which, after Olympic fashion, is sacred to Zeus the saviour, 8s and surely this will prove the greatest and most de- cisive of falls” (Plato, “Republic,” 583). Hence the proverb, 7d tTplrov TS TwrThpt, lit., the third to the saviour ; i.e., the third or lucky time. The name was also given later to princes or public benefactors. The kindred noun cwtnpia salvation, does not occur in John’s Epistles, and appears only once in the Gospel (iv. 22). It is found thrice in the Apocalypse (vii. 10; xii. 10; xix. 1). Yefew to save occurs six times in J ohn’s Gospel, and once in the Apocalypse (xxi. 24). It does not appear in the Epistles.
15. Whosoever (6s av). Lit., who of there be any. Shall confess. See oni. 9. Son of God. See onl. 7.
16. The love which God hath. On this use of éxew to have, see on John xvi. 22. Compare John xiii. 35.
To us (év piv). Rev., in us. Compare God abideth in Hin.
Dwelleth in love, etc. See John xv. 9, 10. Rev., abideth.
17. Herein (év todrw). To what does this refer? Two ex- planations are given. (1.) To the following that we may have boldness. So Huther, who argues thus on the ground that ver. 18 shows that the drift of the writer’s thought is toward the fearlessness of love. According to this, therefore, love has sts fulfilment in freeing us from fear, and inspiring us with boldness even in view of the final judgment. (2.) To what precedes, viz., our dwelling in God and He in us. So West- cott: “The fellowship of God with man and of man with God, carries with it the consummation of love.” I prefer the latter, principally on the ground that in such phrases as év TovT@ im this, Sia todto on this account, therefore, the pronoun usually refers to something preceding, though more fully developed in