1-3 John: A 12-Week Study

ISBN-13: 9781433554896

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Crossway

Publication Date: 10-31-2018

Pages: 96

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.24(d)

Series: Knowing the Bible

Michael LeFebvre (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is an ordained Presbyterian minister and an Old Testament scholar. He is also a fellow with the Center for Pastor Theologians. Michael and his wife, Heather, have five children and live in Indianapolis, Indiana.J. I. Packer (1926–2020) served as the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College. He authored numerous books, including the classic bestseller Knowing God. Packer also served as general editor for the English Standard Version Bible and as theological editor for the ESV Study Bible.Dane C. Ortlund (PhD, Wheaton College) serves as senior pastor of Naperville Presbyterian Church in Naperville, Illinois. He is the author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers and Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners. Dane and his wife, Stacey, have five children.Lane T. Dennis (PhD, Northwestern University) is the former president and CEO of Crossway. Before joining Crossway in 1974, he served as a pastor in campus ministry at the University of Michigan (Sault Ste. Marie) and as the managing director of Verlag Grosse Freude in Switzerland. He is the author and/or editor of three books, including the Gold Medallion-award-winning book Letters of Francis A. Schaeffer, and he is the former chairman of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Dennis serves as the chairman of the ESV (English Standard Version) Bible Translation Oversight Committee and as the executive editor of the ESV Study Bible. Lane and his wife, Ebeth, live in Wheaton, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Series Preface J. I. Packer Lane T. Dennis 6

Week 1 Overview 7

Week 2 This Is the Message (1 John 1:1-2:11) 13

Week 3 Do Not Love the World (1 John 2:12-17) 21

Week 4 Abide in Him (1 John 2:18-3:10) 29

Week 5 Love One Another (1 John 3:11-4:6) 37

Week 6 Love One Another, Continued (1 John 4:7-21) 45

Week 7 Children of God (1 John 5:1-12) 51

Week 8 That You May Know (1 John 5:13-21) 59

Week 9 Cover Letter to the Congregation, Part 1 (2 John 1-6) 67

Week 10 Cover Letter to the Congregation, Part 2 (2 John 7-13) 75

Week 11 Cover Letter to the Pastor (3 John 1-15) 81

Week 12 Summary and Conclusion 89