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. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
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Gill's Exposition
I write unto you, fathers,.... Not merely in age, though they might be men in years who are here intended, or only with respect to their long standing in the church, which might be the case; though…
Barnes' Notes
I write unto you, fathers - As there were special reasons for writing to children, so there were also for writing to those who were more mature in life. The class here addressed would embrace all…
Adam Clarke
I write unto you, fathers - By fathers it is very likely that the apostle means persons who had embraced Christianity on its first promulgation in Judea and in the Lesser Asia, some of them had…
This new command of holy love, with the incentives thereto, may possibly be directed to the several ranks of disciples that are here accosted. The several graduates in the Christian university, the…
Cambridge Bible
fathers The older men among his readers: comp. Jdg 17:10; Jdg 18:19; 2Ki 2:12; 2Ki 6:21; 2Ki 13:14. The address stands alone in N. T. The nearest approaches to it are Eph 6:4 and Col 3:21, where the…
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