RCS NT 04: John 1-12

The first eighteen verses of the Gospel of John make some of the most profound
statements about the character and work of Christ in all of Scripture: In the " beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (1:1); " all things were made through him" (1:3); "the Word became flesh and dwelt " among us (1:14)."

Reformation commentators ruminated on the meaning and implications of such
claims for shedding light on doctrines like the Trinity, the divinity of Christ
and his incarnation, but also for grasping the saving benefits of Christ's work
in justification (for those who believed in his name") and new birth (those " born of God as his children, 1:12-13).

In this volume, Craig Farmer expertly guides readers through Reformation
meditation on these themes and many others as they are unpacked in the first
twelve chapters of the Gospel of John, from the Prologue to Jesus' triumphal
entry into Jerusalem. Here you will find a rich mosaic of reflection on the
Gospel of John by a variety of significant well-known and lesser-known figures
among the Reformed, Lutherans, Radicals and Roman Catholics. Farmer has done
justice to the depth and nuance of the work of these Reformation-era pastors
and scholars by drawing from a range of genres-extensive commentary, brief
annotations, impassioned sermons, official confessions, and careful doctrinal
and practical treatises.

Contemporary scholars will find this volume indispensable for understanding the
significance of the spiritual Gospel" for Reformation theology and practice, " and pastors will discover here a consistently fruitful source for preaching,
teaching and discipleship in the grace and truth" that have come through Jesus " Christ (1:17).

Editors: Esther Chung-Kim and Todd R. Hains.

Series: Reformation Commentary on Scripture.