1, 2, and 3 John: The Apostle and Writer

John's sentence structure is simple, like Paul's.

False

1 John

Fellowship with God is life, light, and love

In John's Gospel, Jesus is portrayed as the:

Good shepherd and Son of God

What evidence is there in John's writings that he was no longer the proud man he had been when Jesus called him?

In his writings over time, John expressed a low opinion of himself that was slowly getting lower. At one point he compared himself to the lowliest of sinners.

From 1 John we learn that fellowship with God is in:

Light, life, and love

Successor

One who takes the place another has left

What was one of the ways Jesus used to bring about a transformation in John?

Rebuked John in love.

John founded and pastored the seven churches of Asia Minor mentioned in the book of ________.

Revelation

A method of restating the same thing differently a second time is known as ________.

parallelism

What did Jesus ask John to do that would indicate He had great confidence in John's character and the change that had taken place in him?

At His crucifixion, Jesus entrusted His mother to John's care and asked him to be a son to her.

3 John

Christian hospitality

Parallelism

Close resemblance or similarity

Unique

Different from all others; unusual

2 John

Encouragement in truth and love

John's first Epistle was addressed to the elect lady.

False

John's second Epistle was sent to Diotrephes.

False

Pervade

To be abundant or spread throughout

Found

To lay the basis of or establish

Discern

To see or understand the difference; to make a distinction

Pastor

To shepherd; to care for

John's writing style included Hebrew parallelism.

True

John's writing style was quite repetitious.

True

The third Epistle of John was addressed to Gaius.

True

Later in his life John became known as the Apostle of ________ because it was the theme of his life and teachings.

love

After he was changed, John referred to himself as the disciple whom Jesus ________.

loved