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*Tell all Christians to act with goodness.

*Tell all Christians to act with goodness.

Despite liberal denial of traditional authorship, Johannine attribution is substantiated by internal evidence due to parallels in tone and writing style:

Despite the denial of traditional authorship, Johannine attribution can find some support in tone and writing style with Chapter 21 of the [[Gospel of John]] (but see [[John ending]]):

{{cquote|This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, ''and we know that his testimony is true.''|||John 21:24<ref>[https://biblehub.com/john/21-24.htm John 21:24]</ref>}}

{{cquote|This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, ''and we know that his testimony is true.''|||John 21:24<ref>[https://biblehub.com/john/21-24.htm John 21:24]</ref>}}

{{cquote|Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, ''and you know that our testimony is true.''|||3 John 12<ref>[https://biblehub.com/3_john/1-12.htm 3 John 12]</ref>}}

{{cquote|Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, ''and you know that our testimony is true.''|||3 John 12<ref>[https://biblehub.com/3_john/1-12.htm 3 John 12]</ref>}}