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1 JOHN 2:14 e;graya (1) {A}
Scribes of many of the later manuscripts (followed by the Textus
Receptus) absent-mindedly wrote gra,fw in accord with the three
previous instances of the present tense....
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Verse 14. _THE WORD OF GOD ABIDETH IN YOU_] Ye have not only
thoroughly known and digested the Divine doctrine, but your hearts are
moulded into it; ye know it to be the truth of God from the _power_...
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I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU, FATHERS, BECAUSE ... - The reason assigned
here for writing to fathers is the same which is given in the previous
verse. It would seem that, in respect to them, the apostle re...
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II. LIGHT AND DARKNESS AND THE TESTS
Chapter S 1:5-2:17
_ 1. God is light; walking in darkness and in light (1 John 1:5)_
2. What the light manifests (1 John 1:8)
3. The advocacy of Christ to maint...
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1 JOHN 2:12 slightly breaks the argument. It is prompted by John's
desire to remove any impression which the earnestness of his previous
words may have created, that he had misgivings as to the spirit...
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I am writing to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven
you through his name. I am writing to you, fathers, Because you have
come to know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to yo...
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A PASTOR'S CONCERN (1 John 2:1-2)...
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HAVE WRITTEN. wrote....
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Threefold Statement of Reasons for Writing
"Hitherto St John has stated briefly the main scope of his Epistle. He
has shewn what is the great problem of life, and how the Gospel meets
it with an answ...
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The Things and Persons to be Avoided
These are summed up under two heads: i. _The World and the Things in
the World_(15 17); ii. _Antichrists_(18 26). The section begins with a
_threefold statement_o...
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_because ye are strong_ Strong in the spiritual warfare in which they
have already won the victory: comp. Hebrews 11:34, where, however,
-strong in war" probably refers to actual warfare between the J...
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14. [487] has ΤῸ�ʼ ἈΡΧΗ͂Σ. [488] and the Thebaic omit
ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂. Comp. 1 John 2:20.
[487] 4th century. Brought to Rome about 1460. It is entered in the
earliest catalogue of the Vatican Library, 147...
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12–28. THE THINGS AND PERSONS TO BE AVOIDED
These are summed up under two heads: i. _The World and the Things in
the World_ (15–17); ii. _Antichrists_ (18–26). The section begins
with a _threefold sta...
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12–14. THREEFOLD STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR WRITING
“Hitherto St John has stated briefly the main scope of his Epistle.
He has shewn what is the great problem of life, and how the Gospel
meets it with a...
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1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. GOD IS LIGHT...
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ΈΓΡΑΨΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать.
_Aor._ может быть эпистолярным и
относиться к текущему письму; или
обозначать предыдущее послание (_см._ 1
John 2:12).
ΈΓΝΏΚΑΤΕ _perf. ind. act. от_ Γ...
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DISCOURSE: 2437
THE DIFFERENT GROWTH AND PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S CHILDREN
1 John 2:12. I write unto you, little children, because your sins are
forgiven you for his name’s sake. I write unto you, fathers,...
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I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU, FATHERS,— It is said, Job 12:12. That _with
the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days understanding._ The
propriety of St. John's address to the Christians aged in experien...
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CHAPTER V
_TO WALK IN THE LIGHT IS TO SHARE
GOD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD OUR BROTHERS IN CHRIST_
(The Second Test. The First Time)
1 John 2:7-17
A.
_The Text_
Beloved, no new commandment write I unto yo...
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I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the
beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the
wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye ha...
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VERSE 14. I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU, FATHERS.
A repetition to those fathers contained in verse 13. I fail to see, as
some do, any additional injunction herein contained, over and above
former exhortati...
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1 The ministry of John is based upon his personal acquaintance with
the Lord in the flesh.
Indeed, this was the prime qualification of all the twelve apostles
(Act_1:21). They were to bear witness to...
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2:14 known (a-10) _ Ginosko_ . and so throughout chapter, except vers.
11,20,21,29 (first), _ oida_ . Perfect tense here. 'have come to know
him, and continue so to do;' and so vers. 4,13,14. overcome...
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THE ADVOCACY OF CHRIST AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF BELIEVERS
1. My little children] The diminutive implies the fatherly care which
the aged Apostle felt for his disciples. ADVOCATE] The word thus
translate...
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All who believe in the *Lord Jesus become the children of God. God is
their father and they have come to know him. The young children need
to grow up to be mature. But they do have a real relationship...
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HOW CAN I BE SURE?
1 JOHN
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 2
CHRIST SPEAKS FOR US AND WE SHOULD OBEY GOD (1 JOHN 2:1-6)
V1 My *children, I write these things to you so that you will not
*sin. But if you...
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THE THINGS THEY MUST NOT LOVE IF THEY WALKED IN THE LIGHT (1 John
2:12). — The solemnity of the thoughts of 1 John 2:9; 1 John 2:11 is
too much for the warm heart of the Apostle. He cannot bear even t...
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The Appeal of Experience. “I am writing to you, little children,
because your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake; I am
writing to you, fathers, because ye have got to know Him that it is...
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The Apostle gives the same reason as before for writing to the
fathers, as though there could be none greater. He gives the same
reason also for writing to the young men, but he amplifies it: they
hav...
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TRANSIENT DESIRES, ABIDING LIFE
1 John 2:12
There are gradations in Christian experience-the child, the father,
the young man. The note of the child is the glad sense of forgiveness;
of the father, a...
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Affirming that the purpose of his writing is that we sin not, the
writer declared that even if we sin, provision is made by which it may
be put away. The tests whereby we may know our relation to ligh...
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(13) I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that
is] from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye
are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye hav...
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I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you
for his name's sake. (13) I write unto you, fathers, because ye have
known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young...
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14_I have written unto you, fathers _These repetitions I deem
superfluous; and it is probable that when unskillful readers falsely
thought that he spoke twice of little children, they rashly introduce...
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If, on the other hand, we have even committed sin and all, being
judged according to the light, is confessed (so that the will no
longer takes part in it, the pride of that will being broken down), He...
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I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU, FATHERS,.... This, with the reason annexed to
it, is repeated, to raise the attention of the aged servants of
Christ, and to quicken them to a discharge of their duty, who are...
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I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him _that is_
from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are
strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have ove...
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_I have written_, &c. He repeats almost the same words, in order that
they might the more regard them. As if he had said, Observe well what
I now write. He speaks very briefly and modestly to those wh...
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For the right understanding of these verses it is important to
observe, first, that in them the apostle represents himself as
appealing to Christians on the ground of the experience and knowledge
whic...
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ARE STRONG-ABIDETH IN YOU; the apostle mentions not simply their
strength, but the means also by which it is maintained-by God's word
abiding in them.
THE WICKED ONE; the devil. The gospel is suited t...
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An appeal to young and old:...
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I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU, FATHERS, BECAUSE YE HAVE KNOWN HIM THAT IS
FROM THE BEGINNING. I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU, YOUNG MEN, BECAUSE YE ARE
STRONG, AND THE WORD OF GOD ABIDETH IN YOU, AND YE HAVE OVERC...
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“My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not
sin; and if anyone sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ
the righteous” (JND). If we have seen some absolute, positive...
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12-14 As Christians have their peculiar states, so they have peculiar
duties; but there are precepts and obedience common to all,
particularly mutual love, and contempt of the world. The youngest
sin...
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1 John 2:14 written G1125 (G5656) you G5213 fathers G3962 Because
G3754 known G1097 (G5758) from G575 beginning...
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I have written to you, little children, because you know the Father. I
have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the
beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are s...
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THEY KNOW THE FATHER AND THE ETERNAL WORD AND MUST BEWARE OF LOVING
THE WORLD (1 JOHN 2:12).
Having exhorted them of the need to remain true to Him and to the Word
Who ‘is' from the beginning, and to...
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_Testimony to the reality of their religion; addressed to the church
generally, and specially under two aspects._
1 John 2:12-13. I WRITE UNTO YOU, LITTLE CHILDREN, BECAUSE YOUR SINS
ARE FORGIVEN YOU...
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First the apostle announces his message that God is light and only
light (1 John 1:5). Then follows (down to chap. 1 John 2:2) a
universal statement of the evangelical conditions of fellowship with
Hi...
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I HAVE WRITTEN
(εγραψα). Repeated three times. Epistolary aorist referring to
this Epistle, not to a previous Epistle. Law (_Tests of Life_, p. 309)
suggests that John was interrupted at the close o...
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1 John 2:1. _My little children, these things write I unto you, that
ye sin not._
For this we ought to watch and strive, that we sin not.
1 John 2:1. _And if any man sin-_
What then? Is it a hopele...
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1 John 2:1. My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye
sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our...
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CONTENTS: Christ's advocacy for the believer. Tests of fellowship,
obedience and love. Warning against worldliness and apostates.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John, Satan, anti-christ.
CONCLUSION: To kno...
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1 John 2:2. _He is the propitiation for our sin:_ ιλασμος, a
ram, or other victim offered as an atoning sacrifice for sin. On
Genesis 15:9, the rabbins make a distinction between the heifer, the
she g...
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CHILDREN. [The chapter and verse divisions date from the 16th
century.] "I write to you new Christians (both men and women), because
you know the Father and can say, Father, my Father' (Romans 8:15)_....
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 2:7 The Unchanging Commandment in a Changing
World. John emphasizes the love commandment. He then describes the
challenge of living as a Christian in a dark world (vv....
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 2:12 John knows his message is greater than
the evil he describes. Some view LITTLE CHILDREN, FATHERS, and YOUNG
MEN as symbo
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CHAPTER 2 VER. 1. _My little children, these things write I unto you,
that ye sin not._ At the end of the last chapter it was said that all
who were grown up had sinned, either mortally as heathens, o...
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. _write unto You, children._ He here comes round and says the same
thing in other words, to enforce it the more, calling them
_τεκνία_ in the first instance, and _παιδία_ here.
_Because ye have know...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
1 John 2:12 indicate the things which the disciples must _not_ love,
if they would walk in the light, and be sons with the “Only
Begotten.”
1 John 2:12. SINS ARE FORGI...
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EXPOSITION
1 JOHN 2:1, 1 JOHN 2:2
Moreover, walking in the light involves accepting the propitiation
wrought through Jesus Christ the Righteous.
The connexion with the preceding is close. We have ju...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to I John chapter 2. And we'll begin
tonight at verse 1 John 2:12 where we left off last Sunday night.
The book of I John is a book of proofs. It isn't what I say; it's...
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1 John 2:13; 2 John 1:2; 2 Timothy 2:1; 3 John 1:3; Colossians 1:11;...
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Him that is from the beginning. The eternal, pre - existent Christ,
who was from the beginning (John 1:1). The eternal Son, through whom
men are brought into the relation of children of God, and learn...
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I have written to you, fathers — As if he had said, Observe well
what I but now wrote. He speaks very briefly and modestly to these,
who needed not much to be said to them, as having that deep
acquain...