ACC ~ 1 John 2 v26

A WARNING AGAINST HERESIES. HILARY OF ARLES: People want to deceive us in order to teach you some heresy or other. John has written in order to warn us about this. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN.

THE DECEIVERS. BEDE: The deceivers about whom John is writing are not only the heretics who try to turn us away by their false doctrine but all those who divert weak minds from the promise of eternal life, either by charming them with the lusts of the flesh or by threatening them with the world’s disapproval. ON 1 JOHN.

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