PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Expositor's Greek Testament — Volume 5
Nicoll, W. Robertson (editor), 1851-1923 · 315,635 words · 520 reading sections
I, 6, 5.
124 > , A , ς a Mt a1 Cor. iv. ἐπιγνώσει TOU κυρίου ημών, 18, Xen. 4. Mem. ΠΕΤΡΟΥ B t "Gs πάντα ἡμῖν τῆς θείας δυνά- 3. CYr. 3,3) µεως αὐτοῦ τὰ πρὸς ζωὴν καὶ εὐσέβειαν δεδωρηµένης διὰ τῆς ἐπι- lrov θεου και Incov του κυριου ημων MSS. generally, Ti., Treg., WH; του θεου καὶ Inoov P, vulg., Minusc., 69, 137, 16…
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Clem. 1x. 5. χριστὸς + +» ἐγένετο SRE καὶ οὕτως ἡμᾶς ἐκάλεσεν. ἰδίᾳ δόξῃ καὶ ἀρετῇῃ. Has ἰδίᾳ an intensive force here, or has it an exhausted sense -σ, ο, OXY. τα, li. τν. Α.Ρ.]. «δόξειεν τῇ ἀρετῇ =“ if it please your 3---ᾱ- 125 Ὑνώσεως τοῦ καλέσαντος ἡμᾶς ἰδίᾳ δόξῃ καὶ ἀρετῇ,ὶ 4. δι ὧν τὰ τίµια ἡμῖν καὶ μέγισ…
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126 b Gen. 3 ΄. ὉἙὉ A ἐπιθυμία ’ φθορᾶς. after άν, $ ρα ΠΕΤΡΟΥ B r Ν > aA 5. καὶ αὐτὸ "τοῦτο δὲ σπουδὴν πᾶσαν παρει- > LZ ιά 3) ~ ~ ~ ἀποφυγ. σενέγκαντες ἐπιχορηγήσατε ἐν τῇ πίστει ὑμῶν τὴν ἀρετήν, ἐν δὲ τῇ found hereonly. ἀρετῇ τὴν γνῶσιν, 6. ἐν δὲ c Xen. Anab.1, 9, 21, Plat- Protag. 310e. tory of man’s…
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Ver. 6. ἐγκράτειαν: “self-control” : accompanied by, and arising from, know- ledge, and not a mere product of fear or submission to authority. ὑπομονήν : ‘steadfastness ’"—not turned aside from the faith by trial and suffering (cf, Luke viii. 15, Rom. v. 3 ff.). The desponding 5—9- 127 ἐγκρατείᾳ τὴν ὑπομονήν, …
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Ver. 9g. µυωπάζων : ‘“short-sighted”’. Only once elsewhere in Greek literature in Ps. Dionys. Eccl. Hier. ii. 3. This is one of the words to which exception has been taken in 2 Peter. It is both rare, and it seems to contradict τυφλός. Spitta and Von S. translate ‘“ wilfully blind”. Mayor (p. Ixi.) (fo lowing Be…
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Vv. 12-15. The aim of the writer, and the urgency of his message. ‘‘ You are already acquainted with and established in the truth, so far as revealed to you, but, in view of the great issues, I shall always be prepared to awaken you toa sense of these things. In my lifetime I feel bound to do so, especially as I…
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These remarks apply also Nestle, Textual Criticism of N.T. p. 324). καθὼς Kal... ἐδήλωσέν por. There seems no reason to doubt the reference here to John xxi. 18, 19, as Spitta and others have done (see Introduction, pp. 96 f.). νο 15. σπουδάσω. The form is used by Polybius and later writers for the classical σ…
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16. οὗ γὰρ k Amos ii. σεσοφισµένοις µύθοις * ἐξακολουθήσαντες ἐγνωρίσαμεν ὑμῖν τὴν τοῦ 4, Isa. lvi. 11, of.2 Peter ii. 2, 15. κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ δύναμιν καὶ παρουσίαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπόπται γενηθέντες τῆς ἐκείνου µεγαλειότητος. 17. λαβὼν γὰρ παρὰ A Q A Ν , - > / 2 A a Θεοῦ πατρὸς τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν, φωνῆς ἐνεχθε…
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er 16—1I09. TIETPOY B 131 ὑπὸ τῆς μεγαλοπρεποῦς } δόξης Ὁ vids µου ὁ ἀγαπητός µου οὗτός | ας oe ἐστιν, eis ὃν ἐγὼ ‘ed8Sdxnoa,—18. καὶ ταύτην τὴν φωνὴν ἡμεῖς Μακ ἠκούσαμεν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ "' ἐνεχθεῖσαν σὺν αὐτῷ ὄντες ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ iii. 22. ὄρει: I9. καὶ ἔχομεν βεβαιότερον τὸν προφητικὸν λόγον, ᾧ καλῶς aso A ποιεῖτε " προσ…
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This verse has been much discussed. It may be well to mention three gram- matical points that emerge. (1) The reference of 6. It is simplest to under- stand it as referring to the content of the preceding clause, and not to τὸν προφ" λόγον alone, viz. the fact that the προφ. λογ. is now Bef. on account of the Tr…
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Ver. 21. οὐ γὰρ θελήματι ἀνθρώπου ἠνέχθη προφητεία ποτέ. With ἠνέχθη cf. vy. 17, 1δ. ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ πνεύμ.... depdpevor, cf. Acts ii, 2. ὥσπερ Φερομένης πνοῆς Bratas. Here we have the only reference to the Holy Spirit in the Epistle, and only in this connexion, viz. as the source of prophetic inspiration. The spirit …
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133, ὡς καὶ ἐνα Vv. 4, το, Jas. 1. 25. See , 3 , , Moulton, πότην ἀρνούμενοι, ἐπάγοντες Proleg.74. the abuses of the Lord’s Supper in 1 Cor. xi.; also Galat. ii. 4, 2 Cor. xi. 13. παρεισάξουσιν. What is the force of wapa-? The idea of “stealth” or “secrecy ’—“ stealthily to introduce”’ —is hardly in accord w…
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“ae 134 ΠΕΤΡΟΥ B Il, br Tim. i, ἑαυτοῖς ταχινὴν ἀπώλειαν ' 2. καὶ πολλοὶ ἐξακολουθήσουσιν αὐτῶν , 2 Cor. A ο ig τν κ. ταῖς ἀσελγείαις, δι οὓς ἡ ὁδὸς τῆς ἀληθείας βλασφημηθήσεται ' 2. 2, Luke i. ns ye ση καὶ ’ ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ πλαστοῖς λόγοις ὑμᾶς “ἐμπορεύσονται ’ ois τὸ c Ezek. νι μ xxvii. 21. Κρίμα ἔκπαλαι οὐκ ἀργ…
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πω 2—7. 135 ζόφου 1 ταρταρώσας παρέδωκεν εἰς κρίσιν THpoupevous,” 5. καὶ dpxa-¢ Plato, Legg. 3, fou κόσμου οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ἀλλὰ 5 ὄγδοον ’ Νῶε δικαιοσύνης κήρυκα 6956, uf, ἐφύλαξεν, κατακλυσμὸν κόσµω ἀσεβῶν Sémdgas” 6. καὶ πόλεις Pelop.c. 13, Dem. , , , a ene, 3 Σοδόµων καὶ Γομόρρας τεφρώσας “kataotpody κατέκρ…
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νεν. καταστροφῇ is dative of instrument, ‘*condemned them by overthrow”’. Gen. xix. 24, 25 seems to imply some further destruction after the fire. Perhaps an earthquake is meant, a common accom- panying phenomenon of volcanic dis- turbance. ὑπόδειγμα . + τεθεικώς, “constituting them an example to un- godly pers…
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αὐθάδεις, δόξας oF τρέµουσιν βλασφημοῦντες. > fee ‘ , ” > ἰσχύὶ καὶ δυνάµει μείζονες ὄντες οὐ is used in the abstract sense of the Lord- ship of Christ in Didache iv. 1. Honour him who speaks the word of God, ὡς κύριον, ὅθεν yap 4 κυριότης λαλεῖται, ἐκεῖ κύριός ἐστιν. As is suggested by this passage in the Did…
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137 11. ὅπου ἄγγελοι Φέρουσιν Kat αὐτῶν παρὰ γόγγυσος: ἐπειδὴ ὁδηγεῖ εἰς τὴν βλασ- dypiav: μηδὲ αὐθάδης μηδὲ πονηρόφρων. ἐκ γὰρ τούτων ἁπάντων βλασφημίαι γεννῶνται. The false teachers push for- ward their views, regardless of conse- quences. Cf. Ρ. Amh. 78, 13 f. (ii. a.D.), µ[ου] πλεονεκτὶ ἄνθρωπος ἀ(υ)θάδης.…
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ή, = , ς ” lol , 12. οὗτοι δέ, ὡς ἄλογα Loa γεγεννηµένα φυσικὰ εἰς ἅλωσιν καὶ Φθοράν, ἐν “ois ἀγνοοῦσιν βλασφημοῦντες, ἐν τῇ Φθορᾷ αὐτῶν καὶ φθαρήσονται, 13. ἀδικούμενοι) μισθὸν > , ο c x c , ‘ > ς / , / A A ἀδικίας ' ἡδονὴν ἡγούμενοι τὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τρυφήν, σπίλοι καὶ μῶμοι n Rom. x. 14, vi. 21, xiv. 21, John xix.…
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12—15. [39 14. ο Matt. x. 4 10, Heb. Π.χ, Eph. ii. 12. 1 Peter iv. 1, Jas. i. ἐντρυφῶντες ἐν ταῖς ἀπάταις αὐτῶν συνευωχούµενοι ὑμῖν, ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες μεστοὺς ° porxadidos Kal ἀκαταπαύστους 3 P¢ 4 ὃ λ ῃ \ > , Si , ἁμαρτίας, θελεάζοντες ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους, καρδίαν yeyupvacperny οἱ Ἡ Ὀπλεονεξίας ἔχοντες, κατ…
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140 ὃς μισθὸν ἀδικίας ἠγάπησεν, 16. ἔλεγξιν δὲ ἔσχεν ἰδίας παρα- vopias: ὑποζύγιον ἄφωνον ἐν ἀνθρώπου φωνῇ Φθεγξάμενον ἐκώλυσεν 9 An , , THY τοῦ προφήτου παραφρονίαν. a , 3 κ. ae, 17. οὗτοί εἶσιν πηναὶ ἄνυδροι ‘ καὶ ὁμίχλαι ὑπὸ λαίλαπος ἐλαυνόμεναι, ots 6 ζόφος τοῦ σκότους τετήρηται. 18. 2 > , ow ἐν ἐπιθυμία…
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‘their former faith. 16—22. αὐτοὶ δοῦλοι ὑπάρχοντες τῆς φθορᾶς: ᾧ γάρ τις ἥττηται, τούτῳ r Acts xi. 17 δεδούλωται. > , A , \ a 3 a A , τον , ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ κυρίου καὶ σωτῆρος ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τούτοις * δὲ πάλιν ἐμπλακέντες ἠττῶνται, Ὑέγονεν αὐτοῖς τὰ ἔσχατα Χείρονα τῶν πρώτων. αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς" abuse, and mi…
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A friend of my own, with a knowledge of animals, tells me that the pig is often washed in certain forms of dishealth, to open the pores of the skin. The animal, being unprotected by hair, finds the sun’s heat disagreeable, and wallows again in the mud for coolness. The dried mud protects the skin from the rays.…
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Ver. 3. τοῦτο πρῶτον Ὑγινώσκοντες. Accusative is required, but all MSS. have nominative, cf. Jude 18. én ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν. Mockers are one of the signs of the approach of the end, cf. 1 John ii. 18. ἐν ἐμπαιγμονῇ ἐμπαῖκται : 143 A ” a“ - ~ .. µενοι, 4. καὶ λέγοντες Ποῦ ἐστὶν ἡ ἐπανχελία τῆς παρουσιας ΄᾿ αὐτοῦ…
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Ver. 6. δι ὧν. Μαγοτ απἀ Schmeidel, against the evidence of nearly all manu- scripts, read δι’ ὄν.. This is rendered un- necessary (1) if the above rendering of ἐξ ὕδατος κ.τ.λ. is taken, and the plural δι ὧν refers to the two waters. δι’ dv would refer to λόγῳ alone, or (2) if δι ὧν reiers to t8dtwv and λόγῳ ta…
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Ver. g. οὐ βραδύνει .. . ἡγοῦνται. The idea that is combated is that God has made a promise and has not kept it, He is, however, better than His promise. The additional element of His µακροθυ- µία is brought into play. God is greater than men’s conception of Him, especially if theirs is a mechanical view of the …
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expressing dissolution, like παρελεύσον- ται, or Ἀνθήσεται. εὑρεθήσεται is found in an absolute sense in Clement, Cor. ix. 3 (of Enoch) οὐχ εὑρέθη αὐτοῦ θάνα- τος, “ his death was not brought to light”. In 2 Clem. xvi. (see textual note) φανήσ- erat is the paraphrase of εὑρεθήσεται (cf. Introd. pp. 90 f.). Vv. …
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111 > c , > ο) Δ 3 / ral 8 ἐν ἁγίαις dvactpopais καὶ εὐσεβείαις, 12. προσδοκῶντας καὶ , ‘ , na a a vate’) Jae > a 3 ‘ σπεύδοντας τὴν παρουσίαν τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμέρας, δι ἣν οὐρανοὶ : ν πυρούµενοι λυθήσονται καὶ στοιχεῖα καυσούµενα τήκεται. 13. ‘ A > ‘ Ν a“ ‘ x x > , > aA καινοὺς δὲ οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν Kawhy κατὰ τὸ …
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Ver. 16. ὡς καὶ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς μια) αγ 147 α > a ~ > > “a ‘ , > e > 8 ὃ , , ταῖς ἐπιστολαῖς λαλῶν ἐν αὐταῖς περὶ τούτων, ἐν ais ἐστὶν Ὀυσνόητά τινα, ἃ οἱ ἀμαθεῖς καὶ ἀστήρικτοι στρεβλοῦσιν ὡς καὶ τὰς λοιπὰς γραφὰς πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν ! αὐτῶν ἀπώλειαν. i Acts ii. 8, Tit..a- το, 17. Ὑμεῖς οὖν, ἀγαπητοί, προγιγώσκοντε…
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Vv. τη 28. Final exhortation. ‘“‘Having then, brethren, been fore- warned, be on your guard lest you fall from your own foundation, carried away by the error of lawless men. Grow in the grace and knowledge of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him, be glory both now and in the day of eternity.” Ver. 17. Thi…
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ΤΗΕ First EPISTLE. Tue first Epistle differs from all the other N.T. Epistles save the Epistle to the Hebrews in this, that it is anonymous. The author, however, claims to have been an eye-witness of the Word of Life (i. 1-3) and speaks throughout in-a tone of apostolic authority, and there is abundance of primiti…
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(Ἰωάννου μὲν ἀκουστὴς Πολυκάρπου δὲ ἑταῖρος γεγονὼς, ἀρχαῖος ἀνήρ), “used testimonies from the first (former) epistle of John (κέχρηται δ᾽ ὁ αὐτὸς µαρτυρίαις ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰωάννου προτέρας ἐπιστολῆς) . προτέρας is merely a grammatical inaccuracy, as conversely πρῶτος for πρότερος in Matt. xxi. 36; Acts i. 1; 1 Cor. xiv. …
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the Son, the resultant Commandment of Brotherly Love, the Walking in the Light, the Begetting of God, the Overcoming of the World, etc. ; the antitheses of Life and Death, Light and Darkness, Love and Hate, Truth and Lying, Father and World, God and Devil, Children of God and Children of the Devil.’’ Thus inextrica…
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Epistle represents the παρουσία (ii. 28) as ‘a visible individual occur- rence” on a particular day (iv. 17). This is simply erroneous. The Gospel also speaks of a final and universal Judgment (ν. 29), ‘‘the last day” (vi. 39, 40, 44,54; xi. 24), and a personal Coming of Christ (xxi. 22, 23).1 (d) The Παράκλητος is…
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world; and in that historic and brilliant city St. John exercised his ministry to the end of his long life, which lasted until the reign of Trajan (Α.Ρ. 98-117).} It was an active and gracious ministry. It had Ephesus for its headquarters, but it comprehended a wide area. St. John took over- sight of all the Chris…
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bouring churches within the circuit of his supervision. It was intended for the instruction and edification of the Christians all over that extensive area. And the Epistle is, in the phrase of Lightfoot, a ‘“commendatory postscript’ to the Gospel. This explains the circumstance of its having neither address nor sig…
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Marcion’s, was that postulate of Greek philosophy—the inherent and necessary evil of matter. ‘He said that the world had not been made by the First God, but by a power which is separate from the Authority which is over the Universe and ignorant of the God who is over all. And he supposed that Jesus had not been beg…
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the Supremacy of Love was a late discovery, and he proclaims it as such (see commentary on ii. 7-11). It was not merely an article of his polemic, a protest against the loveless intellectualism where- with St. Ignatius charges the heretical teachers (τοὺς ἑτεροδοξοῦντας), who had ‘“‘no concern for love, none for th…
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There is no doubt that the Second and Third Epistles are from the same hand. Cf. 2 John 1 with 3 John 1; 2 John 4 with 3 John 3, 4; 2 John 10 with 3 John 8; 2 John 12 with 3 John 13, 14. Are they also the work of St. John? This was a disputed question in the early Church. Eusebius in his chapter “ On the Acknowled…
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And indeed it is very questionable whether this John the Pres- byter ever existed. He was discovered by Eusebius in the preface to Papias’ work Expositions of Dominical Oracles, but “it is well,” remarks Barth, “to distinguish between what Papias really says and what Eusebius has made of his words”. Here are the wo…
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And this is what Eusebius makes of the passage: “ Here it is worthy of observation how he twice enumerates the name of John. The former of these he reckons along with Peter and James and Matthew and the rest of the Apostles, plainly indicating the Evan- gelist ; and the other John after an interval he ranks with ot…
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πρεσβύτερος because the latter had so styled himself in each of the Epistles.! ' The Second Epistle is addressed ἐκλεκτῇ kupia καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῆς, and the meaning of the address is a disputed question.? It was supposed by St. Jerome,® and the idea is approved by many moderns, that “ {πε elect lady’’ 4 is a fig…
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there be any irregularity, it is in the latter, where τῷ ἀγαπητῷ is a defining after-thought (cf. 1 John 1. 2: τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον, “the life, the eternal life’). Carpzov would identify Kyria (Martha) with the sister of Lazarus and Mary. The family of Bethany disappear from the Gospel-story after the feast in Levi…
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published it at Ephesus! And it appears from the “ Apostolic Constitutions” (vii. 46) that one Gaius was ordained by St. John first ‘‘ bishop” of Pergamum. Whatever be the value of these traditions, it is evident that Gaius was a prominent personage, probably bishop or presbyter, in one of the churches of Asia Min…
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visiting his Church at an early date and reducing the recalcitrant Diotrephes to order. Tue TRxT OF THE EPISTLES. The accompanying Greek text is the regia editio (1560) of Robert Stephanus (Etienne), commonly known in England as the Textus Receptus.1 Constructed from a few late and inferior MSS. when the science …
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L Codex Angelicus Romanus, 9thc. In the Angelic Library of the Augustinian monks at Rome. P Codex Porfirianus, 9th ο. A palimpsest found by Tischen- - dorf in 1862 among the books of Bishop Porfirius Chiovensis. D Codex Beze, 5th or 6th ο. In the Library of the Uni- versity of Cambridge, to which it was presented…
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Cath. Epp., translated into Latin by Epiphanius Scholasticus : Aug., In Epistolam Foannis Tractatus Decem (1st Ep., stopping abruptly- at v. 3); Bede, Expos.; Euthymius Zigabenus (12th c.), Erasmus, In Ν. Τ. Annotat.; Luther; Calvin (1st Ep.); Βεζα: Carpzov, Commentatio in Ep. 2 $oan.; in Foan. Ep. 3 Brevis Enar- …
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ἡμᾶς µυστήριον͵ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς μὲν ἀεὶ τυγχάνειν αὐτὸ viv δὲ πεφανερῶσθαι ἐν τῷ Κυρίῳ. ἀκηκόαμεν, ‘we have heard”; either the editorial “we” (cf. Rom. i. 5; Col. iv. 3); or, with Lightfoot, St. John and the elders of Ephesus who had certified the authorship and authen; ticity of the Gospel (xxi. 24); or “1 an…
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Ver. 4. ‘pets, clearly the editorial plural. The reading ὑμῶν seems at the first glance more attractive than ἡμῶν as evincing a generous solicitude on the part of the Apostle for the highest good of his readers, viz., the fulfilment of their joy. Rothe: ‘ Wer es weis, dass das uranfangliche Leben erschienen ist …
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Vv. 6,7. The, heresy of Antinomian- ism, represented by the Nicolaitans (cf. Introd. Ῥ. 156). ἐὰν εἴπωμεν, a gentle and charitable hypothesis. He does not charge his readers with actually hold- ing this pernicious doctrine, and he includes himself (νε, not ‘‘ ye”). περιπατεῖν, Heb. “J Prt, of the whole course o…
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1. 8—1o. II. 8. ᾿Εὰν εἴπωμεν ὅτι" ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ο. I. " Τεκνία µου, ταῦτα ypddw ὑμῖν, ἵνα μὴ ἁμάρτητε' καὶ ai. δ, ii. 4; John v. 38, viii. 37. a Gal. iv. 19 172 ο ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας. η ρηή ἔχομεν, ἑαυτοὺς ᾿ πλανῶμεν, καὶ " ἡ ἀλήθεια οὖκ ἔστιν ἐν ἡμῖν. {άν ο) ἐὰν ὁμολογῶμεν τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν, πιστός ἐστι καὶ…
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CHAPTER IJ.—Vv. 1, 2. The Remedy for the Sins of Believers. ‘ My little children, these things I am writing to you in order that ye may not sin. And if any one sin an Advocate have we with the Father—Jesus Christ, a righteous One. And He is Himself the propitia- tion for our sins, and not for ours only but also…
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173 b , 2 ο x x / 2 ων bCf.comm. παράκλητον εχοµεν προς τον πατερα, Ιησοῦν bf. d Matt. XXV1i. 19: e In N.T. only here and iv. 10, ἱλαστήριον f Rom. viii. 3. literates Paracletus, and both our ver- sions give ‘‘ Comforter,” Luth., Tvdster —an impossible rendering, since the word is not act. but pass. Render *…
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‘tas ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν. 4. 1 John viii. 51, 52, 55, iT. ~ τοῦ ἐν τούτω γινώσκοµεν ὅτι ἐγνώκαμεν αὐτόν, ἐὰν ” η ὁ ο. Gr dai αὐτόν, καὶ ΄ ε Ss , * ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀλήθεια 5. ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ' τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ, Xiv. 23, XV. 20, xvii. 6: Rev. iii. 8. 1 λεγων οτι SAB, edd. work as the ground of o…
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Ver. 4. μὴ τηρῶν, in classical Greek a gentle hypothesis, merely suggesting a possible case; but in later Greek py is the regular negative with participles. It was an actual error, else the Apostle would hardly have spoken so emphatic- ally about it. ψεύστης, see note on i, 6. ἀλήθεια, see note on i. 8. Ver.5. …
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but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old command- ment is the word which ye heard. Again, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you—a thing which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the light, the true light, is already shining. He that saith he is i…
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Il, [ο ~~ , . ὑμῖν > ὅτι "ἡ σκοτία "παράγεται, καὶ "τὸ has τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἤδη "ϕαίνει. 1Cor. vii. g, 7 ὅ λέγων ἐν τῷ φωτὶ εἶναι, καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ μισῶν, ἐν τῇ w John i. 9. σκοτίᾳ ἐστὶν ἕως ἄρτι. 10. ” ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ φωτὶ x John i. 5, ν. 35 } Rev. i. 16, viii. 12, xviii. 23, ΧΧΙ. 23. y iv…
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Ver.11. St. John recognises no neutral attitude between ‘‘love” and ‘‘ hatred”. Love is active benevolence, and less than this is hatred, just as indifference to the Gospel-call amounts to rejection of it (cf. Matt. xxii. 5-7). Observetheclimax: “in the darkness is, and in the darkness walketh, and knoweth not w…
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νεανίσκοι as a threefold classification, according to age (Aug., Athan.) or ac- cording to Christian experience, κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον (Euth. Zig.); but the order would then be either τεκνία, γεα- νίσκοι, πατέρες ΟΙ πατέρες, νεανίσκοι, τεκνία. According to the variant γράφω ἡμῖν, παιδία, τεκνία is a general appe…
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Il. τς. μὴ ἀγαπᾶτε τὸν κόσμον, μηδὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ Kdopm: ™ ἐάν see > - a , 3 34 ς > / A 4 1 = > ~ P πω “ii-tig ἀγαπᾷ τὸν κόσμον, οὐκ εστιν η ἀγάπη τοῦ πατρὸς ἐν αυτῷ 14; Gal ν. 16, 24; Thre a , 2 ΡειετΗ. ἀλλ᾽ ὃ 4 ἐκ τοῦ κόσµου ἐστι. το, 10'5 - Leal , ς 3 [ή ~ , 4 ε > , f 16. ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἐν τῷ κόσµω, "ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς…
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Ver. 17. An explanation, especially of ἡ ἁλαζονία τοῦ βίου. Το set one’s affection on the things in the world is ‘‘braggart boasting”; for they are not ours, they are transient. Cf. Moham- med: ‘‘ What have I to do with the πσ- 15, J 18. ἵ Παιδία, " ἐσχάτη ” dpa ἐστί : καὶ καθὼς " ἠκούσατε ὅτι a , τίχριστος 7…
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Public domain historical edition (1897); scan/OCR from Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.