1 John

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1 John is a New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to the Apostle John, emphasizing themes of love, truth, and assurance of salvation within early Christian communities.

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Label Occurrences
1 John canonical 5

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic epistle ⓘ
New Testament epistle ⓘ
book of the Bible ⓘ
addressesCommunity early Christian communities ⓘ
approximateDateProposedByScholars late first century CE ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical scripture ⓘ
centralTheme Christology ⓘ
assurance of salvation ⓘ
community life ⓘ
discernment of spirits ⓘ
fellowship with God ⓘ
love ⓘ
obedience ⓘ
righteous living ⓘ
truth ⓘ
containsFamousVerse 1 John 1:9 ⓘ
1 John 3:1 ⓘ
1 John 4:18 ⓘ
1 John 4:7 ⓘ
1 John 4:8 ⓘ
1 John 5:13 ⓘ
emphasizesConcept God is light ⓘ
God is love ⓘ
confession of sin ⓘ
keeping God’s commandments ⓘ
love for fellow believers ⓘ
genre epistle ⓘ
pastoral letter ⓘ
includedInCanonOf Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Protestant churches ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
language Koine Greek ⓘ
originalAudience Christians in the Johannine community ⓘ
partOf Christian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible

New Testament ⓘ
positionInNewTestament near the end of the New Testament ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
sharesAuthorshipTraditionWith 2 John ⓘ
3 John ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ
teachesAbout abiding in Christ ⓘ
assurance of eternal life ⓘ
forgiveness of sins ⓘ
the anointing from the Holy One ⓘ
textualTradition Greek New Testament manuscripts ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Apostle John ⓘ
John the Evangelist ⓘ
linked to: Apostle John
warnsAgainst antichrists ⓘ
denial of the incarnation ⓘ
false teachers ⓘ

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