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Originally Posted by mfblume
As far as 1 John is concerned, the Judaizers were directly opposed to the thought of Christ being Jesus incarnate, as both God and man. Reading Acys and other epistles tends to cause me to see Judaizers as the major enemies of the cross. I once espoused that Gnostics were the problem addressed in 1 John, too. But someone pointed out the Judaistic element that is all through the ealry church days. I changed and agreed. My thoughts, anyway.
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I agree to some extent. I think the two types of Gnostics were making life hard for the 1st century church, more so by the time Paul was in his ministry. Irenaeus and others wrote some extensive letters against them. At any rate, my concern in this thread is about Gnostics and Paul's purpose. I’m curious to see how the Oneness Pentecostal's interpretation and the purpose matches up.
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