First it declares that “the Jewish reading of the Bible is a possible one, in continuity with the Jewish Scriptures of the Second Temple period, a reading analogous to the Christian reading ...
But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. God "will give to each ...
The two brief letters of John shed light on the longer First Epistle. It is much like a sermon or homily and deals with the big issues of faith and life that were being confronted by the Early Church.