{"id":6378,"date":"2023-02-15T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=6378"},"modified":"2023-02-10T22:04:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T22:04:22","slug":"study-of-the-first-epistle-of-john-by-robert-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/study-of-the-first-epistle-of-john-by-robert-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Study of the First Epistle of John by Robert Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image alignright uagb-block-eb5eb516 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tests-of-life_law.jpg\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tests-of-life_law.avif \"  type=\"image\/avif\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tests-of-life_law.webp \"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tests-of-life_law.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tests-of-life_law.jpg \" class=\"uag-image-6382 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"\tRobert Law [1860-1919], The Tests of Life. A Study of the First Epistle of St. JohnRobert Law [1860-1919], The Tests of Life. A Study of the First Epistle of St. John\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s free book is an introduction to the First Epistle of John by Robert Law, then Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis at Knox College, Toronto. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurgeons.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Spurgeon&#8217;s College<\/a> library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/book_tests-of-life_law.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert Law [1860-1919], <em>The Tests of Life. A Study of the First Epistle of St. John<\/em>, 2nd edn. Edinburgh: T &amp; T Clark, 1909. Hbk. pp.422. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Style and Structure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Polemical Aim<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Writer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Doctrine of God as Life and Light<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Doctrine of God as Righteousness and Love<br>Escursus on the Correlation of Righteousness and Love<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Doctrine of Christ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Witness to the Doctrine of Christ (with appended Note on&nbsp;\u03c7\u03c1\u1fd1\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Doctrine of Sin and the World<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Doctrine of Propitiation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eternal Life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>THe Test of Righteousness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Test of Love<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Test of Belief (with appended Note on&nbsp;\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Doctrine of Assurance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>THe Growth of Christian Experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eschatology (with appended Note on Antichrist)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Relation of the Epistle to the Fourth Gospel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Note on&nbsp;\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03ce\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u03b5\u1f30\u03b4\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indexes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_2f970f-53 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_2f970f-53 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_2f970f-53\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Main image: John the Apostle, detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th century. 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