“ And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. ”
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 mai...
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...
promise . Greek. epangelia, the only occurance in John's writings. hath . Omit. eternal . App-151. life . App-170. See 1 John 1:2 .
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, ev...
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. This is the promise - God has promised eternal life to all who believe on Christ Jesus. So they who receive his doctrine, and co...
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...
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 2:2...
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 tra...
(8) THE MANIFESTATIONS OF DARKNESS ( 1 John 2:18-28 ). ( a ) Signs whereby they should know the forerunners of the last time ( 1 John 2:18-23 ). ( b ) Exhortation to continue in the light ( 1...
Loyalty to Truth 1 John 2:18-29 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...
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 lig...
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 t...
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 pe...
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...
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...
“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...
Concerning Antichrist. A. D. 80. 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know al...
Which perseverance they are highly encouraged to by the promise of so great a thing as eternal life at length.
Warning Against False Religion and False Teachers ( 1 John 2:18-29 ). Having warned against the world which is under the control of the Evil One and will stultify their faith, John now warns again...
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 pre...
1 John 2:1-4 . 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 fo...
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...
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 c...
Anti-Christian characteristics and the Christian's attitude:
1 John 1:2 ; 1 John 5:11-13 ; 1 John 5:20 ; 1 Timothy 1:16 ; 1 Timothy 6:12 ; 1 Timothy 6:19 ; Daniel 12:2 ; Galatians 6:8 ; John 10:28 ; John 12:50 ; John 17:2 ; John 17:3 ; John 5:39 ;...
He — The Son. Hath promised us — If we abide in him.