But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
Ver. 20. But ye have an unction] That oil of gladness, the Holy Ghost. In derision thereof, Domitian, the tyrant, cast St John into a caldron of boiling oil, but he by a miracle came forth unhurt.
Ye know all things] Not all things knowable, but all things needful to be known.
1 JOHN 2:20 pa,ntej {B} A majority of the Committee, understanding the passage to be directed against the claims of a few to possess esoteric knowledge, adopted the reading pa,ntej, read by a B P 398...
Verse 20. _BUT YE HAVE AN UNCTION_] The word χρισμα signifies not an _unction_, but an _ointment_, the very thing itself by which _anointing_ is effected; and so it was properly rendered in our forme...
BUT YE HAVE AN UNCTION FROM THE HOLY ONE - The apostle in this verse evidently intends to say that he had no apprehension in regard to those to whom he wrote that they would thus apostatize, and bring...
III. TRUTH AND ERROR CHAPTER 2:18-27 This section contains a warning which is addressed to the babes, the little children, young believers. Truth and error, are contrasted. Seducers were trying to le...
THE ANTICHRISTS AND THEIR TEACHING. Here John deals with the false teachers, who embody the spirit of Antichrist and betoken by their appearance the speedy end of the world and the return of Christ. T...
They have gone out from among us but they are not of our number. If they had been of our number, they would have remained with us. But things have happened as they have happened, that it may be clearl...
A PASTOR'S CONCERN (1 John 2:1-2)...
BUT. And. UNCTION. Greek. _chrisma._ Only here and 1 John 2:27. For the verb _chrio_ see 2 Corinthians 1:21....
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...
The Persons to be Avoided; Antichrists 18. _Little children_ Or, _Little ones_. It is difficult to see anything in this section specially suitable to children: indeed the very reverse is rather the ca...
_But ye have an unction from the holy One_ Better, as R.V., AND _ye have an_ ANOINTING (as in 1 John 2:27) _from the Holy One_. S. John, in his manner, puts two contrasted parties side by side, the An...
20. For ΚΑῚ ΟἼΔΑΤΕ ΠΆΝΤΑ ([497][498][499][500], Memphitic, Vulgate) we should perhaps read καὶ οἴδατε πάντες ([501][502]) or οἴδατε πάντες ([503], Thebaic). Comp. 1 John 2:14. The reading remains unce...
18–26. THE PERSONS TO BE AVOIDED;—ANTICHRISTS...
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...
1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. GOD IS LIGHT...
1 John 2:29 to 1 John 5:12. GOD IS LOVE There seems to be no serious break in the Epistle from this point onwards until we reach the concluding verses which form a sort of summary (1 John 5:13-21). Th...
ΚΑΊ (G2532) впрочем. Здесь имеет противительное значение, "но" (Marshall; BD, 227; JG, 135f). ΧΡΊΣΜΑ (G5545) помазание. Это не столько акт помазания, сколько средство его проведения, это знак связи х...
DISCOURSE: 2440 THE UNCTION OF THE HOLY ONE 1 John 2:20. _Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things_. IT is a melancholy fact, that, in every age of the Church, persons have arisen...
BUT YE HAVE AN UNCTION, &C.— Both kings and priests were consecrated to their offices by anointing; and in the New Testament, wherein the title of _kings_ and _priests_ is given to true believers, by...
CHAPTER VI _TO WALK IN THE LIGHT IS TO SHARE GOD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD JESUS_ (The Third Test. The First Time) 1 John 2:18-28 A. _The Text_ Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that...
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. BUT - Greek, 'And.' He states the means which believers have to withstand Antichrists (1 John 2:18), namely, the chrism [ chrisma ...
VERSE 20. BUT YE HAVE AN UNCTION. Anointing is a better word than unction. The anointing is from the Holy Spirit; and, being so anointed, they are qualified to discriminate between the true and the f...
18 The term "antichrist" occurs only in John's epistles. The prefix "anti" now has the meaning of "against" and antichrist signifies one who is against Christ. But "anti" originally meant "instead of...
AN UNCTION] RV 'an anointing': cp. 2 Corinthians 1:21. Oil is the sacred symbol of the Spirit's operations. The anointing here represents the gift of the Spirit, whereby believers are endowed with spi...
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...
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...
(8) THE MANIFESTATIONS OF DARKNESS (1 John 2:18). (_a_) _Signs whereby they should know the forerunners of the last time_ (1 John 2:18). (_b_) _Exhortation to continue in the light_ (1 John 2:24)
(5) THE GLORIOUS RESULTS OF GOD’S LOVE REALISED THROUGH THE SONSHIP (1 John 2:19). (_a_) _The comfort of assurance_ (1 John 2:19). (_b_) _The grant of our requests_ (1 John 2:22). (_c_)
CHAPTER 12 KNOWING ALL THINGS 1 John 2:20 THERE is little of the form of logical argument to which Western readers are habituated in the writings of St. John, steeped as his mind was in Hebraic infl...
An expression of confidence in his readers: they will not be led astray; they have received “a chrism,” the enlightening grace of the Holy Spirit, “which He poured forth upon us richly through Jesus C...
A Warning against Heretical Teaching. “Little ones, it is the last hour; and, as ye heard that Antichrist is coming, even now have many antichrists arisen; whence we recognise that it is the last hour...
LOYALTY TO TRUTH 1 John 2:18 The Holy One is surely the risen Savior, who has passed into the heavens, whence He bestows the Holy Spirit as a sacred chrism on meek and trustful souls. We can say with...
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...
CHRISTIANS ARE ANOINTED Those who were to be kings were anointed, thus showing God had elevated them to a higher position (1 Samuel 10:10). The Christians to whom John wrote had been similarly elevate...
(21) But ye have an (p) unction from the (q) Holy One, and ye know all things. (21) Thirdly, he comforts them, to make them stand fast, as they are anointed by the Holy Spirit with the true knowledge...
You have an unction from the holy one. You are sufficiently instructed by the grace and spirit of God against such false teachers. (Witham) --- An unction, &c. That is, grace and wisdom from the Holy...
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. (19) They went out from us, but th...
_THE ANOINTING_ ‘Ye have an unction from the Holy One.’ ‘But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you...
20_But ye have an unction. _The Apostle modestly excuses himself for having so earnestly warned them, lest they should think that they were indirectly reproved, as though they were rude and ignorant o...
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...
BUT YE HAVE AN UNCTION FROM THE HOLY ONE,.... Meaning the Spirit, and his graces, with which Christ, the head, is anointed without measure, and his members in measure; from whence he is called Christ,...
_But ye have an unction_ Χρισμα, _a chrism_, (perhaps so termed in opposition to the name of antichrist,) an inward teaching _from the Holy Ghost_, whereby _ye know all things_ Necessary for your pres...
YE; real Christians. AN UNCTION; anointing, or the enlightening and sanctifying influences of the Holy Spirit. ALL THINGS; all things essential to your preservation from fatal error, and your persev...
BUT YE HAVE AN UNCTION FROM THE HOLY ONE, AND YE KNOW ALL THINGS With all its seriousness, this warning is couched in affectionate terms: Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that Anti...
A warning against anti-Christian teaching:...
“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...
18-23 Every man is an antichrist, who denies the Person, or any of the offices of Christ; and in denying the Son, he denies the Father also, and has no part in his favour while he rejects his great s...
SEE POOLE ON "1 JOHN 2:27"....
Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Third They therefore who lie deny the Lord, and rob Him, not giving back to Him the deposit which they have received. For they received from Him a spirit free from fals...
1 John 2:20 But G2532 you G5210 have G2192 (G5719) anointing G5545 from G575 Holy G40 and G2532 know...
WARNING AGAINST FALSE RELIGION AND FALSE TEACHERS (1 JOHN 2:18). Having warned against the world which is under the control of the Evil One and will stultify their faith, John now warns against false...
‘And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all the things (or ‘you all know').' Unlike these men, the orthodox church leaders, who followed and looked to the apostolic teaching, retain...
1 John 2:20. AND YE HAVE AN UNCTION FROM THE HOLY ONE, AND YE KNOW ALL THINGS. There is no ‘but' here: the verse introduces a new consolation; and that is the fact of the impartation of the Holy Ghost...
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...
ANOINTING (χρισμα). Old word for result (ματ) and for the material, from χριω, to anoint, perhaps suggested by the use of αντιχριστο in verse 1 John 2:18. Christians are "anointed ones," χριστο in t...
1 John 2:18 The Last Time; the Christ; the Antichrist; the Chrism. I. The Apostles said that a new age was at hand, the universal age, the age of the Son of man, which would be preceded by a great cr...
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...
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...
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...
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...
BUT YOU HAVE HAD. All genuine Christians are Spirit-filled (but not all have miraculous powers). See 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; Acts 5:32; Romans 8:26 and notes. Some of those to whom John writes would ha...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 2:20 ANOINTED BY THE HOLY ONE. Spiritually transformed by the Holy Spirit. ⇐...
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...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 2:20. UNCTION FROM THE HOLY ONE.—Or, “anointing.” The association of the Spirit coming to a man, when anointed to a Divine office, may be seen in the case of the...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 John 2:27; 1 John 4:13; 2 Corinthians 1:21;...
An unction [χ ρ ι σ μ α]. The word means that with which the anointing is performed - the unguent or ointment. In the New Testament only here and ver. 27. Rev., an anointing. The root of this word and...
But ye have an anointing — A chrism; perhaps so termed in opposition to the name of antichrist; an inward teaching from the Holy Ghost, whereby ye know all things — Necessary for your preservation fro...
As if our apostle had said, "Although there are many antichrists and seducers abroad in the world, yet the most holy God hath anointed you with his Holy Spirit, which will preserve you from pernicious...