ACC ~ 1 John 2 v2

NOT FOR OURS ONLY. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: Christ saves from all sin. He converts some by punishing them and others by their own free will and with the dignity of honor. ADUMBRATIONS.

FOR THE WHOLE WORLD. HILARY OF ARLES: When John says that Christ died for the sins of the “whole world,” what he means is that he died for the whole church. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN.

DO NOT REMAIN IN SIN. ANDREAS: John is saying: “I am writing these things to you, not so that you may say that you no longer sin at all, but so that when you do sin, you will not remain in that state, for Jesus propitiates your sins in the Father’s presence.” CATENA.

HIS HUMANITY PLEADS, HIS DIVINITY PROPITIATES. BEDE: In his humanity Christ pleads for our sins before the Father, but in his divinity he has propitiated them for us with the Father. Furthermore, he has not done this only for those who were alive at the time of his death, but also for the whole church which is scattered over the full compass of the world, and it will be valid for everyone, from the very first among the elect until the last one who will be born at the end of time. This verse is therefore a rebuke to the Donatists, who thought that the true church was to be found only in Africa. The Lord pleads for the sins of the whole world, because the church which he has bought with his blood exists in every corner of the globe. ON 1 JOHN.

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