JOHN, book of ThirdIt is thought that this book was written around 85 to 90 AD by the Apostle John, the disciple who wrote the Gospel of John. In this book John calls himself "the elder". The purpose of this letter was to encourage Gaius in his walk with the Lord. There was a man in a local church named Diotrephes who was mistreating other disciples of Christ; John was coming to deal with his pride and selfishness.

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