John’s Letters Bible Study Resources

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Study questions, maps, charts, key words, history, background, outlines, and links to help you study John’s first epistle.

Part of the series: 1 John: Discerning the True Gospel

1 John Bible Study

• Listen to the MP3s
• 1John Study Guide
• 1-3John NASB Study Text
• 1John At a Glance
• Purpose of 2 & 3 John

Background & Outlines

• Early Church Heresies
• Map of NT Churches
• Chronology of Paul
• Blue Letter Bible: Chronology of Acts/Epistles
• Blue Letter Bible: Outline of James
• Ray C. Stedman: Overview of the Book
• John MacArthur: Author, Date, Background

Bible Study Tools

• Bible Study 101
• Interpreting Epistles
• Study Software & websites
• More Maps & Charts
• Greek Word Studies by Precepts Austin
• Books on how to study the Bible

Maps from Bible-History.com

• Israel in NT Times
• Kingdom of Herod the Great
• Herod’s Kingdom Divided
• New Testament Cities
• Apostles’ Journeys

Maps from Studylight.org

• The Kingdom of Herod Agrippa I
• The Kingdom of Agrippa II
• Pentecost and the Jewish Diaspora
• Expansion of the Early Church in Palestine

Key Words in 1John

Occurrences are based on New American Standard Text.  “4x/3v” means the word appears 4 times in 3 verses. “3x” means the word appears 3 times in 3 verses.

• know (36x/29v) – Strong’s G1097 in 2:3, 2:4, 2:13, 2:14, 2:18, 2:29, 3:1 , 3:16, 3:19, 3:24, 4:2, 4:6, 4:8, 5:2, 5:20; Strong’s G3609a in 2:11, 2:20, 2:21, 2:29, 3:2, 3:5, 3:15, 5:13, 5:15, 5:18. 5:19, 5:20
  
• love (36x/24v) – Strong’s G26 in 2:5, 2:15, 3:1, 3:16, 3:17, 4:7, 4:8, 4:9, 4:10, 4:12. 4:16, 4:17, 4:18, 5:3   ; Strong’s G25 in 2:15, 3:10, 3:11, 3:14, 3:18, 3:23, 4:7, 4:8, 4:11, 4:12, 4:19, 4:20, 4:21, 5:2
• loved (4x/3v) – Strong’s G25 in 4:10, 4:11, 4:19
• abides – (15x/12v) – Strong’s G3306 in 2:6, 2:19, 2:14, 2:24, 2:27, 3:6, 3:9, 3:15, 3:24, 4:12, 4:15, 4:16; abide (6x/5v) – Strong’s G3306 in 2:24, 2:27, 2:28, 3:17, 4:13
• fellowship (4x/3v) – Strong’s G2842 in 1:3, 1:6, 1:7
  
• sin (14x/9v) – Strong’s G266 in 1;7, 1;8, 3:4, 3:8, 3:9, 5:16, 5:17; Strong’s G264 in 2:1, 3:9
• born (9x/6v) [of God/Him] – Strong’s G1080 in 2:29, 3:9, 4:7, 5:1, 5:4, 5:18
• truth (9x/8v) – Strong’s G225 in 1:6, 1:8, 2:4, 2:21, 3:18, 3:19, 4:6, 5:6; true (6x/3v) – Strong’s G227 in 2:8, 2:27, 5:20
• light (6x/5v) – Strong’s G5457 in 1:5, 1:7, 2:8, 2:9, 2:10

Key Words in 2John

• abides (2x) – Strong’s G 3306 in 1″2, 1:9; abide (1x) – Strong’s G3306 in 1:9
• Truth, love, commandment (s), teaching, walk, deceivers

Key Words in 3John

• Truth, witness, good, evil

Commentary Recommendations

• Top 5 Commentaries on the Epistles of John – Ligonier,org
• Commentary Reviews: John’s letters
• Calvin’s Commentary on the Bible: 1 John
• Albert Barnes Notes on the Whole Bible: 1 John
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible: 1 John
• Alfords Exegetical Commentary -1John
• Geneva Study Bible: 1 John
• Reformation Study Bible Notes- 1 John
• Precept Austin Commentaries & Sermons: 1John

• Albert Barnes Notes on the Whole Bible: 2 John
• Alfords Exegetical Commentary -2John
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible: 2 John
• Geneva Study Bible: 2 John
• Reformation Study Bible Notes- 2 John
• Precept Austin Commentaries & Sermons: 2John

• Albert Barnes Notes on the Whole Bible: 3 John
• Alfords Exegetical Commentary -3John
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible: 3 John
• Geneva Study Bible: 3 John
• Reformation Study Bible Notes- 3 John
• Precept Austin Commentaries & Sermons: 3John

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Letters