I John 4:7-21

“Beloved, let us love one another . . .” (v. 7). These are words written by the apostle John. Scholars believe that this epistle was written from Ephesus, the city to which John and fellow church leaders relocated following the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in A.D. 70. While John does not identify the individuals or groups of individuals to whom he writes, he states the purpose of his epistle in…