Third Epistle of John

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Catholic epistle New Testament epistle biblical book canonical scripture

The Third Epistle of John is a brief New Testament letter traditionally attributed to the Apostle John, addressing issues of hospitality, church leadership, and support for traveling Christian missionaries.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic epistle ⓘ New Testament epistle ⓘ biblical book ⓘ canonical scripture ⓘ
attributedAuthor	Apostle John ⓘ surface form: John the Apostle
canonicalOrder	27th book in many Protestant New Testament orders ⓘ
canonicalStatus	universally accepted in mainstream Christian canons ⓘ
closingFormula	Peace be to you ⓘ
criticizes	Diotrephes ⓘ
dateOfComposition	late 1st century ⓘ
exhorts	support for faithful Christian teachers ⓘ
focus	practical church matters ⓘ treatment of itinerant Christian workers ⓘ
genre	epistle ⓘ pastoral letter ⓘ
includedInCanonOf	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestant churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
length	one of the shortest books in the New Testament ⓘ short letter ⓘ
literaryCollection	Johannine literature ⓘ
mentionsPerson	Demetrius ⓘ Diotrephes ⓘ Gaius ⓘ
openingFormula	The elder to the beloved Gaius ⓘ
partOf	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Bible New Testament ⓘ
placeOfComposition	traditionally Ephesus ⓘ
positionInCanon	one of the Johannine epistles ⓘ
possibleAuthor	John the Revelator ⓘ surface form: John the Elder
praises	Demetrius ⓘ Gaius ⓘ
primaryRecipient	Gaius ⓘ
relatedWork	First Epistle of John ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ Second Epistle of John ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
testament	New Testament ⓘ
theme	Christian hospitality ⓘ church leadership ⓘ conflict with domineering leaders ⓘ imitation of good ⓘ support for traveling missionaries ⓘ walking in the truth ⓘ
traditionalAuthor	Apostle John ⓘ surface form: John the Apostle
warnsAgainst	those who refuse hospitality to missionaries ⓘ

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

Saint John → associatedWith → Third Epistle of John ⓘ

First Epistle of John → closelyRelatedTo → Third Epistle of John ⓘ

New Testament → contains → Third Epistle of John ⓘ

Second Epistle of John → followedBy → Third Epistle of John ⓘ

Catholic Epistles → hasPart → Third Epistle of John ⓘ

Second Epistle of John → sharesAuthorshipTraditionWith → Third Epistle of John ⓘ

Johannine community → textualCorpus → Third Epistle of John ⓘ

Apostle John → traditionalAuthorOf → Third Epistle of John ⓘ

Saint John → traditionalAuthorOf → Third Epistle of John ⓘ