ch. 2. 2. Rev. 1. 5. q 1 Kin.8.46. 2 Chr. 6. 36. Job 9. 2.

& 15. 14.

& 25. 4. Prov. 20. 9. Eccles.7.20. James 3. 2. r ch. 2. 4.

Ps. 32. 5. Prov. 28.13.

t ver. 7.

Ps. 51. 2.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to 'cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

CHAPTER 2.

1 He comforteth them against the sins of infirmity. 3 Rightly to know God is to keep his commandments, 9 to love our brethren, 15 and not to love the world. 18 We must beware of seducers: 20 from whose deceits the godly are safe, preserved by perseverance in faith, and holiness of life.

MY Y little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate 1 1 Tim. 2. 5. with the Father, Jesus Christ the right

a Rom. 8. 34.

Hebr. 7. 25.

& 9. 24. b Rom. 3. 25.

eous:

2. And he is the propitiation for our 2 Cor. 5. 18. sins and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

ch. 1. 7. & 4. 10.

& 4. 42.

3 And hereby we do know that we know e John 1. 29. him, if we keep his commandments. 4 d'He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

& 11. 51, 52. ch. 4. 14.

d ch. 1. 6. & 4. 20.

e ch. 1. 8. f John 14. 21, 23. 9 ch. 4. 12.

h ch. 4. 13.

i John 15. 4, 5.

k Matt. 11. 29.

John 13. 15. 1 Pet. 2. 21.

1 2 John 5. m ch. 3. 11. 2 John 5. n John 13. 34.

& 15. 12. o Rom. 13. 12.

Ephes. 5. 8. 1 Thess. 5. 5, 8.

p John 1. 9. & 8. 12.

& 12. 35.

2 Pet. 1. 9. ch. 3. 14,15.

r ch. 3. 14.

5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: "hereby know we that we are in him.

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

7 B Brethren ß, 'I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard y from the beginning y.

8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness 3 is past 3, and the true light now shineth.

9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none †occasion of stumbling in him.

11 But he that hateth his brother is in

91 Cor. 13.2. darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. 12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

2 Pet. 1. 10.

† Gr. scandal.

t John 12. 35.

u Luke 24. 47.

Acts 4. 12.

& 10. 43.

& 13. 38.
ch. 1. 7.

x ch. 1. 1.

y Ephes. 6. 10.

z Rom. 12. 2.

13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one.

BI write & unto you, 5 little children 5, be

cause ye have known the Father.

14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye

have overcome the wicked one.

15 Love not the world, neither the VAR. REND.-5 V. 7. i.e. Christians with one another Be. De W. Hu. Al.; i.e. the Christian with God Je. Chap. 2. 1V. 1. So Al. Da. Li. &c.; same word as that translated Comforter in John 14. 16, &c.2 V. 2. a propitiation Al. Wo. Da. 3 V. 8. is passing away Al. La. Wo. Da. V. 11. blinded Al. Da. -5 V. 13. Perhaps children, i.e. children of the Father Hu. Al. (different word from little children, i.e. my dear children, in v. 12.) VAR. READ.-V. 7. B So A; omit B C, Edd. Chap. 2. V. 7. B So KL; Beloved NA B, Edd. y So KL; omit NA B, Edd.- V. 13. B So K; I have written NA B, Edd.

To beware of seducers.

things that are in the world. a If any After Anno man love the world, the love of the Fa- DOMINI ther is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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a Matt. 6. 24. Gal. 1. 10. James 4. 4.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would 7 no doubt 7 have continued with us: but they went out, that they 9 Matt. 24. might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

20 But mye have an unction "from the Holy One, and ye ẞ know all things B. 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

22 P Who is 9 a liar 9 but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is 10 antichrist 10, that denieth the Father and the Son.

5, 24.
2 John 7.

h1 Tim. 4. 1.
2 Tim. 3. 1.
i Deut. 13.
13.

Ps. 41. 9. Acts 20. 30. k Matt. 24. 24.

John 6. 37. & 10. 28, 29. 2 Tim. 2. 19.

11 Cor. 11. 19.

21. Hebr. 1. 9. ver. 27.

23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: B [but] he that ac-m 2 Cor. 1. knowledgeth the Son hath the Father also B. 24 Let that ẞ therefore B abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

25" And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

7 v. 19. Omit Al. Lan. Wo. Da. VAR. REND.-6 V. 18. cometh Al. Lan. Wo. Da. 8 V. 21. So De W. Lan. Hu. Da. Je.; and because Al.—9 V. 22. the liar Al. Lan. Wo. Da. Je.- 10 the antichrist Al. Lan. Wo. 11 v. 27. And further Je. 12 V. 28. be driven in shame from him Lan. Wo.; shrink in shame from him Al.— Chap. 3. 17. 1. So (in that) Al. Da. Je.; in order that La. De W.

VAR. READ.-V. 20. B So A C, Al. La. Tr.1; do all know NB, Ti. Tr. WH.-V. 23. B So (not in italics) NA BC, Edd.; omit KL.-V. 24. B Omit AB C, Edd.-V. 27. B So A, La.; his anointing NB C, Al. Ti. Tr. WH.-y So K L; abide NAB C, Edd. (80 Ew. Al. translate, Hu. and Wo. translating ye do abide). -V. 28. B So K L; if he shall appear

A B, Edd. Chap. 3. V. 1. B So K L; the sons of God, and we are such NAB C, Edd.

The witnesses

of our faith.

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d ver. 8.

e ver. 12.

ch. 3. 24. + Gr. love with us. f James 2. 13. ch. 2. 28. & 3. 19, 21. g ch. 3. 3. h ver. 12.

i ch. 2. 4.
& 3. 17.

k ver. 12.

/ Matt. 22. 37, 39.

17 Herein is tour love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

19 8 We love him ẞ, because y hey first loved us.

20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, Bhow can he love ẞ God whom he hath not seen?

21 And this commandment have we John 13.34. from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

& 15. 12. ch. 3. 23.

d John 15. 23.

e John 14.

15, 21, 23.

& 15. 10.

2 John 6. f Micah 6. 8.

Matt.11.30. g John 16. 33.

ch. 3. 9.
& 4. 4.

h 1 Cor. 15.
57.

ch. 4. 15.

i John 19.34. k John 14. 17.

& 15. 26.
& 16. 13.

1 Tim. 3. 16. 1 John 1. 1.

2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and B keep ẞ his commandments. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood 1. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

7 For there are three that bear record Rev. 19. 13. Bin heaven, the Father, 'the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are

m John 10. 30.

one.

VAR. REND.-V. 17. is love perfected with us, that we have Al. Lan.; is (God's) love dwelling in us perfected, that we have Je. Chap. 5. 1 V. 6. in the water alone, but in the water and in the blood Al. Lan.

VAR. READ.-V. 19. B So KL; We (or Let us Da.) love B, Al. Ti. Tr. WH.; We (or Let us Da.) therefore love A, La.-- -y So NB, Al. Ti. Tr. WH.; God A, La.V. 20. B So A; cannot love & B, Edd. Chap. 5. V. 2. B So K L; do B, Edd. -Vs. 7, 8. B So two very late MSS.; omit NAB, and all Greek MSS. written before the fifteenth century, Al. La. Ti. Tr.; the passage is first found in African Fathers of the fifth century (but is possibly also quoted by Cyprian) and in later copies of the Vulgate.

9 If we receive n the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: B for Matt. 3. 16, this is the witness of God which ß he hath testified of his Son.

17. & 17. 5.

12 He that hath the Son hath and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

ch. 4. 9.

1 John 3. 36. & 5. 24.

13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; w that ye may know that ye believe on the have eternal life, B and that ye may Or, conname of the Son of God B.

14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired 3 of him.

cerning
him.

x ch. 3. 22.
y Job 42. 8.
James 5. 14,
15.

Matt. 12.
31, 32.
Mark 3. 29.
Luke 12. 10.
Hebr. 6.4,6.

& 10. 26.

16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, a Jer. 7. 16. and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

& 14. 11. John 17. 9. b ch. 3. 4.

c 1 Pet. 1. 23. ch. 3. 9.

d James 1. 27.

e Gal. 1. 4.

45.

g John 17. 3.

18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is be- Luke 24. gotten of God Bdkeepeth himself B, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 19 And we know that we are of God,h Isai. 9. 6. & 44. 6. and the whole world lieth in wicked& 54. 5. ness. John 20. 28. Acts 20. 28. Rom. 9. 5. 1 Tim. 3. 16. Titus 2. 13. Hebr. 1. 8.

20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. B Amen B. y

ver. 11, 12,

13.

1 Cor. 10.

14.

VAR. REND.-2 V. 8. So Al.; are one Lan.; are (joined) into the one Wo.; tend to one thing Je. 3 V. 15. have desired.- V. 19. in (i.e. in the power of) the wicked one Al. Lan. Hu. Wo. Je. VAR. READ.-V. 9. B So K L; for the witness of God is this that NAB, Edd. V. 10. B So NB, Al. Ti. Tr. WH.; the witness of God A, La. y So N, La.; in him A B, Al. Ti. Tr. WH. (Al. explains this as-in himself). 8 So NB, Al. Ti. Tr. WH.; the Son A, La. WH.2 (WH. however suspect corruption.)-V. 13. B So K L; omit NA B, Al. La. Ti. Tr. V. 18. B So Acorr, La.; keepeth him (it keepeth him Al. Da.) A* B, Al. Ti. Tr. WH.-V. 21. B So KL; omit & AB, Edd.- y Of John I. NA B, Al. Tr.

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After Anno 1 He exhorteth a certain honourable matron, with DOMINI her children, to persevere in Christian love and belief, 8 lest they lose the reward of their for mer profession: 10 and to have nothing to do with those seducers that bring not the true doctrine of Christ Jesus.

a ver. 3.

1 John 3.18. 3 John 1.

b John 8. 32. Gal. 2. 5,14.

THE elder unto the elect lady and T her children, a whom I love in the & 3.1. & 5.7. truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

Col. 1. 5.

2 Thes.2.13. 1 Tim. 2. 4.

Hebr.10.26.

e 1 Tim. 1. 2.

Gr. shall be.

d ver. 1.

e 3 John 3. f1 John 2.

7,8. & 3.11. 9 John 13.34. & 15. 12. Ephes. 5. 2. 1 Pet. 4. 8.

2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

3 B Grace t be with you, mercy, and peace B, from God the Father, and from y the Lordy Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, din truth and love.

4 I rejoiced greatly that I found 2 of 2 thy children walking in truth, as we have reCeived a commandment from the Father. 5 And now I beseech thee, 1 lady f not as though I wrote a new command1 John 3.23. ment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one

h John 14.

15, 21.

& 15. 10.

1 John 2.5. & 5. 3.

il John 2. 24.

another.

6 And 3h this is love 3, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. 7 For many deceivers B are entered B VAR. REND.-2 JOHN. 1 Vs. 1, 5. i.e. a person (the elect Kyria Da. Lü.) Be. Fri. De W. Lan. Al.; i.e. a church (or, possibly, the church at large Jer.) Hu. Ew.

k 1 John 4.1.

2 V. 4. i.e. some of.- -3 V. 6. the love is this Al. VAR. READ.-2 JOHN. *Of John II. & B, Al. Ti. WH.-V. 3. 8 So K; There shall be with us grace, mercy, peace NB, Edd. -y So &; omit AB, Edd. -V. 7. B So KL; went forth & A B, Edd.

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into the world, who confess not Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. is 5a deceiver and an antichrist 5. 8 Look to yourselves, B that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive ẞ a full reward. 9 BP Whosoever transgresseth B, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, Mark 13.9. hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine y of Christ y, he hath both the Father and the Son.

10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

VAR. REND.-V. 7. Jesus Christ coming Al. De W. Lan. Wo.- 5 the deceiver and the antichrist Al. Lan. Wo. 6 V. 13. i.e. a person, or a church, as in v. 1.

VAR. READ.-V. 8. B So K L; that ye lose not those things which ye have wrought, but that ye receive A, La. Ti. Tr.; that ye lose not those things which we have wrought, but that ye receive B, Al. Tr.2 WH. V. 9. ẞ So K L; He that goeth forward AB, Edd.y So KL; omit NA B,Edd. — V. 13. B So K L; omit & A B, Edd. γ Of John II. NA B, Al. Tr.

9 I wrote ẞ unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

10 Wherefore, if I come, I will 5 remember 5 his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.

Philem. 10.

+ Gr. worthy of God.

d 1 Cor. 9. 12, 15.

6 Which have borne witness of thy 2 charity 2 before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey 3† after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:

7 Because that B for his name's sake B they went forth, d taking nothing of the Gentiles.

8 We therefore ought to receive such,

VAR. REND.-3 JOHN. 1V. 2. that concerning all things Al. Be. De W. Lan. -2 V. 6. love. i.e. in a manner meet for God Al. Lan. Wo. .4 V. 8. support Al. De W. Hu; entertain Wo.

VAR. READ.-3 JOHN. * So C, Tr.; Of John III. NB, Al. Ti. WH.-V. 5. B So K L; and that (i.e. those brethren) NA B, Edd. V. 7. B So some late MSS.; for the name NAB C, Edd.

13 I had many things to write 8, but I will not with ink and 7 pen 7write i2 John 12. unto thee:

14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace+ Gr. mouth be to thee. Our friends salute thee. to mouth. Greet the friends by name. ß

VAR. REND.-5 V. 10. bring to mind Al. Lan.

6 V. 11. i.e. imitate.7 V. 13. Strictly reed.
VAR. READ.-V. 9. B Add somewhat NABC, Edd.
-V. 12. B So KL; thou knowest NAB C, Edd.
V. 13. B Add unto thee NAB C, Edd.-V. 14. B
Of John III. NA B, Al. Tr.