOD'S LIFE IN YOU
1 JOHN 5:11	359	(4)
HAVING CHRIST IS HAVING GOD'S LIFE WITHIN
1 JOHN 5:12	363	(4)
THE CERTAINTY OF A BELIEVER'S POSSESSION OF ETERNAL LIFE
1 JOHN 5:13	367	(8)
BOLDNESS IN PRAYER CREATED BY TRUE FAITH
1 JOHN 5:14	375	(6)
WHAT SHOULD THE OBJECT OF OUR PRAYER BE?
1 JOHN 5:15	381	(6)
AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?
1 JOHN 5:16	387	(7)
IS GOD UNJUST BECAUSE HE IMPOSES DEATH ON SOME?
1 JOHN 5:17	394	(7)
CAN ONE BORN OF GOD HAVE A LIFESTYLE OF SIN?
1 JOHN 5:18	401	(11)
BELIEVERS ARE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD
1 JOHN 5:19	412	(5)
THE SON OF GOD IS ALSO IN THE WORLD
1 JOHN 5:20	417	(12)
BEWARE OF FALSE GODS
1 JOHN 5:21	429	(4)
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN	433	(54)
AN OUTLINE OF SECOND JOHN	435	(1)
AUTHOR'S TRANSLATION OF SECOND JOHN	436	(2)
THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING LOVED BY ALL BELIEVERS
2 JOHN 1:1	438	(5)
TRUE LOVE IS BASED ON CHRIST
2 JOHN 1:2	443	(3)
GOD'S GIFTS TO THE BELIEVER: GRACE, MERCY, AND PEACE
2 JOHN 1:3	446	(7)
GREAT REJOICING OVER THE FAITHFUL
2 JOHN 1:4	453	(4)
LOVE IS THE SUMMATION OF THE COMMANDMENTS
2 JOHN 1:5	457	(3)
WE WALK IN LOVE WHEN WE WALK IN CHRIST
2 JOHN 1:6	460	(3)
WHO IS A DECEIVER AND AN ANTICHRIST?
2 JOHN 1:7	463	(5)
WHAT YOU CAN DO IN THE MIDST OF DECEIVERS
2 JOHN 1:8	468	(3)
TRANSGRESSORS OF THE TEACHING CONCERNING CHRIST DO NOT HAVE GOD ABIDING WITHIN
2 JOHN 1:9	471	(6)
ON RECEIVING HERETICS INTO YOUR HOME
2 JOHN 1:10	477	(3)
LET NOT YOUR GREETING BE MISUNDERSTOOD AS AGREEMENT WITH ERRONEOUS BELIEFS
2 JOHN 1:11	480	(3)
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATION
2 JOHN 1:12	483	(2)
GREETINGS FROM THE CHILDREN OF A SISTER CHURCH
2 JOHN 1:13	485	(2)
THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN	487	(52)
AN OUTLINE OF THIRD JOHN	489	(1)
AUTHOR'S TRANSLATION OF THIRD JOHN	490	(2)
A MUCH LOVED LOCAL CHURCH LEADER
3 JOHN 1:1	492	(2)
A WISH FOR HEALTH AND SOUL PROSPERITY
3 JOHN 1:2	494	(9)
THE TESTIMONY CONCERNING GAIUS STANDING FOR TRUTH
3 JOHN 1:3	503	(3)
GREAT JOY COMES FROM KNOWING ONE'S CHILDREN WALK IN TRUTH
3 JOHN 1:4	506	(2)
HOSPITALITY RIGHTLY DIRECTED
3 JOHN 1:5	508	(4)
HONOR VISITING MISSIONARIES
3 JOHN 1:6	512	(2)
ARE MISSIONARIES TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM NON-CHRISTIANS?
3 JOHN 1:7	514	(3)
BY SUPPORTING MISSIONARIES, WE BECOME CO-WORKERS WITH THEM IN THE TRUTH
3 JOHN 1:8	517	(3)
THOSE IN THE CHURCH WHO SEEK FIRST PLACE
3 JOHN 1:9	520	(5)
JOHN DETERMINED TO SPEAK PUBLICLY CONCERNING A FALSE, PROUD LEADER
3 JOHN 1:10	525	(4)
A BENEVOLENT LIFE IS OF GOD
3 JOHN 1:11	529	(5)
APOSTOLIC APPROVAL OF A TRUE MISSIONARY, DEMETRIUS
3 JOHN 1:12	534	(3)
JOHN SEEKS A PERSONAL MEETING IN VIEW OF THE CHURCH'S TROUBLE
3 JOHN 1:13,14	537	(2)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	539	(4)
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS	543	(1)
GUIDE TO TRANSLITERATION	544	(4)
GREEK INDEX	548	(74)
SCRIPTURE INDEX	622