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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
1 John 1:9	1
1 John 4:8	1
First Letter of John	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian scripture ⓘ New Testament epistle ⓘ biblical text ⓘ book of the New Testament ⓘ
addresses	early Christian communities ⓘ
attributedTo	Apostle John ⓘ surface form: John the Apostle
audience	Christians in Asia Minor ⓘ
canonicalIn	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ surface form: Church of the East Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox churches Protestant churches ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Gospel of John ⓘ Second Epistle of John ⓘ Third Epistle of John ⓘ
containsVerse	First Epistle of John self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1 John 1:9 First Epistle of John self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1 John 4:8 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	Apostle John ⓘ surface form: John the Apostle
warnsAgainst	antichrists ⓘ denial of the incarnation ⓘ false teachers ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Saint John → associatedWith → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Deus Caritas Est → biblicalMottoSource → First Epistle of John ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Letter of John

New Testament → contains → First Epistle of John ⓘ

First Epistle of John → containsVerse → First Epistle of John self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1 John 1:9

First Epistle of John → containsVerse → First Epistle of John self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1 John 4:8

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

Catholic Epistles → hasPart → First Epistle of John ⓘ

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

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

Johannine community → textualCorpus → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Apostle John → traditionalAuthorOf → First Epistle of John ⓘ

Saint John → traditionalAuthorOf → First Epistle of John ⓘ