New Testament

Revelation

General The last book of the Bible concludes what God wanted to reveal. Revelation describes the completion of many things that began in the first book of Genesis. There are many lines between these two books of the Bible. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ is central to this book of the Bible; the official …

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Jude

General With the letter of Jude we have arrived at the last of the so-called ‘general epistles’. As is the case with the other ‘general epistles’, the epistle of Jude is also mainly addressed to readers with a Jewish / Israelite background; not just to Christians in general. Writer, origin and destination The letter begins …

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3 John

General Together with the Epistles of James, Peter and Jude, the three Epistles of John belong to the ‘general epistles’; a man-made name that does not actually do justice to these letters. The content shows that these letters are not just written to Christians in general, but to readers with a Jewish / Israelite background. …

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2 John

General Together with the Epistles of James, Peter and Jude, the three Epistles of John belong to the ‘general epistles’; a man-made name that does not actually do justice to these letters. The content shows that these letters are not just written to Christians in general, but to readers with a Jewish / Israelite background. …

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1 John

General Together with the letters of James, Peter and Jude, the three letters of John belong to the ‘general epistles’. It has already been indicated in previous paragraphs that this name was invented by people and in fact does not do justice to these letters. The content shows that these letters are not just written …

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2 Peter

General Together with the letters of James, John and Jude, the two letters of Peter belong to the ‘general epistles’. We have already indicated that this name was invented by people and in fact does not do justice to these letters. The content shows that these letters are not just written to Christians in general, …

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1 Peter

General As is the case with the letter of James (see previous chapter), the two letters of Peter, together with those of John and Jude, belong to the ‘general epistles’. This expression, invented by people, is somewhat misleading: as if these letters to Christians are written in general, while all these letters are predominantly Jewish/Israeli …

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James

General Together with the letters of John, Peter and Jude, the letter of James belongs to the so-called ‘general epistles’. All these letters are predominantly Jewish in character, which is completely in line with the apostleship of John, Peter and James. They are also letters that were written expressly against the background of the direct expectation …

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Hebrews

General We find the letter to Hebrews in our Bible between the letters of Paul and the ‘general epistles’. It is a long letter, in which the author assumes that his readers are familiar with the Old Testament. Although the letterhead is missing, it becomes clear from the end that we are indeed dealing with …

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Philemon

General We find this little letter at the end of the series of letters in the New Testament to which Paul’s name as a writer is attached. Precisely because it is the shortest of Paul’s letters, it is placed at the back. It is a personal letter in which Paul makes a request to Philemon …

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