94. As for you (ipeis). This is the rendering of the Rev. The force of the emphatic you at the beginning of the sentence is utterly lost in the A. V., which takes the pronoun simply as nominative to ye have heard. You is emphatic by way of con- trast with the false teachers (ver. 22).
From the beginning. Seeoni.1. Notice the change in the order of the repeated sentence, that which ye heard from the beginning: 6 nKovcate am’ apyis, that which ye heard; the emphasis being on their reception of the message: 6 am’ apyis nxovaate, that which ye heard from the beginning ; emphasiz- ing the ¢éme of the reception as coincident with the origin of their faith.
In the Son and in the Father. Compare the reverse order in ver. 22. ‘‘ Here the thought is that of rising through. the confession of the Son to the knowledge of the Father; there the thought is of the issue of denial culminating in the denial of the Father” (Westcott).
25. The promise (7 érayyedia). See on Acts i. 4.
Eternal life (rv Sony tiv aimnov). Lit., the life, the eternal (life).
26. Seduce (zAavwrrwv). See oni. 8. Rev., lead astray. 27. As for you (ipets). Emphatic, as in ver. 24. Of Him (a7 avrod). See oni. 5.
The same anointing (70 avrd ypicua). The best texts read avrod, His anointing.
Is truth, and is no lie. The characteristic combination of positive and negative statement. See oni. 5.
Ye shall abide (uweve?re). Wrong. The best texts read pévere, which may be taken either as dmperative, abide ye, or