Though 3 John 1 writes to Gaius, all three letters are for all of mankind to read.
Paul wrote most of the epistles in the Bible. Others were written by James, John, Jude and Peter.
The Gospel of John and the three Epistle of John were all written by the beloved disciple and apostle John, the son of Zebedee.
John Hornby Maw has written: 'Impressions of the Epistles of Saint John' -- subject(s): Bible, Criticism, interpretation
Not one of Peter, James, Paul, John or Jude is now believed to have written any of the General Epistles, as they are all regarded as pseudepigraphical. In other words, some epistles were written in the names of Peter, James, John and Jude, and attributed to them, but they were not really the authors.
Epistles literally means "letter" and as far as the New Testament is concerned, all of the books written by Paul as well as the first part of Revelations are epistles. Pretty much everything after the book of John.
A:The New Testament epistles are named for the apostles in whose names they were written or the apostles the second-century Church Fathers believed to have written them. The apostles are: Paul, James, Peter, John and Jude. The apostle Paul certainly wrote some of the epistles named for him, but scholars believe that the other epistles were all written pseudepigraphically, not by the apostles whose names they now bear.
St. Paul wrote most of the Epistles, but there were also some written by other saints, like St. Jude, St. Peter, St. James and St. John. Check the link below for these and other references to Epistles.
The known authors of the general epistles in the New Testament are James, Peter, John, and Jude. James is believed to have been written by James the brother of Jesus, Peter by the apostle Peter, John by the apostle John, and Jude by Jude, a brother of James.
Five books of the New Testament have been attributed to John the Apostle: the Gospel, three Epistles ( letters ) and Revelation.
It's traditionally believed that John wrote the the Gospel of John, the book of Revelation, and the epistles (or letters) I, II, and III John. Although, this is contested, we do know the epistles of I, II, and III John and Revelation were written by John of Patmos. The Apostle John was one of the pillars of the Christian church after the death of Jesus.
The three epistles attributed to John are regarded as comming from the same community as the Gospel According to John, and to have been written shortly after John's Gospel. Thus the Second Epistle of John would have been written fairly early in the second century.
AnswersIn general terms, Paul's epistles are known as Pauline epistles to distinguish them from the epistles known as the Epistles of James, John, Jude and Peter. In more specific usage, the epistles believed to really have been written by Paul (1 Thessalonians, Galatians, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Philippians, Philemon and Romans) are known as Pauline Epistles to distinguish them from those known as pseudo-Pauline epistles (2 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Colossians, 1Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus ).