Love here answers to knowledge in 1 John 2:3 . We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. The apostle does not, however, say that the end of the world would soon occur, nor does he intimate how long this dispensation would be. abideth for ever--"even as God also abideth for ever" (with whom the godly is one; compare Psalms 55:19 , "God, even He that abideth of old): a true comment, which CYPRIAN and LUCIFER have added to the text without support of Greek manuscripts. Click on the different category headings to find out more. love of--that is, towards "the Father." Our Advocate does not plead that we are innocent or adduce extenuating circumstances. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. We should take notice, because the world stage is set for a political and economic “superman” to arise, a single political leader to organize a world-dominating confederation of nations. when--literally, "if"; the uncertainty is not as to the fact, but the time. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.. Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers. ye also--in your turn, as distinguished from "that which ye have heard," the seed abiding in you. Fellowship with themselves is at least fellowship with someone as spiritual as they are! When God lives in us, we have a promise. My little children--The diminutive expresses the tender affection of an aged pastor and spiritual father. He is Antichrist--Greek, "the Antichrist"; not however here personal, but in the abstract; the ideal of Antichrist is "he that denieth the Father and the Son." First John 2:1–6 both encourages and warns Christians about sin. . Though He can say nothing good of us, He can say much for us. remain--Translate as before, "abide." The young men, appropriately to theirs, by activity in conflict. none occasion of stumbling--In contrast to, "He that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes." Structure. Tokens whereby to discern grace are frequently given in this Epistle. There are many people who seem rather spiritual or religious, yet reject Jesus Christ. ◄ 1 John 1:2 ► And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us. "There is no incongruity that a father should be offended with that son whom he loveth, and at that time offended with him when he loveth him" [BISHOP PEARSON]. They are with us yet do not really belong to us. Thereby the promise of eternal life is made sure. that Jesus is the Christ--the grand central truth. "Antichrist cannot endanger you ( 1 John 2:18 ), nor Satan tear from you the word of God." we have an advocate--Advocacy is God's family blessing; other blessings He grants to good and bad alike, but justification, sanctification, continued intercession, and peace, He grants to His children alone. If that was your environment when you were a young Christian, wonderful. Compare 1 John 2:27 , "the anointing abideth in you . promised--( John 3:15 John 3:36 , John 6:40 John 6:47 John 6:57 , John 17:2 John 17:3 ). But--Greek, "And." 2 John 1 Chapter 1 The apostle here salutes an honourable matron and her children (v. 1-3). But if someone wants to really live in God, John tells us how: let the message of the apostles (which you heard from the beginning) live in you. Salem Media Group. They are those who not only oppose Jesus, but also offer a substitute “Christ.” ii. I can follow God my own way!” They leave; not just a church, but they leave any kind of church. 1 John 2:1-29 . The world's awful antitrinity, the "lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life," similarly is presented in Satan's temptation of Eve: "When she saw that the tree was good for food, pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise," Genesis 3:6 (one manifestation of "the pride of life," the desire to know above what God has revealed, Colossians 2:8 , the pride of unsanctified knowledge). But--Greek, "And you (contrasting the believing readers with the seducers; the words 'and you' stand prominent, the construction of the sentence following being altered, and no verb agreeing with 'and you' until 'need not') . To deny the latter is virtually to deny the former. i. John brings up a challenging image. So Jesus calls it "new," John 13:34 John 13:35 , "Love one another as I have loved you" (the new motive); John 15:12 . Little children--same Greek as 1 John 2:13 ; children in age. iv. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. 20. also for the sins of the whole world--Christ's "advocacy" is limited to believers ( 1 John 2:1 , 1 John 1:7 ): His propitiation extends as widely as sin extends: that bought them." He who receives Me receives Him who sent Me (John 13:20). 12. little children--Greek, "little sons," or "dear sons and daughters"; not the same Greek as in 1 John 2:13 , "little children," "infants" (in age and standing). 1 John 2:3 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 1 John 2:3, NIV: "We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands." 4.2; EUSEBIUS, Ecclesiastical History, 3.20; CHRYSOSTOM, First Exhortation to Theodore, 11]. The New Testament does not speak of a “special” anointing given to particular individuals. i. 1,2. a. No other New Testament writer uses the term. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. c. Let that abide in you: This doesn’t mean just knowing it, but living in it. Satan tried this temptation the first on Christ: Luke 4:3 , "Command this stone that it be made bread." namely, guilty of the lie just mentioned ( 1 John 2:21 ). Compare with this verse 1 John 1:8 . Greek, "Every one who denieth the Son, hath not the Father either" ( 1 John 4:2 1 John 4:3 ): "inasmuch as God hath given Himself to us wholly to be enjoyed in Christ" [CALVIN]. It is an undesigned coincidence with the Epistle here, that in John's Gospel somewhat similarly the classification, "lambs, sheep, sheep," occurs. a. . This anointing is not the private property of a few special or spectacular Christians. He here states the means which they as believers have wherewith to withstand. But afterwards relying too much on baptismal grace, he joined evil associates, and fell from step to step down, till he became a captain of robbers. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. The grammar of 1 John 3:6 indicates that John is speaking of a settled, continued lifestyle of sin. neither--Greek, "nor yet." The two, God and the (sinful) world, are so opposed, that both cannot be congenially loved at once. The force of the phrase kaiV nu'n (kai nun, “but n… If they were, then the common ground of trust in Jesus would be greater than any other difficulty they might be having with other Christians. . Little children - See 1 John 2:1. 23. YE, therefore, acknowledge the Son, and so shall ye have the Father also ( 1 John 2:23 ). Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. The same three foes appear in the three classes of soil on which the divine seed falls: the wayside hearers, the devil; the thorns, the world; the rocky undersoil, the flesh ( Matthew 13:18-23 , 4:3-8 ). f. They went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us: A healthy church can purge itself of poisons; the compromising and false Christian will not feel comfortable setting down roots in a healthy church – he will either get right with God or leave. a. Abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed: Abiding in Jesus means that we need not be afraid or ashamed when Jesus returns. This is a test of our abiding in Him, the same kind of test John mentioned in 1 John 1:6, 2:4, and 2:9. v. This Antichrist will have surrounding him the kind of personality cult we are conditioned to accept today. keep--John's favorite word, instead of "do," literally, "watch," "guard," and "keep safe" as a precious thing; observing so as to keep. c. Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? It is a two-way relationship. abide in him--Christ. We know some things intuitively by the anointing of the Holy Spirit. 1 John 2, Coffman Commentaries on the Bible, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the Church of Christ, presents a … as ye have heard--from the apostles, preachers of the Gospel (for example, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10 ; and in the region of Ephesus, Acts 20:29 Acts 20:30 ). Love is the grand feature and principle of "righteousness" selected for discussion, 1 John 2:29-3:3'. the wicked one--who, as "prince of this world," enthrals "the world" ( 1 John 2:15-17 , 5:19 , Greek, "the wicked one"), especially the young. The fact that they left the body of Christ demonstrated that they were not of us to begin with. are forgiven--"have been, and are forgiven you": ALL God's sons and daughters alike enjoy this privilege. It describes the kind of life that God, the Eternal One, has in Himself. 1. i. And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. received of him--( John 1:16 ). Not necessarily a formal secession or going out: thus Rome has spiritually gone out, though formally still of the Christian Church. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. In one moment, the understanding will overwhelm them that whatever else they accomplished in life, they did not abide in Him as they could have. "I have written to you, little children," 1 John 2:18-27. ii. I know--Greek, "I have knowledge of (perfect) Him." Often times it is said, “We all worship the same God. "Even as He walked" when on earth, especially in respect to love. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. Abiding in love is abiding in the light; for the Gospel light not only illumines the understanding, but warms the heart into love. © Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . Only God knows the heart for certain, but the appearance is that they trusted in the church, or trusted in themselves, but they weren’t really trusting in Jesus Christ. that they were not all of us--This translation would imply that some of the Antichrists are of us! You have an anointing: Here John referred to a common anointing, belonging to all believers. He probably answers to "the little horn having the eyes of a man, and speaking great things" ( Daniel 7:8 Daniel 7:20 ); "the man of sin, son of perdition" ( 2 Thessalonians 2:3 ); "the beast ascending out of the bottomless pit" ( Revelation 11:7 , 17:8 ), or rather, "the false prophet," the same as "the second beast coming up out of the earth" ( Revelation 13:11-18 , 16:13 ). Chapter 2 Here the apostle encourages against sins of infirmity (v. 1, v. 2), shows the true knowledge and love of God (v. 3-6), renews the precept of fraternal love (v. 7-11), addresses the several ages of Christians (v. 12-14), warns against worldly love (v. 15-17), against seducers (v. 18, v. 19), shows the security of true Christians (v. 20-27), and advises to abide in Christ (v. 28, v. 29). Such occasions test who are, and who are not, the Lord's people. Here is a summary and commentary on First John chapter two. ye had from the beginning--from the time that ye first heard the Gospel word preached. This shows us just how strong a personality cult can be when the government gets behind it wholeheartedly. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. 15. “You are to take care that you abide in Christ as much as if all depended upon yourself; and yet you can look to the promise of the covenant, and see that the real reason for your abiding in Christ lies in the operation of his unchanging love and grace.” (Spurgeon). [BENGEL]. What value should we put upon gospel truth! "The world" here means "man, and man's world" [ALFORD], in his and its state as fallen from God. iv. "The righteousness of Christ stands on our side; for God's righteousness is, in Jesus Christ, ours" [LUTHER]. 2 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. Compare Luke 14:18 , "I must go and SEE it." He denies the Son, not merely, like the pope, acts in the name of the Son, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 , "Who opposeth himself (Greek, "ANTI-keimenos") [to] all that is called God," decides this. c. You do not need that anyone teach you: Just as he stated in 1 John 2:20 (you know all things), John tells us again that the anointing we receive from God guides us into truth. Youth is especially liable to fleshly lusts. and--and therefore. By the lust of the eyes David ( 2 Samuel 11:2 ) and Achan fell ( Joshua 7:21 ). My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. 1 John 2:3, ESV: "And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments." When he uses "I write," he speaks from his own point of view. 1. Resources. even until now--notwithstanding that "the true light already has begun to shine" ( 1 John 2:8 ). John never uses "the law" to express the rule of Christian obedience: he uses it as the Mosaic law. The Father, by raising Him from the dead, and setting Him at His own right, has once for all accepted Christ's claim for us. his word--His word is one His "commandments," which are many ( 1 John 2:3 ). i. . iv. Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? To God the latter shall ascribe wholly their salvation from first to last: the former shall reproach themselves alone, and not God's decree, with their condemnation ( 1 John 3:9 , 5:18 ). All these developments should make us understand that the Antichrist is ready to be revealed when the moment is right. i. Commentaries. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. i. You have one name for Him and I have another. Commentaries for 1 John Chapter 2 Obedience to God's Commands. ii. d. You will abide in Him: This anointing which guides us into truth will also guide us closer to Jesus. 4. In 1 John 2:12-17 John addresses his readers with words of reassurance.216 In 1 John 2:18-27 there are strong warnings concerning the secessionist opponents. A. . Essentially, the Antichrist is a world dictator who leads humanity in what seems to be a golden age, until he shows his true colors – and the judgment of God is poured out on him and his empire immediately before the return of Jesus. But the one Scriptural prescription for preparing for his coming is this, ‘Abide in him.’ If you abide in the faith of him, holding his truth, following his example, and making him your dwelling-place, your Lord may come at any hour, and you will welcome him.” (Spurgeon). When someone is born of someone else, there is almost always a family resemblance. Not merely repeating the proposition, 1 John 2:3 , or asserting the merely opposite alternative to 1 John 2:4 , but expanding the "know Him" of 1 John 2:3 , into "in Him, verily (not as a matter of vain boasting) is the love of (that is towards) God perfected," and "we are in Him." The only good of worldly riches to the possessor is the beholding them with the eyes. we--both writer and readers. John will use the word abide six times in these few verses, and the idea is repeated throughout the New Testament. Satan tried this temptation on Christ in setting Him on the temple pinnacle that, in spiritual pride and presumption, on the ground of His Father's care, He should cast Himself down. When He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed: We never grow beyond our need to abide and find our confidence in abiding in Jesus. 9-11. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him. If we don’t have eternal life now, we won’t get it when we die. As John never uses pseudo-Christ, or "false Christ," for Antichrist, it is plain he means an adversary of Christ, claiming to himself what belongs to Christ, and wishing to substitute himself for Christ as the supreme object of worship. Paul expressed this idea in his prayer for the Ephesians in Ephesians 3:17: that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refuseing them will have impact how our site functions. (Read John 2:23-25) Our Lord knew all men, their nature, dispositions, affections, designs, so as we do not know any man, not even ourselves. Compare 1 Corinthians 11:19 , "There must be heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you." doeth--"For the graces (virtues) are practical, and have their being in being produced (in being exercised); for when they have ceased to act, or are only about to act, they have not even being" [ÆCUMENIUS]. This term "overcome" is peculiarly John's, adopted from his loved Lord. The Gnostics, by the Spirit's prescient forewarning, are refuted, who boasted of knowledge, but set aside obedience. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. You can also change some of your preferences. Thus this latter clause includes all, whereas the former clause refers to those more especially who are in the first stage of spiritual life, "little children." Satan tried this temptation on Christ when he showed Him the kingdoms of the world in a moment. advocate--Greek, "paraclete," the same term as is applied to the Holy Ghost, as the "other Comforter"; showing the unity of the Second and Third Persons of the Trinity. d. Everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him: Abiding in Jesus means that we will practice righteousness in our lives because we are born of Him. Let that--truth respecting the Father and the Son, regarded as a seed not merely dropped in, but having taken root ( 1 John 3:9 ). ALFORD well says, "The light and the darkness are within ourselves; admitted into us by the eye, whose singleness fills the whole body with light.". "We are either among the members, or else among the bad humors. he--Greek, "Himself," Christ, "the Son" (compare 1 John 1:1 ). ye know all things--needful for acting aright against Antichrist's seductions, and for Christian life and godliness. the same anointing--which ye once for all received, and which now still abides in you. Commentaries. Believers have the anointing Spirit from the Father also, as well as from the Son; even as the Son is anointed therewith by the Father. walketh--"is" marks his continuing STATE: he has never come out of "the darkness" (so Greek); "walketh" marks his OUTWARD WALK and acts. i. John warned us against these antichrists in his first letter (1 John 2:18-23, 4:3). These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. 3. hereby--Greek, "in this." b. Warns them of deceivers (v. 7), and to take heed to themselves (v. 8). And he is the propitiation for our sins For the sins of us who now believe, and are Jews: and not for ours only; but for the sins of Old Testament saints, and of those who shall hereafter believe in Christ, and of the Gentiles also, signified in the next clause: Jesus promised in John 14:23: If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. John delights in referring to Christ as the model man, with the words, "Even as He," &c. "It is not Christ's walking on the sea, but His ordinary walk, that we are called on to imitate" [LUTHER]. Each of these subsections in turn has a structure built on patterns of three. One must beware of those who seem to be so “spiritual” that they can’t get along in any church. Many of them had probably known Jesus in person, as well as by faith. It was an idiom to put the past tense, regarding the time from the reader's point of view; when he should receive the Epistle the writing would be past. iii. He had a passion to keep them consistent with God’s message of truth. 24. 1 John 2 – Hindrances to Fellowship with God A. Fellowship and the problem of sin. i. John first referred to this anointing back in 1 John 2:20. . 22. a liar--Greek, "Who is the liar?" So, abiding is our grounds of confidence with God. The Greek is susceptible of ALFORD'S translation, "Because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth" (literally, "every lie is excluded from being of the truth"). Christ's advocacy is inseparable from the Holy Spirit's comfort and working in us, as the spirit of intercessory prayer. Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. the lust thereof--in its threefold manifestation ( 1 John 2:16 ). When the New Testament speaks of anointing, it speaks of it as the common property of all believers. When you abide in Him, you are ready for Jesus to come at any time. "In him who loves there is neither blindness nor occasion of stumbling [to himself]: in him who does not love, there is both blindness and occasion of stumbling. 6. abideth--implying a condition lasting, without intermission, and without end. We almost always think of new as better. This is why it is so important to have the promise of eternal life right now. Therefore, while the idea of eternal life has reference to the life beyond this present world, it doesn’t begin when we die. I prefer, as BENGEL, to explain, The new commandment finds its truth in its practical realization in the walk of Christians in union with Christ. Having taken into us the living seed of the truth concerning the Father and the Son, we become transformed into the likeness of Him whose seed we have taken into us. The fathers, too, have conquered; but now their active service is past, and they and the children alike are characterized by knowing (the fathers know Christ, "Him that was from the beginning"; the children know the Father). ye know--distinct Greek verbs: "if ye are aware (are in possession of the knowledge) . ALFORD explains, "Which thing (the fact that the commandment is a new one) is true in Him and in you because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is now shining; that is, the commandment is a new one, and this is true both in the case of Christ and in the case of you; because in you the darkness is passing away, and in Him the true light is shining; therefore, on both accounts, the command is a new one: new as regards you, because you are newly come from darkness into light; new as regards Him, because He uttered it when He came into the world to lighten every man, and began that shining which even now continues." Darkness not only surrounds, but blinds him, and that a blindness of long standing. e. They went out from us: This shows that many of these antichrists at one time or another identified themselves with Christian communities. (1-2) John begins with the center of relationship: Jesus Christ. The material unguent of costliest ingredients, poured on the head of priests and kings, typified this spiritual unguent, derived from Christ, the Head, to us, His members. But when it comes to truth, new is not better. lust of the flesh--that is, the lust which has its seat and source in our lower animal nature. i. John wasn’t talking about someone who leaves one church to begin attending another good church. Paul the Apostle speaks of those who are “barely saved”: he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire (1 Corinthians 3:15). In some worship services, the congregation repeats the words of one of the creeds or confes sions of the church on a regular basis. have I written--resumed from 1 John 2:21 and 1 John 2:14 . their baptism; and therefore the aorist should be retained. For "were" some of the oldest manuscripts read "are." Because of the anointing of the Holy Spirit given to all believers, they possess the resources for knowing the truth. Previously John used the word meaning knowledge by experience; here he used the word meaning knowledge by intuition. There are three precious claims for each Christian in this chapter. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Usually these folks think that when one “catches” the anointing, you can tell because they begin acting strangely. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. These things--( 1 John 2:18-25 ). Love not the world--that lieth in the wicked one ( 1 John 5:19 ), whom ye young men have overcome. lust of the eyes--the avenue through which outward things of the world, riches, pomp, and beauty, inflame us. He is righteous, so those who are born of Him also practice righteousness. Yes, if you are sufficiently instructed to be able to understand them. 17. the world--with all who are of the world worldly. 1 John 2:1-6. Not only in America do we practice a sick worship of celebrities, but around the world, nations of hundreds of millions of people have been induced to worship a person – like Lenin, Stalin, or Mao. Not faultless conformity, but hearty acceptance of, and willing subjection to, God's whole revealed will, is meant. Not that the believer is made infallible, for no believer here receives the Spirit in all its fulness, but only the measure needful for keeping him from soul-destroying error. "Know Him," namely, as "the righteous" ( 1 John 2:1 1 John 2:29 ); our "Advocate and Intercessor." If ye know . In 1 John 1:8, the grammar indicates John is speaking about occasional acts of sin. 1 John 2:1-2 Christ our Advocate. Test the *spirits to see if they are true (1 John 4:1-6) v1 My friends, do not believe every *spirit. of Our Advocate does not plead that we are innocent or adduce extenuating circumstances. "Where God's call is effectual, there will be sure perseverance" [CALVIN]. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. i. John reassures his readers that when a saved believer sins, Christ will plead our case with God. But that doesn’t matter. Which you heard from the beginning: This does not describe whatever teaching any Christian might receive when he is newly following Jesus. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. We will not perfect righteousness until we are glorified with Jesus; but we can practice righteousness right now, as we are born of Him. The idea of living in Jesus is so important in the Bible. Contrast the mere physical strength of young men, Isaiah 40:30 Isaiah 40:31 . He pleads for us on the ground of justice, or righteousness, as well as mercy. When we are living in the simplicity of the truth of Jesus Christ, then we will abide in the Son and in the Father. b. have known--and do know: so the Greek perfect means. It shall not be wholly "past" until "the Sun of righteousness" shall arise visibly; "the light is now shining" already, though but partially until the day bursts forth. As in 1 John 2:24, we have the pronoun put first with great emphasis, and as a nominativus pendens. . Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. 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