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1, 2, & 3 John Bible Study Is Now Available

What does it truly mean to live a life of love? He was the disciple Jesus loved, the eyewitness to the resurrection, and the apostle of love itself. In his three powerful letters—1, 2, & 3 John—the Apostle John cuts through the noise of the world to deliver the most essential truths of the Christian […]

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Letters of John Bible Study Contents

Complete Lesson List from 1, 2, and 3 John Bible Study The entire letters of John Bible study contents are now available for you or your small group, Sunday school, or classroom. It’s available to you at no cost. Ideal for weekly gatherings, daily devotionals, or independent study. Go through the whole study or pick […]

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A Note to Gaius

John’s Third Letter John’s letter to Gaius is a short one. It’s a warm note, full of encouragement and affirmation. John also reinforces some teachings with Gaius. The Bible preserves this letter for us to read in 3 John.  This is likely the same Gaius grabbed by the riotous crowd in Ephesus. He, along with Aristarchus, […]

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Wicked Work

2 John Bible Study, Day 35 Today’s passage: 2 John 1:10–13 Focus verse: Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work. (2 John 1:11) Building upon his instruction about the deceivers—the antichrists—John warns the chosen lady to not welcome anyone who holds to their teaching and to not show them hospitality. If she does, she aligns […]

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Beware the Deceivers

2 John Bible Study, Day 34 Today’s passage: 2 John 1:7–9 Focus verse: Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. (2 John 1:8) John moves from his encouragement to walk in love to a warning about being on alert for deceivers, whom he calls antichrists […]

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Walk in Love

2 John Bible Study, Day 33 Today’s passage: 2 John 1:5–6 Focus verse: As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. (2 John 1:6) In John’s second letter, he continues to repeat themes from his first one. He tells the lady chosen by God the same things he writes to […]

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Walk in the Truth

2 John Bible Study, Day 32 Today’s passage: 2 John 1:4 Focus verse: It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth. (2 John 1:4) Truth is a recurring theme in John’s writing. He addresses it in twenty-three verses in his biography of Jesus, the gospel of John. The word […]

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Grace, Mercy, and Peace

2 John Bible Study, Day 31 Today’s passage: 2 John 1:1–3 Focus verse: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love. (2 John 1:3) John opens his letter calling himself simply “the elder.” Though he could have used more prestigious labels, such […]

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The Apostle John’s Three Epistles

Bible Study Introduction: John’s Letters The apostle John (not to be confused with John the Baptist) is one of Jesus’s twelve disciples and part of Jesus’s inner circle, along with his older brother James and his friend Peter. But there’s more. In his biography of Jesus, John refers to himself as the disciple Jesus loved.  […]