1 John 2:18 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 2:18

Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.

BSB

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ASV

Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.

KJV

Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

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Commentary

4 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book III (202)

The Gospel, therefore, knew no other son of man but Him who was of Mary, who also suffered; and no Christ who flew away from Jesus before the passion; but Him who was born it knew as Jesus Christ the Son of God, and that this same suffered and rose again, as John, the disciple of the Lord, verifies, saying: "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have eternal life in His name," -foreseeing these blasphemous systems which divide the Lord, as far as lies in their power, saying that He was formed of two different substances.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Little children, it is the last time,.... Or hour; not of the Jewish civil and church state, for that had been at an end for some time; this epistle was written some years after the destruction of Jerusalem; nor the last hour of the Gospel dispensation, or world to come, for this was but the first age of that; and much less the last hour of time, or of the present world itself, for that has been many hundreds of years since; but the last hour of the apostolic age.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Little children, it is the last time - This place is variously understood. This is the last dispensation of grace and mercy to mankind; the present age is the conclusion of the Jewish state, as the temple and holy city are shortly to be destroyed. But as there are many who suppose that this epistle was written after the destruction of Jerusalem, consequently the words cannot, on that supposition, refer to this.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The connection with 1Jo 2:15-17 is: There are coming those seducers who are of the world (1Jo 4:5), and would tempt you to go out from us (1Jo 2:19) and deny Christ (1Jo 2:22). as ye have heard--from the apostles, preachers of the Gospel (for example, 2Th 2:3-10; and in the region of Ephesus, Ac 20:29, 30). shall come--Greek, "cometh," namely, out of his own place.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Παιδία,	Paidia	Little children,	G3813 →
ἐσχάτη	eschatē	[the] last	G2078 →
ὥρα	hōra	hour	G5610 →
ἐστίν,	estin	it is,	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
ἠκούσατε	ēkousate	you have heard	G191 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἀντίχριστος	antichristos	antichrist	G500 →
ἔρχεται,	erchetai	is coming,	G2064 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
νῦν	nun	now	G3568 →
ἀντίχριστοι	antichristoi	antichrists	G500 →
πολλοὶ	polloi	many	G4183 →
γεγόνασιν	gegonasin	have arisen	G1096 →
ὅθεν	hothen	whereby	G3606 →
γινώσκομεν	ginōskomen	we know	G1097 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἐσχάτη	eschatē	[the] last	G2078 →
ὥρα	hōra	hour	G5610 →
ἐστίν.	estin	it is.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 24:24
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
leads to
- Matthew 24:11
  and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Peter 2:1–3
  Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11
  The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
- Mark 13:22
  For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
- Revelation 13:13–14
  And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.
Through
1 John 2:22
Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
leads to
- 2 John 1:7
  For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 John 4:3
  and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this…
Through
Matthew 24:5
For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
leads to
- Matthew 24:24
  For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 John