Assertion: epistle | /r/CapableOf | give assurance
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text: It also has been conjectured that 1 John was written as a postscript to the gospel, the gospel having been written to explain how men might have eternal life ( John 20:31 ), and the epistle to give assurance that they had it ( 1 John 5:13 ).
text: It also has been conjectured that 1 John was written as a postscript to the gospel, the gospel having been written to explain how men might have eternal life (John 20:31), and the epistle to give assurance that they had it (1 John 5:13).
text: In particular, he notes that (a) the audience has changed (the Gospel is designed to strengthen/establish faith in Christ; the epistle, to give assurance to those who are presupposed to be believers); and (b) the adversaries have changed (“the Jews” in the Gospel to “those who went out from us” in the epistle).