Message

(αγγελια). In N.T. only here and 1 John 1:5, but επαγγελια (promise) fifty-one times.From the beginning

(απ' αρχης). See 1 John 1:1 for this phrase and 1 John 2:7 for the idea. They had the message of love for the brotherhood from the beginning of the gospel and it goes back to the time of Cain and Abel (verse 1 John 3:12).That we should love one another

(ινα αγαπωμεν αλληλους). Sub-final clause (content of the αγγελια) with ινα and present active subjunctive. John repeats the message of 1 John 2:7.

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Old Testament