The Letters of John

“I have found myself returning to these letters time and time again because they are able to say the most profound things about God’s act of salvation in simple and memorable ways.”

Matthias Bible Guides assist in personal and group study of various books of the Bible, one book at a time. In this second volume in the series, New Testament scholar Matthew Jensen unpacks the letters of John. The fruit of years of work on these short but impactful letters, Jensen’s insights complement the best of recent evangelical research, while opening up new avenues of thought grounded in a fresh but careful reading of the letters. Readers will be left with a deeper appreciation of John’s stirring portrait of Jesus and of the assurance that belongs to all God’s people.

Matthew Jensen is a research associate at Sydney University, where he teaches New Testament, and an adjunct lecturer in New Testament and Biblical Theology at Moore Theological College. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Tyndale Fellowship and the Evangelical Theological Society, and a fellow of the Institute of Biblical Studies. His doctoral study, Affirming the Resurrection of the Incarnate Christ: A Reading of 1 John, was published by Cambridge University Press in the Society of New Testament Studies Monograph Series. His research has been published in journals such as The Journal of Biblical Literature, Novum Testamentum, The Journal for the Study of the New Testament, The Bulletin for Biblical Research, and The Reformed Theological Review.

Matthias Bible Guides exist to help Bible teachers of all levels engage with the word of God and prepare themselves to teach the Bible to others. This series is for the Bible study leader who wants to equip himself or herself to prepare and lead studies that are faithful to the Scriptures and to answer questions with confidence. It’s for the busy preacher who’s faced with the wonderful but daunting task of writing a new sermon series. And it’s for any interested Christian who wants a reliable companion as they read through a book of the Bible, alone or with others.