Additional Commentaries on 1, 2 & 3 John
Barrett, C. K. "Johannine Christianity." In Christian Beginnings, ed. Jürgen Becker, 330-58. Loiusville: Westminster/John Knox, 1983.
Brown, Raymond E. The Community of the Beloved Disciple: The Life, Loves, and Hates of an Individual Church in New Testament Times. New York: Paulist Press, 1979.
________. The Epistles of John. Anchor Bible, no. 30. Garden City: Doubleday, 1982.
________. New Testament Essays. Wilwaukee: Bruce Publishing, 1965.
Bruce, F. F. The Epistles of John. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970.
Bultmann, Rudolf. The Johannine Epistles. Hermeneia. Edited by Robert W. Funk. Translated by R. Philip O'Hara, Lane C. McGaughy and Robert W. Funk. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1973.
Drane, John. Early Christians: Life in the First Years of the Church. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1982.
Fleming, Steven Robert. "1 John 2:1-11." Interpretation 53 (1999): 65-68.
Grayston, Kenneth. The Johannine Epistles. New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.
Hochholzer, Martin. Feindes- Und Bruderliebe Im Widerstreit? Eine Vergleichende Studie Zur Synoptischen Und Johanneischen Ausprägung Des Liebesgebots. Europäische Hochschulschriften. New York: Peter Lang, 2005.
Houlden, J. L. A Commentary on the Johannine Epistles. Harper's New Testament Commentaries. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1973.
Hunter, A. M. Probing the New Testament. Richmond: John Knox Press, 1972.
Krodel, Gerhard A. The General Epistles: Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, Jude, 1-2-3 John. Rev. ed. Proclamation Commentaries. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995.
Lenski, R. C. H. The Interpretation of the Epistles of St. Peter, St. John, and St. Jude. Commentary on the New Testament. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1966.
Lieu, Judith M. I, II and III John: A Commentary. New Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 2008.
Marshall, I. Howard. The Epistles on John. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
Metzger, Bruce M. Apostolic Letters of Faith, Hope, and Love: Galatians, 1 Peter, and 1 John. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2006.
Painter, John. 1, 2, and 3 John. Sacra Pagina, no. 18. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2002.
Pink, Arthur. An Exposition of 1 John 1 & 2. Lafayette, IN: Associated Publishers, 1981.
Plummer, A. The Epistles of S. John. Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Cambridge: University Press, 1883.
Rensberger, David. 1 John, 2 John, 3 John. Abingdon New Testament Commentary. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997.
________. The Epistles of John. Westminster Bible Companion. Louisville: Westeminster/John Knox, 2001.
Richards, W. Larry. "Test Passages Or Profiles: A Comparison of Two Text-Critical Methods." Journal of Biblical Literature 115, no. 2 (1996): 251-87.
Schnackenburg, Rudolf. The Johannine Epistles: A Commentary. Translated by Reginald Fuller and Isle Fuller. New York: Crossroad, 1992.
Smalley, Stephen S. 1, 2, 3 John. Word Biblical Commentary, no. 51. Dallas: Word, 1984.
Smith, D. Moody. First, Second, and Third John. Interpretation. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1991.
________. Johannine Christianity: Essays on Its Setting, Sources, and Theology. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1984.
Strecker, Georg. The Johannine Letters: A Commentary on 1, 2, and 3 John. Hermeneia. Translated by Linda M. Maloney. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996.
Talbert, Charles H. Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel and Johannine Epistles. New York: Crossroad, 1992.
van der Watt, J. G. "Ethics in First John: A Literary and Socioscientific Perspective." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 61, no. 3 (1999): 491-511.
Williams, R. R. The Letters of John and James. Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge: University Press, 1965.
Witherington, Ben. Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians: Social-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy, and 1-3 John. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2006.
Updated 2/14/10 (older Bibliography below)
Bultmann, Rudolf. The Johannine Epistles. Hermeneia. Edited by Robert W. Funk. Translated by R. Philip O'Hara, Lane C. McGaughy and Robert W. Funk. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1973.
Grayston, Kenneth. The Johannine Epistles. New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.
Houlden, J. L. A Commentary on the Johannine Epistles. Harper's New Testament Commentaries. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1973.
Krodel, Gerhard. The General Epistles: Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, Jude, 1-2-3 John. Rev. ed. Proclamation Commentaries. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995.
Lenski, R. C. H. The Interpretation of the Epistles of St. Peter, St. John, and St. Jude. Commentary on the New Testament. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1966.
Marshall, I. Howard. The Epistles on John. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
Plummer, A. The Epistles of S. John. Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Cambridge: University Press, 1883.
Rensberger, David. 1 John, 2 John, 3 John. Abingdon New Testament Commentary. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997.
________. The Epistles of John. Westminster Bible Companion. Louisville: Westeminster/John Knox, 2001.
Talbert, Charles H. Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel and Johannine Epistles. New York: Crossroad, 1992.
Williams, R. R. The Letters of John and James. Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge: University Press, 1965.