1 JOHN 2:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour — the eschata (last hour, eschatas hora) declare the parousia's imminence. The many antichrists (polutoi antichristoi) are present manifestations of the final rebellion. Their presence confirms eschatological expectation.
Church Fathers on 1 John 2:18
“Children, it is the last hour.” In this lesson he addresses the children that they may make haste to grow, because “it is the last hour.” Age or stature of the body is not at one's own will. A man does not grow in respect of the flesh when he will, any more than he is born when he will: but where the being born rests with the will, the growth also rests with the will. No man is “born of water and the Spirit,” John 3:5 except he be willing. Consequently if he will, he grows…
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