1. Click on the underlined REVIEWS below to link to online reviews of these books, if available.
2. Some of the books on these lists also cover the Gospel according to John, as marked below.

• Akin, Daniel L. 1,2,3 John: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture. The New American Commentary, 38. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2001. -- REVIEW in RBL 10/02
• Aland, Barbara, et al., eds. First Letter of John. Novum Testamentum Graecum, Editio Critica Maior, 4. Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2004.
  
• Barclay, William. The Letters of John and Jude. 3rd ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2002.
• Beutler, Johannes. Die Johannesbriefe. Regensburger Neues Testament. Regensburg: Pustet, 2000.
• Boice, James Montgomery. The Epistles of John: An Expositional Commentary. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004.
• Bray, Gerald Lewis and Thomas C. Oden, eds. James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, Jude. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: New Testament, 11. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
• Callahan, Allen Dwight. A Love Supreme: A History of the Johannine Tradition. Minneapolis: Fortress, (forthcoming 2005).  [also on the Gospel]
• Culpepper, R. Alan, ed. The Johannine Literature: With an Introduction by R. A. Culpepper. Sheffield New Testament Guides. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000. - a compendium of the "Sheffield NT Guides" on the Fourth Gospel, Johannine Epistles, and Book of Revelation, authored by Barnabas Lindars, Ruth B. Edwards, John M. Court. -- REVIEW by Craig Koester in RBL 7/01
• Culy, Martin M. 1, 2, 3 John: A Handbook on the Greek Text. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2004.
• Evans, Craig A., ed. The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: John's Gospel, Hebrews-Revelation. Colorado Springs: Victor, 2006.
• Griffith, Terry. Keep Yourselves from Idols: A New Look at 1 John. JSNTSup, 233. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002. -- two REVIEWS in RBL 9/03 & 6/04
• Hill, Charles E. The Johannine Corpus in the Early Church. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. - one REVIEW at RBL
• Ihenacho, David Asonye. The Community of Eternal Life: The Study of the Meaning of Life for the Johannine Community. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2001. - also on the Gospel
• Ironside, Henry Allan. The Epistles of John and Jude. Rev. ed. with intro. by John Phillips. Neptune, NJ: Loizeaux, 2000 (orig. 1931).
• Kenney, Garrett C. Leadership in John: An Analysis of the Situation and Strategy of the Gospel and the Epistles of John. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000.
• Kenney, Garrett C. The Relation of Christology to Ethics in the First Epistle of John. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2001. -- two REVIEWS in RBL 1/02
• Kruse, Colin G. The Letters of John. Pillar New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; Leicester, England: Apollos, 2000. -- REVIEW by Alicia Batten in RBL 4/02
• Lewis, Scott M. The Gospel according to John and the Johannine Epistles. New Collegeville Bible Commentary, 4. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2005.
• Lieu, Judith M. I, II, and III John. The NT Library. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, (forthcoming).
• Lightner, Robert. The Epistles of First, Second & Third John & Jude: Forgiveness, Love, and Courage. Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2003.
• Moon-Geoung, Kim. Zum Verhältnis des Johannesevangeliums zu den Johannesbriefen: Zur Verfasserschaft der 'johanneischen' Schriften in der Forschung. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2003.
• Painter, John. 1, 2, and 3 John. Sacra Pagina, 18. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2002.
• Phillips, John. Exploring the Epistles of John: An Expository Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2003.
• Rensgerger, David K. The Epistles of John. Westminster Bible Companion. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001.
• Schmid, Hansjorg. Gegner im 1. Johannesbrief? Zu Konstruktion und Selbstreferenz im johanneischen Sinnsystem. Beitrage zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament, 159. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2002.
• Schlosser, J. The Catholic Epistles and the Tradition. Bibl. Eph. Theol. Lovan, 176. Leuven: Peeters, (forthcoming).
• Scholtissek, Klaus. In ihm sein und bleiben: Die Sprache der Immanenz in den johanneischen Schriften. Herders Biblische Studien, 21. Freiburg; New York: Herder, 2000. - also on the Gospel
• Talbert, Charles H. Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel and the Johannine Epistles. Rev. ed. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2005.
• Thomas, John Christopher. The Pentecostal Commentary on the Johannine Epistles. New York: Sheffield Academic, 2003.
• Thomas, John Christopher. The Pentecostal Commentary on 1 John, 2 John, 3 John. London: T & T Clark, 2004; and Cleveland: Pilgrim, 2004. -- separate REVIEWS of the British and American editions in RBL
• Uebele, Wolfram. Viele Verfuhrer sind in die Welt ausgegangen: Die Gegner in den Briefen des Ignatius von Antiochien und in den Johannesbriefen. Beitrage zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament, 151. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2001.
  

• Alexander, Neil. The Epistles of John: Introduction and Commentary. Torch Bible Commentaries. London: SCM Press; New York: Macmillan, 1962.
• Alexander, William. The Epistles of St. John: Twenty-One Discourses, with Greek Text, Comparative Versions, and Notes Chiefly Exegetical. The Expositor's Bible. London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1889; New York: A. C. Armstrong, 1903.
• Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Love One Another, My Friends: St. Augustine's Homilies on the First Letter of John: An Abridged English Version. Ed. by John Leinenweber. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1989.
   
• Baird, J. Arthur, J. David Thompson, and David Noel Freedman. A Critical Concordance to I, II, III John, Jude. Wooster, OH: Biblical Research Associates, 1991.
• Barclay, William. The Letters of John and Jude. Daily Study Bible. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1960; repr. 1976.
• Barclay, William. 1 John - Jude. New York: State Mutual Book & Periodical Service, 1993.
• Barker, C. J. The Johannine Epistles. Lutterworth Commentary. London: Lutterworth Press, 1948.
• Barker, Glenn W. "1, 2, 3 John." In Expositor's Bible Commentary: with the New International Version of the Holy Bible (ed. Frank E. Gaebelein, et al.; 12 vols.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1976-1992), vol. 12, pp. 293-380?
• Barnes, Albert. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the General Epistles of James, Peter, John and Jude. New York : Harper, 1847; repr. 1865.
• Barnes, Peter. Knowing Where We Stand. Welwyn Commentary. Darlington: Evangelical Press, 1998.
• Barton, Bruce B. 1, 2 & 3 John. Life Application Bible Commentary. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 1998.
• Bateman, John J., trans., ed. New Testament Scholarship: Paraphrases on the Letters to Timothy, Titus & Philemon, the Letters of Peter & Jude, the Letter of James, the Letters of John, & the Letter to the Hebrews. Collected Works of Erasmus, 44. Cheektowaga: University of Toronto, 1993.
• Benham, William. The Johannine Books. London: J.M. Dent; Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1902; microform, 1989.
• Bennett, William Henry. The General Epistles: James, Peter, John, and Jude : Introduction, Authorized Version, Revised Version, with Notes, Index and Map. London: Caxton; New York : Henry Frowde, 1901.
• Braun, F. M. Mother of God's People. Trans. by John Clarke. Staten Island, NY: Alba House, 1967.  [also on the Gospel]
• Braune, Karl, and J. I. Mombert. The Epistles General of John. New York: Charles Scribner, 1867.
• Breck, John. Spirit of Truth: The Holy Spirit in Johannine Tradition. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1991.  [also on the Gospel]
• Brooke, Alan England. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Johannine Epistles. International Critical Commentary. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1912; repr. 1994.
• Brown, Raymond Edward. The Community of the Beloved Disciple. New York: Paulist, 1979.  [also on the Gospel]
• Brown, Raymond E. The Epistles of John. Anchor Bible, 30. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982.
• Brown, Raymond E. The Gospel and Epistles of John: A Concise Commentary. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1988.
• Brown, Raymond E. The Importance of Jesus for the Johannine Community in Its Last Hour [sound recording]. New Haven: Yale Divinity School, 1978.  [also on the Gospel]
• Brown, Raymond E., and James H. Charlesworth. John and Qumran. London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1972.  [also on the Gospel]
• Bruce, F. F. The Epistles of John. Old Tappan, NJ: F. H. Revell, 1971.
• Bruce, F. F. The Epistles of John: Introduction, Exposition, and Notes. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1979.
• Bultmann, Rudolf Karl. The Johannine Epistles: A Commentary on the Johannine Epistles. Hermeneia Commentary Series. Ed. by Robert Funk. Trans. by R. Philip O'Hara, et al. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1973.
• Burdick, Donald W. The Letters of John the Apostle: An In-depth Commentary. Chicago: Moody Press, 1985.
• Burge, Gary M. The Anointed Community: The Holy Spirit in the Johannine Tradition. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.  [also on the Gospel]
• Burge, Gary M. The Letters of John: From Biblical Text to Contemporary Life. NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
   
• Calvin, John. 1, 2 & 3 John. Crossway Classic Commentaries. Wheaton: Crossway, 1998.
• Cameron, Robert. The First Epistle of John, or, God Revealed in Life, Light, and Love. Philadelphia: A.J. Rowland, 1899.
• Candlish, Robert S. Commentary on First John. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1992.
• Candlish, Robert S. First John. Carlisle: Banner of Truth, 1993.
• Charlesworth, James H., ed. John and the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Crossroad, 1990; enlarged ed. of Brown & Charlesworth, 1972.  [also on the Gospel]
• Clark, Gordon H. First John. 2nd ed. Hobbs: Trinity Foundation, 1992.
• Coleman. Mastering Basics: I John. Littleton: Serendipity, 1994.
• Combs, Rodney. First, Second, & Third John. Shepherd's Notes. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1998.
• Conner, Walter Thomas. The Epistles of John. 2nd ed. Nashville, Broadman Press, 1957.
• Crane, Thomas E. The Message of St. John: The Spiritual Teaching of the Beloved Disciple. New York: Alba House, 1980.  [also on the Gospel]
• Crehan, Joseph. The Theology of St. John. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1965.  [also on the Gospel]
• Culpepper, R. Alan. 1 John, 2 John, 3 John. Knox Preaching Guides. Atlanta: John Knox, 1985.
• Culpepper, R. Alan. The Gospel and Letters of John. Interpreting Biblical Texts. Nashville: Abingdon, 1998. -- REVIEW by M.C. deBoer in RBL 2/00
   
• Denny, Randal E. Alive & Well: A Study of the Church - First John. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 1993.
• Dietrich, Suzanne de. This We Know: A Study of the Letters of John. Richmond: John Knox, 1963.
• Dodd, C. H. The Johannine Epistles. Moffat NT Commentary, 19. London, Hodder & Stoughton; New York: Harper, 1946.
   
• Eaches, O. P. I., II. and III. John, Jude, and Revelation: A Popular Commentary upon a Critical Basis, Especially Designed for Pastors and Sunday Schools. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1910; microform, 1989.
• Eaton, M. First, Second & Third John. Focus on the Bible Commentary. Belleville: Spring Arbor, 1996.
• Ebrard, Johann Heinrich August, and William Burt Pope. Biblical Commentary on the Epistles of St. John, in Continuation of the Work of Olshausen: With an Appendix on the Catholic Epistles, and an Introductory Essay on the Life and Writings of St. John. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1860.
• Edanad, Antony. Christian Existence and the New Covenant. Bangalore: Dharmaram Publications, 1987.
• Edwards, Ruth B. The Johannine Epistles. NT Guides. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996. 
• Ellis, E. Earle. The World of St. John: The Gospel and the Epistles. London: Lutterworth; New York: Abingdon, 1965; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.
   
• Feuillet, André. Johannine Studies. Staten Island, NY: Alba House, 1965.  [also on the Gospel]
• Findlay, George Gillanders. Fellowship in the Life Eternal: An Exposition of the Epistles of St. John. London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.
• Flanagan, Neal M. The Gospel according to John and the Johannine Epistles. Collegeville Bible Commentary, 4. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1983.
• Forbes, Henry Prentiss. The Johannine Literature and the Acts of the Apostles. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1907; microform, 1985.
• Friess, Edward A. Ten Ways Christians Maintain Confident Fellowshipping with the Father, His Son Jesus Christ & His Church: A Study in 1 John 1: 1 - 2:29. Carpinteria: Edward A. Friess, 1996.
• Friess, Edward A. Ten Sure-Fire Confidence Builders from God: A Study in 1 John 3:1 - 4:6. Carpinteria: Edward A. Friess, 1996.
• Friess, Edward A. Thirteen Ways to Confident Faith: A Study in 1 John 4:7 - 5:21. Carpinteria: Edward A. Friess, 1997.
• Froehlich, Samuel Heinrich. Meditations on the Epistles of John: Meditations of S. H. Froehlich delivered in Zürich in the years 1840-1842. Syracuse, NY: Apostolic Christian Publ. Co., 1958.
• Fulco, William J. Maranatha; Reflections on the Mystical Theology of John the Evangelist. New York: Paulist, 1973.  [also on the Gospel]
   
• Gebhardt, Hermann. The Doctrine of the Apocalypse, and Its Relation to the Doctrine of the Gospel and Epistles of John. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1878; microform, 1985.
• Gloag, Paton J. Introduction to the Johannine Writings. London: James Nisbet, 1891; microform, 1985.
• Gooding, Arthur M. S. "Epistles of Peter, John & Jude." In: What the Bible Teaches: with the Authorized Version of the Bible (Ritchie NT Commentaries; ed. Tom Wilson; Kilmarnock, Scotland: J. Ritchie, 1983-).
• Gore, Charles. The Epistles of St. John. London: J. Murray, 1920.
• Grant, Frederick C. The Gospel of John in the King James Version with Introduction and Critical Notes. 2 vols. in 1. Sub-title of vol. 2: "The Epistles of John, I John, II John, III John."  New York: Harper, 1956.
• Grayston, Kenneth. The Johannine Epistles: Based on the Revised Standard Version. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.
• Green, Arthur Vincent. The Ephesian Canonical Writings: An Elementary Introduction to the Gospel, Epistles, and Apocalypse Commonly Attributed to the Apostle John. London: Williams and Norgate, 1910; microform, 1989.
   
• Haas, C., Marinus de Jonge, and J. L. Swellengrebel. A Translator's Handbook on the Letters of John. London: United Bible Societies, 1972.
• Hastings, James. James to Jude.  Vol. 19 of The Great Texts of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1912; New York: Scribner, 1911-15.
• Harris, Ralph W., ed. Hebrews, James, I & II Peter, I, II, III John, Jude. Complete Biblical Library, NT, 9. Springfield: Gospel Publishing House, 1991.
• Hengel, Martin. The Johannine Question. London: SCM Press; Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1989.  [also on the Gospel]
• Hiebert, D. Edmond. The Epistles of John: An Expositional Commentary. Greenville: Bob Jones University, 1991.
• Hodges, Zane C. The Epistles of John: Walking in the Light of God's Love. Grace New Testament Commentary. Irving, TX: Grace Evangelical Society, 1999.
• Houlden, J. L. A Commentary on the Johannine Epistles. Harper's NT Commentaries. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.
• Houlden, J. L. A Commentary on the Johannine Epistles. Black's NT Commentaries. Rev. 2nd ed. London: A & C Black, 1994.
• Humphries, A. Lewis. St. John, and other New Testament teachers. Century Bible Handbooks. London; Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1910.
   
• Ironside, Henry Allan. Addresses on the Epistles of John, and an Exposition of the Epistle of Jude. New York: Loizeaux Brothers, 1949;  9th ed. 1962.
   
• Jackman, David. The Message of John's Letters: Living in the Love of God. Leicester, England; Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1988.
• Jacoby, Douglas. Life to the Full: The Practical & Powerful Writings of James, Peter, John & Jude. Practical Exposition. Woburn: Discipleship Publications International, 1995.
• Johnson, Earl S., Jr. James; First & Second Peter; First, Second, & Third John;  Jude. Basic Bible Commentary. Nashville: Abingdon, 1994.
• Johnson, Thomas Floyd. "The Antithesis of the Elder: A Study of the Dualistic Language of the Johannine Epistles." Dissertation: Duke University, 1979; (UMI microfilm, 1980).
• Johnson, Thomas Floyd. 1, 2, and 3 John. New International Biblical Commentary, 17. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1993; Carlise, Cumbria: Paternoster, 1995.
• Jones, Russell Bradley. The Epistles of James, John, and Jude. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1960.
   
• King, Guy H. The Fellowship: An Expositional and Devotional Study of 1 John. London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1954. 
• Kistemaker, Simon J. Exposition of the Epistle of James and the Epistles of John. NT Commentary. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1986.
• Krodel, Gerhard A. The General Letters: Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, Jude, 1-3 John. Proclamation Commentaries. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.
• Kysar, Robert. I, II, III John. Augsburg Commentary on the NT. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1986.
   
• Lanier, Roy H., Jr. The Epistles of John. Abilene: Quality Publ., 1992.
• Lapide, Cornelius á. The Great Commentary of Cornelius á Lapide. Translated by Thomas Wimberly Mossman and George Gould Ross. London: John Hodges, 1876-87; 3^rd ed. 1891-96; microform, 1986.
• Law, Robert. The Test of Life: A Study of the First Epistle of John. Edinburgh: T.&T. Clark, 1909. 
• Leathes, Stanley. The Witness of St. John to Christ: Being the Boyle Lectures for 1870, with an Appendix on the Authorship and Integrity of St. John's Gospel and the Unity of the Johannine Writings. London: Rivingtons, 1870; microform, 1985.
• Lewis, E. Ridley. The Johannine Writings and Other Epistles. London Divinity Series. London: James Clarke, 1964. 
• Lewis, Greville Priestley. The Johannine Epistles. London: Epworth, 1961.
• Lieu, Judith, and John Kenneth Riches. The Second and Third Epistles of John: History and Background. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1986.
• Lieu, Judith. The Theology of the Johannine Epistles. NT Theology. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
• Lincoln, William. Lectures on the Epistles of St. John. Boston: Believers' Book-Rooms, 1871; microform, 1985.
• Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. Fellowship with God. Studies in First John, 1. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1992.
• Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. Walking with God. Studies in First John, 2. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1993.
• Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. Children of God. Studies in First John, 3. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1993.
• Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. The Love of God. Studies in First John, 4. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1994.
• Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. Life in God. Studies in First John, 5. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1994.
• Loader, William R. G. The Johannine Epistles. London: Epworth, 1992.
• Love, Julian Price. The First, Second, and Third Letters of John; The Letter of Jude; The Revelation to John. Richmond, VA: John Knox, 1960.
• Lovett, C. S. Lovett's Lights on First John: With Rephrased Text. Baldwin Park, CA: Personal Christianity, 1966.
• Lücke, Friedrich, and T. G. Repp. A Commentary on the Epistles of St. John. Edinburgh: Thomas Clark, 1837; microform, 1989.
   
• MacDonald, James M., and John Saul Howson. The Life and Writings of St. John. New York: Scribner Armstrong, 1877; microform, 1985.
• Manson, Thomas Walter. On Paul and John: Some Selected Theological Themes. Studies in Biblical Theology, 38. Naperville, IL: A. R. Allenson, 1963.
• Marshall, I. Howard. The Epistles of John. NICNT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
• Martin, Raymond A. Syntax Criticism of Johannine Literature, the Catholic Epistles, and the Gospel Passion Accounts. Lewiston, NY: Mellen, 1989.
• Maurice, Frederick Denison. The Epistles of St. John: A Series of Lectures on Christian Ethics. London; New York: Macmillan, 1881; repr. 1893; microform, 1989.
• Maynard, Michael. A History of the Debate over 1 John 5, 7-8: A Tracing of the Longevity of the Comma Johanneum, with Evaluations of Arguments against Its Authenticity. Tempe: Comma, 1995.
• McGee, J. Vernon. I John. Thru the Bible Commentary, 56. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1997.
• McGee, J. Vernon. II & III John. Thru the Bible Commentary, 57. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1991.
• McGinn, Linda. Seeing Jesus: 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John. Women in the Word. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.
• Miranda, José Porfirio. Being and the Messiah: The message of St. John. Translation of  Ser y el Mesías by John Eagleson. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1977.  [also on the Gospel]
• Morgan, Charles Herbert. John, the Interpreter of Christ: St. John and His Writings. New York; Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, 1921.  [also on the Gospel]
• Morton, A. Q., and S. Michaelson. The Johannine Epistles: A Critical Concordance. Edinburgh(?): Biblical Research Associates, 1971.
   
• O'Neill, J. C. The Puzzle of 1 John: A New Examination of Origins. London: SPCK, 1966.
   
• Painter, John. The Quest for the Messiah: The History, Literature and Theology of the Johannine Community. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1991.  [also on the Gospel]
• Palmer, Earl F. 1, 2, 3 John, Revelation. Waco, TX: Word, 1982.
• Pentecost, J. Dwight. The Joy of Fellowship: A Study of First John. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.
• Pentecost, J. Dwight. The Joy of Intimacy with God: A Bible Study Guide to I John. Grand Rapids: Discovery, 1996.
• Perkins, Pheme. The Johannine Epistles. NT Message, 21. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1979.
• Plummer, Alfred. The Epistles of S. John, with Introduction and Appendices. Cambridge: University Press, 1894; repr. 1938; microform 1985.
• Purchas, H. T. Johannine Problems and Modern Needs. London; New York: Macmillan, 1901; microform, 1985.
   
• Ramsay, A. The Revelation and the Johannine Epistles. The Westminster NT. New York; London: Fleming H. Revell; A. Melrose, 1910.
• Rensberger, David K. 1 John, 2 John, 3 John. Abingdon NT Commentaries. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997. -- REVIEW by K. Grayston in RBL 11/98
• Richards, W. Larry. The Classification of the Greek Manuscripts of the Johannine Epistles. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1977.
• Roberts, J. W. The Letters of John. Austin, TX: R. B. Sweet, 1968.
• Ross, Alexander. The Epistles of James and John. NICNT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1954; repr. 1960, 1972.
   
• Sawtelle, Henry A. Commentary on the Epistles of John. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1888; microform, 1988.
• Schmiedel, Paul Wilhelm, and Maurice Arthur Canney. The Johannine Writings. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1908; microform, 1985.
• Schnackenburg, Rudolf. The Johannine Epistles: Introduction and Commentary. Trans. by Reginald & Ilse Fuller. New York: Crossroad, 1992.
• Schoville, Keith. Hebrews, James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2, 3 John, & Jude. Genesis to Revelation. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997.
• Segovia, Fernando F. Love Relationships in the Johannine Tradition: agapē/agapan in I John and the Fourth Gospel. Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1982.
• Simpson, A. B. Messages of Love, or, Christ in the Epistles of John. Nyack: Christian Alliance, 1900; microform, 1992.
• Sloyan, Gerard Stephen. Walking in the Truth: Perseverers and Deserters: The First, Second, and Third Letters of John. NT in Context. Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1995.
• Smalley, Stephen S. 1, 2, 3 John. Waco, TX: Word, 1984.
• Smith, D. Moody. First, Second, and Third John. Interpretation Commentary Series. Louisville: John Knox, 1991.
• Springer, J. Arthur. The Father's Family: Studies in the Epistle of I John. Chicago: Moody Bible Institute, 1962.
• Stevens, George Barker. The Johannine Theology: A Study of the Doctrinal Contents of the Gospel and Epistles of the Apostle John. New York: Charles Scribner, 1894, 1904; microform, 1985.
• Stott, John R. W. The Epistles of John: An Introduction and Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1960; Leicester, England: InterVarsity Press, 1964; repr. often.
• Stott, John R. W. The Letters of John: An Introduction and Commentary. 2nd ed. Tyndale NT Commentaries, 19. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; Leicester, England: InterVarsity Press, 1988.
• Strecker, Georg. The Johannine Letters: A Commentary on 1, 2, and 3 John. Hermeneia Commentary Series. Trans. by Linda M. Maloney; ed. by Harold W. Attridge. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996. -- REVIEW by D. Moody Smith in RBL 4/98
   
• Talbert, Charles H. Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel and the Johannine Epistles. Reading the NT. New York: Crossroad, 1992.
• Taylor, Michael J., ed. A Companion to John: Readings in Johannine Theology (John's Gospel and Epistles). New York: Alba House, 1977.
• Thompson, Marianne Meye. 1-3 John. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1992.
• Thüsing, Wilhelm, and Alois Stöger. The Three Epistles of St. John. London: Sheed & Ward, 1971.
   
• Vine, W. E. The Epistles of John: Light, Love, Life. London: Oliphants, 1965.
• Von Wahlde, Urban C. The Johannine Commandments: 1 John and the Struggle for the Johannine Tradition. New York: Paulist, 1990.
   
• Wagner, Günter. An Exegetical Bibliography of the New Testament: John and 1, 2, 3 John. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1987.
• Wagner, Günter. An Exegetical Bibliography on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John; 2nd series. Rüschlikon-Zürich: Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983.
• Ward, Ronald Arthur. The Epistles of John and Jude: A Study Manual. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1965.
• Westcott, Brooke Foss. The Epistles of St. John: The Greek Text, with Notes and Essays. London: Macmillan, 1883; repr. 1886; microform, 1985.
• Westcott, Brooke Foss. The Epistles of St. John: The Greek Text with Notes. With a new Introduction by F. F. Bruce. Abingdon (Berks.): Marcham Manor Press, 1966.
• White, R. E. O. Open Letter to Evangelicals: A Devotional and Homiletic Commentary on the First Epistle of John. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964.
• Williams, R. R. The Letters of John and James: Commentary on the Three Letters of John and the Letter of James. Cambridge: University Press, 1965.
• Wilson, Marvin R. A Workbook for New Testament Greek: Grammar & Exegesis in First John. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1998.
• Wijngaards, John. The Gospel of John and His Letters. Message of Biblical Spirituality, 11. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1986.
• Womack, Morris. 1, 2 & 3 John. NIV Commentary. Joplin: College, 1998.
   
• Zodhiates, Spiros. The Epistles of John: An Exegetical Commentary. Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 1994.
   
• (no author). 1st John: The Test of Faith. Depth Bible Study. Littleton: Serendipity, 1998.
• (no author). Faithfulness: Walking in the Light, Studies from 1st John. Deeper Bible Study. Littleton: Serendipity, 1998.
• (no author) Studies in the Johannine Letters. Pretoria: New Testament Society of South Africa, 1981.

Foreign Language Publications from 1800 to 1999:

• Asmussen, Hans. Warheit und Liebe: Eine Einführung in die Johannesbriefe. Hamburg: Furche, 1957.
• Augenstein, Jörg. Das Liebesgebot im Johannesevangelium und in den Johannesbriefen. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1993.
• Augustine, Saint Bishop of Hippo. Commentaire de la Première Épître de S. Jean. Sources Chrétiennes, 75. Ed. by Paul Agaësse. Paris: Éditions du Cerf, 1961.
   
• Balz, Horst R. and Wolfgang Schrage. Die Katholischen Briefe: Die Briefe des Jakobus, Petrus, Johannes und Judas. NTD 10. 4th ed. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1993.
• Belser, Joh. Evang. Die Briefe des heiligen Johannes. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1906; microform, 1992.
• Bonsirven, Joseph. Épitres de Saint Jean. Verbum Salutis: Commentaire du Nouveau Testament, 9. Paris: Beauchesne, 1936; new ed. 1954.
• Boor, Werner de. Die Briefe des Johannes. Wuppertal: Brockhaus, 1974.
• Bretschneider, Karl Gottlieb. Probabilia de evangelii et epistolarum Joannis, Apostoli, indole et origine: eruditorum judiciis. Leipzig: Johannes Ambrosius Barthius, 1820.
• Büchsel, Friedrich. Der Begriff der Wahrheit in dem Evangelium und den Briefen des Johannes. Gütersloh: C. Bertelsmann, 1911; microform, 1993.
• Büchsel, Friedrich. Die Johannesbriefe. Leipzig: Deichert, 1933.
• Brown, Raymond E. El evangelio según San Juan y epístolas joánicas. Introducción y comentario. Santander: Sal Terrae, 1965.
• Bultmann, Rudolf Karl. Analyse des ersten Johannesbriefes. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (P. Siebeck), 1927.
• Bultmann, Rudolf Karl. Die drei Johannesbriefe. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1967.
   
• Cothenet, Edouard. Les Ecrits de s. Jean et l'Epître aux Hébreux. Paris: Desclée, 1984.
   
• Dalbesio, Anselmo. Quello che abbiamo udito e veduto: l'esperienze cristiana nella Prima lettera di Giovanni. Bologna: Dehoniane, 1990.
• Delebecque, Édouard. Epîtres de Jean. Paris: Gabalda, 1988.
• Dietrich, Suzanne de. Les lettres johanniques: bref commentaire pour groupes d'études. Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1964.
   
• Ebrard, Johannes Heinrich August. Die Briefe Johannis. Biblischer Commentar über sämmtliche Schriften des Neuen Testaments, 6:4. Konigsberg: Unzer, 1859.
   
• Fillion, Louis-Claude. Saint Jean l'Evangéliste: sa vie & ses écrits. Paris: Gabriel Beauchesne, 1907; microform, 1989.
• Frommann, G. Karl. Der johanneische Lehrbegriff in seinem Verhältnisse zur gesammten biblisch-christlichen Lehre. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1839; microform, 1989.
   
• Gaugler, Ernst, and Henning Kampen. Die Johannesbriefe. Zürich: EVZ, 1964.
• Giurisato, Giorgio. Struttura e Teologia della Prima Lettera di Giovanni: Analisi Letteraria e Retorica, Contenuto Teologico. Roma: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1998.  [also on the Gospel]
   
• Heinze, André.  Johannesapokalypse und johanneischen Schriften: Forschungs- und traditionsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen. BWANT 142. Stuttgart/Berlin/Cologne: Kohlhammer, 1998. -- REVIEW by Craig R. Koester in RBL 2/00
• Hélou, Clémence. Symbole et langage dans les écrits johanniques: lumière-ténèbres. Paris: Mame, 1980.
• Hengel, Martin, and Jörg Frey. Die johanneische Frage: Ein Lösungsversuch. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (P. Siebeck), 1993.
• Hilgenfeld, Adolf. Das Evangelium und die Briefe Johannis. Halle: C.A. Schwetschke, 1849; microform, 1989.
• Hjelt, Arthur. De Johanneiska småbrefvens ursprung: undersökt med särskild hänsyn till presbyterhypotesen: akademisk afhandling. Helsingfors [Helsinki]: Frenckellska Tryckeri-Aktiebolaget, 1901; microform, 1985.
• Huther, Johann Eduard. Kritisch-exegetisches Handbuch über die drei Briefe des Johannes. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1861; repr. 1868.
• Hümpel, Johann Ludwig Ernst. "De errore christologico in Epistolis Ioannis impugnato eiusque auctore: Quaestio historicocritica." Dissertation: Universität Erlangen Dissertationen, v. 22, no. 7. Typis F. Iunge, 1897; microform, 1994.
   
• Klauck, Hans-Josef. Die Johannesbriefe. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1991.
   
• La Potterie, Ignace de. La Vérité dans Saint Jean. 2nd ed. Rome: Editrice Pontifico Istituto Biblico, 1999.  [also on the Gospel]
• Lauck, Willibald. Das Evangelium und die Briefe des heiligen Johannes. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1941.
• Loisy, Alfred Firmin. Le quatrième évangile; Les épitres dites de Jean. Paris: E. Nourry, 1921.
• Luther, Martin. Das Magnifikat. Vorlesung über den 1. Johannesbrief. München: Siebenstern, 1968.
   
• Makrakes, Apostolos. Hermeneia kata platos kai vathos eis to kata Ioannen Hagion Euangelion. Orthodoxos Christianikos Syllogos "Ioannes ho Vaptistes." Athens: [s.n.], 1961.
• Müller, Karl. Göttliches Wissen und göttliche Macht des Johanneischen Christus: ein Beitrag zur Lösung der Johanneischen Frage. Freiburg im Breisgau; St. Louis: Herder, 1882.
   
• Omodeo, Adolfo. La mistica Giovannea: saggio critico con nuova traduzione dei testi. Bari: Laterza, 1930.
   
• Prete, Benedetto. Lettre di Giovanni. Rome: Edizioni Paoline, 1970.
   
• Rábanos Espinosa, Ricardo, and Domingo Muñoz León. Bibliografía Joánica: Evangelo, Cartas y Apocalipsis 1960-1986. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1990.
• Renner, Frumentius. Verkannte Kostbarkeiten des Neuen Testamentes: Literarkritische Studien. St. Ottilien: EOS Verlag Erzabtei St. Ottilien, 1992.
• Ruckstuhl, Eugen. Jakobusbrief, 1.-3. Johannesbrief. Würzburg: Echter, 1985.
• Rusam, Dietrich. Die Gemeinschaft der Kinder Gottes: Das Motiv der Gotteskindschaft und die Gemeinden der johanneischen Briefe. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1993.
   
• Schlatter, Adolf von. Die Briefe und die Offenbarung des Johannes. Schlatters Erlauterungen zum Neuen Testament, 10. Stuttgart: Calwer Verlag, 1950.
• Schlatter, Adolf von. Der Jakobusbrief und die Johannisbriefe: Ausgelegt für Bibelleser. Calw: Vereinsbuchhandlung, 1893; microform, 1992.
• Schmiedel, Paul Wilhelm. Evangelium, Briefe und Offenbarung des Johannes nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung. Halle: Gebauer-Schwetschke; Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (P. Siebeck), 1906.
• Schmithals, Walter. Johannesevangelium und Johannesbriefe: Forschungsgeschichte und Analyse. Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1992.
• Schnackenburg, Rudolf. Die Johannesbriefe. Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum NT, 13.3. Freiburg: Herder, 1953; repr. 1963, 1975, 1984.
• Schrenck, Erich von. Die Johanneische Anschauung vom "Leben": mit Berücksichtigung ihrer Vorgeschichte. Leipzig: A. Deichert (Georg Böhme), 1898; microform, 1985.
• Schunack, Gerd. Die Briefe des Johannes. Zürich: Theologischer Verlag, 1982.
• Schütz, Wilhelm. Die Briefe des Johannes. Kassel: J. G. Oncken, 1954.
• Sinate, Lalthankhum. Thuthlung thar hrilfiena: Johan I, II, III le Juda  [A Commentary on the Epistles of John & Jude]. Churachandpur: Independent Church of India, 1965.
• Strecker, Georg. Die Johannesbriefe. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1989.
   
• Theobald, Michael. Die Fleischwerdung des Logos: Studien zum Verhältnis des Johannesprologs zum Corpus des Evangeliums und zu 1 Joh. Münster: Aschendorff, 1988.
• Thiele, Walter. Wortschatzuntersuchungen zu den lateinischen Texten der Johannesbriefe. Aus der Geschichte der lateinischen Bibel, 2. Freiburg: Herder, 1958.
• Titius, Arthur. Die johanneische Anschauung unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Seligkeit. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1900; microform, 1989.
• Tragan, Pius-Ramon. Fede e sacramenti negli scritti giovannei: atti del Convegno di teologia sacramentaria, Roma, 23-25 maggio 1983. Rome: Pontificio Ateneo S. Anselmo, 1985.
   
• Vannini, Francesco. 1-2-3 Giovanni. Brescia: Queriniana, 1998.
• Vogler, Werner. Die Briefe des Johannes. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 1993.
• Vouga, François. Die Johannesbriefe. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (P. Siebeck), 1990.
   
• Weiss, Bernhard. Die drei Briefe des Apostel Johannes. 6^th edition. Kritisch-exegetischer Kommentar über das Neue Testament, 14. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1899; microform, 1985.
• Wendt, Hans Hinrich. Die Johannesbriefe und das johanneische Christentum. Halle (Salle): Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses Franckesche Stiftungen, 1925.
• Wengst, Klaus. Der erste, zweite und dritte Brief des Johannes. Gütersloh: Gerd Mohn; Würzburg: Echter, 1978.

• Alleine, Richard. The World Conquered, or, A Believers Victory over the World: Laid Open in Several Sermons on I John 5.4. London: [s.n.], 1668; London: Printed for Peter Parker..., 1676; microform, 1962.
• Althamer, Andreas. Auslegung der zwo letzten Episteln Johanis des Theologi. Gedruckt zu Nürnberg: durch Friderich Peypus, 1528.
• Barne, Miles. A Sermon Preached before the King at Newmarket April 24, 1670. London: Printed by John Hayes..., 1670; microform, 1977.
• Battely, John. A Sermon Preach'd before the Queen in Christ-Church, Canterbury, May iv. 1694. London: Printed by Tho. Warren for Walter Kettilby..., 1694; microform, 1978.
• Binning, Hugh. Fellowship with God, or, XXVIII Sermons on the I Epistle of John, chap. 1 and 2: Wherein the True Ground and Foundation of Attaining the Spiritual Way of Intertaining Fellowship with the Father and the Son, and the Blessed Condition of such as Attain to It, Are Most Succinctly and Lucidly Explained. Edinburgh: Printed by George Swintoun and James Glen, 1671; microform, 1974.
• Bréval, Monsieur de. La foy victorieuse du monde dans les justes: sermon presche a las savoye dans l'eglise françoise le dimanche, 10. jour d'Octobre 1669. Londres: Imprimé par T. N. pour Will. Nott..., 1670; microform, 1975.
• Cotton, John. Christ the Fountaine of Life, or, Sundry Choyce Sermons on Part of the Fift Chapter of the First Epistle of St. John. London: Printed by Robert Ibbitson, 1651; microform, 1977.
• Cotton, John, and Christopher Scott. A Practical Commentary, or, An Exposition with Observations, Reasons, and Vses upon the First Epistle Generall of John. London: Printed by R.I. and E.C. for Thomas Parkhurst, 1656; microform, 1982.
• Dell, William. The Tryal of Spirits both in Teachers and Hearers: Wherein is Held Forth the Clear Discovery and Certain Downfal of the Carnal and Anti-Christian Clergy of These Nations. London: Gilles Calvert, 1660; microform, 1983.
• Freeman, Samuel. A Sermon Preach'd before the Queen at Whitehall, December the 10th, 1693. London: Printed for Ric. Chiswell..., 1694; microform, 1981.
• Hemmingsen, Niels. Commentarii in S. Iohannis apostoli epistolas. Witebergae: Clemens Schleich & Antonios Schöne, 1569; microform, 19--.
• Howard, John. The Trinity Asserted: A Sermon Preach'd before the Lord-Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, upon Trinity-Sunday, Anno Dom. 1700. London: Printed for J. Lawrence, 1700; microform, 1974.
• Lorin, Jean de. In catholicas tres B. Ioannis, & duas B. Petri Epistolas commentarij. Lvgdvni: Sumptibus Horatij Cardon, 1609.
• Martin, David, and Samuel Jebb. A Critical Dissertation upon the Seventh Verse of the Fifth Chapter of St. John's First Epistle: there Are Three that Bear Record in Heaven, &c.: wherein the Authentickness of this Text is Fully Prov'd against the Objections of Mr. Simon and the Modern Arians. London: Printed for William and John Innys..., 1719.
• Pierce, Thomas. A Seasonable Caveat against the Dangers of Credulity in our Trusting the Spirits before We Try Them: Delivered in a Sermon before the King at White-Hall on the First Sunday in February, 1678/9. London: Printed by E.F. for R. Davis..., 1679; microform, 1981.
• Pittis, Thomas. An Old Way of Ending New Controversies: In a Sermon Preached to the Comptroller, and the Rest of the Gentlemen of the Honourable Society of the Inner-Temple, on Sunday the 8th of January 1681/2, and at Their Special Desire Printed. London: Printed by J.R. for Joanna Brome..., 1682; microform, 1971.
• Roberts, Francis. Believers Evidences for Eternall Life: Collected out of the First Epistle of John which is Catholique: Explained and Confirmed by Very Many Subservient Signes, or Undernotes Grounded upon Scriptures and Illustrated by Testimonies Both of Ancient Fathers and Modern Writers Whereby Persons Truly Regenerate May Divers Wayes Discover Their Present State of Grace and Title unto Glory. London: Printed by T.R. and E.M. for George Calvert..., 1648; 2^nd edition 1655; microform, 1983.
• Royse, George. A Sermon Preach'd before the King and Queen at White-Hall, on the 28th of December, 1690. London: Printed for Samuel Crouch..., 1691; microform 1981.
• Salt, William, and George Fox. Some Breathings of Life, from a Naked Heart: Presented in Love to the Honest, Upright, and Single-Hearted, that They, with Me May Wait to Feel the Immediate Drawings, and Leadings of the Holy Spirit in All Things... so that They Need Not Any Man to Teach Them, 1 Joh. 2. 27, with an Epistle for Peace and Unity. London: [s.n.], 1663; microform, 1978.
• Shaw, Samuel. The True Christians Test, or, A Discovery of the Love and Lovers of the World. London: Printed by Thomas James for Samuel Tidmarsh..., 1682; microform, 1985.
• Smith, Samuel. A Looking-Glass for Saints and Sinners, or, An Exposition on the Second Epistle of Saint John: A Most Needfull Treatise for These Apostatizing Times Wherein We Live, Fit to Be Read, but Practised by All Christians. London: Printed by W. W. for Nathaniel Brookes, 1663; microform, 1982.
• Stratford, Nicholas. Of the Faith Which Overcometh the World: A Sermon Preach'd at Hempsted in Hartfordshire on Sunday, April 14, 1700. London: Printed for John King, 1700; microform, 1982.
• Talbot, William. The Spirit of Popery Tryed, Whether It Be of God: A Sermon Preached before the King at Whitehall, upon the Fifth of November, 1699. London: Printed for Tho. Bennet..., 1699; microform 1980.
• Tillotson, John. A Sermon Preached before the King, Febr. 25th, 1675/6. London: Printed by A. Maxwell for Edward Gellibrand..., 1676; microform, 1975.
• Tillotson, John. A Sermon Preached at White-hall, April the 4th, 1679. London: Printed for Brabazon Aylmer and William Rogers..., 1679; microform, 1975.
• Tyler, John. A Sermon Preach'd before the Queen, at White-Hall: March xxiii, 1693/4. London: Printed by Tho. Warren for Walter Kettilby..., 1694; microform, 1978.
• Tyndale, William. The exposition of the fyrste, seconde, and thyrde canonical Epistles of S. Jhon wyth a prologe before it. Southwarke: Printed by James Nicolson, 1538.
• Whiston, William. A Commentary On the Three Catholick Epistles of St. John: In Agreement with the Ancientest Records of Christianity Now Extant. London: Printed for J. Senex at the Globe in Salisbury-Court and W. Taylor at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, 1719.