05_Biblica_Do_Layout 1 08/07/13 12:57 Pagina 420 420 TOAN DO ]] ] 2,1d ecomen pro.j to.n pate,ra VIhsou/n Cristo.n di,kaion ; 2,2a autoj v. ilasmoj ` , estin v 2,2b peri. tw/n a`martiw/n h`mw/n, ouv 2,2c peri. tw/n h`mete,rwn de. mo,non alla. kai. v 2,2d peri. olou tou/ ko,smou [ The emphasis of the first question (a) lies in the Johannine con- cept of sin (tw/n a`martiw/n h`mw/n) in 2b; the impetus of the second question (b) is placed on the salvific work of Jesus as i`lasmo,j in bearing 2a with regard to the use of peri. o[lou tou/ ko,smou in 2d 23. II. Contemporary interpretations of peri. o[lou tou/ ko,smou The syntactic position of peri. o[lou tou/ ko,smou has been com- monly held as grammatically following the peri,-clause in 2b. Often “the sins” is construed as belonging to or having to do with the “whole” world. Apart from Westcott and Plummer, no scholars have questioned the exact connotation implied in the object of the peri,- clause in 2d 24. Perhaps influenced by their reading of the three peri,- clauses in 2,2bcd, scholars interpret peri. o[lou tou/ ko,smou as a sequence of peri. tw/n a`martiw/n h`mw/n 25. Of particular importance in For discussion on the background and extra-biblical usages of ko,smoj, 23 see H. SASSE, “kosme,w, ko,smoj, ko,smioj, kosmiko,j”, ThWNT 3 (Stuttgart 1938) 867-898, esp. 868-882. Also C. SPICQ, Theological Lexicon of the New Tes- tament (Peabody, MA 32008) s.v. kosme,w, 330-335. BROWN, Epistles of John, 222, is the only scholar after Westcott and 24 Plummer who points out some irregularity in the peri,-clause of 2d. In his overall interpretation of 1 John 2,1-2, however, Brown shares a common be- lief in seeing peri. o[lou tou/ ko,smou as “the sins” of the world. U.C. VON WAHLDE, The Gospel and Letters of John. Commentary on 25 the Three Johannine Letters (ECC 3; Grand Rapids, MI 2010) 45, inserts word(s) that are not in John’s text, saying: “the author exhorts his readers not to sin, but if they do Jesus is a Paraclete and an atonement for their sin and that of the entire world”. The list of scholars of similar view is long. Here are cited only a few. W. VOGLER, Die Briefe des Johannes (THNT 17; Leipzig 1993) 68-69; and PAINTER, 1, 2, and 3 John, 158-159. © Gregorian Biblical Press 2013 - Tutti i diritti riservati