the Christ, that He is the Son of God and is come in the flesh, must be held in its integrity. He who denies one part respecting Jesus, does not hold both Him, in His completeness, and the Father at the same time. The spirit of antichrist, and antichrist has done and does this. — rbv Tiarspa zai rbv T/ov, the Father and the Son ) that is, the Son, and therefore the Father.
23. n ug, every one) even though he does not think that he also denies the Father. — s y}i, has) in acknowledgment and fellowship : 2 John ver. 9.
24. * Tjus/g, you) There is an antithesis in the pronoun : therefore a transposition is used, as in ver. 27. — o) that which , respecting the Father and the Son. — rizovcar s, ye have heard) This is to be pro- nounced with emphasis. — psveru, let it abide) He uses exhortation. Wherefore, if it abides , has this meaning ; If you shall be of the char- acter of those in whom it abides. — o aw dpyfg, that which is from the beginning) Now this is to be pronounced with emphasis. — zui iifisTg, ye also) in your turn. Thus, in you, in Him , ver. 27.
25. Avrbg, lie) The Son : ver. 27, 28. — v\iuv) to us, if we abide in Him . — ty\v ^uijv, life) The construction follows the verb going before, He hath promised. The sense is, the promise is life eternal.
26. Taura, sypa^a, These things have I written) these things from ver. 21. John, as his practice is, begins and concludes with the same form of words ; and having as it w7ere ended his parenthesis, he con- tinues the 20th verse in the 27th. — nXavwvruv, them who seduce) that is, endeavour to seduce you.
27. K ai vju&Tg, and ye) On this depends ye have no need ; a befitting transposition.1 — lxd(3srs acr’ avrov, ye have received from Him) John i. 16. — h v/jjTv jusvsi, abides in you) This indicative implies a very subtle exhortation (to be compared with 2 Tim. iii. 14), by which he makes the faithful, when harassed by deceivers, thus to answer them : The anointing abideth in us : we do not need a teacher : it teaches us the timth : in that doctrine we will continue. See how pleasant the tran- sition is from this introduction of the language of another speaker2 to the direct address, in the following verse. Abides in you, ye shall abide in Him, are correlative expressions. — zoci) and therefore. — ou ypsiav tyers, ye have no need) A phrase indicative of character (or of courtesy), expressing the repulse of the faithful directed against de- ceivers. AvrupTieia, Qsodidazruv They who are taught of God have a
1 See Append, on IIyterbaton. — E.
2 See Append, on Sermocinatio. — E.