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• John

  John was one of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus, the son of Zebedee and the brother of James. He has traditionally been regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, the Epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation.

• John the Baptist

  John the Baptist was a Jewish prophet who preceded Jesus Christ, calling people to repentance and baptizing in the Jordan River. The New Testament presents him as the one who prepared the way for the Messiah.

• Andrew

  One of the twelve disciples of Jesus, the brother of Simon Peter and a fisherman from Galilee. The Gospel of John portrays him as a former disciple of John the Baptist who followed Jesus and brought Peter to Him.

• 3 John 1:3–4

  Third John 1:3–4 is the passage in which the elder rejoices at hearing that Gaius walks "in the truth" and declares, "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth." Because it speaks of the unity of faith and life, it is frequently cited in pastoral ministry and in the Christian nurture of children.

• 2 John 1:6

  Second John 1:6 states that love consists in walking according to God's commandments, and that the commandment is to walk in love, as the readers have heard from the beginning. The verse is frequently cited for defining love and obedience in terms of each other.

• Revelation 21:12–14

  A vision in which the names of the twelve tribes of Israel are written on the twelve gates of the New Jerusalem and the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb on its twelve foundations. The passage is frequently discussed for what it reveals about the relationship between the Old Testament people of God and the New Testament church.

• Sadducees

  The Sadducees were a Jewish sect of the New Testament era centered on the high-priestly families and the aristocracy of the Jerusalem temple. Because they rejected the resurrection, angels, and spirits, they came into conflict with Jesus and the apostles.

• Apollos

  Apollos was a first-century Christian teacher who appears in the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Epistles of the New Testament. A Jew from Alexandria, he was eloquent and well versed in the Scriptures, and he ministered in Ephesus and Corinth.

• Annas

  Annas was a former Jewish high priest in the time of Jesus and the father-in-law of Caiaphas. He was the first person before whom Jesus was brought after his arrest, and he also appears at the interrogation of the apostles.

• Gospel of John

  The Gospel of John is the fourth book of the New Testament and the last of the four Gospels. It presents Jesus as the Son of God and the Word made flesh, and it consists of twenty-one chapters.

• Domitian

  Domitian (51–96) was a Roman emperor of the first century. In Christian tradition he is known as the emperor who exiled the apostle John to the island of Patmos and persecuted Christians.

• Simony

  Simony is the buying or selling of spiritual things, such as church offices or sacraments, for money or material goods. The term derives from Simon the sorcerer in the Acts of the Apostles.

• James (Son of Zebedee)

  James, the son of Zebedee, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus and the brother of the apostle John. According to the Book of Acts, he was killed with the sword by King Herod, and he is the only one of the Twelve whose martyrdom is recorded in Scripture.

• 1 John 2:1–2

  A passage expressing the hope that believers will not sin, while declaring that if they do sin, Jesus Christ the righteous is their "advocate" with the Father and the "propitiation" for their sins. It is frequently cited as a basis for the forgiveness of sins and stands at the center of debates over the extent of the atonement and the meaning of "propitiation."

• 1 John 2:19

  First John 2:19 addresses the departure from the community of those called "antichrists," stating that their leaving revealed that they had never been "of us." The verse is frequently cited in debates over the perseverance of the saints and the possibility of apostasy.

• 1 John 5:21

  1 John 5:21 is the final verse of the First Epistle of John, in which the author addresses his readers as "little children" and urges them to keep themselves from idols. Because the letter ends abruptly, with no apparent direct connection to what precedes it, interpreters differ over what the "idols" refer to.

• 1 John 3:2

  This verse states that believers are already children of God and that, when he appears, they will be like him and will see him as he is. It is frequently cited as a key text on the final transformation of the saints and on the "vision of God."

• 1 John 4:16

  First John 4:16 confesses that believers have known and believed the love of God, declares that "God is love," and teaches that God and the one who dwells in love dwell in each other. It is widely quoted as a concise summary of the character of God.

• 1 John 1:7–10

  A passage teaching that even those who have fellowship with God deceive themselves if they say they have no sin, and that if they confess their sins, God forgives and cleanses them. It is frequently cited in discussions of repentance and of sin in the life of the believer.

• 1 John 4:20–21

  This passage declares that anyone who claims to love God while hating his brother is a liar, showing that love for God and love for one's brother cannot be separated. It is frequently cited as a key text for measuring the genuineness of faith by the practice of love.