Excerpt from The First Epistle of St. John: A Contribution to Biblical Theology Concerning the exposition of the passages, ch. Iv. 1 7 - 19 and oh. V. 6 - 8, which present so many difficulties, we need say no more than that our expositor has been able to illustrate every point in its relation to St. J obu's general habit of thought. Ou the other hand, we cannot altogether accord with his remarks upon oh. V. 16, 17; Our own view is that the apostle here describes by another name the sin which the Saviour termed a sin against the Holy Ghost, and does no more than declare the uselessness of prayer for such a sin. For the rest, the elucidation of the details is here also, as everywhere, both striking and instructive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.