Commentary on Revelation

80 Smalley, 1,2,3 John, Word Biblical Commentary (Waco, TX: Word, 1984). 81 Ibid., 15. Others such as Brown (The Epistles of John, 632) see the same histor-ical situation, but still find in 1 John 5:13 the dominant purpose and see the epistle . as focusing on issues of eternal life rather than fellowship. 82 Smalley, 1,2,3 John, 12-13, 289-91. ................
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