PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Word Studies in the New Testament — Volume 2
Vincent, Marvin R., 1834-1922 · 194,770 words · 521 reading sections
338 Word Studies In The New Testament.
Are there (yeyovacw). Rev., more correctly, have there arisen. Whereby (dJev). Lit., whence. Only here in John. It is found in Matthew and Luke, and frequently in Hebrews, and not elsewhere. 19. They went out from us (e& juav é&prJav). The phrase went out from, may mean either removal (Apoc. xviii. 4; John viii.…
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Ve know all things (oiSare mavta). The best texts read mates, ye all know; in which case the connection is with the following clause: “I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it.” 21. | have not written (ov« éypaya). Or, ZL wrote not. See on ver. 13. 22. A liar (6 wevorns). …
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94. As for you (ipeis). This is the rendering of the Rev. The force of the emphatic you at the beginning of the sentence is utterly lost in the A. V., which takes the pronoun simply as nominative to ye have heard. You is emphatic by way of con- trast with the false teachers (ver. 22). From the beginning. Seeoni.1.…
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as indicative, ye abide. The indicative is preferable, as answer- ing to wéver abcdeth. In Him. Christ. 28. When He shall appear (étav davepwI7). The best texts read éay if, for when. So Rev., which gives also the proper passive force of gdavepwIH, if He shall be manifested. Not expressing a doubt of the fact, bu…
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Be ashamed before Him (aicyuvIapev am’ avtod). The expression is peculiar. Lit., “be ashamed from Him.” The fundamental thought is that of separation and shrinking from God through the shame of conscious guilt. The same con- struction is found in the Septuagint. Isa. i. 29, ‘“‘ They shall be ashamed from their ido…
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Christ, 1 John ii. 1; iii. 7. Compare Acts iii. 14; vii. 525 xxii. 14. Is born of Him (é adrod yeyérvntas). Rev., begotten. The first occurrence of the phrase in the Epistle. 1. Behold (i8ere). Lit., behold ye. The plural is peculiar. The usual form is the singular ie or ‘Sov. See John i. 29; xi. 3, etc.; iv. 35;…
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‘As long as the festivity Of Paradise shall be, so long our love Shall radiate round about us such a vesture. Its brightness is proportioned to the ardor, The ardor to the vision ; and the vision Equals what grace it has above its worth. Dante, ‘‘ Paradiso,” xiv., 37-42. 3. Every man that hath (ds o éywv). <A ch…
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temptation or pollution, thus differing from dytos, which means absolutely holy. ence dyvds cannot properly be applied to God, who is &yvos ; but both may be used of Christ, the latter in virtue of His hwman perfection. 4. Whosoever committeth sin (ads 6 rowdy Tv Gpaprtiar). Rev., better, every one that doeth sin.…
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uses various terms to describe the incarnation. He conceives it with reference to the Father, as a sending, a mission. Hence 6 wéprpas pe He that sent me (John iv. 34; vi. 38; ix. 4; xii. 44, etc.): 0 méuyas we marnp the Father that sent me (John v. 37; viii. 18; xii. 49, ete.): with the verb dmroaréAAw to send as…
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tained by communion with God and by the habitual doing of His will. See on ii. 6. Sinneth not. John does not teach that believers do not sin, but is speaking of a character, a habit. Throughout the Epistle he deals with the ¢deal reality of life in God, in which the love of God and sin exclude each other as light …
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sented as having a certain consistency and coherence. They show a kind of solid front. But Christ, by His coming, has revealed them in their complete unsubstantiality. He has ‘ un- done’ the seeming bonds by which they were held together ” (Westcott). 9. Whosoever is born (as 0 yeyevynuévos). On the form of expre…
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16. Hereby (év rovtm). See on ii. 3. Perceive (éyvwxapev). Rev., correctly, know. The love. Omit the italics of A. V., of God, and render as Rev., hereby know we love. Laid down His life (ray puynv adrod éInxev). See on John Malls 352 WORD STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. We ought (d¢e/Aopev). See on ii. 6. 17. Th…
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Hence to detect (Prov. xxviii. 11); compare Aristophanes: “ Having observed (xatayvovs) the foibles of the old man” (“ Knights,” 46). Zo form an unfavorable prejudice against. So Herodotus. Datis says to the Delians, ‘“ Why are ye fled, O holy men, having judged me (katayvovtes Kat’ éued) in 80 unfriendly a way?” …
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1. Beloved. Again the recognition of danger from false spirits prompts this affectionate address. Compare iii. 21. Try (Soxiudtere). Better, as Rev., prove. See on 1 Pet. i.7; Luke xii. 55. Compare the phrase discerning of spirits, 1 Cor. xii. 10. Cc? OL [25 ¢ FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN. Of God (x). Out of: proceed…
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The spirit of error (76 wvetpa THs anrdvns). The phrase oc- curs nowhere else in the New Testament. Compare mvetvpace mrdvous misleading spirits, 1 Tim. iv. 1. T. Of God (é« Tod Ocod). Flows from God. 8. Knoweth not (ov« éyva). The aroist tense: did not know, from the beginning. He never knew. Is love (aydrn éori…
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* So Alford and Huther, agt. Westcott. Westcott rightly observes that the preposition év in, is constantly used in the context to express the presence of God in the Christian body ; but it is most commonly joined there with ever abideth, vv. 12, 13, 15, 16, and the objective statement, God sent, etc., defining the …
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which, after Olympic fashion, is sacred to Zeus the saviour, 8s and surely this will prove the greatest and most de- cisive of falls” (Plato, “Republic,” 583). Hence the proverb, 7d tTplrov TS TwrThpt, lit., the third to the saviour ; i.e., the third or lucky time. The name was also given later to princes or publi…
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what follows. See John v. 16, 18; vi. 65; viii. 47; x. 17; Ai Lo, Xvi. Lo, , Our love (3 aydirn peY judv). The A. V. construes ped nav with us, with love, making with us equivalent to our. In that case it might mean either the love which is between Christ- tans, or the love which is between God and Christians. The…
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He is. The present tense is very significant. Compare iii. 7, “is righteous even as He 7s righteous.” The essence of our being as He is lies in perfected love; and Christ is eternally love. ‘He that abideth in love abideth in God and God in him.” Compare iii. 2. In this world. This present economy, physical and mo…
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He that feareth. The A. V. omits and (8), which is im- portant as closely connecting this clause with there is no fear in love, etc. That is an abstract statement ; this is personal ; two modes of stating the same truth. Rev. “and he that feareth.” Is not made perfect. ‘ Men’s condition is varied ; without fear an…
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2. By this (€v rovr@). Not dy this or from this, as an infer- ence (see on iy. 6), but in the very exercise of the sentiment toward God, we perceive. When (Grav). More strictly, whenever. Our perception of the existence of love to our brethren is developed on every oc- casion when we exercise love and obedience to…
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5. He that overcometh (6 wxav). The article with the participle denoting what is habitual; one who leads a life of victory over the world. 6. This. Jesus. He that came (6 éA9dv). Referring to the historic fact. See Matt. xi. 3; Luke vii. 19; Johni. 15, 27. Compare, for the form of expression, John i. 33 ; iii. 13…
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however, as Huther observes, are only the means for the appro- priation of Christ's atonement ; whereas the subject here is the accomplishment of the atonement itself. Aiwa blood, standing by itself, never signifies the Lord’s Supper in the New Testament. The true principle of interpretation appears to be laid down…
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sphere or element in which ; 8d by, the medium through which. For the interchange of év and 6:4 see 2 Cor. vi. 7. The words are probably directed against the teaching of Cerinthus. See on ii. 22. John asserts that Jesus zs the Christ, and that He came by blood as well as by water. And it is the Spirit that beareth…
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with truth. To rebut much of Porson’s insolent sophistry was easy, to maintain the genuineness of this passage is simply im- possible.” Tregelles gives a list of more than fifty volumes, pamphlets, or critical notices on this question. Porson, in the conclusion of his letters to Travis, says: ‘In short, if this ver…
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10. On the Son of God. Faith 2n the person of Christ, not merely in the fact that Jesus is the Son of God. God. Also personal. To believe God, is to believe the mes- sage which comes from Him. See on Johni. 12. Hath made—hath believed (srerolnxev— meriotevxer). The perfect tense marks the two results expressed by …
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is not added, because believers know the Son; in the other it is added, that unbelievers may know at length how serious it is not to have Him.” Hath not life. Note the inversion “ He that hath the Son hath the life. He that hath not the Son of God, the life hath he not.” 13. Have I written (¢ypaya). Lit., J wrote…
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15. Whatsoever we ask. The whole phrase is governed by the verb Acar. If we know that He heareth our every petition. 16. If any man see (édv Tus ty). A supposed case. His brother. Christian brother. Sin asin (duaprdvovta dpapriav). Lit. as Reyv., sinning a sin. There is no exact parallel to the phrase in the New T…
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meaning with certainty. Some of the many explanations are as follews : Such sin as God punishes with deadly sickness or sud- den death. All those sins punished with excommunication (so the older Catholic theologians). An unrepented sin. Envy. A sinful state or condition. The sin by which the Christian falls back f…
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not by the object with which it is connected, but by the dispo- sition from which it proceeds.” * I do not say that he shall pray for it (od zepi éxeivns Néyo iva épwrjon). Lit., not concerning this do I say that he should make request. So Rev. Prayer even for this sin unto death is not forbidden, but John says th…
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Some refer it to the man who is born of God, making it paral- lel with 6 yeyevynuévos éx Tod Oeod, he that zs begotten of God. Others to Christ, the only-begotten of God. The latter is pref- erable. That wicked one (6 vovnpds). See on ii. 13. Rev., the evil one. Toucheth (arteras). See on John xx. 17, the only ot…
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év iuiy yap os Og welueda TAduoves. ‘‘ Wretched we lie in you as in a god ” (247), 90. An understanding (Sedvorav). Only here in John’s writings. The faculty of understanding. See on Luke i. 51. Westcott remarks that nouns which express intellectual powers are rare in the writings of John. We may know (ywacxopue…
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21. Keep yourselves (¢uAdEate éavta). The exact phrase is not found elsewhere in the New Testament. See 2 Pet. iii. 17. Rev., rightly, guard. See on 1 Pet. i. 4. Idols (eiSérwv). Strictly, cmages. The command, however, has apparently the wider Pauline sense, to guard against every- thing which occupies the place d…
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This attempt to purify corresponds with the fulfilment of our true destiny which Christ has made possible. Sin is irre- concilable with a right relation to God, for Christianity em- phasizes the law of God, and “sin is lawlessness.” The object of Christ’s manifestation was to “take away sin;” therefore, “everyone …
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We shall persuade our heart to be confident in ask- ing anything from God. Objection. This would anticipate ver. 21. “If our heart condemn us not, then have we boldness toward God, and whatsoever we ask of Him we receive,” etc. ; or, We shall persuade our heart to show love an life and act. Objection. This does n…
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we make the apostle say that the consciousness of brotherly love, and of our consequent being “of the truth,” is the basis of our conviction of the sovereign greatness of God. Thus: “ Herein (in our brotherly love) do we perceive that we are of the truth, and herein we shall persuade ourselves that God is greater t…
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iii. 23, where Tisch. reads rus éav. In Col. iii. 17, West. and H., Lightfoot, and Ellicott, read é7u éay (“whatsoever ye do in word or deed”). Moreover, it is borne out by the frequent use of éay for dv after relatives (Matt. v.19; viii. 19; x. 42; xi. 27; John xv. 7). See Moulton’s “ Winer,” 2d ed., p. 390. This…
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position between the origin and motive of children of God and children of the evil one—are thrown in to heighten and em- phasize the position and privilege of God’s children. They are to be left in no doubt as to their relation to God. They are thrown for decisive testimony upon the supreme fact of love. If God th…
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be awakened by the high standard of Christian character which he set up in this chapter. Look at these statements: ‘ Every one that hath this hope in Him, purifieth himself, even as He is pure.” “Every one that abideth in Him sinneth not. Every one that sinneth hath not even seen Him nor known Him” “He that commit…
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is a natural and necessary result of the relation assumed in the passage—children of God. As children of God, in our Father's house, life is regulated by the perpetual consciousness of our Father’s presence and scrutiny. No assurance or confidence is possible which does not grow out of a right relation to Him. Joh…
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other cases, is covered by the apostle’s words: “We shall assure our heart before Him, whereinsoever our heart condemn us.” It may well be asked then, how, when God endorses the con- viction of the heart, we are to assure our heart before Him? What, when the apostle himself has just told us that “ whoso- ever is b…
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ter with reference to certain actual delusions in this matter. Those who maintain that sin is an accident and not a principle, a transient phenomenon which leaves no abiding issues, are met with “if we say that we have no sin (duapriav ov« &youev), we lead ourselves astray and the truth is not in us.” Those who de…
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nor perpetuated by the scant measure of the purest human love. “Herein is love; not that we have loved (jyam7jxaper) God, but that He loved us (#ydarncev, associating His love witha definite act) and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” If the self-accusation is morbid and unfounded, a freak of a dis…
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So we shall assure our heart before Him in whatsoever our heart condemn us. Not with the conceited assurance of self- righteousness; not with a drugged and dulled perception of the vileness of sin; not with an elixir which shall relax our spirit- ual fibre and moderate our enthusiasm for spiritual victory ; but wi…
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Great High-Priest, “touched with the feeling of our infirm. ities; ” and then the same conclusion: “ Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace.” This latter part of the passage must therefore be interpreted by the former. That the heart feels no sense of condemnation is not, of itself, a legitimate nor…
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justified, glorified. “What then shall we say to these things ? If God is for us, who is against us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth, who is he t…
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1. The elder (6 rpecBurepos). The word is used originally of seniority in age. So Luke xv. 25. Afterward as a term of rank or office. Applied to members of the Sanhedrim (Matt. xvi. 21; Acts vi. 12). Those who presided over the Christian assemblies or churches (Acts xi. 80; 1 Tim. v. 17,19). The twenty-four member…
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In the truth (é€v adn9etg. Omit the. The expression zm truth marks the atmosphere or element of truth in which some- thing is said, or felt, or done. See John xvii.17. Ln truth is equivalent to éruly, really. Compare Col. i. 6; John xvii. 19. That have known (of éyvwxdres). Either have come to - know, or as Rev., …
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as conceived therein, the mercy precedes the grace. God so loved the world with a pitying love (herein was the mercy), that He gave His only-begotten Son (herein the grace), that the world through Him might be saved. But in the order of the manifestation of God’s purposes of salvation, the grace must go before the…
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Is come (épyopevov). Wrong. The verb is in the present participle, coming, which describes the manhood of Christ as still being manifested. See on 1 John iii. 5. In 1 John iv. 2 we have the manifestation treated as a past fact by the perfect tense, éAndutora has come. Rev., that Jesus Christ cometh. So in 1 Thess.…
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Of Christ. Not the teaching concerning Christ, but the teaching of Christ Himself and of His apostles. See Heb. ii. 3. So according to New Testament usage. See John xviii. 19; Acts ii. 42; Apoe. ii. 14, 15. In the doctrine of Christ. Omit of Christ. Aiédayn teach- ing, is used thus absolutely, Rom. xvi. 17; Tit. i…
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common, but not now found within the limits of the country. It is a tall, smooth flag or reed, with a large triangular stalk, containing the pith which furnished the paper. The paper was manufactured by cutting the pith into strips, arranging them horizontally, and then placing across them another layer of strips,…
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1. The elder. See on 2 John 1. Gaius. The name occurs several times in the New Testa- ment, as Acts xix. 29; xx.4; Rom. xvi. 23; 1 Cor. i.14. The person addressed here cannot be identified. The well-beloved. Rev., the beloved. In the Greek order the name comes first. Gaius the beloved. In the truth (év adn9e/a). …
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Thou doest (€pyden). Or lit., according to the etymology, workest (Epyov work). See on Jas. ii. 9. The distinction be- tween this verb and others signifying to do, such as srovety, mpacceww, Spav, which last does not occur in the New Testa- ment, is not sharply maintained in Attic Greek. In certain connections the…
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port of the truth ; or fellow-workers with the truth. Adopt the latter, as Rev.* 9. | wrote unto the Church. The best texts insert re somewhat, which indicates that the apostle did not regard the communication as specially important. Diotrephes (Aiozpedrjs). The name is from Alos of Zeus (Jove), and tpédw to nour…
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drama, intended as a familiar representation of life and char- acter, and without any distinct plot. That which is evil—that which is good (7 xaxov—r7o éya9év). Compare 7a ayatd good, Ta padra evil, John v. 29. 12. Demetrius hath good report (4nuntpie mewaptupntar). Lit., unto Demetrius witness hath been borne. Se…
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(b.) Matt. xi. 25, 27; xvi. 17; Luke x. 21,22; 1 Cor. i1.10; xiv. 830; Philip. iii. 15. (c.) Matt. x. 26; Luke ii. 35; xii. 2; xvii. 30; Rom. i. 1%, 18; viii. 18; 1 Cor. iii. 13; 2 Thess. ii. 3, 6,8; 1 Pet.1.5; Vigle The word is compounded with dé from, and xadvrtw to cover. Hence, to remove the cover from anythi…
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may include several émi¢dvecar appearings. The appearings are the media of the revealings. Pavépwors manifestation ; only twice in the New Testament; 1 Cor. xii. 7; 2 Cor. iv. 2. The kindred verb davepdw to make manifest, is of frequent occurrence. See on John xxi. 1. It is not easy, if possible, to show that this…
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aorist infinitive yeréo9ae is not begin to come to pass, but de- notes a complete fulfilment : must shortly come to pass in thea entirety. He sent (amocreldas). See on Matt. x. 2, 16. Signified (éojpaver). From ofa a sign. Hence, literally, give a sign or token. The verb occurs outside of John’s writings only in …
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ness in John, see on Johni. 7. The words and the idea are characteristic of the Apocalypse as of the Gospel and Epistles. And (re). Omit. The clause ald things that he saw is in apposition with the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, marking these as seen by him. Rev. adds even. Ail things that he saw (…
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