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1Jn 2:20. Καὶ ὑμεῖς χρισμα ἔχετε ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου, and ye have an unction from the Holy One) An abbreviated expression (as Joh 1:18; Joh 14:10, notes), with this meaning: you have an anointing (a chrism) from Christ; you have the Holy Spirit from the Holy One. But the title of anointing (chrism) has an allusion to the name of antichrist, in an opposite sense: 1Jn 2:18; ὁ χρίσας, Θεός, He who hath anointed us is God, 2Co 1:21; Χριστὸς, Christ, the Anointed, is the Son of God, Act 4:26-27; Χρίσμα, the anointing, is the Holy Spirit; Heb 1:9. Τὰ παιδία, the little children, have this spiritual anointing; for together with baptism, which they received, was joined the gift of the Holy Spirit; and for the sake of signifying this, it appears to have been a subsequently received practice, from this very passage, for the bodies of the baptized to be anointed with oil. See Suicer’s Thesaurus on the word χρίσμα. He speaks respecting the Holy Spirit more plainly, ch. 1Jn 3:24, 1Jn 4:13, 1Jn 5:6. For this is often the custom of John, to touch upon any subject immediately, intending to handle it more plainly and fully after some interval. Thus, is born, 1Jn 2:29, comp. with ch. 1Jn 3:9; thus, liberty or confidence, ch. 1Jn 3:21, comp. with ch. 1Jn 5:14.-ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου, from the Holy One) the Righteous, 1Jn 2:1; 1Jn 2:29; the Son of God, Joh 10:36. See respecting the anointing of the most Holy, Dan 9:24. Formerly there was a sacred ointment of a material nature, Exo 30:25; now it is of a spiritual kind.-καὶ) and from thence.-πάντα) all things, which it is most needful for you to know. Seducers were to be repelled with this answer: just as a prudent man answers an importunate vender, I want nothing.