First Epistle of John

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Christian scripture New Testament epistle biblical text book of the New Testament

The First Epistle of John is a New Testament letter traditionally attributed to the Apostle John that emphasizes themes of love, truth, and assurance of salvation within the early Christian community.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
First Epistle of John canonical	21
First Letter of John	2
1 John 1:9	1
1 John 4:8	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T331758 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: First Epistle of John
Context triple: [Catholic Epistles, hasPart, First Epistle of John]

A. Gospel of John
The Gospel of John is a New Testament book that presents a distinctive theological portrait of Jesus Christ, emphasizing his divine nature through signs, discourses, and the theme of belief.
B. Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of Mark is one of the four canonical New Testament gospels, presenting a fast-paced narrative of Jesus Christ’s ministry, death, and resurrection and considered by many scholars to be the earliest written gospel.
C. Gospel of Matthew
The Gospel of Matthew is a New Testament book that presents an account of Jesus Christ’s life, teachings, death, and resurrection, emphasizing his role as the Jewish Messiah and fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.
D. Letter to the Hebrews
The Letter to the Hebrews is a New Testament book that presents Jesus Christ as the ultimate high priest and perfect sacrifice, interpreting the Old Testament in light of his once-for-all redemptive work.
E. Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of Luke is a New Testament book that presents a detailed narrative of Jesus Christ’s life, teachings, death, and resurrection, emphasizing his compassion, concern for the marginalized, and the universality of salvation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: First Epistle of John
Target entity description: The First Epistle of John is a New Testament letter traditionally attributed to the Apostle John that emphasizes themes of love, truth, and assurance of salvation within the early Christian community.

A. Gospel of John
The Gospel of John is a New Testament book that presents a distinctive theological portrait of Jesus Christ, emphasizing his divine nature through signs, discourses, and the theme of belief.
B. Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of Mark is one of the four canonical New Testament gospels, presenting a fast-paced narrative of Jesus Christ’s ministry, death, and resurrection and considered by many scholars to be the earliest written gospel.
C. Gospel of Matthew
The Gospel of Matthew is a New Testament book that presents an account of Jesus Christ’s life, teachings, death, and resurrection, emphasizing his role as the Jewish Messiah and fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.
D. Letter to the Hebrews
The Letter to the Hebrews is a New Testament book that presents Jesus Christ as the ultimate high priest and perfect sacrifice, interpreting the Old Testament in light of his once-for-all redemptive work.
E. Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of Luke is a New Testament book that presents a detailed narrative of Jesus Christ’s life, teachings, death, and resurrection, emphasizing his compassion, concern for the marginalized, and the universality of salvation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian scripture ⓘ New Testament epistle ⓘ biblical text ⓘ book of the New Testament ⓘ
addresses	early Christian communities ⓘ
attributedTo	John the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle John
audience	Christians in Asia Minor ⓘ
canonicalIn	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism Church of the East ⓘ linked to: Assyrian Church of the East Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Oriental Orthodox churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy Protestant churches ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Gospel of John ⓘ Second Epistle of John ⓘ Third Epistle of John ⓘ
containsVerse	1 John 1:9 ⓘ linked to: First Epistle of John 1 John 4:8 ⓘ linked to: First Epistle of John 1 John 5:13 ⓘ
dateProposed	late 1st century ⓘ
emphasizes	God is love ⓘ assurance of eternal life ⓘ confession of sin ⓘ ethical conduct ⓘ mutual love among believers ⓘ
focusesOn	Christology ⓘ assurance of salvation ⓘ fellowship with God ⓘ love ⓘ obedience ⓘ truth ⓘ
genre	epistle ⓘ pastoral letter ⓘ
keyTheme	abiding in Christ ⓘ overcoming the world ⓘ walking in the light ⓘ witness to the Son of God ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
openingWords	That which was from the beginning ⓘ
partOf	Catholic Epistles ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
teaches	importance of righteousness ⓘ necessity of loving one another ⓘ tests of genuine faith ⓘ
testament	New Testament ⓘ
traditionalAuthor	John the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle John
warnsAgainst	antichrists ⓘ denial of the incarnation ⓘ false teachers ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catholic Epistles → hasPart → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Apostle John → traditionalAuthorOf → First Epistle of John ⓘ

New Testament → contains → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Third Epistle of John → relatedWork → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Second Epistle of John → follows → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Second Epistle of John → sharesAuthorshipTraditionWith → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Johannine community → textualCorpus → First Epistle of John ⓘ

First Epistle of John → containsVerse → 1 John 1:9 ⓘ

linked to: First Epistle of John

First Epistle of John → containsVerse → 1 John 4:8 ⓘ

linked to: First Epistle of John

Deus Caritas Est → biblicalMottoSource → First Letter of John ⓘ

linked to: First Epistle of John

Saint John → associatedWith → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Saint John → traditionalAuthorOf → First Epistle of John ⓘ

John son of Zebedee → traditionallyCreditedWithAuthorshipOf → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Johannine literature → hasPart → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Johannine epistles → hasPart → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Antichrist → mentionedIn → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Antichrist → associatedWithBook → First Epistle of John ⓘ

God Is Love → relatedTo → First Letter of John ⓘ

linked to: First Epistle of John

Koine Greek New Testament → hasPart → First Epistle of John ⓘ

New Testament of the Dutch Statenvertaling → containsBook → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Epistles → includes → First Epistle of John ⓘ

The Community of the Beloved Disciple → analyzes → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Saint John the Divine → traditionalAuthorOf → First Epistle of John ⓘ

St John → associatedWith → First Epistle of John ⓘ

St John → traditionallyCreditedAuthorOf → First Epistle of John ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

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