1-3 JohnRobert Yarbrough, coauthor of the bestselling Encountering the New Testament, offers a historical and theological commentary on the Johannine Epistles in this addition to the BECNT series. The commentary features the author's detailed interaction with the Greek text, explores the relationship between John's Epistles and Jesus's work and teaching, interacts with recent commentaries, is attentive to the history of interpretation, and seeks to relate these findings to global Christianity. As with all BECNT volumes, this book combines academic sophistication with pastoral sensitivity and accessibility to serve as a useful tool for pastors, church leaders, students, and teachers. |
Contents
Series Preface | 7 |
Abbreviations | 14 |
John | 31 |
Renewed and Expanded Invitation to Love | 270 |
John | 349 |
Works Cited | 409 |
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Common terms and phrases
abide Acts additional note affirm agapē anointing antichrist aorist apostolic appears assurance attested believers biblical calls Calvin Christian christological church claim clause commandment confession connotation counsel death Deut Diotrephes disciples divine doctrine epistle Epistle of John eschatological eternal ethical Eusebius evil exegesis Exegesis and Exposition expression Father fellowship followers Gaius God’s God's love Gospel of John Grand Rapids Greek HCSB Holtzmann 1908 Holy human imperative implied Jesus Christ Jesus's Johannine Johannine corpus John writes John’s John's Gospel John's Letters Kruse light lives Luke manuscripts Matt means minuscules NRSV occurs Papias passages pastoral Paul perfect person phrase prayer present reading received refers Rensberger 1997 revealed righteous Schlatter 1950 Schnackenburg 1992 sense sins Sloyan son of Zebedee Spirit Strecker subjunctive teaching Testament testimony theological Thess things translation true truth uncials verb verses Vulgate witnesses word ἐν καὶ