Darby's translation notes (1890)
1 John 2:28
2:28 if (d-8) 'If ' (so 3 John 1:10 ) sets out what supposes and depends on the fact, not referring to time. Here, if at any moment it happened, we should be so and so. if that, this might be too.
2:28 if (d-8) 'If ' (so 3 John 1:10 ) sets out what supposes and depends on the fact, not referring to time. Here, if at any moment it happened, we should be so and so. if that, this might be too.
Verse 28. _AND NOW, LITTLE CHILDREN_] τεκνια, _Beloved children,_ _abide in him_-in Christ Jesus. Let his word and spirit continually abide in you, and have communion with the Father and the Son. _T...
AND NOW, LITTLE CHILDREN - See the notes at 1 John 2:1. ABIDE IN HIM; THAT, WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR - In the end of the world, to receive his people to himself. See the notes at John 14:2. WE MAY HAVE C...
IV. RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LOVE AS MANIFESTED BY THE CHILDREN OF GOD Chapter S 2:28-3:18 __ 1. The children of God and their coming manifestation (1 John 2:28 -1 John 3:3) 2. Sin and the new nature (1...
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)...
WHEN. The texts read "if" (App-118). APPEAR. Same as "made manifest", 1 John 2:19. CONFIDENCE. Greek. _parrhesia._ See Acts 28:31. ASHAMED. Greek. _aischuno._ See 2 Corinthians 10:8
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...
_And now_ Introducing the practical conclusion: comp. John 17:5, where Jesus, -having accomplished the work given Him to do", prays, - _And now_, O Father, glorify Thou Me". So also in Acts 7:34; Acts...
The Place of Safety; Christ 27. _But the anointing which ye have received_ As in 1 John 2:2, we have the false and the true Christians put side by side in contrast; but this does not justify us in tur...
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...
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...
27, 28. THE PLACE OF SAFETY;—CHRIST...
28. For ὅταν ([535][536]) read ἘΆΝ ([537][538][539][540]), and for ἔχωμεν ([541]1[542][543]) read ΣΧΩ͂ΜΕΝ ([544]3[545][546][547]). [548] omits ΚΑῚ ΝΥ͂Ν … ἘΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι through _homoeoteleuton_. [535] 9th...
ΜΈΝΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306) пребывать, ΦΑΝΕΡΩΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319) являться (_см._ 1 John 2:19). _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) в _conj._ 3 типа, является прозрачной ссылкой...
ABIDE IN HIM; THAT—WE, &C.— St. John says, "Do _you_ abide in him, that _we_ may not be ashamed;" which change of persons may be accounted for thus: "Do you continue true and faithful Christians, that...
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...
And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. LITTLE CHILDREN, [ teknia (G5040)] - 'little sons,' as 1 Jo...
VERSE 28. AND NOW, LITTLE CHILDREN. The exhortation is earnest. Abide in him that is, in Christ, in his teaching, doctrine, and precepts, for he shall appear once again to judge the world. At that ti...
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...
WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR] RV 'if he shall be manifested.' The 'if' implies no doubt as to the fact, but only uncertainty as to the time. CONFIDENCE] RV 'boldness,' lit. 'freedom or readiness of speech.'...
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)
καὶ νῦν, continuing and reinforcing the exhortation, ἐὰν φανερωθῇ : the uncertainty is not in the manifestation but in the time of it, and this is the reason for steadfast abiding in Him. _Cf._ unwrit...
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...
ABIDING IN CHRIST When one obeys the gospel, he is anointed and sealed with the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 1:15-22). John reassured his readers by telling them that sealing was something truly promise...
(26) And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. (26) The conclusion both of the whole exhortation, and al...
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...
He at the same time shews, that the children of God are for no other end illuminated by the Spirit, but that they may know Christ. Provided they turned not aside from him, he promised them the fruit 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...
AND NOW, LITTLE CHILDREN, ABIDE IN HIM,.... The apostle having finished his separate instructions exhortations to the fathers, young men and children, returns to the whole body of the saints in genera...
And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. Ver. 28. _Little children, abide in him_] _q.d._ Your enemies...
_And now, little_ Or rather, _beloved, children_, (for, having finished his address to each, he now returns to all in general,) _abide in him_ Maintain your union with and interest in him, by living a...
WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR; when Christ shall appear in glory to judge the world....
AND NOW, LITTLE CHILDREN, ABIDE IN HIM, THAT, WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE MAY HAVE CONFIDENCE, AND NOT BE ASHAMED BEFORE HIM AT HIS COMING'....
Abiding in Christ:...
“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 condescendingly includes himself with them, THAT WE MAY HAVE CONFIDENCE; intimating, for their encouragement, the common mutual joy they should have together at Christ's appearance; he, that he had...
1 John 2:28 And G2532 now G3568 children G5040 abide G3306 (G5720) in G1722 Him G846 that G2443 when...
‘And now, my little children, abide in him, so that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.' He now calls on his readers to ensure that they abid...
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...
1 John 2:28. But throughout this Epistle the human side is never forgotten, while all is referred finally to the indwelling of the Son. AND NOW, MY LITTLE CHILDREN, ABIDE IN HIM: THAT, WHEN HE SHALL...
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...
AND NOW (κα νυν). John tenderly repeats the exhortation, "keep on abiding in him."IF HE SHALL BE MANIFESTED (εαν φανερωθη). Condition of third class with εαν and first aorist passive subjunctive a...
LITTLE CHILDREN The general term for all children....
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...
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 Corinthians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 John 2:1; 1 John 3:2;...
And now, beloved children — Having finished his address to each, he now returns to all in general. Abide in him, that we — A modest expression. May not be ashamed before him at his coming — O how will...
Still our apostle reinforces his foregoing exhortaion to abide fixedly in Christ; that is, in the doctrine of Christ, in true Christianity; AND NOW, LITTLE CHILDREN, ABIDE IN HIM: And the argument whi...