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Gill's Exposition
These things have I written unto you,.... The little children, who were most likely to be imposed upon by antichrists and deceivers:
concerning them that seduce you. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic…
Barnes' Notes
These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you - Respecting their character, and in order to guard you against their arts. The word “seduce” means to lead astray; and it here…
Adam Clarke
These things have I written - Either meaning the whole epistle, or what is contained in the preceding verses, from the beginning of the 18th to the end of the 25th.
Them that seduce you - Περι των…
Here, I. The apostle encourages the disciples (to whom he writes) in these dangerous times, in this hour of seducers; he encourages them in the assurance of their stability in this day of apostasy:…
Cambridge Bible
These things have I written unto you -These things" probably mean the warnings about the antichrists, not the whole Epistle. -I have written", or -I wrote", is the epistolary aorist as in 1Jn…
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