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1st John Bible Nerd-Study - Week 28

Week 28 —1st John Bible Nerd-Study

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LEB + Paraphrase 2:18-28 + Matthew Henry 


Hey everyone! I wanted to mention at the start that now with commentaries added in we're all going to have the potential to do a lot of interesting studying as well as getting overloaded. If you're having a busy week, try just a sample of the commentary and set it aside for another time. You may feel like you need to do that each time and that's okay of course. It may help to pick a section of 1st John that becomes your section. You memorize it, you paraphrase it, you get notes on it, and you read all the commentaries we post on it. If you can do that then you can finish out 1 John later on when you have some more time.

That said, LEB (Lexham English Bible) is a very neat translation that's more modern. The Logos Bible software company put this together gradually out from the interlinear work they were doing. They mean for it to work as an addition to your main translation. The concept of it is like a modern Darby-type of translation. I love the purpose behind it, what do you think of the text? (attached) Notice their notes on the process here: https://lexhamenglishbible.com/translation/

This time try to paraphrase this section in 1 John 2:18-28, consider that it begins with the "little children" in view (as opposed to the young men and fathers). 

Also, Matthew Henry's commentary is an oldie but a goodie. He actually died before he finished the rest of the New Testament. So what we have on 1 John is pieced together from some of his sermons (which were kind of commentary-style but super animated and moving), and other notes. Lots of famous old preachers read this commentary over and over. Attached is the section on 1 John. I always prefer the original text, but if you're interested in a more concise version there are a few of those. If you do a search using his name and add "concise commentary" you'll find some online. 

Here's the Matthew Henry's commentary on 1 John



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