After A. D. 90. manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him; and God, 1 John iii. 6-9. he cannot sin, because he is born of VER. 12. καὶ ὑπ' αὐτῆς τῆς ἀληθείας· καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ Δημητρίῳ μεμαρτύρηται ὑπὸ πάντων, μαρτυροῦμεν, καὶ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ μαρτυρία ἡμῶν ἀληθής ἐστι. a Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, a and our record is true. we also bear record; and ye know that a See on John xix. ver. 35. VER. 13. Πολλὰ εἶχον γράφειν, ἀλλ ̓ οὐ θέλω διὰ μέλανος καὶ καλάμου σοι γράψαι· a I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: a See 2 John 12. VER. 14. Ἐλπίζω δὲ εὐθέως ἰδεῖν σε, καὶ στόμα πρὸς στόμα λαλήσομεν. 15. Εἰρήνη σοι· Ασπάζονταί σε οἱ φίλοι. Ασπάζου τοὺς φίλους κατ ̓ ὄνομα. a But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak * face to face. b Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. • Gr. mouth to mouth. a See 2 John 12. b See on Rom. i. ver. 7. clause 5. After A. D. 90. 3 JOHN 9-14. be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren, Matt. xxiii. 5-8. VER. 10. Διὰ τοῦτο, ἐὰν ἔλθω, ὑπομνήσω αὐτοῦ τὰ ἔργα ἃ ποιεῖ, λόγοις πονηροῖς φλυαρῶν ἡμᾶς· καὶ μὴ ἀρκούμενος ἐπὶ τούτοις, οὔτε αὐτὸς ἐπιδέχεται τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς, καὶ τοὺς βουλομένους κωλύει, καὶ ἐκ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐκβάλλει. a Wherefore, if I come, I will remember 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. a See on 2 Cor. x. ver. 11. VER. 11. ̓Αγαπητέ, μὴ μιμοῦ τὸ κακὸν, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἀγαθόν. Ὁ ἀγαθοποιῶν, ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔστιν· ὁ δὲ κακοποιῶν, οὐχ ἑώρακε τὸν Θεόν. Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. b He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. a See on John x. ver 4. clause 2. b See on John iii. ver. 6. c Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness, is righteous even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin, is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was END OF ST. JOHN'S THIRD EPISTLE. CHAP. I.—VER. 1. a Jude, b the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, d and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called : a See on Matt. x. ver. 3. clause 5. b See on Rom. i. ver. 1. clause 2. c See on Luke i. ver. 75. d See on John x. ver. 28. e See on Rom. i. ver. 6. clause 2. VER. 2. A. D. cir. 66. a For there are certain men crept in unawares who were before of old ordained to this condemnation ; cungodly men, turning the grace of our God inte lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. d a See on Matt. xiii. ver. 25.clause 2. and Acts xv. ver. 24. b See on 1 Pet. ii. ver. 8. clause 2. e See on Luke ii. ver. 11. clause 3. VER. 5. Υπομνῆσαι δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι, εἰδότας ὑμᾶς ἅπαξ τοῦτο, ὅτι ὁ Κύριος λαὸν ἐκ Ελεος ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ ἀγάπη πλη- γῆς Αἰγύπτου σώσας, τὸ δεύτερον τοὺς μὲ πιστεύσαντας ἀπώλεσεν. θυνθείη. a Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. See on Rom. i. ver. 7. clauses 4, 5. VER. 3. ̓Αγαπητοὶ, πᾶσαν σπουδὴν ποιούμενος γράφειν ὑμῖν περὶ τῆς κοινῆς σωτηρίας, ἀνάγκην ἔσχον γράψαι ὑμῖν, παρακαλῶν επαγωνίζεσθαι τῇ ἅπαξ παραδοθείση τοῖς ἁγίοις πίστει. Beloved, when I gave all diligence to urite unto you of a the common salvation, it wous needful for me to write unto you b that ye should you, and exhort earnestly contend for the faith which a I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, bhow that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 11. a See on Rom. xv. ver. 15. clause 1. b See on 1 Cor. x. ver. 5. 7. 9 VER. 6. ̓Αγγέλους τε τοὺς μὴ τηρήσαντας τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀρχὴν, ἀλλὰ ἀπολιπόντας τὸ ἴδιον οἰκητήριον, εἰς κρίσιν μεγάλης ἡμέρας, δεσ. μοῖς ἀϊδίοις ὑπὸ ζόφον τετήρηκεν. was once delivered unto the saints. a See on Acts xiii. ver. 26. clause 2. b See on Phil. i. ver. 27. clause 4. VER. 4. Παρεισέδυσαν γάρ τινες άνθρωποι οἱ πάλαι προγεγραμμένοι εἰς τοῦτο τὸ κρίμα, ἀσεβεῖς, τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν χάριν μετα τιθέντες εἰς ἀσέλγειαν, καὶ τὸν μόνον δεσπό την Θεὸν καὶ Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἀρνούμενοι. a And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habita tion, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. * Or, principality. a See on 2 Pet. ii. ver. 4. VER. 7. Ως Σόδομα και Γόμορρα, καὶ αἱ περὶ αὐτὰς πόλεις τὸν ὅμοιον τούτοις τρόπον ἐκπορνεύσασαι, καὶ ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω σαρκὸς ἑτέρας, πρόκεινται δεῖγμα, πυρὶς αἰωνίου δίκην ὑπέχουσαι. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. b * Gr. other. * See on 2 Pet. ii. ver. 6. A. D. cir. 66. Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord, 2 Pet. ii. 11. e But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia, Dan. x. 13. And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great See on Matt. iii. ver. 12. clause 5. prince which standeth for the child ren of thy people, xii. 1. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, Rev. xii. 7. And he shewed me Joshua the High Priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? Zech. iii. 1, 2. I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart: Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams, which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD, Jer. xxiii. 25-28. b See on 1 Cor. iii. ver. 17. • But chiefy them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government: presumptu ous are they, self-willed; they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities, 2 Pet. ii. 10. See also on Rom. xiii. ver. 1. clause 1. VER. 9. Ο δὲ Μιχαὴλ ὁ ἀρχάγγελος, ὅτε τῷ διαβόλῳ διακρινόμενος διελέγετο περὶ τοῦ Μωσέως σώματος, οὐκ ἐτόλμησε κρίσιν ἐπενεγκεῖν βλασφημίας, ἀλλ ̓ εἶπεν· Επιτιμήσαι σοι Κύριος. a Yet b Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. VER. 10. Οὗτοι δὲ ὅσα μὲν οὐκ οἴδασι, βλασ φημοῦσιν· ὅσα δὲ φυσικῶς, ὡς τὰ ἄλογα ζῶα, ἐπίστανται, ἐν τούτοις φθείρονται. a But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. a See on 2 Pet. ii. ver. 12. VER. 11. Οὐαὶ αὐτοῖς· ὅτι τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ Κάϊν ἐπο ρεύθησαν, καὶ τῇ πλάνη τοῦ Βαλαάμ μισθοῦ ἐξεχύθησαν, καὶ τῇ ἀντιλογίᾳ τοῦ Kogi áráλro. a Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. a The shew of their countenance declare their sin as Sodom, they hide doth witness against them; and they have rewarded evil unto themselves, it not woe unto their soul! for they 18a. iii. 9. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the reward of his hands shall be given him, 11. Thus saith the Lord GoD, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Ezek. xiii. 3. But woe unto you, 448 A. D. cir. 66. JUDE 11-14. Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! | 13-15. b See on Heb. xi. ver. 4. c Which have forsaken the right way, and have gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass, speaking with man's voice, forbade the madness of the prophet, 2 Pet. ii. 15, 16. See also Numb. xxii. d See Numb. xvi. VER. 12. Οὗτοί εἰσιν ἐν ταῖς ἀγάπαις ὑμῶν σπιλάδες, συνευωχούμενοι, ἀφόβως ἑαυτοὺς ποιμαίνοντες· νεφέλαι ἄνυδροι, ὑπὸ ἀνέμων περιφερόμεναι, δένδρα φθινοπωρινὰ, ἄκαρ- | πα, δὶς ἀποθανόντα, ἐκριζωθέντα· a These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: bclouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees, whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; | A. D. cir. 66. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity: For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb, xxxvii. 1, 2. Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and, because they had no root, they withered away: And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them, Matt. xiii. 5-7. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned, John xv. 6. : e For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them, 2 Pet. ii. 18—21. But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up, Matt. xv. 13. a And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings, while they feast with you, 2 Pet. ii. 13. bThese are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest: to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever, 2 Pet. ii. 17. See on Eph. iv. ver. 14. dAnd he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season: his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper, Psal. i. 3. VER. 13. Κύματα ἄγρια θαλάσσης, ἐπαφρίζοντα τὰς ἑαυτῶν αἰσχύνας· ἀστέρες πλανῆται, οἷς ὁ ζόφος τοῦ σκότους εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τετήpnral. Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, a to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. a See on Matt. viii. ver. 12. clause 2. VER. 14. A. D. cir. 66. JUDB 14-23. ̓Αδὰμ Ενώχ, λέγων· Ἰδοὺ, ἦλθε Κύριος ἐν μυριάσιν ἁγίαις αὐτοῦ, And a Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, b Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, a See on Heb. xi. ver. 5. b See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 50. clause 3. c See on 1 Thess. iii. ver. 13. clause 5. VER. 15. Ποιῆσαι κρίσιν κατὰ πάντων, καὶ ἐξε. λέγξαι πάντας τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς αὐτῶν περὶ πάντων τῶν ἔργων ἀσεβείας αὐτῶν ὧν ἐσέβησαν, καὶ περὶ πάντων τῶν σκληρῶν ὧν ἐλάλησαν κατ' αὐτοῦ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀσεβεῖς. • To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. a See on 2 Thess. i. ver. 8. VER. 16. Οὗτοί εἰσι γογγυσταί, μεμψίμοιροι, κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν πορευόμενοι καὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτῶν λαλεῖ ὑπέρογκα, θαυ μάζοντες πρόσωπα, ὠφελείας χάριν. a These are murmurers, complainers, b walking after their own lusts; cand their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. a See on 1 Cor. x. ver. 10. b See on Rom. viii. ver. 1. clause 2. For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, 2 Pet. ii. 18. VER. 17. Ὑμεῖς δὲ, ἀγαπητοί, μνήσθητε τῶν ῥημάτων τῶν προειρημένων ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστ τόλων τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; VER. 18. Ὅτι ἔλεγον ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἐν ἐσχάτω χρόνῳ ἔσονται ἐμπαῖκται, κατὰ τὰς ἑαυτῶν ἐπιθυμίας πορεύομενοι τῶν ἀσεβειῶν. 2 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. a See on 1 Tim. iv. ver. 1. VOL. III. A. D. cir. 66. VER. 19. Οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀποδιορίζοντες, ψυχικοί, Πνεῦμα μὴ ἔχοντες. These be they who separate themselves, a sensual, b having not the Spirit. a But the natural man receiveth for they are foolishness unto him not the things of the Spirit of God: neither can he know them, because ; they are spiritually discerned, 1 Cor. ii. 14. b See on John. vii. ver. 39. clause 1. VER. 20. Ὑμεῖς δὲ, ἀγαπητοί, τῇ ἁγιωτάτη Πνεύματι ἁγίῳ προσευχόμενοι, ὑμῶν πίστει ἐποἰκοδομοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς, ἐν But ye, beloved a building up your selves on your most holy faith, b praying in the Holy Ghost, And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone, Eph. ii. 20. Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, Col. ii. 7. b See on Eph. ii. ver. 18. clause 3. VER. 21. προσδεχόμενοι τὸ ἔλεος τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Εαυτοὺς ἐν ἀγάπῃ Θεοῦ τηρήσατε, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον. C Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ e unto eternal life. a See on John xv. ver. 9. b See on Rom. v. ver. 5. clause 2. VER. 22. And of some have compassion, making a difference: a See on Matt.xviii. ver. 15. clause 3. VER. 25. Οὓς δὲ ἐν φόβῳ σώζετε, ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς ἁρπάζοντες, μισοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἐσπιλωμένον χιτῶνα. a And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; bhating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 2 G |
