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A free downloadable guide to 1 John exploring the tests of genuine faith: doctrinal, moral, and social.
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--- Author: The Apostle John, who also wrote the Gospel of John and Revelation Date: ~AD 85-95 Audience: Churches in the region around Ephesus, facing a crisis about false teaching Background: A group had split off from John's churches 2:19: "They went out from us, but they were not of us". These former members appear to have held early forms of Gnostic teaching: that the material world is evil, that the truly spiritual person is beyond ordinary moral categories, and that Jesus did not truly com...
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