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1 JOHN 2:25 h`mi/n {A}
The external evidence supporting h`mi/n is extensive and diversified,
including a A C 81 614 1739 _Byz Lect_ it65 vg syrp, h copsa, bo arm.
A few witnesses (B 69* 241 451 1241...
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Verse 25. _THIS IS THE PROMISE_] God has promised eternal life to all
who believe on Christ Jesus. So they who receive his doctrine, and
continue in communion with the Father and the Son, shall have t...
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AND THIS IS THE PROMISE THAT HE HATH PROMISED US, EVEN ETERNAL LIFE -
This is evidently added to encourage them in adhering to the truths
which they had embraced respecting the Son of God. In maintain...
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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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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...
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A PASTOR'S CONCERN (1 John 2:1-2)...
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PROMISE. Greek. _epangelia,_ the only occurance in John's writings.
HATH. Omit.
ETERNAL. App-151.
LIFE. App-170. See 1 John 1:2....
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_And this is the promise that he hath promised us_ Or, _and the
promise which He promised us is this_: the aorist had better be
retained, and -this" is probably the predicate, referring to what
follow...
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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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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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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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1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. GOD IS LIGHT...
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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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18–26. THE PERSONS TO BE AVOIDED;—ANTICHRISTS...
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ΚΑῚ ΑὝΤΗ ἘΣΤῚΝ Ἡ ἘΠ. ἫΝ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ ἘΠ.
ἩΜΙ͂Ν. _And_ THE PROMISE WHICH HE HIMSELF PROMISED US IS THIS.
As in 1 John 1:5; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 5:11; 1 John 5:14
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ΈΠΑΓΓΕΛΊΑ (G1860) объявление, обещание,
зарок (BAGD; Schnackenburg).
ΈΠΗΓΓΕΊΛΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_
ΈΠΑΓΓΈΛΟΜΑΙ (G1861) обещать, давать
обетование....
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AND THIS IS THE PROMISE, &C.— OEcumenius thought, that και,
_and,_ was put for γαρ, _for,_ οτι, _because._ It is evident,
that the apostle here mentions the promise of eternal life as a motive
to indu...
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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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And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
THIS IS THE PROMISE. Eternal life shall be the permanent consummation
of abiding in the Son and in the Father (1 John 2:24).
H...
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VERSE 25. AND THIS IS THE PROMISE.
The result of this steadfastness in the faith preached from the
beginning, and which is lovingly entertained in this fellowship with
the Father and Son, is this ete...
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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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To remain in the Son and in the *Father is to have *eternal life. This
is the new life in the spirit.
This life will never end. The *Lord Jesus has promised this life to
all believers. He gives life...
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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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(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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ἐπαγγελία, _repromissio_, “promise”; only here in the
Johannine writings (see note on 1 John 1:5). αὐτός, _i.e._, the
Father. God is the Promiser, and His promises are made in Christ
(_cf._ 2 Corinthi...
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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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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...
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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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In the last place, he reminds us that _it is real happiness when God
dwells in us_. The words he uses are ambiguous. They may be rendered,
“_This is the promise which he has promised to us, even etern...
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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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AND THIS IS THE PROMISE THAT HE HATH PROMISED US,.... Either God the
Father, who is that God that cannot lie, who in the covenant of his
grace, before the world began, made this promise unto his peopl...
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And this is the promise that he hath promised us, _even_ eternal life.
Ver. 25. _Even eternal life_] Hold therefore the doctrine of faith
sound and entire by the hand of faith, that ye may receive th...
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_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...
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Anti-Christian characteristics and the Christian's attitude:...
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AND THIS IS THE PROMISE THAT HE HATH PROMISED US, EVEN ETERNAL LIFE.
St. John here writes in almost an apologetic manner, both to avoid a
misunderstanding and to urge the Christians forward in knowled...
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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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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...
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Which perseverance they are highly encouraged to by the promise of so
great a thing as eternal life at length....
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‘And this is the promise which he promised us, even the life
eternal.'
It is worth making sure that they do so, for ‘He' has promised
eternal life to those who truly know Him. Eternal life consists in...
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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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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...
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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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AND THIS IS THE PROMISE
(κα αυτη εστιν η επαγγελια). See 1 John 1:5 for
the same idiom with αγγελια (message). This is the only
instance of επαγγελια in the Johannine writings. Here "the
promise" is...
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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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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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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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AND THIS IS WHAT. "You will find great happiness and jubilation in
_that fellowship,_ because _Christ_ Jesus himself promised to give us
_eternal life!!!"_...
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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 2:24.—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...
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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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1 John 1:2; 1 John 5:11; 1 John 5:20; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 Timothy 6:12;
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He — The Son. Hath promised us — If we abide in him....
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Observe here, 1. How gracious Almighty God is to enforce his commands
with promises of reward; he required of us adherence to the truth, and
perseverance in it, in the former verse; here he promises e...