Study it in the app“Children, it is the last hour; and as you heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; from this we know that it is the last hour.”
Children,Παιδίαit isἐστίνthe lastἐσχάτηhour;ὥραandκαὶasκαθὼςyou heardἠκούσατεthatὅτιantichristἀντίχριστοςis coming,ἔρχεταιsoκαὶnowνῦνmanyπολλοὶantichristsἀντίχριστοιhave come;γεγόνασινfrom thisὅθενwe knowγινώσκομενthatὅτιit isἐστίνthe lastἐσχάτηhour.ὥρα
child
A child of few years, boy or girl.
Where else “Paidia” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearslast in time
Last in time: "the last day".
Where else “eschatē” appearshour
One of the twelve parts of the day, counted from morning.
Where else “hōra” appearshear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “ēkousate” appearsantichrist
Antichrist: one who opposes the Messiah or claims to take his place.
Where else “antichristos” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchetai” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polloi” appearsbe made
To come into being, to be made.
Where else “gegonasin” appearstherefore
Shows that what follows results from what was said before.
Where else “hothen” appearsfind out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “ginōskomen” appears“Antichrist”: one who opposes the Messiah (in Greek, Christ) or claims to take his place.
17And the world is passing away, and its desire; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
18 · This verse (above)
19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out so that it might be made plain that none of them are of us.
1. What it says
What does John say about the one who says "I have known him" but does not keep his commandments, and about the one who keeps his word (v. 3-6)?
2. What it means
John says the commandment is both old and new (v. 7-8). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
John warns about loving the world (v. 15-17). What today competes for your attention against what really matters?
