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1Jn 1:5. Ἡ ἀγγελία) ch. 1Jn 3:11. The declaration, which relates to the main subject. Neither in the gospel nor in the epistles does John speak of the Gospel by name; but he terms it the testimony, the word, the truth; and here, by a closely resembling sound, ἀγγελίαν, the declaration. That which was in the mouth of Christ ἀγγελία, a declaration, the apostles ἀναγγέλλουσι, declare; for they in turn give forth and propagate ἀγγελίαν, the declaration received from Him. It is called the word, ch. 1Jn 2:7.-ἀπ ̓ αὐτοῦ, from Him) from the Son of God: Joh 1:18.-φῶς) The Light of wisdom, love, and glory. What the light is to the natural eye, that God is to the spiritual eye. As he here calls God Light, so ch. 1Jn 2:8, he calls Christ Light.-σκοτία, darkness) The meaning of this is plain from the opposite.