3 But the margin of both Ed., even in this passage, prefers the omission of the word Kvplou ; and the Germ. Vers, omits it altogether. — E. B.
AB Vulg. Theb. Syr. omit it. Rec. Text supports it, with Memph. and later Syr. alone of the oldest authorities. — E.
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4. Euf>rjxa, I have found) A tiling rarely found at the present day, a joy rarely experienced. — ex ruv rsjtvuv too, of thy children ) Cyria had at the least four children. Comp. ver. 1 with 4. John had found these children in the house of their maternal aunt, ver. 13.
even as) The rule.
5. Oby ug — xa/v^v, not as — new) Love performs both pages :T truth produces nothing else.
6. Auroy, of Him) the Father, ver. 4. — h airy, in it) in love. This verse contains a very pleasing Epanodos.1 2 — <xs pmarrjre, ye walk) He had just before said, that we walk. Now the second person an- swers to the verb, ye have heard ; that is, from us the apostles.
7. "Or/, because) The reason why he bids them keep the things which they have heard from the beginning. — eroXXoI, many) 1 John ii. 18, iv. 1. — sleriXdov) have entered. The world is averse from God and Christ, busily intent upon its own husks : but to oppose God and Christ is of the leaven of Satan. — spyopevov, who came) Thus epyope vuv, 3 John, ver. 3. Comp. iXqXuhra, who is come , 1 John iv. 2. — olrog sffnvy this is) A gradation. This very person is the charac- ter of a great impostor and antichrist. No other of a more dreadful appearance is to be sought. — efxdvog, a seducer) opposed to God. — avriypiurog , antichrist) opposed to Christ. The warning against anti- christ belongs even to women and young men : ver. 4, 5. Antichrist denies the Father and the Son ; and does not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
8. E aurobg, your own selves) in my absence. — iva /a ^ deroXseyjrs, x.r.X.) I think that the apostle wrote : iv a /a r\ dnaX'ser^s d slpydtath, dXXd fuedbv nXijpri dKoXafioj^sv, that ye lose not the things which ye have wrought , but that we receive a full reward .3 Whence some have put the whole admonitory sentence in the second person, others again, afterwards, in the first person. — dXXd , but) There is no half reward of the saints ; it is either lost altogether, or received in full. There is a direct opposition. We must however consider the differ-
1 The Old as well as the New Testament love to God, and love to our neigh- bour.— E.
2 Repetition of the same words in inverse order. See Append. — E.
3 The margin of the 2d Ed. and also the Germ. Yers. are in consonance. But in respect to the second member, the Germ. Version is at variance with the opinion here given, for it retains the second person ; and in this very particular confirms the observation of the Gnomon, which presently follows, on the word dXXu.. — E. B.
AB Vulg. Iren. Lucif. read uTroXsariTS and ecTroXx^nTS : Rec. Text, with in- ferior authorities, dxoXs(juy.iv and d.'Tcdhx^w^sv. — E.
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