https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8qu1Lhs_NY&feature=youtu.be Authorship The author of 1 John claims to be an eyewitness of Christ (1 John 1:1–3) Emphasizes his sensory perception of Jesus, “the Word of life” Testifies to what was physically revealed to the apostles Unfortunately, Johannine authorship and the author’s claim to eyewitness testimony has come under attack from modern scholars Many suggest …
The First Test: 1st John 2:3
VERSE 3: The First Test This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commands. The proof that someone knows the Word of Life, who was from the beginning, whom John heard, saw, and touched, and who he is now proclaiming in this apostolic epistle is that they keep the commands …
