Wednesday, December 10, 2008

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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