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Verse 21. _I HAVE NOT WRITTEN, C._] It is not because ye are
_ignorant_ of these things that I write to you, but because you _know_
_them_, and can by these judge of the doctrines of those false
teach...
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I HAVE NOT WRITTEN UNTO YOU BECAUSE YE KNOW NOT THE TRUTH - You are
not to regard my writing to you in this earnest manner as any evidence
that I do not suppose you to be acquainted with religion and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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A PASTOR'S CONCERN (1 John 2:1-2)...
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_I have not written_ Literally, as in _1Jn 2:13-14; 1 John 2:26_, _I
wrote not_, or, _did not write_: it is the aorist in the Greek. But
(whatever may be true of 1 John 2:13) what we have here is almo...
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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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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...
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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...
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18–26. THE PERSONS TO BE AVOIDED;—ANTICHRISTS...
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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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1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. GOD IS LIGHT...
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21. ΟΥ̓Κ ἜΓΡΑΨΑ. Whatever may be the explanation of the
tense in 1 John 2:14, here we probably have the _epistolary aorist_,
which may be represented by either the present or the perfect in
English. B...
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ΈΓΡΑΨΑ _aor. act. ind. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать.
Эпистолярный _aor._, "я пишу"
ΌΤ (G3754) что.
ΟΪΔΑΤΕ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def.
perf. со значением _praes._
ΨΕΎΔΟΣ (G5579) лжец....
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I HAVE NOT WRITTEN UNTO YOU— Though St. John uses the word
εγραψα, _I have written,_ as he had done before, 1 John 2:14 yet
he speaks of what he was now writing; for there is no reason to think
that h...
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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...
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I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but
because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
BECAUSE YE KNOW IT, AND THAT ... Ye not only know the truth
(concerning the Son a...
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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...
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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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John does not write because he doubts their knowledge. But he writes
to encourage them. He wants them to act on what they know. Because
they know the truth, he is able to teach them more of the truth....
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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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(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_)
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(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)
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ἔγραψα, “I wrote,” may refer to the Gospel, which is an
exposition of the Incarnation, ἡ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν
Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἔνσαρκος οἰκονομία
(_cf._ note on 1 John 2:14); but more probably “aor. referrin...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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(22) I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but
because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
(22) The taking away of an objection, He did not write these things to
men who...
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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...
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21_And that no lie is of the truth. _He concedes to them a judgment,
by which they could distinguish truth from falsehood; for it is not
the dialectic proposition, that falsehood differs from truth, ...
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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 NOT WRITTEN UNTO YOU,.... Either this epistle, or rather what
particularly here regards those apostates from the truth, in order to
shun them and not be deceived by them: the apostle here obvia...
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I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because
ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
Ver. 21. _Because ye know not, &c._] Because ye are utterly ignorant;
for God hath...
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_I have not written unto you_ In the manner I have done; _because ye
know not the truth_ In which case I must have entered largely into the
discussion of this matter; _but_, on the contrary, I have co...
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NO LIE; error or false doctrine....
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Anti-Christian characteristics and the Christian's attitude:...
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I HAVE NOT WRITTEN UNTO YOU BECAUSE YE KNOW NOT THE TRUTH, BUT BECAUSE
YE KNOW IT, AND THAT NO LIE IS OF THE TRUTH....
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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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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...
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He prudently intimates his confidence concerning them, together with
the pleasure he himself took (as any one would) in communicating the
sentiments of holy truth to prepared, receptive minds; implyin...
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Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
In the Epistle of John: "If our heart blame us not, we have confidence
towards God; and whatever we ask, we shall receive from Him."[7...
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1 John 2:21 have G1125 not G3756 written G1125 (G5656) you G5213
because G3754 do G1492 not G3756 know...
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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...
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‘I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but
because you do know it, and because (or ‘that') no lie is of the
truth. Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?
Th...
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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 NOT WRITTEN
(ουκ εγραψα). Not epistolary aorist (1 John 2:14), but a
reference to what he has just said.AND BECAUSE NO LIE IS OF THE TRUTH
(κα οτ παν ψευδος εκ της αληθειας ουκ
εστιν). Not...
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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...
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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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I WRITE TO YOU, THEN. "I am writing this to you, not because you are
ignorant of the life of the Logos in human form, but because you do
know it! You also know that none of the lies being taught by th...
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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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_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...
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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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2 Peter 1:12; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:8; Proverbs 9:9; Romans 15:14;...
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I have not written [ο υ κ ε γ ρ α ψ α]. Or, I wrote not. See
on ver. 13....
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I have written — Namely, 1 John 2:13. To you because ye know the
truth — That is, to confirm you in the knowledge ye have already. Ye
know that no lie is of the truth — That all the doctrines of these...
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Observe here, 1. The character given of the gospel; it is THE TRUTH,
the word of truth, the way of truth, confirmed by real miracles. It is
divine truth, universal truth, effectual truth, and no lie;...