temptation or pollution, thus differing from dytos, which means absolutely holy. ence dyvds cannot properly be applied to God, who is &yvos ; but both may be used of Christ, the latter in virtue of His hwman perfection.
4. Whosoever committeth sin (ads 6 rowdy Tv Gpaprtiar). Rev., better, every one that doeth sin. See on ver. 3, every man that hath, and note the frequent repetition of this form of ex- pression in the present chapter. Compare vas 0 duaptavwr whosoever sinneth (ver. 6). The phrase to do sin regards sin as something actually realized in its completeness. He that does sin realizes in action ¢he sin (note the article tv), that which includes and represents the complete ideal of sin. Compare do righteousness, li. 29.
Transgresseth also the law (kal ryv dvoyiav trovet). Rev., more accurately, doeth also lawlessness. Compare Matt. xiii. 41, and the phrase of épyatoyevoe TH dvouiay ye that work maquity (Matt. vii. 28).
For (xal). Rev., correctly, and. This and the preceding clause are co-ordinated after John’s manner.
Is the transgression of the law (éorlv 7 avouia). Rev., correctly, is Jawlessness. Sin is the violation of the law of our being, the law which includes our threefold relation to God, to the men and things around us, and to ourselves. Compare Jas. i. 14; iv. 17.
5. Ye know. John’s characteristic appeal to Christian knowledge. Compare ii. 20, 21; iv. 2, 14,16; v. 15,18; 3 John 12.
He (éxeivos). Christ, as always in this Epistle. See on John i. 18.
Was manifested. See on John xxi. 1. Including Christ’s whole life on earth and its consequences. The idea of mani- festation here assumes the fact of a previous being. John