3 John
Author: John
See Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius; Book 6, Chapter 25, Verse 10.
Date: Unknown, nineties at the latest
Language: Greek
Place: Unknown, probably Ephesus
See Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius; Book 4, Chapter 14 and
Book 3, Chapter 31.
Purpose: Encouragement to do what is good.
What kind of book?: Letter to his friend Gaius
Reflection: "Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good"(3 John 11 NIV).
How do you "imitate" what is good. By having your heart changed so that it really is good.
Hunter Irvine