PERSONAL CONFIDENCES AND KINDLY WARNINGS
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
3 John 1:1. THE ELDER.—It cannot be decided whether this was a
recognised official title, or an allusion by St. John to his great
age. The fact that St. Peter calls himself “a fellow-presbyter” (1
Peter 5:1) favours the idea t... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
3 John 1:5. FAITHFULLY.—Not impulsively, not selfishly, but with a
due sense of duty and obligation, and with an earnest care to do well.
Perhaps the precise meaning is “Christianly,” in a manner true to
thy Christian profession and character. R.V. “Thou doest a faith... [ Continue Reading ]