mapaPaivew to trangress ; tapaBacis transgression ; mapa- Barns transgressor (see on Matt. vi. 14; Jas. ii. 11); wapavo- Heiv to act contrary to the law ; rapavoula breach of law (see on Acts xxili. 3; 2 Pet. ii. 16); wapdwtwpa trespass (see on Matt. vi. 14).
To cleanse. See on ver. 7.
Unrighteousness (décxias). With reference to Séxatos righteous. The righteous One who calls us into fellowship with Himself, purges away the wnrighteousness which is contrary to His nature, and which renders fellowship impossible. The word occurs in John’s writings only at John vii. 18; 1 John v.
aie:
10. We have not sinned (ovy jpaptjxayev). Committed sins. Sin regarded as an act. The state is expressed by duap- Tiav ovK éyouev we have no (or not) sin (ver. 8).
We make Him (rrovodpev adrov). A phrase characteristic of John. See John vy. 18; viii. 53; x. 33; xix. 7, 12.
His word (6 Adyos avrod). Not the personal Word, as John i. 1, but the divine message of the Gospel. See Luke v. 1; vill. 11; Acts iv. 31; vi. 2,7, ete. Compare “the truth is not in us” (ver. 8). The ¢ruth is the substance of the word. The word carries the truth. The word both moves the man (John viii. 31, 32) and abides in him (John v. 38; viii. 387). The man also abides in the word (John viii. 31).
1. My little children (rexvia pov). Texviov, little child, diminutive of téxvov child, occurs in John xiii. 33; 1 John ii. 12,28; ili. 7,18; iv.4; v.21. This particular phrase is found only here (best texts omit my in 1 John iii. 18). Used as a term of affection, or possibly with reference to the writer’s advanced age. Compare Christ’s word, wadia children (John xxi. 5)