Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. JohnAlexander, William
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Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John
Alexander, William
Bible. Epistles of John -- Commentaries
(4) One secret of St. John's simple and solemn rhetoric consists in an
_impressive change_ in the order in which a leading word is used,
_e.g._, 1 John ii. 24, iv. 20.
These principles carefully applied will be the best commentary upon
the letter of the Apostle, to whom not only when his subject is--
"De Deo Deum verum
Alpha et Omega, Patrem rerum";
but when he unfolds the principles of our spiritual life, we may apply
Adam of St. Victor's powerful and untranslatable line,
"Solers scribit idiota."
SECTION I.
GREEK TEXT. LATIN.
Ὁ ἩΝ απ' αρχης, ὁ Quod fuit ab initio,
ακηκοαμεν, ὁ ἑωρακαμεν quod audivimus, et
τοις οφθαλμοις ἡμων, vidimus oculis nostris,
ὁ εθεασαμεθα, και αι quod perspeximus, et
χειρες ἡμων εψηλαφησαν manus nostræ temtaverunt,
περι του λογου της ζωης· de Verbo vitæ;
και ἡ ζωη εφανερωθη, et vita manifestata
και ἑωρακαμεν, και est, et vidimus et testamur,
μαρτυρουμεν, και απαγγελλομεν et adnuntiamus
ὑμιν την vobis vitam æternam,
ζωην την αιωνιον, ἡτις quæ erat apud Patrem,
ην προς τον πατερα, et apparuit nobis: quod
και εφανερωθη ἡμιν· vidimus et audivimus,
ὁ ἑωρακαμεν και ακηκοαμεν, et adnuntiamus vobis,
απαγγελλομεν ut et vos societatem
ὑμιν, ἱνα και ὑμεις habeatis nobiscum, et
κοινωνιαν εχητε μεθ' societas nostra sit cum
ἡμων· και ἡ κοινωνια Patre, et Filio eius Iesu
δε ἡ ἡμετερα μετα του Christo. Et hæc scripsimus
πατρος και μετα του vobis ut gaudium
υιου αυτου Ιησου nostrum sit plenum.
Χριστου· και ταυτα
γραφομεν ὑμιν, ἱνα ἡ
χαρα ὑμων ἡ πεπληρωμενη.
AUTHORISED VERSION. REVISED VERSION.
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