After A. D. 90. a Again, a new commandment I write unto you; which thing is true in him and in you: b because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. a See on John xiii. ver. 34. clause 1. b See on John i. ver. 4. clause 2. VER. 9. Ο λέγων ἐν τῷ φωτὶ εἶναι, καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ μισῶν, ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ ἐστὶν ἕως ἄρτι. a He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. a Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him, 1 John iii. 17. VER. 10. Ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ φωτὶ μένει, καὶ σκάνδαλον ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἐστιν. He that a loveth his brother abideth in the light, b and there is none casion of stumbling in him. OC After A. D. 90. 1 JOHN II. 413. 1 John v. 3. See also on Matt. vii. ver. 21. clause 3. VER. 5. Ὃς δ ̓ ἂν τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ τετελείωται· ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐσμεν. a But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God bperfected: hereby know we that we are in him. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments, ver. 3. And every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness, is righteous even as he is righteous, 1 John iii. 37. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God, 9. bSee on Matt. v. ver. 48. clause 1. c See on John xiv. ver. 18. VER. 6. Ὁ λέγων ἐν αὐτῷ μένειν, ὀφείλει, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος περιεστάτησε, καὶ αὐτὸς οὕτως πε· ριπατεῖν. a He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. a See on John x. ver. 4. VER. 7. ̓Αδελφοί, οὐκ ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν, ἀλλ ̓ ἐντολὴν παλαιὰν, ἣν εἴχετε ἀπ ̓ ἀρ χῆς. Ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ παλαιά ἔστιν ὁ λόγος ὃν ἠκούσατε ἀπ ̓ ἀρχῆς. a Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which VER. 8. Πάλιν, ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν, ὅ ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν· ὅτι ἡ σκοτία παράγεται, καὶ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἤδη φαίνει * Gr. scandal. a See on Mark ix. ver. 50. clause 3. b See on Matt. xviii. ver. 6, 7. VER. 11. Ο δὲ μισῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ ἐστὶ, καὶ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ περιπατεῖ, καὶ οὐκ οἶδε τοῦ ὑπάγει, ὅτι ἡ σκοτία ἐτύφλωσε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ. a But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, b because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. a See on ver. 9. bSee on Matt. xiii. ver. 14, 15. VER. 12. αἱ ἁμαρτίαι διὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. I write unto you, a little children, b because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. a See on ver. 1. clanse 1. b See on Matt. vi. ver. 12. clause 1, and ix. ver. 2. clause 4. VER. 13. Γράφω ὑμῖν, πατέρες, ὅτι ἐγνώκατε τὸν ἀπ ̓ ἀρχῆς. Γράφω ὑμῖν, νεανίσκοι, ὅτι νενικήκατε τὸν πονηρὸν. Γράφω ὑμῖν, παιδία, ὅτι ἐγνώκατε τὸν πατέρα, After A. D. 90. a And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God cabideth for ever. And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away, 1 Cor. vii. 31. See also on Matt. v. ver. 18. clause 1. bSee on Matt. vii. ver. 21. clause 3. c See on Matt. xix. ver. 16. clause 3. VER. 18. Παιδία, ἐσχάτη ὥρα ἐστί· καὶ καθὼς ἠκούσατε ὅτι ὁ ἀντίχριστος ἔρχεται, καὶ νῦν ἀντίχριστοι πολλοὶ γεγόνασιν· ὅθεν γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐσχάτη ὥρα ἐστίν. a Little children, bit is the last time: c and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists, whereby we know that it is the last time. a See on ver 1. clause 1. b See on 1 Tim. iv. ver. 1. clause 2. VER. 19. Ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐξῆλθον, ἀλλὰ οὐκ ἦσαν ἐξ ἡμῶν· εἰ γὰρ ἦσαν ἐξ ἡμῶν, μεμενήκεισαν ἂν μεθ ̓ ἡμῶν· ἀλλ ̓ ἵνα φανερωθῶσιν ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶ πάντες ἐξ ἡμῶν. a They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were b See on John x. ver. 28. clause 2. among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you, 1 Cor. xi. 19. VER. 20. Καὶ ὑμεῖς χρίσμα ἔχετε ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου, καὶ οἴδατε πάντα. b a But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. a See on John xiv. ver. 26. clauses 3, 4. After A. D. 90. 1 JOHN II. 13-21. I write unto you, fathers, a because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I urite unto you, young men, b because ye have overcome the wicked I write unto you, little children, a because ye have known the Fa one. ther. a See on John i. ver. 1. clause 1. b See on Eph. iv. ver. 27. • See on ver. 1. clause 1. d See on Matt. xi. ver. 27. clause 3. VER. 14. Εγραψα ὑμῖν, πατέρες, ὅτι ἐγνώκατε τὸν ἀπ ̓ ἀρχῆς. Εγραψα ὑμῖν, νεανίσκοι, ὅτι ἰσχυροί έστε, καὶ ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν μένει, καὶ νενικήκατε τὸν πονηρόν. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, a because ye are strong, b and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. a See on 2 Cor. xii. ver. 9. clause 2. b See on John xv. ver. 7. clause 1. VER. 15. Μὴ ἀγαπᾶτε τὸν κόσμον, μηδὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ· ἐάν τις ἀγαπᾷ τὸν κόσμον, οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ πατρὸς ἐν αὐτῷ. a Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. a See on John xv. ver. 19, and Rom. not all of us. xii. ver. 2. clause 1. a See on Matt. xiii. ver. 21. clause 1, b See on Matt. vi. ver. 24. clause 1. and 1 Tim. i. ver. 6. VER. 16. Ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς σαρκὸς, καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, καὶ ἡ ἀλαζονεία τοῦ βίου, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς, ἀλλ ̓ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἐστί, For all that is in the world, a the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, c is not of the Father, but is of the world. a See on Rom. xiii. ver. 14. clause 2. b See on Matt. v. ver. 28. clause 2. c This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish, Jam. iii. 15. VER. 17. Καὶ ὁ κόσμος παράγεται, καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία αὐτοῦ· ὁ δὲ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. b See on Mark i. ver. 24. clause 2. c See on clause 1. VER. 21. Οὐκ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἀλλ ̓ ὅτι οἴδατε αὐτὴν, καὶ ὅτι πᾶν ψεῦδος ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας οὐκ ἔστι. 432 After A. D. 90. 1 JOHN II. 21-28. I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. VER. 22. Τίς ἐστιν ὁ ψεύστης, εἰ μὴ ὁ ἀρνούμενος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ Χριστός; οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἀντίχριστος, ὁ ἀρνούμενος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὸν υἱόν. a Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus the Christ? He is antichrist, b that denieth the Father and the Son. a See on Luke ii. ver. 11. clause 2. b See ver. 23. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God, Whosoever transJohn iv. 15. gresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son, 2 John 9. VER. 23. Πᾶς ὁ ἀρνούμενος τὸν υἱὸν, οὐδὲ τὸν πα τέρα ἔχει. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son, hath the Father also. After A. D. 90. These things have 1 written unto you concerning them that seduce you. a See on Acts xx. ver. 30. VER. 27. Καὶ ὑμεῖς τὸ χρίσμα ὃ ἐλάβετε ἀπ ̓ αὐτοῦ, ἐν ὑμῖν μένει, καὶ οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε ἵνα τις διδάσκῃ ὑμᾶς· ἀλλ ̓ ὡς τὸ αὐτὸ χρίσμα διδασκει ὑμᾶς περὶ πάντων, καὶ ἀληθές ἐστι, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι ψεῦδος· καὶ καθὼς ἐδίδαξεν ὑμᾶς, μενεῖτε ἐν αὐτῷ. a But the anointing which ye have ye received of him abideth in you, and need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, 6 and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in ⚫ him. *Or, it. b And now, a little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. a See on ver. 22, and John. v. ver. 23. VER. 24. Ὑμεῖς οὖν ὁ ἠκούσατε ἀπ ̓ ἀρχῆς, ὑμῖν μενέτω· ἐὰν ἐν ὑμῖν μείνη ἀρχῆς ἠκούσατε, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐν τῷ υἱῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ μενεῖτε. a Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beye also ginning shall remain in you, shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. a See on John xv. ver. 7. clause 1. b See on John xiv. ver. 18. VER. 25. Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐπαγγελία, ἣν αὐτὸς ἐπηγγείλατο ἡμῖν τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον. a And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. a See on ver. 1. clause 1. I am the true vine, and my Fais the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them a See on Matt. xix. ver. 16. clause 3. into the fire, and they are burned. If VER. 26. ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and Ταῦτα ἔργαψα ὑμῖν περὶ τῶν πλανώντων | it shall be done unto you, John xv. ὑμᾶς. 11-7. After A. D. 90. 1 JOHN 11. 28, 29.-111. 1-6. • See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 30. clause 3. d See on Rom. v. ver. 5. clause 1. After A. D. 90. VER. 2. ̓Αγαπητοί, νῦν τέκνα Θεοῦ ἐσμεν, καὶ οὔπω ἐφανερώθη τί ἐσόμεθα· οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ἐὰν φανερωθῇ, ὅμοιοι αὐτῷ ἐσόμεθα, ὅτι ὀψόμεθα αὐτὸν καθώς ἐστι. Beloved, a now are we the sons of God; b and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall d appear, we shall be like him; e for we shall see him as he is. a See on Matt. v. ver. 9. clause 3. b See on 1 Cor. ii. ver. 9. See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 30. clause 3. d See on Rom. viii. ver. 29. clause 3. e See on Matt. v. ver. 8. clause 2. a See on Matt. v. ver. 48. clause 1. and xxiii. ver. 26. VER. 4. Πᾶς ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, καὶ τὴν ἀνοι μίαν ποιεῖ· καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐστὶν ἡ ἀνομία. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the trans VER. 5. Καὶ οἴδατε ὅτι ἐκεῖνος ἐφανερώθη, ἵνα τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν ἄρῃ· καὶ ἁμαρτία ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστι. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. b c If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, Thegression of the law. servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you ; if they have kept my saying, they will keep your's also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me, John xv. 18-21. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word, xvii. 6. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world, 14— 16. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me, 25. c VOL. III. a See ver. 8. For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, 1 John i. 1. And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world, iv. 14. b See on John i. ver. 29. clauses 2, 3. c See on Heb. vii. ver. 26. clause 3. VER. 6. Πᾶς ὁ ἐν αὐτῷ μένων, οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει· πᾶς ὁ ἁμαρτάνων, οὐχ ἑώρακεν αὐτὸν, οὐδὲ yvaxey GŬTÓV. Whosoever a abideth in him bsinneth not: whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, neither known him. 2 F Πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἁμαρ τίαν οὐ ποιεῖ, ὅτι σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ μένει· καὶ οὐ δύναται ἁμαρτάνειν, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγέννηται. Whosoever a is born of God, b doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. • See on John i. ver. 13. clause 5. VER. 10. Ἐν τούτῳ φανερά ἐστι τὰ τέκνα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τὰ τέκνα τοῦ διαβολοῦ· πᾶς ὁ μὴ ποιῶν δικαιοσύνην, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφόν αὑτοῦ. In this a the children of God are manifest, and b the children of the devil: e whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his d After A. D. 90. c See on ver. 7, 8. d See on Mark ix. ver. 50. clause 3. VER. 11. “Οτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγγελία ἣν ἐκεύσατε ἀπ ̓ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους. For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. * Or, commandment. a See on Mark ix. ver. 50. clause 3. VER. 12. Οὐ καθὼς Κάϊν ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἦν, καὶ ἔσφαξε τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ· καὶ χάριν τίνος ἔσφαξεν αὐτόν; ὅτι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ πονηρὰ ἦν, τὰ δὲ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, δίκαια. a Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And where. fore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. a See on Heb. xi. ver. 4. VER. 13. Μὴ θαυμάζετε, ἀδελφοί μου, εἰ μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος. • Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. a See on Matt. x. ver. 22. clause 1. . brother. See on Matt. v. ver. 9. clause 3. VER. 14. Ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν ὅτι μεταβεβήκαμεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωὴν, ὅτι ἀγαπῶμεν τοὺς ἀδελφούς· ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν, μένει ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ. • We know b that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. a See on chap. ii. ver. S. b Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life, John v. 24. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness unto God, that they may receive forto light, and from the power of Satan giveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me, Acts xxvi. 18. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins, Eph. ii. 1. |