περὶ δὲ κρίσεως, “and concerning judgment (between sin and righteousness, and between Christ and the prince of this world, John 12:31; John 14:30), because the ruler of this world has been judged,” or “is judged”. The distinction between sin and righteousness was, under the Spirit's teaching, to become absolute. In the crucifixion of Christ the influences which move worldly men ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου were finally condemned. The fact that worldliness, blindness to the spiritually excellent, led to that treatment of Christ, is its condemnation. The world, the prince of it, is “judged”. To adhere to it rather than to Christ is to cling to a doomed cause, a sinking ship.

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