The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 339

implicnfion i~ th11.t they hnve reooived it Ver. 14 dmw■ tho cnmpnriuon between Christ (ver. 8). The phnu!e is rnther more con- an,~ ~he disciples; ver. 16 le.ye, by a tmns- d<>ns0d thBn before, e.nd carries e.11 the oon- poe1tiou of words, the gr0A.ter emphl\Bi& on ~c,quenccs pr<,,·iously mP11tioned, Rnd others "the world." AIRe thRt this great utter- Rl! well to which the Lord hRd referred (<'h. 11.nce should so often be Utterly ignored I xvi. 1-!i). As e. mn.tter of fact, the world How often in our own da.ya, is other-worldli- hated them, bece.use they are not of the world, n01!8 and unworldlinlll!I! derided ae a. pestilent even u I am not of the world. This oon- heresy, 11.nd "11. man of the world," instinot stnnt oontrnst botwcen the mind of Christ with its purpose and saturated with it.s nnd tho spirit of the world perv&des the spirit, lRuded as the true man and ideal New Testnment. Christ had exposcrl its learler of a Christian state I hypocrisies, and denounced its idols, e.nrl in- Ver. 17.-Sanotify them; ccnseorl\te thom verted its ste.ndards, e.nd repudiated its (of. eh. x. 36, of the BO,notilicl\tion or the Bon 1,mile, and condemned its prince, 11.nd was by the Father to the work of effecting human nvw indifferont to its curse. His disciples, redemption), separat.e them from the evil of 11.s f11.r ns they shared his sentiments, CA.me in the world, as for holy purposes. Devote them 11.lso for its malediction and hatred (cf. the to the glorious ce.use. Let them be sacrifloes con0iot with the Pharisc>cs in the synoptic on the altar. The &-yul(w, to sanctify, is narrative). not synonymous with rc118.&p((a,, to purify; Ver. 15.-The prayer of Jesus based on l-vior is not e. contradiotion of the defiled so this. I pray (,!p,.,Tai, not ..:n.., ; 8C'C ver. 9; much as of the purely na.ture.l, and involves the 1va here defines the eontcnt.s of the the higher ends of grace (Exod. xxix. l, 36; pmrer) not that thou shonldest take them xl. 13). The 111\nctillcation of the Old Testa- away-lift them up nnd out~ut of the ment is e. ritual process effected by cere- world., as t.hou nrt tnking me by death. This monis.l observe.nee ; the se.nctifice.tion of the natural desire on the part of some of them New Testament is a. sp,.ritua.l process passing is not in harmony with the highest interests over bee.rt e.nd conecience and will, and is of the kingdom. ThOBe interests it would the work of the Divine Spirit. Meyer, West- henceforth be their high function to sub- cott, and others translate the next ola.use, in serve. There is much testimony for them to the truth,' as the atmosphere in whioh the bear, there are many great facts for them disciples dwell; but a large number of com- completely to grasp, many aspects of truth mentators, with Godet, te.ke lP -rp aATJB<l<f a.'- which they must put into words for the life eq ui v&lent to" by the aid of," with the instru- a.nd en..lvation of eoule, individuals for them mentality of, "thotruth :" consecrate them, by to teach and train, victories for them to win, revealing to them the reality, making known cxnmples which they must set before the to them the troth. If they see the truth world. If they are all to vanish from the they will be diecha.rged from the illusions eyoe of men as Christ will do, the end of of the world, the flesh, a.nd the devil. (Luther the mnniresta.tion will be sacrificed. The te.kes /p -rfi aATJB<l<f adverbia.lly, and as equi- Lord prays, not that they should be taken velent to "verily and indeed; but this can- out or the world, but that thon should.est keep not well be, seeing the article is present, and them (n,pi/"fls, not ,i,v~~"!1s) from the evil. te.k:ing account of the subsequent defiuition The i« -rov ro.,,,pov is different from Ma.tL of lu...,8,(a., it becomes improbable.) But what vi. 13, orb -roii ,ro.,,,poii, and may pos- is "truth"? what is the foll expression of sibly mean "from the evil one." Reuss, reality? how are we to know where to find Meyer, and Revised Version accept the same it? Thy Logos (thy Word), the utterance of translntion here in virtue of 1 John ii 13; thy thought, is truth. If we can ever cog- iii. 12; v. 18; Rev. iii. 10, where the devil nize what is the Divine thought about any- is regarded as dominating, the realm, the thing, we shall reach the absolute truth. 11.tmOBphere, the spirit, e.nd the kingdom of What God troweth is truth per ae. The thi,; world. Over against this kingdom the Logos of God, tile full, God-chosen utter- Lord Christ, as the devil's great Ri •al, rules ance of the reality of truth, is the nearest in the kingdom of grace. Luther, Calvin, approach to truth tha.t we possess. This reve- Hengstenberg. Godet, Authorized Version, la.tion of God is the closest correspondence end numeroUB other commentators, have re- with the reality. God s:rnctifies his children, garded -rou ,ro.,,,poii as neuter, as referring consecrates them to the service of his kingdom to the great characteristic and all-subduing by revealing the truth, by making known the temper, the far-reaching glamour aud the otherwise transcendental facts of his king• gouless disposition of the world. T~ -,ovfipov dom. A long controversy has prevailed in in~ludee 6 -,ovftpos. the Church as to whether the Spirit's gracious Ver. 16.-They are not of the world, even 1 The uov is omitted by a. great group of as of the world I am not. This verse simply reµeat.s, with altere.tion of order, the cle.W10 of uncials, though t,t omits the whole cla.us~ vt:r l4. (lj! the husil! of the next great petitinn. from ITOU to lu..718,(9. cm, nn. 1-26.] 'rHE GOSPEL ACCORDfNG TO s·r. ,JOHN.