James focuses on the Law of Christ in James 2:19-23.

Identify the purpose of 1 John (see 1 John 2:26; 5:13).

The Lamb, Jesus Christ, sets in motion the coming of God’s wrath as signified by the seals (6:1-8:5), trumpets (8:6-11:19), and bowls (15:1-16:20).

Revelation (chapters 6-19) describes what future period?  

The purpose of 3 John is to commend Gaius for not following Diotrephes in his rejection of messengers from John.

Of the four approaches to interpreting Revelation, identify the favored approach that “comes closest to doing justice to the nature and purposes of Revelation” (D. A. Carson).  

One important contribution of 1, 2, and 3 John is to present truth for the Christian life as the proper antidote to error and the guide for what to believe and how to live as a Christian.

What do some critical scholars mean when they claim that the Pastoral Epistles are pseudonymous?

2 John warns against false teachers (v. 7) and against extending hospitality to false teachers (v. 10).

What was the approximate date and place from which Paul wrote 1 Timothy?