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Session Seven: Application to Third John

Introduction

7.0 Making Sense of Third John.

7.1 What did third John mean to its original readers?

7.1.1 Historical Aspects

7.1.1.1 Internal History Aspects

7.1.1.1.1 Formal History Perspective

7.1.1.1.1.1 Across the Roman Empire

7.1.1.1.1.2 Within the Roman province of Asia

7.1.1.1.2 Social History Dynamics

7.1.1.1.2.1 Friendship Concepts

7.1.1.1.2.2 Leadership Concepts

7.1.1.2 External History Aspects

7.1.1.2.1 Compositional History Perspective

7.1.1.2.2 Transmission History Perspective

7.1.2 Literary Aspects

7.1.2.1 Literary Form Aspects

7.1.2.2 Literary Setting Perspective

7.1.2.3 Literary Structure Aspects

7.1.3 Exegesis of Third John

7.1.3.1 Praescriptio (v. 1)

7.1.3.2 Proem (vv. 2-4)

7.1.3.3 Letter body (vv. 5-12)

7.1.3.3.1 Gaius (vv. 5-8)

7.1.3.3.2 Diotrephes (vv. 9-10)

7.1.3.3.3 Demetrius (vv. 11-12)

7.1.3.4 Conclusio (vv. 13-15)

7.1.3.4.1 Travel Plans (vv. 13-14)

7.1.3.4.2 Benedictio (v. 15a)

7.1.3.4.3 Greetings (vv. 15b-c)

7.2 What does third John mean in our world?

Conclusion

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