ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Α, κεφαλίς 2, στἰχοι 7-17

⁷ἀγαπητοί οὐκ ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμι̃ν ἀλλ' ἐντολὴν παλαιὰν ἣν εἴχετε ἀπ' ἀρχη̃ς ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ παλαιά ἐστιν ὁ λόγος ὃν ἠκούσατε

⁸πάλιν ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμι̃ν ὅ ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτω̨̃ καὶ ἐν ὑμι̃ν ὅτι ἡ σκοτία παράγεται καὶ τò φω̃ς τò ἀληθινòν ἤδη φαίνει

⁹ὁ λέγων ἐν τω̨̃ φωτὶ εἰ̃ναι καὶ τòν ἀδελφòν αὐτου̃ μισω̃ν ἐν τη̨̃ σκοτία̨ ἐστὶν ἕως ἄρτι

¹⁰ὁ ἀγαπω̃ν τòν ἀδελφòν αὐτου̃ ἐν τω̨̃ φωτὶ μένει καὶ σκάνδαλον ἐν αὐτω̨̃ οὐκ ἔστιν

¹¹ὁ δὲ μισω̃ν τòν ἀδελφòν αὐτου̃ ἐν τη̨̃ σκοτία̨ ἐστὶν καὶ ἐν τη̨̃ σκοτία̨ περιπατει̃ καὶ οὐκ οἰ̃δεν που̃ ὑπάγει ὅτι ἡ σκοτία ἐτύφλωσεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτου̃

¹²γράφω ὑμι̃ν τεκνία ὅτι ἀφέωνται ὑμι̃ν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι διὰ τò ὄνομα αὐτου̃

¹³γράφω ὑμι̃ν πατέρες ὅτι ἐγνώκατε τòν ἀπ' ἀρχη̃ς γράφω ὑμι̃ν νεανίσκοι ὅτι νενικήκατε τòν πονηρόν

¹⁴ἔγραψα ὑμι̃ν παιδία ὅτι ἐγνώκατε τòν πατέρα ἔγραψα ὑμι̃ν πατέρες ὅτι ἐγνώκατε τòν ἀπ' ἀρχη̃ς ἔγραψα ὑμι̃ν νεανίσκοι ὅτι ἰσχυροί ἐστε καὶ ὁ λόγος του̃ θεου̃ ἐν ὑμι̃ν μένει καὶ νενικήκατε τòν πονηρόν

¹⁵μὴ ἀγαπα̃τε τòν κόσμον μηδὲ τὰ ἐν τω̨̃ κόσμω̨ ἐάν τις ἀγαπα̨̃ τòν κόσμον οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ ἀγάπη του̃ πατρòς ἐν αὐτω̨̃

¹⁶ὅτι πα̃ν τò ἐν τω̨̃ κόσμω̨ ἡ ἐπιθυμία τη̃ς σαρκòς καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία τω̃ν ὀφθαλμω̃ν καὶ ἡ ἀλαζονεία του̃ βίου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ του̃ πατρòς ἀλλ' ἐκ του̃ κόσμου ἐστίν

¹⁷καὶ ὁ κόσμος παράγεται καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία αὐτου̃ ὁ δὲ ποιω̃ν τò θέλημα του̃ θεου̃ μένει εἰς τòν αἰω̃να

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2:7 When I speak of keeping his word, I write not a new commandment - I do not speak of any new one. But the old commandment, which ye had - Even from your forefathers.

2:8 Again, I do write a new commandment to you - Namely, with regard to loving one another. A commandment which, though it also was given long ago, yet is truly new in him and in you.It was exemplified in him, and is now fulfilled by you, in such a manner as it never was before. For there is no comparison between the state of the Old Testament believers, and that which ye now enjoy: the darkness of that dispensation is passed away; and Christ the true light now shineth in your hearts.

2:9 He that saith he is in the light - In Christ, united to him. And hateth his brother - The very name shows the love due to him. Is in darkness until now - Void of Christ, and of all true light.

2:10 He that loveth his brother - For Christ's sake.Abideth in the light - Of God. And there is no occasion of stumbling in him - Whereas he that hates his brother is an occasion of stumbling to himself. He stumbles against himself, and against all things within and without; while he that loves his brother, has a free, disencumbered journey.

2:11 He that hateth his brother - And he must hate, if he does not love him: there is no medium. Is in darkness - In sin, perplexity, entanglement. He walketh in darkness, and knoweth not that he is in the high road to hell.

2:12 I have written to you, beloved children - Thus St. John bespeaks all to whom he writes. But from the thirteenth to 1 Ин 2:13-27 the twentyseventh verse, he divides them particularly into "fathers," "young men," and "little children." Because yoursins are forgiven you - As if he had said, This is the sum of what I have now written. He then proceeds to other things, which are built upon this foundation.

2:13 The address to spiritual fathers, young men, and little children is first proposed in this verse, wherein he says, I write to you, fathers: I write to you, young men: I write to you, little children: and then enlarged upon; in doing which he says, "I have written to you, fathers," 1 Ин 2:14. "I have written to you, young men," 1 Ин 2:14-17. "I havewritten to you, little children," 1 Ин 2:18-27. Having finished his address to each, he returns to all together, whom he again terms, (as 1 Ин 2:12,) "beloved children." Fathers, ye have known him that is from the beginning - We have known the eternal God, in a manner wherein no other, even true believers, know him. Young men, ye have overcome the wicked one - In many battles, by the power of faith. Little children, yehave known the Father - As your Father, though ye have not yet overcome, by the Spirit witnessing with your Spirit, that ye are the children of God."

2:14 I have written to you, fathers - As if he had said, Observe well what I but now wrote. He speaks very briefly and modestly to these, who needed not much to be said to them, as having that deep acquaintance with God which comprises all necessary knowledge. Young men, ye are strong - In faith. And the word of God abideth in you - Deeply rooted in your hearts, whereby ye have often foiled your great adversary.

2:15 To you all, whether fathers, young men, or little children, I say, Love not the world - Pursue your victory by overcoming the world. If any man love the world - Seek happiness in visible things, he does not love God.

2:16 The desire of the flesh - Of the pleasure of the outward senses, whether of the taste, smell, or touch.The desire of the eye - Of the pleasures of imagination, to which the eye chiefly is subservient; of that internal sense whereby we relish whatever is grand, new, or beautiful. The pride of life - All that pomp in clothes, houses, furniture, equipage, manner of living, which generally procure honour from the bulk of mankind, and so gratify pride and vanity. It therefore directly includes the desire of praise, and, remotely, covetousness. All these desires are not from God, but from the prince of this world.

2:17 The world passeth away, and the desire thereof - That is, all that can gratify those desires passeth away with it.But he that doeth the will of God - That loves God, not the world.Abideth - In the enjoyment of what he loves, for ever.

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⁷πάντοτε γὰρ τοὺς πτωχοὺς ἔχετε μεθ' ἑαυτω̃ν καὶ ὅταν θέλητε δύνασθε αὐτοι̃ς εὐ̃ ποιη̃σαι ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε

⁸ὃ ἔσχεν ἐποίησεν προέλαβεν μυρίσαι τò σω̃μά μου εἰς τòν ἐνταφιασμόν

⁹ἀμὴν δὲ λέγω ὑμι̃ν ὅπου ἐὰν κηρυχθη̨̃ τò εὐαγγέλιον εἰς ὅλον τòν κόσμον καὶ ὃ ἐποίησεν αὕτη λαληθήσεται εἰς μνημόσυνον αὐτη̃ς

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