Guide to 3 John
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The Third Epistle of John is one of the shortest "books" in the Bible. It's hardly even a chapter, much less a book. Basically it is a letter written by St. John to his good buddy Gaius (yes, I do believe that rhymes with "gay us"). He spends the first third of this short letter pouring out praise upon Gaius that smacks of North Korean media reports about Kim Jong Il. The second third is an interesting inclusion in the Bible, in that it is a complaint about a corrupt evangelist (sound familiar?) who had taken over the local church where his beloved Gaius lived. Finally the book concludes with a "I had much to write to thee but I do not want to write it with pen and ink; I will tell it to you face to face". Hmmm...are you thinking what I'm thinking?
The utter lack of edifying content in this "book" begs the question of why it was included in the Bible in the first place. It's all "my beloved Gaius" and "I have a lot to say but don't want to write it down and will tell it to you in person".
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| Guide to the Bible edit | ||
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| Torah: Genesis - Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy Old Testament History: Joshua - Judges - Ruth - Samuel (1 & 2) - Kings (1 and 2 Kings) - Chronicles - Ezra and Nehemiah - Esther Old Testament Wisdom: Job - Psalms - Proverbs - Ecclesiastes - Song of Solomon Major Prophets: Isaiah - Jeremiah - Lamentations - Ezekiel - Daniel Minor Prophets: Minor Prophets
The Gospels: Matthew - Mark - Luke - John Acts: Acts Pauline Epistles: Romans - 1 & 2 Corinthians - Galatians - Ephesians - Philippians - Colossians - 1 Thessalonians - 2 Thessalonians - 1 Timothy - 2 Timothy - Titus - Philemon General Epistles: Hebrews - James - 1 Peter - 2 Peter - 1 John - 2 John - 3 John - Jude Revelation: Revelation Selected apocrypha: Gospel of Judas - Gospel of James - Gospel of Mary - Gospel of Philip - Gospel of Thomas - Nag Hammadi texts | ||
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