Post by toml on Feb 28, 2023 3:40:10 GMT -8
1 John 2:2 (KJV 1900) — 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
John tells us who he is writing to. In 1 John 5:13 he says, "These things have I written UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD".
John wrote his letter to BELIEVERS.
John is writing to believers and informs Christ is the propitiation for their sin yet not their sins only but the sins of the whole world
A natural reading would therefore indicate Christ is the propitiation for the sins of all men without exception
Having spoken of believers he addresses unbelievers in the term whole world
The sum of unbelievers and believers taken together equals all without exception
The word world appears 110 times in 83 verses in the KJV bible and Seven times in 1John
It never refers to the elect alone anywhere in scripture
Let us define it lexically
The industry standard lexicon BDAD
5. the world as mankind (Sib. Or. 1, 189)—a. gener. οὐαί τῷ κ. ἀπὸ τῶν σκανδάλων woe to mankind because of vexations Mt 18:7; τὸ φῶς τοῦ κ. the light for mankind 5:14; cf. J 8:12; 9:5. ὁ σωτὴρ τοῦ κ. 4:42; 1J 4:14 (this designation is found in the inscrs., esp. oft. of Hadrian [WWeber, Untersuchungen z. Geschichte des Kaisers Hadrianus ’07, 225; 226; 229]).—J 1:29; 3:17b; 17:6.—κρίνειν τὸν κ. (Sib. Or. 4, 184) Ro 3:6; B 4:12; cf. Ro 3:19. ἡ ἁμαρτία εἰς τὸν κ. εἰσῆλθεν 5:12; likew. θάνατος εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν κ. 1 Cl 3:4 (Wsd 2:24; 14:14). Cf. Ro 5:13; 1 Cor 1:27f. περικαθάρματα τοῦ κ. the refuse of mankind 4:13.—6:2a, b (Sallust. 21 p. 36, 13 the souls of the virtuous, together w. the gods, will rule the whole κόσμος); 2 Cor 1:12; 5:19; Js 2:5; 1J 2:2; 4:1, 3. ἀρχαῖος κόσμος the men of the ancient world 2 Pt 2:5a; cf. b; 3:6.—ὅλος ὁ κ. all the world, everybody Ac 2:47 D. Likew. ὁ κόσμος (cf. Philo, De Prov. in Euseb., Pr. Ev. 8, 14, 58) ὁ κ. ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθεν J 12:19. ἐγὼ παρρησίᾳ λελάληκα τῷ κ. 18:20; cf. 7:4; 14:22.
Defines world as mankind
Thayer’s Greek English lexicon of the New testament
the inhabitants of the world: θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ἀγγέλοις κ. ἀνθρώποις, 1 Co. 4:9 [W. 127 (121)]; particularly the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human race (first So in Sap. [e.g. 10:1]): Mt. 13:38; 18:7; Mk. 14:9; Jn. 1:10, 29, [36 L in br.]; 3:16 sq.; 6:33, 51; 8:26; 12:47; 13:1; 14:31; 16:28; 17:6, 21, 23; Ro. 3:6, 19; 1 Co. 1:27 sq. [cf. W. 189 (178)]; 4:13; 5:10; 14:10; 2 Co. 5:19; Jas. 2:5 [cf. W. u. s.]; 1 Jn. 2:2 [cf. W. 577 (536
defines it as the inhabitants of the world
Lexically world equals the inhabitant of the earth = mankind
If there is any question about this, lets define it biblically. Of the 6 additional uses of the term "world" in the book of 1 John (see 1 John 3:1; 3:13; 4:5; 4:9; 4:14; and especially 5:19).
1 John 3:1 (KJV 1900) — 1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1 John 3:13 (KJV 1900) — 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
1 John 4:5 (KJV 1900) — 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
1 John 4:9 (KJV 1900) — 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
1 John 4:14 (KJV 1900) — 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
1 John 5:19 (KJV 1900) — 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Four of the 6 have a negative connotation and two appear to refer to mankind in general
This word is not ever to refer to elect Gentiles. Of special significance is the usage of this term in 1 John 5:19. John used the expression "the whole world" only twice: in 1 John 2:2 and 5:19.
In 1 John 5:19 we read this: "And we [that is Christians, believers] know that we [Christians, once again believers] are of God, and THE WHOLE WORLD [non-Christians, unbelievers] lieth in wickedness .
John speaks of believers and the whole world
The term whole world refers to any who are not believers. That is Unbelievers in other words
This is the same meaning that the expression has in 1 John 2:2,
John states Christ is the propitiation for the sins of believers and non-believers,
The sins of Christians and non-Christians
The sum of believers and unbelievers, Christians and non-Christians naturally refers to all men without exception
The previous verse
1 John 2:1 (KJV) — 1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Notes any man has an advocate with the father Jesus Christ the righteous
Christ is the propitiation Of any without exception because the sum of the believers and non believers equals all men without exception or any man
That is why John could say
1 John 2:2 (KJV 1900) — 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
