The Eternal Word of Life

1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

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Written by John the Apostle, son of Zebedee, author of the Gospel of John. Internal evidence of similar vocabulary with the Gospel of John (

Most likley written around 90 AD. No internal evidence of date but external evidence such as Polycarp and Papias citing 1 John in their early Christian writings.

1 John is not typical of most epistle/letters in the New Testament. No intro and address of who the author is ,

Many scholars speculate that John is writing to contend with the heresy known as Gnosticism, which