Contents Include The Johannine Epistles in the Early Church Background and Settings of the First Epistle Character and Contents of the First Epistle Relation of the First Epistle of the Fourth Gospel Character and Contents of the Second and Third Epistles Place, Date and Authorship of the Johnannine Epistles COMMENTARY THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN Exordium: Theme and Purpose of the Epistle What is Christianity? Life in the Family of God The Certainty of the Faith Postcript THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN Epistolary Introduction The Christian Life False Teachers and How to Treat them Epistolery Conclusion THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN Epistolary Introduction Gaius and the Travelling Missionaries The Recalcitrance of Diotrephes A Testimonial for Demetrius Epistolary Conclusio