I John 1:1 – 2:5

John, the son of Zebedee — the beloved disciple, is the author of both this epistle and the gospel bearing his name. In John 20:31, he wrote: “But these things are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.” This epistle serves as a follow up to his gospel in that John states the…