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When He shall appear (ὅταν φανερωθῇ)
The best texts read ἐὰν if, for when. So Rev., which gives also the proper passive force of φανερωθῇ, if He shall be manifested. Not expressing a doubt of the fact, but uncertainty as to the circumstances. On φανερόω to make manifest, see on Joh 21:1. John never uses ἀποκαλύπτω to reveal, of the revelation of Christ. Indeed, neither the verb nor the kindred noun, ἀποκάλυψις, occurs in his writings except in Joh 12:38, which is a citation from Isaiah, and in Rev 1:1.
We may have
Thus identifying himself with his children in the faith. Teacher and pupil must alike abide in Him.
We may have confidence (σχῶμεν παῤῥησίαν)
Rev., boldness. For the phrase have boldness, see 1Jo 3:21; 1Jo 4:17; 1Jo 5:14; Heb 3:6; Heb 10:19; Phm 1:8. For the word παῤῥησία boldness, see on Joh 7:13; see on Act 2:29. It is opposed, as here, to αἰσχύνομαι to be ashamed, in Pro 13:5, where the Septuagint reads “a wicked man is ashamed (αἰσχύνεται) and shall not have boldness (παῤῥησίαν). Also in Phi 1:20. Compare 2Co 3:12. The idea of free, open speech lies at the bottom of the word: coming before God's bar with nothing to conceal. The thought is embodied in the general confession of the Book of Common Prayer: “That we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our Heavenly Father, but confess them.” So John Wesley's Hymn:
“Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress:
'Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.
Bold shall I stand in Thy great day,
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully absolved through these I am, -
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.”
Be ashamed before Him (αἰσχυνθῶμεν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ)
The expression is peculiar. Lit., “be ashamed from Him.” The fundamental thought is that of separation and shrinking from God through the shame of conscious guilt. The same construction is found in the Septuagint. Isa 1:29, “They shall be ashamed from their idols.” Jer 2:36, “Thou shalt be ashamed of (from) Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of (from) Assyria.” Jer 12:13.
Coming (παρουσίᾳ)
Lit., presence. So 2Co 10:10. Hence, the presence of one coming, and so coming, especially in the New Testament, of the future, visible return of our Lord to raise the dead, judge the world, and finally establish the kingdom of God. The word does not occur elsewhere in John, nor does he use ἐπιφάνεια, which is Paul's word for the same event.