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This volume in the Crossway Classic Commentary Series reprints the classic studies of the Epistles of John by John Calvin, the Reformation's most influential Bible teacher, and Matthew Henry, the influential 17th century scholar.
About the author
JOHN CALVIN (1509-1564) was perhaps the preeminent theologian of the Reformation. Known best for his
Institutes of the Christian Religion, he also wrote landmark expositions on most of the books in the Bible.
Building upon a stream of exact exegesis beginning with the Reformation,
MATTHEW HENRY (1662-1714) achieved a standard of applied analysis that has long marked his work as superior. He is best known for his seven-volume commentary on the Bible, which C. H. Spurgeon declared was "rich in analogies . . . superabundant in reflections . . . suitable to everybody, instructive to all."
Alister McGrath (PhD, University of Oxford) is the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, president of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, and senior research fellow at Harris Manchester College in Oxford. He is also a noted author and coeditor of Crossway's Classic Commentaries series.
J. I. Packer (1926-2020) served as the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College. He authored numerous books, including the classic best seller
Knowing God. Packer served as general editor for the English Standard Version Bible and as theological editor for the
ESV Study Bible.
J. I. Packer (1926-2020) served as the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College. He authored numerous books, including the classic best seller
Knowing God. Packer served as general editor for the English Standard Version Bible and as theological editor for the
ESV Study Bible.
Summary
Like others in the Crossway Classic Commentary series, Calvin and Henry's work has been abridged and stylistically adapted for today's readers, while carefully preserving the original meaning and message of the expositors.
