Ishodad of Merv

In his own words on 1 John

• 1 John 1:1

  About this epistle many have erred, supposing that it was written by the apostle John, yet if they had investigated the matter they would have seen that the thought, shape and authority of this letter are greatly inferior to the sound words of the Evangelist.

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• 1 John 2:8

  By "commandment" John means the revelation of the dispensation. It cannot be called new with respect to God, but from the human point of view it was a mystery hidden in the Creator from the beginning.

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• 1 John 3:9

  The person who has once denied Satan and confessed God, and who has been born again and discarded all the oldness of Adam, is not guilty of sin, because he is the seed of God. The teaching of God remains in him, for he calls this teaching "seed."

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• 1 John 4:16

  There is no Scripture which calls God only love, but John says this in order that we might seek him who is love, from whom the commandment to show mercy came.

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• 1 John 5:6

  John calls Christ's baptism "water" and his passion "blood." He fulfilled all the dispensations for our sake, by means of his baptism, his passion and by the Holy Spirit.

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• 1 John 5:8

  The three things are one because everything was accomplished by the one Christ.

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• 1 John 5:19

  The world is subjected to the perversion which gives birth to sin, and because of that it is prone to the cultivation of evil things.

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