PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Expositor's Greek Testament — Volume 5
Nicoll, W. Robertson (editor), 1851-1923 · 315,635 words · 520 reading sections
Ii.
Ver. 18. Aug.: ‘“‘ Pueros alloquitur, ut festinent crescere, quia novissima hora est. . . . Proficite, currite, crescite, no- vissima hora est”. Ver. 28 puts it be- yond doubt that ἐσχάτη Spa means “ the end of the world,” and rules out various attempts which have been made to give it another reference and absol…
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Ver. 21. ἔγραψα, ‘‘I wrote,” may refer to the Gospel, which is an exposition of the Incarnation, mu] τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ᾽Ρησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἔνσαρκος οἰκονομία (c/. note on νετ. 14); but more probably ‘“‘aor. referring to the moment just past” (Jebb on Soph. O.T. 337). The aor. is appro- 19—27. 19ἵ Me 1 9 i ὑμῖν, Str…
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Ver. 24. am’ ἀρχῆς, as in ver. 7. The significant iteration of pévew is lost in A.V. (‘abide ... remain... continue”). ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ Πατρί: observe the order. The Son is the manifestation of ΝΟΕ ΗΝ. το is teaching you regarding all things, it is indeed true and is not a lie; and even as it taught you, abi…
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Vg. (et simus), Cop., Sah., Aeth., Arms, abrupt transition evinces St. John’s sense of the oneness of the Father and the Son (cf. ver. 24; John x. 30). γινώσκετε, scitote (Vulg.), rather cognoscite (Calv.), ‘get to know,” “recognise” (see note on ver. 3); perceive the blessed inference, appropriate your birthrig…
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> ” ή > , a OUK εγνω αυτον. 2, αγαπήητοι, γυν ᾿ἐφανερώθη τί ἐσόμεθα: οἴδαμεν δὲ 1 ὅτι ἐὰν φανερωθῇ, ὅμοιοι αὐτῷ ἐσόμεθα, ὅτι ὀψόμεθα αὐτὸν καθώς ἐστι. > ’ Pa a i , ἐλπίδα ταύτην ‘ew αὐτῷ, * ἁγνίζει ἑαυτόν, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος ' ἁγνός ἐστι. iii. 21; Exod. xxxiv. 29. 183 τέκνα Θεοῦ ἐσμεν, καὶ οὕπω ον 26, 3 XVii. 25. …
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154 i Matt. vii. nace oes . ag o 23; ο 4 : z ee ς νὰ ομία. x. 17 (Jer. Eva, πα er ee XXX1. 34). k Jobn i. 4 11. A , / a , ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, καὶ ‘thy ἀνομίαν ποιεῖ: καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία Ν 3/, 5! > a 1 5 η 2 \ 5. καὶ οἴδατε ὅτι ἐκεῖνος | ἐφανερώθη, ἵνα τὰς a , na A ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν 1 “don καὶ ἁμαρτία ἐν αὐτῷ οὖκ ἔσ…
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Ver. 7. Απ΄ affectionate warning against Nicolaitan Antinomianism (cf. note oni. 6-7). The Apostle cuts away vain pretences by a sharp principle: a x rs 6 Αποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην, δίκαιός ἐστι, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος δίκαιός 11 20, ver. στι. 8. 6 ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, --. Αν 3 ~ am ἀρχῆς 6 διάβολος ἁμαρτάνει. τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵ…
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Ver. 12. ov καθὼς, κ.τελ., a loose, almost ungrammatical expression, analo- gous to John vi. 58. Were there no ov, ver. Ir might be regarded as a paren- thesis: “Πε that loveth not his brother, even as Cain was, etc.”. The phrase is elliptical: “' We must not hate our brethren, even as Cain was, etc.”. τοῦ πον.…
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Ίμη ABCKL, Syrph, Vg., Cop., Sah., Aug., WH, Nest.; και µη SQC*P, Syrve, Aeth., Arm., Tisch. ἆμον om. ΝΑΒΟΡ, Vg., Arm., Aug., edd. 3 τον αδελφον om. NAB, Vg., Arm., Aug., edd. 4 εαντου B. ὃτην αγαπην του θεου one minusc., Vg. hateth his brother is a murderer, and ye know that every murderer hath not life eterna…
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Phill 1. 8, ii, τ. tiv. 20; James ii. 15, 16. 187 Mark ii. 25; Eph. iv. 28. Matt. XXili. 14, Χχν. I0; Luke iv. 25; John XX. 19, 26. Luke i. 78; 2 Cor. vi. 12; v Mark vi. 23 (0, τι ἐάν). τεκνία µου, μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν | 19. Καὶ” ἐν u James i, 22, 23, 25. 1μου om. ΝΑΒΟΡ, Syrph, Arm., Aug., edd. 2 unde Tn ABCK…
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w ii. 28 reff. ο Lae £ , ea,1 λ , x John xiv. πάντα. 21. ἀγαπητοί, ἐὰν ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν] μὴ καταγινώσκῃ » ς - 7” ’ ” ~ ieee ἡμῶν,” ""παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, 22. καὶ *6 ἐὰν αἰτῶμεν, 74 ~ lol Lol νο oi λαμβάνομεν παρ᾽ ὃ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηροῦμεν, καὶ 7 τὰ 20. a LS ie ey 3 int A ‘ a > ‘ ε > LA εἰ μ…
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189 b Ver. 2-6. Cf.comm. 2. ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκετε] τὸ Πνεῦμα ¢ Matt. z Vii. 15, τὰ πνεύματα, εἰ Ὁ ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν ' ὅτι πολλοὶ 5 ψευδοπροφῆται “ἐξεληλύθασιν εἰς τὸν κόσμον. τοῦ Θεοῦ ΄ way πνεῦμα ὃ ° ὁμολογεῖ ᾿Ιησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυ- xxiv. 11, Odra,” ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ο. Ni at et ον ὃ μὴ case: sae 26 a ο t , Ac…
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10ο g ]οῦπ xvi. -ὁ κ ἐστὶν 4 ὡς τῷ κόσµῳ ἐστὶν ἤδη. h John xiv. iii, 16 τεβ. 5. Αὐτοὶ ͵ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου εἰσί ' k John iii. A Ἡ vase ε , νι ρε 3 , 31, Vill. ὁ κοσμος αυτων ἄκουει. 44. 1 John viii. 43, 47: 2 . mi.Sreff; Ex τούτου Matt. XXVii. 64; ™ πλάνης. Eph. iv. iV: 3 a“ - - , ‘ 4. ὙΥμεις ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐσ…
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‘* Beloved, if it was thus that God loved us, we a.so are bound to love one another. God—no one hath ever yet beheld Him: if we love one another, God abideth in us and His love is perfected in_us Herein we get to know that we abide in Him and He in us, because of Hls Spirit He hath given us. And we have beheld …
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xxxv. 17, where RRA “my dear life,” is rendered τὴν μονογενῆ µου. ἀπέσ- ταλκεν. “hath sent as an ἀπόστολος” (cf. Heb. iii. 1). An apostle is not simply nuntius, but nuntius vices mittentis ge- rens. Cf. Bab. Ber. 34, 2: ‘‘ Apostolus cujusvis est sicut ipse a quo deputatur” The perf. is used here because the in- …
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12. Oedv οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται ' ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλή- ous, *6 Θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν µένει, καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ ᾿ τετελειωµένη ἐστὶν ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ µένομεν, καὶ αὐτὸς d A τεθεάµεθα, καὶ " μαρτυροῦμεν ὅτι 6 πατὴρ ἀπέσ- 15. "ὃς ἄν ὁμολογήσῃ ὅτι "Ingots ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὁ Θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ µένει, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τ…
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ες, το: ΄ ἀγαπῶμεν has no accus. The thought is that the amazing love of God in Christ is the inspiration of all the love that stirs in our hearts. Itawakens within us an answering love—a grateful love for Him manifesting itself in love for our brethren (cf. ver. 11). The in- sertion of αὐτόν is a clumsy and unn…
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These are the two commandments of God, the fundamental and all-embracing Christian duties—love God and love the brotherhood. And faith in the Incarna- tion (ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν 6 Χριστός) is an inspiration for both. πιστεύων Corresponds to πίστις (νετ. 4). The lack of a similar correspondence in English is felt he…
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because the fight is in progress, then u” (Santa Teresa}. “that conquered ” (ἡ νικήσασα) because Vv. 6-8. The Threefold Testimony to the triumph is assured. the Incarration. ‘‘ This is Hethat came Ver. 5. St. John says: “ Everything through water and blood, Jesus Christ ; that hath been begotten of God con- }not in…
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196 τ John xi. en ay xvii. eid ite 6 τος γ. ε joke ν. 26; Heb. viil. 16, x. 6 16 (Jer. A ε Ln} r > 4 J 3 καὶ οἱ τρεῖς ‘eis τὸ Ev εἶσιν. μα Ἰομβάνομεν, ἡ παν τοῦ Θεοῦ μείζων ἐστίν 31-37, Vill. ἐστὶν * ἡ ος τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἣν Ve 9. Ei τὴν µαρτυρίαν τῶν ὅτι αὕτη 1 μεμαρτύρηκε περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ. a id A ΙΟ. 6 π…
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etaphor of Rev. iii. 20, (1) hearing the Saviour’s voice, (2) opening the door, (3) communion. Ver. 11. The Testimony of the Incar- nation. Cf.i.2. ἔδωκεν, “gave,” aorist referring to a definite historic act, the Incarnation. Ver. 12. µή with the participle does not necessarily make the case hypothetical (cf. …
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3 οι πιστενοντες ὃπαρ AKLP; απ WB, edd. Epistle commends Him. Itis a supple- ment to the Gospel, a personal applica- tion and appeal. ἔγραψα, “I wrote,” looking back on the accomplished task. εἰδῆτε, “know,” not γινώσκητε, “ get to know”. Full and present assurance. Ver. 14. Ἀπαρρησία, see note on ii, 28. As d…
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Vv. > , ‘ , > ~ / A, c LA x Α, αἰτήσει, καὶ δώσει αὐτῷ ζωήν, τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσι μὴ πρὸς »” f , Ν η A 3 ΜΑΙ , , eg ἔστιν ΄ ἁμαρτία πρὸς θάνατον ' οὗ περὶ ἐκείνης λέγω ἵνα > η 3 g A > 5 , Π , > Rie a’ ae η , > ἐρωτήσῃ ' 17. "πᾶσα ἀδικία ἁμαρτία ἐστί ' καὶ €otw ἁμαρτία οὗ 19. Οἴδαμεν ὅτι "was 6 γεγεννηµένος ἐκ τοῦ Θε…
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Vv. 18-20. The Certainties of Christian Faith. St. John has been speaking of a dark mystery, and now he turns from it: ‘‘Do not brood over it. Think rather of the splendid certainties and rejoice in them.” Ver. 18. Our Security through the Guardianship of Christ. οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει, see note on ili. 6. The child of …
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Bis yon % I. **O ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ ἐκλεκτῇ κυρίᾳ ” καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῆς, οὓς π Τι ση τος A > a ὮὉ 35 3 , ‘ 3 ον / - BY Ν , c 1ag7 19) ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ "ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, καὶ οὐκ ἐγὼ pdvos, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντες οἱ eb. 221 Peter ἐγνωκότες "Thy ἀλήθειαν, 2. διὰ "Thy ἀλήθειαν τὴν "μένουσαν ὃ ἐν ἡμῖν, v. I. 17, 9 η Ν d > c ~ ” 3 9 FA ο ”…
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201 Matt. ii. 10; Mark ιν αχ, Luke xxili. 8; John xx. Rid) om a . και νυν 30 : 5 gi ]οῦη Ἱ, ἐρωτῶ σε, κυρία, " οὐχ ὡς ἐντολὴν γράφω” σοι καινήνι ἀλλὰ ἣν 6,7, ii-6, It εἴχομεν ὃ ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους. 6. καὶ ᾿ αὕτη ἐστὶν Β 1 John ii: 7, iii. ς > - n~ A ἡ ἀγάπη, ἵνα ἕ περιπατῶμεν κατὰ τὰς ἐντολ…
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205 11 Johni. δ. πι 1 John iy. ΕΕΒΕ. n 1 John iv. , 2. o x John ii. 18 reff. ο 5 , αντι ιστος. p μες πι, κοστος 9. q Matt. x. 5 41, 42, XX. και 8; James | = διδαχή sx ate Vv. 4. εν toa TOU ἵστου r Matt. ii. ο, τη Χη P ? xiv. 22; Markx. 32; 1 Tim. v. 24 (προάγωγ). 22, 23. peda, ἀλλὰ ἃ μισθὸν πλήρη ἀπο…
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11. TO. "el τις ἔρχεται πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ ταύτην τὴν διδαχὴν οὐ Φέρει, ὃ ἡ λαμβάνετε αὐτὸν εἰς οἰκίαν, καὶ χαίρειν αὐτῷ μὴ λέγετε᾽ μὴ hap , καὶ χαίρ D μὴ λέγ 203 2 Thess. ili. 6. Ir. 6V 1 Johni. 3,6, 7; γὰρ λέγων 1 αὐτῷ χαίρειν, ’ κοινωνεῖ " τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ τοῖς πονηροῖς. ολη w 1 John iii. 12. 1ο yap λεγων KL…
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104 {3 John 14. Σ1 Johni. 4 reff. z Ver. I. 12. Πολλὰ έχων ὑμῖν γράφειν, οὐκ HBovyOnv! διὰ χάρτου καὶ µέλανος᾽ ἀλλὰ ἐλπίζω ἐλθεῖν " πρὸς Suds, καὶ Σ στόμα πρὸς στόµα λαλῆσαι, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν ὃ WY πεπληρωμένη." 13. ἀσπίχεταί σε τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἀδελφῆς σου τῆς ΄ ἐκλεκτῆς. apy.” 1εβονληθην SABKLP, edd. & 2 yeveoB…
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*“O ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ Fatw τῷ οσα ὃν ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ ” ἐν ahr Bet. aa J cr 2. ᾿Αγαπητέ, περὶ πάντων πι σε «εὐοδοῦσθαι καὶ ὑγιαίνειν, b2 Jona καθὼς °edododTal σου H ψυχή. 4. * ἐχάρην γὰρ” Mee, ἐρχομένων « 1 oe ἀδελφῶν καὶ ο σα σου τῇ sulle καθὼς σὺ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ d2 2 John 4. ohn 4. περιπατεῖς. 4. {μειζοτέραν τούτων οὐκ έχω xapa…
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ἕἐμὰ τέκνα év! ἀληθείᾳ περιπατοῦντα. 12 Peter i. το. n I Thess. ii. 12 ; Col. i. 10. 5— 5 , ‘ a 5. ᾿Αγαπητέ, πιστὸν ποιεις ὃ ἐὰν " ἐργάσῃ ” εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ εἰς τοὺς ὃ | ξένους, 6. ot ἐμαρ- τύρησάν σου τῇ ἀγάπῃ * ἐνώπιον ἐκκλησίας ' οὓς | καλῶς ποιήσεις προπέμψας " ἀξίως τοῦ Θεοῦ. 7. ὑπὲρ γὰρ ° Tod ὀνόματ…
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11. μηδὲν λαμβάνοντες 9 ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν.ὶ 8. ἡμεῖς οὖν " ὀφείλομεν ἀπο- λαμβάνειν τοὺς τοιούτους, ἵνα ' συνεργοὶ ' γινώμεθα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ. Ἔγραψα ὃ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ: ἀλλ᾽ ὁ " φιλοπρωτεύων αὐτῶν Διοτρεφὴς οὐκ 15 ἐπιδέχεται ἡμᾶς. ” a - , ” w nw ς - ri a a > , ἔργα ἃ ποιεῖ, λόγοις πονηροῖς ” Φλυαρῶν Huds” καὶ μὴ ἀρκούμενος Ι…
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Vv. 11,12. Testimony to Demetrius. ‘6 Beloved, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. He that doeth what is good is of God; he that doeth what is bad hath not seen God. To Demetrius testimony hath been borne by all and by the Truth itself; yea, and we testify. and thou knowest that our testimony is true.” …
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Ver. 15. εἰρήνη σοι, pax tibi, the Jewish ‘greeting, πο Di w (Jud. vi. 23, xix. 20), ot φίλοι, those at Ephesus; τοὺς φίλους, those with Gaius. St. John knew all “by name,” and would have named them had space permitted. He had the true shepherd’s heart (cf. John x. 3, the only other place where κατ᾽ ὄνομα occur…
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After this greeting J. turns at once to the immediate occasion for his letter. He had been preparing, he says, to write on the subject which is of highest interest to all Christians, viz., salvation,’ when news reached him of a new danger threatening the Church, against which he felt bound to warn his readers. It s…
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stumbling and to set us before His glory without blemish im ex- ceeding joy’. Ρ, continues (i. 12-15), “1 know that you are established in this truth, but it will be always my care to remind you of it, as 1 am indeed bound to do, whilst I continue in this earthly habitation. Even after I leave it, as our Lord Jesu…
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Then follow (J. vv. 5-7) three examples of judgment taken from the O.T.: Israel in the Wilderness, the offending angels, the sin of Sodom, which are repeated in P. ii. 4-9, except that the Deluge takes the place of the punishment of Israel. Why was this change made? Probably because the destruction of the world by …
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tended to signify that, while the visible Church consisted of a mere “remnant,” a “little flock,” yet these few represented all who share the Resurrection of Christ, “‘the general assembly and church of the first-born,” which would be continually recruited not only from the living, but also from the dead by the eve…
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their indulgence in their animal instincts, P. draws out the compari- son to the brute beasts, ‘“‘ which are born mere creatures of instinct, with a view to capture and slaughter,’”’ and then adds that the liber- tines will share their fate, since they mock at that higher world which is beyond their ken. Here there…
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the steps of Cain, and been carried away in the error of Balaam for gain, and lost themselves in the rebellion of Korah. These are sunken rocks in your love-feasts, where they join your feast without any feeling of religious reverence, caring only for their own enjoy- ment. They are clouds without water, scudding b…
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factory distinction between ἡδονήν and τρυφήν. On the other hand ἀγάπην gives exactly the sense required “thinking that revelling in the daytime makes an ἀγάπη: as may be seen from the quotations from Clement given in the passage referred to (cf. too Rom. xiii. 13). I account for ἡδονήν by supposing that it was a m…
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unstable souls, ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες μεστοὺς µοιχαλίδος καὶ ἀκαταπαύστους ἁμαρτίας, δελεάζοντες ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους (cf. γεγεννηµένα eis ἅλωσιν, ti. 12), καρδίαν γεγυμνασµένην πλεονεξίας ἔχοντες, κατάρας τέκνα. Perhaps P. may intend this partly to take the place of J.’s fine figure κύματα ἄγρια θαλάσσης ἐπαφρίζοντα τὰς …
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included in P.’s reference to an earlier Epistle. J. there says, ὅτι ἔλεγον ὑμῖν Ew ἐσχάτου χρόνου ἔσονται ἐμπαῖκται κ.τ.λ., that is, he asserts that the words quoted by him were words which were often in the mouth of the Apostles. On the other hand P. makes a clear separa- tion between iii. 2 and iii. 3 by inserti…
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P. bids his readers make a practical use of the knowledge that the Lord is about to come unexpectedly. ‘Do not be blind to the symptoms of the breaking up of the frame of nature (perhaps a re- ference to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes). Make ready for the coming of the day of God by the practice of holiness and…
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we may compare χάρις πληθυνθείη in 1. 2 and ταῦτα πλεονάζοντα in i. 8, also J. ver. 4. The Ascription in P. is much simpler than that in J., being addressed to our Saviour Jesus Christ, while J.’s is addressed µόνῳ Θεῷ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν διὰ ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν. P. has δόξα only, while J. has the full liturgica…
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The conclusion I have drawn from the above comparison of the two Epistles as to the priority of J., is confirmed by the general opinion of modern critics, as by Neander, Credner, Ewald, Hilgen- feld, Holtzmann, Harnack, Bernhard Weiss, Abbott, Farrar, Salmon, above all by Dr. Chase in his excellent article on the ‘…
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(3) The priority of P. is confirmed by the prevailing use of the future tense in regard to the innovators, whereas J. uses the past or the present; cf. P. ii. 1 ἔσονται, παρεισάξουσιν, il, 2 ἐξακολουθήσουσιν, βλασφημηθήσεται, ii. 3 ἐμπορεύσονται, with J. ver. 4 παρεισεδύησαν, ver. 8 µιαίνουσιν, ver. 10 βλασφημοῦσιν…
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It would be endless to go into a minute examination of the parallel passages which have been cited to prove.the priority of P. I have said all that I think need be said about them in the earlier part of this chapter and in the explanatory notes of my edition of 2 P. The im- pression which they leave on my mind is t…
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remained stationary at Jerusalem) were engaged in missionary journeys like St. Paul (1 Cor. ix. 5), but that they differed from him in the fact that they were married and were accompanied by their wives, and also, as we may suppose from Gal. ii. 9, Mt. x. 23, that their ministrations were mainly directed to the Jew…
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they hope for eternal life, to deny whom is the climax of impiety, in whom the Father is glorified for ever (Jude wv. 1, 4,21, 25). They are sharers of a common salvation (Jude ver. 3), they need forgiveness of sin like other men (James iii. 2). (2) Mental characteristics as exhibited in the two Epistles. In my ed…
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ἁγιωτάτῃ ὑμῶν πίστει, ἐν πνεύµατι ἁγίῳ προσευχόµενοι, ἑαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπη Θεοῦ τηρήσατε, προσδεχόµενοι τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἲς ζωὴν αἰώνιον and the final doxology, with the passages which I have selected from St. James in p. ccxxviii. The appealing ἀγαπητοί, which is thrice found in St. James, is a…
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ἡ σπιλοῦσα, καὶ Φλογίζουσα-- καὶ φλογιζοµένη, ἵν. 8, ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ--- καθαρίσατε χεῖρας-- ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, SO iv. 9, v. 17, 18. Perhaps we may find a septet in the beautiful description of heavenly wisdom (iii. 17) πρῶτον μὲν ἁγνή, ἔπειτα εἰρηνική, ἐπιεικής, εὐπειθής, μεστὴ ἐλέους καὶ καρπῶν ἀγαθῶν, ἁδιάκριτος, …
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be far apart from the strong practical sense of James. Yet there are signs that the latter was not unacquainted with rabbinical traditions. Spitta even goes so far as to trace most of his teaching to pre- Christian sources. I have argued against this view in ch. vii. 2 of my Introduction to his Epistle; but my note…
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than edifying, with the exception of the beginning and end (vv. 1, 2 and 20-25). This is no doubt to be explained by what is stated of the purport of the letter in ver. 3. It was called out by a sudden emergency, to guard against an immediate pressing danger, and was substituted for a treatise περὶ τῆς κοινῆς σωτηρ…
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Jude ver. 6, ἀγγέλους τοὺς μὴ τηρήσαντας τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀρχήν. (Of the angels some) ἔμειναν ἐφ᾽ ots αὐτοὺς ἐποίησεν καὶ διέταξεν ὁ Θεός, ot δὲ ἐνύβρισαν καὶ τῇ τῆς οὐσίας ὑποστάσει καὶ τῇ ἀρχῆ, and he adds that he asserts this on the authority of the prophets, which may perhaps refer both to Enoch and Jude. The form of…
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Use of Apocryphal Books by Fude.—Clement of Alexandria in his Adumbrationes (Dind. vol. ΠΠ. p. 483), after quoting Jude 9, “Quando Michael archangelus cum diabolo disputans altercabatur de corpore Moysis,” remarks “Πίο confirmat Assumptionem Moysts,”’ {.ε., here the writer corroborates the Assumption of Moses; and …
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quidem deciderunt in terram in judicium” (En. xiv. 7). Tertullian quotes it as Scripture, calling Enoch the oldest of the prophets (Idol. xv., A pol. xxii.). He allows that its canonicity was denied by some, “ quia necin armarium Judaicum admittitur,’ and also because it was thought that, if it were a genuine writi…
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Assumption, Jude 16 from the Testament (p. Ixii.). On the latter Charles compares οὗτοί εἶσι γογγυσταί, µεμψίμοιροι, καὶ τὸ στόµα αὐτῶν λαλεῖ ὑπέρογκα, θαυµάζοντες πρόσωπα ὠφελίας χάριν with Ass. M. vii. 7, quaerulosi, vii. 9, et manus eorum et mentes immunda tractantes et os eorum loquetur ingentia, v. 5, erunt il…
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Adam negare non possumus, cum hoc in epistola canonica Judas apostolus dicat” (although the book as a whole has been justly excluded from the Canon). Some modern writers have endeavoured to avoid the necessity of allowing that an apocryphal writing is quoted as authoritative in the Bible, by the supposition that t…
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The Story of the Fallen Angels.—St. Jude (vv. 5-8) introduces as examples of the divine wrath against those who had sinned after receiving favours from God (1) the Israelites who perished in the wilderness for unbelief after they had been saved from Egypt; (2) the angels who abandoned their original office and habi…
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Public domain historical edition (1897); scan/OCR from Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.