3 John
The Third Epistle of John, usually referred to simply as Third
John and often written 3 John, is a book of the New Testament
attributed to John the Evangelist, traditionally thought to be
the author of the Gospel of John and the other two epistles of
John. This Epistle is the shortest book in the Bible.
Indications within the letter suggest a ...
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LITERATURE Among the 7 New Testament epistles which from
ancient times have been called "catholic" (universal) there
is a smaller group of three in which the style alike of
thought and language points to a common authorship, and
which are traditionally associated with the name of the
apostle John. Of these, again, the first differs widely from...
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IV. Canonicity and Authorship. 1. Traditional View: As to
the reception of the Epistle in the church, it is needless
to cite any later witness than Eusebius (circa 325), who
classes it among the books (homologoumena) whose canonical
rank was undisputed. It is quoted by Dionysius, bishop of
Alexandria (247-265), by the Muratorian Canon, Cyprian...
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The third epistle is addressed to Caius or Gaius. He was
probably a convert of St. John, Epist. 3Jo 1:4 and a layman of
wealth and distinction, Epits. 3Jo 1:5 in some city near
Ephesus. The object of St. John in writing the second epistle
was to warn the lady to whom he wrote against abetting the
teaching known as that of Basilides and his fol...
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is addressed to Caius, or Gaius, but whether to the Christian
of
that name in Macedonia (Acts 19: 29) or in Corinth
(Rom. 16:23)
or in Derbe (Acts 20:4) is uncertain. It was written
for the
purpose of commending to Gaius some Christians who
were
strangers in the place where he lived, and who had
gone thither
for the purpose of preaching t...
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