1. Moberly, “ ‘Test the Spirits,’ ” 303.
2. Ibid., 297.
3. See Kruse, Letters of John, 157; Rick Williamson, 1, 2, & 3 John: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition (Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2010), 142.
4. Yarbrough, 1–3 John, 237, quoting Gerard S. Sloyan, Walking in the Truth: Perseverers and Deserters: The First, Second, and Third Letters of John (NTC; Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1995), 45.
5. Moberly, “ ‘Test the Spirits,’ ” 305–6.
6. Bob Barber, “Show Bridges Heaven and Earth,” Profiles in Faith, Santa Barbara News-Press, January 3, 1998.
7. Ibid.
8. Wallace, Greek Grammar, 185 n33.
9. Lyonnet, Sin, Redemption, and Sacrifice, 154.
10. Lieu, I, II, & III John, 185 (italics original).
11. E.g., Dodd, Johannine Epistles, 113.
12. E.g., Strecker, Johannine Letters, 157.
13. Marshall, Epistles of John, 217; Smalley, 1, 2, 3 John, 49.
14. Westcott, Epistles of St. John, 152.
15. Smalley, 1, 2, 3 John, 248.
16. Kruse, Letters of John, 163.
17. Ibid.
18. Brown, Epistles of John, 560.
19. Ibid., 515.
20. Schuchard, 1–3 John, 445–46.
21. Luther’s Works (American edition; St. Louis: Concordia, 1955–), 30:301, quoted in Schuchard, 1–3 John, 485.
22. Yarbrough, 1–3 John, 237.
23. Wilson, For God So Loved the World, 131 (italics original).