1 John 2:20 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on 1 John 2:20

“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…