The 1-3 John Expository Preaching Kit (S) helps you plan an expositional sermon series with a trifecta of core resources in each of the Expository Preaching Kits: commentaries, Bible dictionaries, and sermon outlines. Each kit includes commentaries from Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) and the Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible (POSB), as well as reference resources like The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies, Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments, and Carta's New Century Handbook and Atlas of the Bible . The 1-3 John Expository Preaching Kit (S) also includes The Epistles of James and John (New International Commentary on the New Testament | NICNT), Apostasy in the New Testament Communities, Volume 1: In the Footsteps of Judas and Other Defectors: The Gospels, Acts, and Johannine Letters, I & II Peter, I, II & III John, Jude (Holman New Testament Commentary | HNTC), and more.
Best Resources on 1 John
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In this letter, John speaks against false teachers who questioned Jesus’ divine and human nature. His response is loud and clear: Jesus is fully God and fully man. This is not some obscure theological debate; John knows that if his readers get this teaching wrong, everything else falls apart. Because Jesus became human, he was a true sacrifice for sins. Because God is light, believers can walk in the light. Because God is love, believers know what love looks like and can respond in love.
—Faithlife Study Bible, Lexham Press
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Everything You Need to Study & Teach 1 John
Expository Preaching Kits are curated resources all focused on helping you teach a single book of the Bible—keeping you prepared without weighing you down.
The 1-3 John Expository Preaching Kit (M) helps you plan an expositional sermon series with a trifecta of core resources in each of the Expository Preaching Kits: commentaries, Bible dictionaries, and sermon outlines. Each kit includes commentaries from Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) and the Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible (POSB), as well as reference resources like The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies, Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments, and Carta's New Century Handbook and Atlas of the Bible . This kit includes everything in 1-3 John Expository Preaching Kit (S) plus resources like 1,2,3 John (Mentor Expository Commentary | MEC), 1, 2 & 3 John (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary | SHBC), Letters for the Church: Reading James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude as Canon, and more.
The 1-3 John Expository Preaching Kit (L) helps you plan an expositional sermon series with a trifecta of core resources in each of the Expository Preaching Kits: commentaries, Bible dictionaries, and sermon outlines. Each kit includes commentaries from Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) and the Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible (POSB), as well as reference resources like The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies, Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments, and Carta's New Century Handbook and Atlas of the Bible . This kit includes everything in 1-3 John Expository Preaching Kit (M) plus additional resources like The Epistles of John (The New International Commentary on the New Testament | NICNT), Practical Illustrations: 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Augustine's Homilies on the First Epistle of John, and more.
Best Commentaries on 1 John
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The Letters of John (Pillar New Testament Commentary | PNTC)
By: Colin G. Kruse
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This Pillar commentary seeks to clearly explain the meaning of John’s letters to teachers, pastors, and general readers looking for a reliable resource for personal study. Colin Kruse introduces the important issues involved in interpreting the Johannine letters, gives verse-by-verse comments, and provides extensive discussion of John’s major theological themes, including the real humanity of Christ, atonement, the role of the Spirit, Christian assurance, the meaning of koinonia, Christian love, and eternal life.
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"John evidently loves the people committed to his care," says John Stott in the preface to this commentary on 1, 2 and 3 John. "They are his 'dear children,' his 'dear friends.' He longs to protect them from both error and evil and to see them firmly established in faith, love and holiness. He has no new doctrine for them. On the contrary, he appeals to them to remember what they already know, have and are. He warns them against deviating from this and urges them to remain loyal to it. Whenever innovators trouble the church, and ridicule whatever is old or traditional, we need to hear and heed John's exhortation, to continue in what we have learned and received, and to let it continue in us."
The Epistles of John (The New International Commentary on the New Testament | NICNT)
By: I. Howard Marshall
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The three Epistles of John, according to I. Howard Marshall, are concerned with the fundamentals of Christian belief and life—faith and love. The reader who grasps the message of these short but essential letters will have a sound basis in Christian doctrine. This group of Epistles, says Marshall, is also a good starting point for the study of the Gospel of John. This important commentary was written not only so that students of the Bible might master the content of John’s Epistles, but that they might come to a proper understanding of Johannine theology as a whole.
1, 2, 3 John (Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 51 | WBC)
By: Stephen S. Smalley
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Volume 51 in the acclaimed Word Biblical Commentary series. The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structu...
Epistles of John (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentary | AYBC)
By: Raymond Edward Brown
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With this study—companion to the masterful two volume The Gospel According to John—Raymond E. Brown completed his trilogy on the Johannine corpus. Meticulous in detail, exhaustive in analysis, persuasive in argument, it examines controversies that have long troubled both biblical scholars and lay readers. Questions of authorship, composition, and dating, as well as the debate over source theories, are discussed at length; but these are kept subordinate to the overall question of meaning.
Best Books on 1 John
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The Johannine Epistles (Sheffield New Testament Guides)
By: Ruth Edwards
The three epistles of John occupy only five or six pages of an English Bible, yet they are among the most intriguing writings of the New Testament. Were they written by one person or more? In what sort of community did they originate, and what situation are they addressing? What is the background to their thought? How do they relate to the Gospel of John? What is their theological message, and does it have any relevance to the modern world? These are some of the issues considered in this insightful guide to the Johannine Epistles.
Johannine Perspectives
By: J. A. du Rand
Johannine Perspectives provides the reader with a balanced and comprehensive introduction to the five New Testament writings attributed to John. The distinguishing feature of the book is that it guides students, pastors, and other interested readers through the maze posed by all five books of the Jo...
The Johannine Epistles
By: C. H. Dodd
C. H. Dodd’s commentary on John’s three epistles places emphasis on the relationship between the epistles and John’s Gospel, and how the epistles can inform our study of the fourth Gospel.
The Johannine Writings (Sheffield Reader Series)
By: Stanley E. Porter, Craig A. Evans
The Johannine Writings is a collection of scholarly articles from the first 50 issues of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament, all centered on John's letters.
Gospel of Glory: Major Themes in Johannine Theology
By: Richard Bauckham
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Throughout Christian history, the Gospel of John’s distinctive way of presenting the life, works, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus have earned it labels such as “the spiritual Gospel” and “the maverick Gospel.” In this volume, leading biblical scholar Richard Bauckham illuminates main theological themes in the Gospel of John, providing insightful analysis of key texts.
Best Courses on 1 John
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This course covers the seven biblical letters known as the Catholic Epistles. After an overview of the Catholic Epistles in general, students will explore issues such as authorship and audience in James, as well as themes such as perfection/wholeness, faith, works and justification. First and Second Peter are covered next with a focus on submission, suffering and responding to false teachers. The course concludes with a look at Jude the letters of John.
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Dr. Witherington packed the last three decades of his research on Johannine literature into this course, designed specifically for Mobile Ed. Read the Johannine literature as you never have before—through the lens of Jewish wisdom literature—and deepen your understanding of God’s Word.
Mobile Ed: NT222 Introducing the Epistles and Revelation: Their Setting and Message (12 hour course)
This course explores the books of Romans through Revelation with particular attention to their historical setting and culture. In addition to providing an overview of each book, topics such as authorship, audience, theology, major themes, presenting problems and pastoral strategies are discussed in depth.
Develop a new level of competency in interpreting the New Testament with Dr. William Klein’s guidance and insight on New Testament genres. Learn how to interpret the different genres found in the New Testament epistles. Distinguish which events in Acts are meant to be descriptive, describing what happened, and which are meant to be prescriptive, instructing on how to live. Discover how the book of Revelation combines three genres, and how this affects its interpretation.