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Pastor’s Bookshelf: 1-3 John

posted by Scot McKnight | 2:03pm Wednesday October 21, 2009

JohnApostle.jpgThose who preach books of the Bible eventually find their way to 1 John; those who preach a lectionary always find their way to 1 John, and there are some fantastic commentaries on the Epistles of John, beginning with:

Surely the most complete, if not also at times speculative, commentary is that of Raymond E. Brown, The Epistles of John (The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries)
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A new and useful commentary, with a sensitivity to early Christian identity is Judith Lieu, I, II, & III John: A Commentary (New Testament Library)
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A standard that won’t go away: John R.W. Stott, The Letters of John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries)
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One of evangelicalism’s finest scholars, I.H. Marshall, writes good commentaries and has a rock-solid commonsens:  The Epistles of John (The New International Commentary on the New Testament)
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A fresh approach from Baylor, one rooted in observations of the Greek text, begins with Martin Culy, I, II, III John: A Handbook on the Greek Text (Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament)
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It seems unfair to list this commentary last, but here is another really good commentary: S. Smalley, Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 51, 1,2,3 John
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Deyo

posted October 21, 2009 at 4:43 pm


Used Marshall’s NICNT for teaching and wholeheartedly agree–sound rational exegesis. My only complaint, if I had to give one, would be it’s brevity.
How is Lieu in terms of working with Greek text and in dealing with grammatical issues? I guess I don’t know much about the series.
Has anyone used Yarbrough’s commentary in BECNT series?
Thanks for these posts and all the others, Scot.



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Terri Moore

posted October 21, 2009 at 8:52 pm


My favorite is Hall Harris’ commentary: 1,2,3 John: Comfort and Counsel fr a Church in Crisis. And also Colin Kruse.



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danny

posted October 22, 2009 at 9:10 am


One that is often overlooked is Rudolf Schnackenburg’s commentary.



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Chris Blumhofer

posted October 22, 2009 at 9:23 am


This is a great list… and the timing is perfect. I’m looking at Moody Smith’s commentary in the Interpretation series, and it a pretty good one too. Thanks!



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