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The theme of the book is love and fellowship with God. This is demonstrated in part by one of its more well-known verses, 1:9 ("If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.") | The theme of the book is love and fellowship with God. This is demonstrated in part by one of its more well-known verses, 1:9 ("If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.") | ||
| − | I John also contains one of the more controversial verses: 5:7, commonly known as the [[Comma Johanneum]] ("For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.") The verse is considered to explicitly support the doctrine of the Trinity. | + | I John also contains one of the more controversial verses: 5:7, commonly known as the [[Comma Johanneum]] ("For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.") The verse is considered to explicitly support the doctrine of the Trinity. Modern scholarship has questioned whether it was in the originals or if it was a later addition. However, David Cloud of Way of Life Literature (a proponent of the [[King James only]] movement, though not a radical one) wrote a defense of the Comma at his website.<ref>https://www.wayoflife.org/reports/a-defense-of-1-john.php</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:42, February 26, 2018
I John is a book in the New Testament.
The author identifies himself as John, historically considered to be the Apostle John, who also wrote the Gospel of John along with II John, III John] and the Book of Revelation. Liberal theologians disagree, conceding only that all three epistles were likely written by the same person.
The theme of the book is love and fellowship with God. This is demonstrated in part by one of its more well-known verses, 1:9 ("If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.")
I John also contains one of the more controversial verses: 5:7, commonly known as the Comma Johanneum ("For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.") The verse is considered to explicitly support the doctrine of the Trinity. Modern scholarship has questioned whether it was in the originals or if it was a later addition. However, David Cloud of Way of Life Literature (a proponent of the King James only movement, though not a radical one) wrote a defense of the Comma at his website.[1]
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