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Probably for continuity. The translation philosophy of the NKJV version was to essentially follow the original King James Version but update the language. They did realize that there was textual discrepencies. That particular passage included words found in later Greek editions of the text but not in earlier editions. Regarding textual discrepancies of ...

This is a case where the argument for inauthenticity is quite clear. The Comma Johanneum does not appear in any ancient Greek sources (1 John, like all the other books of the New Testament, was written originally in Greek). The earliest Greek version of 1 John with the Comma Johanneum is from 1516! The extra line was added to some Latin manuscripts ...

One way of approaching this question is to first ask "what would each verse have meant in the mind of the original author" taking account of who we believe was/were the human author's intended audience. When taking this approach, we must also take account of the genre of the writing. In brief, Proverbs (at least until some of the later sections) are "of ...

It's possible that John is recalling Mark 3:28-30 (ESV) “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.” The sense in Mark is a bit hard to ...

νόμος in Paul is almost always Mosaic Law (though probably not in Romans 7 when he finds within himself a "law"). However, not all authors use the same words the same way. Even from above we can see that authors don't even use the same word the same way, though they may exhibit patterns. So, to hold John up to the requirement of using νόμος to refer to ...

To me, the verse turns on this conditional: if they had been of us, (a) they would have remained with us (b) (b) is tricky because of the word translated "remained" (μένω) which is particularly used in the writings attributed to John: Mat(3) Mar(2) Luk(6) Jhn(33) Act(12) Rom(1) 1Cr(8) 2Cr(3) Phl(1) 1Ti(1) 2Ti(3) Hbr(6) 1Pe(2) 1Jo(18) ...

ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐξῆλθαν ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἦσαν ἐξ ἡμῶν εἰ γὰρ ἐξ ἡμῶν ἦσαν μεμενήκεισαν ἂν μεθ’ ἡμῶν ἀλλ’ ἵνα φανερωθῶσιν ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν πάντες ἐξ ἡμῶν Direct, wooden, stilted Interpretation: From us they went out but/and not they were from us for if from us they were they had remained with us but that they may have been revealed that not ...

Let's quote the passage from a more-modern English translation: There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he ...

The NET Bible notes help: The entire phrase fear has to do with punishment may be understood in two slightly different ways: (1) “fear has its own punishment” or (2) “fear has to do with [includes] punishment.” These are not far apart, however, and the real key to understanding the expression lies in the meaning of the word “punishment” (κόλασις, ...

I would suggest that, based on John's style in 1 John, 2:18 starts a new pericope where 12-14 are part of the immediately preceding pericope. Where the age divisions in 12-14 could be different groups within the church (probably Ephesus), in verse 18 I see John gently asserting his eldership (not in a rude, authoritarian way). "Children" (verse 18) is a ...

Since Christ is the Wisdom of God: But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. —1 Corinthians 1:24 Both verses say that Christ is life. Therefore the life's are one and the same life. Though the proverb was applicable to the people in the day it was written speaking of making life in this ...

They are two different types of life. Proverbs speaks mostly to physical things, so the life referred to here is physical life. Living in wisdom keeps us from things that would do us hurt or killed and allows us to have more blessings in this life. John, however, was talking about the spiritual. Without Christ, we are spirituality dead. With Christ, we ...