John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:18
Little children, it is the last time ,.... Or hour; not of the Jewish civil and church state, for that had been at an end for some time; this epistle was written some years after the destruction of Jerusalem; nor the last hour of the Gospel dispensation, or world to come, for this was but the first age of that; and much less the last hour of time, or of the present world itself, for that has been many hundreds of years since; but the last hour of the apostolic age. All the apostles were now... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:17
And the world passeth away ,.... Not the matter and substance, but the fashion, form, and scheme of it, 1 Corinthians 7:31 ; kingdoms, cities, towns, houses, families, estates, and possessions, are continually changing, and casting into different hands, and different forms; the men of the world, the inhabitants of it, are continually removing; one generation goes, and another comes, new faces are continually appearing; the riches and honours of the world are fading, perishing, and... read more