The Epistles of John :  translated, with introduction, notes, and commentary / 
by Raymond E. Brown. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Garden City, N.Y. :  Doubleday,  1982. 
 - xxviii, 812 pages ;  25 cm. 
 - The Anchor Bible ;  v. 30 .
 - Bible.  1964 ;  English.  Anchor Bible.  v. 30. .
<br/><br/> Includes indexes. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 786-787). 
<br/><br/>Information from tradition -- Designation as Catholic Epistles and Epistles of John -- Attitudes toward these epistles in the first five centuries -- Problems of Johannine authorship -- Did the same author write all three epistles? -- Did the same author write the fourth Gospel and the epistles? -- In what sequence were the Gospel and the epistles written? -- Source theories for the origin of I John -- The German theory of an antithetical-statement source -- Other source theories -- Origin of I and II John belong in a struggle with adversaries -- Which views in I and II John belong to the adversaries -- Resconstructed portrait of the adversaries -- The theory adopted in this commentary -- Brief statement of theory -- The secessionists' relation to the fourth Gospel -- The epistolary author's relation to the fourth Gospel -- The aftermath -- Structure and text -- The structure of I John -- The text of the epistles -- General bibliography for the Johannine Epistles -- Bibliographies; surveys -- Commentaries or general analyses -- Epistolary theology -- Authorship issues -- Source theories -- Life and setting of the community -- Structure of I John -- Text -- Miscellaneous works cited in this commentary -- The First Epistle of John -- The prologue (1:1-4) -- The Gospel of God as Light; three boasts and three opposite hypotheses (1:5--2:2) -- Three claims of intimate knowledge of God to be tested by behavior (2:3-11) -- Admonitions to believers: having conquered the evil one, they must resist the world (2:12-17) -- Warning against the secessionists as antichrists who deny the Son and the Father (2:18-27) -- God's children versus the devil's children (2:28--3:10) -- The Gospel of loving one another (3:11-24) -- The spirits of truth and deceit, and their respective adherents (4:1-6) -- Loving one another as a way of abiding in and loving God (4:7--5:4a) -- Faith as conqueror of the world and the role of testimony (5:4b-12) -- The conclusion (5:13-21) -- The Second Epistle of John -- The Third Epistle of John. 
<br/><br/> A lengthy introduction which discusses the authorship of the Epistles of John, their relationship to the Fourth Gospel, and what they demononstrate about the followers of John, precedes a detailed commentary on the text of the Epistles themselves. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0385056869 9780385056861 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>81043380  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>(AMICUS)000002802339 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Epistles of John--Commentaries.<br/>Bible., N.T., Epistles of John - Commentaries.<br/>Bible.--New Testament.--Epītres de Jean--Commentaires.<br/>Bible.--Epistles of John.<br/>Bibel 1.  3 --Johannesbrief
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Brieven van Johannes (bijbelboeken)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Reference works.<br/>Commentaries.<br/>Reference works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS192.2.A1 1964  BS2803  / .G3 vol. 30 BS2805.3  / .B76 1982 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>227/.94077