Editing First Epistle of John (section)

{{Short description|Book of the New Testament}}
{{distinguish|Gospel of John}}
[[File:Papyrus 9 - P. Oxy. III 402 - Houghton Library MS Gr SM3736 - First Epistle of John, 4,11–12,14–17 - recto.jpg|thumb|upright|right|1 John 4:11–12 on [[Papyrus 9]] (''recto''; {{Circa|AD 250}})<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aland |first=Kurt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC |title=The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism |last2=Aland |first2=Barbara |publisher=[[William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company|Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.]] |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-8028-4098-1 |edition=2nd |location=Grand Rapids, MI |pages=159 |language=en |translator-last=Rhodes |translator-first=Erroll F. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005232815/https://books.google.com/books?id=2pYDsAhUOxAC |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>]]
{{Books of the New Testament}}
{{John}}

The '''First Epistle of John'''{{Efn|The book is sometimes called the '''First Letter of John''', or simply '''1st John'''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HiPouAEACAAJ |title=ESV Pew Bible |publisher=Crossway |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-4335-6343-0 |location=Wheaton, IL |pages=1021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603093159/https://www.google.com/books/edition/ESV_Pew_Bible_Black/HiPouAEACAAJ |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> (which is also its most common form of abbreviation).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bible Book Abbreviations |url=https://www.logos.com/bible-book-abbreviations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421100743/https://www.logos.com/bible-book-abbreviations |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |access-date=April 21, 2022 |website=Logos Bible Software}}</ref>}} is the first of the [[Johannine epistles]] of the [[New Testament]], and the fourth of the [[catholic epistles]]. There is no scholarly consensus as to the [[authorship of the Johannine works]]. The author of the First Epistle is termed [[John the Evangelist]], who most modern scholars believe is not the same as [[John the Apostle]].{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} Most scholars{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} believe the three Johannine epistles have the same author, but there is no consensus if this was also the author of the [[Gospel of John]].

This epistle was probably written in [[Ephesus]] between 95 and 110 AD.<ref name ="Harris 1 John"/> The author advises [[Christians]] on how to discern true teachers: by their [[ethics]], their proclamation of Jesus in the flesh, and by their [[love]].<ref name ="Harris 1 John"/> The original text was written in [[Koine Greek]]. The epistle is divided into five [[Chapters and verses of the Bible#Chapters|chapters]].