[246] The word here is βιος not ζωη. "Βιος period of life; hence the means by which it is sustained, means of life." (Archbp. Trench.) It is to be wished that the R. V. had either kept "the good" of the A. V., or adopted the word "living"--the translation of βιος in Mark xii. 44; Luke xxi. 4. [247] 2 John 3. [248] 1 John i. 4, ii. 28, iii. 21, iv. 17, v. 14, iii. 19. [249] 1 John i. 4. [250] τα σπλαγχνα (ver. 17). This however is the only occurrence of the word in St. John's writings. The substantive σπλαγχνα = _emotions_, is found in classical poets. But the verb σπλαγχνιζομαι occurs only in LXX. and New Testament--and thus, like αγαπη, is almost born within the circle of revealed truth. The new dispensation so rich in the mercy of God (Luke i. 78), so fruitful in mercy from man to man, may well claim a new vocabulary in the department of tenderness and pity. [251] 1 John v. 6, conf. John xix. 34. [252] θεωρη, ver. 17. [253] "The love of which God is at once the object, and the author, and the pattern." (Prof. Westcott.) [254] 1 John iv. 19. [255] Lord Meath. SECTION VII. GREEK. LATIN. Αγαπητοι, μη παντι Carissimi, nolite omni πνευματι πιστευετε, spiritui credere, sed αλλα δοκιμαζετε τα probate spiritus si ex πνευματα, ει εκ του Deo sint, quoniam multi Θεου εστιν· ὁτι πολλοι pseudoprophetæ exierunt ψευδοπροφηται εξεληλυθασιν in mundum. In εις τον κοσμον. hoc cognoscitur spiritus εν τουτω γινωσκετε το Dei. Omnis spiritus Πνευμα του Θεου· παν qui confitetur Iesum πνευμα ὁ ὁμολογει Christum in carne Ιησουν Χριστον εν venisse, ex Deo est: σαρκι εληλυθοτα, εκ et omnis spiritus qui του Θεου εστι. και solvit Iesum Christum παν πνευμα ὁ μη ὁμολογειτον ex Deo non est; et his Ιησουν Χριστον est Antichristus quod εν σαρκι εληλυθοτα, εκ audistis quoniam venit του Θεου ουκ εστι· και et nunc iam in mundo τουτο εστι το του est. Vos ex Deo estis, αντιχριστου, ὁ ακηκοατε filioli, et vicistis eum, ὁτι ερχεται, και νυν εν quoniam maior est qui τω κοσμω εστιν ηδη. in vobis est quam qui Ὑμεις εκ του Θεου εστε, in mundo. Ipsi de τεκνια, και νενικηκατε mundo sunt: ideo de αυτους· ὁτι μειζων εστιν mundo locuntur, et ὁ εν ὑμιν ἡ ὁ εν τω mundus eos audit. Nos κοσμω. Αυτοι εκ του ex Deo sumus: qui κοσμου εισι· δια τουτο novit Deum audit nos; εκ του κοσμου λαλουσι, qui non est ex Deo, και ὁ κοσμος αυτων non audit nos. In hoc ακουει. ἡμεις εκ του cognoscimus spiritum Θεου εσμεν· ὁ γινωσκων veritatis et spiritum