construction ; the same rarity of particles; the employment of the simple connective (ai, and) instead of a particle of logical sequence (iii. 3, 16); the succession of sentences and clauses without particles (ii. 22-24; iv. 4-6; 7-10; 11-18; ii. 5, 6, 9, 10), and the bringing of sentences into parallelism by the rep- etition of clauses (i. 6, 8, 10; v. 18, 20). Verbal coincidences abound. Such words as «dapos (world), das (light), cxoria (darkness), davepody (to manifest), Sw) aidvios (eternal life), o dAnSwos Oéos (the real God), 6 povoyevns vids (the only-begotten Son), etc., are common to both. Coincidences of expression are also numerous. Compare, for example,
1 John i. 2, 3. Gospel iii. 11. 4, Xvi. 24,
beg i Fa, BI 14. v. 388. ive vili. 35. eBags 46. 8. 44,
13. KVL: 14. v. 24. 16. x 1d: iv. 6. viii. 47. v. 4. xvi. 23.
The Epistle presupposes the Gospel. The differences are such as would naturally appear between a historian and a teacher interpreting the history. This may be seen by a com- parison of the Prologue of the Gospel with the Epistle. The Prologue and the Epistle stand in the same relation to the dis- courses, as appears from a comparison of the thoughts on life, light, and truth in the Prologue with passages in the discourses. Thus compare, on Life, Gospel v. 26 ; xi. 25; xiv. 6; ; Prologue
i. 4; Epistle i.1; v.20. On Light, Gospel viii. 19; xii. 46 ; raldetied: 4, 7, 9; Epistle i. 6, 7; ii. 8. On Truth, la viii. 39 ; xiv o. Prologue ind; 14, WT: Epistle i. 6, 8, 10;
4, 8, 91, 97; da ivi Gig v. 20. The theme of the Gospel is, Jesus is the Christ in process of