In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He [Jesus Christ -Yeshua]
was in the beginning with God.
GENERAL EPISTLES
The general epistles were written to the early church Christians who
previously had been grounded in the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Messiah,
by the apostle Paul and other followers of Christ. The author of the
first general epistle, Hebrews, is unknown. The seven remaining general
epistles were written by two apostles, Peter and John, and two
half-brothers of Jesus, James and Jude. The general epistles were
written between AD 48 and AD 96 to the early Christians in Jerusalem and
the Roman Empire regions of Greece, Macedonia (part of present day
Greece) and Asia Minor (present day Turkey).
The authors of these epistles presented encouragement and warnings to
the early Christians of the first century. They reminded believers of
the supremacy of Christ that was personally witnessed by the apostles
and revealed through the power of the Holy Spirit. Believers were
instructed to remain faithful through persecution and to continue their
walk in righteousness. They were warned about false teachers who had
crept into the church. These false teachers would be judged by God for
their perversion.
Hebrews
– The supremacy of Christ; enduring and maturing in faith;
the new covenant
James
– Resisting temptations; genuine faith produces works;
effective prayer
Peter 1
– Enduring persecution; Christian responsibilities; Christian
conduct in suffering
Peter 2
– Maturing in Christ; the supremacy of Christ;
heresies; mockery and final judgment
John 1
– Walking in righteousness and love; spirit of the Antichrist;
assurance of eternal life
John 2
– Walking in the commandment of love; warning against false
doctrine and teachers
John 3
– The faithfulness of Gaius; John’s rebuke of Diotrephes and
his warning against evil
Jude
– False teachers; past and future judgments on the wicked;
instructions to believers