Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
little children—Greek, "little sons," as in I John 2:12; believers of every stage and age.
abide in him—Christ. John repeats his monition with a loving appellation, as a father addressing dear children.
when—literally, "if"; the uncertainty is not as to the fact, but the time.
appear—Greek, "be manifested."
we—both writer and readers.
ashamed before him—literally, "from Him"; shrink back from Him ashamed. Contrast "boldness in the day of judgment," I John 4:17; compare I John 3:21; I John 5:14. In the Apocalypse (written, therefore, BENGEL thinks, subsequently), Christ's coming is represented as put off to a greater distance.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 John 2:28:
Matthew 25:20
1 Timothy 3:13
1 John 2:12
1 John 3:2
1 John 3:24
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