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The word "believe" is found 75 times in the NIV Bible's Gospel of John.
A:The fourth gospel refers several times to a "disciple whom Jesus loved". The Gospel was originally anonymous, but during the later part of the second century, Church Fathers came to the conclusion that this disciple must have been John, and subsequently attributed the Gospel to John.
The gospel now known as John's Gospel was originally written anonymously and only attributed to John later in the second centuries. The Church Fathers noted that only this Gospel ever referred to the "disciple whom Jesus loved" and that this disciple was never referred to at the same time as the apostle John. They decided that the "disciple whom Jesus loved" and John were actually thesame person and that this must have been the author of the Gospel, which they consequently attributed to John. There is no historical reason to believe that the author of this gospel really was John and therefore no reason to believe that he was referring to himself in the third person. The three epistles now attributed to John were written in the first person.
John clearly mentions in john chapter 20 verse 31 This is written so that you may believe that Jesus christ is the Messiah.
Jesus prayed more than three times while he was on the earth. He prayed to his Father numerous times throughout his earthly ministry of 3 1/2 years. Check the gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.