The Epistle of 1 John - Free Sunday School Lessons

List the evidences for determining who wrote it. Early Christian writers say it was John, the writer was an eye-witness of Jesus, there are parallels between 1 John and the book of John, the book has a tone of apostolic authority, the phrase “my little children” suits the apostle John. (Estes) Which came first—the gospel of John or 1 John? ................
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