Bible crossword puzzle 24: The letters of John
Based on material in chapter 31 of Discovering the Bible by Alex Varughese,
textbook for Introduction to Biblical Literature
Challenge: Can you solve this puzzle even if you do not have the book by
Varughese?
ACROSS
- 1 -- The person to whom Third John is addressed
- 7 -- A highly regarded virtue and a necessary gift for the advancement of the Early
Church; a key theme of Third John
- 8 -- The person to whom Second John is addressed
DOWN
- 2 -- John understood that this person will be more than someone who fails to
believe; it will be someone who, in deliberate and reasoned rebellion, denies that Jesus is the
Christ and denies the Father-Son relationship
- 3 -- The New Testament book often recommended for a new
Christian to read first. This book contrasts those who walk in the light with God and love others
with those who walk in the darkness and hate their fellow human beings
- 4 -- A form of Gnosticism which promoted the idea that Jesus only appeared to have
a human form but that He was not truly human and did not have an actual material body
- 5 -- The Roman emperor during the last decade of the first century. He brought
great persecution on the Christians who found themselves treated as aliens in a foreign land and
who also found themselves tempted by syncretism (the
borrowing of religious ideas from pagan religions)
- 6 -- A word used in First John to mean the way of life that opposes God; a place
where deceivers and the Deceiver live and rule
This crossword puzzle was created for use in the course Introduction to Biblical Literature.
The words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the
Biblical Communities edited by Alex Varughese and published by Beacon Hill Press of
Kansas City, now called The Foundry.
-- Howard Culbertson,
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