The New Daily Study Bible
The Letters of
John and Jude
Published by
SAINT ANDREW PRESS
121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN
© The William Barclay Estate, 1976, 2002
First edition published in 1958 as The Daily Study Bible: The Letters of John and Jude Revised edition published in 1976 This third edition fully revised and updated by Saint Andrew Press and published as The New Daily Study Bible: The Letters of John and Jude in 2002
The Scripture quotations contained herein are from The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Anglicized Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used by permission. All rights reserved.
ISBN 0 7152 0794 6
eISBN 978-0-861-5365-1-1
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To
MY FRIEND
P.M.S.
A GREAT ENCOURAGER
CONTENTS
Series Foreword (by Ronnie Barclay)
General Introduction (by William Barclay, 1975)
General Foreword (by John Drane)
Editor’s Preface (by Linda Foster)
1 JOHN
Introduction to the First Letter of John
The Pastor’s Right to Speak (1:1–4) (contd)
The Pastor’s Message (1:1–4) (contd)
The Hostile Dark (1:5) (contd)
The Necessity of Walking in the Light (1:6–7)
The Tests of Truth (1:6–7) (contd)
The Threefold Lie (1:6–7) (contd)
The Sinner’s Self-deception (1:8–10)
Jesus Christ our Friend and Defender (2:1–2) (contd)
Jesus Christ the Atoning Sacrifice (2:1–2) (contd)
The True Knowledge of God (2:3–6)
The Commandment which is Old and New (2:7–8)
The Defeat of the Dark (2:7–8) (contd)
Love and Hate, Light and Dark (2:9–11)
The Effect of Love and Hate (2:9–11) (contd)
Remembering who we are (2:12–14)
At Every Stage (2:12–14) (contd)
God’s Gifts in Christ (2:12–14) (contd)
Rivals for the Human Heart (2:15–17)
The Life in which there is No Future (2:15–17) (contd)
The Time of the Last Hour (2:18)
The Antichrist (2:18) (contd)
The Battle of the Mind (2:18) (contd)
The Sifting of the Church (2:19–21)
The Supreme Lie (2:22–3)
The Universal Privilege (2:24–9)
Abiding in Christ (2:24–9) (contd)
Remember the Privileges of the Christian Life (3:1–2)
Remember the Possibilities of the Christian Life (3:1–2) (contd)
The Obligation of Purity (3:3–8)
Those who have been Born of God (3:9)
Those who Cannot Sin (3:9) (contd)
The Marks of the Children of God (3:10–18)
The World’s Resentment of the Christian Way (3:10–18) (contd)
The Only Test (3:19–24a)
The Inseparable Commands (3:19–24a) (contd)
The Perils of the Surging Life of the Spirit (3:24b–4:1)
The Ultimate Heresy (4:2–3)
The Split between the World and God (4:4–6)
Love Human and Divine (4:7–21)
God is Love (4:7–21) (contd)
Son of God and Saviour (4:7–21) (contd)
Love within the Divine Family (5:1–2)
The Necessary Obedience (5:3–4a)
The Conquest of the World (5:4b–5)