29. ’Euv e/dyjrs , if ye know) From the mention of the future mani- festation of the Son and the sons of God, he derives a new discus- sion on sin and righteousness. — d/xa/o's fan) Jesus Christ is Righ- teous : ver. 1, iii. 5 and 6. — yivuxtxers) ye acknowledge. — nag) every one , and he alone. — yey'evvifi rat, is horn) The righteous produces the righteous.
1. Astesi/, hath given) not only hath destined and conferred, but also hath displayed. — rsxva &sov, sons of God ) What is greater than God f what relationship is nearer than that of sons ? — should he called) should be so, together with the title : which appears empty to the world. — dia roDro, on this account) A consequence, as ver. 13. The word, behold, is to be opposed to the world, which de- spises the righteous. — h^ac, us) who are like God. [But if those who have no regard for God hold thee in any account, there is rea- son for thee to feel alarmed about thy state. — V. g.]
2. ’a yanrirot) beloved by me, because the Father loves us. — vuv) now , at present. The antithesis is, not yet. In this verse it must be especially seen, what words are to be pronounced with a fuller sound : now , not yet , what , like Him. — r'exva, sons) This is repeated from ver. 1. — n fai^a) what we are about to be further, by the power of this sonship. This what , by Epitasis [see Append.], sug- gests something unspeakable, contained in the likeness of God, which so exalts the sons of God, that they become as it were gods. — o’/du/Asv) we know , in general. — pavepufy, shall be manifested) The same word occurs, ch. ii. 28. — bfiotot avrfi, like Him) God, whose sons we are. — or/, since) From beholding comes resemblance, 2 Cor. iii. 18; as the whole body, the countenance, and especially the eyes of those who behold the sun, are sunned. — b^o^faa, we shall see) Sight includes in its notion all the other kinds of senses. — avrov , Him) God. — xa&wg fart, as He is) that is, manifestly.
3. Trjv sXnida, hope) He has treated of faith, and he will treat of it again : in the next place, he will treat of love ; now. he speaks of hope. — ire avrp, in Him) in God. — ayvlfyt, purifieth) This mention of holiness is appropriate after speaking of sight, which is delighted with purity. — hsTvog, He) Jesus Christ : ver. 5.