History Literature / EpistlesOfJohn

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: 1 John 5:16 in the Revised Standard Version and the New Revised Standard Version says that "there is a sin that is mortal" that believers should not bother to pray for, suggesting that whoever commits that kind of sin is doomed to Hell as opposed to those whose sins are not "mortal".

* PunishedForSympathy: 2 John 1:10-11 is a warning that showing hospitality to false preachers and wishing them well makes you a partaker of his deeds.

* PunishedForSympathy: 2 John 1:10-11 is a warning against showing hospitality to false preachers and wishing them well makes you a partaker of his deeds.

-->''If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.''

* WithUsOrAgainstUs: 2 John 1:10-11 is a warning to those who associate those who are not of God.
-->''"If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds."''

* ItsAllAboutMe: John warns Gaius in his third letter about Diotrephes, who wanted to have "the preeminence among us", who by his actions doesn't receive people entering the church and throws out those who are part of it.

* SacredHospitality: 2 and 3 John are quick letters from John about this subject. In 3 John he congratulates Gaius on being hospitable to traveling ministers, and promises that he's going to have words with Diotrephes for not only not receiving them, but banning others from doing so. On the flip side, 2 John warns ''against'' showing hospitality to false preachers, since doing so legitimizes their message and enables them to harm the church.

* RuleOfThree: 1st John 5:7-8 features "the three that bear witness" about Jesus Christ. In the King James Version and translations that are based on the Textus Receptus, this includes both "the Heavenly Witnesses" (The Father, The Word, and The Holy Spirit) and "the Earthly Witnesses" (the Spirit, the water, and the blood), while most other translations [[DirectorsCut feature only "the Earthly Witnesses".]]

* RuleOfThree: 1st John 5:7-8 features "the three that bear witness" about Jesus Christ. In the King James Version and translations that are based on the Textus Receptus, this includes both "the Heavenly Witnesses" (The Father, The Word, and The Holy Spirit) and "the Earthly Witnesses" (the Spirit, the water, and the blood), while most other translations [[DirectorsCut feature only "the Earthly Witnesses".]]
* SinisterMinister: From 1st John 4:1-6 as a warning:
-->''Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and is already in the world. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world, and therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are of God, and whoever knows God listens to us. Whoever is not of God does not listen to us. This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.''

* TheAntichrist: John in his first epistle warns not only about the Antichrist that is supposed to come, but also that there are many antichrists that have come, which is a sign that "this is the last hour". In his second epistle, he says that those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is a deceiver and an antichrist.

* {{Greed}}: John warns about this in 1st John 2:15-17:

* TheAntichrist: John in his first epistle not only warns about the Antichrist that is supposed to come, but also that there are many antichrists that have come, which is a sign that "this is the last hour". In his second epistle, he says that those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is a deceiver and an antichrist.

Three of the General Epistles that make up the New Testament of Literature/TheBible. The first two letters were written in response to the [[UsefulNotes/Gnosticism Gnostic]] [[UsefulNotes/HeresiesAndHeretics heresy]] going around at the time that denied Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh.

Three of the General Epistles that make up the New Testament of Literature/TheBible. The first two letters were written in response to the [[UsefulNotes/HeresiesAndHeretics Gnostic heresy]] going around at the time that denied Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh.

Three of the General Epistles that make up the New Testament of Literature/TheBible. The first two letters were written in response to the [[TheHeretic Gnostic heresy]] going around at the time that denied Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh.

Three of the General Epistles that make up the New Testament of Literature/TheBible. The first two letters were written in response to the Gnostic heresy going around at the time that denied Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh.

* RuleOfThree: 1st John 5:7-8 features "the three that bear witness" about Jesus Christ. In the King James Version and translations that are based on the Textus Receptus, this includes both "the Heavenly Witnesses" (The Father, The Word, and The Holy Spirit) and "the Earthly Witnesses" (the Spirit, the water, and the blood), while most other translations [[DirectorsCut feature only "the Earthly Witnesses".]]