Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 John 2:24
If that truth concerning the Father and the Son, which ye have heard from the beginning, abide fixed and rooted in you, ye also shall abide in that happy communion with the Son and the Father.
If that truth concerning the Father and the Son, which ye have heard from the beginning, abide fixed and rooted in you, ye also shall abide in that happy communion with the Son and the Father.
Verse 24. _LET THAT THEREFORE ABIDE IN YOU_] Continue in the doctrines concerning the incarnation, passion, death, resurrection, ascension, and intercession of the Lord Jesus, which you have heard pre...
LET THAT THEREFORE ABIDE IN YOU - Adhere steadfastly to it; let the truth obtain a permanent lodgement in the soul. In view of its great importance, and its influence on your happiness here and hereaf...
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...
If that which you have heard from the beginning remains within you, you too will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise which he made to you eternal life. I am writing these thin...
A PASTOR'S CONCERN (1 John 2:1-2)...
REMAIN. Same as "abide", 1 John 2:6....
_Let that therefore abide in you_ The -therefore" is undoubtedly to be omitted: it is a mistaken insertion in many of those inferior MSS. which omit the second half of 1 John 2:23. This verse begins w...
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...
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...
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...
1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. GOD IS LIGHT...
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...
18–26. THE PERSONS TO BE AVOIDED;—ANTICHRISTS...
24. After the first ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ omit οὖν with [510][511][512][513] and Versions against [514][515]. [510] 4th century. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the monastery of S. Catherine on Mount Sinai, and...
ΉΚΟΎΣΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать и принимать услышанное, ΜΕΝΈΤΩ _praes. imper. act. 3 pers. sing. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306) пребывать (_см._ 1 John 2:6). ΜΕΊΝΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G33...
LET THAT THEREFORE ABIDE IN YOU— This verse contains an inference from what was said before; namely, "As they who received the doctrine of the false teachers, did in effect hold neither the Father nor...
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...
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. L...
VERSE 24.---LET THAT THEREFORE ABIDE IN YOU. What the apostles preached from the beginning of the gospel age, that the Word was made flesh, which you believed, and by which you were controlled in you...
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...
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...
(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_)
(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)
ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, as in 1 John 2:7. The significant iteration of μένειν is lost in A.V. (“abide … remain … continue”). ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ Πατρί : observe the order. The Son is the manifestation of the Fathe...
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...
POSSESSING ETERNAL LIFE The beginning of the Christian life comes because of the hearing of the gospel. We must give a permanent home to the first principles and build on them if we want to abide in t...
(24) Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father....
_Let that (faith) which you have heard from the beginning, abide in you: when you received the Christian faith, and were baptized in the name of the three divine Persons. The promise which was then ma...
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...
24_Let that therefore abide in you _He annexes an exhortation to the former doctrine; and that it might have more weight, he points out the fruit they would receive from obedience. He then exhorts the...
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...
LET THAT THEREFORE ABIDE IN YOU,.... Meaning the word of God, 1 John 2:14; the Gospel of Christ, which there was reason to believe had a place in their hearts, and which they had embraced and professe...
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. Ver....
_Let that therefore abide in you_ Namely, that doctrine concerning the Father and the Son; _which ye have heard from the beginning_ Of the preaching of the gospel: retain a firm belief of it, and let...
IF THAT-REMAIN; if you continue to believe and obey the truths you first embraced. IN THE SON, AND IN THE FATHER; in holy union and fellowship with them, the foundation of which is the true knowledge...
LET THAT, THEREFORE, ABIDE IN YOU WHICH YE HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING. IF THAT WHICH YE HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING SHALL REMAIN IN YOU, YE ALSO SHALL CONTINUE IN THE SON AND IN THE FATHER....
Anti-Christian characteristics and the Christian's attitude:...
“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...
24-29 The truth of Christ, abiding in us, is a means to sever from sin, and unites us to the Son of God, John 15:3; John 15:4. What value should we put upon gospel truth! Thereby the promise of etern...
He only exhorts them to persevere in that faith which they at first received, whereby their union with God in Christ would be preserved entire....
1 John 2:24 Therefore G3767 abide G3306 (G5720) in G1722 you G5213 which G3739 you G5210 heard G191 ...
‘As for you, let that abide (remain) in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abide (remain) in you, you also will abide in the Son, and in the Father.' The way...
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...
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...
1 John 2:24-25. AS FOR YOU, LET THAT ABIDE IN YOU WHICH YE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING. IF THAT WHICH YE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING ABIDE IN YOU, YE SHALL ALSO ABIDE IN THE SON AND IN THE FATHER. AND THIS...
AS FOR YOU (υμεις). Emphatic proleptic position before the relative ο and subject of ηκουσατε, a familiar idiom in John 8:45; John 10:29, etc. Here for emphatic contrast with the antichrists. See 1...
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...
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...
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...
TO KEEP IN YOUR HEARTS. "Be sure to hold firm the truth we taught you about the Logos becoming a human being (John 1:14). In doing this you will keep your fellowship with the Father and the Son (1 Joh...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 2:24 WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING. The authentic message of Christ’s death for sin and his defeat of death. ⇐...
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 2:24.—Omit “therefore. “WHICH YE HAVE HEARD.—Concerning Christ, and Christ’s truth, on the authority of His apostles. REMAIN … continue—In both cases prefer 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 John 1:3; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:7; 1 John 4:13; 1 John 4:16;...
As for you [υ μ ε ι ς]. This is the rendering of the Rev. The force of the emphatic you at the beginning of the sentence is utterly lost in the A. V., which takes the pronoun simply as nominative to y...
These words are an exhortation to hold fast, and not to forsake the doctrine of Christianity, which from the beginning they have received, and not to turn to novelties. LET THAT ABIDE IN YOU WHICH YE...