Introduction and chapter 1 of 1 John notes
Study of 1 John started November 5, 2023 1 John Introduction The author- John was possibly born in Bethsaida (John 1:44) and was a son of Zebedee and Salome. It appears his mother helped with the financial support of Christ (Mark 15:40,41). He and his brother James were called “sons of thunder” Mk 3:17. John lived in Ephesus, the capital of the province of Asia Minor, the Roman proconsul resided there. John may have been battling against Gnosticism during his later years. It said that deity cannot unite itself with anything physical such as a body. It understood that knowledge is superior to virtue. John battled against this by saying that Christ came in the flesh. It is possible that 1 John may have been written around 90 A.D. Wycliffe divides the book up into these sections Fellowship’s conditions 1:5-10 Fellowship’s conduct 2:1-29 Fellowship’s characteristics 3:1-24 Fellowship’s cautions 4:1-21 Fellowship’s cause 5:1-21 1 John 1 John begins by saying that which was from