CHAPTER 1 ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ [448] [448] ιωαννου β̅ א; ιωανου β̅ B; επιστολη ιωαννου β̅ P, 96; ιωαννου καθολικη δευτερα 99; ιωαννου επιστολη καθολικη β̅ K, 101, 106; του αγιου αποστολου ιωαννου του θεολογου επιστολη δευτερα L; του αυτου αγιου ιωαννου του θεολογου επιστ... [ Continue Reading ]
ὁ πρεσβύτεπος, see Introd. pp. 159 ff. ἐκλεκτῇ Κυρίᾳ, see Introd. pp. 162 f. οὕς, _constructio_ κατὰ σύνεσιν, because τὰ τέκνα were or included sons, not “weil an Gemeindeglieder gedacht ist” (Holtzmann). ἐγώ : according to the Greek idiom, when a man speaks of himself in the third person, he passes... [ Continue Reading ]
The Address. “The Elder to elect Kyria and her children, whom I love in Truth, and not I alone but also all that have got to know the Truth, because of the Truth that abideth in us; and with us it shall be for ever. Yea, there shall be with us grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and from Jesus C... [ Continue Reading ]
μένουσαν ἐν ἡμῖν, not merely apprehended by the intellect but welcomed by the heart. μεθʼ ἡμῶν, _nobiscum, bei uns_, as our guest and companion.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἔσται μεθʼ ἡμῶν, not a wish (1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2) but a confident assurance. χάρις the well-spring in the heart of God; ἔλεος, its outpourings; εἰρήνη, its blessed effect. They are evangelical blessings: (1) not merely “from God” but “from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Fat... [ Continue Reading ]
The Occasion of the Epistle. “I was exceedingly glad because I have found some of thy children walking in Truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.” ἐχάρην, of a glad surprise (_cf._ Mark 14:11). He had been too often disappointed in lads like these (see Introd., p. 155). They had prof... [ Continue Reading ]
ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, “from the beginning of our Christian life”. See note on 1 John 2:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Comprehensive Commandment. “And now I ask thee, Kyria, not as writing a new commandment to thee but the one which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love that we walk according to His commandments; this is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning that we... [ Continue Reading ]
ἡ ἀγάπη, “the love just referred to”. περιπ. κατὰ τὰς ἐντ. αὐτ., regulating our lives by their requirements; περιπ. ἐν ἀληθείᾳ (2 John 1:4), keeping within the limits of the Christian revelation and not straying beyond them not προάγοντες (2 John 1:9). αὐτῇ, _i.e._, “love,” not “the commandment” (Vu... [ Continue Reading ]
ὅτι explaining ἐρωτῶ σε : “I ask you to obey the old commandment because seducers are at work”. ἐξῆλθον εἰς τὸν κόσμον, see note on 1 John 4:1. οἱ μὴ ὁμολογοῦντες, a definite and well-known sect. See note on 1 John 2:4. ἐληλυθότα (1 John 4:2) of the Advent, ἐρχόμενον of the continous manifestation o... [ Continue Reading ]
A Warning against Heretical Teaching. “Because many deceivers went forth into the world even they that confess not Jesus as Christ coming in flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist. Look to yourselves, that ye may not lose what we wrought, but receive a full wage.”... [ Continue Reading ]
μισθόν, _cf._ Matthew 20:8; James 5:4. St. John here addresses not only Kyria but her family and “the Church in her house”. He views them as his fellow-labourers in the Lord's vineyard: “We have worked together (ἠργασάμεθα): see that you do not forfeit the reward of your labour. Get a full wage. Be... [ Continue Reading ]
Progress in Theological Thought. “Every one that ‘progresseth' and abideth not in the eaching of the Christ hath not God; he that abideth in the teaching this man hath both the Father and the Son.” ὁ προάγων : the Corinthians (see Introd. pp. 156 f.) boasted of their enlightenment. They were “progr... [ Continue Reading ]
φέρει, not “endureth” (_cf._ Romans 9:22; Hebrews 12:20), but “bringeth” as a precious boon (_cf._ Revelation 21:24; Revelation 21:26). εἰς οἰκίαν (_cf._ Mark 2:1; Mark 3:19), _zu Hause; cf._ “to church,” “to town,” “to market,” “to bed”. See Moulton's _Winer_, pp. 148 ff. χαῖρε, like _ave, salve_,... [ Continue Reading ]
Treatment of Heretical Teachers. “If any one cometh unto you and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into your house, and bid him not farewell. For he that biddeth him farewell hath fellowship with his works, his evil works.”... [ Continue Reading ]
κοινωνεῖ, _cf._ 1 John 1:3. An unholy κοινωνία. τοῖς ἔργ. αὐτ. τοῖς πον., _cf._ 1 John 1:2 : τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον. The adjective is an emphatic afterthought. This counsel recalls the story of St. John's behaviour to Cerinthus (see Introd. p. 157), and it was cited by Irenæus (i. ix. 3) as inculcatin... [ Continue Reading ]
Explanation of the brevity of the letter. ὑμῖν, _i.e._, Kyria, her children, and the church in her house. γράφειν connected ἀπὸ κοινοῦ with ἔχων and ἐβουλήθην. χάρτης, a sheet of papyrus, like those exhumed at Oxyrhynchus (see Deissmann, _New Light on the New Test._, pp. 12 ff.), the common material... [ Continue Reading ]
The Conclusion. “Though I have many things to write to you, I would not by paper and ink; but I hope to get to you, and talk face to face, that our joy may be fulfilled. The children of thine elect sister salute thee.”... [ Continue Reading ]
See Introd. pp. 162 f.... [ Continue Reading ]