General Resources for 1 John
(Check the Scripture Index
for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- 1 John, at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- First Epistle of John, Authorship of the Johannine Works, Wikipedia.
- Introduction to the Book of 1 John, New American Bible.
- Johannine Letters: Introduction and Outline by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context.
- The World Wide Study Bible on the Book of 1 John.
- The Catholic Encyclopedia: Epistles of Saint John.
- Bible Basics (1 John) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- Walking Through the Bible: 1 John.
- Biblenotes summary: 1 John.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
- 1 John, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- 1 John, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- 1 John, John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament.
- 1 John, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- 1 John, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- 1 John, People's New Testament, 1891.
- The Tests of Life, a Study of the First Epistle of St John, Robert Law, 1913.
- 1 John, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- 1 John, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
- 1 John, Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament.
- "The Letter of 1 John: Comfort and Counsel for a Church in Crisis," by Hall Harris at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- First Letter of John, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- 1 John, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Free Bible Commentary, John and 1, 2, and 3 John Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Pakala, James C., "A Librarian's Comments on Commentaries:
1 John, 2 John, 3 John," Presbyterion, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Resnberger, David,
"Conflict and Community in the Johannine Letters," Interpretation,
2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Van Der Watt, J.G.,
"Ethics in First John: A Literary and Socioscientific Perspective," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Yarid, Jay R., Jr.,
"Reflections of the Upper Room Discourse in 1 John," Bibliotheca Sacra,
2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Pakala, James C., "A Librarian's Comments on Commentaries:
1 John, 2 John, 3 John," Presbyterion, 2007.
- The Text This Week's Study Resources for the General Epistles and Revelation.
