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how can love for the brethren yield this inference ? Ὑγινώσκει πάντα, “ readeth every secret”. Cf. Johnii. 25. A quite diferent and less satisfying sense is got by punctuating τὴν καρδίαν ἡμῶν. ὅτι ἐάν, κ.τ... The second ὅτι is then a difficulty and has been dealt with in three ways: (1) It has been ignored as redund- ant: * For if our heart condemn us, God is greater, etc.” (A.V. fortified by the omission of the participle in some inferior MSS.). (2) Anvellipse has been assumed —either of the substantive verb: ‘‘ be- cause if our heart condemns us, (it is) because God, etc.” (Alford), or of δῆλον (Field, who compares τ Tim. vi. 7) : ‘‘ it is plain that God, etc.”. (3) ὅτι has been conjecturally emended into ἔτι (Steph., Bez.): ‘“ still greater is God,
Vv. 21-22. παρρησίαν, see note on ii. 28. 6 ἐὰν αἰτῶμεν AapBavopev, though not always in the form we expect or desire ; the answer may be different from but it is always better than our prayer. St. Augustine draws a distinction between the hearing of prayer ‘‘ad salutem” and ‘‘ad voluntatem,” comparing the experi- ence of St. Paul (2 Cor. xii. 7-9): “ Ro- gasti, clamasti, terclamasti: ipsum semel quod c!amasti audivi, non averti αυτες meas a te; novi quid faciam; tu vis auferri medicamentum quo ureris; ego novi infirmitatem qua gravaris. Ergo iste ad salutem exauditus est, ad volun- tatem non est exauditus. ... Tu morbum confitearis, ille medicamentum adhibeat.”’ Cf. Juan de Avila: * Go to prayer rather
to hearken than tospeak. Bend humbly and lovingly before God, expecting.” τηροῦμεν, See Note ON ii. 3.
Ver. 23. Cf. our Lord’s summary of the commandments in Matt. xxii. 34-40 = Mark xii. 28-31, and observe the apos- tolic narrowing of τὸν πλησίον σου (cf. Luke x. 29-37) to ἀλλήλους, 7.2. τοὺς ἀδελφούς (see note onii.g). τῷ ὀνόματι, see note on 1. Τ2.
Ver. 24. τὰς ἐντ. αὐτ., ‘the com- mandments of God,” resuming ver, 22. Cf. iv. 15. ἐκ, the assurance is begotten of the Spirit ; see note on ii. 21. οὗ for ὅ, by attraction to the case of the ante- cedent (cf. Luke ii. 20; Rev. xviii. 6). ἔδωκεν, “gave,” ἐ.ε., when first we be- lieved. For the thought cf. 2 Cor. i. 21, 22; Eph.i. 13, 14; also Rom. viii. 15, 16.
Οµαρτεκ IV.—Vv. 1-6. The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error. ‘‘ Be- loved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are from God ; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world. Herein ye get to know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesseth Jesus as Christ come in flesh, is from God; and every spirit which confesseth not Jesus, is not from God. And this is the spirit of the Anti- christ, whereof ye heard that it is coming, and now it is in the world already. Ye are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. They are from the world; there- fore {rom the world they talk, and the world hearkeneth tothem. Weare from