Hence to detect (Prov. xxviii. 11); compare Aristophanes: “ Having observed (xatayvovs) the foibles of the old man” (“ Knights,” 46). Zo form an unfavorable prejudice against. So Herodotus. Datis says to the Delians, ‘“ Why are ye fled, O holy men, having judged me (katayvovtes Kat’ éued) in 80 unfriendly a way?” (vi. 97). (2.) Zo note judicially: to ae- cuse: to accuse one’s self. So Thucydides: “No one, when venturing on a perilous enterprise, ever yet passed a sentence of failure on himself” (kataryvods éavtod pi) Tepiécer das ; iii. 45). To give sentence, or condemn. To condemn to death. “Those who had fled they condemned to death” (JSdvarov katayvovtes ; Thucydides, vi. 60). Zo decide a suit against one. So Aristophanes: ‘ You judges have no maintenance if you will not decide against (xatayvécecde) this suit” (“ Knights,” 1360). In Gal. ii. 11, it is said of Peter that, be- cause of his concessions to the Jewish ritualists, cateyvwopévos hw he stood condemned or self-condemned (not as A. V., he was to be blamed). His conduct was its own condemnation. This is the sense in this passage, the internal judgment of conscience.
Because (87). This second 67: does not appear in the A. V. It is a conjunction.
Greater (we/fwv). Is this superior greatness to be regarded as related to God’s judgment, or to His compassion? If to His judgment, the sense is: God who is greater than our heart and knows all things, must not only endorse but emphasize our seltf- accusation. If owr heart condemn, how much more God, who is greater than our heart. If to His compassion, the sense is: when our heart condemns us we shall quiet it with the assur- ance that we are in the hands of a God who is greater than our heart—who surpasses man in love and compassion no less than in knowledge. This latter sense better suits the whole drift of the discussion. See critical note. There is a play of the words ywoone. knoweth, and cataywackn condemneth, which is un- translatable.
21. Beloved. The affectionate address is suggested by the preceding thought of tormenting self-accusation. Vou. II.—23
354 WORD STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. Confidence (wappnolav). Rev., boldness. See on ii. 28. 29. We ask (airapev). See on Luke xi. 9.
We receive of Him (AapBadvopev dm avtod). On the form of expression, see oni. 5. For the thought, compare John xv. 7.
We keep (rnpodpev). See on 1 Pet. i. 5. Note the combin- ation of keep and do. Watchful discernment and habitual practice. Compare Ps. xxiii. 2. The same combination occurs v. 2, 8, where instead of the first Tnpapev keep, read trovpev
Pleasing (dpeord). See John viii. 29.
In His sight (év@mov adrod). Compare éumpoodev avtov before Him, or in His presence (ver. 19). Jn His sight “ac- centuates the thought of the divine regard. Compare John xii. 37 and xx. 30” (Westcott).
23. Believe on the name (micrevowper TO dvopart). See on John i. 12; 1 John i. 7.
94. Abideth in Him and Hein Him. “Therefore let God be a home to thee, and be thou the home of God: abide in God, and let God abide in thee” (Bede).
Spirit. The first mention of the Spirit in the Epistle. Never found with Holy in the Epistles or Apocalypse.